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“Doc, I can’t feel my fingers” Numbness and tingling in the fingers is very a common condition. “Carpal tunnel syndrome”, or pressure on the median nerve at the wrist has an incidence of between 3-5% of the population. This presents with numbness, tingling or pins and needles in all or some of, the thumb, index, […]

The 3 main types of skin cancer are BCCs, SCCs and Melanomas. In general the best way to treat skin cancers is to remove them surgically. Basal Cell carcinomas (BCCs) are the most common type of skin cancer, but fortunately they are the least aggressive of the 3. A BCC is often just a lump […]

Twenty years ago, the average hospital stay for a patient undergoing groin hernia repair was one and a half days, five days for gallbladder removal, one night for repair of an umbilical hernia and four days for repair of an incisional hernia. Up to six weeks off work was required to recuperate after each operation. […]

‘It’s what the people want’ – surgeon on increasing demand for natural alternative to breast implants.