user avatar
Prof Keith Roberts
@UHB_HPB
Surgeon in Birmingham working with the great team at UHB. Passionate about improving care for those affected by pancreatic cancer.
Birmingham, England
Joined October 2013
Posts
  • user avatar
    Med twitter, don't blast me, just asking... Would trainees want a partial reversal of limits of hours they can work (train) so that the team based approach to training can return? More hours = more money, means less need for non medical workforce delivering care too
  • user avatar
    I and many others are indebted to Prof Paolo Muiesan for his mentoring, guidance and support. Absolutely tireless in his pursuit of perfection and patient care. A remarkable man and colleague. Rest in peace Paolo. My deepest sympathies to your family and loved ones. In memoriam:
  • user avatar
    Honored and excited to say that @ThePancSocGBI is coming to Birmingham in 2025. But Dublin first with President @OonaghGriffinRD in 2024!
  • user avatar
    Really pleased to see the first output from our RICOCHET national pancreatic cancer audit. Variation and underuse of PERT despite NICE guidance. Many patients are wasting away and suffering needlessly. Thank you to all Collaborators, trainees and steering group
    Thanks to the brilliant work of all our collaborators, we will soon be publishing ‘Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy in patients with pancreatic cancer’ - #PERT is a key component of #pancreaticcancer care but we are not doing enough to provide it to our patients yet!
  • user avatar
    More data supporting direct to surgery for jaundiced pdac. Time for UK RCT of NAT in resectable cancer? jaundiced pt - stent+NAT vs direct surgery + adjuvant chemo
  • user avatar
  • user avatar
    @DrSfpb presenting her research on novel diagnostic test in PEI. Very exciting data after lots of hard work. Absolute pleasure to have supervised her PhD. Thank you
  • user avatar
    Excellent data. What is unresectable pancreatic cancer? That definition changes in our unit, like many others, almost monthly. Let's collaborate, standardise definitions, learn and support each other to offer as many patients as possible safe surgery and a chance for cure
    Harvest of left renal vein to use as interposition graft for portal vein reconstruction associated w mild acute kidney injury in first few post op days, resolves by day 7. No impact on long term renal outcomes. @hpbjournal @TorHPBFlwshp #VisualAbstract hpbonline.org/article/S1365-…
  • user avatar
    We've had all summer to prepare for this. Facilitate surgeons, anaesthetists and theatre nurses to operate at clean sites and protect those workers from being pulled in to treat covid. Cancer surgery needs to continue. Weekends, nights, anytime
    BBC UK coronavirus update. Simon Stevens NHS chief exec: “Cancer treatments are at or above their normal levels” - this is fake news, please show me the evidence. @BorisJohnson @BBCNews
  • user avatar
    Going to be a great meeting and Belfast a wonderful city to visit. First conference in person for me since covid. Face to face registration closes TOMORROW! @roux_group @markataylor16 @liveRPancSurg
    UGI Congress 2021 - See our short film on plans for this October's meeting: youtu.be/YssafEgcmDU
  • user avatar
    Hilar cholangio. Calling all trainees. Please look at arterial anatomy as well as biliary anatomy. One uncommon anatomical variant of the coeliac/sma (not relevant to the planned resection) and a few HA variants that are @roux_group @liveRPancSurg @robjones1979 @HpbMo
    00:00
  • user avatar
    For hpb trainers and trainees, interesting read. Trainee registry for pancreatic anastomosis coming very soon from @paranoia_group with help from @roux_group Not a UK trainee? Get in touch and make sure your training group will be represented @ProfDemartines @SurgeryHPB
  • user avatar
    Replying to @UHB_HPB
    Paolo Muiesan (1961-2022)
  • user avatar
    Neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer in a nutshell - two patients in two days. First received one cycle of FOLFIRINOX over 4 months since diagnosis due to delays in pathway, complications of biliary drainage and now has ascites and ca19-9 over 6000. The other completed FOLFI