Nicholas O'Rourke

Summary

Affiliation: The Wesley Hospital
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Laparoscopic right hepatectomy: surgical technique
    Nicholas O'Rourke
    Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
    J Gastrointest Surg 8:213-6. 2004
  2. ncbi Laparoscopic colorectal surgery for cancer: intermediate to long-term outcomes
    John Lumley
    Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia
    Dis Colon Rectum 45:867-72; discussion 872-5. 2002
  3. ncbi Laparoscopic gastric banding in morbidly obese adolescents
    Kevin Dolan
    Department of Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia
    Obes Surg 13:101-4. 2003
  4. ncbi Treating diabetes in the morbidly obese by laparoscopic gastric banding
    Kevin Dolan
    Department of Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia
    Obes Surg 13:439-43. 2003
  5. ncbi Laparoscopic gastric banding and crural repair in the obese patient with a hiatal hernia
    Kevin Dolan
    Department of Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia
    Obes Surg 13:772-5. 2003
  6. ncbi A comparison of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and biliopancreatic diversion in superobesity
    Kevin Dolan
    Department of Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia
    Obes Surg 14:165-9. 2004
  7. ncbi Treatment of non-resectable hepatocellular carcinoma with autologous tumor-pulsed dendritic cells
    Andrew Ladhams
    Clinical Research Center, Royal Brisbane Hospital Research Foundation, Australia
    J Gastroenterol Hepatol 17:889-96. 2002
  8. ncbi Massive splenomegaly is associated with significant morbidity after laparoscopic splenectomy
    Ameet G Patel
    Departments of Surgery, Haematology, and Biostatistics, King s College Hospital, London, United
    Ann Surg 238:235-40. 2003

Collaborators

  • Kevin Dolan
  • George Fielding
  • Ameet G Patel
  • Andrew Ladhams
  • John Lumley
  • Jane E Parker
  • Les Nathanson
  • Keith B Kau
  • Ben Wallwork
  • Nora Donaldson
  • Michael R Rhodes
  • Lawrie Powell
  • Russell Stitz
  • Paul Tesar
  • Andrew Stevenson
  • Guy Maddern
  • Barbara Leggett
  • Kay Ellem
  • Garwin Sing
  • Graham Cooksley
  • Chris Schmidt
  • Russell Strong
  • Lesley Butterworth
  • Andrew Luck

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Laparoscopic right hepatectomy: surgical technique
    Nicholas O'Rourke
    Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
    J Gastrointest Surg 8:213-6. 2004
    ..Laparoscopic right hepatectomy is feasible in selected patients. It is technically demanding but can be safely accomplished by surgeons who have experience in advanced laparoscopic procedures and open hepatic surgery...
  2. ncbi Laparoscopic colorectal surgery for cancer: intermediate to long-term outcomes
    John Lumley
    Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia
    Dis Colon Rectum 45:867-72; discussion 872-5. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: In selected patients a laparoscopic resection for colorectal cancer produces acceptable intermediate to long-term oncologic outcomes and a low long-term complication rate...
  3. ncbi Laparoscopic gastric banding in morbidly obese adolescents
    Kevin Dolan
    Department of Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia
    Obes Surg 13:101-4. 2003
    ..Obesity in adolescence is associated with increased mortality and morbidity in adulthood. Is laparoscopic adjustable silicone gastric banding a safe and effective method of weight loss in morbidly obese adolescents?..
  4. ncbi Treating diabetes in the morbidly obese by laparoscopic gastric banding
    Kevin Dolan
    Department of Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia
    Obes Surg 13:439-43. 2003
    ..Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) also reduces food intake but does not bypass the foregut, and its effects on diabetes have yet to be elucidated...
  5. ncbi Laparoscopic gastric banding and crural repair in the obese patient with a hiatal hernia
    Kevin Dolan
    Department of Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia
    Obes Surg 13:772-5. 2003
    ..It has been claimed that laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) can both improve and induce reflux symptoms. The effect of a simultaneous crural repair and gastric banding has not yet been reported...
  6. ncbi A comparison of laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and biliopancreatic diversion in superobesity
    Kevin Dolan
    Department of Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia
    Obes Surg 14:165-9. 2004
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  7. ncbi Treatment of non-resectable hepatocellular carcinoma with autologous tumor-pulsed dendritic cells
    Andrew Ladhams
    Clinical Research Center, Royal Brisbane Hospital Research Foundation, Australia
    J Gastroenterol Hepatol 17:889-96. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: It is concluded that HCC may be a malignancy worthy of DC trials and sufficient details in the present paper are given for the protocol to be copied or modified...
  8. ncbi Massive splenomegaly is associated with significant morbidity after laparoscopic splenectomy
    Ameet G Patel
    Departments of Surgery, Haematology, and Biostatistics, King s College Hospital, London, United
    Ann Surg 238:235-40. 2003
    ..To evaluate the impact of spleen weight on operative and clinical outcome in a series of 108 consecutive laparoscopic splenectomies...