This article discusses the causes, features and management of recurrent lower limb ulcers in a woman aged 75 years.
After appropriate assessment, selected simple lacerations may be suitable for primary closure by non-surgical means.
Apart from potentially decreasing the burden on emergency departments, incorporating broader-based wound care within a practice may enhance the GPs’ connectedness with their patients.
With an expanding global market of dressing products, selection of wound dressings remains an area of concern.
Early detection of wound complications is crucial to improving patients’ quality of life and reducing hospital readmission.
A variety of suture techniques can be effectively employed for direct closure of acute lacerations.
Ocular trauma may result in pathology of the ocular surface and adnexa, extraocular muscles, orbital walls, eye and optic nerve.
This article reviews the management of common sport-related knee injuries, including injuries to the collateral and cruciate ligaments, the menisci and the extensor mechanism.
This article outlines the key principles for assessment and treatment of De Quervain’s tenosynovitis to enable early diagnosis and successful treatment outcomes.
This article provides a framework for the general practitioner to assess and manage a child presenting with a red eye.
A boy aged 13 years presented with a painful red left eye persisting for two days.
The warm Australian climate and outdoor living pose a unique clinical profile for foot burns, with burn injury mechanisms varying across seasons and within patient subgroups.
The telehealth consult can be as clinically satisfying as the traditional face-to-face primary care consult.
This paper describes the challenges faced by children and young people in the face of the unprecedented impact of climate‑related events or anxiety about planetary health.
This article aims to provide the general practitioner with a practical guide and an up-to-date evidence-based review on how to manage the head and neck cancer survivor.