Cristaudo, Adam T., Hitos, Kerry, Gunnarsson, Ronny, de Costa, Alan, and Yuen, Alexander (2023) Re: Development and validation of a multivariable prediction model in open abdomen patients for entero-atmospheric fistula. ANZ Journal of Surgery. (In Press)

Ho-Huyn, Albert Hoang Nguyen, Elston, Timothy J., Gunnarsson, Ronny K., and De Costa, Alan (2022) Achieving High Breast Cancer Survival for Women in Rural and Remote Areas. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 23 (1). pp. 101-107.

Swift, Kate, Thompson, Fintan, Roeder, Luisa, Choy, Kay Tai, Macdonald, Malcolm, and De Costa, Alan (2022) Appendicitis in Far North Queensland: a new take on an old story. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92 (1-2). pp. 114-120.

Cristaudo, Adam T., Hitos, Kerry, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and Decosta, Alan (2022) Development and validation of a multivariable prediction model in open abdomen patients for entero-atmospheric fistula. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92 (5). pp. 1079-1084.

De Costa, Alan (2022) The appendix-mucosal immunity and tolerance in the gut: consequences for the syndromes of appendicitis and its epidemiology. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 92 (4). pp. 653-660.

Hargovan, Satyen, Gunnarsson, Ronny, Carter, Angus, De Costa, Alan, Brooks, James, Groch, Taissa, and Sivalingam, Sayonne (2021) The 4-Hour Cairns Sepsis Model: a novel approach to predicting sepsis mortality at intensive care unit admission. Australian Critical Care, 34 (6). pp. 552-560.

de Costa, Josephine, Shircore, Mandy, and de Costa, Alan (2021) Junior doctor experiences and challenges in obtaining surgical informed consent: a qualitative systematic review & meta-ethnography. Journal of Surgical Research, 267. pp. 143-150.

Killoran, Callie B., Roeder, Luisa, James-McAlpine, Janelle, and de Costa, Alan (2021) Using a validated tool to assess whole-body cadaveric simulation course on open general and emergency surgery. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 91 (10). pp. 2037-2041.

Hattam, Andrew, Wu, Roxanne, Hartslief, Merwe, and de Costa, Alan (2021) A model of penetrating ilio-caval trauma in perfused embalmed cadavers. In: [Presented at the Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress]. From: RACS ASC 2021: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, 10-14 May 2021, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

De Costa, Alan (2020) Unravelling the mysteries of microbes and man. Sunday Times Sri Lanka, 19 January 2020.

De Costa, Alan (2020) Appendix redux: a stone unturned. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90 (10). pp. 1867-1870.

De Costa, Alan (2020) Call from the next theatre. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90 (9). pp. 1784-1785.

De Costa, Alan (2020) The ninth dimension : emergency general surgery and teaching technical skills in regional Australia. Surgical News, 21 (2). pp. 34-35.

De Costa, Alan (2019) A sanctuary in the city. Sunday Times Sri Lanka.

de Costa, Alan (2019) Taking a dip under the eye of buffalo and elephant. The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, 27 January 2019.

De Costa, Alan (2019) Another day at the office. Surgical News, 20 (3). pp. 52-53.

de Costa, Alan (2019) Appendicitis: to operate or not to operate? The Sunday Times SriLanka, 15 September 2019.

de Costa, Alan (2019) Being fat: falling into the evolutionary trap. The Sunday Times SriLanka, 15 December 2019.

Ho-Huyn, Albert, Tran, Alex, Bray, Gerard, Abbot, Samuel, Elston, Tim, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and de Costa, Alan (2019) Factors influencing breast cancer outcomes in Australia: a systematic review. European Journal of Cancer Care, 28. e13038.

de Costa, Alan (2019) Gut feelings and the perils of Socrates. The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, 18 August 2019.

de Costa, Josephine, De Costa, Alan, and Shircore, Mandy (2019) How many facts make an "informed patient"? Practical challenges for junior doctors in acquiring surgical informed consent. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 89 (S1). ML002. pp. 106-1063.

de Costa, Alan (2019) Living with a hernia. Sunday Times Sri Lanka, 20 October 2019.

Gunnarsson, Ronny, and de Costa, Alan (2019) Selective Cholecystectomy: using an evidence-based prediction model to plan for cholecystectomy. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 89 (5). pp. 488-491.

de Costa, Alan (2019) When gallstones need attention. The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, 21 July 2019.

De Costa, Alan (2018) Reaching out - RACS in Cairns. Queenslands Latest Cut, December (2018).

De Costa, Alan (2018) Wound tension and ‘closability’ with keystone flaps, V‐Y flaps and primary closure: a study in fresh‐frozen cadavers. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 88 (10). pp. 1087-1088.

De Costa, Alan (2018) Predicting difficult cholecstectomy using a science based model. In: [Presented at the 47th Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Surgeons]. From: 47th Annual Academic Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Surgeons, 16-18 August 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Hu, Alan Shiun Yew, O'Donohue, Peter, Gunnarsson, Ronny K., and De Costa, Alan (2018) External validation of the Cairns Prediction Model (CPM) to predict conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy. American Journal of Surgery, 216 (5). pp. 949-954.

de Costa, Josephine, Shircore, Mandy, and De Costa, Alan (2018) "Just sign here and I think it'll be fine": practical challenges for junior doctors in acquiring surgical informed consent. In: [Presented at the 2018 AOA/RACS/AMLC Medico-Legal Meeting]. From: 2018 AOA/RACS/AMLC Medico-Legal Meeting, 7-8 September 2018, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Cuda, Tahleesa, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and De Costa, Alan (2018) Symptoms and diagnostic criteria of acquired Megacolon - a systematic literature review. BMC Gastroenterology, 18 (25). pp. 18-25.

Cristaudo, Adam, Hitos, Kerry, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and De Costa, Alan (2018) A prediction model for fascial closure in the open abdomen. In: [Presented at SWAN 2018: Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery Conference]. From: SWAN 2018: Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery Conference, 27-28 July 2018, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

De Costa, Alan (2017) Picture this.... Surgical News, 18 (8). p. 23.

Foster, Andrew, De Costa, Alan, and Gunnarsson, Ronny (2017) Evaluation of general surgical outreach on Thursday Island. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 87 (s1). RS007. p. 108.

Cuda, Tahleesa, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and De Costa, Alan (2017) The correlation between diverticulosis and redundant colon. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 87 (S1). p. 30.

Cuda, Tahleesa, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and De Costa, Alan (2017) The quality of life of patients with redundant colon. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 87 (s1). GS075P. pp. 58-59.

Mansour, Omar, Bhutia, Sherab, Buschel, Helen, Wu, Roxanne, De Costa, Alan, and Hartslief, Merwe (2017) Anatomy of surgical exposure course: does it add to trainee experiences? ANZ Journal of Surgery, 87 (s1). SE028P. p. 118.

O'Donohue, Peter, Hu, Alan, De Costa, Alan, and Gunnarsson, Ronny (2017) Validation of the Cairns prediction model for conversion of laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 87 (s1). GS078P. p. 59.

Cristaudo, Adam, Jennings, Scott, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and De Costa, Alan (2017) Complications and mortality associated with temporary abdominal closure techniques: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The American Surgeon, 83 (2). pp. 191-216.

Hu, Alan Shium Yew, Menon, R., Gunnarsson, R., and de Costa, A. (2017) Risk factors for conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open surgery: a systematic literature review of 30 studies. The American Journal of Surgery, 214 (5). pp. 920-930.

Cuda, Tahleesa, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and De Costa, Alan (2017) The correlation between diverticulosis and redundant colon. International Journal of Colorectal Disease, 32 (11). pp. 1603-1607.

Cristaudo, Adam, Jennings, S., Hitos, K., Gunnarsson, Ronny, and De Costa, Alan (2016) Treatments and other prognostic factors in the management of the open abdomen: a systematic review. In: [Presented at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2016 Annual Scientific Congress]. From: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2016 Annual Scientific Congress, 2-6 May 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

De Costa, Alan (2016) Colubines in Attidiya. The Island Online, 5 February 2016. 139817.

Cristaudo, Adam T., Jennings, Scott B., Hitos, Kerry, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and De Costa, Alan (2016) Treatments and other prognostic factors in the management of the open abdomen: a systematic review. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 82 (2). pp. 407-418.

Goonawarrdena, Janindu, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and de Costa, Alan (2015) Does being indigenous make it complex general surgery? In: [Presented at the General Surgeons Australia Annual Scientific Meeting]. From: General Surgeons Australia Annual Scientific Meeting, 17-19 September 2015, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Goonawardena, Janindu, Gunnarsson, Ronny, and De Costa, Alan (2015) Predicting conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy presented as a probability nomogram based on preoperative patient risk factors. The American Journal of Surgery, 210 (3). pp. 492-500.

Wu, Roxanne, De Costa, Alan, and Hattam, Andrew (2014) A novel cadaver-based dissection course for open general surgery. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 84 (Supplement 1). SE09. p. 178.

Cristaudo, Adam, and De Costa, Alan (2012) The management of the open abdomen: 11 years experience in the tropics. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 82 (s1). GS70P. p. 76.

De Costa, Alan (2011) A surgical consultation for abdominal pain in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. O & G Magazine, 13 (1). pp. 18-21.

Morris, B.P., Turner, R., De Costa, A., Gleeson, J., and Slack, T. (2009) The value of early CT in bowel obstruction. In: ANZ Journal of Surgery (79) GS17. A28-A28. From: Royal Australian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6-9 May 2009.

De Costa, Alan (2008) A bite of the big apple. Surgical News, 9 (6). pp. 16-17.

De Costa, Alan, and Gleeson, J.W. (2007) Closing the open abdomen. In: sup1 (62) P20. pp. 301-302. From: 3rd World Congress on Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, March 2007, Antwerp, Belgium.

Gleeson, J.W., De Costa, A., and Prinsloo, P.W. (2007) Massive abdominal wall defect: an exercise in patience and preparation. In: sup1 (62) P25. p. 303. From: 3rd World Congress on Abdominal Compartment Syndrome, March 2007, Antwerp, Belgium.

De Costa, Alan (2006) Making a virtue of necessity: managing the open abdomen. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 76 (5). pp. 356-363.

De Costa, Alan (1999) Teaching gall bladder surgery: remembrance of things past, or defensive cholecystectomy revisited. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 69 (12). pp. 834-836.

Hanney, Richard M., Bond, Geoff, and de Costa, Alan (1997) Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the missed diagnosis. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 67 (4). pp. 166-167.

Bond, G., and de Costa, Alan (1996) Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the experience of a community hospital. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 66 (1). pp. 14-17.

Aston, N.O., and de Costa, A.M. (1990) Abdominal tuberculosis. British Journal of Clinical Practice, 44 (2). 21990. pp. 58-63.

Aston, N.O., and de Costa, A.M. (1985) Tuberculous perforation of the small bowel. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 61 (713). pp. 251-252.

Sinha, S.N., and de Costa, Alan (1983) Obturator hernia. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 53 (4). pp. 349-251.

Bouchier-Hayes, D., De Costa, A., and MacGowan, W.A.L. (1979) The morbidity of carotid endarterectomy. British Journal of Surgery, 66 (6). pp. 433-437.

de Costa, Alan, Browne, H.J., and Carr, J. (1977) Duodenal carcinoma. Irish Journal of Medical Science, 146 (1). pp. 59-60.