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Inside Health: Zika in UK, Hip arthroscopy, Limits of cancer treatment

09/08/2016

Zika in UK, Hip arthroscopy, Limits of cancer treatment

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Zika in UK, Hip arthroscopy, Limits of cancer treatment

Dr Mark Porter finds out how hip arthroscopy is increasingly being used.

Dr Mark Porter finds out how hip arthroscopy is increasingly being used to treat problems caused by hip impingement.

With over 50 confirmed cases of people in the UK with the Zika, Dr Margaret McCartney reviews the latest advice for people worried about the virus. 

Keyhole surgery for the hip. Dr Mark Porter finds out how hip arthroscopy is increasingly being used to treat problems caused by hip impingement. Sion Glyn Jones, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Oxford and consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre describes which groups appear to benefit most from hip arthroscopy, and Amanda, who had to wait 8 years before keyhole surgery on one of her painful hips, tells Mark about the transformation the operation made to her life. 

Mark and Margaret discuss the benefits of the "yellow card" system, which allows patients and health professionals to report side effects of drugs.

And, as more and more people in the UK are surviving, or living with cancer, thanks to recent advances in treatment, choosing the best approach when faced with a life-limiting disease can be difficult. When cure rates approach 100% for early bowel cancer, advising a patient to have surgery is much easier than recommending aggressive chemotherapy for a hard-to-treat tumour when there's only a slim chance of a cure. Consultant oncologist Sam Guglani, from Cheltenham General Hospital, discusses with Mark the different factors that can influence and impact on the unique relationship between doctor and patient when faced with such choices.

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