P A Blake

A practitioner's perspective on the rise of the 'co' for impact assessment: collaboration and co-design

M.B. Hardy, Anthony Boxshall, Susan Carter, P A Blake

Incisional hernia following colorectal cancer surgery according to suture technique: Hughes Abdominal Repair Randomized Trial (HART)

Jared Torkington, Rhiannon Harries, Susan O’Çonnell, Laura Knight et autres

BACKGROUND: Incisional hernias cause morbidity and may require further surgery. HART (Hughes Abdominal Repair Trial) assessed the effect of an alternative suture method on the incidence of incisional hernia following colorectal cancer surgery. METHODS: A pragmatic multicentre single-blind RCT allocated patients undergoing …

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Coarse texture in contrast-enhanced CT as a predictor of renal tumor subtype and grade

Nick Heller, Makinna Oestreich, Arveen Kalapara, Stephanie Peterson et autres

Propensity score regression analysis of oesophageal adenocarcinoma treatment with surgery alone or neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Arfon Powell, Alex Karran, P A Blake, Adam Christian et autres

BACKGROUND: Propensity score (PS) regression analysis can be used to minimize differences between cohorts in order to perform comparisons The aim of this study was to use PS analysis to examine the outcomes of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) treatment with surgery alone or …

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Prophylactic mesh to prevent parastomal hernia: further questions need answering

P A Blake, G. L. Williams, B. M. Stephenson

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Propensity Score Analysis of an Enhanced Recovery Programme in Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery

Alex Karran, J Wheat, David S. Chan, P A Blake et autres

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of an enhanced recovery programme (ERP) on outcomes of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer surgery by means of propensity score-matched analysis. METHODS: Three hundred consecutive patients diagnosed with UGI cancer were studied …

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PWE-160 Prognostic significance of diagnostic delay in patients diagnosed with upper gastrointestinal tract cancer

J Wheat, P A Blake, Alexandra Karran, Wyn G. Lewis

Introduction Recent public awareness campaigns for symptoms of cancer aim to improve outcomes by diagnosing cancer at an earlier stage. Whilst it is known that stage of disease at diagnosis predicts survival, the prognostic significance of delays in diagnosis and treatment of …

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Signposts to ST3 selection success in general surgery

C Thomas, Alexander-John Karran, P A Blake, Awen Iorwerth et autres

The ideal shape and duration of UK core surgical training (CST) remains controversial and, despite national recruitment and standardised assessments, there is little uniformity across deaneries when it comes to CsT rotation structure. Moreover, many discrepancies exist in the duration of individual …

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N-staging of oesophageal and junctional carcinoma: Is there still a role for EUS in patients staged N0 at PET/CT?

Kieran Foley, Wyn G. Lewis, Patrick Fielding, Alex Karran et autres

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Propensity score analysis of oesophageal cancer treatment with surgery or definitive chemoradiotherapy

Alex Karran, P A Blake, David S. Chan, T. D. Reid et autres

BACKGROUND: The role of treatments involving surgery versus definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) for oesophageal cancer remains controversial. METHODS: Consecutive patients with oesophageal cancer were studied. Those whose treatment involved surgery alone or who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy were compared with those receiving …

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Large bowel obstruction due to colorectal carcinoma can be safely treated by colonic stent insertion – case series from a UK district general hospital

P A Blake, Ray Delicata, Nicholas Cross, Graham Sturgeon et autres

AIM: The aim of this study is to audit our outcomes and experience of colonic stent insertion for malignant bowel obstruction. METHOD: Retrospective audit of all stent insertions in a single district general hospital between August 2003 and December 2009. All patients …

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Use of Simple Biological Markers to Monitor Gastrointestinal Toxicity during Pelvic Radiotherapy

C. McGough, LJ Wedlake, C. Hackett, Amos Norman et autres

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