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Find out what your colleagues have been writing. This section features articles published by staff working for St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Halton, Knowsley and St Helens community staff.

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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Staff

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St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Staff - Publications pre April 2024

Minimal Access Tendon Harvesting without a Harvester

Abstract Tendon grafting is a key component of hand reconstructive procedures. Commercially produced tendon harvesters facilitate this grafting process but are not always available. We present an innovative technique that allows tendon harvest to be undertaken using equipment readily available in all hospitals. Only a scalpel blade and a plastic..

Published: 01/12/2020
Authors: Asmar O, , Iqbal A

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Technical refinements to a validated autologous fat harvesting technique

Abstract Autologous fat transfer is used for a wide variety of reconstructive purposes and in the areas of hand, facial and breast aesthetics, primarily to treat contour and volume deficits and for tissue rejuvenation.1,2 Modifications to the originally described fat harvesting techniques have aimed to achieve a method which is..

Published: 24/09/2018
Authors: Iqbal A,

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Association between age and access to immediate breast reconstruction

​ Background National guidelines state that patients with breast cancer undergoing mastectomy in England should be offered immediate breast reconstruction (IR), unless precluded by their fitness for surgery or the need for adjuvant therapies. Methods A national study investigated factors that influenced clinicians' decision to offer IR, and collected data on..

Published: 24/05/2017
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Surgical Determinants of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Background This national prospective cohort study compared the patient-reported outcomes of breast cancer patients undergoing postmastectomy autologous reconstruction to those who had breast implants, in terms of aesthetic appearance; levels of psychological, physical, and sexual well-being; and overall satisfaction. Methods Of 5063 women who underwent immediate reconstruction (n = 3349) or delayed reconstruction (..

Published: 18/05/2017
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Trends in the use of bilateral mastectomy

​ Objectives  For healthy women at high risk of developing breast cancer, a bilateral mastectomy can reduce future risk. For women who already have unilateral breast cancer, removing the contralateral healthy breast is more difficult to justify. We examined trends in the number of women who had a bilateral mastectomy in..

Published: 19/07/2016
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St Helens Community Staff

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Knowsley Community Staff

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Halton Community Staff

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North West Boroughs Community Health Staff

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