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  1. Local recurrence after surgical management of squamous cell carcinoma of the hand: a systematic review

    Article • Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), March 2026, SAGE Publications

    Joshua Totty

  2. The Role of Dermoscopy in Optimising Surgical Margins for Keratinocyte Cancers: Updated Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, January 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Joshua Totty

  3. Hand and Wrist Trauma: Antimicrobials and Infection – Audit of Clinical Practice (HAWAII - ACP)

    Article • Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, December 2025, Elsevier

    Justin Wormald, Joshua Totty

  4. The NEON (Nerve rEpair Or Not) trial: a randomized controlled trial of microsurgical repair versus nerve alignment for digital nerve injury

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

    Justin Wormald, Joshua Totty

  5. 948 Risk Factors for Impaired Wound Healing in Non-Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: A Cohort Study

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

    Joshua Totty

  6. 949 Exploring the Relationship Between Clinical Factors and Ex-Vivo Skin Wound Healing

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

    Joshua Totty

  7. Remote digital surgical wound monitoring and surveillance using smartphones

    Article • Journal of Wound Care, April 2025, Mark Allen Group

    Joshua Totty

  8. ASSIST: Development of a Simplified Clinician–Patient Hybrid Reporting Outcome Measure for Remote Diagnosis of Surgical Site Infection

    Article • International Wound Journal, April 2025, Wiley

    Joshua Totty

  9. Dermoscopy vs standard marking practices for the completeness of excision of non-melanoma skin cancers: a single-centre randomized controlled trial—protocol for the ClearMark trial

    Article • Journal of Surgical Protocols and Research Methodologies, January 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Joshua Totty

  10. The effectiveness of waxing or epilation compared to conventional methods of hair removal in reducing the incidence of surgical site infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Surgery, December 2024, Frontiers

    Joshua Totty

  11. The cost of keeping warm: a relationship between a rise in the cost of domestic energy and burn injuries caused by personal heating equipment

    Article • Burns, August 2024, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  12. 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

  13. Hand and Wrist trauma: Antimicrobials and Infection Audit of Clinical Practice (HAWAII ACP) protocol

    Article • Bone & Joint Open, April 2024, Bone & Joint

    Justin Wormald, Joshua Totty

  14. The Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Management of Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    Article • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, April 2024, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Joshua Totty

  15. The incidence and cost implications of surgical site infection following lymph node surgery for skin malignancy

    Article • Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, December 2023, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  16. PRESS survey: PREvention of surgical site infection—a global pan-specialty survey of practice protocol

    Article • Frontiers in Surgery, September 2023, Frontiers

    Joshua Totty

  17. Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Intermittent Claudication (NESIC): multicentre, randomized controlled trial

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

    Joshua Totty

  18. Electrochemotherapy vs radiotherapy in the treatment of primary cutaneous malignancies or cutaneous metastases from primary solid organ malignancies: A systematic review and narrative synthesis

    Article • PLOS One, July 2023, PLOS

    Joshua Totty

  19. Considerations for an ideal post-surgical wound dressing aligned with antimicrobial stewardship objectives: a scoping review

    Article • Journal of Wound Care, June 2023, Mark Allen Group

    Dr Mark Geoffrey Rippon, Joshua Totty

  20. DS27 Establishing clinician and patient perspectives on a proposed trial investigating antibiotics in skin surgery

    Article • British Journal of Dermatology, June 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Joshua Totty

  21. Cost-effectiveness of replacing versus discarding the nail in children with nail bed injury

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

    Joshua Totty, Justin Wormald

  22. Effectiveness of nail bed repair in children with or without replacing the fingernail: NINJA multicentre randomized clinical trial

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

    Joshua Totty, Justin Wormald

  23. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for diabetic foot ulcers: a feasibility study

    Article • Journal of Wound Care, March 2023, Mark Allen Group

    Joshua Totty

  24. Frailty Assessment in UK Vascular Centres (FAVE): a survey to investigate data collection methods and impact on clinical practice

    Article • Journal of Vascular Societies Great Britain and Ireland, January 2023, The Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland

    Joshua Totty

  25. Long term outcomes of ‘Christmas Tree’ banding for haemodialysis access induced distal ischemia: A 13-year experience

    Article • The Journal of Vascular Access, December 2022, SAGE Publications

    Joshua Totty

  26. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy compared with standard care for diabetic foot ulcer healing: An updated systematic review

    Article • International Wound Journal, December 2022, Wiley

    Joshua Totty

  27. The diagnostic test accuracy of telemedicine for detection of surgical site infection: A systematic review protocol

    Article • PLOS One, November 2022, PLOS

    Joshua Totty

  28. Wound complications following surgery to the lymph nodes: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • PLOS One, August 2022, PLOS

    Joshua Totty

  29. Diagnostic accuracy of telemedicine for detection of surgical site infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • npj Digital Medicine, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Joshua Totty

  30. The local physiological effects of a single-use topical negative pressure device in healthy volunteers: the PICO-1 study

    Article • Journal of Wound Care, August 2022, Mark Allen Group

    Joshua Totty

  31. The impact of COVID19 on the presentation, diagnosis and management of cutaneous melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma in a single tertiary referral centre

    Article • Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, August 2022, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  32. National audit of non-melanoma skin cancer excisions performed by plastic surgery in the UK

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

    Joshua Totty

  33. O044 The risk of surgical site infection and other wound complications following surgery to the lymph nodes for staging or treatment of malignancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 45,415 cases

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

    Joshua Totty

  34. O076 Long term outcomes of “Christmas tree” banding for the treatment of dialysis access related steal syndrome: a thirteen-year experience with the technique

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

    Joshua Totty

  35. The diagnostic test accuracy of telemedicine for detection of surgical site infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • May 2022, Research Square

    Joshua Totty

  36. Telemedicine for surgical site infection diagnosis: a systematic review protocol

    Article • February 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Joshua Totty

  37. Use of perioperative prophylactic antibiotics following excision of ulcerated skin lesions in the UK : a national, multispeciality survey of clinicians

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Joshua Totty

  38. Dermoscopy as an adjunct to surgical excision of non-melanoma skin lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, January 2022, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  39. Wound Complications Following Surgery to the Lymph Nodes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • European Journal of Surgical Oncology, January 2022, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  40. Electrochemotherapy vs radiotherapy in the treatment of primary cutaneous malignancies or cutaneous metastases from primary solid organ malignancies: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Surgical Protocols and Research Methodologies, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Joshua Totty

  41. Chlorhexidine versus povidone–iodine skin antisepsis before upper limb surgery (CIPHUR): an international multicentre prospective cohort study

    Article • BJS Open, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Justin Wormald, Joshua Totty, Dallan Patrick Dargan, Mr Maxim D Horwitz

  42. Outcomes after perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with proximal femoral fractures: an international cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2021, BMJ

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Joshua Totty, Edward Caruana

  43. Impact of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination on postoperative mortality in patients with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Article • BJS Open, November 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Mostafa Shalaby, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Dr Fakher Rahim

  44. Wound Complications Following Surgery to the Lymph Nodes: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • September 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Joshua Totty

  45. 1031 A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

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

    Joshua Totty

  46. 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, Professor 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

  47. 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, Professor 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, Prof Marcello Migliore

  48. Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study

    Article • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, August 2021, Elsevier

    Ronald Flumignan, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Dr Fakher Rahim, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr Kamana Subba, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Edward Caruana, Mostafa Shalaby

  49. Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score

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

    Dr. Josep M Muñoz Vives, Muhammad Umar Younis, Ronald Flumignan, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Associate Professor of Digestive Surgery Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Vittoria Bellato, Dr Fakher Rahim, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Dr Kamana Subba, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Professor Dr. Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Edward Caruana, Mostafa Shalaby, avinash aujayeb, Dr Vin Shen Ban, Dr Fabio Martinelli

  50. 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, Dr. Musbahu Sani Kurawa, Professor Khaled Saad

  51. 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, Professor 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, Prof Marcello Migliore

  52. Characterising non-melanoma skin cancer undergoing surgical management during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, March 2021, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  53. Incomplete surgical excision of keratinocyte skin cancers: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Article • British Journal of Dermatology, December 2020, Wiley

    Justin Wormald, Joshua Totty

  54. The impact of surgical site infection on hospitalisation, treatment costs, and health‐related quality of life after vascular surgery

    Article • International Wound Journal, December 2020, Wiley

    Joshua Totty

  55. Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Vin Shen Ban, Justin Wormald, Dr Salomone Di Saverio, Fernando Cordera, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Prof Marcello Migliore, Joshua Totty, Prof. Dr. Mahmoud ElFiky, Dr Fabio Martinelli, Özgül Düzgün , Edward Caruana, Mostafa Shalaby

  56. Global incidence of incomplete surgical excision in adult patients with non-melanoma skin cancer: study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

    Article • Systematic Reviews, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Justin Wormald, Joshua Totty

  57. Cardiovascular and musculoskeletal response to supervised exercise in patients with intermittent claudication

    Article • Journal of Vascular Surgery, June 2019, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  58. Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Annals of Vascular Surgery, April 2019, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  59. The Intrarater and Interrater Reliability of Measures Derived from Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

    Article • Annals of Vascular Surgery, April 2019, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  60. A pilot feasibility randomised clinical trial comparing dialkylcarbamoylchloride‐coated dressings versus standard care for the primary prevention of surgical site infection

    Article • International Wound Journal, March 2019, Wiley

    Joshua Totty

  61. Assessing the effectiveness of dialkylcarbamoylchloride (DACC)-coated post-operative dressings versus standard care in the prevention of surgical site infection in clean or clean-contaminated, vascular surgery (the DRESSINg trial): study protocol for a...

    Article • Pilot and Feasibility Studies, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Joshua Totty

  62. Use of photograph-based telemedicine in postoperative wound assessment to diagnose or exclude surgical site infection

    Article • Journal of Wound Care, March 2018, Mark Allen Group

    Joshua Totty

  63. Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Review of the Potential Mechanisms of Action

    Article • Annals of Vascular Surgery, November 2017, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  64. A systematic review of muscle morphology and function in intermittent claudication

    Article • Journal of Vascular Surgery, October 2017, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  65. Dialkylcarbamoyl Chloride Dressings in the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections after Nonimplant Vascular Surgery

    Article • Annals of Vascular Surgery, October 2017, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  66. “Intermittent claudication a real pain in the calf”—Patient experience of diagnosis and treatment with a supervised exercise program

    Article • Journal of Vascular Nursing, September 2017, Elsevier

    Joshua Totty

  67. Life-threatening intraoperative anaphylaxis as a result of chlorhexidine present in Instillagel

    Article • BMJ Case Reports, August 2017, BMJ

    Joshua Totty

  68. Quality of life in patients with intermittent claudication

    Article • Gefässchirurgie, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Amy Harwood, Joshua Totty

  69. Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of lower limb intermittent claudication: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (the SHOCKWAVE 1 trial)

    Article • Trials, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Amy Harwood, Joshua Totty

  70. Dialkylcarbamoyl chloride (DACC)-coated dressings in the management and prevention of wound infection: a systematic review

    Article • Journal of Wound Care, March 2017, Mark Allen Group

    Joshua Totty

  71. Unplanned alcohol withdrawal: a survey of consecutive admissions to an acute medical unit in 2010 and 2011

    Article • QJM, September 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Joshua Totty