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News Archive - April 2015

Endo-Anal Scanning Course at DDF 2015

DDF is delighted to offer the additional opportunity of an endo-anal scanning course. Date: Wednesday 24th June 2015 Time: 10:30 – 13:00 Venue: ExCeL This course will be facilitated by a faculty from St Thomas¹ Hospital, London and will... Read more

29 Apr 2015

ACPGBI Social Event (24 June) at DDF Meeting- not to be missed!

This social event can be booked through registration for the meeting. If you are already registered please email ddf2015reg@mci-group.com to have this added to your registration. Read more

29 Apr 2015

PPALM Study: Clinical Trial to Improve GI symptoms after Pelvic Radiotherapy

Dr Jervoise Andreyev, Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital, has initiated a clinical trial of oral medication aimed at improving GI symptoms after pelvic radiation treatment. If you have symptomatic patients who would like to... Read more

16 Apr 2015

Comparative Study of Patient and Clinician Perceptions about Constipation

Dr Eirini Dimidi, Professor Charles Knowles, Dr Mark Scott and Professor Kevin Whelan from King’s College London are investigating the perceptions of colorectal surgeons and gastroenterologists on constipation and probiotics. They plan to compare... Read more

16 Apr 2015

STAR-SURG’s next project: Proposed RCT of Ibuprofen in GI Surgery

Dear Colleague Following on from the recent STAR-SURG national medical student audit (BJS 2014 Oct;101(11):1413-23) we are proposing a multicentre clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of peri-operative ibuprofen in patients undergoing... Read more

16 Apr 2015