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  1. Epidemiology of lower limb necrotising fasciitis in England: A national study (2002-2022)
  2. National surveys on the use of local anaesthetic with adrenaline (LANTERN study) in the emergency setting
  3. Research priorities in lower leg soft-tissue injuries in older adults: a modified Delphi study (PRIME)
  4. Management and outcomes of acute hand and wrist infections in low- and middle-income countries
  5. Investigating the diagnostic accuracy of physical examination in digital nerve injury: a study within a trial
  6. Antimicrobial dressings for the prevention of surgical-site infection: systematic review and meta-analysis
  7. Management of Pretibial Lacerations: A Systematic Review
  8. Hand and Wrist Trauma: Antimicrobials and Infection – Audit of Clinical Practice (HAWAII - ACP)
  9. Severe Necrotising Soft Tissue Infections (SENSEI) Study: protocol for a multi-centred audit
  10. The NEON (Nerve rEpair Or Not) trial: a randomized controlled trial of microsurgical repair versus nerve alignment for digital nerve injury
  11. Prophylactic antibiotics in hand trauma surgery: a network meta-analysis
  12. Rehabilitation of persistent poor hand function after trauma: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials
  13. Systematic review and meta-analysis of mobilisation following open reduction and internal fixation of hand fractures
  14. Time to recovery following open and endoscopic carpal tunnel decompression: meta-analysis
  15. The burden of hand trauma surgery on primary care in the United Kingdom: a nation-wide analysis of antibiotic and opioid prescriptions
  16. Epidemiology of upper limb necrotising fasciitis in England: A national study (1998-2018)
  17. A clinician survey of skin substitute use in burns care in the UK and Ireland: The CASSIUS study
  18. Systematic review of treatment for pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis of the hand
  19. Hand and Wrist trauma: Antimicrobials and Infection Audit of Clinical Practice (HAWAII ACP) protocol
  20. Protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of the use of prophylactic antibiotics in hand trauma surgery
  21. Acute Hand Injury in Surfing: A Case Report
  22. Outcomes of flap reconstruction for diabetic foot ulcers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of Clinical Studies
  23. The Hand and Wrist: AntImicrobials and Infection (HAWAII) trial
  24. RSTN COVID Hand: Hand trauma in the United Kingdom and Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic
  25. Plate fixation versus flexible intramedullary nails for management of closed femoral shaft fractures in the pediatric population: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the adverse outcomes
  26. Surgical site infection following surgery for hand trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  27. Research in hand surgery: types of study design
  28. Surgical excision methods for skin cancer involving the nail unit: a systematic review
  29. The management of partial extensor tendon lacerations of the hand and forearm: A systematic review
  30. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries
  31. Cost-effectiveness of replacing versus discarding the nail in children with nail bed injury
  32. Effectiveness of nail bed repair in children with or without replacing the fingernail: NINJA multicentre randomized clinical trial
  33. Remote symptom monitoring with Ecological Momentary Computerized Adaptive Testing (EMCAT): a platform for frequent, low-burden and personalized patient-reported outcome measures (Preprint)
  34. Remote symptom monitoring with Ecological Momentary Computerized Adaptive Testing (EMCAT): pilot cohort study of a platform for frequent, low-burden and personalized patient-reported outcome measures (Preprint)
  35. Hand and Wrist Trauma: Antimicrobials and Infection (HAWAII)
  36. Outcomes of Free Flap Reconstruction for Chronic Venous Ulceration in the Lower Limb
  37. From the Cochrane Library: Hydrosurgical Debridement Versus Conventional Surgical Debridement for Acute Partial-Thickness Burns
  38. Global overview of the management of acute cholecystitis during the COVID-19 pandemic (CHOLECOVID study)
  39. Primary Treatment of Type B Post-Axial Ulnar Polydactyly: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  40. Computerized adaptive testing of symptom severity: a registry-based study of 924 patients with trapeziometacarpal arthritis
  41. From the Cochrane Library: Hydrosurgical Debridement Versus Conventional Surgical Debridement for Acute Partial-Thickness Burns (Preprint)
  42. The HAND-Q: Psychometrics of a New Patient-reported Outcome Measure for Clinical and Research Applications
  43. RSTNCOVID Burns A multi-centre service evaluation and stakeholder survey of the impact of COVID-19 on Burns Care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
  44. Chlorhexidine versus povidone–iodine skin antisepsis before upper limb surgery (CIPHUR): an international multicentre prospective cohort study
  45. Adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of UK and European hand surgery units
  46. Focused Solutions for Medical Student Engagement in Plastic Surgery
  47. Adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of UK and European hand surgery units
  48. Outcome measurement in adult flexor tendon injury: A systematic review
  49. SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study
  50. Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study
  51. Automated conversational agents for post-intervention follow-up: a systematic review
  52. Risk of surgical site infection in hand trauma, and the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A cohort study
  53. The Wire Study—a protocol for a multi-stage feasibility study evaluating K-wire fixation of hand fractures in the UK
  54. P59 How COVID-19 influenced UK Burns Services: a national multicentred audit
  55. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study
  56. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection
  57. Incomplete surgical excision of keratinocyte skin cancers: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
  58. Patient-Reported Outcomes after Syndactyly Reconstruction
  59. Hydrosurgical debridement versus conventional surgical debridement for acute partial-thickness burns
  60. Surgical intervention for paediatric infusion-related extravasation injury: a systematic review
  61. Mortality and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international cohort study
  62. Letter to the editor: Healthcare sustainability: The bigger picture
  63. Non-operative versus operative management of open fractures in the paediatric population: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the adverse outcomes
  64. Preoperative skin antisepsis in hand surgery: a nationwide survey
  65. Plastic surgery training in the UK: Results from a national survey of trainee experiences
  66. Comment on: Effect of delay between nuclear medicine scanning and sentinel node biopsy on outcome in patients with cutaneous melanoma
  67. 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
  68. Meta-analysis of venous anastomosis techniques in free flap reconstruction
  69. Surgical Intervention for Paediatric Infusion-Related Extravasation Injury: A Systematic Review
  70. MRI for Detecting Root Avulsions in Traumatic Adult Brachial Plexus Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy
  71. Digital nerve repair
  72. To repair or not repair a single digital nerve in adults?
  73. Management of extra-articular fractures of the fifth metacarpal: Operative vs. Non-opeRaTive TrEatment (FORTE) – A systematic review and meta-analysis
  74. A 24-month cost and outcome analysis comparing traditional fronto-orbital advancment and remodeling with endoscopic strip craniectomy and molding helmet in the management of unicoronal craniosynostosis: A retrospective bi-institutional review
  75. Surgical intervention for chronic migraine headache: A systematic review
  76. Central slip extensor tendon injuries: a systematic review of treatments
  77. Site-specific Patient-reported Outcome Measures for Hand Conditions
  78. Contemporary communication in a clinical trial
  79. Response to Letter Comments on “Absorbable Sutures for Carpal Tunnel Decompression: A Cochrane Review Summary”
  80. Outcome of surgical repair of adult digital nerve injury: a systematic review
  81. Rhinological interventions for obstructive sleep apnoea – a systematic review and descriptive meta-analysis
  82. The changing shape of hand trauma: an analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics in England
  83. Systematic review of fibrin glue in burn wound reconstruction
  84. What is optimal wound management to prevent infection in non-hand mammalian bite Injuries? A systematic review
  85. Protocol for a systematic review of venous coupler devices versus hand-sewn anastomosis for microsurgical free flap reconstruction
  86. The ‘gladiator’ paediatric dressing protector
  87. Lip lacerations after a fall
  88. An Eco-conscious Alternative Material for Splinting in Hand Surgery
  89. Sport-related hand injury: a new perspective of e-sports
  90. Absorbable sutures for skin closure after carpal tunnel decompression: A Cochrane review summary
  91. A critical review of melanoma self-screening tools on YouTube – A missed opportunity?
  92. Therapeutic interventions for acute complete ruptures of the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb: a systematic review
  93. A critical review of melanoma self-screening tools on YouTube – A missed opportunity?
  94. Magnetic resonance imaging for detecting root avulsions in traumatic adult brachial plexus injuries: protocol for a systematic review of diagnostic accuracy
  95. Buried Versus Exposed Kirschner Wires Following Fixation of Hand Fractures: l Clinician and Patient Surveys
  96. Perforator mapping reduces the operative time of DIEP flap breast reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis of preoperative ultrasound, computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiography
  97. Outcome measurement in plastic surgery
  98. Absorbable versus non-absorbable sutures for skin closure after carpal tunnel decompression surgery
  99. A systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse outcomes following non-buried versus buried Kirschner wires for paediatric lateral condyle elbow fractures
  100. Correction to: Reply to ‘‘Complications in DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy for Breast Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study Comparing Unilateral Versus Bilateral Reconstructions”
  101. Reply to “Complications in DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy for Breast Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study Comparing Unilateral Versus Bilateral Reconstructions”
  102. Hydrosurgical debridement versus conventional surgical debridement for acute partial-thickness burns
  103. Perioperative Blood Loss and Transfusion in Craniosynostosis Surgery
  104. A systematic review of the influence of burying or not burying Kirschner wires on infection rates following fixation of upper extremity fractures
  105. A difference in outcomes for diabetic patients with burns to their feet
  106. Migraine: A look down the nose
  107. Is sentinel lymph node biopsy warranted for desmoplastic melanoma? A systematic review
  108. Implementation of national body contouring surgery guidelines following massive weight loss: A national cross-sectional survey of commissioning in England
  109. Adult necrotising enterocolitis—pig-bel disease: a Pacific disease in London
  110. The importance of the unit of analysis
  111. Aorto-esophageal fistula: the multi-disciplinary team approach to management
  112. Regenerative medicine in otorhinolaryngology
  113. Absorbable versus non-absorbable sutures for carpal tunnel release
  114. Does the site of anastomosis for esophagectomy affect long-term quality of life?
  115. Operating RegenMed: development of better in-theater strategies for handling tissue-engineered organs and tissues
  116. Treatment of severe hidradenitis suppurativa of the axilla: Thoracodorsal artery perforator (TDAP) flap versus split skin graft
  117. Surgical treatments for esophageal cancers
  118. Surgical treatment of severe hidradenitis suppurativa of the axilla: Thoracodorsal artery perforator (TDAP) flap versus split skin graft
  119. The increased risk of adverse outcomes in bilateral deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap breast reconstruction compared to unilateral reconstruction: A systematic review and meta-analysis
  120. 788 Long-Term Quality of Life After Oesophagectomy for Cancer - Comparison of Cervical Versus Mediastinal Anastomoses
  121. An unusual suspect causing behavioural problems and pituitary failure in a child