Background Acute appendicitis remains the most common cause of the acute abdomen in
young adults, and the mainstay of treatment in most centres is an appendectomy. However, …

Atrial fibrillation increases lifetime stroke risk. The left atrial appendage (LAA) is thought to be
the source of embolic strokes in up to 90% of cases, and occlusion of the LAA may be safer …

Background PROcedure SPECific Postoperative Pain ManagemenT (PROSPECT)
guidelines recommend erector spinae plane (ESP) block or paravertebral block (PVB) for …

Amyloidosis is a rare systemic disease that is notoriously difficult to diagnose early. Cardiac
involvement is associated with a poor prognosis. We present the case of a 72-year-old …

Objectives Post-pneumonectomy syndrome (PPS) is rare and predominantly characterised
by dynamic airway obstruction due to mediastinal rotation at any time point following …

Background A solitary diverticulum of the caecum is a rare benign condition which was first
described by Potier in 1912 [ 1 ]. Clinical symptoms are usually a manifestation of …

Cardiac surgical patients often have associated comorbidities that can impede normal
wound healing; however, statin therapy has the potential to improve this process through …

Objective To compare pregnancy rates with fresh and frozen embryo transfer in patients
admitted to Royal Jubilee Maternity Service (RJMS), Belfast between January 1st 2004 and …

The JADE family comprises three members encoded by individual genes and roles for
these proteins have been identified in chromatin remodeling, cell cycle progression, cell …

In keeping with international trends, lung cancer incidence and mortality are increasing among
the Irish population with many patients presenting with advanced disease that excludes …