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- Masters Medicine University of Southampton
- Doctorate Surgery University of Southampton
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- The mesorectum in rectal cancer surgery—the clue to pelvic recurrence? (1982) (2633)
- RECURRENCE AND SURVIVAL AFTER TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION FOR RECTAL CANCER (1986) (2405)
- Rectal cancer: the Basingstoke experience of total mesorectal excision, 1978-1997. (1998) (1445)
- Mesorectal excision for rectal cancer (1993) (1125)
- Definition and grading of anastomotic leakage following anterior resection of the rectum: a proposal by the International Study Group of Rectal Cancer. (2010) (991)
- Diagnostic accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: prospective observational study (2006) (791)
- The ‘Holy Plane’ of Rectal Surgery (1988) (692)
- A National Strategic Change in Treatment Policy for Rectal Cancer—Implementation of Total Mesorectal Excision as Routine Treatment in Norway. A National Audit (2002) (593)
- Leakage from stapled low anastomosis after total mesorectal excision for carcinoma of the rectum (1994) (567)
- Preoperative High-resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging Can Identify Good Prognosis Stage I, II, and III Rectal Cancer Best Managed by Surgery Alone: A Prospective, Multicenter, European Study (2011) (530)
- Magnetic resonance imaging-detected tumor response for locally advanced rectal cancer predicts survival outcomes: MERCURY experience. (2011) (524)
- Extramural depth of tumor invasion at thin-section MR in patients with rectal cancer: results of the MERCURY study. (2007) (438)
- Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging assessment of circumferential resection margin predicts disease-free survival and local recurrence: 5-year follow-up results of the MERCURY study. (2014) (430)
- Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer: Outcomes after 140 Patients. (2015) (305)
- Improved survival and local control after total mesorectal excision or D3 lymphadenectomy in the treatment of primary rectal cancer: an international analysis of 1411 patients. (1999) (301)
- Abdominoperineal excision of the rectum—An endangered operation (1997) (274)
- ‘Close shave’ in anterior resection (1990) (268)
- A new approach to rectal cancer. (1979) (260)
- High-resolution MRI of the anatomy important in total mesorectal excision of the rectum. (2004) (211)
- Non-operative treatment after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer. (2007) (208)
- Impact of a surgical training programme on rectal cancer outcomes in Stockholm (2005) (198)
- The rationale behind complete mesocolic excision (CME) and a central vascular ligation for colon cancer in open and laparoscopic surgery (2014) (181)
- Results of radical surgery for rectal cancer (1992) (177)
- Total Mesorectal Excision Results in Low Local Recurrence Rates in Lymph Node-Positive Rectal Cancer (2004) (173)
- Embryology and anatomy of the rectum. (1998) (169)
- One millimetre is the safe cut‐off for magnetic resonance imaging prediction of surgical margin status in rectal cancer (2011) (159)
- A new solution to some old problems: transanal TME (2013) (155)
- Oncological and Survival Outcomes in Watch and Wait Patients With a Clinical Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis (2018) (153)
- Clinical experiences at St. Mark’s Hospital with multiple synchronous cancers of the colon and rectum (1975) (142)
- Optimal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer is by dissection in front of Denonvilliers' fascia (2004) (132)
- The prognostic significance of postchemoradiotherapy high-resolution MRI and histopathology detected extramural venous invasion in rectal cancer. (2015) (123)
- Defining the rectum: surgically, radiologically and anatomically (2006) (117)
- Patients With Low Rectal Cancer Treated by Abdominoperineal Excision Have Worse Tumors and Higher Involved Margin Rates Compared With Patients Treated by Anterior Resection (2010) (113)
- MRI staging of low rectal cancer (2009) (110)
- Relevance of magnetic resonance imaging‐detected pelvic sidewall lymph node involvement in rectal cancer (2011) (109)
- The low stapled anastomosis (1981) (104)
- Rectal cancer: the surgical options. (1995) (98)
- Comparative Quality of Life in Patients Following Abdominoperineal Excision and Low Anterior Resection for Low Rectal Cancer (2012) (92)
- Accurate staging, selective preoperative therapy and optimal surgery improves outcome in rectal cancer: a review of the recent evidence (2007) (89)
- The lesion of the second cancer of the large bowel (1972) (87)
- Deep Pelvic Anatomy Revisited for a Description of Crucial Steps in Extralevator Abdominoperineal Excision for Rectal Cancer (2011) (87)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prediction of an Involved Surgical Resection Margin in Low Rectal Cancer (2009) (79)
- The low stapled anastomosis (1981) (77)
- Function of the distal rectum after low anterior resection for carcinoma (1992) (76)
- Defining the surgical planes on MRI improves surgery for cancer of the low rectum. (2009) (71)
- Operative and functional results of total mesorectal excision with ultra-low anterior resection in the management of carcinoma of the lower one-third of the rectum. (1990) (66)
- Randomised trial of compliance with screening for colorectal cancer. (1986) (59)
- Anastomotic leakage after colorectal anastomosis. (2000) (59)
- Report from a consensus meeting: response to chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer – predictor of cure and a crucial new choice for the patient (2014) (59)
- Can a Novel MRI Staging System for Low Rectal Cancer Aid Surgical Planning? (2011) (56)
- Risk of peritonitis and fatal septicaemia and the need to defunction the low anastomosis (1991) (55)
- Variations in Pelvic Dimensions Do Not Predict the Risk of Circumferential Resection Margin (CRM) Involvement in Rectal Cancer (2007) (50)
- A pictorial description of extralevator abdominoperineal excision for low rectal cancer (2012) (49)
- Total mesorectal excision. (1998) (49)
- Magnetic resonance imaging‐detected lymph nodes close to the mesorectal fascia are rarely a cause of margin involvement after total mesorectal excision (2010) (42)
- Magnetic resonance imaging pelvimetry in 186 patients with rectal cancer confirms an overlap in pelvic size between males and females (2006) (39)
- Rectal Cancer in the Elderly: Patients’ Perception of Bowel Control After Restorative Surgery (2004) (39)
- Clarifying the TNM staging of rectal cancer in the context of modern imaging and neo‐adjuvant treatment: ‘y’‘u’ and ‘p’ need ‘mr’ and ‘ct’ (2008) (38)
- Metachronous cancer of the large intestine (1972) (36)
- Almost all five year disease free survivors are cured following rectal cancer surgery, but longer term follow‐up detects some late local and systemic recurrences (2005) (34)
- Deferral of rectal surgery following a continued response to preoperative chemoradiotherapy (Watch and Wait) study: A phase II multicenter study in the United Kingdom. (2011) (33)
- Pre‐operative radiotherapy for rectal carcinoma? Has the case really been made for short course pre‐operative radiotherapy if surgical standards for rectal carcinoma are optimal? (2004) (33)
- MRI Predictive Factors for Long-Term Outcomes of Low Rectal Tumours (2011) (32)
- Management and imaging of low rectal carcinoma. (2004) (32)
- The Perfect Total Mesorectal Excision Obviates the Need for Anything Else in the Management of Most Rectal Cancers (2017) (31)
- European consensus on the standardization of robotic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer (2019) (31)
- Salvage surgery for local regrowths in Watch & Wait - Are we harming our patients by deferring the surgery? (2019) (30)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based indication for neoadjuvant treatment of rectal carcinoma and the surrogate endpoint CRM status (2008) (30)
- The Pelican Cancer Foundation and The English National MDT‐TME Development Programme (2006) (28)
- The split scar sign as an indicator of sustained complete response after neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer (2019) (26)
- Recurrent cancer after restorative resection of the rectum. (1982) (25)
- Laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery (2011) (24)
- Total mesorectal excision. The new European gold standard. (1998) (24)
- Local Excision Techniques for Rectal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: What Are We Doing? (2017) (22)
- Long-term results show triple stapling facilitates safe low colorectal and coloanal anastomosis and is associated with low rates of local recurrence after anterior resection for rectal cancer (2007) (22)
- Adjuvant therapy decisions based on magnetic resonance imaging of extramural venous invasion and other prognostic factors in colorectal cancer. (2014) (21)
- Prospective audit of an extramucosal technique for intestinal anastomosis (1991) (21)
- The importance of not overstaging mesorectal lymph nodes seen on MRI (2013) (20)
- Risk factors for, and management of anastomotic leakage in rectal surgery. (2001) (20)
- Preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer (2004) (19)
- Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer (2013) (19)
- Total Mesorectal Excision:History and Anatomy of an Operation (1997) (19)
- Delaying surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer has no influence in surgical approach or short-term clinical outcomes. (2018) (17)
- Structured training in robotic colorectal surgery (2015) (16)
- Mesentery - a 'New' organ. (2020) (16)
- Abdominal wall abscess--an unusual primary presentation of a transverse colonic carcinoma. (1993) (15)
- Growing up with juvenile gastrointestinal polyposis: Report of a case (1971) (15)
- Adjuvant chemotherapy may improve disease‐free survival in patients with rectal cancer positive for MRI‐detected extramural venous invasion following chemoradiation (2017) (15)
- Lymph node status does not predict local recurrence in the total mesorectal excision era. (2014) (14)
- Surgical management of rectal cancer: a multidisciplinary approach to technical and technological advances. (2005) (14)
- Local recurrence of rectal cancer (1987) (13)
- MRI in predicting curative resection of rectal cancer: New dilemma in multidisciplinary team management (2006) (13)
- Bleeding from diverticula of the colon (1971) (13)
- Two cases of colo-ovarian cyst fistula (2004) (12)
- Synchronous and metachronous carcinoma of the colon and rectum. (1990) (12)
- Total Mesorectal Irradiation: The "Next Step" in the Multidisciplinary Management of Rectal Adenocarcinoma? (2016) (12)
- New Paradigm of Live Surgical Education: Synchronized Deferred Live Surgery. (2018) (11)
- Function-preserving rectal surgery (1991) (11)
- Total mesorectal exsicion (TME). (2000) (11)
- The Future of Rectal Cancer Surgery: A Narrative Review of an International Symposium (2018) (10)
- A laparoscopic triple stapling technique that facilitates anterior resection for rectal cancer. (1994) (10)
- Transanal Transection and Single-Stapled Anastomosis (TTSS): A comparison of anastomotic leak rates with the double-stapled technique and with transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) for rectal cancer. (2021) (10)
- Manual of Total Mesorectal Excision (2013) (9)
- Standardised approach to laparoscopic total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: a prospective multi-centre analysis (2019) (9)
- Rectal cancer management: Europe is ahead. (2005) (9)
- Sigmoid invasion as a late complication of mucinous cystadenoma of the appendix (1990) (9)
- Family based colorectal cancer screening in a district hospital. (1996) (9)
- Rectal cancer treatment (2005) (8)
- Magnetic continent colostomy device. (1977) (8)
- Results of proximal gastric vagotomy over 1–5 years in a district general hospital (1979) (7)
- A multicenter phase II clinical study evaluating the deferral of rectal surgery following a continued response to preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT). (2010) (7)
- Gardner's Syndrome in Association with Two Tumours in the Ileum (1967) (7)
- Irreversible lower limb ischaemia following ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery in the surgical treatment of rectal cancer (2004) (7)
- An ontogenetic approach to gynecologic malignancies (2016) (7)
- Surgery alone: is total mesorectal excision sufficient for rectal cancer? (2004) (6)
- Anterior resection without a defunctioning colostomy: Questions of safety: Letter 1 (1992) (6)
- Long-term recurrence patterns following proximal gastric vagotomy. (2008) (6)
- Short-term clinical outcomes of a European training programme for robotic colorectal surgery (2020) (6)
- Achievement of stomal continence in one-third of colostomies by use of a new disposable plug. (1990) (6)
- A Colour Atlas of Anterior Resection of the Rectum (1983) (6)
- Commentary: Rectal cancer patients are often not suitable for laparoscopic surgery (2010) (6)
- SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF RECTAL CANCER. AUTHORS' REPLY (1995) (6)
- Hepatic resection for colorectal secondaries (1990) (6)
- Sphincter and nerve preserving total mesorectal excision. (2002) (6)
- From bench to bed side: The concept of total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer (2005) (6)
- Fixed rectal cancer at laparatomy: a simple operation to protect the small bowel from radiation enteritis. (1997) (5)
- A Surgical Plane: Now 'Holy' In 4 Specialties. (2018) (5)
- Hepatic resection for colorectal secondaries (1990) (5)
- The mesorectum and mesocolon - Making sense of words. (2016) (5)
- Stapled anastomoses and colon cancer recurrence (1992) (4)
- Complexities and controversies in the management of low rectal cancer: Proceedings of the 3rd Pelican Surgical Symposium 2005 (2006) (4)
- Management of the pelvic space following low anterior resection. (1989) (4)
- Ileal pouches (1986) (4)
- Total mesorectal excision optimized by pelvic MRI (2014) (4)
- Laparoscopic Resection for Colorectal Cancer: Limitations and Concerns (1995) (3)
- Oral Poster Presentations (2012) (3)
- Proximal gastric vagotomy. (1981) (3)
- A late colon pouch vaginal fistula after low anterior resection – case report and discussion of aetiology (1999) (3)
- Causes of delay in the diagnosis of cancer of the rectum and colon. (1977) (3)
- The Basingstoke View ... It Is Most Certainly a Timely Truth (1999) (2)
- Anal function after low rectal stapled anastomoses (1984) (2)
- Surgery for rectal cancer — Results and implications of total mesorectal excision (TME) (1997) (2)
- Bleeding in diverticular disease of the colon. (1972) (2)
- [Optimising surgery for rectal cancer]. (2011) (2)
- Surgical management of rectal cancer (1995) (2)
- Laparoscopic anterior resection (2010) (2)
- Chemoradiotherapy alone for rectal cancer: a word of caution – Authors' reply (2007) (2)
- The Evolution of a Concept: The Total Mesorectal Excision Story (for Surgeon or Patient alike) (2013) (2)
- The role of nutritional support in the management of a high-output stoma. (1994) (1)
- Tailored‐made robotic abdominoperineal resection, using the da Vinci Xi, for a regrowth of rectal tumour after complete clinical response – a video vignette (2017) (1)
- Advances in the primary treatment of rectal cancer: a European surgeons view. (1999) (1)
- Standardized approach to robotic right colectomy – a video vignette (2018) (1)
- Adjuvant chemotherapy may improve disease-free survival in patients with persistently mrEMVI-positive rectal cancer following chemoradiation (2018) (1)
- Modern Management of Cancer of the Rectum (2003) (1)
- Colorectal Cancer: A Scientific Perspective (1994) (1)
- The evolution in the detection of extramural venous invasion in rectal cancer: implications for modern-day practice (2014) (1)
- The impact of surgical training workshops on the outcome in rectal cancer in the population of Stockholm (1999) (1)
- Open Surgical Management of Rectal Cancer (2015) (1)
- Oral fluids after major gastrointestinal operations. (1988) (1)
- Trials Symposium (2014) (1)
- Letter: Suction drainage in breast surgery. (1973) (1)
- Surgery in rectal cancer: a staple in time saves a stoma. (1980) (1)
- BASINGSTOKE REPLIES.: A response from the Colorectal Research Unit in Basingstoke to the article ‘Basingstoke Revisited’ by William H. Isbister* (1991) (1)
- Will Extralevator Abdominoperineal Excision Become the New Gold Standard (2012) (1)
- Vascular malformations of the intestine: an important cause of obscure gastrointestinal hemorrhage. (1974) (1)
- A personal perspective of the development of MRI for Total Mesorectal Excision surgery (2018) (1)
- How Is Rectal Cancer Best Managed (1992) (1)
- Bleeding in Diverticular Disease of the Colon [Abridged] (1972) (1)
- PELVIC EXENTERATION (1958) (0)
- Sachwortregister Band 11, 1995 (1995) (0)
- The Surgical Principles of Managing Colorectal Cancer (2006) (0)
- Keypoints for nerve preservation during TME demonstrated using the robotic approach: Learning resource for surgeons. (2022) (0)
- Greater Precision in Imaging, Surgery and Radiation (2016) (0)
- Recurrent cancer after restorative resection of the rectum (1982) (0)
- Intestinal Stoma and the Role of Defunctioning a Low Anastomosis after Anterior Resection (2013) (0)
- Local recurrence after resection and low-stapled anastomosis (1990) (0)
- Spontaneous Thrombosis of a Saphena-Varix Mimicking a Strangulated Femoral Hernia (1993) (0)
- Infectious risks in surgery. R. J. Howard, ed. 241 × 178 mm. Pp. 294. Illustrated. 1991. Norwalk: Appleton & Lange. $49.95 (1991) (0)
- PDKL-13 Definitions of 'Curable' Cancer, 'Curative' and 'Advanced' Rectal Cancer. Surgery Management of the 'Advanced' Cases (2004) (0)
- Chemoradiotherapy alone for rectal cancer: A word of caution - Reply (2007) (0)
- Digital rectal examination in palpable rectal cancer: expert panel consensus on key elements and analysis of a case series. (2021) (0)
- Colorectal Cancer: The surgical approach to colorectal cancer (2007) (0)
- Correction: An Unusual Paracetamol Overdose (2004) (0)
- Colostomy made continent by magnetism. (1979) (0)
- Large-bowel bleeding (1974) (0)
- Invited commentary (2001) (0)
- Inhalt – Contents, Vol. 11, 1995 (1995) (0)
- 1019 Rectal cancer surgery-Europe leads the way (1995) (0)
- Lunchtime Poster Presentations (2009) (0)
- What Are the Main Features of a TME (2018) (0)
- The Mesentery-Past, Present, and Future. (2022) (0)
- IS-5-KL2 History of TME & Perspectives of treatment for TME(IS-5 International Session (5) Colorectal surgery) (2014) (0)
- Towards bloodless liver surgery. (1988) (0)
- Pain following laparoscopic rectopexy (1995) (0)
- Stapled anastomoses and colon cancer recurrence (1992) (0)
- Reply (1996) (0)
- Modern Coloproctology. R. K. S. Phillips and J. M. A. Northover (eds). 240 × 159 mm. Pp. 208. Illustrated. 1993. Sevenoaks, Kent: Edward Arnold. £22·50 (1994) (0)
- MRI and its importance in rectal cancer. (2000) (0)
- Cost-effectiveness of Defunctioning Stomas in Low Anterior Resections for Rectal Cancer—Invited Critique (2003) (0)
- The physiologic basis of surgery. J. P. O'Leary and L. R. Capote (eds). 285 × 220 mm. Pp. 648. Illustrated. 1993. Baltimore, Maryland: Williams and Wilkins. £70 (1994) (0)
- Abstracts of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting. June 8-11, 2009. Harrogate, United Kingdom. (2009) (0)
- Rectal Cancer Multidisciplinary Team Management – The New Dilemma (2017) (0)
- Divergent oncogenic changes influence survival differences between colon and rectal adenocarcinomas (2009) (0)
- Wessex Adjuvant Breast Study. (1978) (0)
- Quality of life in patients undergoing abdominoperineal excision and anterior resection for rectal cancer Peter How, Kandiah Chandrakumaran (2013) (0)
- Defining the clinical problem of massive recta bleeding (1974) (0)
- Autorenverzeichnis Band 11, 1995/Author Index Vol. 11, 1995 (1995) (0)
- Subject Index Vol. 11, 1995 (1995) (0)
- Surgical Anatomy of the Rectum and the TME Specimen (Total Mesorectal Excision) (2020) (0)
- Rectal Cancer: Issues for the 21st Century, a Practical Update for the Surgeon (2009) (0)
- Diagnosis of Potassium Chloride Stricture (1972) (0)
- The author replies (1998) (0)
- Incidence of Fistulas St~bsequent to Anal Abscesses (1973) (0)
- The MERCURY II Study: Prospective Validation of a Low Rectal Cancer Assessment System Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Development of a Local Recurrence Risk Stratification Model (2016) (0)
- Metformin can act as a radiosensitizer in zebrafish xenografts of rectal cancer (2022) (0)
- Invited editorial (1998) (0)
- A standardized approach in robotic abdominoperineal excision – a video vignette (2019) (0)
- Greater precision in surgery: The key to improving oncological outcomes (2000) (0)
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