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Prof Brian Davidson

  • Extension:

    #6 292 x33603

  • Email:

    b.davidson@ucl.ac.uk

  • Appointments:

    Professor of Surgery, Research Department of General Surgery, Div of Surgery & Interventional Sci
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Research Activities

  • Experimental cancer therapeutics- ETAR antagonism, colorectal cancer
  • The glycolytic switch in the progression of colorectal cancer.
  • Urological malignancies

Recent Publications

Displaying 50 most recent publications. For the full list please visit UCL Discovery

  1. Khan SA,Davidson BR,Goldin RD,Heaton N,Karani J,Pereira SP,Rosenberg WM,Tait P,Taylor-Robinson SD,Thillainayagam AV,Thomas HC,Wasan H,British Society of Gastroenterology (2012) Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cholangiocarcinoma: an update. Gut, 61(12), 1657 - 1669. 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301748.
  2. Gurusamy KS,Pissanou T,Pikhart H,Vaughan J,Burrhoughs AK,Davidson BR (2012) Methods To Decrease Blood Loss and Transfusion Requirements for Liver Transplantation. LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, 18, S177 - S177.
  3. Gurusamy KS,Li J,Vaughan J,Sharma D,Davidson BR (2012) Cardiopulmonary interventions to decrease blood loss and blood transfusion requirements for liver resection. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 5, CD007338. 10.1002/14651858.CD007338.pub3.
  4. Gurusamy KS,Koti R,Samraj K,Davidson BR (2012) Abdominal lift for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 5, CD006574. 10.1002/14651858.CD006574.pub3.
  5. Kanoria S,Glantzounis G,Quaglia A,Dinesh S,Fusai G,Davidson BR,Seifalian AM (2012) Remote preconditioning improves hepatic oxygenation after ischaemia reperfusion injury. Transpl Int, 25(7), 783 - 791. 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01481.x.
  6. Gurusamy KS,Koti R,Fusai G,Davidson BR (2012) Somatostatin analogues for pancreatic surgery. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 6, CD008370. 10.1002/14651858.CD008370.pub2.
  7. Tapuria N,Junnarkar S,Abu-Amara M,Fuller B,Seifalian AM,Davidson BR (2012) Modulation of microcirculatory changes in the late phase of hepatic ischaemia-reperfusion injury by remote ischaemic preconditioning. HPB (Oxford), 14(2), 87 - 97. 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2011.00407.x.
  8. Gurusamy K,Davidson BR (2012) Authors' reply: Systematic review and meta-analysis of intraoperative versus preoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with gallbladder and suspected common bile duct stones (Br J Surg 2011; 98: 908-916). Br J Surg, 99(1), 144. 10.1002/bjs.7827.
  9. Gurusamy K,Wilson E,Burroughs AK,Davidson BR (2012) Intra-operative vs pre-operative endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with gallbladder and common bile duct stones: cost-utility and value-of-information analysis. Appl Health Econ Health Policy, 10(1), 15 - 29. 10.2165/11594950-000000000-00000.
  10. Fang Y,Gurusamy KS,Wang Q,Davidson BR,Lin H,Xie X,Wang C (2012) Pre-operative biliary drainage for obstructive jaundice. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 9, CD005444. 10.1002/14651858.CD005444.pub3.
  11. Gurusamy KS,Samraj K,Fusai G,Davidson BR (2012) Robot assistant versus human or another robot assistant in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 9, CD006578. 10.1002/14651858.CD006578.pub3.
  12. Gurusamy KS,Naik P,Abu-Amara M,Fuller B,Davidson BR (2012) Techniques of flushing and reperfusion for liver transplantation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 3, CD007512. 10.1002/14651858.CD007512.pub2.
  13. Tsochatzis EA,Gurusamy KS,Ntaoula S,Cholongitas E,Davidson BR,Burroughs AK (2011) Elastography for the diagnosis of severity of fibrosis in chronic liver disease: a meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy. J Hepatol, 54(4), 650 - 659. 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.07.033.
  14. Gurusamy KS,Gluud C,Nikolova D,Davidson BR (2011) Design of surgical randomized controlled trials involving multiple interventions. J Surg Res, 165(1), 118 - 127. 10.1016/j.jss.2009.09.054.
  15. Gurusamy KS,Naik P,Davidson BR (2011) Routine drainage for orthotopic liver transplantation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(6), CD008399. 10.1002/14651858.CD008399.pub2.
  16. Sheth H,Hafez T,Glantzounis GK,Seifalian AM,Fuller B,Davidson BR (2011) Glycine maintains mitochondrial activity and bile composition following warm liver ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 26(1), 194 - 200. 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06323.x.
  17. Abu-Amara M,Yang S,Tapuria N,Fuller BJ,Davidson BR,Seifalian AM (2011) Reply. Liver Transpl, 17(1), 96. 10.1002/lt.22215.
  18. Abu-Amara M,Yang SY,Quaglia A,Rowley P,Tapuria N,Seifalian AM,Fuller BJ,Davidson BR (2011) Effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on liver ischemia/reperfusion injury using a new mouse model. Liver Transpl, 17(1), 70 - 82. 10.1002/lt.22204.
  19. Warner P,Fusai G,Glantzounis GK,Sabin CA,Rolando N,Patch D,Sharma D,Davidson BR,Rolles K,Burroughs AK (2011) Risk factors associated with early hepatic artery thrombosis after orthotopic liver transplantation - univariable and multivariable analysis. Transpl Int, 24(4), 401 - 408. 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01211.x.
  20. Gurusamy KS,Farooqui N,Loizidou M,Dijk S,Taanman JW,Whiting S,Farquharson MJ,Fuller BJ,Davidson BR (2011) Influence of zinc and zinc chelator on HT-29 colorectal cell line. Biometals, 24(1), 143 - 151. 10.1007/s10534-010-9382-5.
  21. Matull WR,Dhar DK,Ayaru L,Sandanayake NS,Chapman MH,Dias A,Bridgewater J,Webster GJ,Bong JJ,Davidson BR,Pereira SP (2011) R0 but not R1/R2 resection is associated with better survival than palliative photodynamic therapy in biliary tract cancer. Liver Int, 31(1), 99 - 107. 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02345.x.
  22. Gurusamy KS,Naik P,Davidson BR (2011) Methods of decreasing infection to improve outcomes after liver resections. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(11), CD006933. 10.1002/14651858.CD006933.pub2.
  23. Gurusamy K,Sahay SJ,Burroughs AK,Davidson BR (2011) Systematic review and meta-analysis of intraoperative versus preoperative endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with gallbladder and suspected common bile duct stones. Br J Surg, 98(7), 908 - 916. 10.1002/bjs.7460.
  24. Gurusamy KS,Koti R,Pamecha V,Davidson BR (2011) Veno-venous bypass versus none for liver transplantation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(3), CD007712. 10.1002/14651858.CD007712.pub2.
  25. Gurusamy KS,Sahay S,Davidson BR (2011) Three dimensional versus two dimensional imaging for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(1), CD006882. 10.1002/14651858.CD006882.pub2.
  26. Gurusamy KS,Pamecha V,Davidson BR (2011) Piggy-back graft for liver transplantation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(1), CD008258. 10.1002/14651858.CD008258.pub2.
  27. Gurusamy KS,Pissanou T,Pikhart H,Vaughan J,Burroughs AK,Davidson BR (2011) Methods to decrease blood loss and transfusion requirements for liver transplantation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(12), CD009052. 10.1002/14651858.CD009052.pub2.
  28. Gurusamy KS,Farquharson MJ,Ramamoorthy R,Al-Ebraheem A,Fuller BJ,Davidson BR (2010) Prognostic value of the trace element content in colorectal liver metastases BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 97, 53 - 53.
  29. Gurusamy KS,Ramamoorthy R,Imber C,Davidson BR (2010) Surgical resection versus non-surgical treatment for hepatic node positive patients with colorectal liver metastases COCHRANE DB SYST REV(1). 10.1002/14651858.CD006797.pub2.
  30. Gurusamy KS,Farooqui N,Loizidou M,Dijk S,Taanman JW,Whiting S,Farquharson MJ,Fuller BJ,Davidson BR (2010) Influence of zinc and zinc chelator on HT-29 colorectal cell line BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 97, 45 - 46.
  31. Abu-Amara M,Yang SY,Seifalian AM,Davidson BR,Fuller B (2010) Mouse hindlimb remote ischaemic preconditioning reduces liver ischaemia reperfusion injury and improves microcirculatory blood flow British Journal of Surgery, 97(S6), 38 - 38. 10.1002/bjs.7351.
  32. Abu-Amara M,Yang SY,Seifalian AM,Davidson BR,Fuller B (2010) Nitric oxide and endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity are a prerequisite for the protective effect of hindlimb remote ischaemic preconditioning on liver ischaemia reperfusion injury British Journal of Surgery, 97(S6), 30 - 30. 10.1002/bjs.7351.
  33. Gurusamy KS,Tsochatzis E,Davidson BR,Burroughs AK (2010) Antiviral prophylactic intervention for chronic hepatitis C virus in patients undergoing liver transplantation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(12), CD006573. 10.1002/14651858.CD006573.pub2.
  34. Junnarkar SP,Tapuria N,Mani A,Dijk S,Fuller B,Seifalian AM,Davidson BR (2010) Attenuation of warm ischemia-reperfusion injury in the liver by bucillamine through decreased neutrophil activation and Bax/Bcl-2 modulation. J Gastroenterol Hepatol, 25(12), 1891 - 1899. 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06312.x.
  35. Gurusamy KS,Kumar S,Davidson BR (2010) Prophylactic gastrojejunostomy for unresectable periampullary carcinoma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(10), CD008533. 10.1002/14651858.CD008533.pub2.
  36. Gurusamy KS,Bong JJ,Fusai G,Davidson BR (2010) Methods of cystic duct occlusion during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev(10), CD006807. 10.1002/14651858.CD006807.pub2.
  37. Wilson E,Gurusamy K,Gluud C,Davidson BR (2010) Authors' reply: Cost-utility and value-of-information analysis of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (Br J Surg 2010; 97: 210-219). Br J Surg, 97(7), 1150. 10.1002/bjs.7170.
  38. Gurusamy KS,Davidson BR (2010) Surgical treatment of gallstones. Gastroenterol Clin North Am, 39(2), 229 - viii. 10.1016/j.gtc.2010.02.004.
  39. Hafez TS,Glantzounis GK,Fusai G,Taanman JW,Wignarajah P,Parkes H,Fuller B,Davidson BR,Seifalian AM (2010) Intracellular oxygenation and cytochrome oxidase C activity in ischemic preconditioning of steatotic rabbit liver. Am J Surg, 200(4), 507 - 518. 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.09.028.
  40. Kumar Y,Mazurek S,Yang S,Failing K,Winslet M,Fuller B,Davidson BR (2010) In vivo factors influencing tumour M2-pyruvate kinase level in human pancreatic cancer cell lines. Tumour Biol, 31(2), 69 - 77. 10.1007/s13277-009-0010-3.
  41. Gurusamy KS,Gonzalez HD,Davidson BR (2010) Current protective strategies in liver surgery. World J Gastroenterol, 16(48), 6098 - 6103.
  42. Gurusamy KS,Farquharson ,Rowan A,Al-Ebraheem A,Ramamoorthy R,Fuller BJ,Tomlinson I,Davidson BR (2010) Localisation and quantitation of zinc and zinc transporters in colorectal liver metastases BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 97, 47 - 47.
  43. Maniaci V,Davidson BR,Rolles K,Dhillon AP,Hackshaw A,Begent RH,Meyer T (2009) Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma - prolonged survival with multimodality therapy European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 35(6), 617 - 621. 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.12.009.
  44. Pamecha V,Gurusamy KS,Sharma D,Davidson BR (2009) Techniques for liver parenchymal transection: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. HPB (Oxford), 11(4), 275 - 281. 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2009.00057.x.
  45. Bainbridge A,Agrawal A,Fuller BJ,Cady EB,Davidson BR (2009) Prolongation of pancreatic islet transplant viability: comparison of preservation methods by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy Proceedings International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2164.
  46. Junnarkar SP,Tapuria N,Dutt N,Fuller B,Seifalian AM,Davidson BR (2009) Bucillamine improves hepatic microcirculation and reduces hepatocellular injury after liver warm ischaemia-reperfusion injury. HPB (Oxford), 11(3), 264 - 273. 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2009.00054.x.
  47. Tapuria N,Junnarkar SP,Dutt N,Abu-Amara M,Fuller B,Seifalian AM,Davidson BR (2009) Effect of remote ischemic preconditioning on hepatic microcirculation and function in a rat model of hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury. HPB (Oxford), 11(2), 108 - 117. 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2009.00006.x.
  48. Abu-Amara M,Gurusamy KS,Glantzounis G,Fuller B,Davidson BR (2009) Pharmacological interventions for ischaemia reperfusion injury in liver resection surgery performed under vascular control COCHRANE DB SYST REV(4). 10.1002/14651858.CD008154.
  49. Gurusamy KS,Li J,Sharma D,Davidson BR (2009) Pharmacological interventions to decrease blood loss and blood transfusion requirements for liver resection COCHRANE DB SYST REV(4). 10.1002/14651858.CD008085.
  50. Gurusamy KS,Kumar Y,Pamecha V,Sharma D,Davidson BR (2009) Ischaemic pre-conditioning for elective liver resections performed under vascular occlusion COCHRANE DB SYST REV(1). 10.1002/14651858.CD007629.

Qualifications

  • 1985: Fellow Of The Royal College Of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • 1981: Bachelor of Science (Honours), University of Glasgow