Oesophageal cancer is not an uncommon cause of dysphagia or odonophagia in a general surgery practice. In this podcast we give an overview of the two most common types of oesophageal cancer, their presentation, investigation and management.

An overview of surgical topics aimed at medical students coming to their clinical surgery rotations, as well as refreshers for early career medical doctors working in surgical departments. These podcasts provide core knowledge of topics, providing a platform to commence deeper learning.

Colorectal cancer and it's complications will be a common condition managed by anyone treating surgical emergencies as well as working in general surgery departments. In this podcast we discuss these cancers, their presentations and the management thereof.

There are cancers rarely seen in the general population, but are common in HIV positive patients, such as Kaposi sarcoma and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. In this podcast we give an overview of the more common HIV associated malignancies that a general surgeon may be faced with.

The most common indication for spleen surgery is trauma. In the absence of trauma, spleen surgery is relatively rare and seldomly required. When indicated it may be curative and lifesaving. In this podcast we discuss elective, non-trauma general surgical aspects of the spleen.

Having a systematic reproducible routine of assessing a surgical ward patient during your daily ward rounds is essential, ensuring that they are improving, picking up signs early that something may be going wrong. In this podcast we discuss how to go about this essential component of your clinical practice.

In this podcast we discuss causes and the management of bowel obstruction once the baby is older than 28 days of age.