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Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri MD ChM FRCS(Ed) FRCS(Eng) FRCS(Glas) FRSE

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Sir Alfred may be contacted through his PA Caroline Sykes (c.sykes@dundee.ac.uk)

Professor A Cuschieri, Director of the Institute of Medical Science and Technology in Dundee and St Andrew's Universities. He is an internationally renowned and respected leader in the field of Endoscopic Surgery. He has been working in this field since the 1970's and has been personally responsible for the development of many of the techniques and instrument in use today. It was his vision and determination which led to the establishment of this training unit.


  • Biography

    • Sir Alfred is the Director of the Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Universities of Dundee and St Andrews and Professor of Surgery at the Scuola Superiore Di Studi Universitari E Di Perfezionamento S. Anna, Pisa. He was Professor of Surgery and Head of Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, 1976 - 1988, 1988- 2003.

    He is one of the world's pioneers of minimally invasive "keyhole" surgery. Please click on the categories to learn more about this gentleman and scholar.

  • Publications/Articles

    • 1967 - 1970

    1. Cuschieri A, Edwardson K F. Perforated duodenal ulcer presenting as acute respiratory failure. Br Med J 1967, 3: 779-80. (o)
    2. Cuschieri A, Davies R S. Acute pancreatitis complicating a choledochal cyst. Br Med J 1969; 3: 698-9. (o)
    3. Cuschieri A. Adrenal morphology in cancer of the breast. Br J Surg. 1969; 56: 822-6. (o)
    4. Cuschieri A, Onabanjo A O, James P B. Physiological studies on blood bradykininogen utilization in man. Br J Exp Path 1970; 51: 611-6. (o)
    5. Cuschieri A, Onabanjo A O, James P.B. Kinin release by cold vasodilatation in man. In Advances in experimental biology, Eds: Sicuteri F, Rocha e Silva M, Back N 1970, Plenum Press: New York, London, 8: 321-8. (o)

    1971 - 1975

    1. Bradley J. Cuschieri A, Mason K, Mason M. Kinin liberation during therapy with antilymphocyte globulin. Lancet 1971; ii: 578-82. (o)
    2. Cuschieri A, Onabanjo A O. Kinin release after gastric surgery. Br Med J 1971; 3: 565-6. (o)
    3. Cuschieri A, Howell Hughes J. Radiological and manometric studies of the common bile duct. Proc Roy Soc Med 1971; 65: 171-2. (o)
    4. Cuschieri A, Baker P R, Shields R. Auxiliary liver perfusion in the pig. J Surg Res 1972; 13: 188-96. (o)
    5. Cuschieri A, Howell Hughes J, Cohen M. Biliary pressure studies during cholecystectomy. Br J Surg 1972; 59: 267-73. (o)
    6. Cuschieri A, Brearley R, Bradley J, Moossa A R. Recurrent venous thrombosis and portal hypertension. New Eng J Med 1972; 287: 1983-85. (o)
    7. Cuschieri A, Davies M, Shields R. The degree of master of surgery. Br J Med Educat 1972; 6: 184-9. (r)
    8. Cuschieri A, Felgate R A. Urinary hydroxyproline excretion in carcinoma of the breast. Br J exp Path 1972; 53: 237-41. (o)
    9. Cuschieri A, Howell Hughes J. Pancreatic reflux during operative cholangiography. Br J Surg 1973; 60: 932-6. (o)
    10. Cuschieri A. Swellings of the neck. Br J Hosp Med 1973; 12: 742-6. (r)
    11. Cuschieri A. Urinary hydroxyproline excretion in early and advanced breast cancer - a sequential study. Br J Surg 1973; 60: 800-3.(o)
    12. Cuschieri A, Baker P R, Holley M P, Hanson C. Portocaval shunt in the pig. Effect on survival, behaviour, nutrition and liver function. J Surg Res 1974; 2: 387-9. (o)
    13. Baker P R, Rigby S M, Cuschieri A. Hepatic enzyme activities in the pig. Res vet Sci 1974; 17: 64-7. (o)
    14. Cuschieri A, Baker P R. Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase in hepato-biliary disease - value as an enzymatic liver function test. Br J exp Path 1974; 55: 110-5. (o)
    15. Hanson C, Baker P R, Cuschieri A. Disposable organ chamber for perfusion of the ex vivo liver and its use in the treatment of hepatic coma. Eur. Surg Res 1974; 6: 41-5. (o)
    16. Baker P R, Cuschieri A. Enzyme activities of the perfused ex-vivo porcine liver: importance of a physiological perfusate. Scand J Gastroent 1974; 9: 65-71. (o)
    17. Turner J, Cuschieri A, Shields R. The prediction of the outcome of portocaval shunt using bromsulphthalein (BSP): a retrospective study. Br J Surg 1974; 61: 828-31. (o)
    18. Cuschieri A. Value of laparoscopy in hepatobiliary disease. Ann Roy Coll Surg Eng 1975; 57: 33-38. (o)
    19. Cuschieri A. Urinary hydroxyproline excretion and survival in cancer of the breast. Clin Oncol 1975; 1: 127-30. (o)
    20. Harrison I D, Williams D F, Cuschieri A. The effect of metal clips on the tensile properties of healing skin wounds. Br J Surg 1975; 62: 945-49. (o)
    21. Cuschieri A, Swain C, Crosbie P B. Hepatic artery ligation and prolonged cytotoxic therapy in advanced primary and secondary liver tumours. Proc. Roy Soc Med 1975; 68: 678-80. (o)
    22. Mcarthur P, Cuschieri A, Sells R A, Shields R. Controlled trial comparing early with interval cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. Br J Surg 1975; 62: 850-2. (o)

    1976 - 1980

    1. Worthington K.J, Cuschieri A. Estimation of plasma esterolytic activity and its in vitro inhibition by proteinase inhibitors during acute pancreatitis in the human. Br J exp Path 1976; 57: 165-9. (o)

    2. Cuschieri A, Worthington K J. Kinin levels in the peripheral venous blood of patients with severe vasomotor dumping before and after revisional surgery. Br J Surg 1976; 63: 210-2. (o)
    3. Cuschieri A. Isoperistaltic and antiperistaltic jejunal interposition for the dumping syndrome: a comparative study. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1977; 22 319-24. (o)
    4. Worthington K J, Cuschieri A. Activation and release of proteolytic kinin-forming enzymes from rat jejunal loops perfused with hyperosmolar glucose solutions. Gut 1977; 18: 279-83. (o)
    5. Cuschieri A. Urinary hydroxyproline in the management of breast cancer. World J Surg 1977; 1: 299 - 302. (r)
    6. Cuschieri A, Hall A W, Clark J. Value of laparoscopy in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic carcinoma. Gut 1978; 19: 672-7. (o)
    7. Cuschieri A, Jarvie R, Taylor W H, Cant E, Furnival C M, Blumgart L H. Three-centre study on urinary hydroxyproline excretion in cancer of the breast. Br. J Cancer 1978; 37: 1002-5. (o)
    8. Lawrence R A, Baker P R, Cuschieri A. Separation of glutathione S-transferases by affinity chromatography. Biochem Soc Transac 1978;: 762-4. (o)
    9. Irving A D, Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic assessment of the jaundiced patient: a review of 53 patients. Br J Surg 1978; 65: 678-80. (o)
    10. Baker P R, Cuschieri A. Bile enzyme activities in patients with T-Tube drainage following cholecystectmy. Br J exp Path 1978; 59: 277-81. (o)
    11. Baker P.R. Cuschieri A. Compartmental analysis of the plasma clearance of tetrabromsulphthalein and dibromsulphthalein in the normal dog and in the patients with liver disease. Digestion 1979, 19: 186-96. (o)
    12. Cuschieri A, Gleeson F A, Harden R M, Wood R A B. A new approach to a final examination in surgery. Ann Roy Coll Surg Eng 1979; 61: 400-5. (o)
    13. Nehlawi M F, Cuschieri A, Clark J, Wood R A B. Distribution of plasma-bound hydroxyproline in breast cancer, benign breast disease and healthy females. Br J Surg 1979; 66: 449-52. (o)
    14. Duguid H L D, Wood R A B, Irving A D, Preece P E, Cuschieri A. Needle aspiration of the breast with immediate reporting of material. Br Med J 1979; 2: 185-7. (o)
    15. Nehlawi M F, Shaw D, Mitchell P E G, Cuschieri A. Urinary hydroxy- proline excretion in patients with Hodgkin's disease and non- Hodgkin's lymphoma. Clin Oncol 1979; 5: 109-14. (o)
    16. Irving A D, Cuschieri A. Bacterial contamination of intravenous cannulas in a surgical unit. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1980; 25: 23-5. (o)
    17. Lawrence R A, Baker P R, Cuschieri A. Bile salt binding to hepatic ligandin and serum albumin of the rat. Biochem Soc Transac 1980; 8: 372-3. (o)
    18. Clark J, Cuschieri A. Evidence for the flutter valve mechanism of the lower oesophageal high pressure zone. Br J Surg 1980; 67: 599 - 603. (o)
    19. Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Is sclerosing cholangitis complicating ulcerative colitis a reversible condition? Lancet 1980; ii: 716-8. (o)
    20. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopy in general surgery and gastroenterology. Br J Hosp Med 1980; 24: 252-8. (r)

    1981 - 1985

    1. Cuschieri A, Hutchinson F, Neill G D S, Wisbey M L, Wood R A B, Preece P E, Clark J. Scintiscanning of the breast with 99Tcm - diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid - a prospective blind evaluation. Br J Surg 1981; 68: 147-9. (o)
    2. Cuschieri A. Selective decompression of bleeding oesophageal varices in patients with preparenchymal blocks. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1981; 26: 229-31. (o)
    3. Hall A W, Wisbey M L, Hutchinson F, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. The place of hepatobiliary isotope scanning in the diagnosis of gallbladder disease. Br J Surg 1981; 68: 85-90. (o)
    4. Mackie C R, Hall A W, Clark J, Cuschieri A. The effect of iso-peristaltic jejunal interposition upon gastric emptying. Surg Gynec Obstet 1981; 153: 813-9. (o)
    5. Mackie C R, Wisbey M L, Cuschieri A. Milk 99Tcm -EHIDA test for enterogastric bile reflux. Br J Surg 1982; 69: 101-4. (o)
    6. Cuschieri A. Long term evaluation of a reservoir jejunal interposition with an isoperistaltic conduit in the management of patients with the small stomach syndrome. Br J Surg 1982; 69: 386-8. (o)
    7. Webberley M J, Cuschieri A. Response of patients to upper gastro- intestinal endoscopy: effect of inherent personality traits and premedication with diazepam. Br Med J 1982; 285: 215-8. (o)
    8. Cuschieri A, Bickerstaff K I, Clark R A, Shearer A J, Holley M P. The value of diagnostic anterior mediastinotomy in the management of malignant disease: experience from a general surgical unit. Clin Oncol 1982; 8: 319-27. (o)
    9. Boyd E J S, Cumming J G R, Cuschieri A, Wood R A B, Wormsley K G. Prospective comparison of the fluorescein-dilaurate test with the secretin-cholecystokinin test for pancreatic exocrine function. J Clin Path 1982; 35: 1240-43. (o)
    10. Preece P E, Wood R A B, Mackie C R, Cuschieri A. Tamoxifen as initial sole treatment of localised breast cancer in elderly women: a pilot study. Br Med J 1982; 284: 869-70. (o)
    11. Cuschieri A. Irving A.D, Robertson A J, Clark J, Wood R A B. Percentage malignant involvement: a new concept in staging of breast cancer. Ann Roy Coll Surg Eng 1983; 65: 11-3. (o)
    12. Cuschieri A, Wood R A B, Cumming J R G, Meehan S E, Mackie C R. Treatment of acute pancreatitis with fresh frozen plasma. Br J Surg 1983; 70:710-2. (o)
    13. Cuschieri A, Wood R A B, Metcalf M J, Cumming J G R. Long term experience with transection choledochodudenostomy. World J Surg 1983; 7: 502-4. (o)
    14. Cuschieri A, Baker P R, Anderson R J L, Holley M P. Total and sub- total replacement of the common bile duct: effect of transhepatic silicon tube stenting. Gut 1983; 24: 756-60. (o)
    15. Holley M P, Clough D G F, Duguid H L D, Cuschieri A. Evaluation of the Ca1 antibody in the detection of malignant cells in fine needle aspirates from breast lumps. Clin Oncol 1983; 9: 325-30. (o)
    16. Clough D G F, Holley M P, Coghill G R, Preece P R, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Evaluation of the Ca1 antibody in the diagnosis of breast cancer. Br J Surg 1983; 70: 685. (o)
    17. Cumming J G R, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A, McGuiness E E, Wormsley K G. The effect of alcohol on pancreatic regeneration in the rat. Gut 1983; 24: 479. (o)
    18. Cumming J G R, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. The effect of alcohol on functional activity of the regenerating rat pancreas. Eur J Surg Res 1983 (Suppl) 15: 12-3. (o)
    19. Vasishta A, Baker P R, Preece P R, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Proteinase-like peptidase activities in benign and malignant breast tissue. Br J Surg 1983; 70: 684-5. (o)
    20. Meehan S E, Coghill S B, Cuschieri A. A case of childhood polyarteritis nodosa associated with cryofibrinogenaemia presenting in adulthood with massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Scot Med J 1983; 3: 302-5. (o)
    21. Cuschieri A. Long term consequences of Roux-en-Y. Br J Surg 1983; 70: 744-6. (r)
    22. Vitale G C, Rimmer A R, Hunter B E, Tulley F M, Cuschieri A. Computerized system for 24 hour pH recording in the ambulatory patient. Gut 1983; 24: 468. (o)
    23. Berci G, Cuschieri A. A new auxiliary universal surgi-light. Br J Surg 1984; 71: 160. (o)
    24. Meehan S E, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Percutaneous cervical pharyngostomy. A comfortable and convenient alternative to protracted nasogastric intubation. Amer J Surg 1984; 148: 325-30. (o)
    25. Vasishta A, Baker P R, Preece P E, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Serum tissue proteinase-like peptidase activities and proteinase inhibitors in women with breast disease. Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol 1984; 20: 197-202. (o)
    26. Vasishta A, Baker P R, Preece P E, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Serum and tissue proteinase-like peptidase activities in women undergoing total mastectomy for breast cancer. Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol 1984; 20: 203-8. (o)
    27. Cuschieri A. Management of retained biliary calculi: relaxation of sphincter induced by ceruletide. Br Med J 1984; 299: 1582. (o)
    28. Sadek S, Vitale G C, Cheadle W.G, Cuschieri A. Presentation and analysis of ambulatory 24 hour oesophageal pH monitoring with a computer based system. Br J Surg 1984; 71: 383. (o)
    29. Cuschieri A, Cumming J G R, Wood R A B, Baker P R. Evidence for sphincter dysfunction in patients with gallstone associated pancreatitis: effect of ceruletide in patients undergoing cholecystectomy for gallbladder disease and gallstone associated pancreatitis. Br J Surg 1984; 71: 885-8. (o)
    30. Diggory R T, Cumming J G R, McGuiness E E, Wood R A B, Wormsley K G, Cuschieri A. The effect of alcohol and alcohol withdrawal on the functional regeneration of the rat pancreas. Eur Surg Res 1984 (Suppl) 148: 325-30. (o)
    31. Preece P R, Sadek S A, Sowden S, Wood R A B, Harden R M, Cuschieri A. Assessing undergraduate skills: checklist or impression? An experiment with OSCE. Br J Surg 1984; 71: 394. (o)
    32. Sadek S A, Vitale G C, Cheadle W G, Cuschieri A. Presentation and analysis of ambulatory 24 hour oesophageal pH monitoring with a computer based system. Br J Surg 1984; 71: 383. (o)
    33. Vitale G C, Cheadle W G, Sadek S, Michel M E, Cuschieri A. Computerized 24-hour ambulatory esophageal pH monitoring and esophagogastroduodenoscopy in the reflux patient. Ann Surg 1984; 200: 724-8. (o)
    34. Cheadle W G, Baker P R, Cuschieri A. Pyloric reconstruction for severe dumping after vagotomy and pyloroplasty. Ann Surg 1985; 202: 568-72. (o)
    35. Vasishta A, Baker P R, Hopwood D, Holley P M, Cuschieri A. Proteinase-like peptidase activities in malignant and non-malignant gastric tissue. Br J Surg 1985; 72: 386-8. (o)
    36. Mackie C R, Wood R A B, Preece P E, Cuschieri A. Surgical pathology at early elective operation for suspected acute gallstone pancreatitis: Preliminary report of a prospective clinical trial. Br J Surg 1985; 72: 179-81. (o)
    37. Boyd E J S, Cumming J G R, Cuschieri A, Wormsley K G. Aspects of feedback control of pancreatitis secretion in man. Ital J Gastroenterol 1985; 17: 18-22. (o)
    38. Boyd E J S, Cumming J G R, Cuschieri A, Wormsley K G. Reduction in enzyme output from pancreatic fistulas by the use of oral pancreatic enzyme supplements. South Afr Med J 1984; 65: 1020-1. (o)
    39. Diggory R T, Cuschieri A. R2/3 gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma. An audited experience of a consecutive series. Br J Surg 1985; 72: 146-8. (o)
    40. Bashey A A, Cuschieri A. Patient comfort after upper abdominal surgery. Effect of routine nasogastric suction. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1985; 30: 97-100. (o)
    41. Cheadle W G, Vitale G C, Mackie C R, Cuschieri A. Prophylactic postoperative nasogastric decompression: A prospective study of its requirement and the influence of cimetidine in 200 patients. Ann Surg 1985; 202: 361-6. (o)
    42. Cuschieri A. Whither surgical oncology? Eur J Surg Oncol 1985; 11: 107-8. (e)
    43. Cuschieri A, Shaw J W, El-Muhtaseb H H. Evaluation of contact selective cholangiography during secondary biliary intervention. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1985; 30: 353-7. (o)
    44. Bhutiani R P, McKenzie H, Irving A D, Parratt D, Cuschieri A. Is autotransplanted splenic tissue immunocompetent? Br J Surg 1985; 72: 1024. (o)
    45. Cranford C, Sutton D, Kennedy N, Cuschieri A. Oesophageal transit time: A new technique using a radiolabelled solid egg white bolus. Br J Surg 1985; 72: 1037. (o)
    46. Diggory R T, Cuschieri A. The effect of dose and osmolality of lactulose on the oral-caecal transit time determined by the hydrogen breath test and the reproducibility of the test in normal subjects. Ann Clin Res 1985; 17: 331-3. (o)
    47. Vitale G C, Sadek S, Tulley F M, Rimmer A R, Hunter B E, Phelan J, Cuschieri A. Computerized 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring: a new ambulatory technique using radiotelemetry. J Lab Clin Med 1985; 105: 686-93. (o)
    48. Berci G, Shulman A G, Morgenstern L, Paz-Partlow M, Cuschieri A, Wood R A B. Television choledochoscopy. Surg Gynec Obstet 1985; 160: 176-7. (o)
    49. Vitale G C, Neill G D, Fenwick M K, Stewart W W, Cuschieri A. Body composition in the cirrhotic patient with ascites: assessment of total exchangeable sodium and potassium with simultaneous serum electrolyte determination. Amer Surg 1985; 51: 675-81. (o)

    1986 - 1990

    1. Vasishta A, Baker P R, Hopwood D, Holley M P, Cuschieri A. Cysteine-like peptidases in gastric adenocarcinoma. Eur Surg Res 1986; 18: 21-2. (o)
    2. Campbell F C, Storey B, Blanche G, Cuschieri A. Surface vibration analysis. (SVA): A new non-invasive monitor of gastro-intestinal activity. J Eur Surg Res 1986; 18 (Suppl): 30. (o)
    3. Cumming J G R, Forsyth J S, Boyd E J S, Frost G J, Cuschieri A. Diagnosis of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in cystic fibrosis by use of fluorescein dilaurate test. Arch Dis Child 1986; 61: 573-5. (o)
    4. Cuschieri A. Gastrectomy for gastric cancer: definitions and objectives. Br J Surg 1986; 73: 513-4. (r)
    5. Eriksen C A, Sadek S A, Cranford C, Sutton D, Kennedy N, Cuschieri A. Solid bolus oesophageal transit in patients with reflux oesophagitis. Br J Surg 1986, 73: 496. (o)
    6. Bhutiani R, Parratt D, Cuschieri A. Phagocytic activity of autotransplanted splenic tissue for live labelled Streptococcus pneumoniae. Br J Surg 1986; 73: 498. (o)
    7. Connacher A A, Campbell R C, Bouchier I A D, Cuschieri A. Prospective study of a planned approach to the surgical management of bleeding oesophageal varices. Ann Roy Coll Surg Eng 1986; 68: 256-9. (o)
    8. Ericksen C A, Sadek S A, Cuschieri A. Twenty four hour ambulatory dual gastroduodenal pH profiles in health and duodenal ulcer disease. Gut 1986; 27: 1256. (o)
    9. Campbell F C, Cook D H, Blanch G, Cuschieri A. Relief of gas bloat syndrome by gastrointestinal stimulation. Gut 1986; 27: 1264. (o)
    10. Campbell F C, Cuschieri A. Critical rise in breath hydrogen in evaluation of intestinal transit. Gut 1986; 27: 1270. (o)
    11. Sadek S, Ericksen C, Cranford C A, Cuschieri A. Pharmacological manipulation of postoperative ileus: results of a placebo controlled double blind clinical trial. Gut 1986; 27: 1275. (o)
    12. Sadek S A, Cuschieri A. Efficacy of ceruletide treatment for retained common duct stones. Gut 1986; 27: 1280. (o)
    13. Cuschieri A. Surgical management of intractable postvagotomy diarrhoea. Br J Surg 1986; 73: 981-4. (o)
    14. Vashista A, Baker P R, Preece P E, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Inhibition in vitro of 4-methyl-coumaryl-7-amide peptide hydrolysis by peptidases in cancer tissue homogenates. Biochem Soc Trans 1986; 14: 875-6. (o)
    15. Campbell F C, Storey B E, Cuschieri A. Objective measurement of small bowel response to drug stimulation by surface vibration analysis (SVA). Br J Surg 1986; 73: 1032-3. (o)
    16. Mackie C R, Hulks G, Cuschieri A. Enterogastric reflux and gastric clearance of refluxate in normal subjects and in patients with and without bile vomiting following peptic ulcer surgery. Ann Surg 1986; 204: 537-42. (o)
    17. Mackie C R, Baxter J N, Grime J S, Hulks G, Cuschieri A. Gall bladder emptying in normal subjects - a data base for clinical cholescintigraphy. Gut 1987; 28: 137-41. (o)
    18. Wright C, Cuschieri A. Jejunal interposition for benign esophageal disease. Ann Surg 1987; 205: 54-60. (o)
    19. Cranford C A Jr, Sutton D, Sadek S A, Kennedy N, Cuschieri A. New physiological method of evaluating oesophageal transit. Br J Surg 1987; 74: 411-5. (o)
    20. Pathi V L, Ghosh S, Cuschieri A. It`s Scotland blood, so why waste it? J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1987; 32: 69-71. (o)
    21. Eriksen C A, Holdsworth R J, Sutton D, Kennedy N, Cuschieri A. Manometric interpretation of the oesophageal egg transit test: a useful screening test for oesophageal motility disorders. Gut 1987; 28:1358. (o)
    22. Eriksen C A, Sutton D, Kennedy N, Cuschieri A. Cisapride improves oesophageal transit in patients with dysphagia. Results of a randomized double-blind crossover trial. Gut 1987; 28: A1377. (o)
    23. Eriksen C A, Buchanan K D, Cuschieri A. Duodenal acidification and gastrin responses after feeding: a new look at the pathophysiology. Gut 1987; 28: A1410-1411. (o)
    24. Vitale G C, Cheadle W G, Patel B, Sadek S A, Michel M E Cuschieri A. The effect of alcohol on nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux. JAMA 1987; 258: 2077-9. (o)
    25. Hamilton I, Soutar J S, Bouchier I A D, Cuschieri A. Short-term biliary dilatation and stenting in primary sclerosing cholangitis. J Clin Gastroenterol 1987; 9: 70-5. (o)
    26. Cooper M J, Williamson R C N, Benjamin I S, Carter D C Cuschieri A, Linehan I P, Russell R C G, Torrance H B. Total pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis. Br J Surg 1987; 74: 912-5. (o)
    27. Sadek S, Cuschieri A. Efficacy of ceruletide controlled saline infusion of retained ductal stones after cholecystectomy and exploration of the common bile duct. J Hepatol 1987; 5: 288-91. (o)
    28. Eriksen C A, Holdsworth R J, Sutton D, Kennedy N, Cuschieri A. The solid bolus oesophageal egg transit test: its manometric interpretation and usefulness as a screening test. Br J Surg 1987; 74: 1130-3. (o)
    29. Baker P R, Reid A D, Smith G J, Siow Y, Stenzel D J, Preece P E, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Bile acids and oestrogen receptor activity in breast cancer. Biochem Soc Trans 1987; 15: 1056-7. (o)
    30. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopy for pancreatic cancer: does it benefit the patient? Eur J Surg Oncol 1988; 14: 41-4. (o)
    31. Lavelle-Jones M, Holley M P, Cuschieri A. Chronic pancreatitis: a review of the surgical pathology in 32 consecutive cases. Gut 1988; 29: 268. (o)
    32. Eriksen C A, Cuschieri A. Peritoneovenöse shunts zur behandlung des therapierefraktaren ascites. Lang Arch Chir 1988; 373: 47-56. (r)
    33. Byrne D J, Napier A, Cuschieri A. How informed is signed consent. Br Med J 1988; 296: 839-40. (o)
    34. Eriksen C A, Sadek, S A, Cranford C, Sutton D, Kennedy N, Cuschieri A. Reflux oesophagitis and oesophageal transit: evidence for a primary oesophageal disorder. Gut 1988; 29: 448-52. (o)
    35. Sadek S A, Cranford C, Eriksen C, Walker M, Campbell C, Baker P R, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Pharmacological manipulation of adynamic ileus: controlled randomized double-blind study of ceruletide on intestinal motor activity after elective abdominal surgery. Aliment Pharmacol Therap 1988; 2: 47-54. (o)
    36. Sadek S, Holdsworth R, Cuschieri A. Experience with pancreatic banding: results of a simple technique for dealing with the pancreatic remnant after distal partial pancreatectomy. Br J Surg 1988; 75: 486-7. (o)
    37. Cuschieri A, Hennessy T P J, Stephens R B, Berci G. Diagnosis of significant abdominal trauma after road traffic accidents: preliminary results of a multicentre clinical trial comparing minilaparoscopy with peritoneal lavage. Ann Roy Coll Surg Eng 1988; 70: 153-5. (o)
    38. Cheadle W G, Vitale G C, Sadek S A, Cuschieri A. Computerized esophageal pH monitoring in 50 asymptomatic volunteer subjects. Results and clinical implications. Am J Surg 1988; 155: 503-8. (o)
    39. Lavelle-Jones M, Cuschieri A. Are adhesions a cause of chronic abdominal pain? Outcome after laparoscopic adhesiolysis. Gut 1988; 29: 704. (o)
    40. Lavelle-Jones M, Cuschieri A. Chronic pancreatitis: influence of surgical pathology on the choice of operative procedure. Gut 1988; 29: 721. (o)
    41. Byrne D J, Napier A, Cuschieri A. Validation of ASEPSIS method of wound scoring in patients undergoing general surgical operations. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1988; 33: 154-5. (o)
    42. Cheadle W G, Vitale G C, Sadek S, Cuschieri A. Evidence for reflux in patients with achalasia. Dig Surg 1988; 5: 1-4. (o)
    43. Cullen P T, Campbell F C, Storey B E and Cuschieri A. Fed patterns of gastrointestinal (GI) activity detected by surface vibration analysis (SVA): influence of viscus. Br J Surg 1988; 75: 615. (o)
    44. Byrne D J, Napier Arlene, Cuschieri A. Postoperative wound scoring. Lancet 1988; ii:576-7. (o)
    45. Byrne D J, Holley M P, Cuschieri A. Parietal cell carcinoma: association with long-term survival after curative resection. Br J Cancer 1988; 58: 85-7. (o)
    46. Vasishta A, Baker P R, Preece P E, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Inhibition of proteinase-like peptidase activities in serum and tissue from breast cancer patients. Anticancer Res 1988; 8: 785-90. (o)
    47. Eriksen C A, Sadek S A, Cuschieri A. 24 hour ambulatory dual gastro-duodenal pH monitoring: the role of acid in duodenal ulcer disease. Ann Surg 1988; 208: 702-7. (o)
    48. Eriksen C A, Cranford C, Sadek S, Cuschieri A. Combined cimetidine-alginate antacid therapy versus single agent treatment for reflux oesophagitis: Results of prospective double-blind randomized clinical trial. Ann Chir Gynec 1988; 77: 133-7. (o)
    49. Eriksen C A, Buchanan K D, Cuschieri A. Effects of sham feeding and a meal on gastrin and duodenal pH in normals and duodenal ulcer patients. Ann Surg 1989; 209: 411-7. (o)
    50. Holdsworth R J, Sadek S A, Ambikar S, Baker P R, Cuschieri A. Dynamics of bile flow through the human choledochal sphincter following exploration of the common bile duct. World J Surg 1989; 13; 300-6. (o)
    51. Cuschieri A, A B Abd El Ghany, Holley M P. Successful chemical cholecystectomy: a laparoscopic guided technique. Gut 1989; 30: 1786-94. (o)
    52. Holley M P, Cuschieri A. Epithelioid haemangiendothelioma of the liver: objective response to hepatic intra-arterial 5-FU. Eur J Surg Oncol 1989; 15: 73-8. (o)
    53. Campbell F C, Storey B E, Cullen P T, Cuschieri A. Surface vibration analysis (SVA): a new non-invasive monitor of gastrointestinal activity. Gut 1989; 30: 39-45. (r)
    54. Cuschieri A. Recent advances in gastrointestinal malignancy. Ann Chir Gynec 1989; 78: 228-37. (r)
    55. Cuschieri A, Al-Hadrani A, Nathanson L. Percutaneous treatment of gallstone disease. Curr Surg Pract 1989; 1: 223-8. (r)
    56. Holdsworth R J, Neill G D, Irving A D, Cuschieri A. Blood clearance and tissue distribution of 99Tc-labelled pneumococci following splenectomy in rabbits. Br J Exp Path 1989; 70: 669-77. (o)
    57. Cuschieri A. Surgical outpatient follow-up. Curr Pract Surg 1989; 1: 71-2. (r)
    58. Cuschieri A. Hepatic resections. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1989; 34: 117-23. (r)
    59. Cullen P T, Storey B E, Cuschieri A, Campbell F C. Detection of clustered gastrointestinal contractions in partial intestinal obstruction by surface vibration analysis. Ann Surg 1989; 210: 234-8. (o)
    60. Cuschieri A, Byrne D. Cystic disease of the biliary tract. Ann Chir Gynec 1989; 78: 259-66. (r)
    61. Abd El Ghany A B, Holley M P, Cuschieri A. Percutaneous stone clearance of the gallbladder through an access cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc 1989; 3: 126-30. (o)
    62. Campbell F C, Kennedy N S J, Cullen P T, Sutton D, Cuschieri A. Gallbladder function and fasting enterogastric bile reflux. Nuc Med Com 1989; 10: 193-8. (o)
    63. Cullen P T, Sutton D, Miller B, Kennedy N S J, Cuschieri A, Campbell F C. An open study of Cisapride in gas bloat syndrome. Curr Ther Res 1989; 45: 934-42. (o)
    64. Cuschieri A. Postvagotomy diarrhoea: is there a place for surgical management? Gut 1990; 31: 245-6. (o)
    65. Byrne D J, Napier A, Cuschieri A. Rationalizing whole body disinfection. J Hosp Infect 1990; 15: 183-7. (o)
    66. Cuschieri A, Berci G, McSherry C K. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Am J Surg 1990; 159: 273. (e)
    67. Cuschieri A. The laparoscopic revolution. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1990; 34: 295. (e)
    68. Cuschieri A. Jejunal pouch reconstruction after total gastrectomy for cancer: experience in 29 patients. Br J Surg 1990; 77: 421-4. (o)
    69. Byrne D J, Browning M C K, Cuschieri A. Ca72-4: a new tumour marker for gastric cancer. Br J Surg 1990; 77: 1010-3. (o)
    70. Cuschieri A. Malignant tumours of the stomach. Rec Prog Med 1990; 81: 374-86. (r)
    71. Lavelle-Jones, Al-Hadrani A, Spiers E M, Campbell F C, Cuschieri A. Reactivation of rheumatoid arthritis during continuous infusion interleukin-2 (IL-2) therapy: evidence of the lymphocyte control of rheumatoid disease. Br Med J 1990; 391:97. (o)
    72. Eriksen C A, Sutton D, Kennedy N, Cuschieri A. Effect of cisapride on oesophageal transit: Results of a prospective randomized clinical trial. Gullet 1990; 1: 31-5. (o)
    73. Al-Hadrani A M, Cuschieri A. Postgastrectomy syndromes. Surgery 83: 1972-7. (r)
    74. Cuschieri A, Terblanche J. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: evolution not revolution. Surg Endosc 1990; 4: 125-6. (r)
    75. Cuschieri A. Non-surgical options for the management of gallstone disease: an overview. Surg Endosc 1990; 4: 127-31. (r)
    76. Byrne G, Browning M, Cuschieri A. Ca 72-4: a new tumour marker for gastric cancer. Scand J Gastroenterol 1990; 24: 745-50. (o)
    77. Holdsworth R J, McKenzie H, Parratt D, Irving A D, Cuschieri A. The role of the spleen in the immune response following naturally acquired exposure to encapsulated bacteria. Int J Exp Path 1990; 71: 835-43. (o)
    78. Nathanson L K, Easter D W, Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic repair/ peritoneal toilet of perforated duodenal ulcer. Surg Endosc 1990; 4: 232-3. (o)
    79. Al-Hadrani A, Lavelle-Jones M, Cuschieri A. Photodynamic therapy in human cancer. Curr Pract Surg 1990; 2: 202-9. (r)
    80. Cuschieri A. Minimal access surgery: the birth of a new era. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1990; 35: 345-7. (r)
    81. Vitale G C, Siow Y, Baker P R, Cuschieri A. Changes in intragastric bile acid composition in patients receiving cimetidine postoperatively. Am J Surg 1990; 159: 158. (o)

    1991 - 1995

    1. Cuschieri A. Treatment of carcinoma of the oesophagus. Ann Roy Coll Surg Engl 1991; 73: 1-3. (r)
    2. Nathanson L K, Shimi S, Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the Dundee technique. Br J Surg 1991; 78:155-9. (o)
    3. Hastie K J, Baker P R, Reid A, Cuschieri A. Effect of repeated intraperitoneal chemotherapy with epirubicin on the hepatic transport of bile acids and their enterohepatic circulation. Eur J Surg Oncol 1991; 17: 54-8. (o)
    4. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Br J Hosp Med 1991; 45: 65. (e)
    5. Horobin J M, Preece P E, Dewar J A, Wood R A B, Cuschieri A. Long-term follow-up of elderly patients with locoregional breast cancer treated with tamoxifen only. Br J Surg 1991; 78: 213-7. (o)
    6. Cuschieri A, Dubois F, Mouiel J, Mouret P, Becker H, Buess G, Trede M, Troidl H. The European experience with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Am J Surg 1991; 161: 385-7. (o)
    7. Cuschieri A. Endoskopische mikrochirurgie. Der Chirurg 1991; 62: 248-52. (r)
    8. Byrne D J, Napier A, Phillips G, Cuschieri A. Effects of whole body disinfection on skin flora in patients undergoing elective surgery. J Hosp Infect 1991; 17: 217-22. (o)
    9. Cuschieri A. Minimal acccess surgery and the future of interventional laparoscopy. Am J Surg 1991; 161: 404-7. (r)
    10. Nathanson L K, Easter D W, Cuschieri A. Ligation of the structures of the cystic pedicle during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Am J Surg 1991; 161: 350-4. (o)
    11. Shimi S M, Hopwood D, Newman E L, Cuschieri A. Microencapsulation of human cells: Its effect on growth of normal and tumour cells in vitro. Br J Cancer 1991; 63: 675-80. (o)
    12. Byrne D J, Hardy J, Wood R A B, McIntosh R, Cuschieri A. Effect of fibrin glues on the mechanical properties of healing wounds. Br J Surg 1991; 78: 841-43. (o)
    13. Eriksen C A, Cullen P T, Sutton D, Kennedy N, Cuschieri A. Abnormal esophageal transit in patients with typical reflux symptoms but normal endoscopic and pH profiles. Am J Surg 1991; 161: 657-61. (o)
    14. Nathanson L K, Shimi S, Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic ligamentum teres (round ligament) cardiopexy. Br J Surg 1991; 78: 947-51. (o)
    15. Shimi S, Nathanson L K, Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic cardiomyotomy for achalasia. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1991; 36: 152-4. (o)
    16. Hastie K, Ramesar K, Cuschieri A. Local and systemic effects of repeated intraperitoneal epirubicin treatment. Eur J Clin Oncol 1991; 17: 379-83. (o)
    17. Holdsworth R J, Irving A D, Cuschieri A. Postsplenectomy sepsis and its mortality rate: actual versus perceived risks. Br J Surg 1991; 78: 1031-8. (o)
    18. Nathanson L K, Shimi S M, Wood RAB, Cuschieri A. Videothoracoscopic ligation of bulla and pleurectomy for spontaneous pneumothorax. Ann Thorac Surg 1991; 52: 316-9. (o)
    19. Paterson C R, Robins S P, Horobin J M, Preece P E, Cuschieri A. Pyridinium crosslinks as markers of bone resorption in patients with breast cancer. Br J Cancer 1991; 64: 884-6. (o)
    20. Easter D W, Cuschieri A. Total pancreatectomy with preservation of the duodenum and pylorus for chronic pancreatitis. Ann Surg 1991; 214: 575-80. (o)
    21. Cuschieri A. Variable curvature shape-memory spatula for laparoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 1991; 5: 179-81. (o)
    22. Shimi S M, Newman E L, Hopwood D, Cuschieri A. Semipermeable microcapsules for cell culture. Ultra-structural characterization. J Microencapsul 1991; 8: 307-16. (o)
    23. Nathanson L K, Nathanson P D K, Cuschieri A. Safety of vessel ligation in laparoscopic surgery. Endoscopy 1991; 23: 206-10. (o)
    24. Cuschieri A. Treatment of oesophageal disease: medical, surgical or endoscopic? Curr Surg Pract 1991; 3: 187-9. (r)
    25. Cuschieri A, Shimi S, Banting S. Endoscopic oesophagectomy through a right thoracoscopic approach. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1992; 37: 7-11. (o)
    26. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic vagotomy. Surg Clin N Amer 1992, 72: 357-67. (r)
    27. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic treatment of gallbladder disease. Min Invas Ther 1992; 1: 115-23. (r)
    28. Shimi S, Banting S, Cuschieri A. Laparoscopy in the management of pancreatic cancer: endoscopic cholecystojejunostomy for advanced disease. Br J Surg 1992; 79: 317-9. (o)
    29. Cuschieri A, Shimi S, Nathanson L K. Laparoscopic reduction, crural repair and fundoplication of large hiatal hernia. Am J Surg 1992; 163: 425-30. (o)
    30. Shimi S M, Nathanson L K, Cuschieri A. Thoracoscopic long myotomy for nutcracker oesophagus: initial experience of a new surgical approach. Br J Surg 1992; 79: 533-6. (o)
    31. Lavelle-Jones M, Lyall M H, McCollum P, Cuschieri A. Disc battery ingestion: a review and management plan. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1992; 37: 120-1. (o)
    32. Vitale G C, Siow Y, Baker P R, Cuschieri A. Reversible bile acid changes in bile duct obstruction and its potential for hepatocellular Injury. J Hepatol 1992; 14: 151-6. (o)
    33. Shimi S, Banting S, Cuschieri A. Transcystic drainage after laparoscopic exploration of common bile duct. Min Invas Ther 1992; 1: 273-6. (o)
    34. Nathanson L K, Shimi S, Cuschieri A. Sutured laparoscopic cholecystojejunostomy evolved in an animal model. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1992; 37: 215-20. (o)
    35. Cuschieri A. The dust has settled - let's sweep it clean: training in minimal access surgery (ed). J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1992; 37: 213-4. (e)
    36. Airan M, Appel G, Berci G, Coburg A J, Cohen M, Cuschieri A et al. Retrospective and prospective multi-institutional laparoscopic cholecystectomy study organized by the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. Surg Endosc 1992; 6: 169-76. (o)
    37. Sackier J M, Hunter J G, Paz-Partlow M, Cuschieri A. The rotary gallstone lithotrite to aid gallbladder extraction in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc 1992, 6: 235-8. (o)
    38. Cuschieri A, Garden O J, Sackier J M, Buess G F. Clinical evaluation of the Laparolith intraoperative lithotriptor. Br J Surg 1992; 79: 1350-1. (o)
    39. Cuschieri A, Shimi S, Banting S, Vander Velpen G. Technical aspects of laparoscopic splenectomy: hilar segmental devascularization and instrumentation. J Roy Coll Surg Ed 1992; 37: 414-6. (o)
    40. Cuschieri A. The spectrum of laparoscopic surgery. World J Surg 1992; 16: 1089-92. (r)
    41. Byrne D J, Hardy J, Wood R A B, McIntosh R, Hopwood D, Cuschieri A. Adverse influence of fibrin sealant on the healing of high-risk sutured colonic anastomosis. J R Coll Surg Ed 1992; 37: 394-8. (o)
    42. Al-Hadrani M, Lavelle-Jones M, Kennedy N, Neill G, Sutton D, Cuschieri A. Bile acid malabsorption in patients with post-vagotomy diarrhoea. Ann Chir Gynec 1992; 81: 351-3. (o)
    43. Easter D W, Cuschieri, A, Nathanson L K, Lavelle Jones M. The utility of diagnostic laparoscopy for abdominal disorders. Audit of 120 patients. Arch Surg 1992; 127: 379-81. (o)
    44. Banting S, Shimi S, Vander Velpen G, Cuschieri A. Abdominal wall lift: low pressure pneumoperitoneum laparoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 1993, 7: 57-9. (o)
    45. Pietrabissa A, Shimi S M, Vander Velpen G, Cuschieri A. Localization of insulinoma by laparoscopic infragastric inspection of the pancreas and contact ultrasonography. Surg Oncol 1993; 2: 83-6. (o)
    46. Spiers E M, Potts R C, Harpe S Y, Newman M, Lavelle-Jones M, Swanson Beck J, Cuschieri A. Response of soluble IL-2 receptor levels to repeated cycles of IL-2 immunotherapy/ chemotherapy. Eur J Cancer 1993; 29: 928. (o)
    47. Lavelle-Jones C, Byrne D J, Rice P, Cuschieri A. Factors affecting quality of informed consent. B Med J 1993; 306: 885-90. (o)
    48. Cuschieri A, Shimi S, Banting S, Vander Velpen G. Endoscopic ultrasonic dissection for thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 1993; 7: 197-9. (o)
    49. Buess G, Cuschieri A, Manncke K, Schneider H J, Becker H D. Technique and preliminary results of laparoscopic cardiomyotomy. End Surg 1993; 1: 76-81. (o)
    50. Joypaul BV, Newman E L, Hopwood D, Grant A, Qureshi S, Lane D, Cuschieri A. Expression of P53 protein in normal, dysplastic, and malignant gastric mucosa: an immunohistochemical study. J Path 1993; 170: 279-83. (o)
    51. Cuschieri A. Cholécysto-entérostomie per-coelioscopique: une alternative au drainage biliare endoscopique. Acta Endosc 1993; 23: 135-41. (o)
    52. Cuschieri A. Approach to the treatment of acute cholecystitis: open surgical, laparoscopic or endoscopic? Endoscopy 1993; 25: 397-8. (r)
    53. Cuschieri A. Endoscopic subtotal oesophagectomy for cancer using the right thoracoscopic approach. Surg Oncol 1993 (suppl); 2: 3-11. (o)
    54. Vander Velpen G C, Shimi S M, Cuschieri A. Outcome after cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstone disease and effect of surgical access: laparoscopic v open approach. Gut 1993; 34: 1448-51. (o)
    55. Cuschieri A. Ergonomics of minimal access surgery. Surgery 1993; 11: 526-8. (r)
    56. Cuschieri A, Hunter J, Wolfe B, Swanstrom L L, Hutson W. Multicenter prospective evaluation of laparoscopic antireflux surgery. Preliminary report. Surg Endosc 1993; 7: 505-10. (o)
    57. Haag R, Cuschieri A. Recent advances in high-frequency electrosurgery: development of automated systems. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1993; 38: 354-64. (r)
    58. Joypaul B V, Vojtesek B, Newman E L, Hopwood D, Grant A, Lane D P, Cuschieri A. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for p53 in gastrointestinal malignancy: comparison with immunohistochemistry. Hisopathology 1993; 23: 465-70. (o)
    59. Cuschieri A. Cost-effectiveness of endoscopic surgery. Health economics 1993; 2: 367-9. (r)
    60. Cuschieri A, Shimi S, Banting G, Vander Velpen G, Dunkley P. Coaxial curved instruments for minimal access surgery. End Surg 1993; 1: 303-5. (o)
    61. Cuschieri A. Endoscopic oesophageal myotomy for specific motility disorders and non-cardiac chest pain. End Surg 1993; 1: 280-5. (o)
    62. Cuschieri A, Shimi S M, Vander Velpen G, Banting S, Wood RAB. Laparoscopic prosthesis fixation rectopexy for complete rectal prolapse. Br J Surg 1994; 81: 138-9. (o)
    63. Cuschieri A. Shape to things to come: expectations and realism. Surg End 1994; 8: 83-5. (e)
    64. Joypaul B V, Kennedy N, Hanson J, Holley M, Browning M, Newman E L, Cuschieri A. Immunoscintigraphy of primary colorectal cancers with indium-111 monoclonal antibody B72.3 J R Coll Surg Edinb 1994; 39: 39-43. (o)
    65. Cuschieri A, Shimi S M, Crosthwaite G, Joypaul V. Bilateral endoscopic splanchnicectomy through a posterior thoracoscopic approach. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1994; 39: 44-7. (o)
    66. Cuschieri A. Endoscopic surgery for oesophageal disorders. Cur Pract Surg 1994; 6: 31-8. (r)
    67. Cuschieri A. Therapeutic laparoscopy. Endoscopy 1994; 26: 134-47. (r)
    68. Cuschieri A. Thoracoscopic subtotal oesophagectomy. End Surg 1994; 2: 21-5. (r)
    69. Byrne D J, Lynch W, Napier A, Davey P, Malek M, Cuschieri A. Wound infection rates: the importance of definition and post-discharge wound surveillance. J Hosp Infect 1994; 26: 37-43. (o)
    70. Cuschieri A. Diagnosis and staging of tumours by laparoscopy. Sem Lap Surgery 1994;1: 3-12. (r)
    71. Cuschieri A, Shimi S, Banting S, Nathanson L K, Pietrabissa A. Intraoperative cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Routine versus selective policy. Surg Endosc 1994; 8: 302-5. (o)
    72. Szabo Z, Hunter J, Berci G, Sackier J, Cuschieri A. Analysis of surgical movements during suturing in laparoscopic surgery. End Surg 1994; 2: 55-61. (o)
    73. Carter F, Russell E, Dunkley P, Cuschieri A. Restructured animal tissue model for training in laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery. Min Invas Ther 1994; 3: 77-80. (o)
    74. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic surgery of the pancreas. J Roy Coll Surg Edinb 119; 39: 187-84. (r)
    75. Cuschieri A. Experimental evaluation of water-jet dissection in endoscopic surgery. End Surg 1994; 2: 202-4. (o)
    76. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic management of complicated ulcer disease. Sem Lap Surg 1994; 1:190-6. (r)
    77. Stewart J, Cuschieri A. Adverse consequences of cystic duct closure by clips. Min Invas Ther 1994; 3: 153-7. (r)
    78. Cuschieri A, Frank T. Slicer and tissue retrieval system for excisional endoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 1994; 8: 1246-9. (o)
    79. Vander Velpen G C, Shimi S M, Cuschieri A. Diagnostic yield and management benefit of laparoscopy: a prospective audit. Gut 1994; 1617-21. (o)
    80. Shimi S M, Lirici M, Vander Velpen G, Cuschieri A. Comparative study of the holding strength of slipknots using absorbable and nonabsorbable ligature materials. Surg Endosc 1994; 8: 1285-91. (o)
    81. Cuschieri A. Endoscopic sympathectomy. Sem Lap Surg 1994; 1: 241-53. (r)
    82. Florey C du V, Yule B, Fogg A, Napier A, Orbell S, Cuschieri A. A randomized trial of immediate discharge of surgical patients to general practice. J Pub Health Med 1994; 16: 455-64. (o)
    83. Joypaul B V, Hopwood D, Newman E L, Qureshi S, Grant A, Ogston S A, Lane D P, Cuschieri A. The prognostic significance of the accumulation of p53 tumour-suppressor gene protein in gastric adenocarcinoma. Br J Cancer 1994; 69: 943-6. (o)
    84. Cuschieri A. Wither minimal access surgery: tribulations and expectations. Am J Surg 1995; 169: 9-19. (r)
    85. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic management of cancer patients. J Roy Coll Surg Edinb 1995; 40: 1-9. (r)
    86. Crosthwaite G, Chung T, Dunkley P, Shimi S, Cuschieri A. Comparison of direct and electronic two-and three-dimensional display systems on surgical task efficiency in endoscopic surgery. Br J Surg 1995; 82: 849-51. (o)
    87. Cuschieri A, Crosthwaite G, Shimi S, Pietrabissa, Joypaul V, Tait I, Naziri W. Hepatic cryotherapy for liver tumours: development and clinical evaluation of a high-efficiency multineedle probe system for open and laparoscopic use. Surg Endosc 1995; 9: 483-9. (o)
    88. Joypaul V B, Browning M, Newman E, Byrne D, Cuschieri A. Comparison of serum CA 72-4 and CA 19-9 levels in gastric cancer patients and correlation with recurrence. Am J Surg 1995; 595-9. (o)
    89. Roberts P J, Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic antireflux surgery. Ann Chir 1995; 84: 130-7. (r)
    90. Frank T, Shimi S M, Willets G T, Cuschieri A. Atraumatic retractor for endoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 1995; 9: 841-3. (o)
    91. Cuschieri A. Visual displays and visual perception in minimal access surgery. Sem Lap Surg 1995; 2: 209-14. (r)
    92. Frank T, Willets G J, Carter F, Cuschieri A. Clamping of the small intestine during surgery: predicted and measured sealing forces. Proc Instn Mech Engrs 1995; 209: 111-5. (o)
    93. Frank T, Willets G J, Cuschieri A. Detachable clamps for minimal access surgery. Proc Instn Mech Engrs 1995; 209: 117-20. (o)
    94. Cuschieri A, Shapiro S. Extracorporeal pneumoperitoneum access bubble for endoscopic surgery. Am J Surg 1995; 170: 391-4. (o)
    95. Crosthwaite G L, Joypaul B V, Cuschieri A. Thoracoscopic management of thoracic duct injury. J Roy Coll Surg Edinb 1995; 40: 303-4. (o)
    96. Lam C M, Shimi S M, Cuschieri A. Ultrasonic characterisation of hepatic cryolesions. Arch Surg 1995; 130: 1068-72. (o)
    97. Pietrabissa A, Di Candio G, Giulianotti P C, Shimi S M, Cuschieri A, Mosca F. Comparative evaluation of contact ultrasonography and transcystic cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective study. Arch Surg 1995; 130: 1110-4. (o)

    1996 - 2000

    1. Lam C M, Murray F E, Cuschieri A. Increased cholecystectomy rate after the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Scotland. Gut 1996; 38: 282-4. (o)
    2. Cuschieri A, Jakimowicz J J, van Spreeuwel J. Initial experience with laparoscopic distal 70% pancreatectomy and splenectomy for chronic pancreatitis. Ann Surg 1996; 223: 280-5. (o)
    3. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic pancreatic resections. Sem Lap Surg 1996; 3: 15-20. (r)
    4. Cuschieri A, Fayers P, Fielding J, Craven J, Joypaul V, Cook P. Postoperative morbidity and mortality after D1 and D2 resections for gastric cancer: preliminary results of the MRC randomised controlled surgical trial. Lancet 1996; 347: 995-9. (o)
    5. Ko S T, Airan M, Frank T, Cuschieri A. Percutaneous endoscopic external ring (PEER) hernioplasty. Surg Endosc 1996; 10: 690-3. (o)
    6. Frizelle F A, Dunkley M P, Cuschieri A. Port attachment without capacitive coupling. Aust N Z J Surg 1996; 66: 313 (o).
    7. Hanna G B, Drew T, Clinch P, Hunter B, Shimi S, Dunkley M P, Cuschieri A. A microprocessor-controlled psychomotor tester for minimal access surgery. Surg Endosc 1996; 10: 965-9 (o).
    8. Idu M, Jakimowicz J, Iuppa A, Cuschieri A. Hepatobiliary anatomy in patients with transposition of the gallbladder: implications for safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Br J Surg 1996; 83: 1442-3 (o).
    9. Cuschieri A. Minimal access therapy: scope, evaluation and future direction. Health Bulletin 1996; 54: 514-21 (r).
    10. Cuschieri A. Of stones and bile ducts: single vs two-stage management. Surg Endosc 1996, 10: 1124 (e).
    11. Cuschieri A, Croce E, Faggioni J et al. EAES ductal stone study. Preliminary findings of multi-centre prospective randomized trial comparing two-stage vs single-stage treatment. Surg Endosc 1996; 10: 1130-5 (o).
    12. Cuschieri A. Visual display technology for endoscopic surgery. Min Invas Ther & Allied Technol 1996; 5: 427-34 (r).
    13. White P S, Frizelle F A, Hanna G B, Tan L K S, Gardiner Q, Cuschieri A. Comparison of direct monocular endoscopic, two- and three-dimensional display systems on surgical task performance in functional endoscopic sinus surgery. Clin Otolaryngol 1997; 22: 65-7 (o).
    14. Cuschieri A, Melzer A. The impact of technologies on minimally invasive therapy. Surg Endosc 1997; 11: 91-2 (e).
    15. Cuschieri A. Appendectomy - laparoscopic or open. Surg Endosc 1997; 11: 319-20. (e)
    16. Hanna G B, S Shimi, A Cuschieri. Optimal port locations for endoscopic intracorporeal knotting. Surg Endosc 1997; 11: 397-401 (o).
    17. Kimber C, Spitz L, Cuschieri A. Current state of antenatal in utero surgical interventions. Arch Dis Childhood 1997; 76: 134-9 ®.
    18. Hanna G B, Drew T, Clinch P, Shimi S, Dunkley P, Hau C M, Cuschieri A. Psychomotor skills in endoscopic surgery - differing abilities between right and left-handed individuals. Ann Surg 1997; 225: 333-8 (o).
    19. Frank T G, Hanna G B, Cuschieri A. Technological aspects of minimal access surgery. Proc Instn Mech Engrs 1997; 211: 129-44 ®.
    20. Hanna G B, Drew T, Cuschieri A. Technology for psychomotor skills testing in endoscopic surgery. Sem Lap Surg 1997; 4: 120-4 (o).
    21. Holden J, Frank T G, Cuschieri A. Developing technology for suspended imaging for minimal access surgery. Sem Lap Surg 1997; 4: 74-9 (o).
    22. Hanna G B, Shimi S, Cuschieri A. Influence of direction of view, target-to-endoscope distance and manipulation angle on endoscopic knot tying. Br J Surg 1997; 84: 1460-4 (o).
    23. Frank T G, Cuschieri A. Prehensile atraumatic grasper with intuitive ergonomics. Surg Endosc 1997; 11: 1036-9 (o).
    24. Cuschieri A, Wilson R G, Sunderland G, Mcintyre I M C, Youngson G G, Cash J D, Mackay N, Shields R. Training initiative list scheme (TILS) for minimal access therapy: the MATTUS experience. J Roy Coll Surg Edinb 1997; 42: 295-302 (o).
    25. Poole G, Waldron B, Shimi S M, Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration after failed endoscopic stone extraction. Endoscopy 1997; 29: 609-13 (o).
    26. Hensman C, Crosthwaite G, Cuschieri A. Transcystic biliary decompression after direct laparoscopic exploration of the common bile duct. Surg Endosc 1997; 11: 1106-10 (o).
    27. Hanna G, Frank T G, Cuschieri A. Objective assessment of endoscopic knot quality. Am J Surg 1997; 174: 410-3 (o).
    28. Cuschieri A. Day-case (ambulatory) laparoscopic surgery. Let us sing from the same hymn sheet. Surg Endosc 1997; 11: 1143-4 (e).
    29. Hanna G B, Shimi S M, Cuschieri A. Randomised study of influence of two-dimensional versus three-dimensional imaging on performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Lancet 1998; 351: 248-51. (o)
    30. Cuschieri A. Adverse cardiovascular changes induced by positive pressure pneumoperitoneum. Surg Endosc 1998; 12: 93-4. (e).
    31. Kumar V, Shimi S M, Cuschieri A. Does laparoscopic cardiomyotomy require an antireflux procedure? Endoscopy 1998; 30: 8-11. (o)
    32. Hensman C, Hanna G B, Drew T, Moseley H, Cuschieri A. Total radiated power, infrared output, and heat generation by cold light sources at the distal end of the endoscopes and fibre optic bundle of light cables. Surg Endosc 1998; 12: 335-7. (o)
    33. Soliman El-Shakhs, Shimi S, Benson EE, Newman L, Cuschieri A. Physical observations on rapid freezing of tumour cells to -40C using differential scanning calorimetry. Cryo-Letters 1998; 19: 159-70. (o)
    34. Lam C M, Shimi S M, Cuschieri A. Thermal characteristics of a hepatic cryolesion formed in vitro by a 3-mm implantable cryoprobe. Cryobiology 1998; 36: 156-64. (o)
    35. Hanna G B, Shimi S M, Cuschieri A. Task performance in Endoscopic surgery is influenced by location of image display. Ann Surg 1998; 227: 484-4. (o)
    36. Hanna G B, Drew T, Clinch P, Hunter R, Cuschieri A. Computer-controlled endoscopic performance assessment system. Surg Endosc 1998; 12: 997-1000. (o)
    37. Hensman C, Baty D, Willis R G, Cuschieri A. Chemical composition of smoke produced by high-frequency electrosurgery in a closed gaseous environment: an in-vitro study. Surg Endosc 1998; 12: 1017-9 (o).
    38. McKechnie T, Jahan A, Tait I, Cuschieri A, Sibbett W, Padgett M. An endoscopic system for early detection of cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. Re Sci Instr 1989; 69: 2521-3 (o).
    39. Struthers A D, Cuschieri A. Cardiovascular consequences of laparoscopic surgery. Lancet 1998; 352: 588-70 (o).
    40. Joice P, Hanna G B, Cuschieri A. Errors enacted during endoscopic surgery – a human risk analysis. App Ergonomics 1998; 29: 409-14 (o).
    41. Cuschieri A, Frank T G, Hewit J R, Sapeluk A, Slade A P. DUMASS - A surgical assist robot for minmimal access surgery. Mechatronics 1998; 8: 793-803. (o)
    42. Cuschieri A, Jakimowicz J J. Laparoscopic pancreatic resections. Sem Lap Surg 1998; 5: 168-79. (o)
    43. Cuschieri A, Jakimowicz J J, Stultiens G. Laparoscopic infracolic approach for complications of acute pancreatitis. Sem Lap Surg 1998; 5: 189-94. (o)
    44. Cuschieri A. Cost efficacy of laparoscopic vs open surgery: hospitals vs community. Surg Endosc 1998; 12: 1197 (ed).
    45. Joice P, Hanna G B, Cuschieri A. Ergonomic evaluation of laparoscopic bowel suturing. Amer J Surg 1998; 176: 373-8 (o).
    46. Hensman C, Baty D, Willis R G, Cuschieri A. Chemical composition of smoke produced by high-frequency electrosurgery in a closed gaseous environment. Surg Endosc 1998; 12: 1017-19.
    47. Waldron B, Frank T, Cuschieri A. Percutaneous endoscopic external ring hernioplasty using Dundee inguinal canal retractor. Sem Lap Surg 1998; 5: 253-8.
    48. El-Shakhs S A, Shimi S M, Cuschieri A. Effective cryoablation: does it enhance tumour dissemination? World J Surg 1999; 23: 306-10.
    49. Cuschieri A, Weeden S, Fielding J et al. Patient survival after D1 and D2 resections for gastric cancer: long-term results of the MRC randomized surgical trial. Br J Cancer 1999; 79: 1522-30.
    50. Gossot D, Buess G, Cuschieri A, Leporte E, Lirici M, Marvik R, Meijer D, Melzer A, Schurr M O. Ultrasonic dissection for endoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 1999; 13: 412-7. ®
    51. Macmillan A I M, Cuschieri A. Assessment of innate ability and skills for endoscopic manipulations by the advanced Dundee endoscopic psychomotor tester: predictive and concurrent validity. Am J Surg 1999; 177: 274-7.(o)
    52. Davies P J, Carter F J, Roxburgh D C, Cuschieri A. Mathematical modelling for keyhole surgery simulations: spleen capsule as an elastic membrane. J Theoret Med 1999; 1: 247-62. (o).
    53. Hanna G B, Cuschieri A. Influence of the optical axis-to-target angle on endoscopic task performance. Surg Endosc 1999; 13: 371-5. (o).
    54. Cuschieri A. ‘To each his own’ will fall short of the mark in the next millennium. Surg Endosc 1999; 13: 434-4. (ed).
    55. Cuschieri A, Bracken J, Boni L. Initial experience with laparoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency thermal ablation of hepatic tumours. Endoscopy 1999; 31: 318-21. (o)
    56. Cuschieri A. Surgical treatment of patients with invasive gastric cancer: dogma, debate and data. Eur J Surg Oncol 1999; 25: 205-8. ®.
    57. Cuschieri A. How I do it: laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Roy Coll Surg Edinb 1999; 44: 187-92. ®
    58. Cresswell A B, Macmillan A I M, Hanna G B, Cuschieri A. Methods for improving performance under reverse alignment conditions during endoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 1999; 13: 591-4. (o).
    59. Tait I S, Ionescu M V, Cuschieri A. Do patients with acute abdominal pain wait unduly long for analgesia? J Roy Coll Surg Edinb 199; 44: 181-4. (o)
    60. Cuschieri A. ‘To each his own’ will fall short of the mark in the next millennium. Surg Endosc 1999; 13: 443-4. (ed).
    61. Emam T A, Frank T G, Hanna G B, Stockham G, Cuschieri A. Rocker handle for endoscopic needle drivers: technical and ergonomic evaluation by infrared motion analysis system. Surg Endosc 1999; 13: 658-61. (o).
    62. Cuschieri A, Lezoche E, Morino M, Croce E, Lacy A, Toouli J, Faggioni A, Ribeiro V M, Jakimowicz J, Visa J, Hanna G. EAES multicentre prospective randomized trial comparing two-stage vs single-stage management of patients with gallstones and ductal calculi. Surg Endosc 1999; 13: 952-7. (o)
    63. Xu W, Frank T G, Stockham G, Cuschieri A. Shape memory fixator system for suturing tissues in minimal access surgery. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 1999; 27: 663-9. (o)
    64. A Cuschieri. Technology for minimal access surgery. BMJ 1999; 319: 1304-11. ®
    65. Cuschieri A. The dawn of a new century: reflections on surgical issues. Surg Endosc 2000; 14: 1-4 (ed).
    66. Emam T A, Hanna G B, Kimber C, Dunkley P, Cuschieri A. Effect of intracorporeal-extracorporeal instrument length ratio on endoscopic task performance and surgeon movements. Arch Surg 2000; 135: 62-5 (o).
    67. . Cuschieri A. Human reliability assessment in surgery – a new approach for improving surgical performance and clinical outcome. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2000, 82: 83-7. (o)
    68. Cuschieri A. Minimally invasive surgery: hepatobiliary-pancreatic and foregut. Endoscopy 2000; 32: 331-344. ®
    69. Hanna G B, Cuschieri A. Influence of two-dimensional and three-dimensional imaging on endoscopic bowel suturing. World J Surg 2000; 24: 444-9. (o)
    70. Kimber C P, Dunkley M P, Haddock G, Robertson L, Carey F A, Cuschieri A. Patch incorporation in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Ped Surg 2000; 35: 120-3. (o)
    71. Emam T A, Hanna G B, Kimber C, Cuschieri A. Differences between experts and trainees in the motion pattern of the dominant upper limb during intracorporeal endoscopic knotting. Dig Surg 2000; 17: 120-25. (o)
    72. El Shallaly G, Cuschieri A. Nature, aetiology and outcome of bile duct injuries after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. HPB 2000, 2: 3-12.
    73. Frank T G, Xu W, Cuschieri A. Instruments based on shape-memory alloy properties for minimal access surgery, interventional radiology and flexible endoscopy Min Invas Ther & Allied Technol 2000, 9: 89-98.
    74. A Cuschieri. Laparoscopic gastric resection. Surg Clin N Amer 2000; 80: 1269-84.
    75. A Cuschieri. Laparoscopic hand-assisted surgery for hepatic and pancreatic disease. Surg Endosc 2000; 14: 991-6.

    2001 - 2005

    1. Campbell P A, Song C, Frank T G, Cuschieri A. Dynamic thermography of shape memory alloy fixators. Thermology International 2001; 11: 5-10.
    2. Alishahi A, Francis N, Crofts S, Duncan L, Bickel A, Cuschieri A. Central and peripheral adverse hemodynamic changes during laparoscopic surgery and their reversal with a novel intermittent sequential pneumatic compression device. Ann Surg 2001; 233: 176-82.
    3. A Cuschieri. Neue Technologien in der laparoskopischen chirurgie. Chirurg 2001; 72: 252-60. ®
    4. Hofmeister J, Frank T G, Cuschieri A. Perceptual aspects of two-dimensional and stereoscopic display techniques and endoscopic surgery: Review and current problems. Sem Lap Surg 2001; 8: 12-24. ®
    5. Cuschieri A. In situ ablation of hepatic tumours. Sem Lap Surg 2001’ 8: 25-41. (o)
    6. Alijani A, Cuschieri A. Abdominal wall lift systems in laparoscopic surgery: Gasless and low-pressure systems. Sem Lap Surg 2001; 8: 53-62. ®
    7. Cuschieri A. Tissue adhesives in Endosurgery. Sem Lap Surg 2001; 8: 63-8. ®
    8. Cuschieri A, Hanna GB, Francis NK. Psychomotor ability testing and human reliability analysis (HRA) in surgical practice. Min Invas Ther & allied Technol 2001; 10: 185-95.(r)
    9. Cuschieri A. Role of video-laparoscopy in the staging of intra-abdominal lymphoma and gastrointestinal cancer. Sem Surg Oncol 2001; 20: 167-72. ®
    10. Hanna G B, Elamass M, Cuschieri A. Ergonomics of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery. Sem Lap Surg 2001; 8: 92-95. ®
    11. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic hand-assisted hepatic surgery. Sem Lap Surg 2001; 8:104-13. (o)
    12. Emam T A, Frank T G, Hanna G B, Cuschieri A. Influence of handle design on surgeon’s upper limb movements, muscle recruitment, and fatigue during endoscopic suturing. Surg Endosc 2001; 15: 667-72. (o)
    13. Francis N K, Hanna G B, Cuschieri A. Reliability of the Dundee Endoscopic Psychomotor Tester (DEPT) for dominant hand performance. Surg Endosc 2001; 15: 673-6. (o)
    14. Francis Nader K, Hanna G B, Carter F J, Cuschieri A. The performance of master surgeons on standard aptitude testing. Am J Surg 2001; 182: 30-33. (o)
    15. Hanna G, Cuschieri A. Image display technology and image processing. World J Surg 2001; 25: 1419-27.
    16. Cuschieri A, Francis N, Crosby J, Hanna GB. What do master surgeons think of surgical competence and revalidation. Am J Surg 2001; 182: 110-6. (o)
    17. Penny Davies, Fiona Carter, A Cuschieri. Mathematical modelling for keyhole surgery simulation: a biomechanical model for spleen tissue. IMA J Appl Maths 2002; 67: 41-67. (o)
    18. Emam TA, Hanna G, Cuschieri A. Ergonomic principles of task alignment, visual display, and direction of execution of laparoscopic bowel suturing. Surg Endosc 2002; 267-71. (o)
    19. Cuschieri A, Talbot IC, Weeden S. Influence of pathological tumour variables on long-term survival in resectable gastric cancer. Br J Cancer 2002; 86: 674-79. (o)
    20. Song C, Campbell PA, Frank TG, Cuschieri A. Thermal modelling of shape memory alloy fixator for medical application. Smart Mater. Struct 2002; 11: 312-6. (o)
    21. Cuschieri A. Pancreatic necrosis: pathogenesis and endoscopic management. Sem Lap Surg 2002; 9: 54-63. (o)
    22. Francis N K, Hanna G B, Cuschieri A. The performance of master surgeons on the advanced Dundee psychomotor tester: Contrast validity study. Arch Surg 2002; 137: 841-4.
    23. Cuschieri A. Is Dr. Satava voicing genuine concerns? Surg Endosc 2002; 16; 1387-8. (ed)
    24. Hanna GB, Creswell AB, Cuschieri A. Shadow depth cues and endoscopic task performance. Arch Surg 2002; 137: 1166-69 (o).
    25. Tait IS, Yong SM, Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic in situ ablation of liver cancer with cryotherapy and radiofrequency ablation. Br J Surg 2002; 89: 1613-9 (o).
    26. Tarek A Emmam, Cuschieri A. How safe is high-power ultrasonic dissection? Ann Surg 2003; 237:186-91 (o).
    27. Afshin Alijani, George B Hanna, Dorin Ziyaie, Suzanne L Burns, Kenneth L Campbell, Marion ET McMurdo, Alfred Cuschieri. Instrument for objective assessment of appropriateness of surgical bed occupancy: a validation study. BMJ 2003: 326: 1243-4 (o).
    28. Hajivassiliou CA et al. Evolution of a percutaneous fetoscopic access system for single-port tracheal occlusion. J Pediatr Surg 2003; 38: 45-50. (o)
    29. Brown SI, Frank TG, El Shallaly G, Cuschieri A. Comparison of conventional and gaze-down imaging in laparoscopic task performance. Surg Endosc 2003; 17: 586-90 (o).
    30. Cuschieri A. Medical errors, incidents, accidents and violations. Min Invas Ther & Allied Technol 2003; 12: 111-20 ®.
    31. P A Campbell, Y Ng, C Song, D McLean, S M Shimi, T G Frank and A Cuschieri,. Optimized deployment of heat-activated surgical staples using thermography. Appl. Phys. Lett., 2003; 83: 1 (o).
    32. Brown S I, Frank T G, Cuschieri A, Sharpe R, Cartwright C. Optimization of the projection screening a display system for minimal access surgery. Surg Endosc 2003; 17: 1252-5 (o).
    33. Campbell PA, Creswell AB, Frank TG, Cuschieri A. Real-time thermography during vessel sealing and dissection. Surg Endosc 2003; 17: 1640-5. (o)
    34. A Cuschieri. Should surgeons be told what research they can do? Surg Endosc 2003; 17: 1349-50. (e)
    35. A Cuschieri. Lest we forget the surgeon. Sem Lap Surg 2003; 10: 141-8. ®
    36. Campbell PA, Ng Y, Song C, McLean D, Shimi SM, Frank TG, Cuschieri A. Optimized deployment of heat-activated surgical staples using thermography. App. Phys. Lett. 2003; 83: 1.
    37. Song C, Frank TG, Cuschieri A. Application of high-pushing force NiTi for minimal access surgery. J Phys. IV France 2003; 112: 1133-6.
    38. Adamson G D, Cuschieri A. Infracolic necrosectomy for infected pancreatic necrosis. Surg Endosc 2003; 17:1675 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-003-0041-6.
    39. Cuschieri A, Frank TG, Brown S, Martin D, Gove JL. A new Multitool for hand-assisted advanced laparoscopic surgery (HALS). Surg Endosc 2003; 17: 1368-71. (o)
    40. Kattavenos N, Lawrenson B, Frank TG, Pridham MS, Keatch RP, Cuschieri A. Force-sensitive tactile sensor for minimal access surgery; Min Invas Ther & Allied Technol 2004; 42-6.
    41. Shabeer A, Hanna G, Cuschieri A. Optimal angle between instrument shaft and handle for laparoscopic bowel suturing. Arch Surg 2004; 139:
    42. Patil PV, Hanna GB, Cuschieri A. Effect of angle between the optical axis of the endoscope and the instruments’ plane on monitor image and surgical performance. Surg Endosc 2004; 18: 111-4. (o)
    43. Y Ng, C. Song, D. McLean, S.M.Shimi, T G Frank, A Cuschieri & P A Campbell. Optimised deployment of heat activated surgical staples using thermograph. Applied Physics Letters 2003, 83 (9) 1884. (o)
    44. PA Prentice,TG Frank, A Cuschieri, GC Spalding, M McDonald, W Sibbett, K Dholakia, PA Campbell. Optical trapping and manipulation of single and multiple Contrast Agent micro-bubbles. Optics Express 2004; 12 (4) 593. (o)
    45. Mishra R K, Hanna G B, Brown S I, Cuschieri A. Optimum shadow-casting illumination for endoscopic task performance. Arch Surg 2004; 139: 889-92. (o)
    46. Brown SI, White C, Wipat K, Hanna GB, Frank TG, Cuschieri A. Characterising the ‘gold standard’ image for laparoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 2004; 18: 1192-5. (o)
    47. Veldkamp R, Gholghesaei M, Bonjer H J et al. Laparoscopic resection of colon cancer. Consensus of European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (E.A.E.S.). Surg Endosc 2004; 18: 1163-85. ®
    48. Tang B, Hanna GB, Joice P, Cuschieri A. Identification and categorization of technical errors by Observational Clinical Human Reliability Assessment (OCHRA) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Arch Surg 2004; 139: 1215-20. (o)
    49. Geryane MH, Hanna GB, Cuschieri A. Time-motion analysis of operation theatre time use during laparoscopic cholecystectomy by surgical specialist residents. Surg Endosc 2004; 18: 1597-60. (o)
    50. Brown SI, White G, Wipat K, Frank TG, Cuschieri A. Improving the retention of suturing needles in surgical graspers. Surg Endosc 2004; 18: 1605-7. (o)
    51. P.A. Prentice, M. P. MacDonald, T.G. Frank, A. Cuschieri, G.C. Spalding, W. Sibbett, P.A. Campbell and K. Dholakia. Manipulation and filtration of low index particles with holographic Laguerre-Gaussian optical trap array. Opt. Express, 2004; 12: 593.
    52. MacFadyen BVJr, Cuschieri A. Endoluminal surgery. J Surg Endosc 2005; 19: 1-3. (ed)
    53. Omar AM, Wade NJ, Brown SI, Cuschieri A. Assessing the benefits of “gaze-down” display location in complex tasks. Surg Endosc 2005; 19: 105-8. (o)
    54. Patil PV, Hanna GB, Frank TG, Cuschieri A. Effect of fixation of shoulder and elbow movement on the precision of laparoscopic instrument manipulation. Surg Endosc 2005; 19: 366-8. (o)
    55. Tang B, Hanna GB, Cuschieri A. Analysis of errors enacted by surgical trainees during skills training courses. Surgery 2005; 138: 14-20 (o)
    56. Cuschieri A, Adamson GD. Laparoscopic transection choledochoduodenostomy. Surg Endosc 2005; 19: 728. (o)
    57. Cuschieri A. Surgical errors and their prevention. Surg Endosc 2005; 19: 1013 (ed).
    58. Cuschieri A. Reducing errors in the operating room. Surg Endosc 2005; 19: 1022-7. (o)
    59. Prentice P, Cuschieri A, Dholakia K, Prausnitz M, Campbell P. Membrane disruption by optically controlled microbubble cavitation. Nature-Physics, 2005 1: 107 (2005).
    60. Prentice PA, McDonald M, Cuschieri A, Dholakia K, Campbell PA. Real time observation of ultrasound stimulated bubble disintegration. Proc SPIE (San Diego); 2005.
    61. Prentice PA, Burns JM, McLean D, Cuschieri A, Sibbett W, Campbell PA. Ultra high speed observation of cavitation-derived microjetting phenomena. Proc 3rd IEEE MMB p 158; 2005.
    62. Prentice PA, McLean D, Cuschieri A, Dholakia K, Campbell PA. Spatially controlled sonoporation of prostate cancer cells via ultrasound activated microbubble cavitation. Proc 3rd IEEE MMB p160; 2005.
    63. Jakimowicz JJ, Cuschieri A. Time for evidence-based minimal access surgery training: simulate or sink. Surg Endosc 2005; 19: 1521-2. (ed)
    64. Reyes DAG, Tang B, Cuschieri A. Minimal access surgery (MAS)-related surgeon morbidity. Surg Endosc 2006; 20: 1-13. ®
    65. Song C, Alijani A, Frank T, Hanna GB, Cuschieri A. Mechanical properties of the human abdominal wall measured in vitro during insufflation for laparoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc DOI: 10.1007/s00464-005-0676-6. (o)
    66. Ng Y, Shimi SM, Kernohan T, Frank TG, Campbell PA, Martin J, Gove A, Cuschieri A. Skin closure with a shape-memory alloy fixator. Surg Endosc 2006; 20; 311-5. (o)
    67. B Tang, GB Hanna, F Carter, GD Adamson, JP Martindale, A Cuschieri. Competence assessment of laparoscopic operative and cognitive skills: objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) or observational clinical human reliability assessment (OCHRA). World J Surg 2006; 30 (4)527- 34. (o)
    68. Galleano R, Carter F, Brown S, Frank TG, Cuschieri A. Can arm rests improve comfort and task performance in laparoscopic surgery. Ann Surg 2006; 243 (3): 329-33. (o)
    69. Cuschieri A. Epistemology of visual imaging in endoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 2006, 20: S419-24. ®
    70. Millat B, Fingerhut A, Cuschierr A. Live surgery and video presentations: seeing is believing but no more: a plea for structured rigor and ethical considerations. Surg Endosc 2006; 20; 845-7. (ed).
    71. Song C, Alijani A, Frank T, Hanna GB, Cuschieri A. Mechanical properties of the human abdominal wall measured in vivo during insufflation for laparoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 2006; 20: 987-90. (o)
    72. Tang B, Cuschieri A. Conversions during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: risk factors and effects on patient outcome. J Gastrointest Surg 2006; 10: 1081-91. ®
    73. El Shallaly G, Cuschieri A. Optimum view distance for laparoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc 2006 Oct 9, PMID: 17031749, 20: 1879-82.
    74. Cuschieri A. Nature of human error: implications for surgical practice. Ann Surg 2006, 244: 642-8.
    75. S G Dolgobrodov, P Moore, R Marshall, R Bittern, R J C Steele and A Cuschieri. Artificial neural network - predicted versus observed survival in patients with colonic cancer. Dis Colon Rect 2005, 10th Dec., DOI: 10.1007/s10350-006-0779-8. ISSN: 0012-3706 (print) 1530-0358 (online).
  • Books

    • Monographs

    • 1. Cuschieri A.
      The Adrenal Glands in Cancer of the Breast. ChM thesis, University of Liverpool; 1968.
    • 2. Cuschieri A, Baker P R.
      Introduction to Research in Medical Sciences; 1977. Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh.
    • 3. Cuschieri A, Berci G.
      Common Bile Duct Exploration; 1984. Martinus Nijhoff: Boston.
    • 4. Berci G, Cuschieri A.
      Practical Laparoscopy; 1986. Bailliere Tindall: London.
    • 5. Cuschieri A, Berci G.
      Laparoscopic Biliary Surgery, 1st Ed; 1990. Blackwell Scientific Publications: Oxford.
    • 6. Cuschieri A, Berci G.
      Laparoscopic Biliary Surgery, 2nd Ed; 1992. Blackwell Scientific Publications: Oxford.
    • 7. Cuschieri A, Szabo Z.
      Tissue Approximation in Endoscopic Surgery, 1995. Isis Medical Media: Oxford
    • 8. Berci G, Cuschieri A
    • Bile Ducts and Bile Duct Stones, 1996. Saunders: Philadelphia

    Edited Books

    • 1. Cuschieri A, Giles G R, Moossa A R.
      Essential Surgical Practice, 1st Ed; 1982. John Wright: Bristol.
    • 2. Cuschieri A, Skinner D B.
      Reconstructive Surgery of the Gastrointestinal Tract; 1985. Butterworths: London.
    • 3. Hennessy T P J, Cuschieri A.
      Surgery of the Oesophagus, 1st Ed; 1985. Bailliere Tindall: London.
    • 4. Cuschieri A, Hennessy T P J.
    • Current Operative Surgery: General Surgery; 1985. Bailliere Tindall: London.
    • 5. Preece P E, Cuschieri A, Wellwood J M.
      Cancer of the Stomach; 1986. Grune & Stratton: New York.
    • 6. Cuschieri A, Giles G, Moossa A R.
      Essential Surgical Practice, 2nd Ed; 1989. Butterworths: London.
    • 7. Preece P E, Cuschieri A, Rosin R D.
      Cancer of the Bile Ducts and Pancreas; 1989. W B Saunders: Philadelphia.
    • 8. Hennessy T P J, Cuschieri A, Bennett J R.
      Reflux Oesophagitis; 1989. Butterworths: London.
    • 9. Berci G, Cuschieri A, Sackier J M.
      Problems in General Surgery: Laparoscopic Surgery; 1991. J B Lipincott: Philadelphia.
    • 10. Cuschieri A, Buess G, Perissat J.
      Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery; 1992. Springer Verlag: Heidleberg.
    • 11. Hennessy T P J, Cuschieri A.
      Surgery of the Oesophagus, 2nd Ed; 1992. Butterworth-Heineman: Oxford.
    • 12. Forbes C, Cuschieri A.
      Bleeding Disorders in Surgical Practice; 1992. Blackwell Scientific Publications: Oxford.
    • 13. Cuschieri A, Forbes C.
    • Disorders of the Spleen; 1994. Blackwell Scientific Publications: Oxford.
    • 14. Cuschieri A, Buess G, Perissat J.
      Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery; Vol II, 1994. Springer Verlag: Heidleberg.
    • 15. Cuschieri A, Giles G, Moossa A R.
      Essential Surgical Practice, 3rd Ed 1995. Butterworth-Heineman: Oxford.
    • 16. Cuschieri A, Hennessey T P J, Grace P, Greenlaugh R, Rowley D
    • Clinical Surgery, 1996. Blackwell Science: Oxford.
    • 16. Cuschieri A, Steele R J, Moossa A R.
    • Essential Surgical Practice 4th Ed , Vol I 1999. Butterworth Heinemann: Oxford
    • 17. Scott-Conner Carol E H, Cuschieri A , Carter Fiona J
    • Minimal Access Surgical Anatomy, 2000. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Philadelphia
  • Book Chapters
    1. Baker P R, Cuschieri A. A Biochemical Study of perfused porcine livers. In Organ Preservation, Ed: Pegg D, 1973, Blackwells: Oxford.
    2. Cuschieri A. Jejunal Interposition for Problems after Polya Gastrectomy. In Operative Surgery 3rd edition, Eds: Robb C, Smith R, 1977, Butterworths: London; pp 150-60.
    3. Cuschieri A. Liver Failure. In Textbook of Anaesthesia, 4th edition, Eds: Gray C, Nunn, Utting J, 1977, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh.
    4. Cuschieri A, Wormsley K G. The Pancreas. In Recent Advances in Gastroenterology, vol 4, Ed: Bouchier I A D, 1980, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh, 223-50.
    5. Cuschieri A. Intraoperative Pressure Measurements: Biliary Manometry. In Operative Biliary Radiology, Eds: Berci G, Hamlin J A, Williams and Wilkins: Baltimore; pp 107-96.
    6. Cuschieri A. Long-term Sequelae of Ulcer Surgery. In Peptic Ulcer, Ed: Carter D C, 1983, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh; pp 149-71.
    7. Cuschieri A. Remedial Surgery for Postgastric Surgery Complications. In Rob and Smith's Operative Surgery 4th edition, Eds: Dudley H, Pories W J, Carter D C, 1983, Butterworths: London; pp 285-80.
    8. Cuschieri A, Wormsley K G. The Pancreas. In Recent advances in Gastroenterology vol 5, Ed: Bouchier I A D, 1983, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh; pp 183-200.
    9. Vitale G, Cuschieri A. Cancer of the Exocrine Pancreas. In Textbook of Gastroenterology, Eds: Bouchier I A D, Allan R N, Hogdson J F, Keighley R B, 1983; Bailliere Tindall: London, pp 1331-1339.
    10. Cuschieri A. Alternatives in the Management of the Jaundiced Patient: Commentary. In Gastroenterolgical Surgery, Eds: Irving M H, Beart R W Jr, 1983, Butterworths: London, pp 304-9.
    11. Craven J L, Cuschieri A. Treatment of Gastric Cancer. In Clinics in Oncology: Cancer of the Stomach, Eds: Wrigley P F M, Timothy AR, 1984, W B Saunders Company: Philadelphia, pp 309-25.
    12. Vitale G C, Cuschieri A. Cancer of the Exocrine Pancreas. In Textbook of Gastroenterology, Eds: Bouchier I A D, Allen R N, Hodgson J F, Keighley M B, 1984, Bailliere Tindall: London, pp 1331-9.
    13. Cuschieri A. Cancer of the Stomach. In Recent Advances in Surgery vol 12, Ed: Russell R C G, 1985, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh, 125-42.
    14. Cuschieri A. Sclerosing Cholangitis. In Maingot's Abdominal Operations vol 2, 8th edition, Eds: Schwartz S I, Ellis W, 1895; Appelton-Century-Cross: Connecticut, pp 1979-95.
    15. Cuschieri A, Cheadle W G. Tumours of the Biliary Tract. In Gastrointestinal Oncology, Eds: Fielding J W L, Priestman T J, 1986, Castle House Publications: London, pp 165-96.
    16. Sadek S A, Cuschieri A. Gallstone Disease: Surgical Management. In Gallstone Disease, Ed: Bateson M C, 1986, MTP Press Ltd: Lancaster, pp 113-137.
    17. Cuschieri A. Acute Cholecystits. In Textbook of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Ed: Blumgart L, 1987, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh, pp 531-539.
    18. Cuschieri A. Laparoscoy in Diagnosis and Staging of Patients with Cancer of the Exocrine Pancreas. In Cancer of the Bile Ducts and Pancreas, Eds: Preece P R, Cuschieri A, Rosen D, Saunders: London 1989, pp 189-96.
    19. Lavelle-Jones M, Cuschieri A. Adhesion Obstruction of the Small Intestine. In Emergency Abdominal Surgery, Eds: Williamson R, Cooper M, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh 1990, pp 159-73.
    20. Cuschieri A. Blood Transfusion in Surgery for Cancer. In Comprehensive Textbook of Oncology (2nd edition), Eds: Moossa A R, Schimpff S C, Robson M C, Williams & Wilkins: Baltimore 1991, vol 1, pp 435-40.
    21. Cuschieri A. Tumours of the Stomach. In Comprehensive Textbook of Oncology (2nd edition), Eds: Moossa A R, Schimpff S C, Robson M C, Williams & Wilkins: Baltimore 1991, vol 1, pp 862-81.
    22. Bouchier I A D, Cuschieri A. Aetiology and Management of Gallstones in the 20th Century. In Current Medicine-3, Ed: Lawson D H, Churchill Livingston: Edinburgh 1991, 253-73.
    23. Cuschieri A. Tissue Approximation. In Problems in General Surgery, Ed: Berci G, 1991, J B Lippincott: Philadelphia pp 366-77.
    24. Easter D, Cuschieri A: Surgical Management. In Management of Bleeding Disorders in Surgical Practice, Eds Forbes C, Cuschieri A 1991, Blackwell Scientific Publications: Oxford, pp 354-376.
    25. Cuschieri A. Laparoscopic Ligamentum Teres (Round Ligament) Cardiopexy. In Problems in General Surgery, Ed: Berci G, 1991; J B Lippincott: Philadelphia pp 378-86.
    26. Lavelle-Jones M, Cuschieri A. Acute Septic Conditions in the Abdominal Cavity. In Gastrointestinal Emergencies, Eds: Gilmour I T, Shields R, 1991; W B Saunders: London pp 263-86.
    27. Cuschieri A: Interposition Reconstructions after Gastrectomy for Cancer. In Textbook of Oncological Surgery, Eds: Burn I, Wellwood J, 1992.
    28. Cuschieri A, Buess G: Nature and Scope of Endoscopic Surgery. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 9-13.
    29. Melzer A, Buess G, Cuschieri A: Instruments for Endoscopic Surgery. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 14-36.
    30. Buess C, Cuschieri A: Requirements for an Endoscopic Surgical Unit. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 61-3.
    31. Buess C, Cuschieri A: Training in Endoscopic Surgery. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 64-82.
    32. Cuschieri A, Nathanson L K, Buess G: Basic Surgical Procedures. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 83-104.
    33. Cuschieri A: General Principles of Thoracoscopic Surgery. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 105-109.
    34. Cuschieri A, Nathanson L K: Thoracoscopic Ligation of Pleural Bullae and Parietal Pleurectomy for Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 134-140.
    35. Cuschieri A, Nathanson L K, Shimi S M: Thoracoscopic Myotomy for Motility Disorders. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 141-148.
    36. Cuschieri A: General Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 169-179.
    37. Cuschieri A: Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 180-193.
    38. Cuschieri A: Cholecystostomy Drainage for Severe Acute Cholecystitis. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 240-245.
    39. Cuschieri A, Nathanson L K: Laparoscopic Surgery for Perforated Peptic Ulcer Disease. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 273-279.
    40. Cuschieri A, Nathsnson L K, Shimi S M: Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp280-297.
    41. Cuschieri A, Shimi S M, Nathanson L K: Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 298-302.
    42. Cuschieri A, Buess G: Future Advances in Endoscopic Surgery. In Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Cuschieri A, Buess C, Perissat J 1992, Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg, pp 336-348.
    43. Cuschieri A, Hennessey T P J: Anatomy and Physiology of the Oesophagus. In Surgery of the Oesophagus, Eds Cuschieri A, Hennessey T P J, 2nd edition 1992, Butterworth-Heineman Ltd: Oxford, pp 1-16.
    44. Shimi S M, Cuschieri A: Diagnsotic Techniques and Tests of Oesophageal Function. In Surgery of the Oesophagus, Eds Cuschieri A, Hennessey T P J, 2nd edition 1992, Butterworth-Heineman Ltd: Oxford, pp 17-55.
    45. Cuschieri A, Hennessey T P J: Oesophageal Perforations. In Surgery of the Oesophagus, Eds Cuschieri A, Hennessey T P J, 2nd edition 1992, Butterworth-Heineman Ltd: Oxford, pp 86-108.
    46. Cuschieri A, Clark J: Hiatal Hernia and Reflux Oesophagitis. In Surgery of the Oesophagus, Eds Cuschieri A, Hennessey T P J, 2nd edition 1992, Butterworth-Heineman Ltd: Oxford, pp170-214.
    47. Hennessey T P J, Cuschieri A: Benign Oesophageal Strictures. In Surgery of the Oesophagus, Eds Cuschieri A, Hennessey T P J, 2nd edition 1992, Butterworth-Heineman Ltd: Oxford, pp 255-274.
    48. Hennessey T P J, Cuschieri A: Tumours of the Oesophagus. In Surgery of the Oesophagus, Eds Cuschieri A, Hennessey T P J, 2nd edition 1992, Butterworth-Heineman Ltd: Oxford, 275-327.
    49. Cuschieri A: Minimal Access Approaches for the Treatment of Peptic Ulcer Disease. In Endoscopic Surgery, Eds Green F L, Ponsky J L 1994, WB Saunders: Philadelphia pp 387-401.
    50. Cuschieri A, Kirk R M: Minimal Access Surgery. In General Surgical Operations, Ed: Kirk R M 1994, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh, pp 167-74.
    51. Lavelle Jones M, Cuschieri A. Acute Cholecystitis. In Surgery of the Liver and Biliary Tract (2nd Ed), Ed: Blumgart L H 1994, Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh, pp 589-97.
    52. Easter D, Cuschieri A: The Spleen and Disorders of its Circulation. In Disorders of the Spleen 1994, Blackwell Scientific Publications: Oxford, pp 151-190.
    53. Holdsworth R J, Cuschieri A: The Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Prevention of Postsplenectomy Sepsis. In Disorders of the Spleen 1994, Blackwell Scientific Publications: Oxford, pp 229-240.
    54. Cuschieri A: Minimal Access Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. In Surgery of the Esophagus, Stomach and Small Intestine (5th Ed), Ed: Wastell C, Nyhus L M, Donahue P E 1995, Little Brown and Co: Boston, pp 754-69.
    55. Cuschieri A: Acute and Chronic Cholecystitis. In Current Surgical Therapy (5th Ed), Ed Cameron J L 1995, Mosby: Baltimore, pp 333-7.
    56. Cuschieri A: Endoscopic Vagotomy for Duodenal Ulcer Disease: Procedures and Appraisal. In Advances in Surgery, vol 29, 1995, Mosby: Baltimore, pp 291-302.
    57. Cuschieri A. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Gallstone Disease: laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In Rob and Smith Operative Surgery: Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery (5th Ed), Ed D C Carter, Russell R C G, Pitt H A, Bismuth H, 1996, Chapman & Hall: London.
    58. Cuschieri A: Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery. In Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): Back to Surgery, Eds M W Buchler, E Frei, Ch Klaiber, L Kr henb hl, 1997,Karger: Basel, pp 147-57.
    59. Cuschieri A: Laparoscopy in the Management of Pancreatic Disease. In Surgical Diseases of The Pancreas 3rd Edition, Eds: Howard J, Idezuki Y, Ihse I, Prinz R, Williams & Wilkins: Baltimore, 1998, pp 111-9.
    60. Cuschieri A: Endoscopic Oesophageal Myotomy. In Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, Ed: W S Walker, Isis Medical Media: Oxford, 1999, pp 161-72.
  • CV

    • Prof. Sir Alfred Cuschieri, MD, MD (Hon), ChM, D Med Tech (Hon), FRCSEd, FRCSEng, FRCSGlas (Hon), FRCSI (Hon), F Med Sci, FIBiol, F Inst Mech Eng (Hon)

     

    DATE OF BIRTH 30th September 1938

    NATIONALITY:                                                British

    AWARDS

    Pfizer prize and scholarship - 1961

    Moynihan prize/ medal - Ass. of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland - 1973.

    University of Helsinki, Gold Medal - 1989

    Scandinavian Society of Gastroenterology, Gold Medal - 1990

    Surgical Education Audio-visual Prize, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland: 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992.

    Honorary member SAGES, 1991

    International Society of Surgery/ Société Internationale de Chirurgie, 1993 Prize of the Society for "pioneering work in minimal access surgery".

    Honorary member SSAT, 1994

    Honorary Fellow, Italian Surgical Society, 1994

    Scott-Heron Medal, Royal Victoria Hospital, Queen’s University of Belfast, 1995

    Ernest Miles medal, 1996

    Honorary Fellow, Indian Association of Endoscopic Surgeons

    Sir John Marnock Medal – University of Aberdeen, 1997

    Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Gold Medal, 1997

    Knight Bachelor - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1998

    Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh – 1998

    Queen’s award for higher and continued education, 1999

    Excel Award of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons ‘for outstanding contributions to laparoscopy, endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery – 2000

    George Berci Lifetime Achievement Award of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons for ‘outstanding contributions, innovative developments, research and training in endoscopic surgery’, 2001

    Gimbernat prize – Catalonian Society of Surgery, 2001

    Honorary member - The Society of University Surgeons, 2002

    Gold Medal, Royal Society of Edinburgh - for Research and Development relevant to Endosopic Surgery, 2002

    President’s Medal Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 2003

     

    APPOINTMENTS

    PRESENT APPOINTMENTS

    Director of Institute of Medical Science and Technology - Universities of Dundee and St Andrews, October 2003 -

    Chairman of Scottish Intercollegiate Skills Training Board, Nov 2003 –

    Professor of surgery Scuola Superiore Di Studi Universitari E Di Perfezionamento S. Anna, Pisa, Nov 2003 -

     

    PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

    Lecturer in Surgery, University of Liverpool, (Sept 1969 - March 1971).

    Senior Lecturer in Surgery, University of Liverpool, (April 1971 - May 1974).

    Reader in Surgery, University of Liverpool, (June 1974 - June 1976).

    Barling Professor of Surgery, University of Birmingham, 1988

    Professor of Surgery and Head of Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, 1976 - 88, 1988- 2003

     

    NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS/ MEMBERSHIPS

    Secretary: Surgical Research Society 1977 - 1979.

    Chairman: Admissions Committee, International Biliary Association 1979-1982.

    Member of Council: Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1984 -

    Committee Member: Education and Science Committee, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1986 -

    Committee Member: Surgical Research Fund. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1987 -

    Committee Member: Biomedical Research Committee, SHHD 1978 - 1981.

    National Committee Member:

    British Association of Surgical Oncology 1980 - 1983.

    Liver Club of Great Britain 1979 - 1981.

    Pancreatic Society of Great Britain 1982 - 1984.

    President: British Association of Surgical Oncology, 1984 -1986.

    External Assessor: National Health and Medical Research Council. Commonwealth of Australia 1984 -

    MRC: Physiological Systems and Disorders Board Grants Committee, MRC 1986 -1989, Chairman Gastric Cancer Working Party 1990 - 1997, Cancer Therapy Committee 1991 -

    National Committee Member: Advisory Panel on Evaluation of Medical and Scientific Equipment and Health Service Supplies - Scottish Health Service Common Services Agency Supplies Division, 1984 -

    National Committee Member: National Panel of Specialists, 1977 - 1980, 1988 -

    President: International Hepatobiliary pancreatic association, 1992-3.

    Chairman: Association of Academic Departments of Surgery in Europe, 1988 -

    President: European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons, 1995-1997

    Director: Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit for Scotland, 1993-

    Committee Member: Advisory Group BIOMED - EEU, 1994-

    Committee Member: Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures (SERNIP) of the Royal Medical Colleges, 1996-

    Committee Member: Academy of Medical Sciences 1998

    Fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh 1998

     

    EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS

    Editor: Journal of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1987 - 1997

    Editor: Surgical Endoscopy, 1992 -

    Editor: Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery, 1993 –

    Assistant Editor: Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies, 2000-

    Chairman Editorial Board: Current Surgical Practice, 1988 - 1995.

    Member Editorial Board: Gut, 1985 - 1989

    Member Editorial Board: Italian Journal of Surgical Science 1982 -

    Member Editorial Board: Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1984 -

    Member Editorial Board: Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae -1986 -

    Member Editorial Board: British Journal of Surgery 1988 -1993

    Member Editorial Board: Surgical Endoscopy 1987 -

    Member Editorial Board: Minimal Invasive Therapy 1990 -

     

    VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS AND EXAMINATION COMMITMENTS

    VISITING PROFESSOR

    University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Francisco,

    University of California, San Diego, University of California, Davies

    University of Utah, University of Chicago, University of Louisville

    University of Buffalo New York, University of Lund, University of Pavia

    University of Dunedin, University of Helsinki, Trinity College Dublin

    University of Hong Kong, University of Singapore, Sains University of Malaysia

    University of Durban, University of Cape Town, University of Verona

    University of Madrid, University of Coimbra, University of Manitoba

    University of Tubingen, University of Mannheim, University of Pretoria

    University of Pisa, University of Rome - La Sapienza, University of Rennes

    University of Bordeaux, University of Winnipeg, University of Bologna

    University of Ancona, Technology University of Delft, Beijing University

     

    EXTERNAL EXAMINER (MB ChB)

    Royal University of Malta, Liverpool University, Manchester University, Glasgow University, Edinburgh University, University of London, National University of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, Aberdeen University

    EXTERNAL EXAMINER (PhD DEGREES)

    Trinity College Dublin, University of Sheffield, University of Liverpool, National University of Ireland, University of London, University of Amsterdam, Delft University, University of Rotterdam

    COLLEGE EXAMINER (FRCS)

    Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

    Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

  • Contact Information

    • Sir Alfred may be contacted through his PA Fiona Bishop

    PA to Professor Alfred Cuschieri

    Institute for Medical Science and Technology

    University of Dundee

    Wilson House

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    Dundee

    DD2 1FD

     

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