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Current Issues in the Use of Opioids for the Management of Postoperative Pain: A Review (2021)
Journal Article
Macintyre, P. E., Quinlan, J., Levy, N., & Lobo, D. N. (2022). Current Issues in the Use of Opioids for the Management of Postoperative Pain: A Review. JAMA Surgery, 157(2), 158-166. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2021.6210

Importance: Uncontrolled and indiscriminate prescribing of opioids has led to an opioid crisis that started in North America and spread throughout high-income countries. The aim of this narrative review was to explore some of the current issues surro... Read More about Current Issues in the Use of Opioids for the Management of Postoperative Pain: A Review.

The importance of protein sources to support muscle anabolism in cancer: An expert group opinion (2021)
Journal Article
Ford, K. L., Arends, J., Atherton, P. J., Engelen, M. P., Gonçalves, T. J., Laviano, A., Lobo, D. N., Phillips, S. M., Ravasco, P., Deutz, N. E., & Prado, C. M. (2022). The importance of protein sources to support muscle anabolism in cancer: An expert group opinion. Clinical Nutrition, 41(1), 192-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.11.032

This opinion paper presents a short review of the potential impact of protein on muscle anabolism in cancer, which is associated with better patient outcomes. Protein source is a topic of interest for patients and clinicians, partly due to recent emp... Read More about The importance of protein sources to support muscle anabolism in cancer: An expert group opinion.

Response to Igor Eckert: Sometimes, the absence of evidence is evidence of its absence (2021)
Journal Article
Adiamah, A., Allison, S. P., & Lobo, D. N. (2022). Response to Igor Eckert: Sometimes, the absence of evidence is evidence of its absence. Clinical Nutrition, 41(1), 261-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.11.022

Burnout Among Surgeons in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study (2021)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Daliya, P., Theophilidou, E., Adiamah, A., Hassard, J., Lobo, D. N., & East Midlands Surgical Academic Network (EMSAN) Burnout Study Group. (2022). Burnout Among Surgeons in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study. World Journal of Surgery, 46(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06351-6

Background: Surgeon burnout has implications for patient safety and workforce sustainability. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of burnout among surgeons in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: This cross-sectional on... Read More about Burnout Among Surgeons in the UK During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cohort Study.

Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery: Have All Questions Been Answered? (2021)
Journal Article
Ljungqvist, O., & Lobo, D. N. (2021). Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery: Have All Questions Been Answered?. JAMA Surgery, 157(1), 41-42. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2021.5273

Rosenberg and colleagues1 first proposed the use of nonabsorbable oral antibiotic preparation (OAB) for colorectal surgery in 1971. In a randomized clinical trial, they demonstrated a reduction in surgical site infection and anastomotic leak rates af... Read More about Bowel Preparation for Colorectal Surgery: Have All Questions Been Answered?.

Incidence and treatment of splanchnic vein thrombosis in patients with acute pancreatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Anis, F. S., Adiamah, A., Lobo, D. N., & Sanyal, S. (2022). Incidence and treatment of splanchnic vein thrombosis in patients with acute pancreatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 37(3), 446-454. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgh.15711

Background and Aim: This meta-analysis aimed to estimate the incidence of splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT) in patients with acute pancreatitis and assess the effects of therapeutic anticoagulation. Methods: Systematic searches of the Medline, Embase,... Read More about Incidence and treatment of splanchnic vein thrombosis in patients with acute pancreatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Management of disease-related malnutrition for patients being treated in hospital (2021)
Journal Article
Schuetz, P., Seres, D., Lobo, D. N., Gomes, F., Kaegi-Braun, N., & Stanga, Z. (2021). Management of disease-related malnutrition for patients being treated in hospital. Lancet, 398(10314), 1927-1938. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2821%2901451-3

Disease-related malnutrition in adult patients who have been admitted to hospital is a syndrome associated with substantially increased morbidity, disability, short-term and long-term mortality, impaired recovery from illness, and cost of care. There... Read More about Management of disease-related malnutrition for patients being treated in hospital.

Postoperative arginine-enriched immune modulating nutrition: Long-term survival results from a randomised clinical trial in patients with oesophagogastric and pancreaticobiliary cancer (2021)
Journal Article
Adiamah, A., Rollins, K. E., Kapeleris, A., Welch, N. T., Iftikhar, S. Y., Allison, S. P., & Lobo, D. N. (2021). Postoperative arginine-enriched immune modulating nutrition: Long-term survival results from a randomised clinical trial in patients with oesophagogastric and pancreaticobiliary cancer. Clinical Nutrition, 40(11), 5482-5485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.09.040

Background & aims: Immune modulating nutrition (IMN) has been shown to reduce postoperative infectious complications and length of stay in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Two studies of IMN in patients undergoing surgery for head and neck canc... Read More about Postoperative arginine-enriched immune modulating nutrition: Long-term survival results from a randomised clinical trial in patients with oesophagogastric and pancreaticobiliary cancer.

Immunohistochemical inflammation in histologically normal appendices in patients with right iliac fossa pain (2021)
Journal Article
Psaltis, E., Zaitoun, A. M., Neal, K. R., & Lobo, D. N. (2021). Immunohistochemical inflammation in histologically normal appendices in patients with right iliac fossa pain. World Journal of Surgery, 45(12), 3592-3602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06288-w

Background
Histologically normal appendices resected for right iliac fossa pain in children demonstrate immunohistochemical markers of inflammation. We aimed to establish if subclinical inflammation was present in histologically normal appendices re... Read More about Immunohistochemical inflammation in histologically normal appendices in patients with right iliac fossa pain.

Publication Rates, Ethnic and Sex Disparities in UK and Ireland Surgical Research Prize Presentations: An Analysis of Data From the Moynihan and Patey Prizes From 2000 to 2020 (2021)
Journal Article
Seehra, J. K., Lewis-Lloyd, C., Koh, A., Theophilidou, E., Daliya, P., Adiamah, A., & Lobo, D. N. (2021). Publication Rates, Ethnic and Sex Disparities in UK and Ireland Surgical Research Prize Presentations: An Analysis of Data From the Moynihan and Patey Prizes From 2000 to 2020. World Journal of Surgery, 45(11), 3266-3277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-021-06268-0

Background: Presentation at academic conferences is an important marker of research productivity. However, not all accepted abstracts progress to full publication, and there is anecdotal evidence suggesting an imbalance in sex and ethnicity amongst p... Read More about Publication Rates, Ethnic and Sex Disparities in UK and Ireland Surgical Research Prize Presentations: An Analysis of Data From the Moynihan and Patey Prizes From 2000 to 2020.