Publications

Structured Preoperative Phone Counseling by Junior Medical Staff for Improving the Consent Process for Tonsillectomy

Kam J, Harrop E, Parmar P, Kim R, Leith N, Gunawardena I.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2016 Dec;155(6):1040-1045. Epub 2016 Aug 23
PMID: 27554507

Long-term quality-of-life outcomes following treatment for adult obstructive sleep apnoea: comparison of upper airway surgery, continuous positive airway pressure and mandibular advancement splints

Woods CM, Gunawardena I, Chia M, Vowles NJ, Ullah S, Robinson S, Carney AS.
Clin Otolaryngol. 2016 Dec;41(6):762-770. doi: 10.1111/coa.12641. Epub 2016 Mar 10.
PMID: 26929262

A randomized controlled trial of a middle meatal silastic stent for reducing adhesions and middle turbinate lateralization following endoscopic sinus surgery.

Chan CL, Elmiyeh B, Woods C, Ullah S, Gunawardena I, Carney AS, Ooi EH.
Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2015 Jun;5(6):517-23. doi: 10.1002/alr.21490. Epub 2015 Apr 20.
PMID: 25899119

Prognostic molecular markers in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in a New Zealand population: matrix metalloproteinase-2 and sialyl Lewis x antigen.

Gunawardena I, Arendse M, Jameson MB, Plank LD, Gregor RT.
ANZ J Surg. 2015 Nov;85(11):843-8. doi: 10.1111/ans.12424. Epub 2013 Oct 31.
PMID: 24171785
 
Micro-ribonucleic acids in head and neck cancer: an introduction.

Gunawardena I, Fitzgerald J, Morley A, Hussey DJ, Woods CM, Carney AS.
J Laryngol Otol. 2013 Jul;127 Suppl 2:S2-7. doi: 10.1017/S0022215113000753. Epub 2013 Apr 24.
PMID: 23611715

Submucosal lingualplasty for adult obstructive sleep apnea.

Gunawardena I, Robinson S, MacKay S, Woods CM, Choo J, Esterman A, Carney AS.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Jan;148(1):157-65. doi: 10.1177/0194599812461750. Epub 2012 Sep 26.
PMID: 23014996

Primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the tongue.

Gunawardena I, Kenwright D, Steventon N, Ferguson C.
J Laryngol Otol. 2008 Apr;122(4):416-8. Epub 2007 May 14
PMID: 17498339

Purple urine bag syndrome.

Ollapallil J, Irukulla S, Gunawardena I.
ANZ J Surg. 2002 Apr;72(4):309-10. No abstract available. 
PMID: 11982525

Benign cystic teratoma of the omentum.

Ollapallil J, Werapitiya SB, Irukulla S, Gunawardena ID.
ANZ J Surg. 2002 Jan;72(1):67-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 1190649

Why do some patients with > 80% stenosis of the internal carotid artery not undergo surgery? A retrospective review.

Gunawardena ID1, Burnett A, Makeham V, Harris JP.
ANZ J Surg. 2001 Nov;71(11):659-61.
PMID: 11736827