• A cross-sectional survey of anaesthesia-related expectations amongst patients awaiting upper limb trauma surgery 

  Iohom, Gabriella; O'Donnell, Brian Declan (Romanian Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 2017-09-03)

  Background and aims: Little is known regarding patients’ anaesthesia-related expectations when presenting for upper limb trauma surgery. Methods: We conducted a prospective cross-sectional survey exploring prior anaesthetic ...
• Combination of electroporation delivered metabolic modulators with low-dose chemotherapy in osteosarcoma 

  Gill, Kheshwant S.; Fernandes, Philana; Bird, Brian; Soden, Declan M.; Forde, Patrick F. (Impact Journals, 2018)

  Background: Osteosarcoma accounts for roughly 60% of all malignant bone tumors in children and young adults. The five-year survival rate for localized tumors after surgery and chemotherapy is approximately 70% whilst it ...
• Impaction of swallowed dentures in the sigmoid colon requiring sigmoid colectomy 

  Flanagan, Michael; Clancy, Cillian; O'Riordain, Micheal G. (Elsevier Ltd, 2018)

  INTRODUCTION: Foreign body (FB) ingestion results in perforation in 1% of cases and is associated with significant morbidity and rarely mortality. Clinical presentation is variable and can present a diagnostic challenge. ...
• The utility of the radionuclide probe in parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism 

  Lim, Ming Sheng; Jinih, Marcel; Ngai, C. H.; Foley, Niamh M.; Redmond, H. Paul (Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2017)

  INTRODUCTION: Parathyroidectomy is the definitive treatment for primary hyperparathyroidism but the intraoperative identification of adenomas is challenging. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of a radionuclide ...
• The impact of body composition parameters on ipilimumab toxicity and survival in patients with metastatic melanoma 

  Daly, Louise E.; Power, Derek G.; O'Reilly, Aine; Donnellan, Paul; Cushen, Samantha J.; O'Sullivan, Kathleen; Twomey, Maria; Woodlock, David P.; Redmond, H. Paul; Ryan, Aoife M. (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)

  Background: Body composition is an important predictor of drug toxicity and outcome. Ipilimumab (Ipi), a monoclonal antibody used to treat metastatic melanoma, has specific toxicities. No validated biomarkers that predict ...

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