Cameron Wells
@drcamwells.bsky.social
General Surgery Registrar & PhD Student from Aotearoa New Zealand. Interests in GI, vascular, and transplant surgery, perioperative care, ‘failure to rescue’, and collaborative research.
Dangerously addicted to good coffee, working hard, and dad jokes.
Dangerously addicted to good coffee, working hard, and dad jokes.
I had the honour of both working for and looking after Dr Legget as a house officer at Auckland Hospital.
Glad to see him posthumously recognised in the New Years Honours. A truly remarkable man.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Glad to see him posthumously recognised in the New Years Honours. A truly remarkable man.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Cardiologist, NET advocate and cancer patient Malcolm Legget receives posthumous New Year Honour
The late Malcolm Legget - who has become a MNZM for services to cardiology - used to say: "It is amazing what you can achieve if you don't mind who gets the bouquet."
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December 31, 2024 at 5:00 AM
I had the honour of both working for and looking after Dr Legget as a house officer at Auckland Hospital.
Glad to see him posthumously recognised in the New Years Honours. A truly remarkable man.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Glad to see him posthumously recognised in the New Years Honours. A truly remarkable man.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New paper from our team showing system factors affect recognition & management of complications...
No 'weekday' or 'weekend' effect for patients having elective OR emergency colorectal cancer surgery... BUT reoperation later in the week associated with higher mortality!
doi.org/10.1111/codi...
No 'weekday' or 'weekend' effect for patients having elective OR emergency colorectal cancer surgery... BUT reoperation later in the week associated with higher mortality!
doi.org/10.1111/codi...
<em>Colorectal Disease</em> | ACPGBI Gastroenterology Journal | Wiley Online Library
Aim
Poorer postoperative outcomes have been observed for patients admitted and operated on later in the week and over the weekend. This is thought to be related to temporal fluctuations in the quali.....
doi.org
December 22, 2024 at 1:08 AM
New paper from our team showing system factors affect recognition & management of complications...
No 'weekday' or 'weekend' effect for patients having elective OR emergency colorectal cancer surgery... BUT reoperation later in the week associated with higher mortality!
doi.org/10.1111/codi...
No 'weekday' or 'weekend' effect for patients having elective OR emergency colorectal cancer surgery... BUT reoperation later in the week associated with higher mortality!
doi.org/10.1111/codi...
Reposted by Cameron Wells
Tranexamic acid
is NOT a replacement for
meticulous surgical harmostasis.
is NOT a replacement for
meticulous surgical harmostasis.
December 11, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Tranexamic acid
is NOT a replacement for
meticulous surgical harmostasis.
is NOT a replacement for
meticulous surgical harmostasis.
Reposted by Cameron Wells
Published! A #qualitative review of ERAS implementation (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, not the Swiftie tour 🤣) with Georgia Tobiano, Wendy Chaboyer, Josie Lovegrove, Keith Addy and Brigid Gillespie. Spoiler alert- evidence and goodwill only goes so far without RESOURCING.
#MedSky #SurgerySky
#MedSky #SurgerySky
Clinicians' views on implementing enhanced recovery after surgery: a descriptive qualitative study
This study aimed to investigate barriers and facilitators to implementing enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols, through qualitative interviews with surgeons, anaesthetists and nurses. Thr....
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December 8, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Published! A #qualitative review of ERAS implementation (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, not the Swiftie tour 🤣) with Georgia Tobiano, Wendy Chaboyer, Josie Lovegrove, Keith Addy and Brigid Gillespie. Spoiler alert- evidence and goodwill only goes so far without RESOURCING.
#MedSky #SurgerySky
#MedSky #SurgerySky
Reposted by Cameron Wells
Always good to hear Dr Chris Varghese speak, this time an update on the impressive work of Australasian collaborative research with >35 publications so far. Persisting challenges are a paucity of clinical academic training tracks, geographic dispersion, and (😤) ethics. #NAASC24
November 16, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Always good to hear Dr Chris Varghese speak, this time an update on the impressive work of Australasian collaborative research with >35 publications so far. Persisting challenges are a paucity of clinical academic training tracks, geographic dispersion, and (😤) ethics. #NAASC24
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Great talk at RACS academic meeting from @drcamwells.bsky.social on defining failure to rescue… such an important metric for quality improvement in surgery #surgsky
November 16, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Great talk at RACS academic meeting from @drcamwells.bsky.social on defining failure to rescue… such an important metric for quality improvement in surgery #surgsky
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November 15, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Reposted by Cameron Wells
Reposted by Cameron Wells
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Starting #SurgSky ! All science, education and research around surgery! Let me know if you want to be added! 👏
Starting #SurgSky ! All science, education and research around surgery! Let me know if you want to be added! 👏
November 12, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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Starting #SurgSky ! All science, education and research around surgery! Let me know if you want to be added! 👏
Starting #SurgSky ! All science, education and research around surgery! Let me know if you want to be added! 👏