Publications by authors named "K G Flashman"
Aim: Pilonidal disease is a benign condition that affects mainly the young. In existing literature, there is no consensus for best treatment, with multiple operative techniques described, some complex, resulting in a high proportion of failure and/or morbidity. The cleft closure (or cleft lift) described by Bascom and Bascom (Arch Surg, 137, 2002, 1146-50), by comparison, is a simple operation, resulting in healing in the majority and good cosmesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study reports early mortality and survival from colorectal cancer in relation to the pattern of treatments delivered by the multidisciplinary team (MDT) meeting at a high-volume institution in England over 14 years.
Methods: All patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer and discussed during MDT meetings from 2003 to 2016 at a single institution were reviewed. Three time intervals (2003-2007, 2008-2012, and 2013-2016) were compared regarding initial surgical management (resection, local excision, non-resection surgery, and no surgery), initial oncological therapy, 90-day mortality, and crude 2-year survival for the whole cohort.
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- * Significant predictors for patient outcomes included factors like age, surgical approach, and complications, with various AI models achieving accuracies over 80% in predicting length of stay, readmission, and mortality.
- * Different models, including support vector regression and BI-LSTM, effectively predicted outcomes like length of stay and readmission, with high accuracy—showing the potential of combining multiple variables for improved predictions in patient care.
Minimal access surgery is associated with improved cosmetic and other short-term outcomes. Conventionally, an abdominal incision is made for specimen extraction. We assessed the feasibility of specimen extraction through one of the natural orifices and analyzed its impact on short-term outcomes.
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