Fusion between the spleen and a gonad was • t hrs reported in the literature by Bostroem in~
i883 but it was Pommer, who in 1889 described in detail a ease which was associated with …

BACKGROUND Resection is the treatment of choice for lung cancer, but may cause
impaired cardiopulmonary function with an adverse effect on quality of life. Few studies have …

Aim To determine how foundation year 2 (F2) doctors view the input of hospital consultants
into their workplace based assessments (WPBAs). Study design F2 doctors in Northern …

Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula is now a clinical rarity due to improvements in the
treatment of biliary tract diseases. This case report describes a 67-year-old woman in whom …

Objectives The main objectives of this study were to assess personality traits and levels of
anxiety in Foundation Year 2 (F2) doctors during the foundation doctor training programme in …

The injuries sustained by skateboard riders vary from minor cuts and abrasions to fractures.
This report describes a unique injury sustained by a young skateboard rider who was …

An unusual case of acute extra-articular patellar dislocation is described in which the patella
dislocated laterally, rotated 90 degrees about its vertical axis, and wedged against the …

Focal-adhesion kinase (FAK) is an important mediator of growth-factor signalling, cell
proliferation, cell survival and cell migration. Given that the development of malignancy is often …

Integrin-linked focal adhesion complexes provide the main sites of cell adhesion to
extracellular matrix and associate with the actin cytoskeleton to control cell movement. Dynamic …

Aims and methodNorthern Ireland presents itself as an anomaly – a region in which only
31.8% of doctors enter into any training programme after completion of the Foundation …