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Anterior cervical osteophytes: a rare culprit of unilateral vocal cord palsy ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Matthew Fadhil, Andrew Chun Lok Wong, Matthias Jaeger, Daniel Novakovic, Margaret Le Lacheur, Stuart MacKay
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Comparing outcomes and cost in surgery versus watch & wait surveillance of patients with rectal cancer post neoadjuvant long course chemoradiotherapy ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Rory Crean, Tamara Glyn, Andrew McCombie, Frank Frizelle
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Enhanced recovery after surgery for oncological breast surgery reduces length of stay in a resource limited setting ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Jasmine Mui, Ernest Cheng, Shehnarz Salindera
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Investigating major trauma in Māori youth at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Mira M. Sobhy, Maria Brand, Kevin Henshall, Andrew D. MacCormick
BackgroundThe Ninth Perioperative Mortality Review Committee (POMRC) report found the likelihood of death was over three times higher in Māori youth compared to non‐Māori (age: 15–18 years) in the 30‐days following major trauma. The aim of our study is to investigate variations in care provided to Māori youth presenting to Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau (TWO‐CM) with major trauma, to inform policies
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Probiotics and postoperative infections in colorectal surgery – what New Zealand and Australian surgeons need to know about this emerging field ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Claudia Paterson, Andrew Hill
Probiotics are defined as ‘live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host’.1 Prebiotics are defined as ‘substrates selectively utilized by host microorganisms conferring a health benefit’.2 Synbiotics are a combination of probiotics and prebiotics. The gut microbiota refers to the estimated one hundred trillion microorganisms residing within the
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3D visualization systems improve operator efficiency during difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a retrospective blinded review of surgical videos ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Meet Patel, Isaac Tranter‐Entwistle, Pramudith Sirimanna, Thomas J Hugh
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Loss of psoas muscle during neoadjuvant treatment for rectal cancer is associated with poor oncological and surgical outcomes ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Shahed Yassaie, Renqiao Lan, Rupert Hodder
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Grynfeltt‐Lesshaft hernia ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Luiz Eduardo Correia Miranda, Hélio Batista de Souza junior, Matheus Stillner
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Something is fishy ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Kandice Keogh, Christopher Gillespie, Jodi Hirst
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How to do safe and shorter transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) inguinal hernia repair ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Kiril Georgiev Kirov, Rumen Petrov Genov
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Unique case of a broken axle in a GMRS tumour prosthesis: insights and challenges ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Geoffrey T Murphy, Matthew Le, Annamaria Frangos Young, Michael Le, Maurice S Guzman, Daniel Franks, Richard Boyle, Paul Stalley
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Bladder salvage in fulminant gangrenous cystitis ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jianliang Liu, Thomas P Cundy, Rick Catterwell, Jonathan Cho
A 76-year-old male presented with recurrent painful urinary retention requiring catheterisation. Past medical history included autoimmune haemolytic anaemia on long-term prednisolone, myelodysplastic syndrome, and previous transurethral resection of prostate (TURP). Urine culture demonstrated sterile pyuria and a prolonged course of empiric antibiotics were prescribed to treat presumed cystitis. Initial
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Martius flaps for low rectovaginal fistulae: a systematic review and proportional meta‐analysis ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Daisy Swindon, Sara Izwan, Justin Ng, Erick Chan, Naveed Abbas, Michael Von Papen, Shaheel Mohammad Sahebally
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Surgical and survival outcomes of early‐onset colorectal cancer patients: a single‐centre descriptive Australian study ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Celine Garrett, Daniel Steffens, Michael Solomon, Cherry Koh
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The impact of stapled compared to handsewn repair on anastomotic outcomes in trauma patients: a systematic review and meta‐analysis ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Khang Duy Ricky Le, Katherine Martin, David Read
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Avoiding unnecessary sentinel lymph node biopsy with the use of superparamagnetic iron oxide mapping agents (Magtrace®) in breast surgery ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Rebecca Bei Jia Cui, Susan Hawes, Farhad Azimi, Belinda Chan, Susannah Graham, Cindy Mak, Jue Li Seah, Sanjay Warrier
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Artificial intelligence measured 3D body composition to predict pathological response in rectal cancer patients ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Matthew Y Wei, Ke Cao, Wei Hong, Josephine Yeung, Margaret Lee, Peter Gibbs, Ian G. Faragher, Paul N. Baird, Justin M. Yeung
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Diagnostic conundrum: massive portal vein pathology in a young patient – benign or malignant? ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Zhengchao Xu, Christian Pappas, Mina Sarofim, Ruwanthi Wijayawardana, David Morris
We present a 23-year-old male referred to a tertiary hospital with 3 weeks of upper abdominal pain, early satiety, and loose stools. There was no history of abdominal surgery, trauma, coagulopathy, or connective tissue disorders. Initial computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated significant dilation of the portal (9.4 × 5.2 cm) and splenic vein (1.5 cm), with intrinsic homogenous
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Correction to “Palliative resection of the primary tumour improves survival in incurable metastatic colorectal cancer” ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07
Inci K, Nilsson B, Lindskog S, Giglio D. Palliative resection of the primary tumour improves survival in incurable metastatic colorectal cancer. ANZ J Surg. 2023; 93: 2680–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.18629 Dr Klara Lyckenblad, one of the medical doctors helping us with the data collection, was not available at the time of publication. Finally she responded through social media and therefore we
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NovoSorb® biodegradable temporising matrix (BTM) in the reconstruction of cutaneous malignancies in a major cancer centre: a case series ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Maxim Devine, Mark Edmondson, Peter Gearing, Elizabeth Concannon, Michael Findlay, Richard Zinn, Angela Webb
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Complexity of surgery and treatment burden in patients with peritoneal malignancy is not determined by addition of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Daniel Steffens, Nabila Ansari, Cherry Koh, Nima Ahmadi, Michael J. Solomon, Sophie Hogan, Sascha Karunaratne, Teresa Anderson, Kiel Harvey, Kate McBride, Brendan Moran
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Update for surgeons on novel induction treatments for acute severe inflammatory bowel disease associated colitis ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Timothy Levar, Michael Johnston, Nik S. Ding, Corina Behrenbruch
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25, 50 & 75 years ago ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Julian A. Smith
1 Twenty-five years ago De Costa A. Teaching gall bladder surgery: remembrance of things past, or defensive cholecystectomy revisited. ANZ J. Surg. 1999;69:834–6 Among the remaining concerns for surgeons performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy are the incidence of bile duct injury and the rate of conversion to open operation. The open operation itself, now infrequently performed, and then only for
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Incidental thymoangiolipoma found during parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism: a finding that may mimic parathyroid adenoma ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-02 Samuel Thompson, Elan Novis, Julia Low, Tamara Preda
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on outcomes of cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a national cohort study ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01
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Lesson learned: elusive locking mechanism ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Charlotte Bell, Mathievathaniy Muthucumaru, Ali Thomas
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Cutaneous paraneoplastic presentation of underlying gallbladder malignancy ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Callum J. Prosser, Matilda Anderson, Simon Banting
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Value of the surgical pancreatic duct anatomy and associated outcomes in pancreatic cancer ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Mark Conor Harris, Georgi Atanasov, Eu Nice Neo, Andrew Goldfinch, Andrew Jin‐Hean Ng, Khimseng Tew, Lilian Kuan, Markus Trochsler, Harsh Kanhere
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Diagnostic precision in proximal penile fracture: the use of MRI and the perineal approach ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Benjamin C. Buckland, Bridget Heijkoop, Jaw Tronidjaja, Peter G. Chong
A man in his 30s reported severe penile pain after vigorous sexual activity, described as a ‘popping’ sound followed by partial loss of erection and pain. Initial examination revealed significant scrotal swelling and bruising without evidence of a typical eggplant deformity.1 However, the treating practitioner did not recognize a potential penile fracture. An ultrasound was performed a week later due
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How to do a laparoscopic‐assisted endoscopic ‘clean sweep’ for small bowel polyp clearance in Peutz Jeghers syndrome ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Jean Wong, Joshua Sommovilla, Amit Bhatt, Rebecca L. Gunter, Carol A. Burke, James Church, David Liska
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Surgical resection of adrenal metastasis from colorectal cancers: a systematic review ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Thi Ai Van Terresa Nguyen, Sze Ling Wong, Zi Qin Ng
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Optimizing theatre utilization for abscess drainage: going beyond priority categories ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Phillip F. Yang, Lily Builth‐Snoad, Kheng‐Seong Ng, Eva Gu, Belinda Errington, Kate E. McBride, Peter J. Lee
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Nurse‐led renal cell carcinoma clinic: a single center review ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 I. Thia, A. Tan, E. Botha, A. Picardo, M. Brown, I. Thyer, A. Abdul‐Hamid, A. Tan, D. Teichmann, D. Hayne, S.P. McCombie
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Psychological safety in surgery: the negative impact of bullying for surgeons and patients and how we can all do better ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Sarah C. Rennie, Joy R. Rudland
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Small bowel obstruction secondary to barbed sutures in bariatric surgery: a cautionary tale ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Walter Santucci, Audrey Choy, Qiuye Cheng, Salena Ward, Nicole Winter, Michael W Hii
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Healthcare sustainability in cardiothoracic surgery ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Lowell Leow, John Kit Chung Tam, Poh Pei Kee, Amanda Zain
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Management & surveillance of rectal neuroendocrine tumours: a single-centre retrospective analysis ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Paige Barnard, Bree Stephensen, Georgia Taylor, Johnson Huang, Elzerie de Jager, Matthew McMahon
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Correction to Combined procedures for surgical short bowel syndrome: experience from two European centres ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-12
Gigola F1, Coletta R2,3,4, Certini M1, Del Riccio M5, Forsythe L6, Morabito A2,3,4. Combined procedures for surgical short bowel syndrome: experience from two European centres. ANZ J. Surg. 2023 Apr;93(4):1012–1016. doi: 10.1111/ans.18184. Epub 2022 Dec 13. PMID: 36514884. Affiliations are not listed correctly and should be changed to the following: (1) Postgraduate School in Pediatric Surgery, University
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Realized impact of COVID-19 related disruptions on the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Matthew P. Irwin, Trisha Dutta, Maxwell A. Jambor, Matthew J. Morgan, Catherine E. Turner, Yicong Liang
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Comparison of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging with postoperative pathology results in rectal cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Özgür Akgül, Hüseyin Fahri Martlı, Abidin Göktaş, Mehmet Ali Pak, Mesut Tez
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A mimic of peritoneal metastatic disease, multifocal intraabdominal foreign body granulomas secondary to feculent peritonitis ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Damien Gibson, Christo Joseph, Diarmid P. Foulis, Christophe R. Berney
Intraabdominal Foreign Body Granulomas (IFBGs) are intricate cellular responses to retained foreign objects commonly originating from surgical materials including sutures, gauze, sponges, talc, and starch.1-3 Occasionally these granulomas can be caused by non-surgical foreign bodies like fish bones, spillage of gallstone, and bowel content from perforation.4-7 These IFBGs often present multifocally
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Outcomes of patients with pneumatosis intestinalis and/or portal venous gas: a study of factors associated with survival and surgical intervention ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Ngar Lok Joshua Wong, Steven Ronald Paredes, Doruk Seyfi, Kheng-Seong Ng
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The effect of music on the operating surgeon: a pilot randomized crossover trial (the MOSART study) ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Anantha Narayanan, Alana Cavadino, James P. Fisher, Manar Khashram
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Impact of body fat location and volume on incisional hernia development and its outcomes following repair ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Junsheng Li, Lisheng Wu, Xiangyu Shao
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Laparoscopic partial splenectomy in distal pancreatectomy may preserve splenic function ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Nicholas Bell-Allen, Adam McNamara, Nicholas Bull, Joel Lewin, Nicholas O'Rourke
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MRI-based parameters and clinical risk factors to predict lymph node metastasis in patients with ypT0 rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Yangyang Wang, Xiaojie Wang, Shenghui Huang, Jinhua Chen, Ying Huang
The aim of this study was to assess the significant risk factors that predict lymph node metastasis in ypT0 patients with locally advanced rectal cancer following chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Additionally, the study aimed to identify high-risk groups who would not be suitable candidates for a rectal-preserving strategy, despite achieving a complete tumour response.
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The presence and the anatomical variations of the accessory appendicular artery: A systematic review of 604 cases ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Stavros Savvakis, Paraskevi Karamitsou, Chrysoula Vardaxi, Evropi Forozidou, Panagiotis-Konstantinos Emfietzis, Konstantinos Mantsopoulos, Athanasios Anastasopoulos, Alexandros Poutoglidis
The accessory appendicular artery (AAA) is an accessory source of blood supply to the appendix. Its existence and potential point of origin are seldom addressed in the literature.
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Clinical implication of the geometric location (fundal end versus cystic ductal end) of gallbladder cancer ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Daegwang Yoo, Seong-Ryong Kim, Eunsung Jun, Yejong Park, Bong Jun Kwak, Woohyung Lee, Jae Hoon Lee, Dae Wook Hwang, Song Cheol Kim, Ki Byung Song
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Assessing organizational culture within Australian healthcare settings: implications for training and accreditation ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Joanna R. Sutherland, David Allan Watters
What is culture? Culture is at the heart of how any organization and its staff think and behave. It reflects the collective behaviours driven by a set of norms and values, linked to questions of right and wrong, and reframes compliance-orientated ‘can we’ questions into ethically weighted ‘should we’ questions.1 Culture conveys a holistic view of an organization, what it is like to work there, how
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Is tropical pus in the hand special? A retrospective study comparing hand infection cases in Darwin and Adelaide ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Claire R. Baxter, Nikki Burnett, Mona Alatrash, James Sires, Phillipa van Essen, Nicola R. Dean
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Cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in New Zealand: peri-operative outcomes and service development over a decade ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Jia Hui Lim, Rennie Xinrui Qin, Jasen Ly, Jesse Fischer, Nicholas Smith, Mosese Karalus, Linus Wu, Roelof van Dalen, Simione Lolohea
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Validating the laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing fasciitis (LRINEC) score: a prospective cohort study in a resource limited setting ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Catrin Stallwood-Hall, Vineet Binu, Radhika K. Rajendran, Bharati V. Hiremath
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Proposed clinical operative synoptic report for ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Zi Qin Ng, Scott Mackenzie, Andrew Gilmore, Jason Diab, Katherine Gibson
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Reconstruction of plantar foot defects with free super-thin anterolateral thigh flap ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Yavuz Tuluy, Merve Özkaya Ünsal, Zülfükar Ulaş Bali, Aziz Parspancı, Dilara Ünal
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Use of pudendal nerve blocks in rubber band ligation of haemorrhoids: an Australia-wide cross-sectional analysis ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Eleanor G. R. Watson, Hwa Ian Ong, David M. Proud, Helen M. Mohan, Rosemary J. Korda
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Repetitive endoscopic drainage as initial intervention is safe and effective for early treatment of pancreatic necrotic collections ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Yi Ma, Felicia Ong, Simon Hew, Michael Swan, David Devonshire, Daniel Croagh
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Surgical and health related quality of life outcomes following treatment with zygomatic implant perforated (ZIP) flaps ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Antonia L. Watson, Michael Hurrell, Dale Howes, David Leinkram, Tsu-Hui (Hubert) Low, Masako Dunn, Jonathan R. Clark
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Medical versus surgical causes of death following colorectal resection: a Queensland Audit of Surgical Mortality (QASM) study ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Derek Mao, Therese Rey-Conde, John B. North, Raymond P. Lancashire, Sanjeev Naidu, Terence Chua
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Detection of sessile serrated adenoma using artificial intelligence-enhanced endoscopy: an Asian perspective ANZ J. Surg. (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Joycelyn Mun-Peng Soo, Frederick Hong-Xiang Koh