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Decreased fertility rates in 9639 women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease: a United Kingdom population-based cohort study (2015)
Journal Article
Ban, L., Tata, L. J., Humes, D., Fiaschi, L., & Card, T. R. (2015). Decreased fertility rates in 9639 women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease: a United Kingdom population-based cohort study. Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 42(7), https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.13354

Background: Clinical studies have reported reduced fertility in women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Aim: To compare fertility rates in women with IBD to those in women without IBD and assess whether the relative fertility differed followi... Read More about Decreased fertility rates in 9639 women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease: a United Kingdom population-based cohort study.

Risk of venous thromboembolism in children after general surgery (2015)
Journal Article
Humes, D. J., Nordenskjöld, A., Walker, A. J., West, J., & Ludvigsson, J. F. (in press). Risk of venous thromboembolism in children after general surgery. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 50(11), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.05.010

Background/purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine absolute and relative rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) following general surgical procedures in children compared to the general population.

Methods: We analyzed data from all pat... Read More about Risk of venous thromboembolism in children after general surgery.

Risk of acute appendicitis in and around pregnancy: a population-based cohort study from England (2015)
Journal Article
Zingone, F., Sultan, A. A., Humes, D., & West, J. (2015). Risk of acute appendicitis in and around pregnancy: a population-based cohort study from England. Annals of Surgery, 261(2), https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000000780

Objective: To determine the absolute and relative risk of acute appendicitis during the antepartum and postpartum periods compared with the time outside pregnancy among women of childbearing age.

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common... Read More about Risk of acute appendicitis in and around pregnancy: a population-based cohort study from England.

Variation in the risk of venous thromboembolism in people with colorectal cancer: a population-based cohort study from England (2014)
Journal Article
Walker, A., West, J., Card, T. R., Humes, D., & Grainge, M. J. (2014). Variation in the risk of venous thromboembolism in people with colorectal cancer: a population-based cohort study from England. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 12(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.12533

BACKGROUND: Patients with colorectal cancer are at high risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE), and recent international guidelines have advised extended prophylaxis for some of these patients following surgery or during chemotherapy. Howeve... Read More about Variation in the risk of venous thromboembolism in people with colorectal cancer: a population-based cohort study from England.

Intestinal ischemia following laparoscopic surgery: a case series (2013)
Journal Article
Al-Khyatt, W., Thomas, J. D., Humes, D. J., & Lobo, D. N. (2013). Intestinal ischemia following laparoscopic surgery: a case series. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 7(25), Article 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-25

Introduction: Intestinal ischemia is a rare complication of laparoscopic surgery. Its prognosis depends on a high
index of suspicion and effective early treatment.
Case presentation: In the present report, we describe three cases where intestinal i... Read More about Intestinal ischemia following laparoscopic surgery: a case series.