ABSTRACT NUMBER: (NESTAC_04) AUTHORS Sherilyn Chew1 David Hamilton2 AFFILIATIONS Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University1 ENT Department, Freeman Hospital2 CORRESPONDING AUTHOR CONTACT EMAIL ku.ca.eltsacwen@1wehc.S ku.ca.eltsacwen@notlimah.divaD MAIN ABSTRACT TEXT Background The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) states that CT thorax is not required in patients with primary T1/T2 laryngeal cancer. Smoking is a…
Failure of Stoma Acceptance in Functional Bowel Patients
ABSTRACT NUMBER: NESTAC_03 AUTHORS A. Bean, A. Read, A. Sharpe, S. Plusa AFFILIATIONS Colorectal Surgical Unit, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne CORRESPONDING AUTHOR CONTACT EMAIL ku.ca.eltsacwen@1naeb.a MAIN ABSTRACT TEXT Introduction Stoma formation can be necessary to treat severe constipation and incontinence, but failure of stoma acceptance means reversal,…
The Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre – Northumbria Healthcare Link, a Roadmap for Global Laparoscopic Surgery
ABSTRACT NUMBER: NESTAC_02 AUTHORS Miss Bronwyn Woodburn, Miss Oroog Ali, Miss Imogen Cullen, Mr Ryan Ghita, Mr Alastair Hayes, Mr Duncan Light, Miss Kirsty McVey, Mr Fadlo Shaban, Dr Kondo Chilonga, Mr Liam Horgan AFFILIATIONS • Bronwyn Woodburn and Imogen Cullen: Newcastle University, Newcastle, U.K. • Oroog Ali, Alastair Hayes, Duncan Light, Kirsty McVey, Fadlo…
A Review of the Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (HMB) at Sunderland Royal Hospital (SRH)
ABSTRACT NUMBER: NESTAC_01 AUTHORS Umar R1, Gudipati M2 AFFILIATIONS 1Medical Student, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne. 2Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecologist, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR CONTACT EMAIL ku.shn.tfshc@itapidug.ivadham MAIN ABSTRACT TEXT Background • HMB affects one quarter of women of reproductive age and is one of the most common referrals to secondary care. •…
Poverty and anal cancer: is there a survival correlation?
ABSTRACT NUMBER: NESTAC_15 AUTHORS Farah Mahmoud Ali, Ali Ghareeb, D Garg, Hans Van der Voet, Madan Jha AFFILIATIONS James Cook University Hospital CORRESPONDING AUTHOR CONTACT EMAIL moc.liamg@akzf.haraf MAIN ABSTRACT TEXT Introduction Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the commonest variant of the rather uncommon anal malignancy. Certain disease-related factors have been established in determining…
Abdominal X-rays, at what cost?
ABSTRACT NUMBER: NESTAC_14 AUTHORS Wadah Ali, A Suliman, Stephanie Smith, M Jha AFFILIATIONS James Cook University Hospital CORRESPONDING AUTHOR CONTACT EMAIL ten.shn@ila.hadaW MAIN ABSTRACT TEXT Introduction Abdominal X-rays (AXR) are a routinely requested investigation in the emergency department. There is a common tendency to arrange abdominal x rays in “to complete the work up”…
Epigenetic Analysis and CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing of the Novel Osteoarthritis Susceptibility Locus residing at the PLEC gene
ABSTRACT NUMBER: NESS_13 AUTHORS Antony K Sorial1, Ines MJ Hofer1, Maria Tselepi1, Eleanor Parker1, Sarah J Rice1, David J Deehan2 and John Loughlin1 AFFILIATIONS 1) Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, 2) Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne CORRESPONDING AUTHOR CONTACT EMAIL ku.ca.lcn@lairoS.ynoT MAIN ABSTRACT TEXT Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is highly polygenic and OA associated…
Normothermic machine perfusion of donor kidneys; a novel delivery platform for cellular therapeutics to recondition marginal organs
ABSTRACT NUMBER: NESS_12 AUTHORS Emily R Thompson1, Lucy Bates1, Ibrahim K Ibrahim1, Avinash Sewpaul1, Rodrigo Figueriedo1, Ben Stenberg2, Andrew McNeill2, Georgie Wilkins1, Tom Girdlestone1, Henrique de Lamos, Andrew Mellor, Valerie Roobrouck3, Anthony Ting4, Sarah A Hosgood5, Michael L Nicholson5, Andrew J Fisher1, Simi Ali1, Neil Sheerin1, Colin H Wilson AFFILIATIONS 1 NIHR Blood and Transplant…
Epidemiology of adult rib fracture and factors associated with surgical fixation: analysis of a chest wall injury dataset from England and Wales
ABSTRACT NUMBER: NESS_9 AUTHORS Helen MA Ingoe, William Eardley, Catriona McDaid, Amar Rangan, Catherine Hewitt MAIN ABSTRACT TEXT Surgical fixation of rib fractures (SFRF) is growing in popularity as part of optimising care of patients with rib fractures. There is currently no description of the epidemiology of these injuries at a national level; nor has…
The impact of anaemia on the clinical outcomes of infra-inguinal bypass for critical limb ischaemia
ABSTRACT NUMBER: NESS_8 Authors Nandhra.S, Boylan.L, Prentis. J, Nesbitt. C and the Northern Vascular Centre Introduction Anaemia in elective cardio-vascular surgery has been shown to have a detrimental impact on clinical outcomes and survival. Non-elective caseload is high in vascular surgery and the timely revascularisation in critical limb-ischaemia (CLI) significantly contributes towards this workload.…