Natalie S Blencowe

National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Biomedical Research Centre at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, Surgical Innovation theme and the Medical Research Council ConDuCT-II Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Bristol Centre for Surgical Research, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK; Division of Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.

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March 2020

Laparoscopically assisted versus open oesophagectomy for patients with oesophageal cancer-the Randomised Oesophagectomy: Minimally Invasive or Open (ROMIO) study: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (RCT).

Authors:

Rachel C Brierley Daisy Gaunt Chris Metcalfe Jane M Blazeby Natalie S Blencowe Marcus Jepson Richard G Berrisford Kerry N L Avery William Hollingworth Caoimhe T Rice Aida Moure-Fernandez Newton Wong Joanna Nicklin Anni Skilton Alex Boddy James P Byrne Tim Underwood Ravi Vohra James A Catton Kish Pursnani Rachel Melhado Bilal Alkhaffaf Richard Krysztopik Peter Lamb Lucy Culliford Chris Rogers Benjamin Howes Katy Chalmers Sian Cousins Jackie Elliott Jenny Donovan Rachael Heys Robin A Wickens Paul Wilkerson Andrew Hollowood Christopher Streets Dan Titcomb Martyn Lee Humphreys Tim Wheatley Grant Sanders Arun Ariyarathenam Jamie Kelly Fergus Noble Graeme Couper Richard J E Skipworth Chris Deans Sukhbir Ubhi Robert Williams David Bowrey David Exon Paul Turner Vinutha Daya Shetty Ram Chaparala Khurshid Akhtar Naheed Farooq Simon L Parsons Neil T Welch Rebecca J Houlihan Joanne Smith Rachel Schranz Nicola Rea Jill Cooke Alexandra Williams Carolyn Hindmarsh Sally Maitland Lucy Howie Christopher Paul Barham

BMJ Open 2019 11 19;9(11):e030907. Epub 2019 Nov 19.

Division of Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.

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November 2019

Development of reporting guidance and core outcome sets for seamless, standardised evaluation of innovative surgical procedures and devices: a study protocol for content generation and a Delphi consensus process (COHESIVE study).

Authors:

Kerry Avery Jane Blazeby Nicholas Wilson Rhiannon Macefield Sian Cousins Barry Main Natalie S Blencowe Jesmond Zahra Daisy Elliott Robert Hinchliffe Shelley Potter

BMJ Open 2019 09 12;9(9):e029574. Epub 2019 Sep 12.

Bristol Medical School, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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September 2019

RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials.

BMJ 2019 08 28;366:l4898. Epub 2019 Aug 28.

Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK.

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August 2019

Introduction and adoption of innovative invasive procedures and devices in the NHS: an in-depth analysis of written policies and qualitative interviews (the INTRODUCE study protocol).

Authors:

Sian Cousins Hollie Richards Jesmond Zahra Daisy Elliott Kerry Avery Harry F Robertson Sangeetha Paramasivan Nicholas Wilson Johnny Mathews Zoe Tolkien Barry G Main Natalie S Blencowe Robert Hinchliffe Jane M Blazeby

BMJ Open 2019 08 26;9(8):e029963. Epub 2019 Aug 26.

National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre Surgical Innovation Theme and the Medical Research Council ConDuCT-II Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Bristol Centre for Surgical Research, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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August 2019

Three wound-dressing strategies to reduce surgical site infection after abdominal surgery: the Bluebelle feasibility study and pilot RCT.

Authors:

Barnaby C Reeves Leila Rooshenas Rhiannon C Macefield Mark Woodward Nicky J Welton Benjamin R Waterhouse Andrew D Torrance Sean Strong Dimitrios Siassakos William Seligman Chris A Rogers Lloyd Rickard Anne Pullyblank Caroline Pope Thomas D Pinkney Samir Pathak Anwar Owais Jamie O'Callaghan Stephen O'Brien Dmitri Nepogodiev Khaldoun Nadi Charlotte E Murkin Tonia Munder Tom Milne David Messenger Christel M McMullan Jonathan M Mathers Matthew Mason Morwena Marshall Richard Lovegrove Robert J Longman Jessica Lloyd Jeffrey Lim Kathryn Lee Vijay Korwar Daniel Hughes George Hill Rosie Harris Mohammed Hamdan Hannah Gould Brown Rachael Gooberman-Hill James Glasbey Caroline Fryer Lucy Ellis Daisy Elliott Jo C Dumville Tim Draycott Jenny L Donovan David Cotton Joanna Coast Madeleine Clout Melanie J Calvert Benjamin E Byrne Oliver D Brown Natalie S Blencowe Katarzyna D Bera Joanne Bennett Richard Bamford Danya Bakhbakhi Muhammad Atif Kate Ashton Elizabeth Armstrong Lazaros Andronis Piriyankan Ananthavarathan Jane M Blazeby

Health Technol Assess 2019 08;23(39):1-166

Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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August 2019

What is an invasive procedure? A definition to inform study design, evidence synthesis and research tracking.

Authors:

Sian Cousins Natalie S Blencowe Jane M Blazeby

BMJ Open 2019 07 30;9(7):e028576. Epub 2019 Jul 30.

Centre for Surgical Research, Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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July 2019

Exploring standardisation, monitoring and training of medical devices in assisted vaginal birth studies: protocol for a systematic review.

Authors:

Emily J Hotton Sophie Renwick Katie Barnard Erik Lenguerrand Julia Wade Tim Draycott Joanna F Crofts Natalie S Blencowe

BMJ Open 2019 04 14;9(4):e028300. Epub 2019 Apr 14.

Centre for Surgical Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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April 2019

Protocol for developing quality assurance measures to use in surgical trials: an example from the ROMIO study.

Authors:

Natalie S Blencowe Anni Skilton Daisy Gaunt Rachel Brierley Andrew Hollowood Simon Dwerryhouse Simon Higgs William Robb Alex Boddy George Hanna C Paul Barham Jane Blazeby

BMJ Open 2019 03 1;9(3):e026209. Epub 2019 Mar 1.

Centre for Surgical Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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March 2019

Management of patients after laparoscopic procedures.

Authors:

Natalie S Blencowe Richard Waldon Mark N Vipond

BMJ 2018 02 8;360:k120. Epub 2018 Feb 8.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucestershire, UK

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February 2018

Protocol for the systematic review of the reporting of transoral robotic surgery.

Authors:

Barry G Main Natalie S Blencowe Noah Howes Sian Cousins Kerry N L Avery Alexander Gormley Phil Radford Daisy Elliott Benjamin Byrne Nicholas Wilson Robert Hinchliffe Jane M Blazeby

BMJ Open 2018 01 23;8(1):e019198. Epub 2018 Jan 23.

National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, Bristol, UK.

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January 2018

Development of a single, practical measure of surgical site infection (SSI) for patient report or observer completion.

Authors:

Rhiannon C Macefield Barnaby C Reeves Thomas K Milne Alexandra Nicholson Natalie S Blencowe Melanie Calvert Kerry Nl Avery David E Messenger Richard Bamford Thomas D Pinkney Jane M Blazeby

J Infect Prev 2017 Jul 1;18(4):170-179. Epub 2017 Feb 1.

School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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July 2017

A mixed-methods feasibility and external pilot study to inform a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the effects of surgical wound dressing strategies on surgical site infections (Bluebelle Phase B): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Trials 2017 08 29;18(1):401. Epub 2017 Aug 29.

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.

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August 2017

Integrated surgical academic training in the UK: a cross-sectional survey.

Authors:

Natalie S Blencowe James C Glasbey Philip J McElnay Aneel Bhangu Vimal J Gokani Rhiannon L Harries

Postgrad Med J 2017 Oct 13;93(1104):581-586. Epub 2017 Apr 13.

Association of Surgeons in Training, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, UK.

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October 2017

The effect of trainee research collaboratives in the UK.

Authors:

Dmitri Nepogodiev Stephen J Chapman Angelos G Kolias J Edward Fitzgerald Matthew Lee Natalie S Blencowe

Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017 04 9;2(4):247-248. Epub 2017 Mar 9.

National Surgical Research Collaboration, Academic Department of Surgery, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK.

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April 2017

Development of a Core Outcome Set for Clinical Effectiveness Trials in Esophageal Cancer Resection Surgery.

Authors:

Kerry N L Avery Katy A Chalmers Sara T Brookes Natalie S Blencowe Karen Coulman Katie Whale Chris Metcalfe Jane M Blazeby

Ann Surg 2018 04;267(4):700-710

Centre for Surgical Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

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April 2018

Delivering successful randomized controlled trials in surgery: Methods to optimize collaboration and study design.

Authors:

Natalie S Blencowe Jonathan A Cook Thomas Pinkney Chris Rogers Barnaby C Reeves Jane M Blazeby

Clin Trials 2017 Apr 31;14(2):211-218. Epub 2017 Jan 31.

1 Centre for Surgical Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

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April 2017

'Trial Exegesis': Methods for Synthesizing Clinical and Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) Data in Trials to Inform Clinical Practice. A Systematic Review.

Authors:

Angus G K McNair Rhiannon C Macefield Natalie S Blencowe Sara T Brookes Jane M Blazeby

PLoS One 2016 29;11(8):e0160998. Epub 2016 Aug 29.

Centre for Surgical Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Bristol, United Kingdom.

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August 2017

Academic requirements for Certificate of Completion of Training in surgical training: Consensus recommendations from the Association of Surgeons in Training/National Research Collaborative Consensus Group.

Int J Surg 2016 Nov 23;36 Suppl 1:S24-S30. Epub 2016 Aug 23.

Association of Surgeons in Training, Association of Surgeons in Training, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PE, UK.

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November 2016

Three nested randomized controlled trials of peer-only or multiple stakeholder group feedback within Delphi surveys during core outcome and information set development.

Authors:

Sara T Brookes Rhiannon C Macefield Paula R Williamson Angus G McNair Shelley Potter Natalie S Blencowe Sean Strong Jane M Blazeby

Trials 2016 08 17;17(1):409. Epub 2016 Aug 17.

School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK.

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August 2016

Novel ways to explore surgical interventions in randomised controlled trials: applying case study methodology in the operating theatre.

Authors:

Natalie S Blencowe Jane M Blazeby Jenny L Donovan Nicola Mills

Trials 2015 Dec 28;16:589. Epub 2015 Dec 28.

Centre for Surgical Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK.

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December 2015

A Systematic Review of Patient-reported Outcomes in Randomized Controlled Trials of Unplanned General Surgery.

Authors:

Daniel J Stevens Natalie S Blencowe Philip J McElnay Rhiannon C Macefield Jelena Savović Kerry N L Avery Jane M Blazeby

World J Surg 2016 Feb;40(2):267-76

Centre for Surgical Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK.

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February 2016

Interventions in randomised controlled trials in surgery: issues to consider during trial design.

Authors:

Natalie S Blencowe Julia M Brown Jonathan A Cook Chris Metcalfe Dion G Morton Jon Nicholl Linda D Sharples Shaun Treweek Jane M Blazeby

Trials 2015 Sep 4;16:392. Epub 2015 Sep 4.

Centre for Surgical Research, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK.

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September 2015

Surgical training and clinical trial involvement--the trainees' view.

BMJ 2015 May 26;350:h2773. Epub 2015 May 26.

West Midlands Research Collaborative, Academic Department of Surgery, Room 29, 4th Floor, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TH, UK

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May 2015

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