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Incidence and treatment of splanchnic vein thrombosis in patients with acute pancreatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
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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.

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

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)
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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)
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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.

Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Emergency Laparotomy Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: Part 1—Preoperative: Diagnosis, Rapid Assessment and Optimization (2021)
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Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols reduce length of stay, complications and costs fora large number of elective surgical procedures. A similar, structured approach appears to improve outcomes, including mortality, for patien... Read More about Guidelines for Perioperative Care for Emergency Laparotomy Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society Recommendations: Part 1—Preoperative: Diagnosis, Rapid Assessment and Optimization.