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Adverse events after first, single, mesh and non-mesh surgical procedures for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in Scotland, 1997–2016: a population-based cohort study (2016)
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Background Concerns have been raised about the safety of surgery for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse using transvaginal mesh. We assessed adverse outcomes after first, single mesh procedures and comparable non-mesh procedures... Read More about Adverse events after first, single, mesh and non-mesh surgical procedures for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in Scotland, 1997–2016: a population-based cohort study.

Completeness of primary intracranial tumour recording in the Scottish Cancer Registry 2011-12 (2016)
Journal Article

Introduction A high level of case ascertainment by cancer registries is essential to allow estimation of accurate incidence rates and survival. Nearly 20 years ago, researchers assessed the completeness and accuracy of registration of primary intr... Read More about Completeness of primary intracranial tumour recording in the Scottish Cancer Registry 2011-12.

Biomarkers of liver fibrosis (2016)
Journal Article

Currently the only accepted method (gold standard) for the diagnosis of the fibrotic stages of chronic liver disease (CLD) is liver biopsy, to allow histological assessment. Liver biopsy is an invasive investigation associated with a range adverse ev... Read More about Biomarkers of liver fibrosis.

Type 2 diabetes and risk of hospital admission or death for chronic liver diseases (2016)
Journal Article

Background & Aims The impact of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) on hospital admissions and deaths due to common chronic liver diseases (CLDs) is uncertain. Our aim was to investigate associations between T2DM and CLDs in a national retrospective cohort study... Read More about Type 2 diabetes and risk of hospital admission or death for chronic liver diseases.