Multivisceral transplant is tricky. Donor OR doesn’t need porta dissection but needs accurate dissection from retroperitoneum. Knowledge from HPB, Colorectal, trauma surgery is needed. The Treiz / Toldt fusion fascia is one of the most important points to handle operation.

Marginal gains in surgery Connor Boyle ‘While large-scale innovation and service redesign are important for the field to continue progression, it is essential that the marginal gains that can be implemented in every unit are not forgotten’ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🩸 Could an Oakland Score of 8 be too cautious a threshold in risk assessment of lower GI bleeding? bit.ly/4fMlhY3 In this latest FG #onlinefirst #originalresearch, Connor Boyle, NicholasVentham and colleagues show a high number of patients can be safely discharged with

Data-driven insights 📊 into performance are essential to help individuals and teams deliver high quality care 📈 . In this recent The Guardian letter, Steven Yule explains the need for #SurgicalSabermetrics principles when considering reform.

A long time coming. Congratulations, Rory. #themasters

In older, multimorbid patients hospitalized with acute cholecystitis operative treatment is associated with lower 30 and 90-day mortality. Among patients in clinical equipoise, operative treatment is associated with lower readmissions and ED revisits. ja.ma/4cDGzqT

We have introduced Masterclasses for #ASGBI2025! Offering expert-led, interactive round-table sessions, our fantastic line-up includes: ⭐️ How to be a proficient EGS MIS Surgeon with SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! ⭐️ Surgical Sabermetrics with Lachlan Dick, Joe Norton and Connor Boyle ⭐️

Steven Yule Lachlan Dick Emma Howie Connor Boyle

Busy few days at #ASGBI2025 with talks, poster and video presentations from the group! We also ran a Surgical Sabermetrics Masterclass exploring the role of data analytics in surgical training. ASGBI ASGBI Moynihan Academy

Privileged to present Prof Neil Smart with the Geoff Oates medal today on behalf of @ACPGBI - our highest honour for contributions to coloproctology. Neil is a husband, father, friend, surgeon, academic, Editor in Chief Colorectal Disease & mentor to many-posted at Neil’s request

We are incredibly humbled to have received this award from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in recognition of our work. A fantastic way to end an inspiring week of learning, collaboration and fun.

Produce consistently fantastic resources for trainees

The lab has been in Glasgow this week for WCSS2025 congress 🥅 ⚽️ learning about how football uses data for performance assessment. Emma Howie Connor Boyle Lachlan Dick also delivered talks on how the lab are applying these approaches to surgery.

Excellent location at Celtic Park and a great day at the World Science and Soccer congress

Some lap suturing, wearing our physiological sensors, under the watch of the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and The University of Edinburgh chiefs recently. Slow speed and high heart rate

🩸Revisit this 2025 article in Frontline Gastro "Use of predictive severity scoring for LGIB in a high-volume unit" 📊 Many patients with Oakland Score >8 were safely discharged. 🧠 Clinical judgement > rigid thresholds? 1% intervention rate not including transfusion 👉

BJS - Optimising the operating theatre environment through lessons from elite performance domains BJS Edinburgh Surgical Sabermetric Group Steven Yule Richard Skipworth Prof Steve Wigmore academic.oup.com/bjs/article/11…

Our viewpoint in JAMA Surgery - the approach of elite tennis and enhancing technical, tactical, cognitive and physical performance in surgery

💬 Viewpoint: Adopting advanced, video-based performance analytics from elite sport could enhance surgical training by measuring technical, tactical, physical, and cognitive skills. ja.ma/3JpKwVS

🪡Read our 'needle point'! ‘Play to the conditions’: optimizing the operating theatre environment through lessons from elite performance domains ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/zn… - Environmental control (temperature, lighting, noise) strongly affects performance but remains underused