Christopher Ovenden

Adelaide Medical School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences


  • Journals

    Year Citation
    2024 Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Stretton, B., Gupta, A. K., Jacobsen, J. H. W., To, M. S., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2024). Delayed return of bowel function after general surgery in South Australia. Surgery in Practice and Science, 16, 5 pages.
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    2024 Tan, S., Goh, R., Ng, J. S., Tang, C., Ng, C., Kovoor, J., . . . Bacchi, S. (2024). Identifying epilepsy surgery referral candidates with natural language processing in an Australian context. Epilepsia Open, 9(2), 635-642.
    DOI Europe PMC1
    2024 O'Donohoe, T. J., Ovenden, C., Bouras, G., Chidambaram, S., Plummer, S., Davidson, A. S., . . . Abou-Hamden, A. (2024). The role of decompressive craniectomy following microsurgical repair of a ruptured aneurysm: Analysis of a South Australian cerebrovascular registry. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 121, 67-74.
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    2024 Goh, R., Bacchi, S., Kovoor, J. G., Gupta, A. K., Tan, S., Stretton, B., . . . Jannes, J. (2024). Renal disease is not associated with delays in hyperacute stroke management in South Australia. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 3 pages.
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    2024 Kleinig, O., To, M. S., Ovenden, C. D., Kovoor, J. G., Goh, R., Lam, L., . . . Bacchi, S. (2024). Vital sign measurements demonstrate terminal digit bias and boundary effects. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia.
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    2024 Kovoor, J. G., Ittimani, C., Godber, H., Herath, A., Ovenden, M., Ovenden, C. D., . . . Bacchi, S. (2024). No shortcuts: False economy prevention during artificial intelligence implementation in rural Australian health care. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 3 pages.
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    2023 Goh, R., Bacchi, S., Kovoor, J. G., Gupta, A. K., To, M. S., Ovenden, C. D., . . . Kleinig, T. (2023). Factors associated with delay to carotid endarterectomy for acute ischaemic stroke in South Australia: A multicentre retrospective cohort study. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 32(3), 5 pages.
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    2023 Bhanushali, A., Ravichandran, B., Stretton, B., Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Hewitt, J. N., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Direct oral anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in orthopaedic trauma: a clear first choice?. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93(4), 815-816.
    DOI Scopus1
    2023 Stretton, B., Kovoor, J., Bacchi, S., Booth, A., Gluck, S., Vanlint, A., . . . Boyd, M. (2023). Impact of perioperative direct oral anticoagulant assays: a multicenter cohort study. Hospital Practice, 51(3), 155-162.
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    2023 Stretton, B., Kovoor, J., Bacchi, S., Chang, S., Ngoi, B., Murray, T., . . . Horowtiz, M. (2023). Weight loss with subcutaneous semaglutide versus other glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review. Internal Medicine Journal, 53(8), 1311-1320.
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    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Jacobsen, J. H. W., Stretton, B., Bacchi, S., Gupta, A. K., Claridge, B., . . . Hewett, P. J. (2023). Depression after stoma surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 20 pages.
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    2023 Nann, S., Kovoor, J., Fowler, J., Kieu, J., Gupta, A., Hewitt, J., . . . Maddern, G. (2023). Surgical Management of Dupuytren Disease: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analyses. Hand, 10 pages.
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    2023 Tan, S., Tang, C., Ng, J. S., Ng, C., Kovoor, J. G., Gupta, A. K., . . . Bacchi, S. (2023). Identifying epilepsy surgery candidates with natural language processing: A systematic review.. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 114, 104-109.
    DOI Scopus4 Europe PMC2
    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Stretton, B., Gupta, A. K., Lam, L., Jiang, M., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Vital signs and medical emergency response (MER) activation predict in-hospital mortality in general surgery patients: a study of 15 969 admissions. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93(10), 2426-2432.
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    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Hewitt, J. N., Barbaro, A., Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Stretton, B., . . . Dobbins, C. (2023). Proposal of the Whyalla Direct Access Tool and pathway for rural Australian colonoscopy services. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 31(5), 1032-1035.
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    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Nann, S. D., Barot, D. D., Garg, D., Hains, L., Stretton, B., . . . Hugh, T. J. (2023). Prehabilitation for general surgery: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93(10), 2411-2425.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
    2023 Campbell, J. O., Gupta, A. K., Lu, A., Lim, Y. F., Mishra, N., Hewitt, J. N., . . . Wells, A. (2023). The geographic diversity of authorship in leading general surgery journals; A study of 24,332 authors. Surgeon, 21(6), 390-396.
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    2023 Candy, N. G., Ovenden, C., Jukes, A. K., Wormald, P. -J., & Psaltis, A. J. (2023). The learning curve for endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery: a systematic review.. Neurosurg Rev, 46(1), 1-13.
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    2023 Kimber, J. S., Kovoor, J. G., Glynatsis, J. M., West, S. J., Mai, T. T. N., Jacobsen, J. H. W., . . . Watson, D. I. (2023). Isopropyl alcohol inhalation versus 5-HT<inf>3</inf> antagonists for treatment of nausea: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 79(11), 1525-1535.
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    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Gupta, A. K., Nann, S. D., Stretton, B., Chong, E. H. L., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Sociocultural and Demographic Factors Predict Readmissions for General Surgery Patients. World Journal of Surgery, 47(12), 3124-3130.
    DOI Europe PMC1
    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Gupta, A. K., Stretton, B., Nann, S. D., Aujayeb, N., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Surgery's Rosetta Stone: Natural language processing to predict discharge and readmission after general surgery. Surgery (United States), 174(6), 1309-1314.
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    2023 Ovenden, C. D., Barot, D. D., Gupta, A., Aujayeb, N., Nathin, K., Hewitt, J., . . . Wells, A. J. (2023). Incidence of hydrocephalus following decompressive craniectomy for ischaemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 234, 1-7.
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    2023 Kovoor, J. G., Bacchi, S., Gupta, A. K., Vo, T., Lam, C., Lam, L., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2023). Opioid prescribing, pain, and hospital stay of general surgery patients with oxycodone allergies in South Australia. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93(11), 2631-2637.
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    2023 Bacchi, S., Kovoor, J. G., Goh, R., Gupta, A. K., Tan, S., Ovenden, C. D., . . . Jannes, J. (2023). Pre-stroke anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in primary English speakers and non-primary English speakers: a multicentre retrospective cohort study. Internal Medicine Journal, 54(4), 6 pages.
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    2023 Daniel, J., Glynatsis, J. M., Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Bacchi, S., Ovenden, C. D., . . . Gupta, A. K. (2023). Sensorineural hearing loss after cardiac surgery: a systematic review. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 9 pages.
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    2023 Nann, S., Kovoor, J., Fowler, J., Kieu, J., Gupta, A., Hewitt, J., . . . Maddern, G. (2023). Response to: Revisiting the Methodology and Implications of the Network Meta-analysis on Dupuytren Disease Treatments: A Letter to the Editor. Hand, 2 pages.
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    2023 Noll, D., Green, L., Asokan, G., Barbaro, A., Hewitt, J., Ovenden, C., . . . Trochsler, M. (2023). Is YouTube™ a good source of information for patients to understand laparoscopic fundoplication?. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 105(4), 365-371.
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    2022 Gupta, A. K., Kerr, L. D., Stretton, B., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., Hewitt, J. N., & Chan, J. C. Y. (2022). Trends in the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis in the COVID-19 Era. Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology, 54(1), 19-28.
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    2022 Hewitt, J. N., Ovenden, C. D., Glynatsis, J. M., Sabab, A., Gupta, A. K., Kovoor, J. G., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2022). Emergency Neurosurgery Performed by General Surgeons: A Systematic Review. World Journal of Surgery, 46(2), 347-355.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
    2022 Ovenden, C. D., Hiwase, A., Gyi, A. A., Abou-Hamden, A., & Kleinig, T. (2022). The Predictive Accuracy of the Delayed Spot Sign for Haematoma Expansion in Spontaneous Supratentorial Intracerebral Haemorrhage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 31(5), 9 pages.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
    2022 Bhanushali, A., Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Kieu, J. T., Bright, R. A., Hewitt, J. N., . . . Graff, C. (2022). Outcomes of early versus delayed weight-bearing with intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 48(5), 3521-3527.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC2
    2022 Gupta, A. K., Leslie, A., Hewitt, J. N., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., Edwards, S., . . . Worthington, M. G. (2022). Cardiac surgery on patients with COVID‐19: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92(5), 1007-1014.
    DOI Scopus11 WoS13 Europe PMC8
    2022 Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Kerr, L. D., Jacobsen, J. H. W., Hewitt, J. N., Ovenden, C. D., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2022). Sleep and postoperative recovery: waking up to the evidence. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92(5), 953-954.
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    2022 Gupta, A. K., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., & Cullen, H. C. (2022). Paradigm shift: Beyond the COVID-19 era, is YouTube the future of education for CABG patients?. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(8), 2292-2296.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC3
    2022 Gupta, A. K., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., & Cullen, H. C. (2022). RE: Using YouTube analytics to improve videos for cardiac surgery patients. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(10), 3445.
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    2022 Lu, L., Phua, Q. S., Bacchi, S., Goh, R., Gupta, A. K., Kovoor, J. G., . . . To, M. -S. (2022). Small Study Effects in Diagnostic Imaging Accuracy: A Meta-Analysis.. JAMA network open, 5(8), 1-12.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS3 Europe PMC3
    2022 Green, L., Noll, D., Barbaro, A., Asokan, G., Hewitt, J., Ovenden, C., . . . Trochsler, M. (2022). YouTube—Friend or Foe? A Closer Look at Videos on Inguinal Hernia Surgery as a Source for Patient Education. Journal of Surgical Research, 280, 510-514.
    DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
    2022 Truong, M. Q., Metcalfe, A. V., Ovenden, C. D., Kleinig, T. J., & Barras, C. D. (2022). Intracerebral hemorrhage markers on non-contrast computed tomography as predictors of the dynamic spot sign on CT perfusion and associations with hematoma expansion and outcome. Neuroradiology, 64(11), 2135-2144.
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    2022 Ovenden, C. D., Hewitt, J., Kovoor, J., Gupta, A., Edwards, S., Abou-Hamden, A., & Kleinig, T. (2022). Time to hospital presentation following intracerebral haemorrhage: Proportion of patients presenting within eight hours and factors associated with delayed presentation. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 31(11), 7 pages.
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    2022 Truong, M. Q., Metcalfe, A. V., Ovenden, C. D., Kleinig, T. J., & Barras, C. D. (2022). Correction to: Intracerebral hemorrhage markers on non‑contrast computed tomography as predictors of the dynamic spot sign on CT perfusion and associations with hematoma expansion and outcome (Neuroradiology, (2022), 64, 11, (2135-2144), 10.1007/s00234-022-03032-6). Neuroradiology, 64(11), 2215.
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    2022 Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Hewitt, J. N., Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Bacchi, S., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2022). Food for IDEAL thought: redesigning junior journal clubs to enhance surgical innovation.. ANZ J Surg, 92(10), 2417-2419.
    DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
    2022 Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Nathin, K., Aujayeb, N., Hewitt, J. N., Kovoor, J. G., . . . Wells, A. (2022). Geographical distribution of authorship for leading cardiothoracic surgery journals.. Journal of cardiac surgery, 37(12), 9 pages.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC1
    2022 Bacchi, S., Gupta, A. K., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., To, M. -S., Jiang, M., . . . Gilbert, T. (2022). Gender and linguistic disparities in resuscitation orders: a multicentre retrospective cohort study.. Internal medicine journal, 52(10), 1847-1848.
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    2022 Hiwase, A. D., Kalyanasundaram, K., Bak, V. S., Laden, S. M., Ovenden, C. D., & Wells, A. J. (2022). Symptomatic cerebral vasospasm following posterior fossa hemangioblastoma resection: illustrative case. Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, 3(13), CASE21492.
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    2022 Gupta, A. K., Sabab, A., Goh, R., Ovenden, C. D., Kovoor, J. G., Ramponi, F., . . . Kleinig, T. J. (2022). Endovascular thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke after cardiac surgery.. J Card Surg, 37(12), 9 pages.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS1 Europe PMC2
    2021 Ovenden, C., O'Donohoe, T., & Santoreneos, S. (2021). Ventrally exophytic pontine mass in a patient with dysarthria, dysphagia and diplopia: Answer. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 86, 310-311.
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    2021 Ovenden, C., O'Donohoe, T. J., & Santoreneos, S. (2021). Ventrally exophytic pontine mass in a patient with dysarthria, dysphagia and diplopia – Question. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 86, 284-285.
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    2021 Ovenden, C., Bulshara, V., Patel, S., Vsykocil, E., Valentine, R., Psaltis, A., & Abou-Hamden, A. (2021). COVID-19 Nasopharyngeal Swab Causing a Traumatic Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak.. ANZ J Surg, 91(5), 1021-1022.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC4
    2021 Kovoor, J. G., Tivey, D. R., Ovenden, C. D., Babidge, W. J., & Maddern, G. J. (2021). Evidence, not eminence, for surgical management during COVID-19: a multifaceted systematic review and a model for rapid clinical change.. BJS Open, 5(4), 1-9.
    DOI Scopus15 WoS5 Europe PMC6
    2021 Hewitt, J. N., Kovoor, J. G., Ovenden, C. D., & Asokan, G. P. (2021). Quality of YouTube Videos on Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Patient Education. Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2021, 5 pages.
    DOI Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC1
    2021 Sires, J., Ovenden, C., Antoniou, G., Robinson, N., & Williams, N. (2021). An audit of computed tomography request practices for suspected cervical spine injury post‐guideline change in a tertiary referral paediatric hospital. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92(1-2), 180-187.
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    2021 Kovoor, J. G., Stretton, B., Jacobsen, J. H. W., Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Hewitt, J. N., . . . Maddern, G. J. (2021). Gastrointestinal recovery after surgery: Protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open, 11(10), 4 pages.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC1
    2021 Kovoor, J. G., Gupta, A. K., Ovenden, C. D., Hewitt, J. N., Asokan, G. P., & Maddern, G. J. (2021). Does the hospital system enable surgical residents to practice evidence‐based surgery?. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 91(10), 1968-1969.
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    2019 Ovenden, C. D., Almeida, J. P., Oswari, S., & Gentili, F. (2019). Pituitary abscess following endoscopic endonasal drainage of a suprasellar arachnoid cyst: Case report and review of the literature. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 68, 322-328.
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    2019 Voisin, M. R., Ovenden, C., Tsang, D. S., Gupta, A. A., Huang, A., Gao, A. F., . . . Gentili, F. (2019). Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Sellar Tumor in an Adult with a Familial History of a Germline SMARCB1 Mutation: Case Report and Review of the Literature. World Neurosurgery, 127, 336-345.
    DOI Scopus13 Europe PMC6
    2018 Ovenden, C., & Brooks, F. (2018). Anterior cervical discectomy and Fusion YouTube Videos as a source of patient education. Asian Spine Journal, 12(6), 987-991.
    DOI Scopus40 WoS37 Europe PMC24
    2017 Ovenden, C., Plummer, M., Selvanderan, S., Donaldson, T., Nguyen, N., Weinel, L., . . . Deane, A. (2017). Occult upper gastrointestinal mucosal abnormalities in critically ill patients. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 61(2), 216-223.
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    2015 Ovenden, C., Barker, O., Bramwell, J., Colovic, H., Tamlin, L., Taylor, I., & Ghabriel, M. N. (2015). Bilateral aberrant infratentorial vasculature: A rare cadaveric encounter. European Journal of Anatomy, 19(3), 295-298.
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  • Conference Papers

    Year Citation
    2021 Kovoor, J. G., Tivey, D. R., Ovenden, C. D., Babidge, W. J., & Maddern, G. J. (2021). Evidence, Not Eminence, for Surgical Management During COVID-19: A Multifaceted Systematic Review and Model for Rapid Clinical Change. In JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS Vol. 233 (pp. E84). ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
    2021 Gupta, A. K., Sabab, A., Ovenden, C. D., & Kleinig, T. J. (2021). Endovascular clot retrieval for large vessel acute ischaemic stroke after cardiac surgery. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STROKE Vol. 16 (pp. 11-12). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.

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