Unsupervised laparoscopic appendicectomy by surgical trainees is safe and time-effectiveKenneth Wong
Department of Surgery, Central Coast Area Health Service, Gosford, Australia
Asian J Surg 30:161-6. 2007
..This paper examines the hypothesis that unsupervised laparoscopic appendicectomy by surgical trainees is a safe and time-effective valid alternative...
- Trauma teams in Australia: a national survey
Kenneth Wong
Department of Trauma, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 73:819-25. 2003
..Trauma teams have been associated with improved trauma patient outcomes. The present study seeks to estimate the use of trauma teams in Australian hospitals and describe their medical composition, leadership and criteria for activation...
- Fever following appendicectomy: think about thoracic empyema
Kenneth Wong
Wyong Hospital, Kanwal, NSW, Australia
N Z Med J 120:U2561. 2007
- Trauma education of junior hospital doctors at a major Australian trauma service
Kenneth Wong
Department of Trauma, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Surgeon 5:76-80. 2007
..Junior hospital doctors are often involved in the early management of major trauma. The present study assesses the access to trauma education and clinical trauma exposure and skills of junior doctors at a major trauma service...
- Do surgeons need to look after unwell patients? The role of medical emergency teams
Kenneth Wong
John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 75:848-51. 2005
..Medical emergency teams (MET) have been shown to reduce in-hospital morbidity and mortality of surgical patients. The present study reviews the experience with the use of MET in the care of critically unwell surgical patients...
- Interhospital transfers of patients with surgical emergencies: areas for improvement
Kenneth Wong
John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Aust J Rural Health 13:290-4. 2005
..To review mortality associated with interhospital transfers of patients with surgical emergencies from rural and peripheral metropolitan areas...
- Severe trauma caused by stabbing and firearms in metropolitan Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Kenneth Wong
Department of Trauma, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 75:225-30. 2005
..The present study describes the experience with stabbings and firearm trauma causing severe injuries at a major Australian urban trauma centre...
- Paediatric trauma teams in Australia
Kenneth Wong
Department of Trauma, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 74:992-6. 2004
..The present study seeks to estimate the use of trauma teams in Australian paediatric tertiary referral centres and describe their medical composition, leadership and criteria for activation...
- Resources for managing trauma in rural New South Wales, Australia
Kenneth Wong
Department of Trauma, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 74:760-5. 2004
..Rural hospitals in New South Wales, Australia are an essential component of the statewide integrated trauma system. The present study profiles the trauma resources of base hospitals in rural New South Wales...
- Competency-based training of basic trainees using human cadavers
Kenneth Wong
Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 74:639-42. 2004
..The present study evaluates the impact of competency-based technical skills instruction as an adjunct to cadaveric dissection courses on the procedural skills of basic surgical trainees (BST)...
- Operative experience in the Victorian general surgical training programme
Kenneth Wong
Monash Centre for Rural Health, La Trobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
ANZ J Surg 73:1036-40. 2003
..This study examines the influences of trainee seniority, geographical location of surgical rotation, and surgeons' remuneration arrangements on the operative and endoscopy experiences of general surgical trainees in Victoria...
- Early in-hospital management of burn injuries in Australia
Kenneth Wong
Burns Unit, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 74:318-23. 2004
..The purpose of the present study was to evaluate, over a 12-year period (1989-2001), changes in the practices of referring hospitals in terms of early management of patients with burn injuries prior to transfer to a burns unit...
- Surgical risk management: the value of a weekly surgical radio-pathological meeting
Kenneth Wong
Monash Centre for Rural Health, La Trobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
ANZ J Surg 74:205-9. 2004
..The present study evaluates the value of a weekly clinical meeting involving surgeons, radiologists and pathologists as a model of clinical risk management within a general surgical department...
- Working with registrars: a registrar's perspective
Kenneth Wong
Med J Aust 182:311-2. 2005
- Trauma can be an attractive career option
Kenneth Wong
ANZ J Surg 74:1018-9. 2004
- Ligasure vessel sealing system in laparoscopic Palomo varicocele ligation in children and adolescents: much ado about nothing
Kenneth Wong
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 17:707. 2007
- Registrars cannot provide full teaching for juniors
Kenneth Wong
Med J Aust 185:54. 2006
- Oesophageal rupture arising as a complication of acute appendicitis in a child
Kenneth Wong
Med J Aust 184:588. 2006
Clinical implications of QRS duration and QT peak prolongation in patients with suspected coronary disease referred for elective cardiac catheterizationM Nadeem Attar
Institutions Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 13:106-12. 2008
..We sought to assess the prognostic utility of clinical, angiographic, and simple ECG parameters in a large cohort of patients undergoing elective cardiac catheterization (CC) for known or suspected coronary artery disease...
