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A comparative study of treadmill tests and heel raising exercise for peripheral arterial disease

Amirhamzeh, M. M.; Chant, H. J.; Rees, J. L.; Hands, L. J.; Powell, R. J.; Campbell, W. B. (Elsevier, 1997-03-01)

OBJECTIVES: This two part study validated a 1 min treadmill exercise test and compared this with simple heel raising exercise. METHODS: In an initial study of 24 claudicants (aged 43-79, median 63 years), ankle pressures ...

Behavioural changes in the rat following infection with varicella-zoster virus

Wallace, Christopher G; Fleetwood-Walker, S. M.; Dalziel, R. G.; Kelly, B. G.; Blackburn-Munro, G.; Quinn, J. P.; Fiskerstrand, C. E.; Nash, A. A. (Microbiology Society, 1999-09-01)

Following the establishment of a chronic varicella-zoster virus infection in the rat, behavioural allodynia and hyperalgesia were observed in the injected, but not the contralateral hind limb up to 33 days post-infection. ...

Healing at skin graft donor sites dressed with chitosan

Stone, C. A.; Wright, H.; Clarke, T.; Powell, R.; Devaraj, V. S. (Elsevier, 2000-09-23)

Chitosan is a derivative of chitin, extracted from the exoskeleton of lobsters, crabs and shrimps. As a semi-permeable biological dressing, it maintains a sterile wound exudate beneath a dry scab, preventing dehydration ...

Home or surgery based screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

Seamark, D. A.; Williams, S.; Timon, S.; Ward, A.; Ward, D.; Seamark, C.; Pinnuck, M.; Powell, R.; Halpin, D. M. G. (Nature Research, 2001-06-01)

AIMS: To compare the effectiveness of opportunistic spirometric screening of patients attending a general practice surgery with screening on randomly selected home visits. METHOD: 100 patients aged 45+ attending the Honiton ...

The differential blood pressure sign in general practice: prevalence and prognostic value

Clark, C. E.; Powell, R. J. (Oxford University Press, 2002-10-03)

BACKGROUND: Patients sometimes have differences of > or =20/10 mmHg in their blood pressure depending on which arm is measured. The prevalence and prognostic value of this finding in general practice are unknown. If these ...

Mobile messaging: emergency image transfer

Wallace, Christopher G; Gibson, JNA (Royal College of Surgeons, 2004-01-01)

A novel technique to reduce curved needlestick injuries.

Wallace, Christopher G; Browning, G G P (Royal College of Surgeons, 2004-03)

Effects of training and supervision on recurrence rate after inguinal hernia repair

Robson, A. J.; Wallace, Christopher G; Sharma, A. K.; Nixon, S. J.; Paterson-Brown, S. (Wiley, 2004-06)

There is little information about the effects of operative experience and supervision of trainees on outcome in inguinal hernia surgery, one of the cornerstone operations of basic surgical training.

Human bite injuries

Wallace, Christopher G; Urso-Baiarda, F.G. (Royal College of Surgeons, 2005)

Liposuction

Urso-Baiarda, F.G.; Wallace, Christopher G (Royal College of Surgeons, 2005)

Dental amalgam tattoo consequent to a human bite injury

Wallace, Christopher G; Blair, J. W. (Elsevier, 2005-12)

Prospective audit of 106 consecutive human bite injuries: the importance of history taking

Wallace, Christopher G; Robertson, C. E. (BMJ, 2005-12-01)

Some patients attempt to conceal human bites with factitious mechanisms of injury. Follow up questioning allows patients to modify their histories. This practice was prospectively audited.

Are the Peer Assessment Rating Index and the Index of Treatment Complexity, Outcome, and Need suitable measures for orthognathic outcomes?

Templeton, K. M.; Powell, R.; Moore, M. B.; Williams, A. C.; Sandy, J. R. (Oxford University Press, 2006-04-28)

The aim of this study was to determine which of two occlusal indices were the most appropriate for use in the assessment of orthognathic outcome. The indices used were the Peer Assessment Rating (PAR) Index and the Index ...

Phaeochromocytoma Presenting as Vomiting and Bradycardia

Lang, CC; Wallace, Christopher G; Browning, GGP; Davie, R; Cargill, R; Campbell, IWC (Sage, 2006-05)

Anterolateral Thigh Perforator Flaps in Head and Neck Reconstruction

Zaretski, A.; Wei, F-C; Lin, C-H; Cheng, M-H; Tsao, C-K; Wallace, Christopher G (Thieme, 2006-05)

Microsurgical free tissue transfer has revolutionized head and neck reconstruction. It allows functions and esthetics to be preserved without compromising the principles of oncologic surgery. To this end, the anterolateral ...

Assessment of Trabeculectomy Operation in a South West England Hospital With Comparison to the National Survey of Trabeculectomy (NST)

Mitra, M.; Claridge, K.G.; Powell, R. (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2006-05-01)

Assessment Of Trabeculectomy Operation In A South West England Hospital With Comparison To The National Survey Of Trabeculectomy (NST). A retrospective study of 56 consecutive trabeculectomies done in this hospital was ...