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Surgical consent in the COVID era – navigating greater uncertainty
by Mark Hughes
The COVID pandemic continues to have a dreadful human impact, both through direct morbidity and mortality but also due to increasing economic st...
The end of the beginning? Time for innovation
by Mark Hughes
In the UK, the lockdown continues. There is a growing realisation that disruption to both normal life and healthcare systems is likely to continu...
Translational medicine needs engaged surgeons, and vice versa
by Mark Hughes
The need for surgical innovation is no less pressing now than when humanity first learned to make a knife and, soon after, made its first surgical ...
The call of the wild: biomimicry and surgical innovation
by Mark Hughes
Surgeons spend hours in the confines of small and sterile spaces: hospitals, clinic rooms, operating theatres, and body cavities. There is a lot to...