CT Case 098
A 60-year-old female with past history of lung cancer, treated with radiotherapy one year prior, has a routine surveillance CT as an outpatient.
Category Medical Specialty
Procedure: Thoracotomy
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Thoracotomy. Possibly the most terrifying emergency procedure, but also one which carries a high chance of saving a life.
Procedure: Thoracotomy
Emergency Procedure: Thoracotomy. Possibly the most terrifying emergency procedure, but also one which carries a high chance of saving a life.
Procedure: Priapism management
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Priapism management. Management of Low flow ischaemic priapism (98%) and High flow non-ischaemic priapism (2%)
Procedure: Priapism management
Emergency Procedure: Priapism management. Management of Low flow ischaemic priapism (98%) and High flow non-ischaemic priapism (2%)
CT Case 097
An 85-year-old woman presents with anterior pelvic pain following a mechanical fall. A pelvic x-ray is performed
Procedure: Male Seldinger catheter
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Difficult male catheters - We recommend a Seldinger technique
Charles Sherrington
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952) was an English neurophysiologist. Sherrington’s Laws (1897–1900); Liddell–Sherrington Reflex (1924) and defining the synapse
Procedure: Male Seldinger catheter
Emergency Procedure: Male Seldinger catheter. Difficult male catheters - We recommend a Seldinger technique
Ernst Weber
Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795-1878) was a was a German anatomist and physiologist. Weber law and Weber test for hearing assessment
Frederick Weber
Frederick Parkes Weber (1863–1962) English physician and dermatologist; author of over 1,200 medical articles; described Rendu-Osler-Weber disease and Sturge-Weber-Kalischer syndrome; renowned numismatist and scholar of medical philosophy.
Hermann Weber
Sir Hermann David Weber (1823–1918) – German-born physician in London; pioneer of open-air treatment for tuberculosis; co-author of The Mineral Waters and Health Resorts of Europe; namesake of Weber’s syndrome; knighted for services to medicine.