This years Christmas BMJ edition presents a multicentre prospective comparativestudy which claims orthopaedic surgeons are not only stronger, but also smarter than anaesthetists! Abstract Objective: To compare the intelligence and grip strength of orthopaedic surgeons and anaesthetists.Design: Multicentre prospective comparative study. Setting: Three UK district general hospitals in 2011. Participants: 36 male orthopaedic surgeons and 40 male anaesthetists at consultant or specialist registrar… Full story

The 4th October was an exciting day for ICSM Surg Soc! Our first event of the year, the Imperial College Fresher's Fair, is one of the busiest and enjoyable days of the academic calendar. Surgical society ambassdors welcomed over 130 students to the society in less than a few hours. Freshers learnt how to remove benign fatty lumps from unsuspecting committee members! The portable lipoma removal teaching was extremly popular, with many fresher's now knowing the basics of instrument handling and… Full story

On 13 February 2011 the first ever Technology in Medicine and Surgery event was held at the College – bringing together students from a wide range of disciplines to help them see how doctors, engineers and scientists can work together to improve healthcare. Claudia Craven, a third year medical student, and Joseph George, a fifth year medical student, who helped organise the event, report: “Whilst Cupid was at play on Valentine’s weekend, Imperial College School of Medicine Surgical Society… Full story

Article by Sam Wong, Imperial College Reporter. In the Paterson Wing at St Mary’s Campus, a surgeon tries to stem the flow of blood from a patient who’s been stabbed in the abdomen. As a heart monitor bleeps urgently and fluid continues to emerge, the pressure of the situation is inescapable. Yet the man lying on the operating table is not a man at all, but a very convincing dummy. Full story

Professor Harold Ellis, anaesthetist Professor Stanley Feldman and scrub nurse Sister Mary Neiland have been re-united to perform an operation once again! Full story

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Twins who were born joined at the head have been successfully separated by a team of British doctors. Baby girls Rital and Ritag Gaboura, who are 11 months old, were separated on 15 August after four operations at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Full story