Mr Giuseppe Kito Fusai

Job title

Consultant surgeon

Qualifications

MS, FRCS

GMC Number

4147143

Contact details

Phone number: 020 7794 0500 ext 31580/33603

Email address: g.fusai@nhs.net

Biography

Mr Fusai qualified with honours in 1987 at the University of Milan, Italy. He began his training in general surgery in Italy and in 1992 he was awarded with a master of surgery (MS) from the University of Parma. He was appointed in 2005 as HPB consultant surgeon. His primary clinical and academic interest is in liver metastases, hilar cholangiocarcinoma and pancreatic cancer and in the modalities to treat patients with advanced disease, including vascular reconstruction.

Publications

  • ClassenM, Cremer M, Faustini S, Meiser G, zum Buschenfelde M, Neuhaus H, Ott R, Pizzi P, Salvini A, Fusai GK, Staritz M et al.. Electromagnetic shock-wave lithotripsy of gallbladder calculi. Multicentred preliminary report on experience with 276 patients. Hepatogastroenterology 1990; 37 (4): 425-7
  • Salvini A, Pizzi P, Faustini S, Baresi A, Fusai GK, Lochis D. Study of gallbladder motility after ESWL for cholelithiasis. Italian Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 1991; 14: 168
  • Viani  MP, Poggi  RV, Pinto  A, Fusai  G, Andreani  SM, Maruotti  RA. Gasless laparoscopic gastrostomy  Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery 1995; 5 (4): 245 – 249.
  • Jenkinson  AD, Scott  SM, Yazaki  E, Fusai  G, Walker SM, Kadirkamanathan SS, Evans D. Compliance measurements of lower oesophageal sphincter and oesophageal body in achalasia and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Digestive Diseases & Sciences 2001; 46 (9): 1937 – 42.
  • Hoh IM, Fusai G, Bhattacharya S. Adult intussusception caused by Peutz-Jeghers hamartoma – an unusual presentation. Grand Rounds 2003; 3: 6-7
  • Fusai G and Davidson BR. Management of colorectal liver (lung) metastases [review] Colorectal Disease 2003; 5 (1): 2-23.
  • Fusai G and Davidson BR. Strategies to increase resectability of liver metastases from colorectal cancer [review]. Digestive Surgery 2003; 20: 1-16 
  • Rolles K, Fusai G, Rolando N, Koti R, Patch D, Davidson B, Burroughs A. Endoscopic biliary stenting facilitates safe and early removal of T-tube in liver transplant patients. Minerva Chirurgica 2005; 60: 1-5
  • Fusai G, Glantzounis G, Hafez T, Wang W, Sheth H, Kanoria S, Parks HG, Seifalian A, Davidson BR. N-Acetylcysteine ameliorates the late phase of liver ischemia-reperfusion injury in an experimental animal model with fatty liver. Clinical Science 2005; 109(5):465-73
  • Fusai G, Tucker O, Karani J, Heaton N, Portmann B, Rela M. Peribiliary cysts can mimic Caroli’s disease.  International Journal of Surgical Pathology 2005; 13(4):379-82
  • Fusai G, Steinberg R, Prachalias A, Heaton ND, Spitz L, Rela M. Ex-vivo liver surgery for extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma Pediatric Surgical International 2005; 22: 12-16
  • Beal I, Anthony A, Papadopolou G, Fusai G, Hutchins R, Davies N, Begent R, Tibbals B, Davidson BR. The effects of chemotherapy in patients undergoing portal vein embolization prior to hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases. British Journal of Radiology 2006; 79(942): 473-8.
  • Fusai G, Dhaliwal P, Rolando N, Sabin C, Patch D, Davidson BR, Rolles K, Burroughs AK. Incidence and risk factors for severe and prolonged intrahepatic cholestasis following orthotopic liver transplantation: a multivariate analysis Liver Transplantation  2006; 12(11):1626-33
  • Kumar S, Fusai G Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in situs inversus totalis with left sided gallbladder Annals of Royal College of Surgeons of England  2007; 89(2):16-8
  • Fusai G, Warnaar N, Sabin CA, Archibong S, Davidson BR. Outcome of R1 resection in patients undergoing pancreato-duodenectomy for pancreatic cancer European Journal of Surgical Oncology  2008; 34(12):1309-15
  • Gurusamy KS, Samraj K, Fusai G, Davidson BR. Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for biliary colic. Cochrane Database Systematic Review 2008; 8(4): CD007196
  • Pine JK, Fusai G, Young R, Sharma D, Davidson BR, Menon KV, Rahman SH. Serum C-reactive protein concentration and the prognosis of ductal adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas European Journal of Surgical Oncology  2009; 35(6): 605-10  
  • Pamecha V, Glantzounis G, Biswas A, Fusai GK, Sharma D, Davies N, Davidson BR Long-term survival and disease recurrence after preoperative portal vein embolization prior to major hepatectomy for colorectal cancer liver metastases Annals of Surgical Oncology 2009; 16(5): 1202-7
  • Gurusamy KS, Samraj K, Fusai G, Davidson BR. Robot assistant for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.  Cochrane Database Systematic Review  2009; 21(1): CD006578
  • Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Fusai G, Davidson BR Somatostatin Analogues for pancreatic surgery Cochrane Database Systematic Review  2010; 2: CD008370
  • Gurusamy KS, Samraj K, Ramamoorthy R, Farouk M, Fusai G, Davidson B Miniport versus standard ports for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Cochrane Database Systematic Review  2010; 3: CD006804
  • Hafez TS, Glantzounis G, Fusai G, Taanman JW, Wignarajah P, Parkes H, Fuller B, Davidson BR, Seifalian A Intracellular oxygenation and cytochrome oxidase C activity in ischemic preconditioning in steatotic rabbit liver American Journal of Surgery  2010; 200(4): 507-18
  • Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Fusai G, Davidson BR Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of somatostatin analogues for pancreatic surgery: a Cochrane review HPB (Oxford) 2010; 12(3): 155-65
  • Gurusamy KS, Bong JJ, Fusai G, Davidson BR.  Methods of cystic duct occlusion during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Cochrane Database Systematic Review  2010; 6(10): CD006807
  • Biochemical indicators of in-hospital complications after pancreatic surgery John BJ, Wijeyekoon S, Warnaar N, Shasi P, Rahman SH, Davidson BR, Fusai G International Surgery  2010; 95(3): 215-20
  • Gonzales H, Wei Liu Z, Cashman S, Fusai G Small for size syndrome following living donor and split liver transplantation World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2010; 2(12): 389-94
  • Dhaliwal P, Fusai G, Glantzounis G, Sabin C, Rolando N, Patch D, Sharma D, Davidson BR, Rolles K, Burroughs AK Risk factors associated with early hepatic artery thrombosis after orthotopic liver transplantation – a multivariable analysis Transplant International 2011; 24(4):401-8
  • Damrah O, Naik P, Fusai G, Sharma D.  Is laparoscopic cholecystectomy safe for acute cholecystitis in the presence of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt?  Int J Surg Case Rep 2011; 2(6):157-8
  • Rindi G, Falconi M, Klersy C, Albarello L, Boninsegna L, Buchler MW, Capella C, Caplin M, Couvelard A, Doglioni C, Delle Fave G, Fischer L, Fusai G, de Herder WW, Jann H, Komminoth P, de Krijger RR, La Rosa S, Luong TV, Pape U, Perren A, Ruszniewski P, Scarpa A, Schmitt A, Solcia E, Wiedenmann B.  TNM staging of neoplasms of the endocrine pancreas: results from a large international cohort study.  J Natl Cancer Inst. 2012;104(10):764-77
  • Kanoria S, Glantzounis G, Quaglia A, Dinesh S, Fusai G, Davidson BR, Seifalian AM.  Remote preconditioning improves hepatic oxygenation after ischaemia reperfusion injury.  Transpl Int. 2012;25(7):783-91
  • Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Fusai G, Davidson BR.  Somatostatin analogues for pancreatic surgery. Cochrane Database Systematic Review. 2012; 13;6:CD008370
  • Gurusamy KS, Samraj K, Fusai G, Davidson BR. Robot assistant versus human or another robot assistant in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Cochrane Database Syst Review. 2012; 12;9:CD006578. 
  • Mouralidarane A, Soeda J, Visconti-Pugmire C, Samuelsson AM, Pombo J, Maragkoudaki X, Butt A, Saraswati R, Novelli M, Fusai G, Poston L, Taylor PD,Oben JA.  Maternal obesity programs offspring nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by innate immune dysfunction in mice.  Hepatology. 2013; 58(1):128-38.
  • John BJ, Naik P, Ironside A, Davidson BR, Fusai G, Gillmore R, Watkins J, Rahman SH. Redefining the R1 resection for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma:tumour lymph nodal burden and lymph node ratio are the only prognostic factors associated with survival.  HPB (Oxford). 2013;15(9):674-80
  • Ravikumar R, Holroyd D, Fusai G. Is there a role for arterial reconstruction in surgery for pancreatic cancer? World J Gastrointest Surg. 2013; 27: 5(3): 27-9
  • Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Fusai G, Davidson BR.  Somatostatin analogues for pancreatic surgery. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013; 30;4
  • Gurusamy KS, Koti R, Fusai G, Davidson BR. Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for uncomplicated biliary colic.  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013; 30;6
  • Gurusamy KS, Vaughan J, Ramamoorthy R, Fusai G, Davidson BR. Miniports versus standard ports for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.  Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013; 1;8
  • Preziosi G, Oben J, Fusai G The role of hyperinsulinemia as a risk factor for pancreatic cancerJ Cancer Ther 2013; 4:10-16
  • Coolsen MM, Clermonts SH, van Dam RM, Winkens B, Malagó M, FusaiGK,  Dejong CH, Olde Damink SW. Development of a Composite Endpoint for Randomized Controlled Trials in Pancreaticoduodenectomy. World J Surg. 2013 Dec 24. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Portal Vein Resection in Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: a UK Multicentre Study. Ravikumar R, Sabin C, Abu Hilal M, Bramhall S, White S, Wigmore S,  Imber C, Fusai G on behalf of the UK Vascular Resection in Pancreatic Cancer Study Group. J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Mar;218(3):401-11. 
  • Kasivisvanathan R, Abbassi-Ghadi N, Prout J, Clevenger B, Fusai GK, Mallett SV. A prospective cohort study of intrathecal versus epidural analgesia for patients undergoing hepatic resection.HPB (Oxford). 2014 Jan 28. doi: 10.1111/hpb.12222. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Keane G, Bramis K, Pereira S, Fusai G. Systematic review of novel ablative methods in locally advanced pancreatic cancer. World Journal of Gastroenterology (WJG ) 2014 Mar 7;20(9):2267-78. 
  • Lykoudis P, O’Reilly D, Nastos K, Fusai G. Systematic review of surgical management of synchronous colorectal liver metastases. British Journal of Surgery (BJS) 2014 May;101(6):605-12.
  • Puri Y, Lytras D, Luong TV, Fusai GK  Rare presentation of self-resolving multifocal inflammatory pseudo-tumour of liver. World J Clin Cases. 2014 Jan 16;2(1):5-8. 
  • Gurusamy K, Kumar S, davidson BR, Fusai G Resection versus other treatments for locally advanced pancreatic cancer Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2014; Issue 2. CD010244
  • Preziosi G, Fusai G Obesity and pancreatic cancer Surg Oncol 2014 Mar 12. pii: S0960-7404(14)00008-5 
  • Carter R, Mouralidarane A, Soeda J, Ray S, Pombo J, Saraswati R, Novelli M, Fusai G, Rappa F, Saracino C, Pazienza V, Poston L, Taylor PD, Vinciguerra M, Oben JA.  Non-alcoholic fatty pancreas disease pathogenesis: a role for developmental programming and altered circadian rhythms. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 21;9(3):e89505
  • Ravikumar R, Fusai G Preoperative Gemcitabine-Baseb Chemoradiation Therapy for Resectable and Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. Ann Surg 2014 May 12.