Introducing Our Support Team at Upper GI Surgery
Introducing Our Support Team at Upper GI Surgery The Upper GI Surgery specialist practice has been established over 12 years, with our Sydney base located in Kogarah, and other clinics in Wollongong, Orange and the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. During this time as our...
Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy; POEM; A swan song for heller myotomy?
Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) is a method of creating an oesophageal myotomy for achalasia and other oesophageal motor disorders that has established itself as credible alternative to laparoscopic myotomy. We (Jason Maani, Payal Saxena and Michael Talbot)...
Subspecialty Approach for Management of Acute Cholecystitis
Talk at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Meeting in Brisbane by Sonia Tran, Amjid Riaz, Joel Zhou, Kirsten Hepburn and Michael Talbot An association between creation of an Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) and improved outcomes in the management of acute...
The Effect of Sprayable Adhesion Barriers in Revisional Obesity Surgery (SABROS); A Pilot Study
Talk at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Meeting in Brisbane by: Ahmed Rahman, Amjid Riaz, William Hawkins and Michael Talbot Revision Bariatric surgery is technically demanding and associated with high morbidity rates due to formation of adhesions and...
Australia’s Worrying Obesity Epidemic
The world watches in horror as stories of increasing obesity in the US hit headlines; how it's affecting their children, documentaries about fast food for school lunches and gigantic portion sizes, yet we fail to look a little closer to home sometimes. Australia isn't...
Robotic Surgery – the future and the facts
\We pride ourselves at being at the forefront of surgical techniques and technology, so our patients know they are receiving the most up to date and effective form of care from our team. A/Prof Michael Talbot (our leading surgeon) is a pioneer of complex bariatric...