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Our research: publications by our staff

Research supports the discovery of new and improved ways of treating diseases and their symptoms, and takes place across a range of specialties, supported by a large number of staff.

Our research programme is a balance of commercial (industry), NIHR portfolio and own account research projects. Projects include observational and interventional.

The publications listed are those authored by members of staff (highlighted in bold) published in August.

This list does not include publications where staff members or teams have been acknowledged or listed as collaborators, or the organisation has been listed as a trial site.

Our publications in August

Development of a robotic training curriculum for visceral and gastrointestinal surgical trainees: an international Delphi study

Item Type: Delphi Study

Authors: Fadel, Michael G.; Walshaw, Josephine; Yiasemidou, Marina; Boal, Matthew; Pecchini, Francesca; Elhadi, Muhammed; Massey, Lisa H.; Carrano, Francesco M.; Fehervari, Matyas (Bariatric Surgery); Walsh, Caoimhe M.; Boshier, Piers R.; Eckhoff, Jennifer; Buckle, Peter; ERSC Study Group; Gisbertz, Suzanne S.; Bouvy, Nicole; Arezzo, Alberto; Perretta, Silvana; Nickel, Felix; Khan, Jim, et al

Journal: Surgical Endoscopy 40(8), pp. 6913–6927 

 

Management of ocular surface disease involving inflammation and persistent epithelial defects utilising various treatment modalities in the UK National Health Service (NHS)

Authors: Maqsood, Sundas Ejaz; Posnett, John William and Elalfy, Mohamed (Ophthalmology)

Journal: Eye (London, England) 40(11), pp. 1627–1636

 

5-year outcomes of iStent micro-bypass vs. Kahook dual blade goniotomy in open angle glaucoma

Authors: Ansari, Ejaz (Ophthalmology)

Journal: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 

 

Water-Free Cyclosporine 0.1% in Dry Eye Disease: Formulation Rationale, Clinical Evidence, and Unresolved Questions

Authors: Chatzimichail, Eleftherios; Elalfy, Mohamed (Ophthalmology); Empeslidis, Theo; Panos, Georgios D. and Gatzioufas, Zisis

Journal: Drug Design, Development and Therapy 20, pp. 620553

 

Tissue-Free vs Tumor-Informed ctDNA Assays for Molecular Residual Disease Detection in Early Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Authors: Cunningham, Niamh; Cutts, Rosalind J.; Swift, Claire; Coakley, Maria; Sritharan, Prithika; Dunne, Kathryn; Dewan, Monisha; Kilburn, Lucy; Goddard, Katie; Hall, Peter; Harper-Wynne, Catherine; Macpherson, Iain R.; Okines, Alicia; Wardley, Andrew; Waters, Simon; Palmieri, Carlo; Winter, Matthew; Bliss, Judith; Garcia-Murillas, Isaac and Turner, Nicholas C.

Journal: JAMA Oncology. e262833

 

E-scooter riders sustain more head and internal injuries than motorcyclists and cyclists in England and Wales

Authors: Kungwengwe, Garikai; Gach, Michael W.; Gowda, Siri; Tandanu, Edelyne; Donnachie, Douglas; Menkin, Zakhar; Sandhar, Simarjit and Bodansky, David (Orthopaedics)

Journal: Scientific Reports 16(1), pp. 23470. doi: 10.1038/s41598–5

 

975 Rethinking the Axilla: Identifying Predictors of High-Burden Nodal Disease to Guide Selective Omission of Completion Clearance

Authors: Jaskani, S; Al-Sahee, Saif; Uhercik, Michal

Journal: BJS, Volume 113, Issue Supplement_6, July 2026, znag063.298

 

491eP Time to treatment initiation and overall survival in metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with FOLFIRINOX: A real- world service evaluation

Authors: Nyunt, K; Osman, M; Alves de Paula Neto, G; Waters J.S.C (Kent Oncology Centre)

Journal: Annals of Oncology 37, S178-S179

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