A/Prof Andrew Stevenson Head of the Colorectal Surgery department, Royal Brisbane Hospital Biography Andrew completed his post-fellowship training in Colorectal surgery at Royal Brisbane and Royal Prince Alfred hospitals in the mid 1990’s. It was during this training, particularly under...
- January 25, 2017
Dr John Lumley MCCS, FRACS1 1 The Wesley Hospital Laparoscopic surgery as the standard? There is growing use of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer in Australia over recent years, but without reliable evidence of its safety, efficacy and long-term effectiveness when...
- January 3, 2017
Professor Kerry Reid-Searl CQUniversity Australia Background Teaching nursing students how to care for a patient’s personal and intimate needs such as occurs in managing a stoma in the safety net of a classroom is an area that has not...
- December 20, 2016
Sarah Haughey1 1Clinical Advisor, TG Eakin It is generally recognised that UK/Ireland based ostomates are fortunate in the level of follow up care they receive, but many still struggle to adapt and don’t seek help. It is likely in countries...
- October 19, 2016
Carol Stott1 1 Prince of Wales Hospital, Barker Street, Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2031 Rick (pseudonym) is a 36 year old man with Anti-thrombin 3 deficiency who presented to a tertiary referral hospital with mesenteric ischaemia secondary to an SMV thrombosis....
- October 17, 2016
Julia Kittscha1 1 RN, BHSc (Nursing), Grad Cert Stomal Therapy, MN (Research), Wollongong Hospital, Loftus Street, Wollongong NSW 2500, julia.kittscha@health.nsw.gov.au The process of re-infusion of proximal stoma output into the distal limb of a stoma is utilised infrequently hence,...
- October 17, 2016
Jennifer Gallaher RN STN1, Suzana Hey RN STN1 1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Level 5, Cnr Kessels & Troughton Rd, Coopers Plains, Brisbane, Queensland, 4108, Australia. jennifer.gallaher@health.qld.gov.au; suzana.hey@health.qld.gov.au There is a plethora of products available for managing problem stomas. However, a...
- October 17, 2016
Jessica Schluter1, Patricia Sinasac2, Kim Fraser3 1 Post Acute Care Service, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, 4032, Australia 2 Community, Indigenous & Subacute Services, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, 4032, Australia 3 Post Acute Care Service,...
- October 17, 2016
Desiree Davies1, Narelle Cusack1, Brooke Goldfinch1 1Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital A survey was completed, to evaluate the standard of documentation. There was variation in the quality of documentation, depending on the knowledge and experience of the nurse. The development of the Stoma...
- October 17, 2016
Carmen George1 1Clinical Nurse Consultant Stomal Therapy /wound Management, St Vincents Hospital Melbourne My stomal therapy nursing challenge for 2015/2016 was Peter. I first met Peter when I returned to work after 5 weeks away. At that stage Peter had...
- October 17, 2016