Publications by authors named "M A Barker"
Canadian female perspectives on training in the boys club: advanced therapeutic endoscopy.
J Can Assoc Gastroenterol
December 2024
Introduction: Unequal female representation in the field of advanced therapeutic endoscopy (ATE) has been recently highlighted in the United States. Previous attempts to determine the barriers to entry into the career have reported a lack of mentorship, patriarchy, inflexible hours/calls and exposure to fluoroscopy. Canadian trainee exposure to ATE and differences in experience between men and women is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIs COVID-19 infection during pregnancy a risk for congenital hearing loss?
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
December 2024
Objective: Infections during pregnancy can increase the risk of congenital hearing loss. This population-based study investigated the effect of birthing parent COVID-19 infection during pregnancy on risk of congenital hearing loss in infants.
Methods: Records of infants born in 2022 were reviewed via a retrospective clinical audit of a universal state-wide newborn hearing screening program in Victoria, Australia.
Background: Children with perforated appendicitis frequently form post-operative intra-abdominal abscesses (IAA). Intra-peritoneal irrigation for prevention remains controversial. Using a perforated appendicitis murine model, we sought to determine the effect of intra-peritoneal irrigation on post-operative IAA and adhesion formation.
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- The study aimed to compare the surgical outcomes of minimally invasive myomectomy (MIM) and abdominal myomectomy (AM) performed by fellowship-trained minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (MIGS) specialists versus general OB/GYNs.
- It was a retrospective cohort study involving 609 myomectomies conducted between 2015 and 2020 at a quaternary care institution, with a focus on the number of fibroids excised and complication rates.
- Results indicated that MIGS subspecialists had better surgical outcomes, including fewer perioperative complications and shorter surgery times for MIM, while no significant differences were found for AM between the two groups.
Invasive species offer outstanding opportunities to identify the genomic sources of variation that contribute to rapid adaptation, as well as the genetic mechanisms facilitating invasions. The Eurasian plant yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) is highly invasive in North and South American grasslands and known to have evolved increased growth and reproduction during invasion. Here, we develop new genomic resources for C.
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