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Does the experience of the endoscopic vein harvester matter to the quality of the vein conduit: A critical thematic literature review (2024)
Journal Article
Kay, M., Abouelela, Y., Raaj, S., & Krishnamoorthy, B. (in press). Does the experience of the endoscopic vein harvester matter to the quality of the vein conduit: A critical thematic literature review. Journal of Perioperative Practice, https://doi.org/10.1177/17504589241288512

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery remains the golden standard surgical option for multiple vessel disease. Harvesting the long saphenous vein using endoscopic vein harvesting requires advanced surgical skills dexterity, but the lack of a national... Read More about Does the experience of the endoscopic vein harvester matter to the quality of the vein conduit: A critical thematic literature review.

A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness (2024)
Journal Article
Krishnamoorthy, B., Sagar, S. M., Coonar, A. S., Raaj, S., Rathinam, A. V., Air, R., …Rathinam, S. (in press). A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 19(1), Article 556. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-024-03089-9

Background: The Cardio-Thoracic (CT) professional group experienced a significant increase in stress and workload during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) in Great Britain and Ireland with the aim of endor... Read More about A pilot project to explore the mental health and wellbeing among cardiothoracic staff and the impact of virtual reality guided mindfulness.

Use of the Therapy Outcome Measure in community intermediate care: results of a service evaluation (2024)
Journal Article
Cross, A., Chetter, C., Rajai, A., & Krishnamoorthy, B. (2024). Use of the Therapy Outcome Measure in community intermediate care: results of a service evaluation. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 31(9), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2023.0034

Background/Aims
Outcome measures are essential in clinical practice to demonstrate patient improvement and secure funding for services. The purpose of this service evaluation was to explore levels of patient improvement as measured by the Therapy Ou... Read More about Use of the Therapy Outcome Measure in community intermediate care: results of a service evaluation.

Barriers to research progress for perioperative care practitioners working in cardiothoracic surgery. (2023)
Journal Article
Britton, C. R., Rathinam, S., Birchall, M., Iles-Smith, H., & Krishnamoorthy, B. (in press). Barriers to research progress for perioperative care practitioners working in cardiothoracic surgery. Journal of Perioperative Practice, 17504589231176388. https://doi.org/10.1177/17504589231176388

Policy and research literature worldwide support the need to build research capacity and capability among non-medical practitioners within healthcare systems. However, there exists a paucity of evidence on whether practitioners in cardiothoracic surg... Read More about Barriers to research progress for perioperative care practitioners working in cardiothoracic surgery..

Endoscopic Closed Tunnel Conduit Harvesting: Tips, Tricks and Traps (2023)
Book Chapter
Krishnamoorthy, B., & Blackmore, J. (2023). Endoscopic Closed Tunnel Conduit Harvesting: Tips, Tricks and Traps. In Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery : Tips, Tricks and Traps (85-108). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21104-1_6

The introduction of endoscopic conduit harvesting has been a big advance in patient centred care in the surgical revascularisation of patients with coronary artery disease. Like the introduction of all new technology there has been a wide variation i... Read More about Endoscopic Closed Tunnel Conduit Harvesting: Tips, Tricks and Traps.

Endoscopic Conduit Harvesting: Best Practice Training Guidelines (2023)
Book Chapter
Krishnamoorthy, B., & Blackmore, J. (2023). Endoscopic Conduit Harvesting: Best Practice Training Guidelines. In Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery : Tips, Tricks and Traps (51-67). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21104-1_4

The great saphenous vein remains the most commonly used conduit for non-left anterior descending coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The aim of this chapter is to define the best practice training standards for use of the Endoscopic Vein Harvesting... Read More about Endoscopic Conduit Harvesting: Best Practice Training Guidelines.

The role of the bedside assistant in robot-assisted surgery: A critical synthesis (2022)
Journal Article
Britton, C. R., Francis, I., Tay, L. J., & Krishnamoothy, B. (2022). The role of the bedside assistant in robot-assisted surgery: A critical synthesis. Journal of Perioperative Practice, 32(9), 208-225. https://doi.org/10.1177/17504589221094136

Introduction:
Robot-assisted surgery has grown exponentially since its inception and first approval in the United States in the year 2000. The surgeon operating with the assistance of the robot sits remotely to the patient and another practitioner a... Read More about The role of the bedside assistant in robot-assisted surgery: A critical synthesis.

The current state of the surgical care team in the United Kingdom: Shall we ‘do a time out’? (2021)
Journal Article
Krishnamoorthy, B., & Britton, C. R. (2022). The current state of the surgical care team in the United Kingdom: Shall we ‘do a time out’?. Journal of Perioperative Practice, 32(12), 368-378. https://doi.org/10.1177/17504589211059328

The reduction of junior doctors’ working hours over the last two decades paved the way to non-medical practitioners providing care traditionally discharged by surgeons and other medics. These registered practitioners play a vital role in the care of... Read More about The current state of the surgical care team in the United Kingdom: Shall we ‘do a time out’?.

A multicentre review comparing long term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery (2021)
Journal Article
Krishnamoorthy, B., Zacharias, J., Critchley, W. R., Rochon, M., Stalpinskaya, I., Rajai, A., …Bahrami, T. (2021). A multicentre review comparing long term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery. NIHR Open Research, 1, 11. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13215.1

Background: Utilisation of the Endoscopic Vein Harvesting (EVH) technique has been increasing for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for the last two decades. Some surgeons remain concerned about the long-term patency of the long saphenous vein h... Read More about A multicentre review comparing long term outcomes of endoscopic vein harvesting versus open vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery.