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Does an Acute Surgical Model increase the rate of negative appendicectomy or perforated appendicitis? by Brockman, Stephen F., Scott, Steel, Guest, Glenn D., Stupart, Douglas A., Ryan, Shannon, Watters, David A. K.

“…Introduction The clinical outcomes from suspected appendicitis depend on balancing the rate of negative appendicectomy (NA) with perforated appendicitis (PA)…”
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Colorectal preOperative Surgical Score (CrOSS) for mortality in major colorectal surgery by Kong, Cherng Huei, Guest, Glenn D., Stupart, Douglas A., Faragher, Ian G., Chan, Steven T. F., Watters, David A.

“…Background Colorectal surgery carries a significant mortality risk, with reported rates of 1–6% for elective surgery and up to 22% in the emergency setting…”
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Global Surgery System Strengthening: It Is All About the Right Metrics by Watters, David A., Guest, Glenn D., Tangi, Viliami, Shrime, Mark G., Meara, John G.

“…Progress in achieving “universal access to safe, affordable surgery, and anesthesia care when needed” is dependent on consensus not only about the key messages…”
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Medical student participation in a surgical outpatient clinic: a randomized controlled trial by Azher, Hinna, Lay, Jennifer, Stupart, Douglas A., Guest, Glenn D., Watters, David A. K.

“…Background To determine the patient, doctor and student perceptions with different styles of student participation in a surgical outpatient clinic. Methods A…”
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Advocacy for global surgery: a Pacific perspective by Watters, David A., Tangi, Viliami, Guest, Glenn D., McCaig, Eddie, Maoate, Kiki

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Mapping timely access to emergency and essential surgical services: The Malaysian experience by Hoh, Su Mei, Wahab, Mohamed Y. A., Hisham, Abdullah N., Guest, Glenn D., Watters, David A. K.

“…Background Surgical conditions form a significant proportion of the global burden of disease. Since the 2015 World Health Assembly resolution A68.15, there is…”
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De Garengeot and Amyand: two rare hernial encounters by Asgill, Tess F., Drysdale, Henry R.E., Nagra, Sonal, Watters, David A., Guest, Glenn D.

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Defining the learning curve of transanal total mesorectal excision: a systematic review and meta‐analysis by Lau, Steve Yee Chiang, Choy, Kay Tai, Yang, Tze Wei Wilson, Heriot, Alexander, Warrier, Satish K., Guest, Glenn D., Kong, Joseph C.

“…Background Transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME) represents a novel approach to rectal dissection. Although many structured training programs have been…”
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Clinical activity and outcomes during Geelong's general surgery response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic by Drysdale, Henry R. E., Ooi, Sally, Nagra, Sonal, Watters, David A., Guest, Glenn D.

“…This paper describes Geelong's general surgical response, surgical activity and outcomes and the effect on surgical training. Geelong was able to provide a…”
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Colorectal multidisciplinary meetings: how do they affect the timeliness of treatment? by Nikolovski, Zoran, Watters, David A. K., Stupart, Douglas, Guest, Glenn D.

“…Background The aim of this study is to determine whether multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings alter the length of time to treatment (LOTT) for patients with…”
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How will increasing surgical volume affect mortality in the Pacific, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste? by Nagra, Sonal, Kaur, Balbindar, Singh, Sheetal, Tangi, Viliame, Mccaig, Eddie, Stupart, Douglas, Moore, Eileen M., Meara, John G., Guest, Glenn D., Watters, David A.

“…Background Nine South Pacific nations, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste, have collaborated to report and publish their surgical metrics as recommended by the…”
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Surgical capacity building in Timor‐Leste: a review of the first 15 years of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons‐led Australian Aid programme by Guest, Glenn D., Scott, David F., Xavier, Joao P., Martins, Nelson, Vreede, Eric, Chennal, Antony, Moss, Daliah, Watters, David A.

“…Background Timor‐Leste suffered a destructive withdrawal by the Indonesian military in 1999, leaving only 20 Timorese‐based doctors and no practising…”
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Impact of public–private partnership on a regional colonoscopy service by Sakowska, Magdalena M., Cole, Jessie A. M., Watters, David A., Guest, Glenn D.

“…Background A public–private partnership for endoscopy was introduced in Geelong where there was no capacity for public hospital endoscopy lists to expand. This…”
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Laparoscopic or open appendicectomy for suspected appendicitis in pregnancy and evaluation of foetal outcome in Australia by Winter, Nicole N., Guest, Glenn D., Bozin, Michael, Thomson, Benjamin N., Mann, G. Bruce, Tan, Stephanie B. M., Clark, David A., Daruwalla, Jurstine, Muralidharan, Vijayaragavan, Najan, Neeha, Pitcher, Meron E., Vilhelm, Karina, Cox, Michael R., Lane, Steven E., Watters, David A.

“…Background Recent data suggest that laparoscopic appendicectomy (LA) in pregnancy is associated with higher rates of foetal loss when compared to open…”
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Preoperative Risk Stratification for Mortality and Major Morbidity in Major Colorectal Surgery by Ragg, Joseph L, Watters, David A, Guest, Glenn D

“…INTRODUCTION:Risk stratification in major colorectal surgery, in general, has used preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative variables, and has been used…”
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Measuring the Burden of Surgical Disease Averted by Emergency and Essential Surgical Care in a District Hospital in Papua New Guinea by Stokes, Matthew A. R., Guest, Glenn D., Mamadi, Perista, Seta, Westin, Yaubihi, Noel, Karawiga, Grace, Naidi, Billy, Watters, David A. K.

“…Background Timely access to emergency and essential surgical care (EESC) and anaesthesia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) prevents premature death,…”
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Did operating theatre staff understand the COVID‐19 guidelines for surgery during Victoria's second wave? by Drysdale, Henry R. E., Downie, Emma, Lau, Steve, Stupart, Douglas A., Page, Richard, Nagra, Sonal, Watters, David A., Guest, Glenn D.

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Dedicated emergency theatres improve service delivery and surgeons' job satisfaction by Stupart, Douglas A., Watters, David A., Guest, Glenn D., Cuthbert, Vanessa, Ryan, Shannon

“…Background There are well‐described benefits to separating emergency and elective surgery. Geelong Hospital lacked the resources to implement a separate acute…”
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Cautery versus scalpel for abdominal skin incisions: a double blind, randomized crossover trial of scar cosmesis by Stupart, Douglas A., Sim, Felix W., Chan, Zheng H., Guest, Glenn D., Watters, David A.

“…Background The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is any difference in cosmetic outcome between using cutting diathermy and using a scalpel…”
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Recalibration and Validation of a Preoperative Risk Prediction Model for Mortality in Major Colorectal Surgery by Kong, Cherng H, Guest, Glenn D, Stupart, Douglas A, Faragher, Ian G, Chan, Steven T F, Watters, David A

“…BACKGROUND:In 2009, Barwon Health designed a risk stratification model for mortality in major colorectal surgery with the use of only preoperative risk…”
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