William B Robb

Oesophageal and Gastric Surgeon, Quality of Life for Cancer Patients, Sports Fan, Mountains, The Galibier, Life, Food, Ireland, France

[Its Not Your Fault @notyourfaultie]

Interview with @carel_leroux on BBC Radio 5: #SAXENDA All You Need to Know. #ObesityIsNotYourFault https://t.co/EUDqaCYzJ1

[piessen @PiessenG]

Check out this presentation taking place at SSO 2020! 94: Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer Following Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Therapy: First Results of the CheckMate 577 Study Link: https://t.co/9mMLxAIJfR

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@MarthaRobb @BBCNewsNI Really well said @MarthaRobb - this looks like an imposing piece and one that makes a statement to perpetuate division rather than a symbol of regeneration and reciprocity

[piessen @PiessenG]

Long term follow up of the MIRO trial has been just published. We have a thought for pr christophe mariette who conducted this important study. #fregat @CHU_Lille

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@MarkarSheraz @RichardvHill Congrats Sheraz... Need more and more believers!

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@LFerri123 I am not sure that we need to select like this for MIE / RAMIE. Infact doesnt the evidence suggest (not show) that our resection radicality is improved with a minimially invasive approach. Reverting to open surgery for larger tumours .... still justifiable? Not convinced.

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@EwenGriffiths @roux_group @UpperGIResearch @T4UGIS @OGAAudit @MarkarSheraz @UpperGIResUK MIE or RAMIE.. Dissection radicality✅ , Improved Lymph Node yield✅, Quicker recovery✅, Less morbidity when past learning curve✅, Improved Textbook Outcomes✅, Earlier return to baseline QoL✅ - may not have definitive trial evidence to show improved survival ..but it's coming

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@mr_javed_sultan @RichardvHill @OGAAudit @ISDE_net @ArulImmanuel @T4UGIS @LFerri123 @BilalAlkhaffaf @MarkarSheraz Partial hiatal closure plus omentopexy my standard now Jav... one MORE advantage of robotic thoracic phase is ability to close crura neatly round conduit from above at end of case so no fear of it being too tight....

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@MarthaRobb @SustransNI I like it Martha!

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@columeastwood Very sad to hear of Seamus Mallon's death. Always a fair, courageous and strong voice of reason and moderation throughout difficult years. A force for peace and rejection of violence.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@mr_javed_sultan @SalfordRoyalNHS @Augishealth @ISDE_net @NOGUnewcastle @MarkarSheraz @EwenGriffiths @ArulImmanuel For us surgery alone at present. Anyone consider organ preservation and simply a standard lymphadenectomy?

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@MarkarSheraz @ravi__vohra @BJSurgery @John_H_Saunders @yanni_fady @MattD_NHS @TOGU35315399 @nottmhospitals @asgbi @Augishealth @AUGISt_UK @roux_group @TeamNUH Agree with that Sheraz. Data stronger and stronger that post op sepsis from whatever source impacts recurrence and survival. Leaks clearly a major cause of sepsis...

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@AliGunerMD Great job Ali. Image capture can control for each surgeons concept of what D2 lymphadenectomy is... This house believes we can get the same image without the trauma of the surgeons hand in the photograph... #minimallyinvasivegastrectomy #ERAS #modernisingsurgery

[Ireland Before You Die @IrelandB4UDie]

Mount Errigal, Donegal at Winter time! 😮🍀

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

@Vam_Jag @UHNM_NHS Agree Vam. Wrote the review as surprised that many surgeons anecdotally still use stents during neoadj tx and I always suspected that SEMS may improve ability to swallow but not improve nutrition with potential negative oncological effects. ..

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

Do you use stents to relieve dysphagia during neoadjuvant treatment? Maybe not such a good idea....
Use of esophageal stents to relieve dysphagia during neoadjuvant therapy prior to esophageal resection: a systematic review https://t.co/q6anc24aLj

[ISDE.net @ISDE_net]

Don't miss the Diseases of the Esophagus #EditorsChoice systematic review on "Perioperative prehabilitation and rehabilitation in esophagogastric malignancies". Read this and other great research on the #DOTE website @OUPMedicine https://t.co/8NGqyDIrou

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

Getting patients #fitforsurgery and improving quality of life. Halfway point for our PERIOP-OG trial and recruitment should conclude July 2020.#prehabilitation #ERAS #esophagealcancer #gastriccancer @hseNCCP @IrishCancerSoc @LollipopDayIE @paulcullenit

[PERIOP-OG @OgPeriop]

Some more prints of our PERIOP-OG Trial exercise programme as we are now at the half way point of recruitment, we have another busy week ahead @ExWell_ @Beaumont_Dublin @Tully @lisaloughs @WillBrysonRobb #Prehab4cancer #clinicaltrial 🚲

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

Let's all share Guy Verhofstadt's relief that Prime Minister Johnson didn't end up dying in a ditch....🤣

[Guy Verhofstadt @guyverhofstadt]

Relieved that finally no one died in a ditch. Whether the UK's democratic choice is revoke or an orderly withdraw, confirmed or not in a second referendum, the uncertainty of Brexit has gone on for far too long. This extra time must deliver a way forward.

[William B Robb @WillBrysonRobb]

More evidence that both surgical quality and an uncomplicated recovery impacts on our patients' survival. #lymphadenectomy #ERAS #nutrition #prehabilitation #minimallyinvasivesurgery ... they all play their role. #marginalgains
https://t.co/7o7ZLSgBHU