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Bhat S, Xu W, Varghese C, Dubey N, Wells C, Harmston C, et al.
Tech Coloproctol . 2023 Jul; 27(10):827-845. PMID: 37460830
Purpose: Currently, the anal fistula treatment which optimises healing and preserves bowel continence remains unclear. The aim of our study was to compare the relative efficacy of different surgical treatments...
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Widlak M, Neal M, Daulton E, Thomas C, Tomkins C, Singh B, et al.
Colorectal Dis . 2018 Sep; 20(12):O335-O342. PMID: 30248228
Aim: Faecal markers, such as the faecal immunochemical test for haemoglobin (FIT) and faecal calprotectin (FCP), have been increasingly used to exclude colorectal cancer (CRC) and colonic inflammation. However, in...
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Widlak M, Thomas C, Thomas M, Tomkins C, Smith S, OConnell N, et al.
Aliment Pharmacol Ther . 2016 Dec; 45(2):354-363. PMID: 27910113
Background: The diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) can be difficult as symptoms are variable with poor specificity. Thus, there is a quest for simple, non-invasive testing that can help streamline...
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Pande R, Saratzis A, Winter Beatty J, Doran C, Kirby R, Harmston C
Ann R Coll Surg Engl . 2016 Aug; 99(1):82-87. PMID: 27490986
INTRODUCTION Blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) is a common injury in recent trauma series. The characteristics of patients with BAT have changed following the reconfiguration of UK trauma services. The aim...
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Saratzis A, Winter-Beatty J, El-Sayed C, Pande R, Harmston C
Ann R Coll Surg Engl . 2015 Aug; 97(5):369-74. PMID: 26264089
Introduction: National colorectal cancer screening, utilising a faecal occult blood test (FOBT), is now well established in the UK. The aim of this study was to define the screening characteristics...
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Dhaliwal A, Zeino Z, Tomkins C, Cheung M, Nwokolo C, Smith S, et al.
Frontline Gastroenterol . 2015 Jan; 6(1):14-19. PMID: 25580205
Background: Faecal calprotectin (FC), a cytosolic protein released by neutrophils (S100 family) in response to inflammation, is a simple, non-invasive test that can be used to differentiate irritable bowel syndrome...
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Arasaradnam R, Covington J, Harmston C, Nwokolo C
Aliment Pharmacol Ther . 2014 Mar; 39(8):780-9. PMID: 24612215
Background: The detection of airborne gas phase biomarkers that emanate from biological samples like urine, breath and faeces may herald a new age of non-invasive diagnostics. These biomarkers may reflect...
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Pande R, Leung E, McCullough P, Smith S, Harmston C
Dis Colon Rectum . 2013 Dec; 57(1):70-5. PMID: 24316948
Background: Poor public awareness may account for the advanced stage at diagnosis, hence, poorer survival. With the aim of reducing colorectal cancer deaths, the United Kingdom National Bowel Cancer Awareness...
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Gosselink M, Adusumilli S, Harmston C, Wijffels N, Jones O, Cunningham C, et al.
Colorectal Dis . 2013 Oct; 15(12):e749-56. PMID: 24125518
Aim: Limited literature exists on whether slow colonic transit adversely influences the results of outlet obstruction surgery. We compared the functional results of laparoscopic ventral rectopexy (LVR) for obstructed defaecation...
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Pande R, Froggatt P, Baragwanath P, Harmston C
Colorectal Dis . 2012 Jun; 15(1):74-9. PMID: 22672571
Aim: The national Bowel Cancer Screening Programme has been rolled out nationwide following pilot screening in two health authorities in the UK. The aim of this study was to define...