Publications & Research

184) S Thompson, D Stoyanov, C Schneider, K Gurusamy, S Ourselin, ...
Hand–eye calibration for rigid laparoscopes using an invariant point
International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 2016; 11(6) : 1071-1080.

185) Schneider C, Johnson SP, Gurusamy K, Cook RJ, Desjardins AE, Hawkes DJ, Davidson BR, Walker-Samuel S.
Identification of liver metastases with probe-based confocal laser endomicroscopy at two excitation wavelengths.
Lasers Surg Med. 2016 Dec 19. doi: 10.1002/lsm.22617. [Epub ahead of print]

186) Stegmann KA, Robertson F, Hansi N, Gill U, Pallant C, Christophides T, Pallett LJ, Peppa D, Dunn C, Fusai G, Male V, Davidson BR, Kennedy P, Maini MK. 
CXCR6 marks a novel subset of T-betloEomeshi natural killer cells residing in human liver. Sci Rep. 2016;6:26157.

187) Buzzetti E, Kalafateli M, Thorburn D, Davidson BR, Thiele M, Gluud LL, Del Giovane C, Askgaard G, Krag A, Tsochatzis E, Gurusamy KS.
Pharmacological interventions for alcoholic liver disease (alcohol-related liver disease): an attempted network meta-analysis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 31;3:CD011646. PMID: 28368093.

188) João Ramalhinho ; Maria Robu ; Stephen Thompson ; Philip Edwards ; Crispin Schneider ; Kurinchy Gurusamy ; David Hawkes ; Brian Davidson ; Dean Barratt ; Matthew J. Clarkson
Breathing motion compensated registration of laparoscopic liver ultrasound to CT
Proc. SPIE 10135, Medical Imaging 2017: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 101352V (March 3, 2017); doi:10.1117/12.2254488

 189) Eli Gibson ; Maria R. Robu ; Stephen Thompson ; P. Eddie Edwards ; Crispin Schneider ; Kurinchi Gurusamy ; Brian Davidson ; David J. Hawkes ; Dean C. Barratt ; Matthew J. Clarkson 
Deep residual networks for automatic segmentation of laparoscopic videos of the liver
Proc. SPIE 10135, Medical Imaging 2017: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 101351M (March 3, 2017); doi:10.1117/12.2255975

190) Stephen Thompson ; Yannic Meuer ; Eddie Edwards ; João Ramalhinho ; Maria Ruxandra Robu ; Danail Stoyanov ; Sébastian Ourselin ; Brian Davidson ; David Hawkes ; Matthew J. Clarkson.
On pattern selection for laparoscope calibration
Proc. SPIE 10135, Medical Imaging 2017: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 101351W (March 3, 2017); doi:10.1117/12.2253717.

191) Pallett LJ, Davies J, Colbeck EJ, Robertson F, Hansi N, Easom NJW, Burton AR, Stegmann KA, Schurich A, Swadling L, Gill US, Male V, Luong T, Gander A, Davidson BR, Kennedy
PTF, Maini MK.
IL-2high tissue-resident T cells in the human liver: Sentinels for hepatotropic Infection. 
Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2017; 214(6):1567-1580. PMID 28526759

192) Huang WC, Easom NJ, Tang XZ, Gill US, Singh H, Robertson F, Chang C, Trowsdale J, Davidson BR, Rosenberg WM, Fusai G, Toubert A, Kennedy PT, Peppa D, Maini MK. 
T Cells Infiltrating Diseased Liver Express Ligands for the NKG2D Stress Surveillance System.
J Immunol. 2017 Feb 1;198(3):1172-1182. PMID : 28031333

193) Lombardi R, Onali S, Thorburn D, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS, Tsochatzis E.
Pharmacological interventions for non-alcohol related fatty liver disease (NAFLD): an attempted network meta-analysis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 30;3:CD011640. PMID:28358980

194) Majumdar A, Roccarina D, Thorburn D, Davidson BR, Tsochatzis E, Gurusamy KS Management of people with early- or very early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: an attempted network meta-analysis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 28;3:CD011650. PMID:28351116

195) Mantzoukis K, Rodríguez-Perálvarez M, Buzzetti E, Thorburn D, Davidson BR, Tsochatzis E, Gurusamy KS.
Pharmacological interventions for acute hepatitis B infection: an attempted network meta- analysis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 21;3:CD011645. PMID: 28321877

196) Kalafateli M, Buzzetti E, Thorburn D, Davidson BR, Tsochatzis E, Gurusamy KS.
Pharmacological interventions for acute hepatitis C infection: an attempted network meta- analysis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 13;3:CD011644. PMID: 28285495

197) Roccarina D, Majumdar A, Thorburn D, Davidson BR, Tsochatzis E, Gurusamy KS Management of people with intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: an attempted network meta-analysis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 10;3:CD011649. PMID: 28281295

198) Buzzetti E, Kalafateli M, Thorburn D, Davidson BR, Tsochatzis E, Gurusamy KS 
Interventions for hereditary haemochromatosis: an attempted network meta-analysis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 8;3:CD011647. PMID: 28273330

199) Singh S, Siriwardana PN, Johnston EW, Watkins J, Bandula S, Illing R, Davidson BR Perivascular extension of microwave ablation zone: demonstrated using an ex vivo porcine perfusion liver model.
Int J Hyperthermia. 2017 Nov 21:1-7. 

200) Robertson FP, Fuller BJ, Davidson BR 
An Evaluation of Ischaemic Preconditioning as a Method of Reducing Ischaemia Reperfusion Injury in Liver Surgery and Transplantation.
J Clin Med. 2017 Jul 14;6(7). pii: E69. doi: 10.3390/jcm6070069. Review.

201) Saffioti F, Gurusamy KS, Hawkins N, Toon CD, Tsochatzis E, Davidson BR, Thorburn D.
Pharmacological interventions for primary sclerosing cholangitis: an attempted network meta-analysis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 28;3:CD011343. PMID : 2835042

202) Gurusamy K, Corrigan N, Croft J, Twiddy M, Morris S, Woodward N, Bandula S, Hochhauser D, Napp V, Pullan A, Jakowiw N, Prasad R, Damink SO, van Laarhoven CJHM, de Wilt JHW, Brown J, Davidson BR 
Liver resection surgery versus thermal ablation for colorectal LiVer MetAstases(LAVA): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
Trials. 2018 Feb 13;19(1):105.  PMID: 29439711

203) Burton AR, Pallett LJ, McCoy LE, Suveizdyte K, Amin OE, Swadling L, Alberts E, Davidson BR, Kennedy PT, Gill US, Mauri C, Blair PA, Pelletier N, Maini MK.
Circulating and intrahepatic antiviral B cells are defective in hepatitis B.
J Clin Invest. 2018 Aug 9. pii: 121960. doi: 10.1172/JCI121960

204) Otano I, Escors D, Schurich A, Singh H, Robertson F, Davidson BR, Fusai G, Vargas FA, Tan ZMD, Aw JYJ, Hansi N, Kennedy PTF, Xue SA, Stauss HJ, Bertoletti A, Pavesi A, 
Maini MK.
Molecular Recalibration of PD-1+ Antigen-Specific T Cells from Blood and Liver.
Mol Ther. 2018 Aug 16. pii: S1525-0016(18)30390-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2018.08.013. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30217730

205) Xiao G, Bonmati E, Thompson S, Evans J, Hipwell J, Nikitichev D, Gurusamy K, Ourselin S, Hawkes DJ, Davidson BR, Clarkson MJ.
Electromagnetic tracking in image-guided laparoscopic surgery: Comparison with optical tracking and feasibility study of a combined laparoscope and laparoscopic ultrasound system.
Med Phys. 2018 Nov;45(11):5094-5104. doi: 10.1002/mp.13210. Epub 2018 Oct 19. PMID:30247765

206) Ramalhinho J, Robu MR, Thompson S, Gurusamy K, Davidson BR, Hawkes D, Barratt D, Clarkson MJ.
A pre-operative planning framework for global registration of laparoscopic ultrasound to CT images.
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2018 Aug;13(8):1177-1186. doi: 10.1007/s11548-018-1799- 2. Epub 2018 Jun 2.PMID:29860550

207) Robu MR, Ramalhinho J, Thompson S, Gurusamy K, Davidson BR, Hawkes D, Stoyanov D, Clarkson MJ.
Global rigid registration of CT to video in laparoscopic liver surgery.
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2018 Jun;13(6):947-956. doi: 10.1007/s11548-018-1781-z. Epub 2018 May 7. PMID: 29736801

208) Thompson S, Schneider C, Bosi M, Gurusamy K, Ourselin S, Davidson BR, Hawkes D, Clarkson MJ.
In vivo estimation of target registration errors during augmented reality laparoscopic surgery.
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2018 Jun;13(6):865-874. doi: 10.1007/s11548-018-1761-3. Epub 2018 Apr 16.PMID:29663273

209) Singh S, Siriwardana PN, Johnston EW, Watkins J, Bandula S, Illing R, Davidson BR.
Perivascular extension of microwave ablation zone: demonstrated using an ex vivo porcine perfusion liver model.
Int J Hyperthermia. 2018 Nov;34(7):1114-1120. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2017.1400119. Epub 2017 Nov 21.PMID:29096566

210) Kalafateli M, Buzzetti E, Thorburn D, Davidson BR, Tsochatzis E, Gurusamy KS Pharmacological interventions for acute hepatitis C infection.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Dec 3;12:CD011644. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011644.pub3. Review.PMID:30521693

211) Clancy NT, Gurusamy K, Jones G, Davidson BR, Clarkson MJ, Hawkes DJ, Stoyanov D.
Spectral Imaging Of Thermal Damage Induced During Microwave Ablation In The Liver.
Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2018 Jul;2018:3001-3004. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512901.PMID:30441029


212) Gibson E, Giganti F, Hu Y, Bonmati E, Bandula S, Gurusamy K, Davidson BR, Pereira SP, Clarkson MJ, Barratt DC 
Automatic Multi-Organ Segmentation on Abdominal CT With Dense V-Networks.
IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2018 Aug;37(8):1822-1834. doi: 10.1109/TMI.2018.2806309. Epub 2018 Feb 14.PMID:29994628 

213) Easom NJW, Stegmann KA, Swadling L, Pallett LJ, Burton AR, Odera D, Schmidt N, Huang WC, Fusai G, Davidson BR, Maini MK.
IL-15 Overcomes Hepatocellular Carcinoma-Induced NK Cell Dysfunction.
Front Immunol. 2018 May 9;9:1009. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01009. eCollection 2018.PMID:29867983

214) Bonmati E, Hu Y, Gibson E, Uribarri L, Keane G, Gurusami K, Davidson BR, Pereira SP, Clarkson MJ, Barratt DC.
Determination of optimal ultrasound planes for the initialisation of image registration during endoscopic ultrasound-guided procedures.
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2018 Jun;13(6):875-883. doi: 10.1007/s11548-018-1762-2. Epub 2018 Apr 16.PMID:29663274

215) Kalafateli M, Buzzetti E, Thorburn D, Davidson BR, Tsochatzis E, Gurusamy KS.
Pharmacological interventions for acute hepatitis C infection.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Dec 3;12:CD011644. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD011644.pub3.PMID: 3052169

216) Singh S, Siriwardana PN, Johnston EW, Watkins J, Bandula S, Illing RO, Davidson BR.
In response to letter to the editor from Ma et al. 2019 regarding perivascular extension of microwave ablation zone.
Int J Hyperthermia. 2019;36(1):445. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2019.1587011. Epub 2019 Mar 23. No abstract available. PMID:3090522

217) Gurusamy KS, Walmsley M, Davidson BR, Frier C, Fuller B, Madden A, Masson S, Morley R, Safarik I, Tsochatzis EA, Ahmed I, Cowlin M, Dillon JF, Ellicott G, Elsharkawy AM, Farrington L, Glachan A, Kumar N, Milne EJ, Rushbrook SM, Smith A, Stafford L, Yeoman A.
Top research priorities in liver and gallbladder disorders in the UK.
BMJ Open. 2019 Mar 7;9(3):e025045. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025045. PMID:30850408

1) Davidson BR, Neoptolemos JP, Carr-Locke DL
The management of common bile duct stones by endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with gallbladder in situ considered unfit for surgery.
Gut 1987 ; 29 : 114-120.

2) Neoptolemos JP, Davidson BR, Lloyd D, Carr-Locke DL, 
Fossard DP
Study of common bile duct exploration and endoscopic sphincterotomy in a consecutive series of 438 patients.
Br J Surg 1987 ; 74(10) : 916-921

3) Neoptolemos JP, Davidson BR, Vallance D, Winder AF
Bile crystal analysis for the detection and type-identification of gallstones.
Biochem Soc Trans 1987 ; 15 : 1912-13

4) Davidson BR, Ezaki T, Habib N
Controversy in the management of cholangitis secondary to hydatid daughter cysts.  
HPB Surgery 1991 ; 4 : 321-329

5) Akoglu M, Sahin B, Davidson BR
Extended transduodenal sphincteroplasty for bile duct stones associated with a periampullary diverticulum.
Postgrad Med J 1992 ; 68 : 346-349

6) Davidson BR, Varsamidakis N, Kurzawinski T, Deery A, Dooley J, 
Dick R, Hobbs K.
The value of exfoliative cytology for investigating bile duct strictures.
Gut 1992 ; 33 : 1408-1411

7) Kurzawinski T, Deery A, Dooley JS, Dick R, Hobbs K, Davidson BR
A prospective controlled study comparing brush and bile exfoliative cytology for diagnosing bile duct strictures.
Gut 1992 ; 33 (12) : 1675-1677

8) Kurzawinski T, Deery A, Davidson BR,
Pre-operative diagnosis of biliary strictures : A Review.
Br J Surg 1993 ; 80(4) : 414-21

9) Davidson BR
Progress in determining the nature of bile duct strictures
Gut 1993 (Leading article) ; 34 : 725-726

10) Lauri A, Horton RC, Davidson BR, Burroughs, Dooley J
Endoscopic extraction of common duct stones. Success related to stone size.
Gut 1993 ; 34(12) : 1718-1722

11) Kurzawinski T, Deery A, Dooley JS, Dick R, Hobbs K, Davidson BR
A prospective study of biliary cytology in 100 patients with bile duct strictures.
Hepatology 1993 ; 18(6) : 1399-1403

12) Stansby J, Davidson BR, Hobbs KEF
Delayed diagnosis of bile duct division during cholecystectomy.
Ann Roy Coll Surg Edin 1994 ; 39 : 49-50

13) Davidson BR, Lauri A, Horton R, Burroughs A, Dooley JS
The outcome of surgery for retained common bile duct stones in elderly patients.
Ann Roy Coll Surg Engl 1994 ; 76 : 320-323

14) Bhattacharya S, Tate JJ, Davidson BR, Hobbs KEF
Abdominal wall haematoma complicating laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
HPB Surgery 1994 ; 7 : 291-296

15) Birks Emma, Tate JJT, Dooley JS, Davidson BR
Occult biliary injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Br J Surg 1994 ; 81 : 1366-1367

16) Lauri A, Davidson BR, Horton R, Burroughs A, Dooley JS
Long term follow up of biliary stents for retained common bile duct stones in elderly patients.
Ann Roy Coll Surg Edin 1995 ; 40 : 42-45

17) Kurzawinski TR, Selves L, Farouk M, Dooley JS, Hilson A, Buscombe JR, Burroughs AK, Rolles K, Davidson BR 
A prospective study of hepatobiliary scintigraphy and cholangiography for detection of early biliary complications after orthotopic liver transplantation. Br J Surg 1997 ; 84 : 620-623

18) Doctor N, Dooley JS, Dick R, Watkinson A, Rolles K, Davidson BR
Multi-disciplinary approach to biliary complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Br J Surg 1998 ; 85 : 627-632. 

19) Doctor N, Dick R, Rai R, Dafnios N, Salamat A, Whiteway Helen, Dooley JS, Davidson BR
Results of percutaneous plastic stents for malignant biliary obstruction following failed endoscopic stent insertion and comparison with current literature on expandable metallic stents.
Eur J Gastroent Hepatol 1999 ; 11 : 775-780

20) Warwick R, Davidson BR, Watkinson A
Successful use of a covered nitonol self expanding stent to seal a malignant
fistula of the common bile duct.
Clin Radiology 1999 : 54 : 410-2

21) Rai R, Dick R, Doctor N, Dafnios N, Morris R, Davidson BR
Predicting early mortality following percutaneous stent insertion for malignant biliary obstruction : a multivariate risk factor analysis.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2000 ; 12(10) : 1095-100.

22)  Hutchins RR, Davidson BR
Surgical treatment of blocked mesh metal biliary stents.
HPB 2000 ; 2(4) : 395-397

23) Ticehurst FM, Hutchins R, Davidson BR
Spontaneous perforation of the bile duct-a case report
HPB Surgery 2001 ; 3 : 285-287

24) Okaro A, Deery A, Hutchins R, Davidson BR.
The expression of anti-apoptotic proteins (Bcl-2, Bcl-xl, Mcl-1) by benign, dysplastic and malignant biliary epithelium.
J Clin Pathol  2001 ; 54 : 927-32


25) Okaro AC, Fennell DA, Corbo M, Davidson BR, Cotter FE
Pk11195, a mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptor antagonist reduces apoptosis threshold in Bcl-X(L) and Mcl-1 expressing human cholangiocarcinoma cells
Gut 2002 ; 51(4) : 556-61

26) Khan SA, Davidson BR, Goldin R, Pereira SP, Rosenberg WMC, Taylor Robinson SD, Thillainayagam AV, Thomas HC, Thursz MR, Wasan H
Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cholangiocarcinoma – a consensus document.
Gut 2002 ; 51 : suppl 6 : V!!-9

27) Bhattacharjya S, Puleston Joe, Davidson BR, Dooley JS
Endoscopic biliary drainage in the management of bile leaks following liver resection.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2003 ; 57(4) : 526-30

28) Youssef F, Khan A, Davidson BR
Disseminated bony metastases following incidental gallbladder cancer detected following laparoscopic cholecystectomy
HPB 2003 ; 5(4) : 258-260  

29) Khan SA, Thomas HC, Davidson BR, Taylor Robinson SD
Cholangiocarcinoma
Lancet 2005 ; 366(9493) : 1303-14

30) Tonsi AF, Standish R, Desai C, Davidson BR
Granular cell tumour of the bile duct mimicking distal cholangiocarcinoma : case report and review of the literature.
Minerva Chirurgica 2006 ; 61(3) : 247-55

31) Robertson A, Davidson BR
Mirizzi syndrome complicating an anomalous biliary tract  : a novel cause of a hugely elevated CA19-9.
Eur J Gastro-Hep 2007 ; 19(2) : 167-9

32) Gurusamy KS, Samraj K, Mullerat P, Davidson BR
Routine abdominal drainage in uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy. 
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 ; (4) : CD006004

33) Gurusamy K, Junnarkar S, Farouk M, Davidson BR
Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the safety and effectiveness of day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Br J Surg 2008 ; 95(2) ; 161-8

34) Gurusamy, K, Samraj K, Davidson BR
Abdominal lift for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008 ; 16(2) : CD006574

35) Gurusamy K, Junnarkar S, Farouk M, Davidson BR
Day-case versus overnight stay in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008 Jan 23; (1); CD006798

36) Davidson BR, Gurusamy K
Is preoperative histological diagnosis necessary for cholangiocarcinoma?
HPB 2008 ; 10 : 94-97

37) Anderson O, Faroug R, Davidson BR, Goode A
Mirizzi syndrome associated with hepatic artery pseudo-aneurysm : a case report.
J Med Case Reports 2008 ; 2(1) : 351 

38) Gurusamy KS, Samraj K, Fusai G, Davidson BR
Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for biliary colic.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008 ; Oct 8 ; (4) : CD007196

39) Gurusamy KS, Junnarkar S, Farouk M, Davidson BR
Cholecystectomy for suspected gallbladder dyskinesia.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 Jan 21 ; 1 : CD007086

40) Gurusamy KS, Abu-Amaru M, Farouk M, Davidson BR
Cholecystectomy for suspected gallbladder polyp.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 ; Jan 21 (1) ; CD007052

41) Gurusamy K, Samraj K, Fusai G, Davidson BR
Robot assistant for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Sys Rev 2009 ; Jan21 (1) : CD006578

42) Gurusamy KS, Samraj K, Fusai G, Davidson BR
Robot assistant for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 ; Jan 21 (1) : CD006578

43) Gurusamy KS, Aggrawal R, Palanivelu L, Davidson BR
Virtual reality training for surgical trainees in laparoscopic surgery.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009; Jan21 (1) : CD006575

44) Gurusamy K, Samraj K, Davidson BR
Low pressure versus standard pressure pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 Apr 15 (2) : CD006930

45) Gurusamy K, Samraj K, Wilson E, Davidson BR
Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis – A meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
Br J Surg 2010 ; 97(2) : 141-50

46) Wilson E, Gurusamy K, Gluud C, Davidson BR
A cost utility and value of information analysis of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.
Br J Surg 2010 ; 97(2) : 210-9

47) Gurusamy KS, Samraj K, Ramamoorthy R, Farouk M, Fusai G, Davidson BR
Miniport versus standard ports for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 ; 3 : CD006804.

48) Gurusamy KS, Kumar S, Davidson BR
Methods of cystic duct occlusion during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 ; 6(10) : CD006807

49) Gurusamy K, Davidson BR
Surgical treatment of gallstones.
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2010 ; 39(2) : 229-44

50) Gurusamy KS, Sahay S, Davidson BR
Three dimensional versus two dimensional imaging for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 ; Jan 19; (1) : CD006882.

51) Gurusamy K, Fang Y, Wang C, Davidson BR
Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials on the safe and efficacy of pre-operative biliary drainage in patients undergoing surgery for obstructive jaundice.
Br J Surg May 2011 May

52) Adwan H, Pamecha V, Kalaitzakis E , Winstanley A, Grillo F, Webster G, Davidson BR
Spyglass cholangioscopy in the evaluation of an intra-hepatic biliary lesion.
Digestive Endoscopy Aug 2011 ; 23(2) : 199-200

53) Matull WR, Dhar DK, Ayaru L, Sandanayake NS, Chapman MH, Dias A, Bridgewater J, Webster GJM, Bong JJ, Davidson BR, Pereira SP.
Ro but not R1/R2 resection is associated with better survival than palliative photodynamic therapy in biliary tract cancer.
Liver International Aug 2011 ; 31(1) : 99-107

54) Gurusamy K, Sahay SJ, Burroughs AK, Davidson BR
Systematic review and meta-analysis of intraoperative versus preoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with gallbladder and suspected common bile duct stones.
Br J Surgery 2011 ; 98(7) : 908-916

55) Gurusamy K, Wilson E, Burroughs AK, Davidson BR
Intra-Operative vs Pre-Operative Endoscopic Sphincterotomy in patients with gallbladder and common bile duct stones : cost utility and value of information analysis.
Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2012 : 10(1) : 15-29

56) Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Samraj K, Davidson BR
Abdominal lift for laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 May 16; 5 CD006574

57) Khan SA, Davidson BR, Goldin R, Heaton N, Karani J, Pereira SP, Rosenberg WMC, Tait P, Taylor Robinson S, Thillainayagam AV, Thomas HC, Wasan H.
Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cholangiocarcinoma – an update.
Gut 2012 ; 61 (12) : 1657-69

58) Fang Y, Gurusamy KS, Wang Q, Davidson BR, Lin H, Xie X, Wang C
Pre-operative biliary drainage for obstructive jaundice.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2012 ; Sept 12 : CD005444

59) Gurusamy KS, Samraj K, Fusai G, Davidson BR 
Robot assistant versus human or another robot assistant in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Sep 12;9:CD006578

60) Gurusamy KS, Rossi M, Davidson BR.
Percutaneous cholecystostomy for high-risk surgical patients with acute calculous cholecystitis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Aug 12;8:CD007088

61) Gurusamy KS, Vaughan J, Ramamoorthy R, Fusai G, Davidson BR.
Miniports versus standard ports for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Aug 1;8:CD006804. [Epub ahead of print]

62) Day-surgery versus overnight stay surgery for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Vaughan J, Gurusamy KS, Davidson BR.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 31;7:CD006798

63) Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Fusai G, Davidson BR.
Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for uncomplicated biliary colic.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jun 30;6:CD007196

64) Gurusamy KS, Davidson C, Gluud C, Davidson BR 
Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for people with acute cholecystitis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jun 30;6:CD005440

65) Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Davidson BR.
T-tube drainage versus primary closure after laparoscopic common bile duct exploration.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jun 21;6:CD005641

66) Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Davidson BR 
T-tube drainage versus primary closure after open common bile duct exploration.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jun 21;6:CD005640
67) Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Davidson BR.
Routine abdominal drainage versus no abdominal drainage for uncomplicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Sep 3;9:CD006004. [Epub ahead of print]
68) Gurusamy KS, Nagendran M, Davidson BR 
Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute gallstone pancreatitis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Sep 2;9:CD010326. [Epub ahead of print]

69) Gurusamy K, Davidson BR
Gallstones
BMJ 2014 ; 348 : 27-31
70) Morris S, Gurusamy KS, Patel N, Davidson BR 
Cost effectiveness f early laparoscoic cholecystectomy for mild acute gallstone pancreatitis.
Br J Surg. 2014 Apr 23. doi: 10.1002/bjs.9501. [Epub ahead of print]

71) Vaughan J, Nagendran M, Cooper J, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS.
Anaesthetic regimens for day-procedure laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Jan 24;1:CD009784

72) Simillis C1, Li T, Vaughan J, Becker LA, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS
Methods to decrease blood loss during liver resection: a network meta-analysis
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Apr 2;4:CD010683. 

73) Gurusamy KS, Vaughan J, Toon CD, Davidson BR 
Pharmacological interventions for prevention or treatment of postoperative pain in people undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 28;3:CD008261

74) Gurusamy KS, Nagendran M, Toon CD, Guerrini GP, Zinnuroglu M, Davidson BR.
Methods of intraperitoneal local anaesthetic instillation for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 25;3:CD009060. 

75) Gurusamy KS, Vaughan J, Davidson BR 
Low pressure versus standard pressure pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 18;3:CD006930. 

76) Gurusamy KS, Nagendran M, Guerrini GP, Toon CD, Zinnuroglu M, Davidson BR Intraperitoneal local anaesthetic instillation versus no intraperitoneal local anaesthetic instillation for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 13;3:CD007337. 

77) Loizides S, Gurusamy KS, Nagendran M, Rossi M, Guerrini GP, Davidson BR.
Wound infiltration with local anaesthetic agents for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 12;3:CD007049. 

78) Gurusamy KS, Vaughan J, Davidson BR 
Formal education of patients about to undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Feb 28;2:CD009933. 

79) Gurusamy KS, Nagendran M, Toon CD, Davidson BR 
Laparoscopic surgical box model training for surgical trainees with limited prior laparoscopic experience.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 1;3:CD010478.

80) Gurusamy KS, Davidson BR 
Gallstones.
BMJ. 2014 Apr 22;348.

81) Gurusamy KS, Vaughan J, Toon CD, Davidson BR.
Pharmacological interventions for prevention or treatment of postoperative pain in people undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 28;3:CD008261.

82) Gurusamy KS, Nagendran M, Toon CD, Guerrini GP, Zinnuroglu M, Davidson BR.
Methods of intraperitoneal local anaesthetic instillation for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 25;3:CD009060.

83) Gurusamy KS, Vaughan J, Davidson BR 
Low pressure versus standard pressure pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 18;3:CD006930. 

84) Gurusamy KS, Nagendran M, Guerrini GP, Toon CD, Zinnuroglu M, Davidson BR.
Intraperitoneal local anaesthetic instillation versus no intraperitoneal local anaesthetic instillation for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Mar 13;3:CD007337. 

85) Gurusamy KS, Vaughan J, Rossi M, Davidson BR.
Fewer-than-four ports versus four ports for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Feb 20;2:CD007109

86) Giljaca V, Gurusamy KS, Takwoingi Y, Higgie D, Poropat G, Štimac D, 
Davidson BR.
Endoscopic ultrasound versus magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for common bile duct stones.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Feb 26;2:CD01154

87) Morris S, Gurusamy KS, Sheringham J, Davidson BR 
Cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic ultrasound versus magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in patients with suspected common bile duct stones.
PLoS One. 2015 Mar 23;10(3

88) Koti RS, Davidson CJ, Davidson BR.
Surgical management of acute cholecystitis.
Langenbecks Arch Surg. 2015 May;400(4):403-19

89) Gurusamy KS, Giljaca V, Takwoingi Y, Higgie D, Poropat G, Štimac D, Davidson BR.
Ultrasound versus liver function tests for diagnosis of common bile duct stones.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Feb 26;2:CD011548. 

90) Gurusamy KS, Giljaca V, Takwoingi Y, Higgie D, Poropat G, Štimac D, Davidson BR.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography versus intraoperative cholangiography for diagnosis of common bile duct stones.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Feb 26;2:CD01033

91) Gurusamy KS, Giljaca V, Takwoingi Y, Higgie D, Poropat G, Štimac D, Davidson BR.
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography versus intraoperative cholangiography for diagnosis of common bile duct stones.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Feb 26;2:CD010339. 

92) Saffioti F, Gurusamy KS, Hawkins N, Toon CD, Tsochatzis E, Davidson BR, Thorburn D 
Pharmacological interventions for primary sclerosing cholangitis: an attempted network meta-analysis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Mar 28;3:CD011343. PMID: 28417463

93) Labib PL, Davidson BR, Sharma RA, Pereira SP 
Locoregional therapies in cholangiocarcinoma.
Hepat Oncol. 2017 Oct;4(4):99-109. PMID:29367874

94) Primrose JN, Fox RP, Palmer DH, Malik HZ, Prasad R, Mirza D, Anthony A, Corrie P, Falk S, Finch-Jones M, Wasan H, Ross P, Wall L, Wadsley J, Evans JTR, Stocken D, Praseedom R, Ma YT, Davidson B, Neoptolemos JP, Iveson T, Raftery J, Zhu S, Cunningham D, Garden OJ, Stubbs C, Valle JW, Bridgewater J; BILCAP study group.
Capecitabine compared with observation in resected biliary tract cancer (BILCAP): a randomised, controlled, multicentre, phase 3 study.
Lancet Oncol. 2019 May;20(5):663-673. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30915-X. Epub 2019 Mar 25. Erratum in: PMID:30922733

1) Davidson BR, Neoptolemos JP, Leese T, Carr-Locke DL
Biochemical prediction of gallstones in acute pancreatitis ; a prospective study of three systems.
Br J Surg 1988 ; 75 : 213-215

2) Neoptolemos JP, Davidson BR, Winder AF, Vallance D
Role of duodenal bile crystal analysis in the investigation of "idiopathic" pancreatitis.
Br J Surg 1988 ; 75 : 450-453

3) Doctor N, Dooley JS, Davidson BR
Assessment of pancreatic duct damage following trauma : is endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) the gold standard ?
Postgraduate Medical Journal 1995 ; 71 : 116-117

4) Doctor N, Dafnios N, Dick R, Davidson BR
Peritoneal seeding of pancreatic head carcinoma following percutaneous transhepatic drainage and stenting.
Br J Surg 1996

5) Neoptolemos JP, Russell RCG, Bramhall S, Theis B for 
UK pancreatic study group.
Low mortality following resection for pancreatic and periampullary tumours in 1026 patients : UK survey of specialist pancreatic units.
Br J Surg 1997 ; 84 : 1370-1376

6) Davidson BR, Agarwal A, Khan A
Use of plastic stents for the external drainage of the pancreatic duct at the time of pancreatoduodenectomy.
Ann Surg 1999 ; 230 : 451-2 

7) Khan AW, Agarwal AK Davidson BR.
Isolated Roux Loop duct to mucosa pancreatojejunostomy avoids pancreatic leaks in pancreatoduodenectomy.
Digestive Surgery 2002 : 19 : 199-204 

8) Brett BT, Smith SC, Bouvier CV, Michaeli D, Hochhauser D, Davidson BR, Kurzawinski T, Watkinson AF, Van Someron N, Pounder RE, Caplin ME
A phase 2 study of anti-gastrin 17 antibodies (raised to G17DT) in advanced pancreatic cancer.
J Clin Oncology 2002 ; 20 : 4225-31

9)  Khan A, Dhillon AP, Hutchins R, Abraham A, Shah SR, Snooks S, Davidson BR
Prognostic significance of intratumoural microvessel density (IMD) in resected pancreatic and periampullary cancers to standard histopathological variables and survival.
Eur J Surg Oncol 2002 ; 28 : 637-644

10) Khan A, Shah SR,  Agarwal AK, Davidson BR
Evaluation of the POSSUM scoring system for comparative audit in pancreatic surgery.
Digestive Surgery 2003 ; 20(6) : 539-545

11) Abraham AT, Shah SR, Davidson BR
The HaP-T1 Syrian Golden Hamster Pancreatic Cancer Model : Cell Implantation Is Better Than Tissue Implantation.
Pancreas 2004 ; 29 (4) : 320-323


12) Samonakis DN, Quaglia A, Joshi NM, Tibballs JM, Nagree A, Triantos CK, Davies N, Standish R, Dhillon AP, Davidson BR, Burroughs AK, Caplin ME.
Obstructive jaundice secondary to neuroendocrine tumour in a patient with von Recklinghausen’s disease.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005 ; 17 : 1229-32

13) Kumar Y, Tapuria N, Kirmani N, Davidson BR
Tumour M2-pyruvate kinase : a gastrointestinal cancer marker.
Eur J Gastro-Hep 2007 ; 19(3) : 265-76

14) Kumar Y, Gurusamy K, Pamecha V, Davidson BR
TuM2-PK as a tumour marker in exocrine pancreatic cancer – a meta-analysis.
Pancreas 2007 ; 35(2) : 114-119

15) Fusai G, Warnaar N, Sabin CA, Archibong S, Davidson BR
Outcome of R1 resection in patients undergoing pancreato-duodenectomy for pancreatic cancer.
Eur J Surg 2008 ;  34(12) : 1309-15

16) Agarwal A, Gurusamy K, Powis S, Gray DW, Fuller B, Davidson BR
A meta-analysis of the impact of the two layer method of preservation on human pancreatic islet transplantation. 
Cell Transplant 2008 ; 17(12) : 1315-22

17) Pine JK, Fusai KG, Young R, Sharma D, Davidson BR, Menon KV, Rahman SH
Serum C Reactive Protein Concentration and the Prognosis of Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Head of Pancreas.
Eur J Sug Oncol 2009 ; 35(6) : 605-610

18) Gurusamy KS, Pamecha V, Sharma D, Davidson BR
Palliative cytoreductive surgery versus other palliative treatments in patients with unresectable liver metastases from gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 ; Jan 21 (1) : CD007118

19) Kumar Y, Yang S, Mazurek Sybille, Failing K, Winslet M, Fuller B, Davidson B
In vivo factors influencing tumour M2-pyruvate kinase level in human pancreatic cancer cell lines.
Tumour Biology 2010 ; 31 : 69-77

20) Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Fusai G, Davidson BR
Somatostatin analogues for pancreatic surgery.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 ; Feb 17 : CD008370

21) Gurusamy KS, Kumar S, Davidson BR
Prophylactic gastrojejunostomy for unresectable periampullary carcinoma.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2010 ; 10(12) : 1078-85

22) Agarwal A, So PW, Penman A, Powis S, Davidson B, Press M, Fuller B
Limited penetration of perfluorocarbon in porcine pancreas preserved by the two layer method with Fluorine Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Head Space Gas Chromotography.
Cell Transplant 2010 ; 19(8) : 1021-9

23) Koti R, Gurusamy K, Fusai K, Davidson BR
Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of somatostatin analogues for pancreatic surgery : A Cochrane Review.
HPB Surgery 2010 ; 12 (3) : 155-65

24) John BJ, Wijeyekoon S, Warnaar N, Shasi P, Rahman SH, Davidson BR, Fusai G. Biochemical indicators of in-hospital complications following pancreatic surgery.
Int Surg 2010 ; 95(3) : 215-20

25) Agarwal A, Bainbridge A, Powis S, Fuller B, Cady EB, Davidson BR
31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy for dynamic assessment of adenosine triphosphate levels in pancreas preserved by the two layer method.
Transplant Proceedings 2011 ; 43(5) : 1801-1809

26) Gonzalez HJ, Sahay SJ, Samadi B, Davidson BR, Rahman SH
Splanchnic vein thrombosis in severe acute pancreatitis : a 2 year single institution experience.
HPB (Oxford) 2011 ; 13 (12) : 860-4

27) Fang Y, Gurusamy K, Wang Q, Davidson B, Lin H, Xie X, Wang C
Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials on the safety and efficacy of pre-operative biliary drainage in patients undergoing surgery for malignant and benign obstructive jaundice.
Br J Surg. 2013 Nov;100(12):1589-96

28) John BJ, Naik P, Ironside A, Davidson BR, Fusai G, Gillmore R, Watkins J, Rahman SH.
Redefining the R1 resection for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: tumour lymph nodal       burden and lymph node ratio are the only prognostic factors associated with survival.
HPB (Oxford). 2013 Sep;15(9):674-80. 

29) Gurusamy KS, Kumar S, Davidson BR 
Prophylactic gastrojejunostomy for unresectable periampullary carcinoma.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Feb 28;2:CD008533

30) Allen VB, Gurusamy KS, Takwoingi Y, Kalia A, Davidson BR.
Diagnostic accuracy of laparoscopy following computed tomography (CT) scanning for assessing the resectability with curative intent in pancreatic and periampullary cancer.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Nov 25;11:CD009323. 

31) Morris S, Gurusamy KS, Sheringham J, Davidson BR 
Cost-effectiveness of preoperative biliary drainage for obstructive jaundice in pancreatic and periampullary cancer.
J Surg Res. 2015 : 193(1) : 202-9

32) Gurusamy KS, Kumar S, Davidson BR, Fusai G.
Resection versus other treatments for locally advanced pancreatic cancer.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Feb 27;2:CD010244.

33) Morris S, Gurusamy K, Sheringham Jessica, Davidson BR
Cost effectiveness of diagnosic laparoscopy for assessing resectability of pancreatic and periampullary cancers.
BMC Gastroenterology 2015 ; 15(1)  : 4

34) Morris S, Gurusamy KS, Sheringham J, Davidson BR 
Cost-effectiveness of preoperative biliary drainage for obstructive jaundice in pancreatic and periampullary cancer.
J Surg Res. 2015 : 193(1) : 202-9

35) Morris S, Gurusamy KS, Sheringham J, Davidson BR.
Cost-effectiveness analysis of endoscopic ultrasound versus magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in patients with suspected common bile duct stones.
PLoS One. 2015 Mar 23;10(3):e0121699

36) Gurusamy K, Toon C, Virendrakumar B, Morris S, Davidson B 
Feasibility of Comparing the Results of Pancreatic Resections between Surgeons: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Pancreatic Resections.
HPB Surg. 2015 896875

37) Gurusamy KS, Lusuku C, Halkias C, Davidson BR.
Duodenum-preserving pancreatic resection versus pancreaticoduodenectomy for chronic pancreatitis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Feb 3;2:CD011521

38) Gurusamy KS, Lusuku C, Davidson BR.
Pregabalin for decreasing pancreatic pain in chronic pancreatitis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Feb 2;2:CD011522. Review

39) Gurusamy KS, Belgaumkar AP, Haswell A, Pereira SP, Davidson BR.
Interventions for necrotising pancreatitis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Apr 16;4:CD011383.

40) Gurusamy KS, Pallari E, Hawkins N, Pereira SP, Davidson BR.
Management strategies for pancreatic pseudocysts.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Apr 14;4:CD011392.

41) Vyas SJ, Puri YS, John BJ, Yu D, Watkins J, Imber C, Fusai G, Arjun S, Sharma D, 
Davidson BR, Malago M, Rahman S.
Radiological tumor density and lymph node size correlate with survival in resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head: A retrospective cohort study.
J Cancer Res Ther. 2016 Jan-Mar;12(1):417-21. 

42) Riviere D, Gurusamy KS, Kooby DA, Vollmer CM, Besselink MG, Davidson BR, van Laarhoven CJ.
Laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Apr 4;4:CD011391. 

43) Tamburrino D, Riviere D, Yaghoobi M, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS.
Diagnostic accuracy of different imaging modalities following computed tomography (CT) scanning for assessing the resectability with curative intent in pancreatic and periampullary cancer.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Sep 15;9:CD011515. [Epub ahead of print] Review

44) Balarajah V, Ambily A, Dayem Ullah AZ, Imrali A, Dowe T, Al-Sarireh B, Abu Hilal M, Davidson BR, Soonawalla Z, Metcalfe M, Chin Aleong JA, Chelala C, Kocher HM.
Pancreatic cancer tissue banks: where are we heading?
Future Oncol. 2016 Dec;12(23):2661-2663. No abstract available

45) Allen VB, Gurusamy KS, Takwoingi Y, Kalia A, Davidson BR.
Diagnostic accuracy of laparoscopy following computed tomography (CT) scanning for assessing the resectability with curative intent in pancreatic and periampullary cancer.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Jul 6;7:CD009323.

46) Valente R, Lykoudis P, Tamburrino D, Inama M, Passas I, Toumpanakis C, Luong TV, Davidson B, Imber C, Malagò M, Rahman SH, Shankar A, Sharma D, Caplin M, Fusai G. Major postoperative complications after pancreatic resection for P-NETS are not associated to earlier recurrence.
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2017 Nov;43(11):2119-2128. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2017.07.012. Epub 2017 Aug 2

47) Gurusamy KS, Riviere D, van Laarhoven CJH, Besselink M, Abu-Hilal M, Davidson BR, Morris S.
Cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer.
PLoS One. 2017 Dec 22;12(12):e0189631. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.

48) Davidson TB, Yaghoobi M, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS 
Amylase in drain fluid for the diagnosis of pancreatic leak in post-pancreatic resection. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Apr 7;4:CD012009. PMID 28386958

49) Moggia E, Koti R, Belgaumkar AP, Fazio F, Pereira SP, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS.
Pharmacological interventions for acute pancreatitis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Apr 21;4:CD011384. PMID : 28431202. 

50) Rompianesi G, Hann A, Komolafe O, Pereira SP, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS
Serum amylase and lipase and urinary trypsinogen and amylase for diagnosis of acute pancreatitis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Apr 21;4:CD012010. PMID : 28431198

51) Komolafe O, Pereira SP, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS 
Serum C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and lactate dehydrogenase for the diagnosis of pancreatic necrosis.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Apr 21;4:CD012645. PMID 28431197

52) Best LM, Rawji V, Pereira SP, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS 
Imaging modalities for characterising focal pancreatic lesions.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Apr 17;4:CD010213. PMID : 28415140

53) Ghaneh P, Hanson R, Titman A, Lancaster G, Plumpton C, Lloyd-Williams H, et al. 
PET-PANC: multicentre prospective diagnostic accuracy and health economic analysis study of the impact of combined modality 18fluorine-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography scanning in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer.
Health Technol Assess 2018;22(7): 1-114

54) Bonmati, E., Hu, Y., Gurusamy, K., Davidson, B., Pereira, S.P., Clarkson, M.J., Barratt, D.C.: Assessment of Electromagnetic Tracking Accuracy for Endoscopic Ultrasound. In: Computer- Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy. 
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2017 . pp. 36–47. Springer, Cham (2017).

55) Bonmati E, Hu Y, Gibson E, Uribarri L, Keane G, Gurusami K, Davidson B, Pereira SP, Clarkson MJ, Barratt DC 
Determination of optimal ultrasound planes for the initialisation of image registration during endoscopic ultrasound-guided procedures. 
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2018 Jun;13(6):875-883. doi: 10.1007/s11548-018-1762-2. Epub 2018 Apr 16.PMID:29663274

56) Timur Kuzhagaliyev, Neil T. Clancy, Mirek Janatka, Kevin Tchaka, Francisco Vasconcelos, Matthew J. Clarkson, Kurinchi Gurusamy, David J. Hawkes, Brian Davidson, Danail Stoyanov.
Augmented reality needle ablation guidance tool for irreversible electroporation in the pancreas.
Proc. SPIE 10576, Medical Imaging 2018: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 1057613-1- 1057613-6

57) Gibson E, Giganti F, Hu Y, Bonmati E, Bandula S, Gurusamy K, Davidson B, Pereira SP, Clarkson MJ, Barratt DC 
Automatic Multi-Organ Segmentation on Abdominal CT With Dense V-Networks.
IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2018 Aug;37(8):1822-1834. doi: 10.1109/TMI.2018.2806309. Epub 2018 Feb 14. PMID: 29994628

58) Peter L. Labib; Walid Al-Akkad; Brian R. Davidson; Alexander J. MacRobert; Stephen P. Pereira. 
Effect of 5-aminolevulinic acid on the haem biosynthesis pathway in pancreatic cancer and pancreatic ductal epithelial cell lines.
Proceedings Volume 11070, 17th International Photodynamic Association World Congress; 110706K (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2525085

59) Peter L. Labib; Elnaz Yaghini; Mahshid Hashemkhani; Brian R. Davidson; Alexander J. MacRobert; Marilena Loizidou; Havva Y. Acar; Stephen P. Pereira
Targeting of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-positive pancreatic cancer cell lines with cetuximab-conjugated near-infrared silver sulphide quantum dots.
Proceedings Volume 11070, 17th International Photodynamic Association World Congress; 1107013 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2525086

1) Davidson BR, Yiu CY, Styles J, Ormerod MG, Clark CG, Dean C
A comparison of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) in human colorectal cancer
Int J Cancer 1988 ; supp 3 : 56-60.

2) Davidson BR, Sams V, Styles J, Dean C, Boulos PB
A comparative study of carcinoembryonic antigen and epithelial membrane antigen expression in normal colon, adenomas and adenocarcinomas of the colon and rectum.
Gut 1989 ; 30(9) : 1260-1265

3) Young H, Davidson BR
Imaging of colorectal cancers using an 111-Indium labelled monoclonal antibody
Radiography Today 1989 ; Nov : 10-11

4) Davidson BR, Waddington WA, Short MD, Boulos PB
Clinical evaluation of an intra-operative gamma detecting probe for localising colorectal cancers
Proc EANMC Sept 1989 : pp 397-399

5) Waddington WA, Davidson BR, Boulos PB, Short MD
Physical evaluation of a method for the intra-operative detection of a radiolabelled monoclonal antibody
Proc EANMC Sept 1989 : pp 14-16

6) Davidson BR, Sams V, Styles J, Dean C, Boulos PB
The detection of occult nodal metastases in patients with colorectal cancer.
Cancer 1990 ; 65 : 121-124

7) Yiu CY, Baker LY, Davidson BR et al
Imaging of colorectal tumours with an antibody to epithelial membrane antigen (EMA)
Dis Col Rectum 1990 ; 33 : 122-126

8) Davidson BR, Waddington WA, Short MD, Boulos PB
Intra-operative localisation of colorectal cancers using radiolabelled monoclonal antibodies : clinical use and experimental evaluation.
Br J Surg 1991 ; 78 : 664-670

9) Yiu C Y, Baker L A, Davidson B R, McCready V R, Boulos P B.
Immunoscintigraphy of colorectal cancer with Indium labelled monoclonal antibody 77.1.
Eur J Surg Oncol 1991 ; 17 : 495-501

10) Davidson BR, Babich J, Young H, Waddington W, Clarke G, 
Short M, Boulos PB, Styles J, Dean C
The effect of circulating antigen and radiolabel stability on the biodistribution of an Indium labelled antibody.
Br J Cancer 1991 ; 64 : 850-856

11) Waddington WA, Davidson BR, Todd-Pokropek A, Boulos PB, 
Short MD
An evaluation of a technique for the intra-operative detection of a radiolabelled monoclonal antibody against colorectal cancer.
Eur J Nucl Med 1991 ; 18 : 964-972

12) Davidson BR, Young H, Waddington WA, Babich J, Clarke G, 
Short MD, Boulos PB, Styles J, Dean C, Ell PJ
 Pre-operative imaging of colorectal cancers : targeting the epithelial membrane antigen with a radiolabelled monoclonal antibody.
Cancer 1992 ; 69 : 620-625

13) Ding SF, Wong K, Davidson BR, Dhillon P, Habib NA
Differences in the tumour DNA analysis of a hepatocellular carcinoma and a synchronous fibrolamellar carcinoma.
Int J Oncology 1992 ; 1 : 191-193  

14) Davidson BR, Babich J, O'Keefe P, Styles J, Deane C
Circulating levels of epithelial membrane antigen in patients with breast and colorectal cancer.
Int J Oncology 1992 ; 1 : 611-614

15) Mayer A, Tsiompanou E, O,Malley D, Boxer G, Bhatia J, Flynn A, Chester K.A., Davidson BR, Lewis A, Winslet AM,Dhillon AP, Hilson AJ, Begent RHJ
Radioimmunoguided Surgery in Colorectal Cancer using a genetically engineered Anti-CEA single chain Fv Antibody.
Clinical Cancer Research 2000 ; 6 : 1711-19.

16) Wang Yue-hua, Cai Ya-ning, Brian R Davidson
Comparison of three dimensional and three step MTT assay and sulforhodamine B assay for tumor chemosensitivity testing.
Academic Journal of PLA Postgraduate Medical School 2002; 23 : 170-172

17) Gurusamy K, Davidson BR
Trace Element Concentration in Metastatic Liver Disease – A systematic review.
J Trace Elem Med Biol. 2007 ; 21(3) : 169-77

18) Kumar Y, Tapuria N, Kirmani N, Davidson BR
Tumour M2 pyruvate kinase : a gastrointestinal cancer marker.
Eur J Gastro Hep 2007 ; 19(3) : 265-76

19) Gurusamy K, Farquharson MJ, Craig Claire, Davidson BR
An evaluation study of trace element content in colorectal liver metastases and surrounding normal livers by X-ray fluorescence.
Biometals 2008 ; 21 : 373-8.

20) Gurusamy KS, Farooqui N, Loizidou M, Dijk S, Taanman JW, Whiting S, Farquarson MJ, Fuller BJ, Davidson BR
Influence of zinc and zinc chelator on HT-29 colorectal cell line.
Biometals 2011 ; 24(1) : 143-51

21) Domingo E, Ramamoorthy R, Oukrif D, Rosmarin D, Presz M, Wang H, Pulker H, 
Lockstone H, Hveem T, Cranston T, Danielsen H, Novelli M, Davidson B, Xu Zheng-Zhou,
Molloy P, Johnstone E, Holmes C, Midgley R, Kerr D, Sieber O, Tomlinson I.
Use of multivariate analysis to suggest a new molecular classification of colorectal cancer.
J of Pathology 2013 ; 229 : 441-448.

22) Domingo E, Church DN, Sieber O, Ramamoorthy R, Yanagisawa Y, Johnstone E, Davidson B, Kerr DJ, Tomlinson IP, Midgley R   Evaluation of PIK3CA Mutation As a Predictor of Benefit From Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Therapy in Colorectal Cancer.J Clin Oncol. 2013 ; 31(34) : 4297-305
23) Drymousis P, Raptis DA, Spalding D, Fernandez-Cruz L, Menon D, Breitenstein S, 
Davidson B, Frilling A.
Laparoscopic versus open pancreas resection for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
HPB (Oxford). 2014 ; 16(5) : 397-406.

24) Solaini L, Jamieson NB, Metcalfe M, Abu Hilal M, Soonawalla Z, Davidson BR, McKay C, Kocher HM; UK Duodenal Cancer Study Group.
Outcome after surgical resection for duodenal adenocarcinoma in the UK.
Br J Surg. 2015 May;102(6):676-81

25) Epigenetic dysregulation and poorer prognosis in DAXX-deficient pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours.
Pipinikas CP, Dibra H, Karpathakis A, Feber A, Novelli M, Oukrif D, Fusai G, Valente R, Caplin M, Meyer T, Teschendorff A, Bell C, Morris TJ, Salomoni P, Luong TV, Davidson B, Beck S, Thirlwell C.
Endocr Relat Cancer. 2015 Jun;22(3):L13-8. 

26) Gurusamy KS, Riviere D, van Laarhoven CJH, Besselink M, Abu-Hilal M, Davidson BR, Morris S.
Cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer.
PLoS One. 2017 Dec 22;12(12): PMID:29272281

1) Davidson BR, Bailey JS
Incisional herniae post median sternotomy : their incidence and aetiology.
Br J Surg 1986 ; 73 : 995-996

2) Davidson BR, Bailey JS
Repair of incisional epigastric herniae post median sternotomy.
Thorax 1987 ; 42 : 549-550

3) Davidson BR, Hurd D, Johnstone MS
Nissen fundoplication + pyloroplasty in the management of gastroesophageal reflux in children.
Br J Surg 1987 ; 74 : 488-490

4) Davidson BR, Brown NJ, Neoptolemos JP.
Haemorrhage into a urachal cyst presenting as an "acute abdomen".
Postgrad Med J 1987 ; 63 : 911-913.

5) Davidson BR, Everson NW
Colonic stricture secondary to blunt abdominal trauma ; report of a case and review of the aetiology.
Postgrad Med J 1987 ; 63 : 911-913.

6) Davidson BR, Neoptolemos JP, Watkin D, Talbot I
Invasive amoebiasis : an unusual presentation.
Gut 1988 ; 20 : 682-685

7) Davidson BR, Thornton-Holmes J
Total colectomy, rectal mucosectomy and ileo-anal pouch formation : experience and results from a District General Hospital
Int J Colorectal Dis 1990 ; 5 : 41-43.

8) Davidson BR, Gardham R
The selective use of a right retroperitoneal approach to abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Br J Surg 1992 ; 79 : 639-40

9) Davidson BR, Gardham R
The selective use of a right retroperitoneal approach to abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Surgery 1992 ; 111 : 719-720

10) Varsamidakis N, Davidson BR, Hobbs KEF,
Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy as the presenting manifestation of prostatic cancer.
Medical Review IKA 1992 ; 3(4) : 59-62

11) O'Riordan D, Horgan L, Davidson BR
Drain site herniation of the appendix
Br J Surg 1995 ; 82 : 1628

12) Horgan L, Shelton JC, O'Riordan DC, Moore DP, Winslet MC, 
Davidson BR
Laparoscopic and open mesh inguinal hernia repair : strengths and weaknesses.
Br J Surg 1996 ; 83 : 1463-1467

13) Ong G, Thomas BJ, Mansfield AO, Davidson BR, Taylor-Robinson D
Detection and widespread distribution of Chlamydia pneumonia in the vascular system and its possible implications.
J Clin Pathol 1996 ; 49(2) : 102-6

14) Al-Omishy, Lockett C, Rees JA, Davidson BR
Splenomegaly.
Postgrad Med J 1997 ; 73 (856) : 125-6

15) Davidson BR , Rai R
Post operative care of the surgical patient
Student BMJ 1999 ; 7 : 99-101

16) Stratton R, Bryce K, Beynon H, Tibbals J, Watkinson A, Davidson BR
Systemic vasculitis with multiple aneurysms complicating systemic lupus erythematosus.
J R Soc Med 1999 ; 92 : 636-637

17) Eadie LH, Seifalian AM, Davidson BR
Telemedicine in Surgery 
Br J Surg 2003 ; 90 : 647-658

18) Sheth H, Javed SS, Hilson A, Buscombe J, Davidson BR
Radioisotope bone scans in the preoperative staging of hepato-pancreato-biliary cancer.
Br J Surg 2005 ; 92 : 203-7

19) Kumar Y, Singh G, Davidson BR
Free radical and antioxidant levels in patients with secondary peritonitis and their prognostic significance.
Dig Surg 2007: 24(5) : 331-7

20) Gurusamy K, Aggarawal R, Palanivelu L, Davidson BR
Systematic review of randomised controlled trials on the effectiveness of virtual reality training for laparoscopic surgery.
Br J Surg 2008; 95 : 1088-1097

21) Gurusamy K, Gluud C, Davidson BR
Assessment of risk of bias in randomized clinical trials in surgery.
Br J Surg 2009 ; 96 (4) : 342-9

22) Klingenberg Sarah Louise, Nikolova Dimitrinka, Alexakis N, Als-Nielsen B, Colli A, Conte D, D’Amico G, Davidson BR, Fingerhut A, Franquelli Mirella, Gluud Lise L, Gurusamy K, Keus F, Khan S, Koretz R, Laarhoven CV, Liu J, Myers R, Pagliaro L, Simonetti Rosa, Sutton R, Thorlund K, Gluud C.
Hepato-biliary clinical trials and their inclusion in the Cochrane Hepatobiliary group register and reviews.
J of Gastro and Hepatology 2011; 26(4) : 649-656 

23) Gurusamy KS, Gluud C, Nikolova D, Davidson BR
Design of surgical randomized controlled trials involving multiple interventions.

24) Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Toon CD, Wilson P, Davidson BR 
Antibiotic therapy for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in surgical wounds.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Aug 20;8:CD009726

25) Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Wilson P, Davidson BR 
Antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) related complications in surgical patients.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Aug 19;8:CD010268

26) Gurusamy KS, Cassar Delia E, Davidson BR
Peritoneal closure versus no peritoneal closure for patients undergoing non-obstetric abdominal operations.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 4;7:CD010424.

27) Toon CD, Ramamoorthy R, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS.
Early versus delayed dressing removal after primary closure of clean and clean-contaminated surgical wounds.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Sep 5;9:CD010259. [Epub ahead of print]

28) Nagendran M, Gurusamy KS, Aggarwal R, Loizidou M, Davidson BR.
Virtual reality training for surgical trainees in laparoscopic surgery.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Aug 27;8:CD006575

29) Adwan H, Fuller B, Seldon C, Davidson B, Seifalian S
Modifying three dimensional scaffolds from novel  nanocomposite materials using dissolvable porogen particles for use in liver tissue engineering.
J Biomaterials Applications 2013 ; 28(2) : 250-262

30) Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Toon CD, Wilson P, Davidson BR
Antibiotic therapy for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in non surgical wounds (review).
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013, Issue 11.

31) Gurusamy KS, Toon CD, Allen VB, Davidson BR.
Continuous versus interrupted skin sutures for non-obstetric surgery.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Feb 14;2:CD010365. 

32) Vaughan J, Nagendran M, Cooper J, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS.
Anaesthetic regimens for day-procedure laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Jan 24;1:CD009784. 

33) Gurusamy KS, Toon CD, Davidson BR.
Subcutaneous closure versus no subcutaneous closure after non-caesarean surgical procedures.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Jan 21;1:CD010425.

34) Nagendran M, Toon CD, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS.
Laparoscopic surgical box model training for surgical trainees with no prior laparoscopic experience.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014 Jan 17;1:CD010479. 

35) Toon CD, Sinha S, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS.
Early versus delayed post-operative bathing or showering to prevent wound complications.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Jul 23;7:CD010075.

36) Toon CD, Lusku C, Ramamoorthy R, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS
Early versus delayed dressing removal after primary closure of clean and clean contaminated surgical wounds (Review)
Cochrane Database Sys Rev 2015; 9 : CD010259

37) Robertson FP, Tsironis D, Davidson BR 
A diaphragmatic retroperitoneal cyst.
Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2015 Jul;97(5)

38) Gurusamy K, Davidson B.
Management and treatment options for patients with open abdomen.
Nurs Stand. 2016 Jan 13;30(20):51-60. 

39) Bond-Smith G, Belgaumkar AP, Davidson BR, Gurusamy KS.
Enhanced recovery protocols for major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Feb 1;2:CD011382. 

Spalding D, Gordon M, Sirivatanauksorn Y, Ganeshaguru K, Hochhauser D, Davidson BR
Transport proteins and multi-drug resistance in human hepatocellular cancer cell lines.
Eur J Cancer 2012

Abraham AT, Shah SR, Sirivatanauksorn Y, Davidson BR
Flutamide suppresses VEGF expression in the HaP-T1 syrian hamster model of advanced pancreatic cancer. Pancreas 2012    

Spalding D, Sirivatanauksorn Y, Hartley J, Davidson B, Hochhauser D
DNA repair and resistance to Cisplatin in huam hepatocellular and pancreatic cancer cell lines. Br J Cancer 2012

  Hafez T, Glantzounis GK, Cox Jane, Sheth H, Yang W, Seifalian AM, Fuller BJ, 
Davidson BR
An analysis of bile composition during and after liver warm ischaemia reperfusion injury using proton nuclear magnetic resonance.
Transplantation 2012

Dijk S, Sheth H, Glantzounis G, Hafez T, Quaglia A, Jackson D, Goldspink G, Fuller B, Davidson B
Effect of N-acetyl-cysteine on parameters of liver damage following liver resection.
Febs Lets 2012

Spalding D, Hochhauser D, Hartley J, Davidson B
Response to chemotherapy in primary and secondary liver tumours evaluated by the comet assay in the isolated perfused human liver.
Cancer Research 2012

Junnarkar SP, Tapuria N, Mani AR, Fuller BJ, Seifalian AM, Davidson BR
Bucillamine reduces liver warm ischaemia reperfusion injury not by maintaining glutathione levels but by decreasing neutrophil recruitment and sinusoidal adhesion.
Am J Surg  2012

Seifalian AM, Cahill TJ, Marashi M, Baharvand H, Davidson BR
The role of Stem Cells in the Treatment of Liver Disease
Liver Int 2012

Hafez T et al
Bile composition is altered by ischaemia reperfusion injury and attenuated by N acetyl cysteine : a proton nuclear magnetic resonance study.
J Gastr Hep Aug 2012

Raizner A, Pashankar D, Seashore MR, Davidson BR, Jain D, Kulkarni S, Mistry PK
The clinical spectrum of parenchymal liver disease in Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency.
J Paed GastroHep 2012

Khan S, Davidson BR, Goldin R, Heaton N, Karani J, Pereira S, Rosenberg W
Taylor-Robinson S, Tait P, Thillainayagam A, Thomas H, Wasan H
UK Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cholangiocarcinoma.An update.
Gut 2012.

Johnsen SF, Tayler ZA, Hu M, Thompson S, Davidson B, Clarkson M, Hawkes DJ, 
Ourselin S.
Explicit Contour Modelling for Surgical Computer Guidance and Simulation.
Spie 2012.

Jomaa A, Gurusamy K, Collier S, De Muylder, Fuller B, Davidson B
Does hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) of human donor livers impact on sinusoidal endothelial injury ?
A feasibility study assessing flow parameters, sterility and sinusoidal endothelial ultra-structure.
Transp Proc Dec 2012

Damrah O, 
Surgical and Oncological Outcomes of Major Liver Resection for Colorectal Metastasis in Elderly
HPB Dec 2012

Kurinchi S Gurusamy, Edward Wilson, Ronald L Koretz, Victoria B Allen, Brian R Davidson, Andrew K Burroughs, Christian Gluud.
Is sustained virological response a marker of treatment efficacy in patients with chronic hepatitis C viral infection with no response or relapse to previous antiviral intervention?
PLos One June 2013

Enric Domingo, David Church, Oliver Sieber, Rajarajan Ramamoorthy, Yoko Yanagisawa, Elaine Johnstone, Brian Davidson, David Kerr, Rachel Midgley, Ian Tomlinson
Evaluation of PIK3CA mutation as a predictor of benefit from NSAID therapy in colorectal cancer
J Clin Oncol 2013

Morris S, Gurusamy KS, Sheringham Jessica, Davidson BR
Cost effectiveness of endoscopic ultrasound versus  magnetic resonace cholangiopancreatography for the diagnosis of common bile duct stones.
GUT 2014 Feb.

Morris S, Gurusamy KG, Sheringham J, Davidson BR
Cost effectiveness of diagnostic laparoscopy for assessing resectability of pancreas and periampullary cancer.
Br J Surg Mar 2014

Malik H, Khan A, Berry D, Cameron I, Pope I, Sherlock D, Helmy S, Thompson M, Pulfer A, Davidson B
Liver resection rate following downsizing chemotherapy with cetuximab in metastatic colorectal cancer : UK retrospective observational study.
Annals Surg Oncol 2014 March. 

Solaini L, Jamieson N, Tamburrini R, Spoletini G, Abu Hilal M, Johnson C, Soonawalla Z, Davidson B, MacKay C, Kocher H.
UL muliticentre experience with primary duodenal cancer.
DDW 2014

Robertson F, Wright G, Fuller B, Davidson BR
Immune modulation in IR injury and remote ischaemic preconditioning.
Liver Transplant 2014

Labib PL, Yaghini E, Davidson BR, MacRobert AJ, Pereira SP
5-Aminolevulinic acid for biophotonic diagnostics and image-guided surgery in pancreatic cancer.