Ivor Lewis (1895-1982) - Welsh pioneer of the right-sided approach to the oesophagusGareth Morris-Stiff
University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
Dig Surg 20:546-52; discussion 552-3. 2003
- Vascular surgery, ICU and HDU: a 14-year observational study
Mary Teli
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, UK
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 90:291-6. 2008
..This study reports the chronological changes in resource utilisation of patients undergoing major vascular surgery in a district general hospital over a 14-year period...
- Impact of systemic inflammation on outcome following resection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Dhanwant Gomez
Hepatobiliary and Transplantation Unit, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
J Surg Oncol 97:513-8. 2008
..To analyse the results and prognostic factors affecting disease-free and overall survival following potentially curative resection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC)...
- Selective use of endoscopic ultrasound in the evaluation of carcinomas of the pancreatic head
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Dig Surg 28:373-8. 2011
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- Does the surgeon still have a role to play in the diagnosis and management of lymphomas?
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, UK
World J Surg Oncol 6:13. 2008
..With the advent of computed tomography, there is little role for staging laparotomy and the surgeon's role may now more diagnostic than therapeutic...
- Cholangiocarcinoma complicating primary sclerosing cholangitis: a 24-year experience
G Morris-Stiff
Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK
Dig Surg 25:126-32. 2008
..To report the prevalence and outcome of cholangiocarcinoma arising in primary sclerosing cholangitis for a British tertiary referral centre...
- Retraction transaminitis: an inevitable but benign complication of laparoscopic fundoplication
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, Princess of Wales Hospital, Coity Road, Bridgend, CF31 1RQ, Wales, UK
World J Surg 32:2650-4. 2008
..Transient transaminitis has been identified following laparoscopic abdominal surgery. However, the importance of posture, duration of surgery, and mechanical retraction in its etiology remain unclear...
- Colonic diaphragm disease without significant non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use: a case report
Jo C Roche
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, UK
Cases J 1:247. 2008
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- Aortic replacement in aorto-occlusive disease: an observational study
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK
BMC Surg 8:19. 2008
..The aim of this study was to assess the results of aortic reconstruction surgery performed in patients with critical ischaemia...
- Does endoscopic ultrasound have anything to offer in the diagnosis of idiopathic acute pancreatitis?
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
JOP 10:143-6. 2009
..The aim of this study was to investigate the role of EUS where other investigative techniques had failed to identify the cause of biochemically proven acute pancreatitis...
- Endoscopic ultrasound reliably identifies chronic pancreatitis when other imaging modalities have been non-diagnostic
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
JOP 10:280-3. 2009
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- CA19-9 antigen levels can distinguish between benign and malignant pancreaticobiliary disease
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int 8:620-6. 2009
..This study aimed to evaluate whether CA19-9 levels could accurately differentiate between benign and malignant pancreatobiliary disease...
- Gabapentin (Neurontin) improves pain scores of patients with critical limb ischaemia: an observational study
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF37 1JL, UK
Int J Surg 8:212-5. 2010
..The aim of this study was to assess the role of adding gabapentin (Neurontin) to the prescription of patients with opiate resistant pain as a result of critical limb ischaemia (CLI)...
- Surgical treatment of acute limb ischaemia in the presence of malignancy
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, CF72 8XR, United Kingdom
Int J Surg 8:233-5. 2010
..The aim of this study was to examine the outcome of surgical treatment of acute limb ischaemia (ALI) developing in the presence of malignancy...
- Laparoscopic paraoesophageal hernia repair: fundoplication is not usually indicated
G Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, Princess of Wales Hospital, 1 Golygfa r Eglwys, Maesycoed, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend CF37 1JL, Wales, UK
Hernia 12:299-302. 2008
..The aim of this cohort study was to assess the necessity of an anti-reflux procedure in addition to the crural repair...
- Internal jugular vein thrombosis in a warfarinised patient: a case report
Elizabeth Ball
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, Wales, UK
J Med Case Reports 1:184. 2007
..It usually arises following trauma to the internal jugular vein but is also seen in association with coagulopathies and advanced malignancies as part of a para-neoplastic syndrome...
- Is selenium deficiency an important risk factor for chronic graft nephropathy? A pilot study
G J Morris-Stiff
Welsh Transplantation Research Group, Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Transplantation 76:1100-4. 2003
..We aimed to determine the antioxidant profiles of patients with biopsy-proven CGN and to compare their profiles to transplant patients with good renal function...
- Sequential changes in plasma selenium concentration after cadaveric renal transplantation
G J Morris-Stiff
Welsh Transplantation Research Group, Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK
Br J Surg 91:339-43. 2004
..The aims of this study were to determine when in the transplant process low selenium concentrations become apparent and to explore the relationship between selenium levels and risk factors for CGN...
- Is assessment of popliteal artery diameter in patients undergoing screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms a worthwhile procedure
G Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Unysmaerdy, Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, UK
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 30:71-4. 2005
..The aim of this study was to assess whether screening of popliteal arteries in patients undergoing ultrasound screening of their abdominal aortas was worthwhile...
- TGFbeta-1 and the development of chronic graft nephropathy: relative roles of gene, mRNA and protein
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Welsh Transplantation Research Group, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 87:326-30. 2005
..non-invasive means of identifying early fibrotic damage before it becomes clinically apparent thus allowing an opportunity for intervention for grafts that may otherwise fail...
- Abdominal radiograph requesting in the setting of acute abdominal pain: temporal trends and appropriateness of requesting
G Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 88:270-4. 2006
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- Perigraft air is not always pathological: a case report
Elizabeth Ball
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, UK
J Med Case Reports 1:63. 2007
..What is not known is at what timepoint following surgery does the perigraft air become a significant finding...
- Hepatic complications following preoperative chemotherapy with oxaliplatin or irinotecan for hepatic colorectal metastases
G Morris-Stiff
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, St James Hospital, Leeds, UK
Eur J Surg Oncol 34:609-14. 2008
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- Mucinous adenocarcinoma presenting as an isolated sternal metastasis
Elizabeth Ball
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, Wales, UK
World J Surg Oncol 5:105. 2007
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- Hernioscopy: a useful technique for the evaluation of incarcerated hernias that retract under anaesthesia
G Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, Princess of Wales Hospital, Coity Road, Bridgend, UK
Hernia 12:133-5. 2008
..The aim of this study was to report the use of hernioscopy to inspect intra-abdominal contents and thus prevent unnecessary laparotomy...
- Correlation between postoperative infective complications and long-term outcomes after hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastasis
Shahid G Farid
Hepatobiliary and Transplantation Unit, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom
Ann Surg 251:91-100. 2010
..The impact of postoperative morbidity, and in particular infective complications on long-term outcomes, following hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM) is not widely published...
- Emergency presentation of abdominal hernias: outcome and reasons for delay in treatment - a prospective study
Mark Davies
Department of Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Gwent, UK
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 89:47-50. 2007
..The aim of this study was to audit emergency presentations of abdominal hernias prospectively in order to identify delays in patient treatment...
- Is a bougie required for the performance of the fundal wrap during laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication?
Krishnamurthy Somasekar
Department of Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, UK
Surg Endosc 24:390-4. 2010
..The aim of this study is to assess the benefit of routinely inserting a bougie during LNF, in relation to post-operative dysphagia...
- Acceptable outcome after kidney transplantation using "expanded criteria donor" grafts
Sheila M Fraser
Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
Transplantation 89:88-96. 2010
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- Variations in the anatomical distribution of peripheral vascular disease according to gender
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Ynysmaerdy, Llantrisant, UK
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 93:306-9. 2011
..The aim of this study was to clarify this issue on the basis of angiographic findings in patients presenting with claudication...
- The diagnostic dilemma of Parkinson's disease as a cause of calf 'claudication'
Samuel O Ogunbiyi
Department of Surgery, Royal Glamorgan Hospital
Br J Gen Pract 55:132-3. 2005
- Metabonomics: a useful tool for the future surgeon
Paul Goldsmith
Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Unit, St James s University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
J Surg Res 160:122-32. 2010
..Metabonomics refers to the analysis of the metabolome, that is, the metabolic profile of a system. The advantage of studying the metabolome is that the end points of biological events are elucidated...
- Surgical technique and systemic inflammation influences long-term disease-free survival following hepatic resection for colorectal metastasis
Dhanwant Gomez
Hepatobiliary and Transplantation Unit, The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
J Surg Oncol 98:371-6. 2008
..The aim of the study was to identify prognostic factors that were associated with long-term disease-free survival (>5 years) following resection for CRLM...
- Pre-operative stenting is associated with a higher prevalence of post-operative complications following pancreatoduodenectomy
Gareth Morris-Stiff
Hepato biliary Pancreatic Surgery Unit, Nuffield House, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, United Kingdom
Int J Surg 9:145-9. 2011
..The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between pre-operative stenting, bactibilia and outcome in a large United Kingdom tertiary referral practice...
