Interesting and Land Mark Articles
This space will be used to store important articles for future reference and is currently under construction
Peter's Presentations, Publications and Projects
Mechanisms for Vascular Disease a Text book for Vascualr Surgeons. Peter is the Co-Author of Chapter 18 One of his many research interests "Pathophysiology of reperfusion injury" with other authors Prue a. Cowled, Denise M. Roach and Professor Robert A. Fitridge. Peter spent three years at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia as a research and clinical fellow.
CEO Update 2013. "It's all happening at Burwood Health Campus" Whilst only an extremely small part of the major and exciting new changes happening across Christchurch. Peter has been actively involved in the roll out of Winscribe electronic dictation system across Christchurch Hospital. Click the link above to see how this is dramatically changing the way we work.
Peter recently presented (July 2014) at the Australasian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine. This was Peter's first time presenting in Dunedin, It was a great meeting, well organised, attended and supported. "Well done Gerry Hill and thanks for the invite"
Vascular reconstruction in lower limb musculoskeletal tumours. ANZ Journal of SurgeryVolume 79, Issue 9, pages 619–623, September 2009
AbstractBackground: Individual experience in the investigative, planning and operative aspects of lower limb musculoskeletal tumours is often small, making comparison between results difficult. The aim of the study was to describe the recent experience of a single tertiary referral unit performing limb salvage surgery, to identify areas of concern that are amenable to intervention and to provide clinicians an understanding of the surgical options.
AbstractBackground: Individual experience in the investigative, planning and operative aspects of lower limb musculoskeletal tumours is often small, making comparison between results difficult. The aim of the study was to describe the recent experience of a single tertiary referral unit performing limb salvage surgery, to identify areas of concern that are amenable to intervention and to provide clinicians an understanding of the surgical options.
Peter Laws, Vascular Surgeon at Worthing and Brighton Hospitals, Western Sussex Health Trust, has been using VAC dressing to manage complex diabetic wounds for about five years. (1st International Surgical Wound Forum, held in Amsterdam 2010)
‘Typically we revascularise, then debride the tissue and apply a VAC dressing to encourage granulation tissue. Once we have done that we skin graft the wound afterwards,’ he said. ‘I was initially sceptical about this technology, but I admit to being a convert. We get some great results; reduced wound infection rates and improved time to healing. There is also excellent evidence to suggest that VAC improves the success rates of skin grafts.’
He foresees many more diabetic patients being discharged with portable VAC units. ‘I want to push greater use of VAC therapy in the community because I believe that it reduces costs overall.’
‘Typically we revascularise, then debride the tissue and apply a VAC dressing to encourage granulation tissue. Once we have done that we skin graft the wound afterwards,’ he said. ‘I was initially sceptical about this technology, but I admit to being a convert. We get some great results; reduced wound infection rates and improved time to healing. There is also excellent evidence to suggest that VAC improves the success rates of skin grafts.’
He foresees many more diabetic patients being discharged with portable VAC units. ‘I want to push greater use of VAC therapy in the community because I believe that it reduces costs overall.’
Peter and Mario Caruana were appointed as Consultant vascular surgeons at what was then Worthing and Southlands Hospital Trust (WASH). Together they developed a new vascular department with many collegial links to Brighton University Hospital. The procedure discussed in the link above was one of many firsts performed in the Hospital and one of many great achievements during the development of the department. Peter left in 2010 to work and develop his skills in Christchurch New Zealand but he's sure there will be many more developments to come .