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Surgical trade union warns training cuts will compromise patient safety The Confederation of British Surgery warns that the decision to withdraw funding for specialist surgical training, without national oversight and standard setting, will make

Warning by @uksurgeons.bsky.social re training cuts
www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/50780/...

Rewriting the future of surgical training Ameen Mahmood and Professor Jag Dhanda look at how VR technology is transforming training and global access to surgery.

Rewriting the future of Surgical training - research presented at @baprasvoice.bsky.social congress
www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/50562/...

The haematological consultancy called Maslow's Hierarchy of Bleeds.

Love #ThePitt 🥲

The Surgeon’s Blind Spot: A Narrative Review of Psychological Risks and Assessment Strategies in Invasive Aesthetic Surgery Patients Cosmetic surgery aims to enhance appearance and psychological well-being, and its popularity is rapidly increasing. Cosmetic surgery patients are much more likely to report mental health concerns than other surgical groups, yet clinicians often lack understanding of psychological outcomes and assessment strategies. A literature search was performed using PubMed, MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online), and Google Scholar with the keywords “cosmetic surgery”, “aesthetic surgery”, “self-esteem”, “anxiety”, and “body dysmorphia” to evaluate the psychological effects of invasive cosmetic procedures. Additionally, this review evaluates the use of pre-operative psychological assessments within the United Kingdom cosmetic surgery practices. Most studies showed cosmetic surgery improved body image but had limited or no effect on self-esteem. Depression often persisted or worsened postoperatively. Women undergoing breast augmentation were two to three times more likely to die by suicide than other cosmetic surgery patients. Individuals with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) consistently experienced no improvement or a decline in psychological well-being after surgery. Pre- and post-operative psychological assessment is essential but underused, with over half of the plastic surgeons in the United Kingdom not routinely screening patients. Standardised assessment guidelines are urgently needed to mitigate psychological harm.

Plastic surgery, psychology and mental health.

https://www.cureus.com/articles/443219-the-surgeons-blind-spot-a-narrative-review-of-psychological-risks-and-assessment-strategies-in-invasive-aesthetic-surgery-patients#!/

#MedSky #PlasticSurgery #ESPRAS #StrongerTogether #MentalHealth

Custom machine kept man alive without lungs for 48 hours Infections had turned his lungs to soup and had to be cleared before transplant.

arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Dishonest docs using #AI tp cheat in interviews - @uksurgeons.bsky.social in @healthcaretoday.bsky.social

Spatial Analysis Improves Understanding of Surgical Outcomes

by Wu H and Liu Y in J Surg Res #Surgery #SurgSky #GeneralSurgery #MedSky

🪡 read our summary here
📖 read the article: https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022480425007875

A study in BMJ Open concludes that the costs of post-operative complications to the NHS thanks to outward medical tourism are significant and could be as high as almost £20,000 per patient.

healthcaretoday.com/article/cost...

#Healthcare #NHS #MedicalTourism #Complications #PatientSafety

Looking into the future: Plastic surgery trends for 2026 The end of the year is approaching, and that means it is time to pull out the crystal ball, peer into the abyss and predict the plastic surgery trends that will dominate 2026.

'The year of preservation and regeneration'
Via @plasticsurgeryasps.bsky.social
https://f.mtr.cool/vymezxfkwq #ESPRAS #ASPS #MedSky #PlasticSurgery #CosmeticSurgery #StrongerTogether

Huge congratulations to Scarlett McNally, who has been made an OBE for services to medicine, surgery and the NHS.

Professor Scarlett McNally is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon who served as Deputy Director at the Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC). #UKsurgeons #Honours

History of Anatomy and Surgery 34:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 -
𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲
from "Albucasis Chirurgia", MS 3599, f. 116v, Bibliothèque Mazarine, Paris.

#CSMBR #AlZahrawi #Surgery #Skeleton #Medieval

Understanding Patient Perspectives on Surgical Innovation

by Yadav SK, Baderiya D (...) Sharma D et 2 al. in Surg Innov #Surgery #SurgSky #GeneralSurgery #MedSky

🪡 read our summary here
📖 read the article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15533506251413070

✨Imagine regrowing the cartilage in your knees instead of replacing them...

Stanford scientists just reprogrammed cartilage cells to act young again by blocking an age-related protein.

In mice, it rebuilt worn knee 1/
#Knee #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #EMSky #NurseSky #OrthoSky #IMSky

i bet the first surgeon was probably like “eww”

Risk to women of severe bleeding after giving birth at five-year high in England The risk of women in England suffering severe bleeding after giving birth has risen to its highest level for five years, prompting fresh concern about NHS maternity care. The rate at which mothers in ...

Risk to women of severe bleeding after giving birth at five-year high in England - article via @theguardian.com added to the hub. www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/...

Criticism of FGM based on ‘western sensationalism’, say academics The authors of an article in the British Medical Journal proposed replacing ‘female genital mutilation’ with ‘female genital practices’ to avoid stigmatisation

I cannot believe we are back in the world of "cultural relativity" when we are talking about child abuse.

www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

Last week I was hearing direct from African women about the work they are doing on the ground to end FGM. Listen to African Women!

Busy first day for CBS press officer @tingys.bsky.social at the @baprasvoice.bsky.social Congress in Belfast yesterday!

Great to see so many CBS members!

With BAPRAS 2025 upon us, here's a wonderful throwback memory of our President, Mr Mark Henley, with Press Officer, Tingy Simoes at BAPRAS 2024!
#BAPRAS2025 #ESPRAS #PlasticSurgery #TBT #BAPRAS #StrongerTogether @tingys.bsky.social

“Sorry for Holding You Up”: Surgeons’ Apologies for Lateness in Clinic Settings Doctors running late may convey a lack of respect which can impair the therapeutic relationship. This study examines how surgeons address lateness in consultations with patients. We analyzed 52 con...

Waiting for a specialist who is running late… will he apologise? 🤔😅

Trying to be normal…

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Sara Josephine Baker

11/15/1873 — b. Sara Josephine Baker, American physician, public health administrator, and suffragist. The first woman to receive a doctorate in public health; she improved public health care and reduced infant mortality considerably in New York City #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #MedSky

Studies on diabetic foot disease presented at @baprasvoice.bsky.social Celtic Meeting
www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/50000/...
#diabetes #surgsky #medsky #plasticsurgery #NHS

Marjory Warren, the founder of modern geriatric medicine, was born 128 years ago today. In the early 1940s she wrote a series of papers calling for the creation of the field, and founded the Medical Society for the Care of the Elderly in 1947, leading to NHS adoption in the 50s

#WomenInSTEM #MedSky

Surgeons trained using gaming hardware A UK-developed programme that uses gaming headsets to train surgeons in complex reconstructive procedures is set for global success, while also being considered as a tool to help frontline medics in G...

CANNULA OF DUTY: The Lancet of Zelda. Gaming hardware used to train surgeons on the front line, study presented at @baprasvoice.bsky.social
www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/49800/...

My rule: don't piss off the anesthesiologist then you'll live. Piss them off, and you're a goner.

My husband is having surgery this morning - not a big surgery but he hasn’t had many surgeries so he’s a tad worried.

As someone who has had multiple and serious surgeries, I thought I should step up and help, so while he’s waiting, I sent him the only advice he needs:

#Marriage
#AnSky

"Surgical Zoom" - study presented at the @baprasvoice.bsky.social Celtic Meeting
www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/49794/...

Anyone remember GROLIES? 😄

Sophie makes high-risk return to war zone to highlight rape crisis The Duchess of Edinburgh watched Congo’s most famous surgeon operate on a five-year-old, just one of thousands of rape victims in the country

Harrowing read - @baprasvoice.bsky.social Iain Whitaker's valuable work in DRC highlighted www.thetimes.com/world/africa...

The Trump administration has stopped funding of PubMed, not considering a vital service.

Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.