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Professor

Conor Magee

MBChB Speciality Lead

Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society

  • MBChB Speciality Lead
    Faculty of Health, Medicine and Society

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Influence of frailty and sarcopenia on outcomes of surgery

 

Prevalence of sarcopenia in esophageal cancer patients receiving preoperative neoadjuvant therapy: a sytematic review and meta-analysis

Abosheisha M, Abdellatif M, Kandeel M, Alemam A, Asaad A, Hasan MAS, Alqasem M, Abdelaal A, Abdelglil M, Terra M, Swealem A, Ismaiel M, Wilson J, Magee C

Int J Clin Oncol 2026 doi 10.1007/s10147-026-02974-8

 

Sarcopenia estimation using psoas major enhances P-POSSUM mortality prediction in older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: cross-sectional study

Simpson G, Wilson J, Vimalachandran D, McNicol F, Magee C.

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2022 48(3) 20023-2012

 

Preoperative psoas major measurement compared to P-POSSUM as a prognostic indicator in over-80s undergoing emergency laparotomy

Simpson G, Parker A, Hopley P, Wilson J, Magee C.

Eur J Trauma Emergency Surgery 2020 46(1) 215-220

 

Metabolic Bariatric Surgery

 

Extended thromboprophylaxis reduces the incidence of post-operative venous thromboembolism in laparoscopic bariatric surgery

C. J. Magee, J Barry, M. S. Javed, R. C. Macadam, D. D. Kerrigan

Surgery for Obesity & Related Diseases 2010: 6(3); 322-325

 

Petersen Hernia following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass- Case report, diagnostic sign and proposed classification system

C. J. Magee, R. C. Macadam, D. D. Kerrigan

Surgery for Obesity & Related Diseases 2010: 6(4); 446-447

 

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for high-risk patients: Weight loss and co-morbidity improvement- Short-term results

C. J. Magee, J Barry, M. Arumugasamy, M. S. Javed, R. C. Macadam, D. D. Kerrigan

Obesity Surgery 2011 21(5): 547-550

 

Outcome of laparoscopic duodenal switch for morbid obesity

C. J. Magee, J Barry, J. Brocklehurst, M. S. Javed, R. C. Macadam, D. D. Kerrigan

British Journal of Surgery 2011 98(1): 79-84

 

Perioperative practices concerning one anastomosis (mini) gastric bypass: A survey of 210 surgeons

Mahawar K, Kuldeepak Singh K, Parmar C, Van den Bosche M, Graham Y, Carr W, Madhok B, Magee C, Purkayastham S, Small P

Obesity Surgery 2018 28(1) 204-2011

 

Surgical Outcomes

 

The role of the computed tomography in the diagnosis of COVID-19 for patients presenting with acute surgical emergencies. A single institute experience

 Majeed T, Siddiq Ali R, Solomon J, Mesri M, Sharma S, Shamim S, Aiynattu S, Ishak R, Wilson J, Magee C

 Indian J Surg 2020 doi: 10.1007/s12262-020-02626-9

 

The influence of preoperative CT imaging on surgical delay in patients with acutely symptomatic abdominal wall hernias

Ibrahim W, Wilson J, Magee C

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2022

 

The influence of intraoperative rectal washout on local recurrence of colorectal cancer following curative resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 Solomon J, Majeed T, Magee C, Wilson J

 Int J Colorectal Dis 2022 37(2) 403-409

 

Collaborative Studies (Selection)

 

COLLABORATIVE STUDIES (Selection)

 

1.     Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19-Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study

Covid-Surg collaborative

J Clin Oncol 2021 39(1) 66-78

 

2.     Outcomes from elective colorectal cancer surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Covid-Surg collaborative

Colorectal Dis 2020 doi: 10.1111/codi.15431

 

3.     Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Covid-Surg collaborative

Brit J Surg 2021 27:108(1) 88-96

 

4.     Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study

Covid-Surg collaborative

Anaesthesia 2021 76(6) 748-758

 

5.     SARS-CoV-2 infection in acute pancreatitis increases disease severity and 30-day mortality: COVID PAN collaborative study

COVID-PAN collaborative

Gut 2021 70(6) 1061-1069

 

6.     Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection.

COVIDSurg Collaborative.

Brit J Surg 2020 107(12) e601-602

 

7.     Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: the COVIDSurg mortality score.COVIDSurg Collaborative.

Brit J Surg 2021 108(11) 1274-1292

           

8.     Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study

COVIDSurg Collaborative.

Lancet Oncol 2021 22(11) 1507-1517

 

 

9.     Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans.

COVIDSurg Collaborative.

Brit J Surg 107(11) 1440-1449

 

 

 

10.  Timing of Cholecystectomy After Moderate and Severe Acute Biliary Pancreatitis.

Di Martino M, Ielpo B, Pata F, Pellino G, Di Saverio S, Catena F, De Simone B, Coccolini F, Sartelli M, Damaskos D, Mole D, Murzi V, Leppaniemi A, Pisanu A, Podda M; MANCTRA-1 Collaborative Group. JAMA Surg. 2023 Oct 1;158(10):e233660. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.3660. Epub 2023 Oct 11.

 

 

11.  Novel Textbook Outcomes following emergency laparotomy: Delphi exercise.

Naumann DN, Bhangu A, Brooks A, Martin M, Cotton BA, Khan M, Midwinter MJ, Pearce L, Bowley DM, Holcomb JB, Griffiths EA; BEACON Collaborative. BJS Open. 2024 Jan 3;8(1):zrad145. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrad145.

 

12.  Infected pancreatic necrosis: outcomes and clinical predictors of mortality. A post hoc analysis of the MANCTRA-1 international study.

Podda M, Pellino G, Di Saverio S, Coccolini F, Pacella D, Cioffi SPB, Virdis F, Balla A, Ielpo B, Pata F, Poillucci G, Ortenzi M, Damaskos D, De Simone B, Sartelli M, Leppaniemi A, Jayant K, Catena F, Giuliani A, Di Martino M, Pisanu A; MANCTRA-1 Collaborative Group. Updates Surg. 2023 Apr;75(3):493-522. doi: 10.1007/s13304-023-01488-6. Epub 2023 Mar 11.

 

13.  Small bowel obstruction outcomes according to compliance with the World Society of Emergency Surgery Bologna guidelines.

Kaplan LJ, Martinez-Casas I, Mohseni S, Cimino M, Kurihara H, Lee MJ, Bass GA; SnapSBO Collaborators. Br J Surg. 2025 Mar 28;112(4):znaf080. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znaf080.