T-cell epitope mapping of ORF2 and ORF3 proteins of human hepatitis E virusR Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Viral Hepat 14:283-92. 2007
..These data on mapping of T-cell epitopes in HEV proteins may prove useful for designing HEV vaccines and for studying the immunopathogenesis of hepatitis E...
Diagnosis of hepatitis ERakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 10:24-33. 2013
..Improved validation of existing anti-HEV antibody assays or development of new assays with superior performance characteristics is urgently needed...
Effect of maternal education on choice of location for delivery among Indian womenRakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Natl Med J India 24:328-34. 2011
..However, in India, a large proportion of deliveries take place outside health facilities. We studied the effect of maternal education on the choice of location for delivery in the Indian population...
- Plasma peptidome profiling of acute hepatitis E patients by MALDI-TOF/TOF
Shikha Taneja
Virology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
Proteome Sci 9:5. 2011
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- Epidemiology of hepatitis E: current status
Rakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 24:1484-93. 2009
..Our understanding of hepatitis E epidemiology has undergone major changes in recent years, and the future may hold even more surprises...
- Hepatitis E: Historical, contemporary and future perspectives
Rakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 26:72-82. 2011
..These vaccines should be of particular use in groups that are at high risk of HEV infection and/or of poor outcome...
- Clinical presentation of hepatitis E
Rakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Virus Res 161:15-22. 2011
..The pathogenesis of these manifestations remains unclear...
- A comparison of online versus on-site training in health research methodology: a randomized study
Rakesh Aggarwal
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
BMC Med Educ 11:37. 2011
..Our objective was to determine whether on-line courses in Biostatistics and Research Ethics could achieve similar improvements in knowledge, as traditional on-site, classroom-based courses...
- Hepatitis E
Rakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Hepatology 54:2218-26. 2011
..Two recombinant protein vaccines have undergone successful human trials, but are not yet commercially available. Recent development of cell-culture methods for HEV should allow a better understanding of this enigmatic agent...
- Hepatitis B virus genotype A is more often associated with severe liver disease in northern India than is genotype D
Ashish Kumar
Departments of Gastroenterology and Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow-226 014, India
Indian J Gastroenterol 24:19-22. 2005
..Genotype A was more often associated with ALT elevation, HBeAg positivity, absence of anti-HBe and, among those aged 25 years and above, cirrhosis of liver, than was genotype D...
- Adaptive immune responses during acute uncomplicated and fulminant hepatitis E
Ratika Srivastava
Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 26:306-11. 2011
..We therefore studied adaptive immune responses to HEV antigens in patients with hepatitis E of varying disease severity and healthy controls...
- Hepatitis E virus is responsible for decompensation of chronic liver disease in an endemic region
Arvind Kumar
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226 014
Indian J Gastroenterol 23:59-62. 2004
..Twelve patients survived, as compared to 9 of 18 patients without evidence of recent HEV infection (p<0.01). CONCLUSION: HEV infection is a frequent cause of decompensation in patients with liver cirrhosis in HEV-endemic regions...
- Spectrum of malabsorption syndrome among adults & factors differentiating celiac disease & tropical malabsorption
Uday C Ghoshal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Indian J Med Res 136:451-9. 2012
..This study was undertaken to investigate the spectrum of MAS among Indian adults and to find out the features that may help to differentiate between TM and celiac disease...
- Evidence of hepatitis E virus exposure among seronegative healthy residents of an endemic area
Mohammad Mushtaq Husain
Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Intervirology 54:139-43. 2011
..Detection of serum anti-HEV IgG has traditionally been used to determine prior exposure to this virus. We studied HEV-specific recall immune responses in healthy subjects with and without detectable anti-HEV IgG...
- Clinical features and predictors of outcome in acute hepatitis A and hepatitis E virus hepatitis on cirrhosis
Yellapu Radha Krishna
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Liver Int 29:392-8. 2009
..Our study aimed to evaluate the clinical profile and predictors of 3-month mortality in patients with this distinctive form of liver failure...
- Tropical sprue is associated with contamination of small bowel with aerobic bacteria and reversible prolongation of orocecal transit time
Uday C Ghoshal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 18:540-7. 2003
..In tropical sprue (TS), response to antibiotics may suggest a role for bacterial contamination of the small bowel, which is known in diseases with prolonged orocecal transit time (OCTT)...
- Etiological spectrum of sporadic malabsorption syndrome in northern Indian adults at a tertiary hospital
Piyush Ranjan
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Indian J Gastroenterol 23:94-8. 2004
..CONCLUSIONS: Tropical sprue, celiac disease and Crohn's disease are common causes of MAS in Indian adults. Inappropriate anti-tubercular treatment is common in them and needs to be discouraged...
- Occult hepatitis B virus infection as a cause of cirrhosis of liver in a region with intermediate endemicity
Neeti Agarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226 014
Indian J Gastroenterol 22:127-31. 2003
..HBV DNA testing in serum and liver can help in establishing HBV infection as etiology, either alone or in addition to another cause...
- Role of IgG anti-beta-lactoglobulin antibody in the diagnosis of cow's milk protein intolerance in India
Ujjal Poddar
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Indian J Gastroenterol 27:190-4. 2008
..Little is known about cow's milk protein intolerance (CMPI) in India. This study was aimed at finding CMPI cases and determining the role of IgG anti-beta-lactoglobulin antibody in the diagnosis of this condition in India...
- Assessment of cost-effectiveness of universal hepatitis B immunization in a low-income country with intermediate endemicity using a Markov model
Rakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
J Hepatol 38:215-22. 2003
..We performed a cost-effectiveness analysis of universal childhood HB immunization in such countries using India as an example, since available data on this aspect are limited...
- Factor V Leiden and prothrombin gene G20210A mutations are uncommon in portal vein thrombosis in India
Sanjay Sharma
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226 014, India
Indian J Gastroenterol 25:236-9. 2006
..The cause of thrombosis in these patients remains unclear. We studied the frequency of mutations in genes for coagulation factors V and II (prothrombin) in 61 Indian patients with PVT and 49 healthy control subjects...
- Cellular immune responses in acute hepatitis E virus infection to the viral open reading frame 2 protein
Ruchi Srivastava
Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Viral Immunol 20:56-65. 2007
..Further, the limited immune reactivity we detected in peripheral blood cells may be related to the sequestration of immune events to the intrahepatic compartment, which is the major disease site...
- Profile of liver involvement in dengue virus infection
Srivenu Itha
Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India
Natl Med J India 18:127-30. 2005
..CONCLUSION: Our data show that liver injury is common in adult patients with dengue infection. Further studies are needed to determine the mechanism of liver injury in this disease...
- Hepatitis B virus carriers; natural course, diagnostic approach and treatment
Piyush Ranjan
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Trop Gastroenterol 26:58-65. 2005
- Does co-infection with multiple viruses adversely influence the course and outcome of sporadic acute viral hepatitis in children?
Arvind Kumar
Department of Gastroenterology Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 21:1533-7. 2006
..This study looked at the frequency of co-infection with multiple hepatotropic viruses and the effect of such infection on the course and outcome of acute sporadic viral hepatitis (AVH) and fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) in children...
- Low frequency of factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A mutations in patients with hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction in northern India: a case-control study
Sirish I Kumar
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Indian J Gastroenterol 24:211-5. 2005
..We studied the prevalence of these mutations among patients with HVOTO in northern India in comparison with healthy population...
- Immunological alterations in pregnant women with acute hepatitis E
Rekha Pal
Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 20:1094-101. 2005
..CONCLUSION: These results show the existence of a Th2 bias in pregnant women with acute hepatitis E. The role of this Th2 bias in the greater severity of hepatitis E among pregnant women needs further investigation...
- Antibody testing in Indian children with celiac disease
Surender Kumar Yachha
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226 014, India
Indian J Gastroenterol 25:132-5. 2006
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- Histological and immunohistochemical features in fatal acute fulminant hepatitis E
Vinita Agrawal
Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Indian J Pathol Microbiol 55:22-7. 2012
..Hepatitis E is being increasingly recognized as an emerging infection in developed countries. Data on histological findings and nature of inflammatory cell infiltrate in liver in this disease are quite sparse...
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis B with interferon-alpha: cost-effectiveness in developing countries
Rakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India
Natl Med J India 15:320-7. 2002
..Treatment with interferon-alpha (IFN) has been shown to be cost-effective in developed countries. However, cost-effectiveness In developing countries such as India has not been studied...
- Presence of hepatitis E virus in sewage in Northern India: frequency and seasonal pattern
Sirish Kumar Ippagunta
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Med Virol 79:1827-31. 2007
..The study suggests that HEV infection and fecal viral excretion may be common in HEV-endemic regions throughout the year even during non-epidemic periods...
- Prediction of large esophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis of the liver using clinical, laboratory and imaging parameters
Sanjay Kumar Sharma
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 22:1909-15. 2007
..This approach leads to unnecessary UGIE in those without LEVx. We tried to identify clinical, laboratory and imaging parameters that may predict the presence of LEVx and help select patients for UGIE...
- Effect of a gluten-free diet on growth and small-bowel histology in children with celiac disease in India
Surender K Yachha
Department of Gastroenterology Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 22:1300-5. 2007
..Follow-up studies on growth and histological recovery of children with celiac disease (CD) while on a gluten-free diet (GFD) are lacking from Asia. We therefore assessed the effects of this diet...
- A boost to hepatitis B vaccine: no need for boosters
Rakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Natl Med J India 18:313-4. 2005
- Severe ulcerative colitis: prospective study of parameters determining outcome
Sanjay Kumar
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 19:1247-52. 2004
..CONCLUSION: It may be possible to predict the failure of medical treatment in exacerbations of UC using a scoring system based on clinical parameters and simple laboratory tests...
- Role of travel as a risk factor for hepatitis E virus infection in a disease-endemic area
Rakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Indian J Gastroenterol 21:14-8. 2002
..We undertook epidemiologic and laboratory studies during an epidemic of acute hepatitis in Sindri town, in District Dhanbad, Bihar in 1998...
- Preventing and treating hepatitis B infection
Rakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226 014, India
BMJ 329:1080-6. 2004
- Abernethy malformation with portal vein aneurysm
Atin Kumar
Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Diagn Interv Radiol 14:143-6. 2008
..Etiology, clinical significance, and management strategies with regard to these abnormalities are discussed...
- Vestibular schwannoma: role of conservative management
R Suryanarayanan
Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary and Hope Hospital, Salford, UK
J Laryngol Otol 124:251-7. 2010
..To assess the outcome of conservative management of vestibular schwannoma...
- Validation of video-based skill assessment in carotid artery stenting
I Van Herzeele
Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 38:1-9. 2009
..To develop weighted error-based, generic and procedure-specific rating scales, to validate these scales for video-based assessment during virtual carotid artery stent (CAS) procedures and correlate them with simulator-derived metrics...
- Experienced endovascular interventionalists objectively improve their skills by attending carotid artery stent training courses
I Van Herzeele
Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, UK Regional Vascular Unit, St Mary s Hospital, London, UK
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 35:541-50. 2008
..Carotid artery stenting (CAS) is an advanced endovascular intervention with a steep learning curve. Virtual reality (VR) simulation has been proposed as a means to train and objectively assess technical performance...
- Training with simulation versus operative room attendance
L M Desender
Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 52:17-37. 2011
..This article reviews the evidence and the limitations for this adjunctive tool, the implementation in current training programmes and future applications to maintain the highest standards of care for treatment of vascular disease...
- Evidence for activation of cellular immune responses in patients with acute hepatitis E
Sita Naik
Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Indian J Gastroenterol 21:149-52. 2002
..We looked for evidence of lymphocyte sensitization to HEV peptides in patients with acute HEV infection...
- HFE, hepcidin and ferroportin gene mutations are not present in Indian patients with primary haemochromatosis
Priyanka Shukla
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Natl Med J India 19:20-3. 2006
..CONCLUSION: Our patients with primary haemochromatosis lacked mutations in the HFE, hepcidin and ferroportin genes. Further genetic analysis may help identify novel mutations responsible for primary haemochromatosis in these patients...
- Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis and Budd-Chiari syndrome due to paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria managed with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: a case report
Abhinav Sharma
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
Trop Gastroenterol 26:146-8. 2005
..For Budd-Chiari syndrome in patients with underlying PNH, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt may be a good option but caution is needed to prevent stent occlusion...
- Alterations in natural killer cells and natural killer T cells during acute viral hepatitis E
R Srivastava
Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Viral Hepat 15:910-6. 2008
..During convalescence, all the parameters normalized. In conclusion, reversible alterations in NK and NKT cell number and activation status during acute hepatitis E suggest a role of these cells in the pathogenesis of this disease...
- Non-organ-specific autoantibodies in Indian patients with chronic liver disease
Sunilbaran Daschakraborty
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, 226 014, India
Indian J Gastroenterol 31:237-42. 2012
..However, various autoantibodies are often detectable in patients with CLD due to other causes too. Since data on autoantibody prevalence in Indian patients with CLD are limited, we decided to undertake the current study...
- Hepatitis E vaccine
Rakesh Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences SGPGIMS, Rae Bareilly Road, Lucknow, 226 014, India
Hepatol Int 2:308-15. 2008
..However, significant progress has been made in developing and testing recombinant subunit vaccines based on the viral capsid protein. This review summarizes these efforts...
- Recurrent duodenal ulcer haemorrhage: a pharmacoeconomic comparison of various management strategies
Uday Chand Ghoshal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, India
Expert Opin Pharmacother 4:1593-603. 2003
..Prevention of recurrence is, therefore, an important goal. Eradication of Helicobacter pylori or maintenance treatment with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) may reduce recurrent DU bleeding. Economic comparison of these options is sparse...
- Piperacillin induced bone marrow suppression: a case report
Ashish Kumar
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
BMC Clin Pharmacol 3:2. 2003
..Piperacillin (and piperacillin/tazobactam) is a commonly prescribed antibiotic and is generally considered safe. We report a case of piperacillin induced bone marrow suppression...
- Hepatitis A vaccine versus immunoglobulin for post-exposure prophylaxis
Anshu Srivastava
Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Natl Med J India 20:302-3. 2007
- Strongyloides stercoralis infestation associated with septicemia due to intestinal transmural migration of bacteria
Uday C Ghoshal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow, India
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 17:1331-3. 2002
..This supports the hypothesis of migration of bacteria from the intestinal lumen as a cause of septicemia in patients with fulminant S. stercoralis infestation...
- Plasmodium falciparum and hepatitis E virus co-infection in fulminant hepatic failure
U C Ghoshal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow
Indian J Gastroenterol 20:111. 2001
..Peripheral smear was positive for Plasmodium falciparum, and IgM anti-HEV was positive. She died despite antimalarial drugs and supportive management. Postmortem liver tissue showed changes suggestive of acute viral hepatitis...
- A serological study of intrafamilial spread from patients with sporadic hepatitis E virus infection
S K Somani
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow-226 014, India
J Viral Hepat 10:446-9. 2003
..This suggests that person-to-person transmission is uncommon in sporadic hepatitis E...
- Hepatitis E virus RNA detection in serum and feces specimens with the use of microspin columns
R Aggarwal
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Virol Methods 74:209-13. 1998
..Use of this method may allow better assessment of viremia and fecal excretion in patients and experimental animals infected with HEV...
- Hepatitis E virus infection among animals in northern India: an unlikely source of human disease
P Shukla
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
J Viral Hepat 14:310-7. 2007
..However, the swine HEV in India differs genetically from human HEV isolates, indicating that pigs may not play an important role in the spread of human hepatitis E in endemic regions...
- High frequency of hepatitis B virus infection in patients with beta-thalassemia receiving multiple transfusions
H Singh
Department of Immunology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Vox Sang 84:292-9. 2003
..The frequency of infection was similar in vaccine responders and non-responders. A number of mutations were observed in the S gene, which could have implications for viral replication as well as virus-host cell interaction...
- A large waterborne viral hepatitis E epidemic in Kanpur, India
S R Naik
Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Bull World Health Organ 70:597-604. 1992
..The first peak was probably caused by faecal contamination of river water, indicated by water analysis data, and the second, by inadequate chlorination of water in a reservoir. There was no evidence of secondary intrafamilial spread...
- Virtual reality simulation training can improve inexperienced surgeons' endovascular skills
R Aggarwal
Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, London, UK
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 31:588-93. 2006
..The aim of this study was to evaluate virtual reality (VR) simulation for endovascular training of surgeons inexperienced in this technique...
- Identification of skills common to renal and iliac endovascular procedures performed on a virtual reality simulator
S K Neequaye
Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 33:525-32. 2007
..The aim of this study was to determine the nature of skills acquisition on the renal and iliac modules of a commercially-available VR simulator...
- Systematic review of randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of virtual reality training for laparoscopic surgery
K Gurusamy
Hepatopancreatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgery, University Department of Surgery, Royal Free and University College School of Medicine, University College London and Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London NW32QG, UK
Br J Surg 95:1088-97. 2008
..The aim of this review was to determine whether virtual reality (VR) training can supplement and/or replace conventional laparoscopic training in surgical trainees with limited or no laparoscopic experience...
- Objective assessment of gynecologic laparoscopic skills using the LapSimGyn virtual reality simulator
C R Larsen
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Juliane Marie Centre (for Children, woman, and Reproduction, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 3, Rigshospitalet, DK- 2100, Denmark
Surg Endosc 20:1460-6. 2006
..LapSimGyn also seems to be flexible and widely accepted by the users...
- The simulated operating theatre: comprehensive training for surgical teams
R Aggarwal
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College London, 10th Floor, QEQM Building, St Mary s Hospital, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY UK
Qual Saf Health Care 13:i27-32. 2004
..The effect of external influences such as distractions, new technology, or a crisis scenario can also be defined, with the ultimate aim of reducing the number of adverse events arising in the real operating room...
- Skills training in telerobotic surgery
J Hance
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
Int J Med Robot 1:7-12. 2005
..Only when the standard of practice is firmly established, should the proliferation of robotic practitioners be encouraged thus ensuring patient safety is not compromised...
- Robotic prostatectomy: the first UK experience
E K Mayer
Imperial Robotic Urological Surgery Group, Department of Urology, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
Int J Med Robot 2:321-8. 2006
..The structured approach used in this setting demonstrates that urological surgeons of varying laparoscopic experience can acquire the skills necessary to competently perform laparoscopic radical prostatectomy...
- Motion tracking systems for assessment of surgical skill
R Aggarwal
Surg Endosc 21:339. 2007
- Virtual reality simulation training can improve technical skills during laparoscopic salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy
R Aggarwal
Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, London, UK
BJOG 113:1382-7. 2006
..To assess the first commercially available virtual reality (VR) simulator to incorporate procedural modules for training of inexperienced gynaecological surgeons to perform laparoscopic salpingectomy for ectopic pregnancy...
- Global epidemiology and medical aspects of hepatitis E
K Krawczynski
Division of Viral Hepatitis, NCID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Forum (Genova) 11:166-79. 2001
..Recombinant vaccines are being developed that may be particularly useful for travellers to the disease-endemic areas and for pregnant women...
- Consensus guidelines for validation of virtual reality surgical simulators
F J Carter
The Cuschieri Skills Centre, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland
Surg Endosc 19:1523-32. 2005
..The work group intends to update these consensus guidelines on a regular basis, with the resulting article available on the EAES website (http://www.eaes-eur.org )...
- Training in the operating theatre: is it safe?
R Aggarwal
Thorax 61:278-9. 2006
- Laparoscopic skills training and assessment
R Aggarwal
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, Imperial College, London, UK
Br J Surg 91:1549-58. 2004
..This article reviews the tools currently available for training and assessment in laparoscopic surgery...
- Validation of orthopaedic bench models for trauma surgery
J J H Leong
St Mary s Hospital, London, England
J Bone Joint Surg Br 90:958-65. 2008
..The availability of valid objective tools of assessment of surgical skills allows further studies into improving methods of training...
- Endovascular simulation-based training
R Aggarwal
Surgeon 6:196-7. 2008
- Technical skills examination for general surgical trainees
V Datta
Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, 10th Floor, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Building, St Mary s Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK
Br J Surg 93:1139-46. 2006
..The technical skills of surgical trainees are difficult to assess and compare objectively. This study involved a structured, multistation, technical skills examination that enables the stratification of surgical trainees...
