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Balasundaram I, Alibhai M, Farook S, et al., 2022, Acquisition of microvascular suturing techniques is feasible using objective measures of performance outside of the operating room, BRITISH JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, Vol: 60, Pages: 63-70, ISSN: 0266-4356
Burke JR, Downey C, Almoudaris AM, 2022, Failure to Rescue Deteriorating Patients: A Systematic Review of Root Causes and Improvement Strategies, Journal of Patient Safety, Vol: 18, Pages: e140-e155, ISSN: 1549-8417
Barugola G, Bertocchi E, Leonardi A, et al., 2021, Post surgical rectovaginal fistula: who really benefits from stoma diversion?, Updates in Surgery, Vol: 73, Pages: 165-171, ISSN: 2038-131X
Worley G, Almoudaris A, Bassett P, et al., 2020, Colectomy rates for ulcerative colitis in England 2003-2016, ALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS, Vol: 53, Pages: 484-498, ISSN: 0269-2813
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Worley G, Almoudaris A, Bassett P, et al., 2019, A nationwide cohort study of colectomy rates for ulcerative colitis during the introduction of biologic therapy, Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS, Pages: S65-S66, ISSN: 1873-9946
Celentano V, Smart N, McGrath J, et al., 2018, LAP-VEGaS Practice Guidelines for Reporting of Educational Videos in Laparoscopic Surgery A Joint Trainers and Trainees Consensus Statement, ANNALS OF SURGERY, Vol: 268, Pages: 920-926, ISSN: 0003-4932
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Burke J, Faiz O, Vincent C, et al., 2018, Failure to rescue deteriorating patients; a systematic review of causation and practical intervention strategies in colorectal surgery, International Surgical Congress of the Association-of-Surgeons-of-Great-Britain-and-Ireland, Publisher: WILEY, Pages: 53-53, ISSN: 0007-1323
Manook M, Almoudaris AM, Zosimas D, et al., 2018, 'Hepworth hitch': parastomal hernia prevention by simple modifications of operative techniques, TECHNIQUES IN COLOPROCTOLOGY, Vol: 22, Pages: 461-463, ISSN: 1123-6337
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Mcglone ER, Khan OA, Almoudaris AA, et al., 2017, IS PRE-OPERATIVE WEIGHT LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER LONGER TERM WEIGHT LOSS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING VERTICAL SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY FOR MORBID OBESITY? Pre-operative management, Publisher: SPRINGER, Pages: 819-819, ISSN: 0960-8923
Pinto A, faiz O, davis R, et al., 2016, Surgical complications and their impact on patients’ psychosocial wellbeing: A systematic review and meta-analysis, BMJ Open, Vol: 6, ISSN: 2044-6055
Objective Surgical complications may affect patients psychologically due to challenges such as prolonged recovery or long-lasting disability. Psychological distress could further delay patients’ recovery as stress delays wound healing and compromises immunity. This review investigates whether surgical complications adversely affect patients’ postoperative well-being and the duration of this impact.Methods The primary data sources were ‘PsychINFO’, ‘EMBASE’ and ‘MEDLINE’ through OvidSP (year 2000 to May 2012). The reference lists of eligible articles were also reviewed. Studies were eligible if they measured the association of complications after major surgery from 4 surgical specialties (ie, cardiac, thoracic, gastrointestinal and vascular) with adult patients’ postoperative psychosocial outcomes using validated tools or psychological assessment. 13 605 articles were identified. 2 researchers independently extracted information from the included articles on study aims, participants’ characteristics, study design, surgical procedures, surgical complications, psychosocial outcomes and findings. The studies were synthesised narratively (ie, using text). Supplementary meta-analyses of the impact of surgical complications on psychosocial outcomes were also conducted.Results 50 studies were included in the narrative synthesis. Two-thirds of the studies found that patients who suffered surgical complications had significantly worse postoperative psychosocial outcomes even after controlling for preoperative psychosocial outcomes, clinical and demographic factors. Half of the studies with significant findings reported significant adverse effects of complications on patient psychosocial outcomes at 12 months (or more) postsurgery. 3 supplementary meta-analyses were completed, 1 on anxiety (including 2 studies) and 2 on physical and mental quality of life (including 3 studies). The latter indicated statistically signi
Johnston MJ, Arora S, King D, et al., 2015, A systematic review to identify the factors that affect failure to rescue and escalation of care in surgery, Surgery, Vol: 157, Pages: 752-763, ISSN: 0039-6060
BackgroundThe relationship between the ability to recognize and respond to patient deterioration (escalate care) and its role in preventing failure to rescue (FTR; mortality after a surgical complication) has not been explored. The aim of this systematic review was to determine the incidence of, and factors contributing to, FTR and delayed escalation of care for surgical patients.MethodsA search of MEDLINE, EMBASE PsycINFO, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials was conducted to identify articles exploring FTR, escalation of care, and interventions that influence outcomes. Screening of 19,887 citations led to inclusion of 42 articles.ResultsThe reported incidence of FTR varied between 8.0 and 16.9%. FTR was inversely related to hospital volume and nurse staffing levels. Delayed escalation occurred in 20.7–47.1% of patients and was associated with greater mortality rates in 4 studies (P < .05). Causes of delayed escalation included hierarchy and failures in communication. Of five interventional studies, two reported a significant decrease in intensive care admissions (P < .01) after introduction of escalation protocols; only 1 study reported an improvement in mortality.ConclusionThis systematic review explored factors linking FTR and escalation of care in surgery. Important factors that contribute to the avoidance of preventable harm include the recognition and communication of serious deterioration to implement definitive treatment. Targeted interventions aiming to improve these factors may contribute to enhanced patient outcome.
Almoudaris AM, Mamidanna R, Faiz O, 2014, Failure to Rescue in Trauma Patients: Operative Interventions Must Be Considered, ANNALS OF SURGERY, Vol: 259, Pages: E85-E85, ISSN: 0003-4932
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Burns EM, Bottle A, Almoudaris AM, et al., 2013, Hierarchical multilevel analysis of increased caseload volume and postoperative outcome after elective colorectal surgery, BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Vol: 100, Pages: 1531-U1538, ISSN: 0007-1323
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Mamidanna R, Almoudaris AM, Bottle A, et al., 2013, National outcomes and uptake of laparoscopic gastrectomy for cancer in England, SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES, Vol: 27, Pages: 3348-3358, ISSN: 0930-2794
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- Citations: 16
Symons NRA, Moorthy K, Almoudaris AM, et al., 2013, Mortality in high-risk emergency general surgical admissions, BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, Vol: 100, Pages: 1318-1325, ISSN: 0007-1323
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Symons NRA, Faiz OD, Moorthy K, et al., 2013, The effects of resource availability on mortality for emergency general surgical admissions, 99th Annual Clinical Congress of the American-College-of-Surgeons / 68th Annual Sessions of the Owen H Wangensteen Surgical Forum on Fundamental Surgical Problems, Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, Pages: S109-S109, ISSN: 1072-7515
Bertels J, Almoudaris AM, Cortoos P-J, et al., 2013, Feedback on prescribing errors to junior doctors: exploring views, problems and preferred methods, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY, Vol: 35, Pages: 332-338, ISSN: 2210-7703
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Almoudaris AM, Mamidanna R, Bottle A, et al., 2013, Failure to Rescue Patients After Reintervention in Gastroesophageal Cancer Surgery in England, JAMA SURGERY, Vol: 148, Pages: 272-276, ISSN: 2168-6254
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Symons NRA, Almoudaris AM, Nagpal K, et al., 2013, An Observational Study of the Frequency, Severity, and Etiology of Failures in Postoperative Care After Major Elective General Surgery, ANNALS OF SURGERY, Vol: 257, Pages: 1-5, ISSN: 0003-4932
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Patel VM, Ashrafian H, Almoudaris A, et al., 2013, Measuring academic performance for healthcare researchers with the H index: which search tool should be used?, Medical Principles and Practice, Vol: 22, Pages: 178-183, ISSN: 1011-7571
Objectives: To compare H index scores for healthcare researchers returned by Google Scholar, Web of Science and Scopus databases, and to assess whether a researcher’s age, country of institutional affiliation and physician status influences calculations. Subjects and Methods: One hundred and ninety-five Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine from 1901 to 2009 were considered. Year of first and last publications, total publications and citation counts, and the H index for each laureate were calculated from each database. Cronbach’s alpha statistics was used to measure the reliability of H index scores between the databases. Laureate characteristic influence on the H index was analysed using linear regression. Results: There was no concordance between the databases when considering the number of publications and citations count per laureate. The H index was the most reliably calculated bibliometric across the three databases (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.900). All databases returned significantly higher H index scores for younger laureates (p < 0.0001). Google Scholar and Web of Science returned significantly higher H index for physician laureates (p = 0.025 and p = 0.029, respectively). Country of institutional affiliation did not influence the H index in any database. Conclusion: The H index appeared to be the most consistently calculated bibliometric between the databases for Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine. Researcher-specific characteristics constituted an important component of objective research assessment. The findings of this study call to question the choice of current and future academic performance databases.
Mamidanna R, Eid-Arimoku L, Almoudaris AM, et al., 2012, Poor 1-Year Survival in Elderly Patients Undergoing Nonelective Colorectal Resection, DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM, Vol: 55, Pages: 788-796, ISSN: 0012-3706
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Almoudaris AM, Burns E, Bottle A, et al., 2012, Single measures of performance do not reflect overall institutional quality in colorectal cancer surgery, Gut
Objective To evaluate overall performance of English colorectal cancer surgical units identified as outliers for a single quality measure—30 day inhospital mortality.Design 144 542 patients that underwent primary major colorectal cancer resection between 2000/2001 and 2007/2008 in 149 English National Health Service units were included from hospital episodes statistics. Casemix adjusted funnel plots were constructed for 30 day inhospital mortality, length of stay, unplanned readmission within 28 days, reoperation, failure to rescue-surgical (FTR-S) and abdominoperineal excision (APE) rates. Institutional performance was evaluated across all other domains for institutions deemed outliers for 30 day mortality. Outliers were those that lay on or breached 3 SD control limits. ‘Acceptable’ performance was defined if units appeared under the upper 2 SD limit.Results 5 high mortality outlier (HMO) units and 15 low mortality outlier (LMO) units were identified. Of the five HMO units, two were substandard performance outliers (ie, above 3 SD) on another metric (both on high reoperation rates). A further two HMO institutions exceeded the second but not the third SD limits for substandard performance on other outcome metrics. One of the 15 LMO units exceeded 3 SD for substandard performance (APE rate). One LMO institution exceeded the second but not the third SD control limits for high reoperation rates. Institutional mortality correlated with FTR-S and reoperations (R=0.445, p<0.001 and R=0.191, p<0.020 respectively).Conclusions Performance appraisal in colorectal surgery is complex and dependent on stakeholder perspective. Benchmarking units solely on a single performance measure is over simplistic and potentially hazardous. A global appraisal of institutional outcome is required to contextualise performance.
Kavanagh D, Haq I, Almoudaris AM, et al., 2012, Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Demonstrates the Integrity of Perineal Reconstruction Following Cylindrical Abdominoperineal Excision with Reconstruction of the Pelvic Floor Using Porcine Collagen, Case Reports in Medicine
Almoudaris, 2011, Imaging of Acute Appendicitis in Adults and Children, Imaging of Acute Appendicitis in Adults and Children, Editors: Keyzer, Gevenois, Keyzer, Gevenois, Keyzer, Gevenois, Publisher: Springer Verlag, Pages: 45-55, ISBN: 9783642178719
Treatment of Appendiceal Perforation Alex M. Almoudaris and Omar Faiz Abstract The treatment of appendiceal perforation is subject to considerable debate in ...
Almoudaris AM, Burns E, Bottle A, et al., 2011, Failure to Rescue- Surgical (FTR-S): Defining an important metric in surgery [invited talk], British Association of Surgical Oncologists (BASO)
Symons, Almoudaris, Nagpal, et al., 2011, Teamwork and communication failures in post-operative care, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress
Lauretta A, Almoudaris AM, Jiao LR, 2011, Septic Thrombophlebitis of Portal Vein: Unusual Presentation of Appendicitis, AMERICAN SURGEON, Vol: 77, Pages: E206-E207, ISSN: 0003-1348
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Andrea L, Almoudaris AM, Jiao L, 2011, Septic Thrombophlebitis of Portal Vein: Unusual Presentation of Appendicitis, American Surgeon
Almoudaris AM, Burns E, Bottle A, et al., 2011, How do postoperative mortality ‘outlier’ institutions for colorectal cancer surgery perform on other measures of quality?, European Society of Coloproctologists
Kirresh A, Patel VM, Warren OJ, et al., 2011, A framework to establish a mentoring programme in surgery, LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY, Vol: 396, Pages: 811-817, ISSN: 1435-2443
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