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  1. Access to and quality of elective care: a prospective cohort study using hernia surgery as a tracer condition in 83 countries

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, July 2024, Elsevier

    Martin Karamanliev, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Alfie J Kavalakat, Emre Balık, Mostafa Shalaby

  2. A prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts

    Article • The Lancet Digital Health, July 2024, Elsevier

    Martin Karamanliev, Dale Vimalachandran, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Alfie J Kavalakat, Joshua Totty, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  3. Global 30-day morbidity and mortality of surgery for perforated peptic ulcer: GRACE study

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  4. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of using Indocyanine Green (ICG) fluorescence in emergency surgery: an international web-based survey in the ARtificial Intelligence in Emergency and trauma Surgery (ARIES)—WSES project

    Article • Updates in Surgery, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Marco Clementi, Alfie J Kavalakat

  5. Utility of Serum L-lactate in Identifying Ischemia in Acute Intestinal Obstruction: A Prospective Observational Study

    Article • Cureus, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  6. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

    Article • BJS, April 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Justin Wormald, Shoukrie Shoukrie, Dr. Bruno Martinez-Leo, Professor Wim Ceelen, Khaled AL-Sayaghi, Dickon Hayne, Mostafa Shalaby, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr. Jessica G.Y. Luc, Pritik A Shah, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  7. Correction: Surgeons’ perspectives on artificial intelligence to support clinical decision-making in trauma and emergency contexts: results from an international survey

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  8. Time for a paradigm shift in shared decision-making in trauma and emergency surgery? Results from an international survey

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfie J Kavalakat, Evgeni Dimitrov

  9. Surgeons’ perspectives on artificial intelligence to support clinical decision-making in trauma and emergency contexts: results from an international survey

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfie J Kavalakat, Evgeni Dimitrov

  10. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries

    Article • The Lancet, November 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Antonio Simone Laganà, Muhammad Umar Younis, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dr Mohmmad Khursheed Alam, Dr Katerina Kasapinova, Dr alberto maria saibene, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Prof Marcello Migliore, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Prof Marco Clementi, Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Dr khaled Mohamed Abdel wahab , Gerardo Caruso, Hitesh Chopra, Mostafa Shalaby, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Prof. Shadi Hamouri, Dr. Jessica G.Y. Luc, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  11. Concealed left hepatic artery injury with liver trauma

    Article • The Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, October 2022, Medknow

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  12. Diversity and ethics in trauma and acute care surgery teams: results from an international survey

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Dr Edward Tan, Alfie J Kavalakat

  13. Two years later: Is the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still having an impact on emergency surgery? An international cross-sectional survey among WSES members

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Dr Edward Tan, Alfie J Kavalakat, Evgeni Dimitrov

  14. It is time to define an organizational model for the prevention and management of infections along the surgical pathway: a worldwide cross-sectional survey

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Majdi Al-Hasan, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Alfie J Kavalakat, Professor Stefano Di Bella, Evgeni Dimitrov, Dr Timothy Craig Hardcastle

  15. Synchronous collision tumor of malignant phyllodes and invasive ductal carcinoma

    Article • Oncology Journal of India, January 2022, Medknow

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  16. Team dynamics in emergency surgery teams: results from a first international survey

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Alfie J Kavalakat

  17. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Martin Karamanliev, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Aloy Okechukwu Ugwu, Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  18. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study

    Article • Anaesthesia, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Justin Wormald, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Fernando Cordera, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Dickon Hayne, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Roberto Colasanti, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  19. A STUDY ON RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS AND ITS OUTCOME IN ACUTE PANCREATITIS

    Article • International Journal of Medical Science and Diagnosis Research, April 2021, Innovative Library

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  20. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study

    Article • BJS, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Ronald Flumignan, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, funlayo odejinmi, Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Emre Balık, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Dr Ayrat R. Kaldarov , Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  21. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • Anaesthesia, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Mahmoud A. Ebada, Professor Badr Eldin Mostafa, Professor shahnoor islam, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Roberto Colasanti, Justin Wormald, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Francesco Di Marzo, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Stênio Zequi, Ronald Flumignan, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Shameel Musthafa, Dr kehinde sharafadeen okunade, MD Aleksandar Bogdanovic, Assia HAIF, Alfie J Kavalakat, Ademola Adeyeye , Joshua Totty, Professor Gianluca Franceschini, Prof NDUBUISI ONYEMAECHI, Dr Rabea A Gadelkareem, Professor Calvin S.H. Ng, Prof. Saleh S. Baeesa, Ahmad Ramzi Yusoff, Professor Dr Osama Farouk, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Marcos Perini, Dickon Hayne, Dr Ramesh P Menon, Prof. Dr. Alex Alfieri, Edward Caruana, avinash aujayeb, Dr. Luca Bertolaccini, Fernando Cordera, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  22. Trauma quality indicators: internationally approved core factors for trauma management quality evaluation

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Alfie J Kavalakat

  23. Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on emergency surgery services—a multi-national survey among WSES members

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Alfie J Kavalakat

  24. Predictors for conversion to open appendicectomy in patients undergoing laparoscopic appendicectomy: a prospective study

    Article • International Surgery Journal, June 2018, Medip Academy

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  25. A study to compare RIPASA (Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Appendicitis) and Alvarado scores in diagnosing acute appendicitis in Indian population

    Article • International Surgery Journal, April 2018, Medip Academy

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  26. Prospective Observational Study on acute Appendicitis Worldwide (POSAW)

    Article • World Journal of Emergency Surgery, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfie J Kavalakat, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, John Agboola

  27. Retrospective analysis of operated cases of post appendectomy small bowel obstruction in a tertiary care centre

    Article • Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  28. Laparoscopic management of an uncommon cause for right lower quadrant pain: A case report

    Article • Cases Journal, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  29. Laparoscopic Management of Acid Peptic Disease

    Article • Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, October 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  30. Laparoscopic repair of high rectovaginal fistula: Is it technically feasible?

    Article • BMC Surgery, October 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfie J Kavalakat

  31. Article • World Journal of Surgical Oncology, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Alfie J Kavalakat