Intraoperative vascular localization to facilitate endopyelotomy after renal transplantationM Siddins
Department of Renal Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia
ANZ J Surg 71:485-6. 2001
..Surgical correction can be technically challenging due to dense perinephric adhesions and variable hilar vascular anatomy. Endopyelotomy is well established in the treatment of PUJ obstruction in native kidneys...
- Influence of adhesive drapes on intraperitoneal volume and pressure during laparoscopy
Mark Siddins
Department of Transplantation and Colorectal Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Centre for Industrial and Applicable Mathematics, University of South Australia, South Australia, Australia
ANZ J Surg 72:553-6. 2002
..The influence of adhesive skin drapes on abdominal wall compliance during laparoscopy has not previously been studied...
- Audits, errors and the misplace of clinical indicators: revisiting the Quality in Australian Health Care Study
Mark Siddins
Department of Urology, Repatriation General Hospital, Daws Park, South Australia, Australia
ANZ J Surg 72:832-4. 2002
..Quality and safety cannot be adequately addressed unless surgeons actively participate in audit cycle. Failure to meet this challenge in a transparent and timely manner potentially undermines the future of professional autonomy...
- Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: meeting the challenge of consumerism?
Mark Siddins
Department of Renal Transplantation, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia
ANZ J Surg 73:912-5. 2003
..The present study reviews the experience of donors undergoing laparoscopic nephrectomy, and examines the extent to which contemporary management practice addresses issues relevant to consumerism...
- A simple technique for closure of the last laparoscopic working port
B Kanchanabat
Department of Renal Transplantation, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia
ANZ J Surg 71:483-4. 2001
..Closure of the last laparoscopic working port can be frustrating, particularly in the very obese. A technique is described that simplifies this procedure, using a grasping forcep to transfer the abdominal wall suture...
- Segmental infarction with graft dysfunction: an emerging syndrome in renal transplantation?
Burapa Kanchanabat
Renal Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia
Nephrol Dial Transplant 17:123-8. 2002
..The present study was undertaken with the goal of defining the incidence, clinical characteristics, pathogenesis, and prognosis of this entity...
- Commentary on the King Edward Inquiry: lessons we fail to learn
Mark Siddins
Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Aust Health Rev 26:28-9. 2003
