17 October 2012

Alcohol problems account for a quarter of Scottish intensive care unit admissions

A quarter of patients admitted to Scottish intensive care units have alcohol problems and the majority of those have chronic...

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17 October 2012

TAVI restricted to very old or very sick patients

TAVI valves and catheters are widely used in Europe, with different indications, techniques and outcomes between different countries. “TAVI is...

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17 October 2012

FPM Logbook

The FPM is happy to announce that the smartphone HanDBase version of the logbook for Pain Medicine is now available....

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17 October 2012

Medication overuse headaches

People who regularly take medicines, such as aspirin, paracetamol and triptans could be causing themselves more pain than relief. New...

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12 September 2012

Knotless TightRope® System for Syndesmosis Repair – The Gold Standard just went Platinum

The syndesmotic TightRope® has been successfully implanted over 70,000 times worldwide and its popularity has resulted in the development of...

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12 September 2012

Calcaneal StepPlate – Compressive Medialising Calcaneal Osteotomy

The Arthrex StepPlate, designed by leading foot and ankle surgeons, allows the surgeon to dial-in the desired correction with incremental...

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12 September 2012

The new Mini Scorpion® Dx – Grasp, Pass and Retrieve

Tissue manipulation, suture passing and suture retrieval all in one step with only one instrument. The new Mini Scorpion® Dx...

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12 September 2012

Pompey’s Queen Alexandra Hospital adds to its mobile X-ray fleet

Since its opening in June 2009 the state-of-the-art Queen Alexandra Hospital has sat proudly on the high slopes of Portsdown...

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