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Publications

Full Articles:

  • Alasmar, M., McKechnie, I. & Chaparala, R.P.C. Emergency surgery for hiatus hernias: does technique affect outcomes? A single-centre experience.Updates Surg (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-023-01482-y

 

  • Casey, P., Alasmar, M.,McLaughlin, J., Ang, Y., McPhee, J., Heire, P., and Sultan, J. (2022) The current use of ultrasound to measure skeletal muscle and its ability to predict clinical outcomes: a systematic review, Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13041

 

 

  • Alkhaffaf, B., Alasmar, M. Major Complex and Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery Can Be Delivered Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Ann Surg Oncol 28, 4827–4828 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-09888-x

Collaborator in:

  1. Oesophago-Gastric Anastomotic Audit (OGAA) Collaborative. Postoperative and Pathological Outcomes of CROSS and FLOT as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal and Junctional Adenocarcinoma: An International Cohort Study From the Oesophagogastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA). Annals of Surgery 277(5):p e1026-e1034, May 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005394

 

2. Salman, Mohamed AbdAlla MD*; Salman, Ahmed MD†; Shaaban, Hossam El-Din MD‡; Alasmar, Mohamed FRCS,∥; Tourky, Mohamed MRCS¶; Elhaj, Mujahid Gasemelseed Fadlallah MRCS#; Khalid, Sadaf MRCS**; Gebril, Mahmoud MRCS††; Alrahawy, Mahmoud MD‡‡; Elsherbiney, Mohammed FRCS§§; Assal, Mohamed Moustafa FRCS∥∥; Osman, Mohamed Hosny Abdo MRCP¶¶; Mohammed, Aboalgasim Alamin MRCP¶¶; Elewa, Ahmed MD##. Nissen Versus Toupet Fundoplication For Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease, Short And Long-term Outcomes. A Systematic Review And Meta-analysis. Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques 33(2):p 171-183, April 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0000000000001139

 

3. Salman, Mohamed AbdAlla, Ahmed Salman, Ahmed Elewa, Mohamed Tourky, Hossam El-Din Shaaban, Ahmed Mohammed Elshaer, Mujahid Gasemelseed Fadlallah Elhaj, Mahmoud Gebril, Mohammed Elsherbiney, Sadaf Khalid, Mohamed Moustafa Assal, and Mohamed Alasmar. ‘Cost-Effectiveness of Totally Robotic and Conventional Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis’. Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care, 23 December 2022. https://doi.org/10.1089/bari.2022.0039.

 

4. Sander Ubels, Moniek Verstegen, Bastiaan Klarenbeek, Stefan Bouwense, Mark van Berge Henegouwen, Freek Daams, Marc J van Det, Ewen A Griffiths, Jan W Haveman, Joos Heisterkamp, Renol Koshy, Grard Nieuwenhuijzen, Fatih Polat, Peter D Siersema, Pritam Singh, Bas Wijnhoven, Gerjon Hannink, Frans van Workum, Camiel Rosman, the TENTACLE—Esophagus Collaborative Group, Severity of oEsophageal Anastomotic Leak in patients after oesophagectomy: the SEAL score, British Journal of Surgery, 2022;, znac226, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac226

 

5. Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Study Group on behalf of the West Midlands Research Collaborative. International Variation in Surgical Practices in Units Performing Oesophagectomy for Oesophageal Cancer: A Unit Survey from the Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA). World J Surg. 2019 Nov;43(11):2874-2884. doi: 10.1007/s00268-019-05080-1. PMID: 31332491.

 

6. Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Study Group on behalf of the West Midlands Research Collaborative. Comparison of short-term outcomes from the International Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA), the Esophagectomy Complications Consensus Group (ECCG), and the Dutch Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Audit (DUCA). BJS Open. 2021 May 7;5(3):zrab010. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrab010. Erratum in: BJS Open. 2022 Jan 6;6(1): PMID: 34021328; PMCID: PMC8140199.

 

7. Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Study Group on the West Midlands Research Collaborative, Anastomotic leak following oesophagectomy: research priorities from an international Delphi consensus study,British Journal of Surgery, Volume 108, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 66–73, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaa034

 

8. Oesophago-Gastric Anastomotic Audit (OGAA) Collaborative: Writing Committee; Steering Committee; National Leads; Site Leads; Collaborators. Mortality from esophagectomy for esophageal cancer across low, middle, and high-income countries: An international cohort study. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2021 Jun;47(6):1481-1488. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2020.12.006. Epub 2021 Jan 1. PMID: 33451919.

 

9. EuroSurg Collaborative. Safety of hospital discharge before return of bowel function after elective colorectal surgery. Br J Surg. 2020;107(5):552–559. doi:10.1002/bjs.11422

 

10. EuroSurg Collaborative. Safety and efficacy of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to reduce ileus after colorectal surgery. Br J Surg. 2020;107(2):e161–e169. doi:10.1002/bjs.11326

 

11. EuroSurg Collaborative.Timing of nasogastric tube insertion and the risk of postoperative pneumonia: an international, prospective cohort study. Colorectal Dis. 2020 Dec 22. doi: 10.1111/codi.15311.

 

12. EuroSurg Collaborative.Safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs after colorectal surgery: centre-level analysis of the IMAGINE study. Br J Surg. 2022 Mar 25. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac066.

Abstracts:

  • Nadia Matias, Mohamed Alasmar, Jennifer Stockton, Mohamed Altarawani, Charef Raslan, Jess Cairney-Hill, Bilal Alkhaffaf. The Effect of COVID-19 on Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Outcomes for Oesophagogastric Cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. January 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2022.11.023

 

  • Mohamed Alasmar, Iona Mckechnie, Ram Chaparala, TU8.9 Emergency Giant Hiatus hernia repair, Single Centre Experience, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 109, Issue Supplement_5, August 2022, znac248.082, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac248.082

 

  • Mohamed Alasmar, Eleanor Moore, Iona McKechnie, Ram Chaparala, SP8.2.6 Risk Prediction in Emergency Giant Hiatus and Diaphragmatic Hernia Repairs, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 109, Issue Supplement_5, August 2022, znac247.095, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac247.095

 

  • Mohamed Alasmar, Zak Shehata, Mohammad Altarawni, Patrick Casey, Rachel Melhado, Javed Sultan, TH6.12 Predicting Mortality and Morbidity in Oesophageal perforation: A Review of Current Tools, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 109, Issue Supplement_5, August 2022, znac248.252, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac248.252

 

  • Mohamed Alasmar, Zak Shehata, Mohammad Altarawni, Patrick Casey, Rachel Melhado, Javed Sultan, SP6.2.3 Boerhaave’s Syndrome vs Iatrogenic Oesophageal Perforation – A Comparison Between Aetiology, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 109, Issue Supplement_5, August 2022, znac247.073, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac247.073

 

  • Mohamed Alasmar, Iona Mckechnie, Ram Chaparala, TU8.8 Fundoplication or gastropexy in emergency giant hiatus hernia repair?, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 109, Issue Supplement_5, August 2022, znac248.081, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac248.081

 

  • Mohamed Alasmar, Zak Shehata, Mohammad Altarawni, Patrick Casey, Rachel Melhado, Javed Sultan, SP6.2.2 Oesophageal Perforation: The Experience of a Tertiary Referral Centre 2009–2021, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 109, Issue Supplement_5, August 2022, znac247.072, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac247.072

 

  • Sayantan Bose, Mohamed Alasmar, Helen Doran, EP-169 Management dilemma in an unusual presentation of acalculous acute cholecystitis, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 109, Issue Supplement_5, August 2022, znac245.042, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac245.042

 

  • Babur Ahmed, Michael Dasa, Roshni Mitra, Mohamed Alasmar, Bilal Alkhaffaf, Naheed Farooq, SP6.1.1 The Safety of Laparoscopic Feeding Jejunostomy Insertion in Patients with Oesophago-gastric Pathology, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 109, Issue Supplement_5, August 2022, znac247.061, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znac247.061

 

  • Mohamed Alasmar, Eleanor Moore, Iona McKechnie, Ram Chaparala, P-EGS17 Evaluation of Different Surgical Risk Prediction Models in Predicting Morbidity and Mortality in Emergency Giant Hiatus and Diaphragmatic Hernia Repairs, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 108, Issue Supplement_9, 15 December 2021, znab430.077, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab430.077

 

  • Mohamed Alasmar, Zak Shehata, Mohammad Altarawni, Patrick Casey, Rachel Melhado, Javed Sultan, P-EGS08 What is the Best Risk Prediction Model for Oesophageal Perforation?, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 108, Issue Supplement_9, 15 December 2021, znab430.068, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab430.068

 

  • Mohamed Alasmar, Iona McKechnie, Ram Chaparala, O-EGS01 Emergency Giant Hiatal Hernia Repairs: Experiences in fundoplication versus gastropexy, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 108, Issue Supplement_9, 15 December 2021, znab429.015, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab429.015

 

  • Charef Raslan, Mohamed Alasmar, Ram Chaparala, P-EGS24 Surgical case series of incarcerated diaphragmatic hernias following oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer. Single centre experience,British Journal of Surgery, Volume 108, Issue Supplement_9, 15 December 2021, znab430.084, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab430.084

 

  • Mohammad Altarawni, Mohamed Alasmar, Bilal Alkhaffaf, RachelMelhado, Kurshid Akhtar, Oesophageal Perforation Management, a case series. Abstracts of the Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 106, Issue Supplement_7, November 2019, Pages 5–94, https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.11421

 

  • Alasmar, D. Mansour, H. Elwan, H. Khairy Evaluation Of Different Modalities Of Management Of Penetrating Abdominal Trauma In Cairo University Hospitals” Accident And Emergency Department During The Post Revolution Period, Abstracts. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 45, 1–264 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-019-01109-1