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Patients admitted to NHS major trauma centres at the weekend have near identical outcomes to those admitted during the week, according to a new study of more than 49,000 patients published in the Emergency Medicine Journal.
NDORMS researchers awarded for Dupuytren research
Awards Hand Kennedy Main
8 April 2021
Three NDORMS researchers have received awards from the International Dupuytren Society, a patient organisation that brings together Dupuytren Disease patient societies from across the world.
Is surgical repair the best treatment for injuries to the nerves in fingers?
Botnar Hand Main OCTRU SITU
20 November 2019
A new trial, funded by a £1.2 million National Institute of Health Research grant, will explore whether surgery is the best treatment for digital nerve injury.
NDORMS team awarded the International Dupuytren Award
Awards Hand Kennedy Main OCTRU
12 November 2019
Jagdeep Nanchahal, Professor of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Kennedy Institute, and his team have won the International Dupuytren Award for a trial repurposing anti-TNF in Dupuytren’s disease.
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David Metcalfe
Clinical Lecturer in Emergency Medicine
Original paper Is there a 'weekend effect' in major trauma? is published in the Emergency Medicine Journal.
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