Locally Developed Research

The Ivor Lewis oesophagectomy is a surgical procedure where cancer within the oesophagus and stomach is removed before the remaining stomach is brought into the chest and joined to the remaining oesophagus. In around 37% of people, this procedure can result in a complication called delayed gastric emptying (DGE) which causes vomiting, difficulty swallowing, regurgitation, malnutrition, anastomic leak, aspiration pneumonia and a longer hospital stay.   

Kidney transplantation is the most effective and safest treatment of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and while there is an 87% chance of five year survival, complications do occur. 10% of kidneys are lost within the first three months due to early graft loss (EGL) which accounts for 20% of patients currently on the national kidney transplant waiting list. EGL is a devastating outcome that can result in cardiovascular complications, infections, physiological stress due to returning to haemodialysis and mortality.

Developing group-based services for people with severe obesity (Developing PROGROUP)

Pilot randomised trial of functional imagery training plus treatment as usual versus treatment as usual alone to reduce alcohol-related harm in patients with alcohol-related liver disease admitted to hospital

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an abnormal rhythm that causes the heart to beat irregularly and can be treated with cryoballoon ablation if previous medical therapy is ineffective or intolerable. The success rate 12 months post procedure is around 75% for patients with intermittent AF and around 60% for patients with persistent AF. Some patients undergo multiple ablations in pursuit of a cure.