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A New Preoperative Scoring System to Predict Difficulty of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Risk of Conversion to Open Surgery by AbdelDayem, M., Osgood, L., Escofet, X., Farag, Maged

“…To develop a preoperative scoring model to assess difficulty of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and risk of conversion to open cholecystectomy (OC),…”
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Outcomes after laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery related to obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Abdelrahman, T., Latif, A., Chan, D.S., Jones, H., Farag, M., Lewis, W.G., Havard, T., Escofet, X.

“…Laparoscopic Anti-Reflux Surgery (LARS) is an established alternative treatment to pharmacological therapy for patients with Gastro Osophageal Reflux Disease…”
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Prevalence and outcome of esophagogastric anastomotic leak after esophagectomy in a UK regional cancer network by Escofet, X., Manjunath, A., Twine, C., Havard, T. J., Clark, G. W., Lewis, W. G.

“…SUMMARY The aim of this study was to determine the contemporary prevalence, outcome, and survival after esophagogastric anastomotic leakage (EGAL) following…”
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Influence of a Regional Centralised Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Service Model on Patient Safety, Quality of Care and Survival by Chan, D.S.Y, Reid, T.D, White, C, Willicombe, A, Blackshaw, G, Clark, G.W, Havard, T.J, Escofet, X, Crosby, T.D.L, Roberts, S.A, Lewis, W.G

“…Abstract Aims The aim of this study was to determine outcomes of a reconfigured centralised upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer service model, allied to an…”
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Prognostic significance of body mass indices for patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer by Morgan, M. A., Lewis, W. G., Hopper, A. N., Escofet, X., Harvard, T. J., Brewster, A. E., Crosby, T. D. L., Roberts, S. A., Clark, G. W. B.

“…The aim of this study was to determine the role of body mass index (BMI) in a Western population on outcomes after esophagectomy for cancer. Two hundred and…”
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Prognostic significance of the endoscopic ultrasound defined lymph node metastasis count in esophageal cancer by Twine, C. P., Roberts, S. A., Rawlinson, C. E., Davies, L., Escofet, X., Dave, B. V., Crosby, T. D., Lewis, W. G.

“…SUMMARY The key prognostic factor which predicts outcome after esophagectomy for cancer is the number of malignant lymph node metastases, but data regarding…”
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Prospective cohort comparison of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy versus chemotherapy in patients with oesophageal cancer by Morgan, M. A., Lewis, W. G., Crosby, T. D. L., Escofet, X., Roberts, S. A., Brewster, A. E., Harvard, T. J., Clark, G. W. B.

“…Background: Chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy are common neoadjuvant treatments for resectable T3 N0–1 M0 oesophageal carcinoma. The aim of this study was to…”
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Prognostic Significance of Age in the Radical Treatment of Oesophageal Cancer with Surgery or Chemoradiotherapy: a Prospective Observational Cohort Study by Davies, Ll, Lewis, W.G, Arnold, D.T, Escofet, X, Blackshaw, G, Gwynne, S, Evans, M, Roberts, S.A, Appadurai, I, Crosby, T.D

“…Abstract Aims To compare the outcomes of stage-directed surgical therapy and chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for oesophageal cancer and to determine if a significant…”
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Medical adjuvant treatment to increase patency of arteriovenous fistulae and grafts by Da Silva, A F, Escofet, X, Rutherford, P A

“…End Stage Renal Failure (ESRF) patients often require either the formation of an arteriovenous (A-V) fistula or an A-V interposition prosthetic shunt for…”
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Prospective comparison of transthoracic versus transhiatal esophagectomy following neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer by Morgan, M. A., Lewis, W. G., Hopper, A. N., Escofet, X., Havard, T. J., Brewster, A. E., Crosby, T. D. L., Roberts, S. A., Clark, G. W. B.

“…Transthoracic esophagectomy (TT) has been championed as a better cancer operation than transhiatal esophagectomy (TH) because the approach facilitates…”
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Workload and resource implications of upper gastrointestinal cancer surgical centralisation in South East Wales by Morgan, M A, Goodson, M, Escofet, X, Clark, G W B, Lewis, W G

“…The aim of this study was to determine whether one specialist unit could manage all patients diagnosed with oesophagogastric cancer in Gwent and Cardiff and…”
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Validation of a modified GTNM classification in peri-junctional oesophago-gastric carcinoma and its use as a prognostic indicator by Dickson, G.H, Singh, K.K, Escofet, X, Kelley, K

“…Aim: A modified GTNM classification (with additional T and N subdivisions) has been used for many years. The aim of this paper was to validate this…”
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Does Anion Gap Predict Severity in Acute Pancreatitis? by Escofet, Xavier, Kang, Satvinder P, Woods, William G.A

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Do we need to improve awareness about HIV post exposure prophylaxis? by Khan, A Z, Duncan, K M, Escofet, X, Miles, W F A

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An unusual complication of ripstein rectopexy by Babu, E D, Khan, A Z, Balasubramanian, B, Escofet, X

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A modified technique of Veress needle insertion in laparoscopic surgery by Kang, P S, Escofet, X, Wetherall, A P

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Value of individual surgeon performance metrics as quality assurance measures in oesophagogastric cancer surgery by Powell, A. G. M. T., Wheat, J., Patel, N., Chan, D., Foliaki, A., Roberts, S. A., Lewis, W. G., Blackshaw, G., Clark, G., Christian, A., Escofet, X., Foliaki, A., Havard, T., Henwood, M., Witherspoon, J., Lewis, W. G.

“…Background Surgeon‐level operative mortality is widely seen as a measure of quality after gastric and oesophageal resection. This study aimed to evaluate this…”
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Influence of age on outcome after radical treatment of esophageal cancer with surgery or chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) by Blackshaw, G., Davies, L., Escofet, X., Crosby, T., Roberts, A., Clark, G., Havard, T., Lewis, W.

“…Abstract only 4569 Background: To compare the outcomes of stage directed surgical therapy and dCRT, related to age, to determine if there is an age threshold…”
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Prognostic significance of the endoluminal ultrasound defined lymph node metastasis count in esophageal cancer by Twine, C., Rawlinson, C., Escofet, X., Blackshaw, G., Crosby, T., Roberts, A., Lewis, W.

“…Abstract only 4558 Background: TNM histopathological staging system for esophageal cancer is controversial, and will soon be revised to account for the…”
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The presence of glomerular sclerosis at time zero has a significant impact on function after cadaveric renal transplantation by ESCOFET, Xavier, OSMAN, Hisham, GRIFFITHS, David F. R, WOYDAG, Suzanna, JUREWICZ, W. Adam

“…The aim was to determine the impact of donor glomerulosclerosis on allograft outcome. The percentage of glomerular sclerosis (%GS) was calculated in protocol…”
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