Medicolegal Expertise

 Clement SC, Schoot RA, Slater O, Chisolm JC, Abela C et al. Endocrine disorders among long-term survivors of childhood head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma. Eur J Cancer 54:1-10 (Feb 2016).

Marshall RC, Abela C, Eccles S. Painful exostosis of the external occipital protuberance. JPRAS 68(11) e174-6. Nov 2015.

Schoot RA, Slater O, Ronckers CM, Zweinderman AH et al. Adverse events of local treatment in long-term head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma survivors after external beam radiotherapy or AMORE treatment. Eur J Cancer 51(11): 1 424-34. July 2015.

Breakey W, Abela C, Evans R, Jeelani O, Britto J, Hayward R, Dunaway D. Hypertelorism correction with facial bipartician and box osteotomy: does soft tissue translation correlate with bony movement. J Craniofac Surgery 26(1) 196- 200 (Jan 2015).

Abela C, Hartmann CE, De Leo A, de Sicca Chapman A, Dhah H, Jawad M, Bunker CB, Williams GJ, Leon-Villapolos J. Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) – The Chelsea Westminster Hospital Wound Management Algorithm. JPRAS 6 7(8): 1026-32. August (2014).

Britto JA, Greig A, Abela CB, Hearst D, Dunaway D, Evans R. Frontofacial surgery in children and adolescents: Techniques, indications and results. Seminars in plastic surgery. (2014) 28(3): 121-9.

Greig A, Britto JA, Abela CB, Witherow H, Richards R, Evans D, Jeelani NUO, Hayward RD, Dunaway D. Correcting the typical Apert face. Combining bipartition with Monobloc Distraction. PRS Feb 2013 131(2) 219e-30e.

Dunaway D, Britto JA, Abela CB, Evans R, O Jeelani. Complications of Frontofacial advancement. Child’s Nervous System (2012) 28; 1571-6.

Healy, Ciaran M.; Greig, Aina V.H.; Murphy, Adrian D.; Powell.; Pinder, Richard J.; Saour, Samer; Abela Chris B; Geh, Jenny L.C. Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial: Fibrin Sealant Reduces Split Skin Graft Donor Site Pain. PRS.  130(5S-1):50-51, November 2012.

Abela C, McLellan L, Truscott K, Jeelani O, Dunaway D, Britto J, Hayward R, Jones B, Diwan Z. A 10 year experience of over 100 frontofacial procedures in syndromic children and their complications. J Neurol Neurosurg Psych 83:  A5-6 (2012).

Abela CB, JA Britto, O Jeelani, Dunaway D. Craniopagus Twins: A success for the team approach. ENT & Audiology News Dec 2011.

Angullia F, Abela C, Dunaway DJ, Britto JA. What makes a normal forehead? Scoring outcome in FOR against age-matched ontrols in unisutural synostosis. Proc Int Craniofac Surg (in press) (2011).

Abela CB, Stevens T, Reddy M, Soldin M. A multidisciplinary approach to post-bariatric plastic surgery. International Journal of Surgery (2011); 9(1) , 29-35.

Abela CB, Sharma R, Soldin M. Surgery for obesity: role of plastic surgery.

BMJ 2009: 339 (Nov 2nd); B4283

Karthik S, Kelpis TG, Abela CB, Weerasena N. ‘Asthma’: An unusual presentation of cor triatriatum. Helenic J Cardiol (2007) 48(1); 50-2.

Abela CB. MMC is the Ice Age Of Medicine. BMJ 2007;334:44.

Abela CB, Agrawal V. Selected readings in SNBx. RCS England Bulletin 2007;88:688

Abela CB, Williams G. Selected readings in Burns. RCS England Bulletin 2007;88:688

Renshaw A, Abela CB, Hudson D. Modernising medical careers in surgery: can we adopt elements of the South African model? Surgeon 2007: 5(6); 373.

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