Matt Lee

Development of a patient-reported outcome measure for gastrointestinal recovery after surgery (PRO-diGI) This study describes a four-stage development of a patient-reported outcome measure for gastrointestinal recovery. This results in a tool addressing four k

Pleased to see our #GI #recovery #PROM in press in @bjsurgery.bsky.social

Open access: doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

#some4surgery #surgicalresearch

The gap between trials and reality Of 6300 people who apply to be NASA astronauts, eight will be selected for training, giving a 0.1% success rate1. One cannot use the achievements of astron

Post scriptum:

its also a great honour to have this invited commentary with @wannabehawkeye.bsky.social 's thoughts published alongside our work

🙏

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This work started as an idea i had many years ago, and was delivered by a great team who also believed we can make this happen👏

big thanks to:
@joecuk96.bsky.social and Joe Barsby
@samuelhume.bsky.social Hamish Lemmey and Regent Lee

Great to see it in print!
#externalvalidity #EBM #medsky

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External validity of randomized clinical trials in vascular surgery: systematic review of demographic factors of patients recruited to randomized clinical trials with comparison to the National Vascul... Practicing evidence-based medicine requires that the patients we encounter in daily practice are represented in the populations recruited to randomized cli

How do patients in clinical trials compare to those we see in our clinical practice. We asked just that:

Hot off the press in @bjsopen.bsky.social

#vascular #medksy #bettertrials #evidencebasedmedicine

Read here
👇

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New record for author queries on proof of accepted paper: 72...

Whats your highest?
#surgicalresearch #academia

Just what is a #pepticulcer repair?
-Not just approach
-Surgical aspects important
-Lots of co-interventions!
-Not a lot of standardisation...

@asgbi.bsky.social @abppc.bsky.social

#some4surgery #emgensurg #surgicalresearch

Open access in @bjsopen.bsky.social

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Who was spent 3 hours this morning trying to do one chart in R, only to realise the error is coming because the variable which is intuitively a factor needs to be formatted as a number

#rstats

Hot off the press:

Paper synthesising the lived experience of people with #pilonidal disease.
Prevalence of anxiety a surprising finding. Impact on work, ADLs and body image less surprising, but still important.
Useful for consultations?

doi.org/10.1111/codi...

#some4surgery #surgicalresearch

Good work. Next step is to set the lower limit on word length so words like 'can' don't get in.
Great start.

1040 on a Sunday and I've edited a grant application and made an ethics submission...

Now for a tip run

#worklifebalance #dadjobs

There are less than 2 weeks until the deadline for our BJS Prize! One of our the most prestigious prizes at the ASGBI Congress, make sure to submit before the deadline if you would like to be considered. More information and submission here - https://buff.ly/4f7IqUm

Great #qualitative paper from my #PhD student Dan Ashmore.

How well do surgeons recognise #malnutrition in the emergency setting?

Variation and inconsistency +++

Open access: doi.org/10.1111/codi...

#some4surgery #surgicalresearch

Associations of outcomes of WSCA challenges & management (SBO Action)

Some red dots (operated) in the contrast in colon group

Green dots (palliated) also in both groups.

Suggests varied use of WSCA in #SBO

#some4surgery #surgicalresearch
@abppc.bsky.social @josiewalshaw.bsky.social

Journal submissions
Uploads - 2 mins
Checking emails - 3-4 mins
Cover letter ?mins
Multiple check boxes that vary across journals... timeless.

#some4surgery

Hoping by the end of this week I'll have at least one outstanding paper finished, because who doesn't like submitting things for #peerreview just before Christmas.....

This week as an academic surgeon:
All day #IBDsurgery list
Teaching lap skills course
Uni day (meetings +++, no writing)
Covering #oncall #EGS and CST teaching about #research
And tomorrow, a short #IBD clinic.

All over the place this week!

#some4surgery

Today I'm supporting the West Mids simulation course. This will cover bowel anastomosis and principles of lap colonic resection for our ST3 resident doctors.

#some4surgery

🎗️ This #PancreaticCancerAwareness Month, we're spotlighting key research:

Adjuvant chemotherapy for adenocarcinoma arising from intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia (IPMN): Findings from the multicentre ADENO-IPMN study

📖 Read the full study here: https://buff.ly/4eC2I8l

We have a review on lived experience of PSD coming out in CoDi soon. This was one of the domains identified in the paper. Was interesting to hear it voiced clearly in this session!

🎗️ In focus this #PancreaticCancerAwareness Month:

Chemotherapy switch for localised pancreatic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

🔬 These findings shed light on the potential of tailored treatment strategies to improve patient outcomes.

📖 Read the study: https://buff.ly/40UYKUT

Somehow (completely by accident) ended up at PMT in Birmingham today and came home with a new practice amp and usb audio interface. Maybe a cheap bass at Christmas?

Now to brush off 5+ years of limited practice....

#some4surgery

Was in #patientengagement meeting about #pilonidalsinus disease yesterday.

Interesting to hear stories - lots to learn about service and trial design.

Was struck by the 'anxiety' aspect for healed patients. Something we should think about more?

#surgicalresearch #some4surgery

Glad to be of service 😂

Today in life of a #surgicalacademic:
- Consultant meeting
- Ward reviews & quick admin check-in
- Governance application for ASTEROID ( #hernia study)
- #SSL catch up & planning
- Trying to finish the #WSCA paper!

#some4surgery #surgicalresearch

You should just for @abppc.bsky.social response.

I see @josiewalshaw.bsky.social has joined Bluesky.

Part of team #SBO/#EGS research

Definitely not my research fellow (despite 4 papers and two prize session presentations in the last 12 months...)

#some4surgery

AFAR is slowly making progress towards the magic 500 figure and finishing the study...

110 recruits to go, and then we will have prospective data on the rate of new onset post-op #AF after #colorectalsurgery

#justkeepswimming #some4surgery

You haven't sent me a meeting invite 🤷‍♂️

Phrasing.
But worry not, you are on there. 👍