Laparoscopic adjustable banded roux-en-y gastric bypass as a primary procedure for the super-super-obese (body mass index > 60 kg/m²)Bruno Dillemans
Department of General Surgery, AZ Sint Jan Hospital AV, Brugge, Belgium
BMC Surg 10:33. 2010
..The addition of adjustable gastric band (AGB) to RYGB has been reported as a revisional procedure but this combined bariatric procedure has not been explored as a primary operation...
- Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy service provision is feasible and safe in the current UK National Health Service
S Agrawal
Department of General Surgery, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Newcastle Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 6QG, UK
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 91:660-4. 2009
..This study also looked into its implications on specialist registrar training for early LC, and the financial impact to the hospital...
Single-port laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair with the TriPort system: initial experienceS Agrawal
Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit MATTU, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX, UK
Surg Endosc 24:952-6. 2010
..This study aimed to assess the safety and feasibility of the single-port approach for laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) repair of inguinal hernia and to report the authors' initial experience using the TriPort system...
- Laparoscopic adjustable banded sleeve gastrectomy as a primary procedure for the super-super obese (body mass index > 60 kg/m2)
Sanjay Agrawal
Department of Bariatric Surgery, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK
Obes Surg 20:1161-3. 2010
..More patients with a long-term follow-up are necessary to provide definitive conclusions regarding long-term benefits and complications of this combined bariatric procedure...
- Prospective study of routine day-case laparoscopic modified Lind partial fundoplication
S Agrawal
Department of General and Upper GI Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS, UK
World J Surg 33:1229-34. 2009
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- Laparoscopic Heller myotomy for achalasia: changing trend toward "true" day-case procedure
Sanjay Agrawal
Department of General and Upper GI Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 18:785-8. 2008
..quot;True" day-case laparoscopic Heller myotomy has not been reported, so far. The aim of this study was to review our results with laparoscopic Heller myotomy with respect to the length of stay following the procedure...
- Impact of bariatric fellowship training on perioperative outcomes for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in the first year as consultant surgeon
Sanjay Agrawal
Department of Bariatric Surgery, Homerton University Hospital, Homerton Row, London E9 6SR, UK
Obes Surg 21:1817-21. 2011
..Fellowships should be an essential part of bariatric training worldwide...
- Single-port laparoscopy for the drainage of abdominal infected fluid collections in children, with the TriPort system: initial experience of 2 cases
Sanjay Agrawal
The Royal Surrey County Hospital, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX, UK
Surg Innov 17:261-3. 2010
..In addition, it also allows checking for the blowout of the appendicectomy stump as the cause for the collection. Finally, it has the advantage of reduced wound morbidity and better cosmesis...
- Systematic review of day-case laparoscopic fundoplication
Harun Thomas
The Academic Unit of Surgical Gastroenterology, Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 21:781-8. 2011
..The aim of the current study is to review published literature on day-case laparoscopic fundoplication in adults...
- Systematic review of 23-hour (outpatient) stay laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery
Harun Thomas
The Academic Unit of Medical and Surgical Gastroenterology, Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust, Homerton Row, London, United Kingdom
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 21:677-81. 2011
..The aim of this study was to review the published literature on 23-hour stay post-LRYGB...
An unusual case of significant weight loss following malposition of a laparoscopic adjustable gastric bandPeter Lawrence Zaki Labib
Bariatric Surgery Unit, Homerton University Hospital, London, UK
Obes Facts 5:625-8. 2012
..Malposition or misplacement of gastric bands is a rare but recognised early complication of gastric band surgery. Malposition of the band would not normally result in significant weight loss after surgery...
- Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA): applications in chest disease
Andrew R L Medford
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Thoracic Surgery, Institute for Lung Health, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE3 9QP, Leicestershire, UK
Respirology 15:71-9. 2010
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- Current status of medical pleuroscopy
Andrew R L Medford
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE3 9QP, Leicestershire, UK
Clin Chest Med 31:165-72, Table of Contents. 2010
..It can have a therapeutic role in pneumothorax and hyperhidrosis or chronic pancreatic pain. This article reviews the technical aspects and range of applications of MP...
- Thoracic ultrasound prior to medical thoracoscopy improves pleural access and predicts fibrous septation
Andrew R L Medford
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK
Respirology 15:804-8. 2010
..The potential role of thoracic ultrasound (TUS) pre-MT has not been fully evaluated. We hypothesized TUS would reduce failure to access the pleural space and enable detection of thick fibrous adhesions...
- Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration
A R L Medford
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
Postgrad Med J 86:106-15. 2010
..Revenue based tariff systems have been slow to reflect the innovation of techniques such as EBUS-TBNA. In the future, endobronchial ultrasound may have applications in airways disease and pulmonary vascular disease...
- A performance and theoretical cost analysis of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in a UK tertiary respiratory centre
A R L Medford
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester LE3 9QP, Leicestershire, UK
QJM 102:859-64. 2009
..Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS) offers a minimally invasive mediastinal staging and diagnostic method for suspected lung cancer...
- A pain in the neck -- an unexpected complication of transrectal ultrasound and biopsy
S Agrawal
Department of Urology, St Peters Hospital, Chertsey, UK
Br J Radiol 82:e92-4. 2009
..Many patients undergo PSA-driven biopsies, which can cause significant morbidity. We report an unusual but severe complication following transrectal ultrasound and biopsy...
- The association between narcolepsy and REM behavior disorder (RBD)
S Nightingale
Sleep Disorders Centre, St Thomas Hospital, London, UK
Sleep Med 6:253-8. 2005
..RBD is usually idiopathic or secondary to neurological problems such as Parkinson's disease. This study looked at the association of RBD with another sleep disorder, narcolepsy...
- Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in Nepal
V K Garg
Department of Dermatology, B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
Int J Dermatol 40:179-84. 2001
..This study was undertaken to describe the demographic, clinical, and histopathologic features of PKDL in Nepal...
- A modified technique of devascularization for surgical management of portal hypertension in children
D Sharma
Department of Surgery, NSCB Government Medical College, Jabalpur, India
Trop Doct 31:93-5. 2001
..This technique is a simple, straightforward, safe and effective modification of the Sugiura procedure in controlling bleeding, providing good quality of life with minimal porto-systemic encephalopathy...
- Systematic review of obesity surgery mortality risk score--preoperative risk stratification in bariatric surgery
Harun Thomas
Bariatric Surgery Unit, Homerton University Hospital, Homerton Row, London E9 6SR, UK
Obes Surg 22:1135-40. 2012
..The OS-MRS can be used for pre-operative identification of high-risk patients undergoing primary Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery...
- Systematic review of same-day laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery
Harun Thomas
The Academic Unit of Surgical Gastroenterology, Homerton University Hospital NHS Trust, Homerton Row, London, UK, E9 6SR
Obes Surg 21:805-10. 2011
..55%) were readmitted. Dysphagia was the main reason for re-admission. LAGB is safe and feasible as a same-day procedure in selected patients. Early complications and re-admissions are infrequent...
- Day-surgery laparoscopic cholecystectomy: factors influencing same-day discharge
J Psaila
Institute of Minimal Access Surgery, King s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS, UK
World J Surg 32:76-81. 2008
..This article assesses feasibility, patient outcome and predictive factors for successful day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy...
