• The Buerger syndrome in Java : a description of the clinical syndrome and some aspects of aetiology. 

  Hill, Graham L (Thesis, Master of Surgery, 1972)

  PREFACE During a brief visit to Java in January 1969 I was impressed by the number of men in the hospitals with peripheral arterial disease of the four limb youthful type. It was being diagnosed by Indonesian doctors ...
• Pathway based-approach for analysis of the New Zealand genome-wide association study in abdominal aortic aneurysm 

  Yu, Zhuo (Grace) (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013)

  Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a life-threatening disease with a strong genetic component that predominantly affects elderly males. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified a number ...
• A novel set of condition-specific quality of life questionnaires in elective general surgical patient prioritization and outcome assessment 

  Chen, Tina Yen-Ting (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

  Health-related quality of life (QOL) has become an indispensible measure of health. It is an important patient-reported outcome (PRO) endpoint for elective surgery, and is one of the key factors in determining patient ...
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  Defining appropriateness of emergency department attendance: a New Zealand perspective 

  Richardson, Sandra Kathryn (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

  Aim: To explore NZ emergency medical and nursing staff understandings of Emergency Department (ED) 'appropriateness‘ in relation to patient presentations. Background: This study was developed in order to contribute to the ...
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  Prediction and Prevention of Complications in General Surgery 

  Woodfield, John Campbell (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

  This thesis examines two concepts that impact on surgical complications – prediction and prevention. The starting point was a randomised controlled trial (RCT) which compared the frequency and the cost of infection for two ...

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