The 1990 Punch Club meeting was hosted in Leicester by Gordon Smart. Club policy at the time was that partners/spouses were not invited to the meetings.
On Wednesday 7 November, club members were transported to Alford House, Wymeswold (chez Smart) for an informal evening meal, following which they returned to the Grand Hotel, Leicester.
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Presentations commenced at Leicester General Hospital on 8 November and continued on the morning of 9 November. Details of the speakers and their presentations are shown below:
| THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER |
| Nicholas London, Lecturer in the Professorial Surgical Unit, Leicester |
The staging of renal carcinoma by contrast enhanced CT: a comparison of three techniques |
| Sukbhir Ubhi, Research Fellow in Surgery, Leicester |
Immunotherapy in cancer with special reference to the kidney |
| Timothy Terry, Consultant Urologist, Leicester |
Surgery for a penetrating problem |
| Graeme Cooksey, Senior Registrar in Urology, Leicester |
The management of impotence with a vacuum tumescence device |
| Davinder Sandhu, Senior Registrar in Urology, Nottingham/Derby |
The pathophysiology of the vas deferens |
| Dietmar Konig, Research Assistant, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cologne |
Medical school and surgical training in Germany - can life be even more difficult for German junior doctors over there? |
| FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER |
| Michael Kelly, Consultant General Surgeon, Leicester |
First-rate use for a second-hand resectoscope |
| Ali Majeed, Research Associate, Professorial Surgical Unit, Leicester |
The potential for percutaneous cholecystolithotomy |
| Mark Castleden, Professor, Care of the Elderly, University of Leicester |
The effects of prostatectomy on urological symptoms |
| David Osborn, Consultant Urologist, Leicester |
Interesting trauma cases |
On the afternoon of 8 November, members were treated to a private, guided tour of Belvoir Castle.
Belvoir Castle
The Club dinner was held in The Old Mill at Cossington. It is no longer a restaurant. but the link (below) provides a pictorial record (from the Leicester Mercury) of the restaurant before it closed.
The Old Mill, Cossington
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