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Argon plasma coagulation compared with stent placement in the palliative treatment of inoperable oesophageal cancer.

United European gastroenterology journal

Sigounas DE, Krystallis C, Couper G, Paterson-Brown S, Tatsioni A, Plevris JN.
PMID: 28405318
United European Gastroenterol J. 2017 Feb;5(1):21-31. doi: 10.1177/2050640616650786. Epub 2016 Jun 23.

BACKGROUND: Self-expandable metal stents (SEMSs) are the main palliative modality used in inoperable oesophageal cancer. Other palliative modalities, including argon plasma coagulation (APC), have also been used.OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the relative efficacy of...

Validity of surgical simulation for the assessment of operative skill.

The British journal of surgery

Paisley AM, Baldwin PJ, Paterson-Brown S.
PMID: 11683753
Br J Surg. 2001 Nov;88(11):1525-32. doi: 10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01880.x.

BACKGROUND: Surgical simulators are being promoted as a means of assessing a surgeon's technical skills. Little evidence exists that simulator performance correlates with actual technical ability. This study was undertaken to determine the criterion and construct validity of currently...

Ventouse: use, cup placement and success.

Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Cotzias CS, Paterson-Brown S.
PMID: 15512099
J Obstet Gynaecol. 1998 Jul;18(4):318-21. doi: 10.1080/01443619867029.

Sixty ventouse deliveries were analysed prospectively with specific attention paid to cup placement and its influence on successful or failed delivery. There was an 18.3% failure rate and 21.7% of all ventouse deliveries attempted had the cup inaccurately positioned....

Does a high ranking mean success in the Situational Judgement Test?.

The clinical teacher

Simon E, Walsh K, Paterson-Brown F, Cahill D.
PMID: 25603707
Clin Teach. 2015 Feb;12(1):42-5. doi: 10.1111/tct.12239.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The selection of medical students to the foundation programme has undergone several changes since its introduction in 2005, with the latest being the introduction of the Situational Judgement Test (SJT) in 2013. The SJT, a 2-hour...

Ranking and situational judgement test: response.

The clinical teacher

Simon E, Walsh K, Paterson-Brown F, Cahill D.
PMID: 26768502
Clin Teach. 2015 Dec;12(6):438. doi: 10.1111/tct.12449.

No abstract available.

Management of placenta praevia.

Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Groom KM, Woo YL, Paterson-Brown S.
PMID: 15512662
J Obstet Gynaecol. 2000 Sep;20(5):552; author reply 552-3. doi: 10.1080/014436100434956.

No abstract available.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for carcinoma of the oesophagus and oesophago-gastric junction: a six-year experience.

International seminars in surgical oncology : ISSO

Halliday BP, Skipworth RJ, Wall L, Phillips HA, Couper GW, de Beaux AC, Paterson-Brown S.
PMID: 17937823
Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2007 Oct 16;4:24. doi: 10.1186/1477-7800-4-24.

BACKGROUND: Oesophageal cancer is a major clinical problem with a generally poor prognosis. As a result there has been interest in combining surgery with neoadjuvant chemotherapy to try and improve outcomes, although the current evidence for benefit is inconsistent....

Response to: 'Lack of standardisation between specialties for human factors content in postgraduate surgical training: an analysis of specialty curricula in the UK' by Greig et al.

BMJ quality & safety

Youngson G, Paterson-Brown S, Russ S.
PMID: 26515445
BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Feb;25(2):131-2. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004935. Epub 2015 Oct 29.

No abstract available.

Early outcome after laparoscopic and open floppy nissen fundoplication.

The British journal of surgery

Ferguson JI, Palmer K, Dresner SM, Griffin SM, Paterson-Brown S.
PMID: 10718952
Br J Surg. 2000 Mar;87(3):362-73. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01383-18.x.

AIMS: There remains debate regarding the best operative procedure for gastro-oesophageal reflux. For those who advocate a full 'floppy' Nissen fundoplication there is some scepticism that this can be completed effectively laparoscopically with division of all the short gastric...

Surgical training in the developing world.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

Ghani KR, Cotton MH, Paterson-Brown S.
PMID: 12511478
BMJ. 2003 Jan 04;326(7379):S1. doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7379.s1a.

No abstract available.

The Surgical Management of Concomitant Gallbladder and Common Bile Duct Stones.

HPB surgery : a world journal of hepatic, pancreatic and biliary surgery

Darrien JH, Connor K, Janeczko A, Casey JJ, Paterson-Brown S.
PMID: 26420916
HPB Surg. 2015;2015:165068. doi: 10.1155/2015/165068. Epub 2015 Sep 01.

Background. The management of choledocholithiasis has evolved from open common bile duct exploration (OCBDE) to therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) to laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE). Each entails a degree of difficulty. Aim. To review 5-year results of...

Clinical acute cholecystitis and the Curtis-Fitz-Hugh syndrome.

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Paterson-Brown S, Dudley HA.
PMID: 19311218
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 1988 Sep;70(5):336.

No abstract available.

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