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The repository contains the records of published and unpublished research authored by NHS staff working for the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and its partners. The repository is managed by the Library and Knowledge Services of the Trust and supported by the Non-Medical Research Leads Network Group and the Research and Development Directorate.

If you are a member of RWT staff and you would like to submit an item to the repository, please fill in this online form.

If you have a list of publications you'd like to submit, please e-mail the repository rwh-tr.rwtrepository@nhs.net admin team.

For more information contact the library on 01902 695322 or email or take a look at our website. You will also find guidance on the webpage about publishing your work.

Select a community to browse its collections.

0- All RWT Publications by Year

This community lists all the RWT research outputs, collated by year of publication/issue.

1- Division 1 Surgical Division

This community includes all the groups within the surgical division as of April 2020. Including: Critical Care Services; Cardiology/Cardiothoracic Services; Surgical and Patient Services; Ophthalmology; Womens and Neonatal Group; Trauma and Orthopaedics Group; Head and Neck Group.

2- Division 2 Emergency and Medical Services Division

This community includes all the groups within the emergency and medical services division as of April 2020. Including: patient access group; rehabilitation and ambulatory group; medical group; emergency services group; oncology and haematology group.

3- Division 3 Community, Childrens and Support Services Division

This community includes all the groups within the community, childrens and support division as of April 2020. Including: childrens young people and sexual health; adult community and primary care services; diagnostics; pharmacy; therapies and ambulatory care group.

4- Specialist Services

This community includes all those departments that provide generic clinical services across the trust, for example nursing and infection prevention.

5- Corporate Services

This community includes all the non-clinical departments within the trust, for example education and training, library services, finance and governance.

6- Black Country Partnership Pathology

Set up in October 2018, the BCPS is a partnership of neighbouring trusts in providing pathology services across the Black Country. The four partners are: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust; The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust; The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.

7- NIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands

The NIHR CRN West Midlands covers the areas of Shropshire, Staffordshire, County of the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. The network is hosted by the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

8- Honorary Contracts

Much of the research which takes place at the RWT is a collaborative effort between staff and researchers who work for the our partners in Higher Education. These partners have their own research repositories.

9- COVID-19

Articles published by RWT staff are included within this collection.

Outcomes of uninterrupted vs interrupted periprocedural direct oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation ablation: a meta-analysis.

Khanra, Dibbendhu (Journal of Arrhythmia, Wiley Open Access, 2021-01-29)

Background: Studies indicate that uninterrupted anticoagulation (UA) is superior to interrupted anticoagulation (IA) in the periprocedural period during catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Still IA is followed in ...
Implant-based prepectoral breast reconstruction: the importance of oncoplastic plane, its blood supply and assessment methods.

Vidya, Raghavan (World Journal of Plastic Surgery, WJPS, 2021-02-22)

With the recent rise in prepectoral breast reconstruction, partly due to the improvement in implants and the aesthetic results but, more so, due to the perseveration of the pectoralis major, it is of great importance to ...
Resuming endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic: ESGE, WEO and WGO Joint Cascade Guideline for Resource Limited Settings.

Veitch, Andrew M (Endoscopy International Open, Thieme Verlag KG, 2021-04-01)

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced endoscopy units to stop or markedly reduce all elective endoscopic procedures and has consequently contracted endoscopic capacity throughout the world, with growing concern for a ...
Importance of anatomical efficacy for disease control in neovascular AMD: an expert opinion.

Yang, Yit (Ophthalmology and Therapy, Springer Nature, 2021-04-10)

Background: Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) presents a significant treatment burden for patients, carers and medical retina services. However, significant debate remains regarding how best to manage ...
Correction: Breast cancer management pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic: outcomes from the UK 'Alert Level 4' phase of the B-MaP-C study.

Vidya, Raghavan (British Journal of Cancer, Springer Nature, 2021-04-12)

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. Due to a typesetting error one of the corresponding authors was omitted. Both, Rajiv V. Dave and Cliona C. Kirwan are corresponding authors of this ...

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Outcomes of uninterrupted vs interrupted periprocedural direct oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation ablation: a meta-analysis.

Implant-based prepectoral breast reconstruction: the importance of oncoplastic plane, its blood supply and assessment methods.

Resuming endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic: ESGE, WEO and WGO Joint Cascade Guideline for Resource Limited Settings.

Importance of anatomical efficacy for disease control in neovascular AMD: an expert opinion.

Correction: Breast cancer management pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic: outcomes from the UK 'Alert Level 4' phase of the B-MaP-C study.

Welcome to the RWT Staff Publications Repository

Communities in RWT Staff Repository

Recently Added

Outcomes of uninterrupted vs interrupted periprocedural direct oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation ablation: a meta-analysis. ﻿

Implant-based prepectoral breast reconstruction: the importance of oncoplastic plane, its blood supply and assessment methods. ﻿

Resuming endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic: ESGE, WEO and WGO Joint Cascade Guideline for Resource Limited Settings. ﻿

Importance of anatomical efficacy for disease control in neovascular AMD: an expert opinion. ﻿

Correction: Breast cancer management pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic: outcomes from the UK 'Alert Level 4' phase of the B-MaP-C study. ﻿

Outcomes of uninterrupted vs interrupted periprocedural direct oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation ablation: a meta-analysis.

Implant-based prepectoral breast reconstruction: the importance of oncoplastic plane, its blood supply and assessment methods.

Resuming endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic: ESGE, WEO and WGO Joint Cascade Guideline for Resource Limited Settings.

Importance of anatomical efficacy for disease control in neovascular AMD: an expert opinion.

Correction: Breast cancer management pathways during the COVID-19 pandemic: outcomes from the UK 'Alert Level 4' phase of the B-MaP-C study.