Incidence and risk factors for anastomotic bile leakage in hepatic resection with bilioenteric reconstruction - A international multicenter study.

Background: Anastomotic leak (AL) after bilioenteric reconstruction (BR) is a feared complication after bile duct resection, especially in combination with liver resection. Literature on surgical outcome is sparse. This study aimed to determine the incidence and risk factors for AL after combined liver and bile duct resection with a focus on operative or endoscopic reinterventions.

Study of the early management of acute pancreatitis.

Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common acute surgical presentation with evidence-based guidelines for early management. The aim of this study was to assess the compliance to the published guidelines in patients presenting with AP in Western Sydney.

Methods: A retrospective case note audit was conducted for all patients with a confirmed diagnosis of AP from 2008 to 2011 in Western Sydney.

Epidemiology, aetiology and outcomes of acute pancreatitis: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Acute pancreatitis is a common acute surgical presentation in Western Society. The causes and pattern of pancreatitis has not been previously documented for Western Sydney. As Western Sydney contains many areas of low socio-economic status with an expected high level of alcohol abuse, it was hypothesised that alcoholic pancreatitis would be more prevalent in this population.

Dysexecutive behaviour following deep brain lesions--a different type of disconnection syndrome?

The suppression of automatic prepotent behaviour in favour of more successful, more 'appropriate' behaviour is the primary function of the frontal lobe. Five frontal-subcortical circuits connect the frontal lobe to the basal ganglia and the thalamus. We report 17 patients with small lesions in the downstream structures of the frontal-subcortical circuits displaying severe dysexecutive behaviour.