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Autor:
Shamir O. Cawich, Robyn Cabral, Jacintha Douglas, Dexter A. Thomas, Fawwaz Z. Mohammed, Vijay Naraynsingh, Neil W. Pearce
Publikováno v:
Surgery in Practice and Science, Vol 14, Iss , Pp 100211- (2023)
Background: In our center, patients with pancreatic cancer traditionally had Whipple's resections by general surgery teams until January 2013 when a hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) was introduced. We compared outcomes before and after introduction of HP
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/ecf7cab4860543ba96a854b30340fafb
Autor:
Avidesh Haresh Mahabir, Solange C K Ramkissoon, Dexter A Thomas, Shamir O Cawich, Vijay Naraynsingh, Giovanni Dapri
Publikováno v:
Current Medicine Research and Practice, Vol 11, Iss 2, Pp 83-87 (2021)
Background: The aim of this study was to identify social injustice by evaluating horizontal equity (allocation of similar resources to patients with the same clinical needs) in surgical care for gallstone disease in a Caribbean Country. Methods: We c
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/16f1ef68c21e48d5ac8abd1e2febbbe3
Autor:
Shamir O Cawich, Sahle P Griffith, Carlos Wilson, Patrick Fasioen, Philip Burgess, Dexter A Thomas, Marlon Mencia, Neil Pearce, Michael D Kluger, Vijay Naraynsingh
Publikováno v:
Current Medicine Research and Practice, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 125-132 (2021)
Advanced minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is not universally available in the Anglophone Caribbean, partly due to a shortage of trained laparoscopic surgeons. However, we have witnessed new opportunities for MIS advancement as we enter a period of ra
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/c541002ba95641998b2ba1dc6d7bfe36
Publikováno v:
World Journal of Clinical Oncology. 13:738-747
Many authorities advocate for Whipple's procedures to be performed in high-volume centers, but many patients in poor developing nations cannot access these centers. We sought to determine whether clinical outcomes were acceptable when Whipple's proce
Autor:
Shamir O Cawich, Gordon Narayansingh, Michael J Ramdass, Marlon Mencia, Dexter A Thomas, Shaheeba Barrow, Vijay Naraynsingh
Publikováno v:
World Journal of Meta-Analysis. 10:74-80
Autor:
Michael D. Kluger, Beth Schrope, Neil W. Pearce, Shamir O. Cawich, Wesley Francis, Kimon O Bonadie, Dexter A Thomas, Rahul Deshpande, Fawwaz Mohammed
Publikováno v:
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Pancreatic surgery has been one of the last areas for the application of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) because there are many factors that make laparoscopic pancreas resections difficult. The concept of service centralization has also limited expe
Autor:
Shamir O. Cawich MBBS, DM, Dexter A. Thomas MBBS, FRCS, Fawwaz Mohammed MBBS, Nahmorah J. Bobb MBBS, Dorothy Williams MBBS, FRCS, Vijay Naraynsingh MBBS, FRCS
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Men's Health, Vol 11 (2017)
Few authors have proposed therapeutic protocols to manage retained rectal foreign bodies (RFBs). All patients with retained RFBs in hospitals across Trinidad and Tobago over 5 years were identified. Hospital records were retrieved and manually review
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/469ed43bb1c44f3192e2ca1f678c7643
Autor:
Dexter A Thomas, Ravi Maharaj, Shamir O. Cawich, Vijay Naraynsingh, Wesley Francis, Neil W. Pearce, Kimon O Bonadie
Publikováno v:
World Journal of Hepatology
BACKGROUND Major hepatectomies are routinely performed because they are often the only curative treatment for metastatic liver disease. There has been a trend to concentrate major hepatectomies in referral hospitals that perform these operations at h
Publikováno v:
Cureus
COVID-19 has required changes in the practice of surgery to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus. Proposed mitigation strategies include avoidance of aerosol-generating procedures such as laparoscopy. We report two cases where minilaparotomy
Publikováno v:
Cureus
Introduction As single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) became popular, many access platforms and techniques emerged. When we initially described the direct fascial puncture (DFP) technique, many suggested it was not practical for three reasons: