Publications by authors named "Kevin Corless"
Introduction: The Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a 50-70% reduction in acute non-COVID-19 presentations to emergency departments globally.
Aim: To determine the impact of COVID-19 on incidence, severity, and outcomes of acute surgical admissions in an Irish University teaching hospital.
Methods: Descriptive data concerning patients presenting with acute appendicitis, diverticulitis, and cholecystitis were analysed and compared from March-May 2020 to March-May 2019.
Background: Mural thickening (MT) on computed tomography (CT) poses a diagnostic dilemma in the absence of clear reporting guidelines. The aim of this study was to analyse CT reports, identifying patients in whom gastrointestinal wall MT was observed, and to correlate these reports with subsequent endoscopic evaluation.
Methods: Patients with MT who had follow-up endoscopy were included in the study (n = 308).
Xanthogranulomatous inflammation (XGI) is a rare process. Colonic XGI is extremely rare. We present a case report of XGI arising within an intra-abdominal cyst involving the transverse colon.
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- A study was conducted to evaluate negative appendicectomy rates (NAR) in a medical institution and examine how clinical parameters and imaging methods correlate with histological findings in patients who underwent appendicectomy between 2012 and 2018.
- Out of 1,153 patients, 81% were diagnosed with appendicitis, resulting in a NAR of 5.2%, which increases to 14.57% when including other benign conditions.
- The findings highlight that CT imaging is the most accurate method for diagnosing appendicitis, and establishing a standardized approach for evaluating patients with right iliac fossa pain could help lower NAR rates.
Introduction: The decline in popularity of general surgery as a career has been well described. A number of factors have been put forward to explain this, for example, trainee burnout and perceived difficulty with work/life balance. The aim of this study was to elucidate the reasons for this among medical students in Ireland.
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