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AB179. SOH25_AB_145. Metronidazole is an effective method of analgesia following haemorrhoidectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis Open

Aaron O. Mahony, Carolyn Cullinane, Benjamin M. Mac Curtain, Colin Peirce, Eoghan Condon , et al. · 2025

AB003. SOH25_AB_176. Use of artificial intelligence and the Unreal Engine gaming platform in demonstrating surgical pathology: a case of lumbar hernia repair Open

Siobhan Clifford, Dara Walsh, John Calvin Coffey · 2025

AB088. SOH25_AB_106. AI-based fat mapping: an exploration of fat distribution across body regions with 3D slicer, MONAI label and TotalSegmentator Open

Elizabeth M. Deane, Dara Walsh, Esther Man Yu Lim, John Calvin Coffey · 2025

AB144. SOH25_AB_374. The effects of social deprivation on colorectal cancer outcomes: a retrospective cohort study Open

Carolyn Cullinane, Roisin Coyne, Emma McNamara, Aaron O’Mahony, Eoghan Condon , et al. · 2025

Prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in laparotomy wounds (PROPEL-2): protocol for a randomized clinical trial Open

Matthew G. Davey, Noel E. Donlon, Stewart R. Walsh, Claire L. Donohoe, Christina Fleming , et al. · 2024

Background A proportion of patients undergoing midline laparotomy will develop surgical site infections after surgery. These complications place considerable financial burden on healthcare economies and have negative implications for patie…

Slave Registers and British Guiana: Life and Resistance on Slave Plantations Open

Trevor Burnard, John Calvin Coffey · 2023

Slave registers are a major source for the study of British colonial slavery in its final two decades, yet they have been little used by historians. The article employs two case studies to show how these records allow us to reconstruct a c…

AB036. SOH23ABS_162. The mesentery (i.e., visceral adiposity) is the largest organ by volume Open

Sumara Jaimungal, Vikita Kowlessar, Esther Man Yu Lim, Michael Patrick Flood, Leon Walsh , et al. · 2023

Background: Recent clarification of the anatomy of the mesentery has enabled its digital reconstruction and characterization. This capacity enables the generation of new normative standards in abdominal anatomy. This is important as the me…

Surgical morbidity is acceptable following a one or two stage mesentery-including surgery for Crohn’s disease and comparable to mesentery-sparing surgery Open

Christina Fleming, Helen Mohan, Matthew C. Kiernan, Muhammad Fahad Ullah, David Waldron , et al. · 2023

Background: It has recently been suggested that mesenteric-including (MI) resection for Crohn’s disease (CD) is associated with reduced surgical recurrence. Whilst there is a perception that MI resection is associated with increased surgic…

Abdominal anatomy—the foundation of clinical practice Open

Esther-Man-Yu Lim, Chwanrow Baban, Colin Peirce, Dara Walsh, John Calvin Coffey · 2022

Conventional descriptions portray abdominal anatomy as dauntingly complex. These are peritoneal based. They do not match clinical observations and are not aligned with clinical practice. They have prevailed as the standard description for …

‘I was an Eye-witness’: John Newton, Anthony Benezet, and the Confession of a Liverpool Slave Trader Open

John Calvin Coffey · 2022

This article investigates a forgotten moment in the pre-history of British abolitionism: the publication of an anonymous ‘Relation’ written by a penitent Liverpool slave trader and printed in Anthony Benezet’s A Short Account (1762). The a…

Consensus statements on complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer—technical steps and training implications Open

Patricia Tejedor, Nader Francis, David Jayne, Werner Hohenberger, Jim Khan , et al. · 2022

The Mesentery in Robot-Assisted Total Mesorectal Excision Open

Rogier M. P. H. Crolla, John Calvin Coffey, Esther J C Consten · 2022

In recent decades, surgery for rectal cancer has evolved from an operation normally performed under poor vision with a lot of blood loss, relatively high morbidity, and mortality to a safer operation. Currently, minimally invasive rectal p…

The Mesentery—Past, Present, and Future Open

John Calvin Coffey, Werner Hohenberger, Richard J. Heald · 2022

This article summarizes the events that shaped our current understanding of the mesentery and the abdomen. The story of how this evolved is intriguing at several levels. It speaks to considerable personal commitment on the part of the pion…

Robotic colorectal surgery in elderly patients: A single‐centre experience Open

Enda Hannan, Gerard Feeney, Mohammad Fahad Ullah, Eoghan Condon, John Calvin Coffey , et al. · 2022

Introduction The purpose of this study was to evaluate outcomes in elderly patients (age ≥ 65 years) undergoing robotic colorectal surgery (RCRS) in comparison with non‐elderly patients. Materials and Methods Data was collected on elderly …

Necrotising fasciitis in the COVID-19 era: A consequence of caution – A case series Open

Gerard Feeney, Enda Hannan, John Fallon, Eimear Curran, Helen Meagher , et al. · 2022

Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is a severe soft tissue infection that is associated with a high risk of morbidity and mortality. During the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic, the population has been actively discouraged from presentin…

AB020. SOH22ABS065. Robotic transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS): the initial Irish experience Open

Esther Man Yu Lim, Enda Hannan, Mohammad Fahad Ullah, Kamran Amin, John Calvin Coffey , et al. · 2022

Background: Traditional laparoscopic transanal minimally invasive surgery (L-TAMIS) is technically challenging due to the limitations of rigid laparoscopic instruments in the narrow rectal lumen. Robotic TAMIS (R-TAMIS) represents an excit…

AB055. SOH22ABS063. Laparoscopic versus open appendicectomy performed by adult general surgeons in pre-teenage years children: a single-centre experience Open

Esther Man Yu Lim, Enda Hannan, Gerard Feeney, Lukas O’Brien, John Calvin Coffey , et al. · 2022

Background: The utilisation of laparoscopic appendicectomy (LA) in children remains contentious despite the well-recognised advantages of laparoscopic surgery. The purpose of this study was to compare intraoperative and postoperative outco…

AB183. SOH22ABS239. 3-dimensional (3D) mapping-quantification of mesenteric and non-mesenteric domains Open

Vikita Kowlessar, Sumara Jaimungal, Amanda Troy, Esther Lim Man Yu, Dara Walsh , et al. · 2022

Background: The mesentery has been demonstrated as a contiguous organ in prior studies allowing for 3-dimensional (3D) depictions to be created. This paper aims to demonstrate that the entire mesenteric domain and its attached organs can b…

AB015. SOH22ABS062. Robotic colorectal surgery in elderly patients: a single-centre experience Open

Gerard Feeney, Enda Hannan, Mohammad Fahad Ullah, Eoghan Condon, John Calvin Coffey , et al. · 2022

Background: The population is aging exponentially. Data on outcomes in elderly patients undergoing robotic colorectal surgery (RCRS) is limited. The purpose of this study was to evaluate perioperative, postoperative and short-term oncologi…

The Mesentery - Past, Present and Future Open

John Calvin Coffey · 2022

Recent advances in our understanding of the mesenteric organ have significant implications. We now understand that all abdominal digestive organs are directly connected to, and linked by, a single mesentery. This means the adult abdomen is…

Responses to Religious Dissenters and Refugees: Lessons from Early Modern History Open

John Calvin Coffey · 2022

Given contemporary social conflict and political struggles with diversity and difference, we would be foolish to think that we have little to learn from the past. Early modern people faced questions regarding treatment of religious dissent…

Role of Extended Mesenteric Excision in Postoperative Recurrence of Crohn's Colitis: A Single-Center Study Open

Yipeng Zhu, Wenwei Qian, Liangyu Huang, Yihan Xu, Zhen Guo , et al. · 2021

INTRODUCTION: The mesentery is involved in Crohn's disease. The impact of the extent of mesenteric resection on postoperative disease progression in Crohn's disease remains unconfirmed. This study aimed to determine the association between…

Adults with Crohn’s disease exhibit elevated gynoid fat and reduced android fat irrespective of disease relapse or remission Open

Lisa Dowling, Philip M. Jakeman, Catherine Norton, M. M. Skelly, Hamid Yousuf , et al. · 2021

The development and structure of the mesentery Open

Kevin G. Byrnes, Dara Walsh, Leon Walsh, Domhnall M. Coffey, Muhammad Fahad Ullah , et al. · 2021

Robotic versus laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: a case-matched study Open

Enda Hannan, Gerard Feeney, Mohammad Fahad Ullah, Claire Ryan, Emma McNamara , et al. · 2021

The first robotic transanal minimally invasive surgery in Ireland: a case-based review Open

Enda Hannan, Gerard Feeney, Mohammad Fahad Ullah, Kamran Amin, John Calvin Coffey , et al. · 2021

Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) has gained worldwide acceptance as a means of local excision of early rectal cancers and benign rectal lesions. However, it is technically challenging due to the limitations of rigid laparoscopi…

AB016. SOH21AS074. The impact of body mass index on outcomes in robotic colorectal surgery: a single centre experience Open

Amanda Troy, Enda Hannan, Patrick Corcoran, Gerard Feeney, Fahad Ullah , et al. · 2021

Background: Obesity is an independent risk factor for post-operative morbidity and mortality in laparoscopic colorectal surgery (LCRS). The technological advantages of robotic colorectal surgery (RCRS) may allow surgeons to overcome the li…

AB023. SOH21AS241. Robotic right hemicolectomy versus laparoscopic right hemicolectomy: a case-matched study Open

Gerard Feeney, Enda Hannan, David Waldron, Eoghan Condon, John Calvin Coffey , et al. · 2021

Colonisation of the colonic mucus gel layer with butyrogenic and hydrogenotropic bacteria in health and ulcerative colitis Open

Helen Earley, Gráinne Lennon, John Calvin Coffey, Desmond C. Winter, P. R. O’Connell · 2021

Degree of Creeping Fat Assessed by Computed Tomography Enterography is Associated with Intestinal Fibrotic Stricture in Patients with Crohn’s Disease: A Potentially Novel Mesenteric Creeping Fat Index Open

Xuehua Li, Shi‐Ting Feng, Qinghua Cao, John Calvin Coffey, Mark E. Baker , et al. · 2021

Background and Aims Emerging evidence points to a link between creeping fat and the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease [CD]. Non-invasive assessment of the severity of creeping fat on cross-sectional imaging modality has seldom been investiga…

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