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Q&A with ACPGBI President, Mr Graham Williams

President of the ACPGBI, Mr Graham Williams 1. Why and when did you decide to pursue a career in medicine? It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when I decided to become a doctor, let alone a surgeon. The two must have come together because I no... Read more

28 Jun 2013

The Problem Stoma - a retracted stoma

Mark Cheetham, Shrewsbury and Carol Catte, Chertsey Presented at ACPGBI Liverpool 2013, 1 July In the ideal world all stomas would be sited on a flat surface of the abdomen, and protrude above the level of skin (colostomy slightly, ileostomy and... Read more

28 Jun 2013

Simulation in Surgical Training

Simulation in Surgical Training 10.30 Hall 1A Tuesday 2nd July 2013 Dr Neil Ellis, Jr., MD, FACS, FASCRS, Chief of Surgery, VA Gulf Coast Veterans. Health Care System, Mississippi, USA Simulation in medicine is used to compliment the education... Read more

28 Jun 2013

The Case for Colorectal Cancer Screening

The Case for Colorectal Cancer Screening Professor Bob Steele University of Dundee 1600-1700 Hall 1A Tuesday 2nd July Bowel Cancer Screening 2013 Given the biases inherent in any form of screening, it is essential that population-based... Read more

28 Jun 2013

The Problem Stoma - high output stoma (HOS)

Jeremy Nightingale, St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow Presented at ACPGBI Liverpool 2013, 1 July 16% of patients with a small bowel stoma have problems of HOS (more than 2L stomal output/day) in the first 3 weeks of surgery, 73% of these resolve and... Read more

28 Jun 2013