Exeter Surgical Health Service Research Unit (HeSRU): Recent submissions
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'I've got a little list'-the scourge of a surgical junior. A quality improvement project to change the surgical patient list in a district general hospital
(BMJ, 2020-06)Background: Junior doctors at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital spend hours every day creating and updating patient lists for all surgical specialties on Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. This not only consumes time that ... -
Bioabsorbable mesh use in midline abdominal wall prophylaxis and repair achieving fascial closure: a cross-sectional review of stage of innovation
(Springer, 2020-05-24)Background: Achieving stable closure of complex or contaminated abdominal wall incisions remains challenging. This study aimed to characterise the stage of innovation for bioabsorbable mesh devices used during both midline ... -
Development and validation of a recommended checklist for assessment of surgical videos quality: the LAParoscopic surgery Video Educational GuidelineS (LAP-VEGaS) video assessment tool
(Springer, 2020-04-06)Introduction: There has been a constant increase in the number of published surgical videos with preference for open-access sources, but the proportion of videos undergoing peer-review prior to publication has markedly ... -
Perspectives on Surgery in the Time of COVID-19: Safety First
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How to report educational videos in robotic surgery: an international multidisciplinary consensus statement
(Springer, 2020-03-07)The swift endorsement of the robotic surgical platform indicates that it might prevail as the preferred technique for many complex abdominal and pelvic operations. Nonetheless, use of the surgical robotic system introduces ... -
Impact of sex on response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with bladder cancer
(Elsevier Science, 2020-07)Objective: To assess the effect of patient's sex on response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in patients with clinically nonmetastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Methods: Complete pathologic response, defined ... -
International classification of abdominal wall planes (ICAP) to describe mesh insertion for ventral hernia repair
(Wiley, 2020-02)Nomenclature for mesh insertion during ventral hernia repair is inconsistent and confusing. Several terms, including 'inlay', 'sublay' and 'underlay', can refer to the same anatomical planes in the indexed literature. This ... -
The prognostic value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radical cystectomy
(Elsevier, 2020-01)The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an attractive marker because it is derived from routine bloodwork. NLR has shown promise as a prognostic factor in muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) but its value in patients ... -
Incidence of and risk factors for stoma-site incisional herniation after reversal
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Pharmacist-led, video-stimulated feedback to reduce prescribing errors in doctors-in-training: a mixed methods evaluation
(British Pharmacological Society, 2019-10)AIM: To develop and evaluate a feasible, authentic pharmacist-led prescribing feedback intervention for doctors-in-training, to reduce prescribing errors. METHODS: This was a mixed methods study. Sixteen postgraduate ... -
Systematic review and meta-analysis of incisional hernia post-reversal of ileostomy
(Springer, 2020-02)Incisional hernia following closure of loop ileostomy is a common problem. Assessment of the proportion of this complication is limited by small sample size and inconsistent reporting. The aim of this review was to provide ... -
Differences in outcome between patients readmitted to index vs non-index hospital trusts after colorectal resection
(Wiley, 2019-05-07)This study aimed to determine differences in outcome between patients readmitted to index vs non-index trusts after major surgery. -
Factors affecting local regrowth after watch and wait for patients with a clinical complete response following chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer (InterCoRe consortium): an individual participant data meta-analysis.
(Elsevier, 2018-10-11)In patients with rectal cancer who achieve clinical complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, watch and wait is a novel management strategy with potential to avoid major surgery. Study-level meta-analyses have ... -
The IDEAL and the EQUATOR.
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Action observation for sensorimotor learning in surgery.
(Wiley, 2018-09-27)Acquiring new motor skills to learn complex movements and master the use of a diverse range of instruments is fundamental for developing expertise in surgery. Although aspects of skill development occur through trial and ... -
Guideline Assessment Project: Filling the GAP in Surgical Guidelines: Quality Improvement Initiative by an International Working Group.
(Wolters Kluwer, 2018-09-04)The aim of the study was to identify clinical practice guidelines published by surgical scientific organizations, assess their quality, and investigate the association between defined factors and quality. The ultimate ... -
Closure of the perineal defect after abdominoperineal excision for rectal adenocarcinoma - ACPGBI Position Statement.
(Wiley, 2018-09)Perineal wound morbidity is common following abdominoperineal excision of the rectum (APE). There is no consensus on the optimum perineal reconstruction method after APE, and in particular 'extra-levator APE' (ELAPE).