Miss Victoria Lane (FRCS Paediatric Surgery) is a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Newcastle’s Great North Children’s Hospital with a sub-specialist interest in colorectal surgery.
Miss Lane was appointed as a Consultant in 2020 having completed her paediatric surgical training in 2019, after rotating through Leeds and Sheffield Children’s Hospitals.
From 2014-2016, she completed a two-year Clinical Research Colorectal Fellowship at the Centre for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction / Centre for Outcomes Research at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA and developed a sub-specialist interest in cloacal reconstruction, anorectal malformations and Hirschsprung’s disease.
She works alongside Mr Jaffray in the surgical management of polyposis syndromes and inflammatory bowel disease to include laparoscopic Crohn’s resection and restorative ileoanal pouch surgery.
Interests:
- Anorectal malformation,
- Hirschsprung’s disease
- Cloaca
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Surgical management of constipation and polyposis
- Neonatal Surgery
Medical/Surgical Education:
- PGCert in Clinical education
- Lead Consultant for the Newcastle/Leeds Colorectal Fellowship – Royal College of Surgeons.
Research:
Miss Lane has published in peer reviewed journals on the subject of:
- Long term outcomes and Quality of Life in Hirschsprung’s disease and Anorectal malformations
- Development of a patient reported experience and outcome measure in patients undergoing bowel management
- Standardised approach to the assessment and surgical management of children with anorectal malformations requiring revisional surgery
- Surgical learning and the use of 3D reconstruction in the diagnosis and management of complex cloacal malformations
- Gynecological outcomes in anorectal malformation
- Lead author of Case Studies Book: Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery.
She is a Member of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons.
Recent publications
Assessing the previously repaired patient with an anorectal malformation who is not doing well.
Lane VA, Calisto J, deBlaauw I, Calkins CM, Samuk I, Avansino JR.Lane VA, et al. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2020 Dec;29(6):150995. doi: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2020.150995. Epub 2020 Nov 7.Semin Pediatr Surg. 2020. PMID: 33288142
Development of a Patient-reported Experience and Outcome Measures in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Bowel Management for Constipation and Fecal Incontinence.
Halleran DR, Lane VA, Leonhart KL, Fischer B, Sebastião YV, Chisolm DJ, Levitt MA, Wood RJ, Minneci PC, Deans KJ.Halleran DR, et al. Among authors: lane va. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Aug;69(2):e34-e38. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002348.J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019. PMID: 30921256
Determinants of quality of life in children with colorectal diseases.
Lane VA, Nacion KM, Cooper JN, Levitt MA, Deans KJ, Minneci PC.Lane VA, et al. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Nov;51(11):1843-1850. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.08.004. Epub 2016 Aug 12.J Pediatr Surg. 2016. PMID: 27586859
A standardized approach for the assessment and treatment of internationally adopted children with a previously repaired anorectal malformation (ARM).
Lane VA, Skerritt C, Wood RJ, Reck C, Hewitt GD, McCracken KA, Jayanthi VR, DaJusta D, Ching C, Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Levitt MA.Lane VA, et al. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Nov;51(11):1864-1870. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.07.018. Epub 2016 Aug 5.J Pediatr Surg. 2016. PMID: 27554917
Rectal atresia and anal stenosis: the difference in the operative technique for these two distinct congenital anorectal malformations.
Lane VA, Wood RJ, Reck C, Skerritt C, Levitt MA.Lane VA, et al. Tech Coloproctol. 2016 Apr;20(4):249-54. doi: 10.1007/s10151-016-1435-5. Epub 2016 Feb 22.Tech Coloproctol. 2016. PMID: 26902368
