Crowson, M. C., Berisa, F., McGonigle, R. J. S., Adu, D., Michael, J., Barnes, A. D.
In 153 consecutive renal allograft recipients whose initial immunosuppression was prednisolone and azathioprine, 41 developed acute rejection episodes that were not reversed by 5–9 g of intravenous...
Crowson, M. C., Middleton, M. D.
The EEA circular stapling instrument has been used to create an end to side anastomosis in 50 consecutive routine and emergency right colonic resections. This has proved to be an effective, rapid...
Blood transfusion: an overused resource in colorectal cancer surgery.
Hallissey, M. T., Crowson, M. C., Kiff, R. S., Kingston, R. D., Fielding, J. W.
The use of blood transfusion was examined in 476 patients who underwent curative surgery for large bowel cancer. Of these patients, 128 were not transfused while 348 received a total of 1174 units of...
Colour flow duplex in the assessment of recurrent varicose veins.
Khaira, H. S., Parnell, A., Crowson, M. C.
Recurrent varicose veins represent a common clinical problem. They require accurate assessment of all sites of reflux before surgery to ensure the correct surgical approach and reduce further...
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms does not increase psychological morbidity.
Khaira, H. S., Herbert, L. M., Crowson, M. C.
Screening can lead to harmful psychological effects in the screened population--an argument used against abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening. However, there is no evidence for this in AAA...