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Surgical procedures, operative

Perspective

Improving equity in access to kidney transplantation: implementing targeted models of care focused on improving timely access to waitlisting

Katie Cundale, Stephen P McDonald, Ashley Irish, Matthew D Jose, Jillian Diack, Matilda D'Antoine, Kelli J Owen and Jaquelyne T Hughes

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S7-S10 Free

Editorials

Is elective spinal surgery overused in private health care in Australia?

Susan Liew

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 299-300

Research

Elective spinal surgery in New South Wales adults, 2001–20, by procedure funding type: a cross‐sectional study

Duong Thuy Tran, Adriane M Lewin, Louisa Jorm and Ian A Harris

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 303-309 Free

Ethics and law

Feasibility of organ donation following voluntary assisted dying in Australia: lessons from international practice

Jan Bollen, Courtney Hempton, Neera Bhatia and James Tibballs

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 202-205 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Field cancerisation and radiotherapy: a case of treatment complications

Sarah K Morton, Selim Ozluer and James Muir

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 12-14 Free

Narrative review

Cardiovascular risk management in the peri‐operative setting

Shehane Mahendran, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Graham Hillis, Richard Halliwell, Henry CC Pleass and Clara K Chow

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 30-39 Free

Narrative review

The role of spinal surgery in the treatment of low back pain

Lachlan Evans, Thomas O’Donohoe, Andrew Morokoff and Katharine Drummond

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (1): 40-45 Free

Editorials

Reducing the burden of anaemia for people undergoing major surgery

Philip Crispin

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (9): 485-486

Research

The management of peri‐operative anaemia in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery in Australia and New Zealand: a prospective cohort study

The POSTVenTT Study Collaborative*

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (9): 487-493 Free

Perspectives

Robotic surgery: getting the evidence right

Wei Shen Tan, Anthony Ta and John D Kelly

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (8): 391-393 Free

Editorials

Measuring the quality of surgical care in Australia

David I Watson and Tim Bright

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (6): 301-302

Perspectives

Quality improvement strategies in trauma care: review and proposal of 31 novel quality indicators

Joshua G Kovoor, Jonathan Henry W Jacobsen and Zsolt J Balogh, for the Trauma Care Verification and Quality Improvement Writing Group †

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (7): 331-335 Free

Editorials

Clearing elective surgery waiting lists after the COVID‐19 pandemic cannot be allowed to compromise emergency surgery care

Robert J Aitken and David AK Watters

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 237-238 Free

Letters

Vertebral fractures after denosumab discontinuation for dental procedures: a consequence of distorted perceptions of risk

Alastair Goss

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 268-268

Letters

Vertebral fractures after denosumab discontinuation for dental procedures: a consequence of distorted perceptions of risk

Bronwyn GA Stuckey and Nely Shrestha Khatri

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 268-268

Narrative review

Breast surgery: a narrative review

Christobel M Saunders

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 262-267 Free

Perspectives

Bariatric surgery: a call for greater access to coordinated surgical and specialist care in the public health system

Ahmad Aly, Michael L Talbot and Wendy A Brown

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 228-231 Free

Research

Hospital costs and factors associated with days alive and at home after surgery (DAH30)

Jennifer R Reilly, Paul S Myles, Darren Wong, Stephane R Heritier, Wendy A Brown, Toby Richards and Max Bell

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (6): 311-317 Free

Research

Cholecystectomy for people aged 50 years or more with mild gallstone pancreatitis: predictors and outcomes of index and interval procedures

Jian D Blundell, Robert C Gandy, Jacqueline Close and Lara Harvey

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 246-252 Free

Medical history

From wipeout to drill out: a history of exostosis management and Australian surfing

Alon Taylor, Hannah North, Narinder P Singh and Paul A Fagan

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 401-404

Research

Offering mailed nicotine replacement therapy and Quitline support before elective surgery: a randomised controlled trial

Ashley R Webb, Lisa Coward, Darshana Meanger, Samuel Leong, Sarah L White and Ron Borland

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (7): 357-363 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Streptococcus gallolyticus bacteraemia and colorectal neoplasia: an old association with a new name

Claudine Banal, Steve Lau, Sonalmeet Nagra and David AK Watters

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (6): 281-282

Research letter

Improved survival rates after hip fracture surgery in New South Wales, 2011–2018

Lara Harvey, Ian A Harris, Rebecca J Mitchell, Adrian Webster, Ian D Cameron, Louisa Jorm, Hannah Seymour, Pooria Sarrami and Jacqueline Close

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 420-421 Free

Research letters

Sentinel lymph node biopsy rates in Victoria, 2018 and 2019

Caroline Watts, Andrew Spillane, Michael A Henderson and Anne Cust, Australian Melanoma Centre of Research Excellence Study Group

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (4): 208-209 Free

Research letter

Same‐day inguinal hernia repair in Australia, 2000–19

Joanna MZ Mills, Georgina M Luscombe and Thomas J Hugh

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (6): 303-304 Free