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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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St Helens and Knowsley Hospital Staff - Publications pre April 2024

Developing a burn-specific peri-operative checklist: Version zero, a starting point

Winning poster presentation in the Care category at 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: The World Health Organization (WHO) surgical safety checklist is a widely applied tool in surgical practice aimed at identifying potential faults..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Cappuyns L, Holme H, Mandal A, Gurusinghe D, Shokrollahi K

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Further perspectives on burns from E-cigarette battery explosions: a public health concern

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 Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are a fairly recent invention which substitutes conventional cigarettes. The use of e-cigarettes is on the rise as these devices are often marketed..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Stone S, Cappuyns L, Philip L, Gurusinghe D, Shokrollahi K

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Overcoming challenges around wounds and wound dressings in burn patients requiring nerve conduction studies

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 Conclusions Through collaborative efforts a new protocol and a SOP are being developed which address the logistics around performing the tests in patient who have unhealed burns..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Cappuyns L, Murray E, Gurusinghe D, Deshpande M, Nwe M, Shokrollahi K

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The role of burns professionals in public health awareness and strategies to prevent burns

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 A number of plants and other naturally occurring substances have been shown to cause skin irritation or cutaneous chemical burns. In many of these cases the..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Ebbs S, Cappuyns L, Giannopoulos I, Mandal A, Gurusinghe D, Shokrollahi K

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Hypothermia in severe burns presenting at a regional burns centre

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 Conclusions Our study demonstrates a link between hypothermia and mortality but not whether this link is causative. Our study also demonstrates a link between TBSA and hypothermia...

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Cappuyns L, Philip L, Ramadan S, Ebbs S, Gurusinghe D, Shokrollahi K

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An audit of ward-level pain management at a regional burn centre: Is the National standard adequate?

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 Aims To audit pain management practice at ward level against set national standards. To gauge the adequacy of that standard. To assess the true effectiveness of pain..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Cappuyns L, Ramadan S, Gurusinghe D, Shokrollahi K

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The Peroneus Brevis muscle flap for distal third tibia reconstruction in burns and trauma – a non-microsurgical and expeditious technique offering rapid wound healing of a complex wound.

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

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Is the use of a powered dermatome an aerosol-generating procedure (AGP)? Implications for personal protection against COVID-19 virus.

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 Many healthcare workers have contracted SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic, many cases of which have resulted in severe illness and death. No studies have assessed the potential..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Kyriazidis I, Shokrollahi K, Zack-Williams SDL, Jones C, Murgatroyd E, Gurusinghe D

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Ulnar nerve compression at the elbow secondary to burn related heterotopic ossification – a case report and literature review of management options

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 Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a poorly understood pathological process which can complicate the management of burns. It is thought to be mediated by tissue hypoxia amongst..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Ramadan S, Cappuyns L, Shokrollahi K, Gurusinghe D

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Preliminary experience of HDR Brachytherapy for treatment of keloid scars

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 Keloids are challenging with significant recurrence External beam radiotherapy has been effective in recurrent keloids but with significant exposure. Brachytherapy allows for surgical excision of keloids..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Wahal A, Gurusinghe D, Shokrollahi K

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Use of DERMABOND® PRINEO® Skin Closure System to optimise results of excision and direct closure in acute burns

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 Primary excision and direct closure of deep/full thickness burn is historically contraindicated due to purported risk of complications. Self -adhering mesh (Prineo™ and glue (Dermabond™..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Wahal A, Cappuyns L, Gurusinghe D, Shokrollahi K

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Tangential excision and skin grafting for sever chronic ulcerative allergic reaction to tattoo pigment. A case report and review of literature in the context of a European ban on coloured pigment tattoos

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 Tattooing is used in both recreationally and for scar management including burn patients to disguise burn scar knowledge about the clinical spectrum, pathogenesis and treatment of..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Wahal A, Cappuyns L, Stubbington Y, Gurusinghe D, Shokrollahi K

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Giant Hogweed: The role of burns professionals in public health awareness and strategies to prevent burns

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 A number of plants and other naturally occurring substances have been shown to cause skin irritation or cutaneous chemical burns. In many of these cases the..

Published: 04/05/2022
Authors: Ebbs S, Cappuyns L, Giannopoulos I, Mandal A, Gurusinghe D, Shokrollahi K

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Comfort care for burns patients

Zack-Williams, SDL; Gurusinghe, D; Tridente, A; Shokrollahi, K. (2020). Comfort care for burns patients: The gold standard for assessment and delivery of care remains in a burn center. Burns. epub 24 Oct    

Published: 24/10/2020
Authors: Zack-Williams SDL, Gurusinghe D, Tridente A, Shokrollahi K

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Is the use of a powered dermatome an aerosol-generating procedure (AGP)? Implications for personal protection against COVID-19 virus

Introduction Many healthcare workers have contracted SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic, many cases of which have resulted in severe illness and death. No studies have assessed the potential for powered dermatomes to generate aerosol, an essential technique in burns and plastic surgery. The primary aim of the present study was to..

Published: 25/09/2020
Authors: Shokrollahi K, Kyriazidis I, Zak-Williams S, Murgatroyd E, Gurusinghe D

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Book Review: Reconstructive Lymph Vascular Surgery

​ Gurusinghe, D; Shokrollahi, K. (2017). Book Review: Reconstructive Lymph Vascular Surgery . Annals of Plastic Surgery. 78 (4), 364

Published: 26/04/2017
Authors: Gurusinghe D

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