Melanie Mercado

ORCID: 0000-0002-1431-2326
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Research Areas
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
  • Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Hernia repair and management
  • Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
  • Vascular anomalies and interventions
  • Trauma and Emergency Care Studies

Sutherland Hospital
2023-2024

UNSW Sydney
2020-2024

St George Hospital
2021-2024

Sydney Children's Hospital
2020

We aimed to evaluate the utility of clinical somatosensory testing (SST), an office adaptation laboratory quantitative sensory testing, in a biopsychosocial assessment pediatric chronic somatic pain sample (N = 98, 65 females, 7–18 years). Stimulus–response tests were applied at regions and intra-subject control sites cutaneous stimuli (simple dynamic touch, punctate pressure cool) deep (using handheld algometer, and, subset, manually inflated cuff). Validated psychological, pain-related...

10.3390/children7120275 article EN cc-by Children 2020-12-05

Abstract Obturator hernia is a rare and diagnostically challenging type of pelvic with associated high morbidity mortality. It frequently seen in frail, elderly female multiparous patients non-specific symptoms signs that may be clouded by multiple gastrointestinal or musculoskeletal comorbidities. This report discusses the case an 84-year-old woman refractory groin pain previous laparoscopic inguinal repair was misdiagnosed leading to delayed diagnosis Previous misleading factor hoodwinked...

10.1093/jscr/rjab407 article EN cc-by-nc Journal of Surgical Case Reports 2021-09-01

Abstract Introduction: Reflux symptoms associated with stenosis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy can occur secondary to anatomical abnormality including mechanical and axial deviation, commonly occurring mid-sleeve. Treatment options include endoscopic intervention, dilatation, stenting, myotomy, surgical revision, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) being preferred by many. In this case series, we report six patients who have undergone gastrogastrostomy (GG) for propose as a possible...

10.4103/jbs.jbs_5_24 article EN Journal of Bariatric Surgery 2024-01-01

This study sought to investigate the difference in survival outcomes patients with complete cytoreduction (CC)-0 or CC-1 mucinous appendiceal cancer undergoing cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). It also investigated what effect early postoperative (EPIC) may have on based CC score histology.This was a retrospective single centre of that underwent CRS/HIPEC +/- EPIC for neoplasms from June 2003 February 2022.A total 545 were identified. Although there...

10.21873/anticanres.16223 article EN Anticancer Research 2023-01-25
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