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  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
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  UK
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• Ben.Marson@nottingham.ac.uk
• https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/orthopaedicsandtrauma/trauma-research/trauma-outcomes-g

Biography

Ben Marson is a member of the Division of Orthopaedics and Trauma at the University of Nottingham. He is a clinical academic, working at Nottingham Children's Hospital as a honorary consultant in trauma and orthopaedics.

Ben undertook his registrar training as part of the East Midlands (North) rotation. He held a NTN(a) as an academic clinical fellow then was awarded a NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship to support his time out of programme to undertake his PhD. His senior fellowship was undertaken at Birmingham Children's Hospital specalising in childhood hip, neuromuscular and trauma conditions.

The topic of Ben's PhD thesis was developing a core outcome set for childhood lower limb fractures, and included a systematic review, qualitative interviews, consensus methodology and PROMS validation with a large observational cohort of children with limb fractures.

Ben regularly contributes to the BJJ360 journal's Cochrane Corner and is a statistics editor for the European Spine Journal.

Expertise Summary

• Paediatric orthopaedics
• Childhood limb fractures
• PROMS and core outcomes
• Childhood hip conditions

Teaching Summary

University Teaching:

• Classification of surgical infection and orthopadeic infections: BMedSci Principles of Perioperative Infection
• Childhood Sporting Injuries: Msc Sports and Exercise Medicine
• PICO in systematic review: Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit Systematic review

Clinical Teaching

• ATLS instructor
• FRCS paediatric orthopaedic training
• Paediatric orthopaedic seminars

Research Summary

Co-applicant NIHR HTA funded ODDSOCKS trial

Selected Publications

• YAP, R. Y., BOMMIREDDY, L., FIRTH, A., MARSON, B. A., PRICE, K. and LAWNICZAK, D., 2024. Immobilisation in a collar and cuff with high elbow flexion is a safe and effective treatment option to reduce and immobilise Gartland type II supracondylar fractures: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Ann R Coll Surg Engl.
• DOWNIE, S., CHERRY, J., DUNN, J., HARDING, T., EASTWOOD, D., GILL, S. and JOHNSON, S., 2023. The role of Gender in Operative Autonomy in orthopaedic Surgical Trainees (GOAST): Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 105-b(7), 821-832
• PERRY, D. C., ARCH, B., APPELBE, D., FRANCIS, P., CRAVEN, J., MONSELL, F. P., WILLIAMSON, P. and KNIGHT, M., 2022. The British Orthopaedic Surgery Surveillance study: slipped capital femoral epiphysis: the epidemiology and two-year outcomes from a prospective cohort in Great Britain: Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 104-b(4), 519-528
• MARSON, B. A., IKRAM, A., CRAXFORD, S., LEWIS, S. R., PRICE, K. R. and OLLIVERE, B. J., 2022. Interventions for treating supracondylar elbow fractures in children: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 6(6), CD013609

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Past Research

• Trainee Co-CI NIHR RfPB Funded ANCHOR trial (Supportive bandage, removable splint or walking casts for low-risk ankle fractures in children: a feasibility randomised controlled trial)
• NIHR Doctoral fellow (Development of the Core-Kids core outcome set for childhood limb fractures)

• YAP, R. Y., BOMMIREDDY, L., FIRTH, A., MARSON, B. A., PRICE, K. and LAWNICZAK, D., 2024. Immobilisation in a collar and cuff with high elbow flexion is a safe and effective treatment option to reduce and immobilise Gartland type II supracondylar fractures: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Ann R Coll Surg Engl.
• COVIDSURG COLLABORATIVE, 2024. A prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts: Lancet Digit Health Lancet Digit Health. 6(7), e507-e519
• DOWNIE, S., CHERRY, J., DUNN, J., HARDING, T., EASTWOOD, D., GILL, S. and JOHNSON, S., 2023. The role of Gender in Operative Autonomy in orthopaedic Surgical Trainees (GOAST): Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 105-b(7), 821-832
• COVIDSURG COLLABORATIVE, 2023. Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries: Br J Surg Br J Surg. 110(7), 804-817
• ASTBURY, STUART, REYNOLDS, CATHERINE J, BUTLER, DAVID K, MUNOZ-SANDOVAL, DIANA C, LIN, KAI-MIN, PIEPER, FRANZISKA P, OTTER, ASHLEY, KOURAKI, AFRODITI, CUSIN, LOLA, NIGHTINGALE, JESSICA and OTHERS, 2022. HLA-DR polymorphism in SARS-CoV-2 infection and susceptibility to symptomatic COVID-19 Immunology.
• PERRY, D. C., ARCH, B., APPELBE, D., FRANCIS, P., CRAVEN, J., MONSELL, F. P., WILLIAMSON, P. and KNIGHT, M., 2022. The British Orthopaedic Surgery Surveillance study: Perthes' disease: the epidemiology and two-year outcomes from a prospective cohort in Great Britain: Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 104-b(4), 510-518
• PERRY, D. C., ARCH, B., APPELBE, D., FRANCIS, P., CRAVEN, J., MONSELL, F. P., WILLIAMSON, P. and KNIGHT, M., 2022. The British Orthopaedic Surgery Surveillance study: slipped capital femoral epiphysis: the epidemiology and two-year outcomes from a prospective cohort in Great Britain: Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 104-b(4), 519-528
• MARSON, B. A., IKRAM, A., CRAXFORD, S., LEWIS, S. R., PRICE, K. R. and OLLIVERE, B. J., 2022. Interventions for treating supracondylar elbow fractures in children: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 6(6), CD013609
• MARSON, BEN A., 2022. Development of a core outcome set for childhood lower limb fractures At: Nottingham
• IKRAM, A., NORRISH, A. R., MARSON, B. A., CRAXFORD, S., GLADMAN, J. R. F. and OLLIVERE, B. J., 2022. Can the Clinical Frailty Scale on admission predict 30-day survival, postoperative complications, and institutionalization in patients with fragility hip fracture? : a cohort study of 1,255 patients: Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 104-B(8), 980-986
• HALL, A. J., CLEMENT, N. D., OJEDA-THIES, C., MACLULLICH, A. M., TORO, G., JOHANSEN, A., WHITE, T. O. and DUCKWORTH, A. D., 2022. IMPACT-Global Hip Fracture Audit: Nosocomial infection, risk prediction and prognostication, minimum reporting standards and global collaborative audit: Lessons from an international multicentre study of 7,090 patients conducted in 14 nations during the COVID-19 pandemic: Surgeon Surgeon. 20(6), e429-e446
• CRAXFORD, S., OWYANG, D., MARSON, B., ROWLINS, K., COUGHLIN, T., FORWARD, D. and OLLIVERE, B., 2022. Surgical management of rib fractures after blunt trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 104(4), 249-256
• CRAXFORD, S., MARSON, B. A., NIGHTINGALE, J., FORWARD, D. P., TAYLOR, A. and OLLIVERE, B., 2022. Surgical fixation of rib fractures improves 30-day survival after significant chest injury : an analysis of ten years of prospective registry data from England and Wales: Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 104-B(6), 729-735
• COVIDSURG COLLABORATIVE, 2022. SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: an international prospective cohort study: Anaesthesia Anaesthesia. 77(1), 28-39
• COVIDSURG COLLABORATIVE, 2022. Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries: Lancet Lancet. 400(10363), 1607-1617
• URBANOWICZ, RICHARD A, TSOLERIDIS, THEOCHARIS, JACKSON, HANNAH J, CUSIN, LOLA, DUNCAN, JOSHUA D, CHAPPELL, JOSEPH G, TARR, ALEXANDER W, NIGHTINGALE, JESSICA, NORRISH, ALAN R, IKRAM, ADEEL, MARSON, BEN, CRAXFORD, SIMON J, KELLY, ANTHONY, AITHAL, GURUPRASAD P, VIJAY, AMRITA, TIGHE, PATRICK J, BALL, JONATHAN K, VALDES, ANA M and OLLIVERE, BENJAMIN J, 2021. Two doses of the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine enhances antibody responses to variants in individuals with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. Science translational medicine.
• YAP, R. Y., SULTAN, S., AHMAD, H., MARSON, B., IKRAM, A., OLLIVERE, B. and LAWNICZAK, D., 2021. Early Opiate Analgesic Requirements Following Nonsurgically Managed Tibial Fractures in Children: J Pediatr Orthop J Pediatr Orthop. 41(8), 467-471
• MARSON, B. A., NG, J. W. G., CRAXFORD, S., CHELL, J., LAWNICZAK, D., PRICE, K. R., OLLIVERE, B. J. and HUNTER, J. B., 2021. Treatment of completely displaced distal radial fractures with a straight plaster or manipulation under anaesthesia: Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 103-b(5), 902-907
• MARSON, B. A., MANNING, J. C., JAMES, M., IKRAM, A., BRYSON, D. J. and OLLIVERE, B. J., 2021. Trends in hospital admissions for childhood fractures in England: BMJ Paediatr Open BMJ Paediatr Open. 5(1), e001187
• MARSON, B. A., MANNING, J. C., JAMES, M., CRAXFORD, S., DESHMUKH, S. R., PERRY, D. C., OLLIVERE, B. J. and C. ORE-KIDS COLLABORATIVE GROUP, 2021. Development of the CORE-Kids core set of outcome domains for studies of childhood limb fractures: Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 103-B(12), 1821-1830
• MARSON, B. A., CRAXFORD, S., VALDES, A. M. and OLLIVERE, B. J., 2021. Are facemasks a priority for all staff in theatre to prevent surgical site infections during shortages of supply? A systematic review and meta-analysis: Surgeon Surgeon. 19(5), e132-e139
• DESHMUKH, S. R., MOUSOULIS, C., MARSON, B. A., GRINDLAY, D. and KARANTANA, A., 2021. Developing a core outcome set for hand fractures and joint injuries in adults: a systematic review: J Hand Surg Eur Vol J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 1753193420983719
• KHAWAR, H., CRAXFORD, S., MARSON, B. A., RAHMAN, H. P. and OLLIVERE, B., 2021. Outcomes after hip fractures sustained in hospital: A propensity-score matched cohort study: Injury Injury. 52(8), 2356-2360
• CRAXFORD, S., MARSON, B. A., ODERUTH, E., NIGHTINGALE, J., AGRAWAL, Y. and OLLIVERE, B., 2021. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hip fracture: Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 103-B(1), 170-177
• CRAXFORD, S., MARSON, B. A., NIGHTINGALE, J., IKRAM, A., AGRAWAL, Y., DEAKIN, D. and OLLIVERE, B., 2021. Deep infection after hip hemiarthroplasty: risk factors for infection and outcome of treatments: Bone Jt Open Bone Jt Open. 2(11), 958-965
• COVIDSURG COLLABORATIVE, 2021. Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study: Anaesthesia Anaesthesia. 76(11), 1454-1464
• COVIDSURG COLLABORATIVE, 2021. Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: an international prospective cohort study: Anaesthesia Anaesthesia. 76(6), 748-758
• RAI, P., AZIZ, S., KANNAN, S. and ASHFORD, R., 2020. Current surgical management of metastatic pathological fractures of the femur: A multicentre snapshot audit: Eur J Surg Oncol Eur J Surg Oncol. 46(8), 1491-1495
• MARSON, B. A., OAKLEY, B. J., SRINIVASAN, S., S, S., CHELL, J., HALLIDAY, K., HUNTER, J. and PRICE, K., 2020. Is it safe for extended-role radiographers to measure migration percentage in children with cerebral palsy?: Radiography (Lond) Radiography (Lond). 26(4), e246-e250
• MARSON, B. A., CRAXFORD, S., DESHMUKH, S. R., GRINDLAY, D. J. C., MANNING, J. C. and OLLIVERE, B. J., 2020. Quality of patient-reported outcomes used for quality of life, physical function, and functional capacity in trials of childhood fractures: Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 102-B(12), 1599-1607
• MARSON, B. A., CRAXFORD, S., DESHMUKH, S. R., GRINDLAY, D., MANNING, J. and OLLIVERE, B. J., 2020. Outcomes reported in trials of childhood fractures: a systematic review: Bone Jt Open Bone Jt Open. 1(5), 167-174
• MARSON, B. A., HUNTER, J. B. and PRICE, K. R., 2019. Value of the 'clicky hip' in selective screening for developmental dysplasia of the hip: Bone Joint J Bone Joint J. 101-B(6), 635-638
• MARSON, B. A., CRAXFORD, S. and OLLIVERE, B. J., 2019. Management of ankle fractures in children: Br J Hosp Med (Lond) Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 80(4), 201-203
• KARUPPIAH, S. V., FILLERY, A. and MARSON, B., 2019. Neck of femur fracture: Previous history of malignancy is not an indication to send femoral head for routine histology: Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 29(6), 1231-1234
• FIRTH, A. M., MARSON, B. A. and HUNTER, J. B., 2019. Paediatric medial humeral epicondyle fracture management: 2019 approach: Curr Opin Pediatr Curr Opin Pediatr. 31(1), 86-91
• WAX COLLABORATIVE, 2019. Weight-bearing in ankle fractures: An audit of UK practice: Foot (Edinb) Foot (Edinb). 39, 28-36
• THURSTON, D. and MARSON, B. A., 2018. The SNOOZE project: the impact of night shifts on junior doctors' reaction times: Br J Hosp Med (Lond) Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 79(3), 160-162
• SARCO, 2016. Assessing the quality of operation notes: a review of 1092 operation notes in 9 UK hospitals: Patient Saf Surg Patient Saf Surg. 10, 5
• SHAH, JAYDEEP and MARSON, BEN A., 2015. A case report of Progressive subluxation leading to an anterior dislocation of the hip following sliding hip screw fixation for pertrochanteric Extracapsular 4 part fracture neck of femur: Clinical case reports Clinical case reports. 3(7), 542-7
• SHAH J and MARSON BA, 2015. A case report of periprosthetic fracture left proximal humerus with radial nerve palsy following pectoralis major repair. Clinical case reports. 3(6), 468-71
• SHAH, J. and MARSON, B. A., 2015. A case report of Progressive subluxation leading to an anterior dislocation of the hip following sliding hip screw fixation for pertrochanteric Extracapsular 4 part fracture neck of femur: Clin Case Rep Clin Case Rep. 3(7), 542-7
• SHAH, J. and MARSON, B. A., 2015. A case report of periprosthetic fracture left proximal humerus with radial nerve palsy following pectoralis major repair: Clin Case Rep Clin Case Rep. 3(6), 468-71