Recent Publications:

Acute stridor secondary to recurrent multinodular goitre following a previous subtotal thyroidectomy; compartment syndrome of the neck.
Thrush S, Mohammed S, Scott-Coombes D.
European Journal of Surgery, 2002; 168: 372-3.

MIBI only parathyroid localisation - early experience. Boorman P, Buxton-Thomas M, Scott-Coombes D. European Journal of Surgical Oncology 2000; 26: 857.

First-time operation for primary hyperparathyroidism: is the BAES standard defendable?
Scott-Coombes D.
British Journal of Surgery 2001; 88: 1274.

Concordant parathyroid localisation - a licence for focused parathyroidectomy?
Hughes R, Fielding P, Rees JI, Wheeler MH, Scott-Coombes DM
British Journal of Surgery 2004; 91: 382.

Treatment Centres in the NHS (letter)
Scott-Coombes DM, Wheeler MH.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2004; 86: 490.

Cold feet from adrenal leiomyosarcoma.
Wong C, Von Oppell UO, Scott-Coombes D.
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2005; 98: 418-420.

Hypocalcaemia and parathyroid hormone assay following total thyroidectomy: predicting the future.
Wong C, Price S, Scott-Coombes D.
World Journal of Surgery, 2006; 30: 825-832.

Day case thyroid surgery (Editorial).
Scott-Coombes DM.
Journal of One Day Surgery 2006; 16:2-3.

Methylene Blue for parathyroid localisation (letter).
Appadurai R, Scott-Coombes D.
Anaesthesia 2007; 62: 94.

Thyroid incidentaloma: An evidence-based assessment of management strategy.
Gough J, Scott-Coombes D, Palazzo FF.
World Journal of Surgery 2008; 32: 1264-1268.

Chapters in books

Surgery of the endocrine glands.
Scott-Coombes DM.
Chapter 30, In: Henry & Thompson; Clinical Surgery
Ballière Tindall, London 2005.

Thyroid surgery.
Scott-Coombes DM.
Chapter 5. In: Surgery
Editors J Corson and RCN Williamson
Mosby International, 2001.

Thyroid.
Scott-Coombes DM
Chapter 18; In The New Aird's Companion in Surgical Studies, 3rd Edn
Editors Burnand, Young, Rowlands, Schofield, Lucas.
Elsevier Science Ltd 2008.