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Alfred Health research outcomes are published in a wide range of peer reviewed journals. 

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Response to Walgama et al. re: "Routine Preoperative Laryngoscopy for Thyroid Surgery Is Not Necessary Without Risk Factors" (Thyroid 2020;30:785-786. DOI: 10.1089/thy.2020.0042)

Lee, James C.; Maher, Dominic I.; Goare, Stephanie; Forrest, Edward; Grodski, Simon; Serpell, Jonathan W.

(2020), THYROID, 30(5), 786-787.

DOI: 10.1089/thy.2020.0163

Investigation of recurrent laryngeal palsy rates for potential associations during thyroidectomy

Moreira, Alayne; Forrest, Edward; Lee, James C.; Paul, Eldho; Yeung, Meei; Grodski, Simon; Serpell, Jonathan W.

(2020), ANZ J SURG, 90(9), 1733-1737.

DOI: 10.1111/ans.16166

Urgent surgical presentations during the coronavirus pandemic

Chen, Reuben J.; Gillespie, Carla; Jassal, Karishma; Read, Matthew D.; Lee, James C.

(2020), ANZ J SURG, 90(9), 1547-1549.

DOI: 10.1111/ans.16219

Delayed presentation of breast necrotising fasciitis due to COVID-19 anxiety

Chen, Reuben J.; Gillespie, Carla; Jassal, Karishma; Lee, James C.; Read, Matthew

(2020), ANZ J SURG, 90(7-8), 1485-1487

DOI: 10.1111/ans.16102

Case of dysphagia lusoria in a patient with a non-recurrent laryngeal nerve

Lam, Kenneth; Tan, Elizabeth W.; Lee, James C.

(2020), ANZ J SURG, 90(7), 1487-1489.

DOI: 10.1111/ans.15530

Quantifying the differences in surgical management of patients with definitive and indeterminate thyroid nodule cytology

Stewart, Rose; Leang, Yit Jern; Bhatt, Chhavi Raj; Grodski, Simon; Serpell, Jonathan; Lee, James C.

(2020), European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 46(2), 252-257.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.10.004

Anti-Thyroid Antibodies and TSH as Potential Markers of Thyroid Carcinoma and Aggressive Behavior in Patients with Indeterminate Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology

Adhami, Mohammadmehdi; Michail, Peter; Rao, Apoorva; Bhatt, Chhavi R.; Grodski, Simon; Serpell, Jonathan W.; Lee, James C.

(2020), WORLD J SURG, 44(2), 363-370.

DOI: 10.1007/s00268-019-05153-1

Changes in Tracheal Tube Cuff Pressure and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Conductivity During Thyroid Surgery

Taylor, James W.; Soeyland, Kathleen; Ball, Christine; Lee, James C.; Serpell, Jonathan

(2020), WORLD J SURG, 44(2), 328-333.

DOI: 10.1007/s00268-019-05185-7

The Australian and New Zealand Thyroid Cancer Registry Annual Report, 2019

Ioannou L, Serpell J, Greenhill E, Bavor C, Hansen J, Earnest A, Miller J, Bendinelli C, Cope D, Glover A, Gough J, Harper S, Lee J, Lisewski D, Meyer-Rochow W, Millar J, Sidhu S, Sywak M, Topliss D, Walters D, Zalcberg J, Allnutt M, Bhatt C, Ahern S

(2020), Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, June 2020, Report No. 02.,

Bariatric Surgery Worldwide: Baseline Demographic Description and One-Year Outcomes from the Fourth IFSO Global Registry Report 2018.

Richard Welbourn, Marianne Hollyman, Robin Kinsman, John Dixon, Ronald Liem, Johan Ottosson, Almino Ramos, Villy VÃ¥ge, Salman Al-Sabah, Wendy Brown, Ricardo Cohen, Peter Walton, Jacques Himpens

(2019), OBES SURG, 3(29), 782-795

DOI: 10.1007/s11695-018-3593-1

The Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (UGICR): a clinical quality registry to monitor and improve care in upper gastrointestinal cancers

Maharaj AD, Holland JF, Scarborough RO, Evans SM, Ioannou LJ, Brown W, Croagh DG, Pilgrim CHC, Kench JG, Lipton LR, Leong T, McNeil JJ, Nikfarjam M, Aly A, Burton PR, Cashin PA, Chu J, Duong CP, Evans P, Goldstein D, Haydon A, Hii MW, Knowles BPF, Merrett ND, Michael M, Neale RE, Philip J, Porter IWT, Smith M, Spillane J, Tagkalidis PP, Zalcberg JR

(2019), BMJ Open, 9(9), e031434

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031434

Rare finding of a giant ischioanal lipoma

Narasimhan V, Wein D, Rajkumar A, Farmer C, Warrier S

(2019), ANZ J Surg, 89(5), 604-6

DOI: 10.1111/ans.14197

Long-Term Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Weight Loss at 10 or More Years for All Bariatric Procedures and a Single-Centre Review of 20-Year Outcomes After Adjustable Gastric Banding

O'Brien PE, Hindle A, Brennan L, Skinner S, Burton P, Smith A, Crosthwaite G, Brown W

(2019), Obes Surg, 29(1), 3-14

DOI: 10.1007/s11695-018-3525-0

elvic fat volume reduction with preoperative very low energy diet (VLED): implications for rectal cancer surgery in the obese

Bell S, Malouf P, Johnson N, Wale R, Peng Q, Nottle P, Warrier S

(2019), Tech Coloproctol, 23(9), 887-92

DOI: 10.1007/s10151-019-02074-y

Perspectives on surgical randomized controlled trials

Bell S, Venchiarutti R, Warrier S, Stevenson A, Solomon M

(2019), ANZ J Surg, 89(9), 998-9

DOI: 10.1111/ans.15382

Curative Management of Malignant Left‐sided Colorectal Obstruction.

Wen‐Shen Lee, Joseph C. Kong, Peter Carne, Stephen Bell, Satish K. Warrier.

(2019), World J Colorectal Surg, 8(2), 35-9

DOI: 10.4103/WJCS.WJCS_44_18

Surgical techniques in the management of rectal cancer: a modified Delphi method by colorectal surgeons in Australia and New Zealand

Bell SW, Heriot AG, Warrier SK, Farmer CK, Stevenson ARL, Bissett I, Kong JC, Solomon M

(2019), Tech Coloproctol, 23(8), 743-9

DOI: 10.1007/s10151-019-02052-4

Clinical evaluation of anal intraepithelial neoplasia: are we missing the boat?

Yeoh A, Bell S, Farmer C, Carne P, Skinner S, Chin M, Warrier S

(2019), ANZ J Surg, 89(1-2), E1-4

DOI: 10.1111/ans.14845

Oncological safety of laparoscopic versus open colorectal cancer surgery in obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bell S, Kong JC, Carne PWG, Chin M, Simpson P, Farmer C, Warrier SK

(2019), ANZ J Surg, 89(12), 1549-55

DOI: 10.1111/ans.15081

Evaluation of the efficacy and toxicity of upper extremity isolated limb infusion chemotherapy for melanoma: An Australian multi-center study

Kroon HM, Coventry BJ, Henderson MA, Barbour A, Serpell J, Smithers BM, Thompson JF

(2019), Eur J Surg Oncol, 45(5), 832-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2019.02.026