Contact details

Name: Tasadooq Hussain

Job title: Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon

Location: Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Email: tasadooq.hussain@gmail.com

Specialities and research

Speciality

• General surgery

Sub-speciality

• Colorectal surgery

Research interests

• Colorectal cancers
• Haemorrhoid management
• Emergency laparoscopic colorectal surgery
• IBD disorders

Type of research

• Clinical trials

Clinical trial experience

Principal investigator

• RAFAELO: RCT to assess RFA treatment for haemorrhoids vs. surgeon choice.
• LACES 2: RCT to assess benefits of laparoscopic surgery for emergency colorectal cases.
• MEErkAT trial: RCT assessing effectiveness of Kono-S anastomosis for ileocaecal Crohn’s resections.
• TEXAS study: a prospective audit on usefulness of TXA to avoid blood transfusions in colorectal cancer surgery.
• INTESTINE study: a prospective audit to assess usefulness of creating a diverting ostomy in acute severe colitis as a bridge to elective resection.
• IMPACT study: audit to assess variations on practice across colorectal MDTs in the management of locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancers.
• APOLLO study (signed up): an international snapshot audit to assess variations in practice in the management of emergency colorectal cancers.

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