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Surgical procedures, operative

Editorials

Measuring the quality of surgical care in Australia

David I Watson and Tim Bright

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (6): 301-302

Perspectives

Quality improvement strategies in trauma care: review and proposal of 31 novel quality indicators

Joshua G Kovoor, Jonathan Henry W Jacobsen and Zsolt J Balogh, for the Trauma Care Verification and Quality Improvement Writing Group †

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (7): 331-335 Free

Letters

Vertebral fractures after denosumab discontinuation for dental procedures: a consequence of distorted perceptions of risk

Alastair Goss

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 268-268

Letters

Vertebral fractures after denosumab discontinuation for dental procedures: a consequence of distorted perceptions of risk

Bronwyn GA Stuckey and Nely Shrestha Khatri

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 268-268

Editorials

Clearing elective surgery waiting lists after the COVID‐19 pandemic cannot be allowed to compromise emergency surgery care

Robert J Aitken and David AK Watters

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 237-238 Free

Narrative review

Breast surgery: a narrative review

Christobel M Saunders

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 262-267 Free

Perspectives

Bariatric surgery: a call for greater access to coordinated surgical and specialist care in the public health system

Ahmad Aly, Michael L Talbot and Wendy A Brown

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 228-231 Free

Research

Hospital costs and factors associated with days alive and at home after surgery (DAH30)

Jennifer R Reilly, Paul S Myles, Darren Wong, Stephane R Heritier, Wendy A Brown, Toby Richards and Max Bell

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (6): 311-317 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

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): 246-252 Free

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 letters

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 (4): 208-209 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