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Research Development
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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forced many changes. In our unit, there was a significant shift from traditional anesthesia (TA) which included general or regional anesthesia, to Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) for the treatment of flexor tendon injuries. Zones I and II injuries have always been a..
Published: | 15/03/2023 |
Authors: | Bamal R, Bastouros E, Nolan G, Griffiths S, Bell D |
Poster presentation for the BBA Annual Meeting, May 2022. Full conference programme available here: https://www.britishburnassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/BBA-Bristol-4-6.5.22-Full-Programme-.pdf Introduction Reconstructive options for defects of the distal third of the tibia are often limited, challenging and cited as requiring free tissue transfer. Local options can be..
Published: | 04/05/2022 |
Authors: | Cappuyns L, Gurusinghe D, Bell D, Shokrollahi K |
Aim We aimed to assess the quality of record-keeping of the departments hand trauma proforma, identify areas of improvement, and to implement and assess the quality of an updated proforma. Method Data from 101 parameters was collected for 20 patients undergoing surgery for an upper limb injury in November 2019. An updated proforma..
Published: | 12/10/2021 |
Authors: | Phillips B, Hosain M, Bell D |
Aim Flexor tendon repairs are commonly performed under general/regional anaesthesia. Wide-awake local anaesthetic no tourniquet (WALANT) has potential advantages including the ability to test the repair intra-operatively; removal of the risks of general anaesthesia; no aerosol generation, thus reducing COVID-19 transmission risk. An ongoing systematic review identified no comparative..
Published: | 12/10/2021 |
Authors: | Greasley L, Nolan G, Bamal R, Bell D |
Aim The 2007 British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) guideline contains the timeframe in which all hand trauma needs to be assessed and managed. Whiston Hospital is one of the regional plastic surgery units in the UK. An institutional audit performed in 2015 found the overall compliance with the guideline..
Published: | 14/08/2018 |
Authors: | Adjei B, Alfeky H, Bell D, Kelsey C, Nair M |
Aims The Z-Plasty is often a difficult concept for the trainee to design and execute. Our aim was to simulate a scar that needs either re-orientation or lengthening. Method The authors researched fabrics with different properties (strength, elasticity and anisotropy) along with mechanisms to simulate scar tension. A number of..
Published: | 07/08/2018 |
Authors: | Alfeky H, Bell D, Khan I, |
Sargazi, N; El-Gawad, A; Narayan, B; Bell, D; Shanks, L; Nayagam, S; Graham K. (2015). A full time regional ortho-plastic unit; initial results . Journal of plastic, reconstructive & Aesthetic surgery: JPRAS. Published online 31st December
Published: | 19/07/2016 |
Authors: | Bell D, Graham K |
Touil, LL; Lindsay, KJ; Anderson, K; Bell, D. (2015). Utilising the MTP plantar fat: A novel approach in Syme's amputation . Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. 68 (1), 126-129.
Published: | 19/07/2016 |
Authors: | Touil L, Bell D |
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