
Publications
Peer-reviewed publications by the STRATA Collaborative
PANORAMA
Protocol for a national, multicentre prospective study of acute pancreatitis management and outcomes: the PANORAMA study
STRATA Collaborative
HPB. 2024 Sep 1. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2024.09.008.​​​
POET
Protocol for a national, multicentre study of post-endoscopy colorectal and upper gastrointestinal cancers: The POET study.
STRATA Collaborative
Colorectal Disease. 2024 Jul 8;26(9):1720–31. doi: 10.1111/codi.17057.​​​
ACCORD
Protocol for a national audit of the watch-and-wait approach in patients with rectal cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand: The ACCORD study
STRATA Collaborative
Colorectal Disease. 2023 Dec 20;26(2):371–9. doi: 10.1111/codi.16822
ACCORD study: a national multi-centre study of the watch and wait approach in patients with rectal cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand
​STRATA Collaborative
ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2025 Mar 12. doi: 10.1111/ans.19415
RURAL
The impact of delay and prehospital factors on acute appendicitis severity in New Zealand children: a national prospective cohort study.
Elliott, B.M., Bissett, I.P., Harmston, C. on behalf of STRATA Collaborative
ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2023 Jul 1;93(7–8):1978–86. doi.org/10.1111/ans.18615
RiBZ
Management and outcomes of rib fractures in patients with isolated blunt thoracic trauma: Results of the Aotearoa New Zealand RiBZ study
McGuinness MJ, Harmston C. on behalf of STRATA Collaborative
Injury. 2022 Mar 30;53(9):2953–9. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2022.03.058
CHOLENZ
Variation in the practice of cholecystectomy for benign biliary disease in Aotearoa New Zealand: a population-based cohort study
STRATA Collaborative
HPB. 2023 May 2;25(8):941–53 doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2023.04.011
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on outcomes of cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a national cohort study.
STRATA Collaborative and CHOLECOVID Collaborative
ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2024 Mar 1;94(4):674–83. doi: 10.1111/ans.18830
External validation of the CholeS conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy (CLOC) risk score in Aotearoa New Zealand: a validation study.
STRATA Collaborative and CholeS Collaborative
ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2024 Mar 25;94(6):1108–13. doi: 10.1111/ans.18921
Other
Surgical trainee research, audit, and trials Aotearoa – an introduction into surgical collaborative research for medical students
Matthew McGuinness, Cameron Wells, Ashok Gunawardene, Chris Varghese on behalf of the STRATA Collaborative
New Zealand Medical Student Journal. 2021 Dec 1;0(33). doi: 10.57129/qymb9329