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Research Development
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Study objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a new elective surgery clinical decision support system, the ‘Patient Tacking List’ (PTL) tool (C2-Ai(c)) through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Methods We constructed ROC curves based on risk predictions produced by the tool and..
Published: | 20/01/2023 |
Authors: | Pritchard-Jones R |
Aim Surgical site infection (SSI) contributes a significant proportion of post operative morbidity in patients undergoing abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). PrevenaTM closed incision negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPT) has been demonstrated to reduce SSI rates in the elective and emergency laparotomy setting. However, there is no evidence for PrevenaTM use..
Published: | 13/10/2022 |
Authors: | Dixon S, Benson A, Kalaiselvan R, Kanwar S, Samad A, Pritchard-Jones R, West C, Scott M |
Aim Elective surgery services suffered significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to analyse the impact and outcomes of abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR) performed during the COVID-19 pandemic, assessing safety and sustainability. Material & Methods A retrospective review of all patients undergoing AWR in a single..
Published: | 10/10/2022 |
Authors: | Dixon S, Benson A, Kalaiselvan R, Kanwar S, Samad A, Pritchard-Jones R, West C, Scott M |
Introduction Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is a frequent skin cancer with a high risk of recurrence characterized by tumor infiltration and, in advanced cases, a poor prognosis. ECT (electrochemotherapy) is an alternative treatment option for locally advanced or recurrent cSCC that is unsuitable for surgical resection. In this study,..
Published: | 20/09/2022 |
Authors: | Pritchard-Jones R |
Introduction Keratinocyte or non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common malignancy worldwide, encompassing basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). The mainstay of treatment for NMSC is excision. The likelihood of recurrence is directly related to achieving tumour-free margins. Just 1 per cent of BCCs recur where..
Published: | 27/07/2022 |
Authors: | Nolan G, Pritchard-Jones R |
Purpose Indications for offering adjuvant systemic therapy for patients with early-stage melanomas with low disease burden sentinel node (SN) micrometastases, namely, American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC; eighth edition) stage IIIA disease, are presently controversial. The current study sought to identify high-risk SN-positive AJCC stage IIIA patients who are more..
Published: | 18/07/2022 |
Authors: | Nolan G, Pritchard-Jones R |
Background Patients presenting with early-stage melanoma (AJCC pT1b-pT2a) reportedly have a relatively low risk of a positive SNB (~5–10%). Those patients are usually found to have low-volume metastatic disease after SNB, typically reclassified to AJCC stage IIIA, with an excellent prognosis of ~90% 5-year survival. Currently, adjuvant systemic therapy is..
Published: | 13/05/2022 |
Authors: | Nolan G, Pritchard-Jones R |
Simple Summary Electrochemotherapy (ECT) combines a cytotoxic agent with locally applied electric pulses to enhance its antitumor effect. Over the last 15 years, ECT has been safely applied to patients with skin metastases in combination with other oncologic treatments and, more recently, with systemic immunotherapy. In this study, we aimed to..
Published: | 25/08/2021 |
Authors: | Pritchard-Jones R |
Editor The COVID‐19 pandemic has negatively affected all skin cancer treatment. A national audit of skin cancer excisions by Plastic Surgeons was adapted to establish what effect the pandemic had on the provision and delivery of skin cancer treatment in the United Kingdom. Throughout ‘lockdown’ (March 16th – June 14th 2020) a..
Published: | 01/11/2020 |
Authors: | Nolan G, Pritchard-Jones R |
Background Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a treatment for both primary and secondary cutaneous tumours. The international Network for sharing practices on ECT group investigates treatment outcomes after ECT using a common database with defined parameters. Methods Twenty-eight centres across Europe prospectively uploaded data over an 11-year period. Response rates were investigated..
Published: | 21/10/2020 |
Authors: | Pritchard-Jones R |
Abstract Skin cancer is the most common malignancy worldwide. The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented reorganization of healthcare services. This study established what effect the pandemic has had on the provision of skin cancer surgery by plastic surgeons in the U.K., one of the worst affected countries globally...
Published: | 01/09/2020 |
Authors: | Nolan G, Pritchard-Jones R |
Abstract We explore individuals who take some of their technology use ‘underground’, described as ‘bootlegging’, to enhance healthcare work. We find that healthcare professionals’ informal use of mobile applications in healthcare work sometimes ‘sticks out’ and this produces professional identity tensions: (1) conflict with perceptions of professional behaviour, and (2) defilement of..
Published: | 08/06/2020 |
Authors: | Pritchard-Jones R |
Purpose Service research holds that as services become more technology dominated, new service provider roles emerge. On a conceptual level, the potential impact of different roles has been discussed with regard to service provider readiness, job performance and overall experience. However, as yet, there is sparse empirical support for these..
Published: | 08/06/2020 |
Authors: | Pritchard-Jones R |
Summary Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has been at the forefront of the surgical staging of melanoma patients for the past 15 years. The high accuracy of this prognostic staging procedure is now recognised in all international guidelines for melanoma. However during this period there have been a number of important changes..
Published: | 08/06/2020 |
Authors: | Pritchard-Jones R |
Background Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is an effective local treatment for cutaneous metastasis. Treatment involves the administration of chemotherapeutic drugs followed by delivery of electrical pulses to the tumour. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of ECT in cutaneous metastases of melanoma and to identify factors which affect (..
Published: | 14/03/2017 |
Authors: | Pritchard-Jones R, Liew S |
Aims Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is an effective local treatment for cutaneous metastasis. Treatment involves the administration of chemotherapeutic drugs followed by delivery of electrical pulses to the tumour. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of ECT in cutaneous metastases of melanoma and to identify factors which affect (..
Published: | 21/02/2017 |
Authors: | Liew S, Pritchard-Jones R |
Introduction ‘Mersey Burns App’ is a smartphone/tablet application that aids in the assessment of total burn surface area (TBSA) and calculation of fluid resuscitation protocols in burns. This paper presents two studies assessing the speed and accuracy of calculations using Mersey Burns (App) in comparison with a Lund and..
Published: | 19/07/2016 |
Authors: | Barnes J, Pritchard-Jones R, McArthur P, Shokrollahi K, |
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