• 266 Improving Management of Women Presenting with Groin Hernias at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E) 

  Chillarge, G. (Wiley, 2022-02-28)

  Determine the percentage of women with groin hernia undergoing laparoscopic repair at RD&E hospital and if it was offered during clinic visit.The lifetime risk of groin hernia in women is 3–5.8%. The incidence of missed ...

• 157 Diagnostic Test Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence Models Used in Cross-Sectional Radiological Imaging of Surgical Pathology in the Abdominopelvic Cavity: A Systematic Review 

  Fowler, G.E.; Blencowe, N.S.; Hardacre, C.; Callaway, M.P.; Smart, N.J.; Macefield, R.C. (Wiley, 2022-02-28)

  Medical imaging is important for diagnostic, prognostic, and management decisions. It is reliant on an increasingly limited number of interpreters. A developing interest has explored how artificial intelligence (AI) research ...

• 130 Paediatric Hand Fractures Requiring Surgery – the Results of a Bespoke Hand Surgery Service 

  Donnachie, D.; Yim, G.; Watts, A. (Wiley, 2022-02-28)

  To evaluate the management of The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E) bespoke hand surgery service on paediatric closed hand fractures. In particular, an assessment against The British Society for Surgery of the ...

• 218 Compliance With the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) Guidelines on the Management of Open Hand Fractures Audit 

  John, H.; Nagrath, N. (Wiley, 2022-02-28)

  British Society of Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) have defined standards for managing open hand fractures. We intended to ascertain our and referring peripheral units’ adherence with BSSH’s standards of care in managing open ...

• A Systematic Review of the Outcomes of Microsurgical Toe Transfer for Metacarpal and Metacarpal-Like Hand Deformity 

  Nagrath, N.; Duggan, E.; Thurley, N.; Rodrigues, J. N. (World Scientific Publishing, 2022-02-01)

  Background: Thumb and multiple finger amputations may result in a metacarpal and a metacarpal-like hand deformity. Toe-to-hand transfer is a recognised treatment strategy for this deformity but has risks and is resource ...

• Physical activity recommendations pre and post abdominal wall reconstruction: a scoping review of the evidence 

  Adams, S. T.; Bedwani, N. H.; Massey, L. H.; Bhargava, A.; Byrne, C.; Jensen, K. K.; Smart, N. J.; Walsh, C. J. (Springer, 2022-01-13)

  PURPOSE: There are no universally agreed guidelines regarding which types of physical activity are safe and/or recommended in the perioperative period for patients undergoing ventral hernia repair or abdominal wall ...

• A novel technique of draping for the Smith-Robinson approach 

  Jennison, T.; Stokes, O.; Chan, D. (Royal College of Surgeons, 2022-01-02)

• Openly accessed and openly published: a celebration of international high-impact surgical research 

  Sallinen, V.; Darvall, K.; Lorenzon, L.; McDermott, F.; Marchegiani, G. (Wiley, 2021-09-06)

• SP3.1.5 Variation and predictors of emergency surgery in emergency hospital admissions from the Emergency Surgery Or Not (ESORT) study 

  Hutchings, Andrew; O'Neill, Stephen; Zapata, Silvia Moler; Smart, Neil; Hinchliffe, Robert; Grieve, Richard (Wiley, 2021-10-28)

  To assess variation in use of emergency surgery (ES) for emergency hospital admissions with acute appendicitis, cholelithiasis, diverticular disease, abdominal wall hernia or intestinal obstruction.Cohorts were extracted ...

• EP.FRI.949 “When it works, it works brilliantly…. on the days that it doesn’t work, it tends to just all kind of crumble” – a qualitative study of patient and staff experience of ambulatory care on the surgical assessment unit 

  Massey, Lisa; Day, Jo; Bethune, Rob; Lang, Iain (Wiley, 2021-10-28)

  To explore patients’ experiences of being managed in an ambulatory manner and to explore medical staff’s experiences and attitudes of emergency ambulatory care.Twenty patients and 12 members of staff (nurses, HCAs, junior ...

• 325 Pretibial Injury and 1 Year Mortality 

  Peberdy, D (Wiley, 2021-10-12)

• A systematic review of the complications of contemporary total elbow arthroplasty 

  Parker, P.; Furness, N. D.; Evans, J. P.; Batten, T.; White, W. J.; Smith, C. D. (Sage, 2021-10-01)

  BACKGROUND: Total elbow arthroplasty is a low volume procedure. We aimed to evaluate complication rates and cumulative percentages associated with the most frequently used contemporary implants and for the commonest ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• 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 ...

• Global parental leave in surgical careers: differences according to gender, geographical regions and surgical career stages 

  Au, S.; Bellato, V.; Carvas, J. M.; Córdoba, C. D.; Daudu, D.; Dziakova, J.; Eltarhoni, K.; El Feituri, N.; Fung, A. C. H.; Fysaraki, C.; Gallo, G.; Gultekin, F. A.; Harbjerg, J. L.; Hatem, F.; Ioannidis, A.; Jakobsen, L.; Clinch, D.; Kristensen, HØ; Kuiper, S. Z.; Kwok, A. M. F.; Kwok, W.; Millan, M.; Milto, K. M.; Ng, H. J.; Pellino, G.; Picciariello, A.; Pronin, S.; van Ramshorst, G. H.; Ramser, M.; Jiménez-Rodríguez, R. M.; Sainz Hernandez, J. C.; Samadov, E.; Sohrabi, S.; Uchiyama, M.; Wang, J. H.; Younis, M. U.; Fleming, S.; Alhomoud, S.; Mayol, J.; Moeslein, G.; Smart, N. J.; Soreide, K.; Teh, C.; Verran, D.; Maeda, Y. (Wiley, 2021-09-01)

  BACKGROUND: There is a lack of information regarding the provision of parental leave for surgical careers. This survey study aims to evaluate the experience of maternity/paternity leave and views on work-life balance ...

• Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score 

  Unknown author (Wiley, 2021-07-06)

  To support the global restart of elective surgery, data from an international prospective cohort study of 8492 patients (69 countries) was analysed using artificial intelligence (machine learning techniques) to develop a ...

• Paediatric umbilical hernioplasty: a refined approach 

  Fowler, G. E.; Flamey, N.; Gee, A. S. (Royal College of Surgeons, 2021-09-01)

• Survival of the Aequalis total shoulder replacement at a minimum 20-year follow-up: a clinical and radiographic study 

  Evans, Jonathan P.; Batten, Timothy; Bird, Joshua; Thomas, William J.; Kitson, Jeff B.; Smith, Christopher D. (Elsevier, 2021-03-03)

  AIMS: Shoulder replacement is increasingly performed for end-stage arthritis. Information on the long-term survival and patient outcomes is very limited. This study aimed to quantify the survival and clinical outcome at a ...

• Laparoscopic partial splenectomy using the harmonic scalpel for parenchymal transection: two case reports and review of the literature 

  Di Mauro, Davide; Fasano, Angelica; Gelsomino, Mariannita; Manzelli, Antonio (0, 2021-04-30)

  Laparoscopic splenectomy is nowadays widely performed for the treatment of benign and malignant diseases of the spleen. However, removing the spleen increases the risk of postoperative infections, therefore patients need ...

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