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Matt Lee
@wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
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Surgeon (Colorectal IBD emergency)
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wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Pleased to see our #GI #recovery #PROM in press in @bjsurgery.bsky.social

Open access: doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

#some4surgery #surgicalresearch
Development of a patient-reported outcome measure for gastrointestinal recovery after surgery (PRO-diGI)
This study describes a four-stage development of a patient-reported outcome measure for gastrointestinal recovery. This results in a tool addressing four k
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reposted by Matt Lee
scullingmonkey.bsky.social
Post scriptum:

its also a great honour to have this invited commentary with @wannabehawkeye.bsky.social 's thoughts published alongside our work

🙏

academic.oup.com/bjsopen/arti...
The gap between trials and reality
Of 6300 people who apply to be NASA astronauts, eight will be selected for training, giving a 0.1% success rate1. One cannot use the achievements of astron
academic.oup.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reposted by Matt Lee
scullingmonkey.bsky.social
This work started as an idea i had many years ago, and was delivered by a great team who also believed we can make this happen👏

big thanks to:
@joecuk96.bsky.social and Joe Barsby
@samuelhume.bsky.social Hamish Lemmey and Regent Lee

Great to see it in print!
#externalvalidity #EBM #medsky

5/5
March 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Reposted by Matt Lee
scullingmonkey.bsky.social
How do patients in clinical trials compare to those we see in our clinical practice. We asked just that:

Hot off the press in @bjsopen.bsky.social

#vascular #medksy #bettertrials #evidencebasedmedicine

Read here
👇

academic.oup.com/bjsopen/arti...

1/5
External validity of randomized clinical trials in vascular surgery: systematic review of demographic factors of patients recruited to randomized clinical trials with comparison to the National Vascul...
Practicing evidence-based medicine requires that the patients we encounter in daily practice are represented in the populations recruited to randomized cli
academic.oup.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
New record for author queries on proof of accepted paper: 72...

Whats your highest?
#surgicalresearch #academia
March 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Just what is a #pepticulcer repair?
-Not just approach
-Surgical aspects important
-Lots of co-interventions!
-Not a lot of standardisation...

@asgbi.bsky.social @abppc.bsky.social

#some4surgery #emgensurg #surgicalresearch

Open access in @bjsopen.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/bjso...
March 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Who was spent 3 hours this morning trying to do one chart in R, only to realise the error is coming because the variable which is intuitively a factor needs to be formatted as a number

#rstats
a man wearing a white shirt and tie smiles in front of a window
ALT: a man wearing a white shirt and tie smiles in front of a window
media.tenor.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Hot off the press:

Paper synthesising the lived experience of people with #pilonidal disease.
Prevalence of anxiety a surprising finding. Impact on work, ADLs and body image less surprising, but still important.
Useful for consultations?

doi.org/10.1111/codi...

#some4surgery #surgicalresearch
January 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
1040 on a Sunday and I've edited a grant application and made an ethics submission...

Now for a tip run

#worklifebalance #dadjobs
December 15, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Reposted by Matt Lee
asgbi.bsky.social
There are less than 2 weeks until the deadline for our BJS Prize! One of our the most prestigious prizes at the ASGBI Congress, make sure to submit before the deadline if you would like to be considered. More information and submission here - https://buff.ly/4f7IqUm
December 9, 2024 at 4:07 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Great #qualitative paper from my #PhD student Dan Ashmore.

How well do surgeons recognise #malnutrition in the emergency setting?

Variation and inconsistency +++

Open access: doi.org/10.1111/codi...

#some4surgery #surgicalresearch
December 11, 2024 at 7:53 AM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Associations of outcomes of WSCA challenges & management (SBO Action)

Some red dots (operated) in the contrast in colon group

Green dots (palliated) also in both groups.

Suggests varied use of WSCA in #SBO

#some4surgery #surgicalresearch
@abppc.bsky.social @josiewalshaw.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 2:33 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Journal submissions
Uploads - 2 mins
Checking emails - 3-4 mins
Cover letter ?mins
Multiple check boxes that vary across journals... timeless.

#some4surgery
November 28, 2024 at 8:49 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
This week as an academic surgeon:
All day #IBDsurgery list
Teaching lap skills course
Uni day (meetings +++, no writing)
Covering #oncall #EGS and CST teaching about #research
And tomorrow, a short #IBD clinic.

All over the place this week!

#some4surgery
November 28, 2024 at 7:42 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Today I'm supporting the West Mids simulation course. This will cover bowel anastomosis and principles of lap colonic resection for our ST3 resident doctors.

#some4surgery
November 26, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Reposted by Matt Lee
bjsacademy.bsky.social
🎗️ This #PancreaticCancerAwareness Month, we're spotlighting key research:

Adjuvant chemotherapy for adenocarcinoma arising from intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia (IPMN): Findings from the multicentre ADENO-IPMN study

📖 Read the full study here: https://buff.ly/4eC2I8l
November 24, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Reposted by Matt Lee
bjsacademy.bsky.social
🎗️ In focus this #PancreaticCancerAwareness Month:

Chemotherapy switch for localised pancreatic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

🔬 These findings shed light on the potential of tailored treatment strategies to improve patient outcomes.

📖 Read the study: https://buff.ly/40UYKUT
November 22, 2024 at 7:57 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Somehow (completely by accident) ended up at PMT in Birmingham today and came home with a new practice amp and usb audio interface. Maybe a cheap bass at Christmas?

Now to brush off 5+ years of limited practice....

#some4surgery
November 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Was in #patientengagement meeting about #pilonidalsinus disease yesterday.

Interesting to hear stories - lots to learn about service and trial design.

Was struck by the 'anxiety' aspect for healed patients. Something we should think about more?

#surgicalresearch #some4surgery
November 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Today in life of a #surgicalacademic:
- Consultant meeting
- Ward reviews & quick admin check-in
- Governance application for ASTEROID ( #hernia study)
- #SSL catch up & planning
- Trying to finish the #WSCA paper!

#some4surgery #surgicalresearch
November 20, 2024 at 9:23 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
I see @josiewalshaw.bsky.social has joined Bluesky.

Part of team #SBO/#EGS research

Definitely not my research fellow (despite 4 papers and two prize session presentations in the last 12 months...)

#some4surgery
November 19, 2024 at 6:52 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
AFAR is slowly making progress towards the magic 500 figure and finishing the study...

110 recruits to go, and then we will have prospective data on the rate of new onset post-op #AF after #colorectalsurgery

#justkeepswimming #some4surgery
November 19, 2024 at 2:13 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
First SSL meeting at #RCSEng as #EGS SSL today.

Great room to be in, lots of great ideas in progress by other SSL and trials units, massive impact of the trials initiative over last decade. Have left with a long to do list & ideas +++

#some4surgery
November 18, 2024 at 8:56 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
17th November and I've just been Whamgeddoned.

Too early.
November 17, 2024 at 3:26 PM
wannabehawkeye.bsky.social
Excited to be appointed as one of two new specialty leads for Emergency #surgery #research in the UK, supported by ASGBI.

Lots of opportunities to support development of high quality & patient focused research in UK!

#some4surgery
November 15, 2024 at 7:30 PM