Less Invasive Fixation of Acute Avulsions of the Achilles Tendon: A Technical Note. (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Less Invasive Fixation of Acute Avulsions of the Achilles Tendon: A Technical Note. Medicina, https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56120715

Purpose: Nowadays, surgical treatment of acute avulsions of the Achilles tendon represents a hard challenge. There is often the possibility that the calcaneus remains completely uncovered from the tendon, making the reinsertion of its distal stub com... Read More about Less Invasive Fixation of Acute Avulsions of the Achilles Tendon: A Technical Note..

Trends in sex-based differences in outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States between 2004 and 2015 (2020)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2020). Trends in sex-based differences in outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States between 2004 and 2015. International Journal of Cardiology, 42-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.07.039

Background
The present study sought to examine the trends of sex-based differences in clinical outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), an area in which the current evidence remains limited.
Methods
All US adults hospitalized for fir... Read More about Trends in sex-based differences in outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting in the United States between 2004 and 2015.

A Primary Care Audit of Fracture Risk Management in Patients with a History of Bariatric Surgery (2020)
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Paskins. (2020). A Primary Care Audit of Fracture Risk Management in Patients with a History of Bariatric Surgery. Osteoporosis International, S548 - S548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-020-05696-3

Early intervention or watchful waiting for asymptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (2020)
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Rashid, & Mamas. (2020). Early intervention or watchful waiting for asymptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 897-904. https://doi.org/10.2459/JCM.0000000000001110

BACKGROUND: The management of patients with severe but asymptomatic aortic stenosis is challenging. Evidence on early aortic valve replacement (AVR) versus symptom-driven intervention in these patients is unknown. METHODS: Electronic databases were s... Read More about Early intervention or watchful waiting for asymptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis..

Artificial intelligence and machine learning in orthopedic surgery: a systematic review protocol. (2020)
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(2020). Artificial intelligence and machine learning in orthopedic surgery: a systematic review protocol. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 478 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-020-02002-z

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are interwoven into our everyday lives and have grown enormously in some major fields in medicine including cardiology and radiology. While these specialties have quickly embraced AI... Read More about Artificial intelligence and machine learning in orthopedic surgery: a systematic review protocol..

Visual recovery after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in relation to pre-operative spherical equivalent (2020)
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Tay, E., & Bajpai, R. (2021). Visual recovery after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in relation to pre-operative spherical equivalent. Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 259(4), 1053–1060. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-020-04954-8

Purpose To assess visual recovery after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in relation to pre-operative spherical equivalent. Methods Two hundred fourteen eyes of 107 patients were enrolled. Following surgery, patients were examined pre-oper... Read More about Visual recovery after small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in relation to pre-operative spherical equivalent.

Trends of repeat revascularization choice in patients with prior coronary artery bypass surgery (2020)
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Rashid, & Mamas. (2020). Trends of repeat revascularization choice in patients with prior coronary artery bypass surgery. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.29234

Objective: To examine rates and predictors repeat revascularization strategies (percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)) in patients with prior CABG.
Methods: Using the National Inpatient Sample, patients... Read More about Trends of repeat revascularization choice in patients with prior coronary artery bypass surgery.

Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Cardiac Transplant Patients: A Binational Analysis Derived From the United Kingdom and United States. (2020)
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Rashid, & Mamas. (2020). Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Cardiac Transplant Patients: A Binational Analysis Derived From the United Kingdom and United States. Journal of Invasive Cardiology, 321 - 329

AIMS: To compare and contrast the indications, clinical and procedural characteristics, and periprocedural outcomes of patients with cardiac transplant undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the United States and United Kingdom. METHO... Read More about Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Cardiac Transplant Patients: A Binational Analysis Derived From the United Kingdom and United States..

A National Evaluation of Emergency Cardiac Surgery After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Postsurgical Patient Outcomes. (2020)
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Nolan, & Mamas. (2020). A National Evaluation of Emergency Cardiac Surgery After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Postsurgical Patient Outcomes. American Journal of Cardiology, 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.05.041

There is limited national data regarding emergency cardiac surgery for complications sustained after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This study aimed to examine emergency cardiac surgery after PCI in England and Wales and postsurgical patie... Read More about A National Evaluation of Emergency Cardiac Surgery After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Postsurgical Patient Outcomes..

Routinely Measured Hematological Markers Can Help to Predict American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale Scores after Spinal Cord Injury (2020)
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Harrington, G. M. B., Cool, P., Hulme, C., Osman, A., Roy Chowdhury, J., Kumar, N., …Wright, K. (2020). Routinely Measured Hematological Markers Can Help to Predict American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale Scores after Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 38(3), https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2020.7144

Neurological outcomes following spinal cord injury (SCI) are currently difficult to predict. Whilst the initial American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) grade can give an estimate of outcome, the high remaining degree of uncer... Read More about Routinely Measured Hematological Markers Can Help to Predict American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale Scores after Spinal Cord Injury.

Rotational atherectomy and same day discharge: safety and growth from a national perspective (2020)
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Mamas, & Rashid. (2020). Rotational atherectomy and same day discharge: safety and growth from a national perspective. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.29228

Objectives
We explore whether same day discharge (SDD) is a feasible and safe practice following rotational atherectomy (ROTA) treatment during elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and examine which baseline characteristics are indepen... Read More about Rotational atherectomy and same day discharge: safety and growth from a national perspective.

How can nanoparticles help neural cell transplantation therapy? (2020)
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Yiu, H. H. P., & Chari, D. M. (2020). How can nanoparticles help neural cell transplantation therapy?. Nanomedicine, https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2020-0279

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Reusable respirators as personal protective equipment during ENT surgery (2020)
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(2020). Reusable respirators as personal protective equipment during ENT surgery. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 732 - 734. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215120001346

Background
Robust personal protective equipment is essential in preventing the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 to head and neck surgeons who are routinely involved in aerosol generating procedures.

Objective
This paper describes the col... Read More about Reusable respirators as personal protective equipment during ENT surgery.

COVID-19: not a contraindication for surgery in patients with proximal femur fragility fractures. (2020)
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(2020). COVID-19: not a contraindication for surgery in patients with proximal femur fragility fractures. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 285 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-020-01800-9

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Impact of coronary lesion complexity in percutaneous coronary intervention: 1-year outcomes from the large, multicenter e-ULTIMASTER registry (2020)
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Mamas. (2020). Impact of coronary lesion complexity in percutaneous coronary intervention: 1-year outcomes from the large, multicenter e-ULTIMASTER registry. https://doi.org/10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00361

Aims: The present study sought to examine the prevalence, clinical characteristics and 1-year outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to complex lesions (multivessel PCI, =3 stents, =3 lesions, bifurcation with =2 ste... Read More about Impact of coronary lesion complexity in percutaneous coronary intervention: 1-year outcomes from the large, multicenter e-ULTIMASTER registry.

Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study (2020)
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(2020). Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study. Colorectal Disease, 1359-1366. https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15094

Aim
To analyse trends in admission and surgery for rectal prolapse in adults in England between 2001 and 2012 as well as prolapse reoperation rates.

Method
Analysis of data derived from a comparative longitudinal population-based cohort study us... Read More about Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study.

Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study (2020)
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(2020). Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study. Colorectal Disease, https://doi.org/10.1111/codi.15094

Background
This study analysed trends in admission and surgery for rectal prolapse in adults in England between 2001 and 2012 as well as prolapse reoperation rates.

Methods
Analysis of data derived from a comparative longitudinal population-base... Read More about Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001-2012: An adult hospital population-based study.

The impact of the enhanced recovery pathway and other factors on outcomes and costs following hip and knee replacement: routine data study (2020)
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(2020). The impact of the enhanced recovery pathway and other factors on outcomes and costs following hip and knee replacement: routine data study. Health Services and Delivery Research, https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr08040

BACKGROUND:There is limited evidence concerning the effectiveness of enhanced recovery programmes in hip and knee replacement surgery, particularly when applied nationwide across a health-care system. OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of hospital or... Read More about The impact of the enhanced recovery pathway and other factors on outcomes and costs following hip and knee replacement: routine data study.

A novel behavioural INTErvention to REduce Sitting Time in older adults undergoing orthopaedic surgery (INTEREST): results of a randomised-controlled feasibility study (2020)
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(2020). A novel behavioural INTErvention to REduce Sitting Time in older adults undergoing orthopaedic surgery (INTEREST): results of a randomised-controlled feasibility study. Aging clinical and experimental research, 2565-2585. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-020-01475-6

BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis is a prevalent condition in older adults that causes many patients to require a hip or knee replacement. Reducing patients' sedentariness prior to surgery may improve physical function and post-operative outcomes. METHODS:... Read More about A novel behavioural INTErvention to REduce Sitting Time in older adults undergoing orthopaedic surgery (INTEREST): results of a randomised-controlled feasibility study.

Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy. (2020)
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(2020). Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy. Obesity Surgery, 1168 - 1170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-04379-1

We report a patient with obesity who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy after pre-operative ultrasound mark up to enable safe port insertion due to presence of venous collaterals in the abdominal wall as a result of congenial IVC anomaly. This... Read More about Ultrasound Guided Laparoscopic Port Placement in a Patient with Congenital Anomaly of IVC Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy..