Finder

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Surgeon
University Hospital of Wales
Heath Park
Cardiff
CF14 4XW

Research interests

Hyperparathyroidism
Thyroid nodules
Thyroid Cancer
Emergency general surgery
Frailty
Minimally invasive surgery
Surgical outcomes

Personal interests

Cycling
Running
Cricket and Rugby
Food

Publications

Most recent publications

1. Prognostic model to predict postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery based on a national prospective observational cohort study.
STARSurg Collaborative.
BJS Open. 2018 Jul 27;2(6):400-410. doi: 10.1002/bjs5.86. eCollection 2018 Dec.

2. A practical risk scale for predicting morbidity and mortality in the emergency general surgical setting: A prospective multi-center study.
Ablett AD, McCarthy K, Carter B, Pearce L, Stechman M, Moug S, Ceelen W, Hewitt J, Myint PK; Older Persons Surgical Outcomes Collaboration.
Int J Surg. 2018 Dec;60:236-244. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.11.023. Epub 2018 Nov 24.
PMID: 30481611

3.Cognitive impairment is associated with mortality in older adults in the emergency surgical setting: Findings from the Older Persons Surgical Outcomes Collaboration (OPSOC): A prospective cohort study.
Ablett AD, McCarthy K, Carter B, Pearce L, Stechman M, Moug S, Hewitt J, Myint PK; Older Persons Surgical Outcomes Collaboration.
Surgery. 2018 Nov 16. pii: S0039-6060(18)30725-6. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.10.013. [Epub ahead of print]

4.An N-Ethyl-N-Nitrosourea (ENU)-Induced Tyr265Stop Mutation of the DNA Polymerase Accessory Subunit Gamma 2 (Polg2) Is Associated With Renal Calcification in Mice.
Gorvin CM, Ahmad BN, Stechman MJ, Loh NY, Hough TA, Leo P, Marshall M, Sethi S, Bentley L, Piret SE, Reed A, Jeyabalan J, Christie PT, Wells S, Simon MM, Mallon AM, Schulz H, Huebner N, Brown MA, Cox RD, Brown SD, Thakker RV.
J Bone Miner Res. 2018 Nov 5. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3624. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 30395686

5.Prognostic Significance of Acute Kidney Injury Following Emergency Laparotomy: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.
Dewi F, Egan RJ, Abdelrahman T, Morris C, Stechman MJ, Lewis WG.
World J Surg. 2018 Nov;42(11):3575-3580. doi: 10.1007/s00268-018-4744-1.
PMID: 30097705

6. Association between peri-operative angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin-2 receptor blockers and acute kidney injury in major elective non-cardiac surgery: a multicentre, prospective cohort study.
STARSurg Collaborative.
Anaesthesia. 2018 Oct;73(10):1214-1222. doi: 10.1111/anae.14349. Epub 2018 Jul 9.

7.Body mass index and complications following major gastrointestinal surgery: a prospective, international cohort study and meta-analysis.
EuroSurg Collaborative.
Colorectal Dis. 2018 Aug;20(8):O215-O225. doi: 10.1111/codi.14292. Epub 2018 Jul 9.