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Latest evidence on the management of early-stage and locally advanced rectal cancer: a narrative review

Prabhakaran S, Yang TWW, Johnson N, Bell S, Chin M, Simpson P, Carne P, Farmer C, Skinner S, Warrier SK, Kong JC

(2022), ANZ J Surg, 92(3), 365-72

DOI: 10.1111/ans.17429

Comparison of colorectal cancer outcomes in young adults and octogenarians

Prabhakaran S, Kong JC, Williams E, Bell S, Warrier S, Simpson P, Chin M, Skinner S, Carne P

(2022), Am J Surg, 223(5), 951-6

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.08.013

Total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) in rectal cancer: to or not to give?

Mui M, Kong JCH, Ramsay R, Michael M, Heriot AG

(2022), ANZ J Surg, 92(9), 1978-9

DOI: 10.1111/ans.17947

Hereditary Endocrine Tumor Registries

Moore EC, Ioannou L, Ruseckaite R, Serpell J, Ahern S

(2022), Journal of the Endocrine Society, 7(3)

DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvac194

Oncoplastic breast consortium recommendations for mastectomy and whole breast reconstruction in the setting of post-mastectomy radiation therapy

Weber WP, Shaw J, Pusic A, Wyld L, Morrow M, King T, Mátrai Z, Heil J, Fitzal F, Potter S, Rubio IT, Cardoso MJ, Gentilini OD, Galimberti V, Sacchini V, Rutgers EJT, Benson J, Allweis TM, Haug M, Paulinelli RR, Kovacs T, Harder Y, Gulluoglu BM, Gonzalez E, Faridi A, Elder E, Dubsky P, Blohmer JU, Bjelic-Radisic V, Barry M, Hay SD, Bowles K, French J, Reitsamer R, Koller R, Schrenk P, Kauer-Dorner D, Biazus J, Brenelli F, Letzkus J, Saccilotto R, Joukainen S, Kauhanen S, Karhunen-Enckell U, Hoffmann J, Kneser U, Kühn T, Kontos M, Tampaki EC, Carmon M, Hadar T, Catanuto G, Garcia-Etienne CA, Koppert L, Gouveia PF, Lagergren J, Svensjö T, Maggi N, Kappos EA, Schwab FD, Castrezana L, Steffens D, Krol J, Tausch C, Günthert A, Knauer M, Katapodi MC, Bucher S, Hauser N, Kurzeder C, Mucklow R, Tsoutsou PG, Sezer A, Çakmak GK, Karanlik H, Fairbrother P, Romics L, Montagna G, Urban C, Walker M, Formenti SC, Gruber G, Zimmermann F, Zwahlen DR, Kuemmel S, El-Tamer M, Vrancken Peeters MJ, Kaidar-Person O, Gnant M, Poortmans P, de Boniface J

(2022), Breast, 63, 123-39

DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2022.03.008

Text mining and word embedding for classification of decision making variables in breast cancer surgery

Catanuto G, Rocco N, Maglia A, Barry P, Karakatsanis A, Sgroi G, Russo G, Pappalardo F, Nava MB; ETHOS Collaborative Group

(2022), European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 48(7), 1503-9

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2022.03.002

Preoperative serum calcitonin may improve initial surgery for medullary thyroid cancer in patients with indeterminate cytology

Jassal K, Ravintharan N, Prabhakaran S, Grodski S, Serpell JW, Lee JC

(2022), ANZ J Surg, 92(6), 1428-33

DOI: 10.1111/ans.17690

Treatment at point of injury - forward movement of surgical assets to address noncompressible truncal haemorrhage

Pilgrim C, Hendel S, Eatough N, Graves M

(2022), Journal of Military and Veterans Health, 30(1)

DOI: 03.2022-92674215

The association between quality care and outcomes for a real-world population of Australian patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

Maharaj AD, Evans SM, Ioannou LJ, Croagh D, Earnest A, Holland JF, Pilgrim CHC, Neale RE, Goldstein D, Kench JG, Merrett ND, White K, Burmeister EA, Evans PM, Hayes TM, Houli N, Knowles B, Leong T, Nikfarjam M, Philip J, Quinn M, Shapiro J, Smith MD, Spillane JB, Wong R, Zalcberg JR

(2022), HPB, 24(6), 950-62

DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2021.11.005

Long-Term Outcomes of Revisional Malabsorptive Bariatric Surgery: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risk?

Lourensz K, Himantoko I, Shaw K, Laurie C, Becroft L, Forrest E, Nottle P, Fineberg D, Burton P, Brown W

(2022), Obes Surg, 32(6), 1822-30

DOI: 10.1007/s11695-022-06019-7

Comparative outcome analysis of osseointegrated reconstruction and replantation for digital amputations

Li AT, Shepherd A, Gray SJ, Slattery P, Bruscino-Raiola F

(2022), J HAND SURG-EUR VOL, 47(5), 453-60

DOI: 10.1177/17531934211030752

Cancer in thyroglossal duct cysts

Wong J, Lee JC, Grodski S, Yeung M, Serpell J

(2022), ANZ J Surg, 92(3), 443-7

DOI: 10.1111/ans.17369

Amyand hernia with acute appendicitis: management considerations

Forrest E, Fletcher C, Budge M, Lee JC, Grodski S, Serpell JW

(2022), ANZ J Surg, 92(10), 2690-1

DOI: 10.1111/ans.17259

Non-diagnostic sonography may reduce negative appendicectomy rate in women when combined with abbreviated Alvarado score

Bappayya S, Chen F, Alderuccio M, Xu E, Vootukuru N, Lee JC

(2021), ANZ J Surg, 91(4), 609-15

DOI: 10.1111/ans.16588

Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Gender Diversity in the Scientific Programme of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress

Lai CS, Farrar J, Stanzah F, Crammond B, Wong SL, Lee JC

(2021), World J Surg, 45(10), 3048-55

DOI: 10.1007/s00268-021-06105-4

Patient Reported Experience on Consenting for Surgery - Elective Versus Emergency Patients

Maher DI, Serpell JW, Ayton D, Lee JC

(2021), J Surg Res, 265, 114-21

DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.03.026

Less extensive surgery for low-risk papillary thyroid cancers post 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines in an Australian tertiary centre

Adhami M, Bhatt CR, Grodski S, Serpell J, Lee JC

(2021), European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 47(11), 2781-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2021.06.018

Varied Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Course Is Associated with Increased Risk of Nerve Dysfunction During Thyroidectomy: Results of the Surgical Anatomy of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve in Thyroid Surgery Study, an International Multicenter Prospective Anatomic and Electrophysiologic Study of 1000 Monitored Nerves at Risk from the International Neural Monitoring Study Group

Liddy W, Wu CW, Dionigi G, Donatini G, Giles Senyurek Y, Kamani D, Iwata A, Wang B, Okose O, Cheung A, Saito Y, Casella C, Aygun N, Uludag M, Brauckhoff K, Carnaille B, Tunca F, Barczyński M, Kim HY, Favero E, Innaro N, Vamvakidis K, Serpell J, Romanchishen AF, Takami H, Chiang FY, Schneider R, Dralle H, Shin JJ, Abdelhamid Ahmed AH, Randolph GW

(2021), Thyroid, 31(11), 1730-40

DOI: 10.1089/thy.2021.0155

Hereditary Endocrine Tumors and Associated Syndromes: A Narrative Review for Endocrinologists and Endocrine Surgeons

Moore EC, Ioannou L, Ruseckaite R, Serpell J, Ahern S

(2021), Endocr Pract, 27(11), 1165-74

DOI: 10.1016/j.eprac.2021.07.002

Beyond transanal total mesorectal excision: short-term outcomes of transanal total mesorectal excision in locally advanced rectal cancer requiring resection beyond total mesorectal excision

Larach JT, Rajkomar AKS, Smart PJ, McCormick JJ, Heriot AG, Warrier SK

(2021), Colorectal Dis, 23(4), 823-33

DOI: 10.1111/codi.15446