All Outputs (6)

Meta-analysis of operative experiences of general surgery trainees during training (2016)
Journal Article
Elsey, E., Griffiths, G., Humes, D., & West, J. (in press). Meta-analysis of operative experiences of general surgery trainees during training. British Journal of Surgery, 104(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.10396

BACKGROUND: General surgical training curricula around the world set defined operative numbers to be achieved before completion of training. However, there are few studies reporting total operative experience in training. This systematic review aimed... Read More about Meta-analysis of operative experiences of general surgery trainees during training.

Adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with inflammatory bowel disease: a population based study from England (2016)
Journal Article
Abdul Sultan, A., West, J., Ban, L., Humes, D., Tata, L. J., Fleming, K. M., Nelson-Piercy, C., & Card, T. R. (2016). Adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with inflammatory bowel disease: a population based study from England. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 22(7), 1621-1630. https://doi.org/10.1097/MIB.0000000000000802

Background: There is limited contemporary population based evidence on adverse birth outcomes and pregnancy related complications for women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study provides such estimates of these risks and assesses variatio... Read More about Adverse pregnancy outcomes among women with inflammatory bowel disease: a population based study from England.

Contemporary review of risk-stratified management in acute uncomplicated and complicated diverticulitis (2016)
Journal Article
Boermeester, M. A., Humes, D., Velmahos, G. C., & Søreide, K. (in press). Contemporary review of risk-stratified management in acute uncomplicated and complicated diverticulitis. World Journal of Surgery, 40(10), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-016-3560-8

BACKGROUND: Acute colonic diverticulitis is a common clinical condition. Severity of the disease is based on clinical, laboratory, and radiological investigations and dictates the need for medical or surgical intervention. Recent clinical trials have... Read More about Contemporary review of risk-stratified management in acute uncomplicated and complicated diverticulitis.

Anticipation of thermal pain in diverticular disease (2016)
Journal Article
Smith, J. K., Marciani, L., Humes, D. J., Francis, S. T., Gowland, P. A., & Spiller, R. C. (2016). Anticipation of thermal pain in diverticular disease. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 28(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.12790

Background
The relative importance of peripheral nerve injury or differences in central pain processing in painful diverticular disease (DD) is unclear. Functional MRI has demonstrated changes in the anticipation of pain in irritable bowel syndrom... Read More about Anticipation of thermal pain in diverticular disease.

Smoking and the risk of hospitalization for symptomatic diverticular disease: a population-based cohort study from Sweden (2016)
Journal Article
Humes, D., Ludvigsson, J. F., & Jarvholm, B. (2016). Smoking and the risk of hospitalization for symptomatic diverticular disease: a population-based cohort study from Sweden. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, 59(2), https://doi.org/10.1097/dcr.0000000000000515

BACKGROUND: Current studies reporting on the risk of smoking and development of symptomatic diverticular disease have reported conflicting results.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between smoking and symptomati... Read More about Smoking and the risk of hospitalization for symptomatic diverticular disease: a population-based cohort study from Sweden.

Risk of symptomatic venous thromboembolism following emergency appendicectomy in adults (2016)
Journal Article
Humes, D., Walker, A. J., Hunt, B., Sultan, A. A., Ludvigsson, J. F., & West, J. (2016). Risk of symptomatic venous thromboembolism following emergency appendicectomy in adults. British Journal of Surgery, 103(4), 443-450. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.10091

BACKGROUND: Appendicectomy is the commonest intra-abdominal emergency surgical procedure, and little is known regarding the magnitude and timing of the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after surgery. This study aimed to determine absolute and rel... Read More about Risk of symptomatic venous thromboembolism following emergency appendicectomy in adults.