General

Laparoscopic Restorative Proctectomy – Hybrid Approach or Totally Laparoscopic?

JM Ellis-Clark, JW Lumley, ARL Stevenson, RW Stitz
Accepted for publication Oct 2009 ANZJS (ANS-2009-00198.R2)

Preservation of sexual and bladder function after laparoscopic rectal surgery.

Jones OM, Stevenson ARL, Stitz RW, Lumley JW.
Colorectal Dis. 2009 Jun;11(5):489-95. Epub 2008 Jul 1

Male sexual dysfunction after laparoscopic pelvic surgery is uncommon when performed by surgeons beyond their “learning curve”

Jones OM, STEVENSON ARL, Stitz RW, Lumley JW
The Royal Australian College of Surgeons, Annual Scientific Congress, Christchurch,
7-11 May 2007 Published Abstract (CR21P)

Functional Results of Laparoscopic Resection Rectopexy for Symptomatic Rectal Intussusception

Von Papen M., Ashari L, Lumley J, STEVENSON ARL, Stitz RW
Dis Colon Rectum (Accepted for publication August 2006)

Laparoscopic ileocaecal resection for Crohn's disease

Stevenson ARL
Aust.N.Z.J.Surg. 2000.70,A61

Ambulatory laparoscopic surgery: The patient’s perspective in an impatient world. (Invited Editorial)

Stevenson ARL
Aust NZ J Surg Nov1998

Hypothermia in open and laparoscopic colorectal surgery

Stewart BT. Stitz RW. Tuch MM. Lumley JW.
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
42(10):1292-5, October 1999

Laparoscopically assisted colorectal surgery in the elderly

Stewart BT. Stitz RW. Lumley JW.
British Journal of Surgery
86(7):938-41, July 1999

Ambulatory laparoscopic surgery: the patient's perspective in an impatient world

Stevenson ARL
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery
68(11):753-4, November 1998

Laparoscopic stoma formation for faecal diversion

Hollyoak, Lumley & Stitz
British Journal of Surgery
Volume 85 Issue 2 Page 226 - February 1998

Laparoscopic colectomy

G. A. Fielding, J. Lumley, L. Nathanson, et al.
Surgical Endoscopy Volume 11,
Number 7, 745 - 749, July 1997

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery--new advances and techniques

Stitz RW. Lumley JW.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
25(5):653-6, September 1996

Laparoscopic anterior resection: a consecutive series of 84 patients

Rhodes M. Rudd M. Nathanson L. Fielding G. Siu S. Hewett P. Stitz R.
Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy
6(3):213-7, June 1996

Laparoscopic-assisted colorectal surgery. Lessons learned from 240 consecutive patients

Lumley JW. Fielding GA. Rhodes M. Nathanson LK. Siu S. Stitz RW.
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
39(2):155-9, February 1996

Cancer

Australasian Laparoscopic Colon Cancer Study (ALCCaS): lower postoperative complication rates benefit elderly patients

Randall A. Allardyce, Philip F. Bagshaw, Christopher M Frampton, Francis A. Frizelle, Peter J. Hewett, Nicholas A Rieger, J. Shona Smith, Michael J. Solomon, Andrew R. L. Stevenson
British Journal of Surgery, Volume 97, Issue 1, pages 86–91, January 2010

Laparoscopic Rectal Cancer Surgery – A survey of the practice and opinion of Colorectal Surgeons “Down Under”.

Eugene JS Ong, Andrew RL Stevenson.
Submitted for publication ANZJS

Australasian Laparoscopic Colon Cancer Study shows that elderly patients may benefit from lower postoperative complication rates following laparoscopic versus open resection.

Allardyce RA, Bagshaw PF, Frampton CM, Frizelle FA, Hewett PJ, Rieger NA, Smith JS, Solomon MJ, Stevenson ARL;
Australasian Laparoscopic Colon Cancer Study Group. Br J Surg. 2010 Jan;
97(1):86-91.

Short-term outcomes of the Australasian randomized clinical study comparing laparoscopic and conventional open surgical treatments for colon cancer: the ALCCaS trial.

Hewett PJ, Allardyce RA, Bagshaw PF, Frampton CM, Frizelle FA, Rieger NA, Smith JS, Solomon MJ, Stephens JH, Stevenson ARL.
Ann Surg. 2008 Nov;
248(5):728-38.

Australian and New Zealand study comparing laparoscopic and open surgeries for colon cancer in adults: organization and conduct.

Allardyce RA, Bagshaw PF, Frampton CM, Frizelle FA, Hewett PJ, Rieger NA, Smith S, Solomon MJ, Stevenson ARL.
ANZ J Surg. 2008 Oct;
78(10):840-7.

The Australasian laparaoscopic colon cancer study.

Allardyce RA, Bagshaw PF, Frampton CM, Frizelle FA, Hewett PJ, Rieger NA, Smith S, Solomon MJ, Stevenson ARL.
ANZ J Surg. 2008 Oct;
78(10):832-3. No abstract available.

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery for Cancer

Lumley J, Stitz, RW, STEVENSON ARL, Fielding G.,
Luck A Dis Colon Rectum 2002 July;
45(7): 867-872

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery for Cancer: Intermediate to Long-Term Outcomes

John Lumley, Russell Stitz, Andrew Stevenson, et al.
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
Volume 45, Number 7, 867 - 872, July 2002

Laparoscopic resection for colorectal cancer: An Australian perspective

Stitz R & Lumley J
Semin Laparosc Surg.
2(4):235-241, December 1995

Diverticular Disease

Laparoscopic resection for diverticular disease: follow-up of 500 consecutive patients.

Jones OM, Stevenson ARL, Clark D, Stitz RW, Lumley JW.
Ann Surg. 2008 Dec;
248(6):1092-7.

Laparoscopic colorectal surgery for complicated diverticular disease.

Stevenson ARL, Stitz RW, Lumley JW
Poster Presentation: Tripartite Colorectal Meeting, London, July 1996

Laparoscopically assisted anterior resection for diverticular disease: follow-up of 100 consecutive patients

Stevenson AR. Stitz RW. Lumley JW. Fielding GA.
Annals of Surgery 227(3):335-42, March 1998

The treatment of internal fistulae that complicate diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon by laparoscopically assisted colectomy

P. J. Hewett, R. Stitz
Surgical Endoscopy
Volume 9, Number 4, 411 - 413, April 1995

Rectal Prolapse

Laparoscopically-Assisted Resection Rectopexy for Rectal Prolapse: Ten Years' Experience

Luai H. S. Ashari, John W. Lumley, Andrew R. L. Stevenson, et al.
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
Volume 48, Number 5, 982 - 987, May 2005

Laparoscopic-assisted resection-rectopexy for rectal prolapse: early and medium follow-up

Stevenson AR. Stitz RW. Lumley JW.
Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
41(1):46-54, January 1998