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Prof Dixon has an academic interest in computer-assisted and image-guided surgery. He has completed a PhD in this field after performing multiple trials as the Guided Therapeutics Surgical Research Fellow at the University of Toronto.
Publications and international presentations of A/Prof Dixon's research are listed below. He has also published articles for general readership including in The Age. Current research projects include: - ongoing PhD research into surgeon-computer interface design - prospective trial of transoral robotic surgery - Trial Management Committee (Surgical Oncology)- TROG 12.01 A randomized phase III trial of weekly cetuximab and radiation versus weekly cisplatin and radiation in locoregionally advanced HPV associated oropharyngeal cancer. Original peer reviewed research manuscripts Dixon BJ, Dixon JB, Carden JR, Burn AJ, Schachter LM, Playfair JM, et al. Preoxygenation Is More Effective in the 25 degrees Head-up Position Than in the Supine Position in Severely Obese Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study. Anesthesiology. 2005;102:1110-1115. IF 4.6 (38) Dixon BJ, Dixon JB, Carden JR, Schachter LM. Mechanism of Benefit of Head-up Preoxygenation in Obese Patients. Anesthesiology. 2006;104(2):381. IF 4.6 Letter Dixon BJ, Daly M, Chan H, Vescan AD, Witterick IJ, Irish JC Augmented image guidance improves skull base navigation and reduces task workload in trainees: a preclinical trial. Laryngoscope. 2011 Oct;121(10):2060-4 Dixon BJ, Daly M, Chan H, Vescan AD, Witterick IJ, Irish JC The effect of augmented real-time image-guidance on task workload during endoscopic sinus surgery International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, 2012 Sep-Oct;2(5):405-10 Dixon JB, Dixon BJ, Cobourn CS Insights into Proximal Pouch Dilatation Following Adjustable Gastric Banding- A Form of Inattentional Blindness? Obesity Surgery 2012 Jul;22(7):999-1000 Balakrishnan V, Flatman S, Dixon BJ, Lyons B Synovial sarcoma of the pharynx causing airway obstruction Med J Aust. 2012 Jan 16;121(10):2060-4 King E, Daly MJ, Chan H, Bachar G, Dixon BJ, Siewerdsen JH, Irish JC Intraoperative cone-beam CT for head and neck surgery: Feasibility of clinical implementation using a prototype mobile C-arm Head and Neck, 2013 Jul;35(7):959-67 Dixon BJ, Daly M, Chan H, Vescan AD, Witterick IJ, Irish JC Surgeons blinded by enhanced navigation: the effect of augmented reality on attention. Surgical Endoscopy, 2013, Feb;27(2)454-61 Erovic BM, Daly MJ, Chan H, James AL, Papsin BC, Pothier DD, Dixon BJ, Irish JC Evaluation of intraoperative cone beam computed tomography and optical drill tracking in temporal bone surgery Laryngoscope, 2013, Nov:123(11):2823-2828 Dixon BJ, Daly M, Chan H, Vescan AD, Witterick IJ, Irish JC Augmented real-time navigation with critical structure proximity alerts for endoscopic skull base surgery Laryngoscope, 2014 Apr;124(4):853-9 Dixon BJ, Daly M, Chan H, Vescan AD, Witterick IJ, Irish J Inattentional Blindness increased with Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation Sep 2014, American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy Patel SN, Cohen MA, Givi G, Dixon BJ, Gilbert RW, Gullane PJ, Goldstein DP et al. Salvage surgery for locally recurrent oropharyngeal cancer Head Neck. 2015 Apr 13. Ruskin OR, Sanelli A, Zanino A, Webb A, Dixon BJ, Henderson MA, Gyorki DE et al. Excision margins and sentinel lymph node status as prognostic factors in thick melanoma of the head and neck: a retrospective study Head Neck. 2016 Sep;38(9):1373-9 Dixon BJ, Chan H, Daly M, Vescan AD, Qiu J, Witterick IJ, Irish JC 3-dimensional virtual navigation versus conventional image guidance: a randomized controlled trial Laryngoscope, 2016: in press HirshorenN, Ruskin O, Fua T, Kleid S, Magarey M, Dixon B. Transoral robotic surgery: implementation as a tool in head and neck surgery - a single-centre Australian experience. ANZ J Surg. 2016 Oct 21 Hirshoren N, Danne J, Dixon BJ, Magarey M, Kleid S, Webb A, Gyorki D. Prognostic Markers in Metastatic Cutaneous SCC of Head and Neck Head Neck. 2017 in press Hirshoren N, Ruskin O, McDowell LJ, Kleid S, Magarey M, Dixon BJ. Management of Parotid Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell carcinoma: Regional Recurrence rates and Survival Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Mar 1:194599818764348 Tiong A, Rischin D, Young RJ, Herschtal A, Solomon B, D’Costa I, Fua T, Liu C, Coleman A, Kleid S, Dixon BJ, Corry J. Unilateral Radiotherapy Treatment for p16/ human papillomavirus-positive squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary in the head and neck. Laryngoscope. 2018 Feb 26 Bucknell NW, Dixon BJ, Hoffman MS, McDowell LJ. Importance of timing in staging head and neck cancer: cervical adenopathy post-tonsillectomy mimicking malignancy. ANZ J Surg. 2018 Apr 25 |
Conference Proceedings
Proffered Paper- Oral Presentation Dixon BJ, Chan H, Daly M, Vescan AD, Qiu J, Witterick IJ, Irish JC 3-dimensional virtual navigation versus conventional image guidance: a randomized controlled trial on a skull base model AHNS 9th International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer. Seattle, WA. July 18, 2016 Dixon BJ, Daly MJ, Chan H, Vescan A, Witterick IJ, Irish JC, The hidden cost of enhanced real-time image guided surgery, 5th World Congress for endoscopic surgery of the brain, skull base and spine, Vienna, Austria, March 2012 Dixon BJ, Daly MJ, Chan H, Vescan A, Witterick IJ, Irish JC Augmented real-time navigation with critical structure proximity alerts for endoscopic skull base surgery, 22nd annual North American Skull Base Society Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, February 2012 Dixon BJ, Daly MJ, Chan H, Vescan A, Witterick IJ, Irish JC, Augmented real-time image guided surgery reduces task workload during endoscopic sinus surgery, 57th meeting of the American Rhinological Society, San Francisco, September 2011 Dixon BJ, Daly MJ, Chan H, Vescan A, Witterick IJ, Irish JC, Pre-clinical assessment of various technological aids for anterior skull base endoscopic navigation , Augmented image guidance in skull base surgery: improved navigation and reduced task workload, NASBS annual meeting, Scottsdale AZ, February 2011 Dixon BJ Procedure related mortality of the modern tracheostomy: a systematic review, Oral presentation- proffered papers, NZOHNS annual meeting, Auckland, October 2008 Poster Presentations Dixon BJ, Daly MJ, Chan H, Vescan A, Witterick IJ, Irish JC, Developing a surgeon-computer interface for real-time image guidance: Strategies to enhance orientation and reduce distraction. 8th International Conference on Head & Neck Cancer July 2012. Toronto, Canada Cohen MA, Dixon BJ, Monteiro E, Gilbert RW, Gullane PJ, Brown DH, Irish JC, Higgins KM, Enepekidis DJ, Goldstein DP, Salvage Surgery for Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma 8th International Conference on Head & Neck Cancer July 2012. Toronto, Canada Dixon BJ, Daly MJ, Chan H, Vescan A, Witterick IJ, Irish JC, Review of the clinical applications of intraoperative computed tomography in skull base and sinonasal surgery: Limited value or underutilized technology NASBS annual meeting, Scottsdale AZ, February 2011 Daly MJ, Chan H, Nithiananthan S, Qiu J, Barker E, Bachar G, Dixon BJ, Irish JC and Siewerdsen JH, Clinical implementation of intraoperative cone-beam CT in head and neck surgery, SPIE Medical Imaging 2011: Visualization, Display, and Image-Guided Procedures (2011). |