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Surgical procedures, operative

Research

Cholecystectomy for people aged 50 years or more with mild gallstone pancreatitis: predictors and outcomes of index and interval procedures

Jian D Blundell, Robert C Gandy, Jacqueline Close and Lara Harvey

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): n/a-n/a Free

Medical history

From wipeout to drill out: a history of exostosis management and Australian surfing

Alon Taylor, Hannah North, Narinder P Singh and Paul A Fagan

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 401-404

Research

Offering mailed nicotine replacement therapy and Quitline support before elective surgery: a randomised controlled trial

Ashley R Webb, Lisa Coward, Darshana Meanger, Samuel Leong, Sarah L White and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (7): 357-363 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Streptococcus gallolyticus bacteraemia and colorectal neoplasia: an old association with a new name

Claudine Banal, Steve Lau, Sonalmeet Nagra and David AK Watters

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (6): 281-282

Research letter

Improved survival rates after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2011–2018

Lara Harvey, Ian A Harris, Rebecca J Mitchell, Adrian Webster, Ian D Cameron, Louisa Jorm, Hannah Seymour, Pooria Sarrami and Jacqueline Close

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 420-421 Free

Research letter

Sentinel lymph node biopsy rates in Victoria, 2018 and 2019

Caroline Watts, Andrew Spillane, Michael A Henderson and Anne Cust, Australian Melanoma Centre of Research Excellence Study Group

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): n/a-n/a Free

Research letter

Same‐day inguinal hernia repair in Australia, 2000–19

Joanna MZ Mills, Georgina M Luscombe and Thomas J Hugh

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (6): 303-304 Free

Editorials

Time for equal access to breast reduction surgery in Australia

Elisabeth Elder

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (3): 138-139

Narrative review

Fertility, pregnancy and post partum management after bariatric surgery: a narrative review

Sarah Cheah, Yijun Gao, Shirley Mo, Georgia Rigas, Oliver Fisher, Daniel L Chan, Michael G Chapman and Michael L Talbot

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 96-102 Free

Christmas competition

“A banana a day keeps wound failure away”: comparing the utility of fruit, pig, and synthetic skins for suturing practice

Geoffrey Murphy, Muhammad A Khan, Adil Lathif and John Preddy

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 536-540 Free

Research

Cost‒utility analysis of breast reduction surgery for women with symptomatic breast hypertrophy

Tamara A Crittenden, Julie Ratcliffe, David I Watson, Christine Mpundu‐Kaambwa and Nicola R Dean

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (3): 147-152 Free

Research

Incidence and causes of early unplanned readmission after hospitalisation with peripheral arterial disease in Australia and New Zealand

Vanessa Woelk, Peter Speck, Billingsley Kaambwa, Robert A Fitridge and Isuru Ranasinghe

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 80-86 Free

Perspectives

South Australian experience with paediatric total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation for PRSS1‐associated hereditary pancreatitis

Jessica Eldredge, Michael R Couper, David J Moore, Sanjeev Khurana, John WC Chen, Jennifer J Couper, Christopher J Drogemuller, Toni Radford, Thomas W Kay, Tom Loudovaris, Michael Wilks, Patrick T Coates and Richard TL Couper

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 294-296.e1

Narrative review

Evaluation and management of rectal bleeding in pregnancy

Ralley Prentice, Aysha Al‐Ani, Tiffany Cherry, Julia Dixon‐Douglas, Jade Eccles‐Smith, Julia Matheson, Jeanne Tie, Iniyaval Thevathasan, Jacob J McCormick and Britt Christensen

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 377-382

Narrative review

Interventional bronchoscopy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: more than a pipe dream

Alan M Carew, Jonathan P Williamson, Claude S Farah, Tajalli Saghaie, Martin Phillips and Alvin Ing

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 280-285

Narrative review

Endoscopic bariatric therapies for obesity: a review

Dominic A Staudenmann, Zhixian Sui, Payal Saxena, Arthur J Kaffes, George Marinos, Vivek Kumbhari, Patrick Aepli and Adrian Sartoretto

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 183-188

Research letters

Impact of pre‐surgery hospital transfer on time to surgery and 30‐day mortality for people with hip fractures

Lara A Harvey, Ian A Harris, Rebecca J Mitchell, Adrian Webster, Ian D Cameron, Louisa R Jorm, Hannah Seymour, Pooria Sarrami and Jacqueline CT Close

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 87-88 Free

Medical education

Management of temporomandibular disorders in the primary care setting

Samuel V Thambar, Sachin Kulkarni, Joshua Tesar and Scott Armstrong

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (9): 412-414.e1

Meta‐analysis

Surgical outcomes for people with serious mental illness are poorer than for other patients: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Kate E McBride, Michael J Solomon, Paul G Bannon, Nicholas Glozier and Daniel Steffens

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 379-385 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Pharmacovigilance for chlorhexidine anaphylaxis: a preventable adverse reaction

Suran L Fernando, Marc J Capon, Sarah L Green and Michael J Boyle

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 162-163.e1

Research

A prospective multicentre study of per‐oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) for achalasia in Australia

Sunil Gupta, Mayenaaz Sidhu, Xuan Banh, Joseph Bradbear, Karen Byth, Luke F Hourigan, Spiro Raftopoulos and Michael J Bourke

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 173-178 Free

Perspectives

Rethinking pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in minimally invasive gynaecological procedures

Esther MC Johns, Alex Ades and Pavitra Nanayakkara

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (2): 60-62.e1

Research letter

The short to medium term benefits of the Australian colorectal cancer screening program

Sasha Taylor, Farhad Salimi, Arul Earnest, Alexander G Heriot, John R Zalcberg and Susannah Ahern

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (2): 90-92 Free

Research letter

Colorectal cancer surgery in rural Australia can match outcomes in metropolitan hospitals: a 14‐year study

Matthias W Wichmann, Timothy K McCullough, Eben Beukes, Thomas Gunning and Guy J Maddern

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 186-187 Free

Editorials

Retransplantation should be offered to children with liver graft failure

James Neuberger

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (10): 456-457