Thomas is a consultant surgeon and head of strategy for emergency surgery at our center.
Special interests
Emergency laparotomy, intraoperative strategies, damage-control surgery, acute complicated abdominal wall, open abdomen, burst abdomen, incisional hernia prophylaxis.
Research
Updated guideline for closure of abdominal wall incisions from the European and American Hernia Societies. BJS 2022
10.1093/bjs/znac302
Standardized Surgical Primary Repair for Burst Abdomen Reduces the Risk of Fascial Redehiscence. Ann Surg
2021.10.1097/sla.0000000000003766
High rate of incisional hernia observed after mass closure of burst abdomen. Hernia 2021.
10.1007/s10029-021-02523-4
Complications after emergency laparotomy beyond the immediate postoperative period–a retrospective, observational cohort study of 1139 patients. Anesthaesia 2017.
10.1111/anae.13721
Sarcopenia is associated with increased risk of burst abdomen after emergency midline laparotomy: a matched case–control study. Eur J Em Trauma 2022.
10.1007/s00068-022-01958-3
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