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Jared Torkington
Researcher at University Hospital of Wales
Publications - 121
Citations - 3078
Jared Torkington is an academic researcher from University Hospital of Wales. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Colorectal cancer. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 92 publications receiving 2487 citations. Previous affiliations of Jared Torkington include Cardiff University & Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
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Skill transfer from virtual reality to a real laparoscopic task
TL;DR: The training of novices using the Minimal Invasive Surgical Trainer in Virtual Reality yields quantifiable changes in skill that are transferable to a simple real task and are similar to the results achieved with conventional training.
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Systematic Review and Meta-Regression of Factors Affecting Midline Incisional Hernia Rates: Analysis of 14 618 Patients
David C. Bosanquet,James Ansell,Tarig Abdelrahman,J. Cornish,Rhiannon L Harries,Amy Stimpson,Llion Davies,James Glasbey,Kathryn A. Frewer,Natasha C. Frewer,Daphne Russell,Ian Russell,Jared Torkington +12 more
TL;DR: There is no evidence that suture type has an intrinsic effect on IH rates, and the mean IH rate estimated by pooling the published literature is 12.8% after about two years.
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CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells Suppress Anti-Tumor Immune Responses in Patients with Colorectal Cancer
Sarah Louise Clarke,Gareth James Betts,Andrea Plant,Kate Louise Wright,Tariq El-Shanawany,Richard Harrop,Jared Torkington,B. I. Rees,Geraint T. Williams,Awen Gallimore,Andrew James Godkin +10 more
TL;DR: Data demonstrate that Treg capable of inhibiting tumor associated antigen-specific immune responses are enriched in patients with CRC, and support a rationale for manipulating Treg to enhance cancer immunotherapy.
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The role of simulation in surgical training.
TL;DR: Several techniques of simulation are available including artificial tissues, animal models and virtual reality computer simulation and each is discussed in this article and their advantages and disadvantages considered.
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Motion analysis: A tool for assessing laparoscopic dexterity in the performance of a laboratory-based laparoscopic cholecystectomy
TL;DR: Motion analysis provides useful data for the assessment of laparoscopic dexterity, and the porcine liver model is a valid simulation of the real procedure.