St Mark's Hospital

Capturing quality of life in pouch anal and vaginal fistula: development of PAVF-QoL-14, a patient-reported outcome measure

Abstract Introduction Perianal pouch fistula can significantly affect quality of life, yet no disease-specific patient reported outcome measure (PROM) exists. We have developed and validated a 14-item PROM—the Pouch Anal and Vaginal Fistula Quality of Life scale (PAVF-QoL-14). Me...

Benchmarking UK Lynch syndrome colonoscopy surveillance: quality metrics and diagnostic yield from the National Endoscopy Database

Abstract Colonoscopy quality and diagnostic outcomes in Lynch syndrome have historically been heterogeneous. Following the introduction of the Lynch syndrome Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP), we assessed colonoscopy quality and diagnostic yield in Lynch syndrome using the...

National multi-specialty robotic surgery training curriculum and implementation for UK surgical residents: a delphi consensus

Abstract Robotic-assisted surgery is now established across multiple surgical specialties in the United Kingdom, yet training for surgical residents remains variable, resource-dependent, and insufficiently standardised at national level. This study sought multispecialty expert co...