Bruce Jaffray is a consultant at the Great North Children’s Hospital. He has a special interest in minimally invasive surgery for inflammatory bowel disease in children.
The Great North Children’s Hospital now has the largest experience of such procedures in the UK, with over 200 children undergoing surgery for Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. In particular advocating the use of ileo-anal pouch procedures for children with ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis, and Newcastle is the only centre offering minimally invasive pouch surgery for all such children.
Mr Jaffray has published in peer reviewed journals on the subject of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, survival after fundoplication surgery, surgery for childhood constipation and outcomes of surgery for inflammatory bowel disease.
He has been involved in writing NICE guidelines for the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux in children and management of constipation in children and young people.
Research
Recent publications
Single institution experience of cloacal malformation – PubMed (nih.gov)
If your only tool is a hammer, every problem is a nail – PubMed (nih.gov)
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery – Surgeon-Level Variation in Outcome following Esophageal Atresia Repair Is Not Explained by VolumeOutcomes of colonic resection for chronic idiopathic constipation in childhood – PubMed (nih.gov)
