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Surgical procedures, operative

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 2021; 216 (2): n/a-n/a 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

Narrative review

Understanding the diagnosis of prostate cancer

Xuan Rui S Ong, Dominic Bagguley, John W Yaxley, Arun A Azad, Declan G Murphy and Nathan Lawrentschuk

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (9): 424-429

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Necrotising enterocolitis caused by Clostridium perfringens: a life‐threatening manifestation of a common foodborne infection

Harry N Walker, Kwee‐Chin Liew, Vicki Adams, Sarah Larcombe, Sonal S Nagra, Glenn Guest and Eugene Athan

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 114-115.e1

Research letters

Stereotactic radiosurgery for managing brain metastases in Victoria, 2012–2017

Wee Loon Ong, Therese Ming Jung Kang, Gishan Ratnayake, Morikatsu Wada, Jeremy Ruben, Sashendra Senthi, Roger L Milne, Jeremy L Millar and Farshad Foroudi

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (11): 526-527 Free

Letters

The increasing use of shave biopsy for diagnosing invasive melanoma in Australia

Lachlan A Byth and Jenny Byth

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 238-238.e1

Letters

The increasing use of shave biopsy for diagnosing invasive melanoma in Australia

Sara L Menezes, John W Kelly and Victoria Mar

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 238-238.e1

Medical education / Clinical skills

How to perform a skin biopsy

Kirsty JL Wark, Saxon D Smith and Deshan F Sebaratnam

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 156-158.e1

Research letters

Changing practice: incidence of non‐reconstructive arthroscopic knee surgery in people over 50 years of age, Australia, 2008–2018

So Mang (Simon) Lee, Wasim Awal and Christopher Vertullo

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (1): 29-30 Free

Editorials

Extending the criteria for acceptable organ donors: balancing the risks

Sakhee Kotecha and Trevor J Williams

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (9): 402-403

Systematic review/Meta‐analysis

Residual risk of infection with blood‐borne viruses in potential organ donors at increased risk of infection: systematic review and meta‐analysis

Karen MJ Waller, Nicole L De La Mata, Patrick J Kelly, Vidiya Ramachandran, William D Rawlinson, Kate R Wyburn and Angela C Webster

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (9): 414-420

Research letter

International travel by Australians for overseas transplantation

Georgia Smith, Diba Gujari, Oscar Russell, Lyle Palmer, Maeghan Toews, Germaine Wong, Wai Lim, Stephen McDonald, Phillip Clayton, Dominique Martin and Patrick T Coates

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 460-460 Free

Letters

Selecting and optimising patients for total knee arthroplasty

Lachlan F Miles, Kate L Burbury and David A Story

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (6): 285-285.e1