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  1. Addressing ‘hard‐to‐fund’ research questions in bowel research: Exploring the role of decision architecture randomised trials

    Article • Colorectal Disease, August 2026, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  2. Standardization of international diverticular disease definitions

    Article • Colorectal Disease, August 2026, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  3. The surgeon in the loop: Automation, deskilling and the limits of the machine in colorectal surgery

    Article • Colorectal Disease, June 2026, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  4. Global hospital-based disease management of acute diverticulitis: a prospective, international cohort study

    Article • EClinicalMedicine, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  5. Covered versus uncovered endoluminal stenting in the acute management of obstructing colorectal cancer in the palliative setting: randomized clinical trial (CReST2)

    Article • BJS, September 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  6. The ACPGBI AI taskforce report: A mixed‐methods roadmap for AI in colorectal surgery

    Article • Colorectal Disease, September 2025, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  7. A systematic review of omics discovery studies to identify pertinent metabolic pathways for locally advanced rectal cancer in response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

    Article • Metabolomics, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dale Vimalachandran

  8. ACPGBI position statement on robotic‐assisted colorectal surgical training

    Article • Colorectal Disease, July 2025, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  9. Does endoscopic management have a role in chronic radiation proctopathy: A systematic review

    Article • Colorectal Disease, April 2025, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  10. The Impact of Intraoperative CO2 Pneumoperitoneum Pressure in Gastrointestinal Surgery: A Systematic Review

    Article • Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, February 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dale Vimalachandran

  11. UK cancer vaccine advance – Recognising and realising opportunities

    Article • Cambridge Prisms Precision Medicine, January 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Dale Vimalachandran

  12. Myoferlin: A Potential Marker of Response to Radiation Therapy and Survival in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

    Article • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  13. Decision regret following surgical management of pilonidal disease

    Article • Colorectal Disease, September 2024, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  14. Anastomotic leak after manual circular stapled left-sided bowel surgery: analysis of technology-, disease-, and patient-related factors

    Article • BJS Open, September 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran, Emre Balık

  15. Management of subcutaneous abscesses: prospective cross-sectional study (MAGIC)

    Article • BJS, August 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  16. 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, Prof Marcello Migliore

  17. A systematic methodology review of fluorescence-guided cancer surgery to inform the development of a core master protocol and outcome set

    Article • BMC Cancer, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dale Vimalachandran

  18. Risk of tumour seeding in patients with liver lesions undergoing biopsy with or without concurrent ablation: meta-analysis

    Article • BJS Open, May 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  19. Genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors in diverticular disease: systematic review

    Article • BJS Open, May 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran, Frank Mcdermott

  20. Classification and stratification in pilonidal sinus disease: findings from the PITSTOP cohort

    Article • Colorectal Disease, April 2024, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  21. The empty pelvis syndrome: a core data set from the PelvEx collaborative

    Article • BJS, March 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Wim Ceelen, Dale Vimalachandran

  22. Real-world practice and outcomes in pilonidal surgery: Pilonidal Sinus Treatment Studying The Options (PITSTOP) cohort

    Article • BJS, March 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  23. SF‐CORNER (splenic flexure colorectal cancer): an international survey of operative approaches and outcomes for cancers of the splenic flexure

    Article • Colorectal Disease, February 2024, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran, Özgül Düzgün

  24. Enhancing radiotherapy outcomes in rectal cancer: A systematic review of targeting hypoxia-induced radioresistance

    Article • Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  25. From opera buffa to opera seria: anniversaries of Royal College of Surgeons of England research initiatives

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

    Dale Vimalachandran

  26. Risk of Bowel Obstruction in Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for High-risk Colon Cancer

    Article • Annals of Surgery, November 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dale Vimalachandran

  27. Individualized cancer vaccines versus surveillance after adjuvant chemotherapy for surgically resected high-risk stage 2 and stage 3 colorectal cancer: protocol for a randomized trial

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

    Dale Vimalachandran

  28. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced colonic cancer is not ready to be the standard of care

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

    Dale Vimalachandran

  29. Outcomes 1 year after non-operative management of uncomplicated appendicitis in children: Children with AppendicitiS during the CoronAvirus panDEmic (CASCADE) study

    Article • BJS Open, May 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  30. PINCER (A Platform Study for solId orgaN CancERs): an agile pan-network platform study to deliver high-quality translational research

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

    Dale Vimalachandran

  31. “Happy to close?” The relationship between surgical experience and incisional hernia rates following abdominal wall closure in colorectal surgery

    Article • Colorectal Disease, March 2023, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  32. The association between iron deficiency and outcomes: a secondary analysis of the intravenous iron therapy to treat iron deficiency anaemia in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery (PREVENTT) trial

    Article • Anaesthesia, December 2022, Wiley

    Professor Ahilanandan Dushianthan, Dale Vimalachandran

  33. 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, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Dr Fakher Rahim, Kai Yuen Wong, Full Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr

  34. SARS-CoV-2 in the abdomen or pelvis: SAFE SURGERY study

    Article • BJS, September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  35. Incisional hernia following colorectal cancer surgery according to suture technique: Hughes Abdominal Repair Randomized Trial (HART)

    Article • BJS, August 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  36. Postoperative Packing of Perianal Abscess Cavities (PPAC2): randomized clinical trial

    Article • BJS, August 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  37. Rectal cancer management during the COVID-19 pandemic (ReCaP): multicentre prospective observational study

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

    Dale Vimalachandran

  38. Reply to Mathew

    Article • Colorectal Disease, January 2021, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  39. Targeting Acid Ceramidase to Improve the Radiosensitivity of Rectal Cancer

    Article • Cells, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Dale Vimalachandran

  40. Hartmann's procedure versus intersphincteric abdominoperineal excision (HiP Study): a multicentre prospective cohort study

    Article • Colorectal Disease, October 2020, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  41. Research disruptions and recovery

    Article • Colorectal Disease, April 2020, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  42. Measuring sarcopenia on pre-operative CT in older adults undergoing emergency laparotomy: a comparison of three different calculations

    Article • International Journal of Colorectal Disease, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dale Vimalachandran

  43. A systematic review and meta-analysis of baseline risk factors for the development of postoperative ileus in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery

    Article • Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, March 2020, Royal College of Surgeons of England

    Dale Vimalachandran

  44. Outcomes following small bowel obstruction due to malignancy in the national audit of small bowel obstruction

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, December 2019, Elsevier

    Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Dale Vimalachandran

  45. Malnutrition, nutritional interventions and clinical outcomes of patients with acute small bowel obstruction: results from a national, multicentre, prospective audit

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2019, BMJ

    Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Dale Vimalachandran

  46. Awareness of surgical expenditure amongst UK trainees and consultants: A questionnaire study

    Article • International Journal of Surgery, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  47. Sphingolipids and acid ceramidase as therapeutic targets in cancer therapy

    Article • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, June 2019, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  48. Patients with Crohn’s disease have longer post-operative in-hospital stay than patients with colon cancer but no difference in complications’ rate

    Article • World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, May 2019, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Dejan Ignjatovic

  49. Evaluating unmet needs in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer: a patient reported outcome measures study

    Article • Colorectal Disease, March 2019, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  50. Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left‐sided colorectal resection

    Article • BJS Open, February 2019, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dale Vimalachandran, Mohammad Alherz, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, John Whitaker, Mostafa Shalaby

  51. National prospective cohort study of the burden of acute small bowel obstruction

    Article • BJS Open, February 2019, Wiley

    Mr Raimundas Lunevicius, Dale Vimalachandran

  52. Early anastomotic complications in colorectal surgery: a systematic review of techniques for endoscopic salvage

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dale Vimalachandran

  53. Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy

    Article • BJS, January 2019, Wiley

    Mostafa Shalaby, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dale Vimalachandran, Mohammad Alherz, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Prof Marcello Migliore, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, John Whitaker

  54. Improving care at scale: process evaluation of a multi-component quality improvement intervention to reduce mortality after emergency abdominal surgery (EPOCH trial)

    Article • Implementation Science, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dale Vimalachandran

  55. Systematic review of treatment intensification using novel agents for chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer

    Article • BJS, October 2018, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  56. An international multicentre prospective audit of elective rectal cancer surgery; operative approach versus outcome, including transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME)

    Article • Colorectal Disease, September 2018, Wiley

    Mostafa Shalaby, Dale Vimalachandran, Prof ABRAHAM WEIZMAN, Dr Dejan Ignjatovic, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Dr Massimiliano Mistrangelo, Dr Vicent Primo-Romaguera, Emre Balık

  57. Association of mechanical bowel preparation with oral antibiotics and anastomotic leak following left sided colorectal resection: an international, multi-centre, prospective audit

    Article • Colorectal Disease, September 2018, Wiley

    Mostafa Shalaby, Dale Vimalachandran, Prof ABRAHAM WEIZMAN, Dr Dejan Ignjatovic, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Dr Massimiliano Mistrangelo, Dr Vicent Primo-Romaguera, Emre Balık

  58. Evaluating the incidence of pathological complete response in current international rectal cancer practice: the barriers to widespread safe deferral of surgery

    Article • Colorectal Disease, September 2018, Wiley

    Mostafa Shalaby, Dale Vimalachandran, Prof ABRAHAM WEIZMAN, Dr Dejan Ignjatovic, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Dr Massimiliano Mistrangelo, Dr Vicent Primo-Romaguera, Emre Balık

  59. Safety of primary anastomosis following emergency left sided colorectal resection: an international, multi-centre prospective audit

    Article • Colorectal Disease, September 2018, Wiley

    Mostafa Shalaby, Dale Vimalachandran, Prof ABRAHAM WEIZMAN, Dr Dejan Ignjatovic, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Dr Massimiliano Mistrangelo, Dr Vicent Primo-Romaguera, Emre Balık

  60. The impact of conversion on the risk of major complication following laparoscopic colonic surgery: an international, multicentre prospective audit

    Article • Colorectal Disease, September 2018, Wiley

    Mostafa Shalaby, Dale Vimalachandran, Prof ABRAHAM WEIZMAN, Dr Dejan Ignjatovic, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Dr Massimiliano Mistrangelo, Dr Vicent Primo-Romaguera, Emre Balık

  61. The impact of stapling technique and surgeon specialism on anastomotic failure after right-sided colorectal resection: an international multicentre, prospective audit

    Article • Colorectal Disease, July 2018, Wiley

    Dr Christopher M Morris, Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Dejan Ignjatovic

  62. Oncosurgical Management of Liver Limited Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Preliminary Data and Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, May 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dale Vimalachandran

  63. Proteomic profiling of rectal cancer reveals acid ceramidase is implicated in radiation response

    Article • Journal of Proteomics, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  64. Laparoscopy in management of appendicitis in high-, middle-, and low-income countries: a multicenter, prospective, cohort study

    Article • Surgical Endoscopy, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Ian Daniels, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Salomone Di Saverio

  65. Prospective patient stratification into robust cancer-cell intrinsic subtypes from colorectal cancer biopsies

    Article • The Journal of Pathology, March 2018, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  66. Which pen? A comparative study of surgical site markers

    Article • Journal of Perioperative Practice, January 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dale Vimalachandran

  67. Exome sequencing of synchronously resected primary colorectal tumours and colorectal liver metastases to inform oncosurgical management

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  68. Primary Colorectal Cells Culture as a Translational Research Model

    Article • November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dale Vimalachandran

  69. Oncosurgical Management of Liver Limited Stage IV Colorectal Cancer: Preliminary Data and Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

    Article • November 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dale Vimalachandran

  70. Incidental Mesenteric Paraganglioma: A Case Report and Literature Review

    Article • Annals of Coloproctology, October 2017, Korean Society of Coloproctology (KAMJE)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  71. Risk factors for unfavourable postoperative outcome in patients with Crohn's disease undergoing right hemicolectomy or ileocaecal resection An international audit by ESCP and S-ECCO

    Article • Colorectal Disease, September 2017, Wiley

    Alaa El-Hussuna, Mr Ian Daniels, Dr Christopher M Morris, Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Dejan Ignjatovic

  72. The relationship between method of anastomosis and anastomotic failure after right hemicolectomy and ileo-caecal resection: an international snapshot audit

    Article • Colorectal Disease, March 2017, Wiley

    Mr Neil J Smart, Mr Ian Daniels, Dr Christopher M Morris, Dale Vimalachandran, Dr Dejan Ignjatovic

  73. Re-examining HSPC1 inhibitors

    Article • Cell Stress and Chaperones, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dale Vimalachandran

  74. A national patient and public colorectal research agenda: integration of consumer perspectives in bowel disease through early consultation

    Article • Colorectal Disease, January 2017, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  75. Determinants of morbidity and mortality following emergency abdominal surgery in children in low-income and middle-income countries

    Article • BMJ Global Health, December 2016, BMJ

    Dr. Mohamed Elfil, Mr Ian Daniels, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dale Vimalachandran, Ademola Adeyeye

  76. Mortality of emergency abdominal surgery in high-, middle- and low-income countries

    Article • BJS, May 2016, Wiley

    Mr Neil J Smart, Dr. Mohamed Elfil, Mr Ian Daniels, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Dale Vimalachandran, Ademola Adeyeye

  77. From mice to men: Murine models of colorectal cancer for use in translational research

    Article • Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  78. Oesophageal perforation caused by screw displacement 16 months following anterior cervical spine fixation

    Article • BMJ Case Reports, March 2015, BMJ

    Dale Vimalachandran

  79. Proteomic analysis to identify biomarkers in the primary tumour that predict response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in liver metastases

    Article • The Lancet, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  80. Evaluation of a novel tissue stabilization gel to facilitate clinical sampling for translational research in surgical trials

    Article • BJS, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  81. Implementation of a new tool to improve the efficacy and safety of surgical handovers

    Article • International Journal of Surgery, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  82. Attitudes, Motivators, and Barriers to a Career in Surgery: A National Study of UK Undergraduate Medical Students

    Article • Journal of Surgical Education, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  83. The Aetiology of Delay to Commencement of Adjuvant Chemotherapy following Colorectal Resection

    Article • International Journal of Surgical Oncology, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dale Vimalachandran

  84. Outcome of colorectal cancer resection in octogenarians

    Article • South African Journal of Surgery, May 2013, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Dale Vimalachandran

  85. Rectal volvulus following laparoscopic left hemicolectomy

    Article • BMJ Case Reports, April 2013, BMJ

    Dale Vimalachandran

  86. Colocutaneous fistula secondary to amoebiasis

    Article • International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  87. Management of iatrogenic recto-urethral fistula by transanal rectal flap advancement

    Article • Colorectal Disease, April 2010, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  88. The expression of S100A8 in pancreatic cancer-associated monocytes is associated with the Smad4 status of pancreatic cancer cells

    Article • PROTEOMICS, June 2007, Wiley

    Dale Vimalachandran

  89. Pancreatic cancer cells overexpress gelsolin family-capping proteins, which contribute to their cell motility

    Article • Gut, January 2007, BMJ

    Dale Vimalachandran

  90. High Nuclear S100A6 (Calcyclin) Is Significantly Associated with Poor Survival in Pancreatic Cancer Patients

    Article • Cancer Research, April 2005, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Dale Vimalachandran

  91. Cancer in the elderly: pancreatic cancer

    Article • Surgical Oncology, December 2004, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  92. Proteomic technologies and their application to pancreatic cancer

    Article • Expert Review of Proteomics, December 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dale Vimalachandran

  93. Genetics and Prevention of Pancreatic Cancer

    Article • Cancer Control, January 2004, SAGE Publications

    Dale Vimalachandran

  94. Cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst of the breast

    Article • The Breast, June 2003, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  95. Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair outside a tertiary referral centre: feasibility and impact upon workload

    Article • Cardiovascular Surgery, February 2003, Elsevier

    Dale Vimalachandran

  96. Internal Iliac Aneurysm Rupture into the Rectum following Endovascular Exclusion: An Unusual Cause of Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

    Article • Journal of Endovascular Therapy, December 2002, SAGE Publications

    Dale Vimalachandran