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Austin Acheson

Clinical Associate Professor in Colorectal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Research Summary

Interests

  • Chronic anal fissure
  • Anal sphincter Pharmacology
  • Intravenous iron therapy in IDA
  • Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

Techniques

  • In vitro models for sphincter pharmacology
  • clinical studies

Projects

  • Intravenous iron for colorectal cancer/oesophagogastric cancer
  • Contractile and radioligand studies in the anal sphincter
  • Methoxamine and faecal incontinence
  • The effect of statins on the mortality associated with sepsis and elective colorectal surgery
  • Consent in emergency laparotomy

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University of Nottingham
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Nottingham, NG7 2UH

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