Abstracts of Surgery

Iain Feeley,  Andrew Hughes,  Noelle Cassidy &  Connor Green 

Use of a novel corrective device for correction of deformities in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

18/05/2019


Seán C. Maguire,  Mohamed Elnagar,  Afia Nazar,   Stephen J. Sheehan 

A comparison of outcomes of eversion versus conventional carotid endarterectomy: one centre experience

17/05/2019


Gerard Bury,  Alan Thompson,  Helen Tobin &  Mairead Egan 

Ireland’s Assisted Decision Making Capacity Act—the potential for unintended effects in critical emergencies: a cross-sectional study of Advanced Paramedic decision making

27/02/2019


Amy Lee Fowler,  Orla Cullivan,  Shomik Sibartie,  Aidan O’Shea,  Ronan Waldron,  Iqbal Khan,  Waqar Khan &  Kevin M. Barry 

Utilisation of critical care services for surgical patients in a model three hospital

09/02/2019


Michael T. Hanrahan, Anne Marie O’Flynn, Sheena M. McHugh, Peter Kearney, Patricia M. Kearney

Appropriate use of elective coronary angiography in patients with suspected stable coronary artery disease

05/01/2019

Keywords Appropriate use criteria; Cardiac catheterization; Coronary angiography; Quality of health care 


Joseph B. Mc Loughlin, Katie E. O’Sullivan, Rachel H. Brown, Donna A. Eaton

Limax Nd:YAG laser–assisted thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary metastases; a single centre’s initial experience

31/10/2018

Keywords Laser; Metastasectomy; Pulmonary; Thoracoscopic 


Hongyang Lu, Zhiming Jiang, Chenghui Li

Is prophylactic cranial irradiation necessary in individuals suffering from surgically resected pT1-2N0M0 small cell lung cancer?

17/10/2018

Keywords Adjuvant chemotherapy Overall survival Prophylactic cranial irradiation Small cell lung cancer Surgical resection


Rajkumar Doshi, Krunalkumar Patel, Neelesh Gupta, Rajeev Gupta, Perwaiz Meraj

Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of hospitalisations with heart failure with reduced or preserved ejection fraction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

16/10/2018

Keywords Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction;  Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; In-hospital outcomes;  Percutaneous coronary intervention;  ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction 


Ian StephensEmail authorClaudine MurphyIan S. ReynoldsShaheel SaheballyJoseph DeasyJohn P. BurkeDeborah A. McNamara

Implementation of day of surgery admission for rectal cancer surgery in Ireland following a national centralisation programme

06/10/2018

Keywords Centralisation; Day of surgery admission;  Ireland;  Length of stay;  Rectal cancer 


K. Mealy, F. Keane, P. Kelly, G. Kelliher

What is the future for General Surgery in Model 3 Hospitals?

04/01/2017

Keywords General surgical activity     Manpower     Recruitment     RetentionModel 3 hospital