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Metabolic bariatric surgery generates substantial, sustained weight loss and
health improvement in a real-world setting.

ANZ J Surg. 2025 Jan 9. doi: 10.1111/ans.19378. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39785110.

Brown WA, Brown DL, Holland JF, Campbell A, Cottrell J, Ahern S, Reilly J, Garduce P, Wetter J, Hamdorf JM, Talbot M, Baker S, MacCormick AD, Caterson  ID.

Economics of emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy at an Australian tertiary centre in the post
COVID-19 era.

Am J Surg. 2024 Dec 20;241:116158. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.116158. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39740648.

Hayler R, Hanna S, Boerkamp A, Gao Y, Alhayo ST, Talbot ML.

The Management of Intractable Gastroesophageal Reflux Following Sleeve Gastrectomy: A Narrative Review.

Curr Surg Rep (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40137-024-00426-8

Chan, D.L., Chen, K.L., Indja, B.E. et al.

Reply to comment on is simultaneous bariatric surgery and ventral hernia repair a
safe and effective approach?

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2024 Jun;20(6):597. doi:page 12 10.1016/j.soard.2024.02.009. Epub 2024 Mar 12.

Michael Leonard Talbot,  Sukrit Khanna

Predictors of anastomotic leak and conduit necrosis after oesophagectomy: Results
from the oesophagogastric anastomosis audit (OGAA).

March 2024. European
Journal of Surgical Oncology 50(6). DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2024.107983

Latrogenic eventration of the hemidiaphragm in a post-bariatric surgery patient.

Surg Case Rep. 2024 Mar 13;2024(3):rjae117. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjae117. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Long LE, Alhayo ST, Talbot M.L

 

Is simultaneous bariatric surgery and ventral hernia repair a safe and effective approach?

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2024 Mar;20(3):245-252. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.10.013. Epub 2023 Nov 7.

Khanna S, Thevaraja M, Chan DL, Talbot ML.

Investigating the Prevalence of Copper and Zinc Abnormalities in Patients Pre and Post bariatric Surgery-an Australian Experience.

Obes Surg. 2023 Nov;33(11):3437-3446. doi:10.1007/s11695-023-06822-w. Epub 2023 Sep 29.

Zarshenas N, Tapsell LC, Batterham M, Neale EP, Talbot ML.

A case of life-threatening, early postoperative refeeding syndrome in an obese young female undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Surg Case Rep. 2023 Sep 16;2023(9):rjad516. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjad516. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Chiu TR, Waller JH, Meslin SMM, Talbot ML, Jorgensen JJ, Fisher OM.J

Robotic Vagus-Sparing Total Gastrectomy for CDH1 Gene Mutation Treatment.

Chan DL, Talbot ML. J Vis Exp. 2023 Dec 8;(202). doi: 10.3791/65303.

CT oesophageal hiatal surface area measurements: An objective and sensitive means of hiatal hernia detection.

March 2023. Surgery Open Digestive Advance 9(4):100085. DOI: 10.1016/j.soda.2023.100085.

Daniel Leonard, Brenda W Huang, Jim Yip, Michael L Talbot.

Medium Term Outcomes of Revision Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy after Gastric Banding: A Propensity Score Matched Study.

May 2023. Obesity Surgery 33(7):1-11. DOI: 10.1007/s11695-023-06629-9.

Brenda W. HuangSarfraz S. ShahulMarcus, K.H. Ong, Michael L Talbot.

The influence of anastomotic techniques on postoperative anastomotic complications: Results of the Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 164 (3), 674-684. e5

Author links open overlay panel. Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit study group on behalf of the West Midlands Research Collaborative. SK Kamarajah, RPT Evans, D Nepogodiev, J Hodson, JR Bundred,

Postoperative and Pathological Outcomes of CROSS and FLOT as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal and Junctional Adenocarcinoma.

OGAAO Collaborative. Annals of Surgery 277 (5), e1026-e1034

An International Cohort Study From the Oesophagogastric Anastomosis Audit.

The role of adjuvant pharmacotherapy with liraglutide for patients with inadequate weight loss following bariatric surgery.

Langenbeck’s Archives Surg 408, 115 (2023).

Colbourne, J. R. M., Fisher, O. M., Mo, S., Rigas, G. S. & Talbot, M. L.  

Hiatial reconstruction is safe and effective for control of reflux after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. 

BMC Surgical 22, 347 (2022)

Indja B, Chan DL, Talbot ML.

 

Bariatric Surgery: A Call for Greater Access to Coordinated Surgical and Specialist Care in the Public Health System

AHMAD ALY, MICHAEL L TALBOT, WENDY A BROWN. 14 AUGUST 2022

 

Investigating the prevalence of nutritional abnormalities in patients prior to and
following bariatric surgery

Nutrition; Dietetics 2022

Nazy Zarshenas, Linda Clare Tapsell, Marijka Batterham, Elizabeth Phillipa Neale, Michael Leonard Talbot.

 

Fertility, pregnancy and postpartum management after bariatric surgery: a narrative
review.

Medical Journal of Australia. 2022-02-07. DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51373.

Sarah Cheah; Yijun Gao; Shirley Mo; Georgia Rigas; Oliver Fisher; Daniel L
Chan; Michael G Chapman; Michael L Talbot.

 

 

Long-term outcomes and satisfaction of laparoscopic non-absorbable mesh-
reinforced hiatal hernia repair.

Surgery Open Digestive Advance. 2022-06. DOI: 10.1016/j.soda.2022.100042.

Daniel Leonard Chan; Sonia Tran; Shaveen Kanakaratne; Hannah Mary Bruce; Cynthuja Thilakanathan; Nicholas
Bull; Annemarie Hennessy; Jim Iliopoulos; Michael Leonard Talbot

The Relationship Between Bariatric Surgery and Diet Quality: a Systematic Review.

Obes Surg. 2020 May;30(5):1768-1792. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04392-9.

Zarshenas N, Tapsell LC, Neale EP, Batterham M, Talbot ML. 

Screening and treatment of thiamine deficiency in a sample of multidisciplinary
bariatric surgery clinical teams.

Obes Surg. 2021 Oct;31(10):4666-4668. doi: 10.1007/s11695-021-
05614-4. Epub 2021 Aug 5.

Zarshenas N, Tapsell LC, Batterham M, Neale EP, Talbot ML. 

Endoscopic submucosal resection of gastric antrum stromal tumour

Medicine Case Reports and Study Protocols October 2021 – Volume 2 – Issue 10 – p e0170 doi:
10.1097/MD9.0000000000000170 

Roy, Susmit Prosun; Benjamin, Aditya Thomas; Talbot, Michael.

 

Benefits of Intra‐Operative Cholangiogram for Acute cholecystitis.

Surg Pract. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-1633.12491

Askari, A., Riaz, A.A., Brittain, R., Zhou, J., Irwin, S. and Talbot, M. (2021)

Changes in Anthropometric Measures, Nutritional Indices and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Following One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass (OAGB) Compared with Roux-en-y Gastric Bypass (RYGB).

Obesity Surgery (2021)

Nazy Zarshenas, Linda Clare Tapsell, Marijka Batterham, Elizabeth Phillipa Neale & Michael Leonard Talbot. 

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and gastric sleeve surgery result in long term bone loss.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 Jan;45(1):235-246. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-00660-x. Epub 2020 Aug 26.

Malgorzata M Brzozowska, Thach Tran, Dana Bliuc, John Jorgensen, Michael Talbot, Douglas Fenton-Lee, Weiwen Chen, Angel Hong, Alex Viardot, Chris P White, Tuan V Nguyen, Nicholas Pocock, John A Eisman, Paul A Baldock, Jacqueline R Center.

Barrett’s Oesophagus and Bariatric/Metabolic Surgery-IFSO 2020 Position Statement.

Obes Surg. 2021 Jan 18. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-05143-6. Online ahead of print.

Oliver M Fisher  1 , Daniel L Chan  1 , Michael L Talbot  1 , Almino Ramos  1 , Ahmad Bashir  1 , Miguel F Herrera  1 , Jacques Himpens  1 , Scott Shikora  1 , Kelvin D Higa  1 , Lilian Kow  1 , Wendy A Brown  2   3 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-020-05143-6.

Accuracy of hiatal hernia diagnosis in bariatric patients: Preoperative endoscopy versus intraoperative reference.

10.1002/jgh3.12388

Daniel L Chan 1 2 3, Simon K-H Wong 1, Hon Ting Lok 1, Jim Iliopoulos 2, Michael L Talbot 2 3, Annemarie Hennessy 2, Enders K-W Ng 1. 

Mortality from esophagectomy for esophageal cancer across low, middle, and high-income countries: An international cohort study.

Eur J Surg Oncol doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2020.12.006.

​Kamarajah, S. K. et al.

High-resolution impedance manometry and 24-hour multichannel intraluminal impedance with pH testing before and after sleeve gastrectomy: de novo reflux in a prospective series.

Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 Feb;17(2):329-337. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2020.09.030. Epub 2020 Sep 23.PMID: 33153961

Tien Yew Chen, Daniel L Chan, Jason Maani, Jorgen Ferguson, Michael Talbot. 

Comparison of Outcomes Following Revisional Laparoscopic Gastric Band, Sleeve Gastrectomy and Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass. (2020) 

Riaz AA*, Singh K, Askari A, Ferguson J and Talbot ML

 

The Relationship Between Bariatric Surgery and Diet Quality: a Systematic Review. (2020) 

Obes Surg. 2020 Jan 15. doi: 10.1007/s11695-020-04392-9. [Epub ahead of print]

Zarshenas N, Tapsell LC, Neale EP, Batterham M, Talbot ML

 

Minimally invasive Venetian blinds ventral hernia repair with botulinum toxin chemical component separation. (2019)

ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY. D. L. CHAN MBBS, MPH, FRACS; P. RAVINDRAN MBBS, MS, FRACS; H. S. FAN MBBS; K. E. ELSTNER MBBS, MS; A. S. W. JACOMBS BSC, MBBS, PHD; N. IBRAHIM FRACS, FRCS; M. L. TALBOT MBCHB, FRACS.

 

Management of Zenker’s diverticulum using flexible endoscopy. (2019) 

Fan HS, Stavert B, Chan DL, Talbot ML. | VideoGIE 4(2):87-90 01 Feb 2019. 

 

Simultaneous laparoscopic ‘Venetian blinds’ closure and mesh-reinforced ventral hernia repair with revision of gastric band to bypass. (2018)

Chan DL, Talbot ML. | Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 14(2):245-246 01 Feb 2018.

 

Portomesenteric vein thrombosis in sleeve gastrectomy: a 10-year review. (2018)

S Tan et al. | Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2018, Pages 271-275.

 

Laparoscopic Enucleation of Schwannoma Masquerading as a Leiomyoma. (2017)

H., RAHMAN, A., TALBOT, M. | Journal of Medical Cases, North America, 8, jul. 2017.

 

Subspecialty approach for the management of acute cholecystitis: an alternative to acute surgical unit model of care. (2017)

Sonia Tran, Vincent Choi, Kirsten Hepburn, Nathan Hewitt, Joel Zhou, Daniel L. Chan, Michael L. Talbot. | ANZ J.

 

Successful management of perforated duodenal diverticulum by use of endoscopic drainage. (2017)

Howard S. Fan, Michael L. Talbot. Video GIE.

 

A multicenter international registry of redo per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) after failed POEM. (2016)

Michael Talbot and 18 authors. Gastrointestinal endoscopy. | October 2016: 57 DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2016.10.015

 

Update on Therapeutic Interventions for the Management of Achalasia. (2016)

Nishmi Gunasingam, Adam Perczuk, Michael Talbot, Arthur Kaffes and Payal Saxena. | Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. doi: 10.1111/jgh.13408

 

Energy Adaptations Persist 2 Years After Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass. (2016)

Tam CS, Rigas G, Heilbronn LK, Matisan T, Probst Y, Talbot M. | Obes Surg. 2016 Feb; 26: 459–463.

 

Endoscopic modalities for upper gastrointestinal leaks, fistulae and perforations. (2015)

Talbot M, Yee G, Saxena P. | ANZ J Surg. 2015 Nov.

 

Inequalities of access to bariatric surgery in Australia (2014)

Michael Edye and Michael L. Talbot | Medical Journal (August 2014); 201 (9): 502-503

 

Synchronous ventral hernia repair in bariatric patients (2014)

D.L. Chan and M.L. Talbot | Obesity Surgery; 84(7-8), 581-583. doi:10.1111/ans.12174

 

Hyperammonemic encephalopathy complicating bariatric surgery; a case study and review of the literature. (2014)

Estrella, G. Yee, B. Wilcken, M. Tchan & M. Talbot | Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 10, e35-8

 

A histologic evaluation of the laparoscopic adjustable gastric band capsule by tissue sampling during sleeve gastrectomy performed at different time points after band removal. (2014)

M.H.L Tan, G.Y.W Yee, J.O Jorgensen, V. Kuzinkovas, M.L Talbot, K.W Loi, A.J. Gill | Official Journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, 10, 620-625

 

Comment on: Revision LAGB to RYGBP in patients with BMI<35: Not yet ready for prime time. (2014)

M.L. Talbot | Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.04.026

 

Simultaneous ventral hernia repair in bariatric surgery. (2013)

D.L Chan, M.L Talbot, Z. Chen & S.C.M Kwon | ANZ Journal of Surgery, 84(7-8), 581-583. doi: 10.1111/ans.12174

 

The effect of obesity on intrahepatic cytokine and chemokine expression in chronic hepatitis C infection. (2010)

Palmer, T. Corpuz, M. Guirguis, S. O’Toole, K. Yan, Y. Bu, A. Zekry | A. Gut, 59(3), 397-404. doi:10.1136/gut.2008.165316

 

Revisional Bariatric Surgery. (2009)

C.S.H Lim, V. Liew, M.L. Talbot, J.O Jorgensen & K.W. Loi | Obesity Surgery, 19(7), 827-832. doi:10.1007/s11695-008-9750-1

 

Treatment of Upper Gastrointestinal Leaks With a Removable, Covered, Self-expanding Metallic Stent. (2009)

Babor, M.L Talbot & Tyndal |Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, 19(1), e1-e4. doi:10.1097/SLE.0b013e318196c706

 

Staged Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Followed by Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Morbidly Obese Patients: A Risk Reduction Strategy. (2008)

O Ou Yang, K. Loi, V. Liew, M. Talbot & J. Jorgensen | Obesity Surgery, 18(12), 1575-1580. doi:10.1007/s11695-008-9554-3

 

Improving outcomes for operable pancreatic cancer: Is access to safer surgery the problem? (2008)

D.K Chang, N.D. Merrett, A.V Biankin |Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology , 23(7pt1), 1036-1045. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05471.x

 

Efficacy of Surgery in the Management of Obesity Related Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (2007)

S.S.H. Gan, M.L. Talbot, J.O. Jorgensen | Journal of Surgery, 77(11), 958-962. doi:10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04290.x

 

Total dorsal pancreatectomy for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm in a patient with pancreas divisum. (2005)

M.L. Talbot, A.K. Foulis & C.W. Imrie | Pancreatology, 5, 285-288

 

Hepatic portal vein gas as a complication of cryotherapy (2005)

M.J. Alfredson, A.J. Brooks, M.L. Talbot & D.L. Morris | HPB, 7(2), 159-160.doi:10.1080/13651820410016679

 

Difficulties in provision of bariatric surgical services to the morbidly obese. (2005)

M.L. Talbot, J. Jorgensen & K. Loi | Medical Journal of Australia, 182, 344-347

 

Gastroduodenal ulceration following hepatic arterial chemotherapy: the role of methylene blue endoscopy in the investigation of pain. (2002)

M.L. Talbot, J.R. Clark, P.R. Clingan & D.L. Morris | HPB, 4, 29-34.

 

Reduced use of drains following axillary lymphadenectomy for breast cancer. (2002)

M.L. Talbot & C.J. Magarey | ANZ journal of surgery, 72, 488-490.

 

Reoperative surgery for recurrent or persistent primary hyperparathyroidism: comment. (1999)

M.L. Talbot, C.J. Magarey & T.H. Diamond | The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 69, 395-396.