RACS ASC 2026

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Research Papers

Scientific Session

Scientific Session

10:30 am

02 May 2026

Meeting Room M1

Disciplines

General Surgery

Chairs

Dr Marwan Idrees
Royal Perth Hospital - Australia
Dr Zi Ng
Royal Perth Hospital - Australia

Session Program

10:40 am

The use of nutritional scoring tools as prognostic indicators for short- and long-term outcomes in post-op surgical patients

Dr Ayeshmanthe Rathnayake (VICTORIA)

10:50 am

Outcomes after emergency laparotomy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients at a regional Australian hospital: a propensity‑matched cohort study

Dr Caitlin Sorour (Queensland)

11:00 am

Vanishing Stones: Clinical Predictors of Spontaneous CBD Stone Passage Prior to ERCP

Dr Jun Guang Kendric Tan (Western Australia)

11:10 am

Optimizing ward rounds: systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions to enhance patient safety

Dr Nicholas Edwardes (South Australia)

11:20 am

Prevalence and outcomes of frailty in emergency laparotomy: A single-centre cohort study

Dr Paul Rival (Vic)

11:30 am

Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Elective and High-Risk Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Narrative Review

Dr Kyle Green (NSW)

11:40 am

Comparative outcomes between 1-stage and 2-stage managements for choledocholithiasis

Dr Xiaohui Lin (Queensland)

11:50 am

Impact of teaching TCBDE on a health service

Dr Perry Lindsay (VIC)

12:00 pm

Impact of Symptom Phenotype on Surgical Quality and Survival in Small-Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumours: A Quality Metrics Analysis

Dr Krishna Kotecha (NSW)

12:10 pm

Diagnostic Accuracy of a Rapid 12-Minute MRI Protocol for Acute Appendicitis: Multi-Centre Experience of 2,249 Patients

Mr Sowmya Ravi (New South Wales)

12:20 pm

Single-dose preoperative glucocorticoids in major gastrointestinal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Dr Rathin Gosavi (Vic)

10:30 am

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy and safety of proton beam therapy in oesophageal cancer

Dr Khang Duy Ricky Le (Victoria)

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