The CIPHER Study

Our inaugural AWR & IH Symposium has begun! What a fantastic programme and expert speakers to share their pearls of wisdom. @DSandersSurgery BHS president kicks us off with the scale of the problem of hernias & the importance of pre-optimisation #AWREnthusiast @BritishHernia

Feel free to nominate all the people who supports Research. This is our lovely Melba throwing the ball to catch #ICTD2023 #ICTDSalisbury23 @arc_wessex @TheCIPHERStudy @acl_snnap @HEAL_COVID @WillTrial @Artesia_RCT @HORIZONS_MSRG @jocullis @LeicResearch @WAX_trial

*Thanks to everyone who has kindly participated already!* We still have 2 weeks to go before we close the survey...all data is anonymous and will inform future practice! Still time to join...trainees get ⭐collaborative authorship⭐ for less than 2 days worth of work. Email me!

We are recruiting more surgical trainees to become CT Scan Assessors. twitter.com/N_Raj_/status/…

@N_Raj_ explaining the @TheCIPHERStudy and why we should all get involved. @ASGBI_MA @NIHRresearch @BritishHernia @SW_ACPGBI @SevSoSurgery #parastomalhernia

Swiss Hernia Days is back...and free for #SurgicalTrainees!! Fantastic opportunity for #hernia teaching targeted at making trainees into experts. Great networking and a fantastic cadaveric workshop - don't miss out @Dukes_Club @ASiTofficial @BritishHernia swissherniadays.com

@Neil_J_Smart @SJ_Chapman @susanmoug @dalevim @NatalieBlencowe @dnepo @StockenDeborah AND RCTs not the right metric @TheCIPHERStudy @PITSTOP_Study examples of cohort studies needed to design RCTs Massive value from qual/mixed method studies What we need is good research across the board, not to deliver 1000 RCTs in areas that aren't ready. #surgicalresearch

Be #StomaAware Can you help us to encourage the UK to be Stoma Aware by using our infographic.? Share it on social media, print it off and pin it on the board at work or ask your local shops to put it on display. Download a copy here colostomyuk.org/campaigns/

Delighted that our editorial has been published in @BJSurgery. Want to know more about why preventing parastomal hernias isn't straightforward? Click here to find out! @Neil_J_Smart @TheCIPHERStudy @BritishHernia @eurohernias

*Attention all surgical SpRs* The CIPHER Study is recruiting surgical trainees to become Cipher Study CT Assessors. Many incentives of being involved and especially for your CVs! For more info, please email me or cipher-study@bristol.ac.uk

Research shows that between 50 to 70 percent of ostomates will develop a Parastomal Hernia. What are they? What causes one? what can you do to reduce your chances of developing one? Our website has a wealth of information to answer all the questions above ow.ly/5xtp50wSVhf

To any of the amazing patients from @TheCIPHERStudy - this may be for you

Wishing all the CIPHER researchers and participants a very happy Christmas. Thank you for all your hard work and contributions to the study this year!

@jennympipe @VBlush @TheCIPHERStudy will show if there's something in the way we make a #Stoma that increases #PSH risk, and @PropherStudy will give us data on repair/treatment. @Mcfark is hopefully going to look at the genetics behind it. Between us all we will make a huge difference for patients!

buff.ly/3yB6CtG A semi-Markov model comparing the lifetime cost-effectiveness of mesh prophylaxis to prevent #ParastomalHernia in pts undergoing end colostomy creation for rectal cancer. #HerniaPrevention #ColorectalSurgery #SoMe4Surgery @ColorectalDis @TheCipherStudy

Thank you CIPHER Study research teams for all the work you have done to make the study a success. We are very grateful! Please continue to follow up all participants until September 2022.

A huge thank you to all CIPHER Study participants! To date we have received 6641 follow up questionnaires. Please keep completing these. Study follow up is continuing until September 2022.

🏥Research Focus Highlights🏥 @BowelResearch Update: engage @ACPGBI membership to ⬆️ the reach & revenue of the charity. Sobering data on effect of COVID-19 on colorectal research trials. @TheCIPHERStudy: observ study of PSH development - prophylactic mesh used in <3%.

A big thank you to all CIPHER site staff for your continued hard work on the study. We want to take the opportunity to send our support to everyone working on the frontline and to those keeping CIPHER going.