2026
Journal - Research Article
Lyons, O., Sivaharan, A., Gradinariu, G., Saratzis, A., Mani, K., Heinola, I., … Price, N. (2026). Outcomes of aortic graft and endograft infection using management of aortic graft infection collaboration diagnostic criteria: Recommendations for follow up. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2026.02.020
Preston, L., Lyons, O., Geddes, J., McCombie, A., & Benson, R. (2026). Osteoporosis risk scores to predict increased levels of care in older patients undergoing vascular surgery. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 96(1-2), 185-191. doi: 10.1111/ans.70444
Kindon, A. J., Moltchanova, E., Lyons, O. T., Kingham, S., Roake, J. A., Crengle, S., & Hobbs, M. (2026). Socio-economic determinants of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture incidence: A nationwide geospatial study. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 71(6), 1012-1022. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.09.051
Jones, G. T., Williams, M. J. A., Khashram, M., Fitzgerald, S., Lyons, O. T. A., Griffin, C. L., Lesche, S., Krysa, J., & Coffey, S. (2026). A DNA methylation marker, cg05575921 (AHRR), outperforms self-reported smoking exposure for its association with cardiovascular disease prevalence. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 28(3), 422-428. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntaf165
Sörelius, K., Verhoek, R., Berard, X., Lyons, O. T. A., Puges, M., Wyss, T. R., on behalf of the International Expert Panel on Vascular Graft and Endograft Infections, and the European Society for Vascular Surgery Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Vascular Graft and Endograft Infections Writing Committee. (2026). Vascular graft and endograft infections: A Delphi consensus document on terminology, definitions, treatment, outcomes, follow up, and reporting standards. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 71(3), 497-507. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.07.044
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, O. T. A., & Chakfé, N. (2026). Should conservative management with suppressive antimicrobial therapy be the first line strategy for infected complex endovascular repairs? [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2026.05.007
Dixon, W., Vlietstra, L., & Lyons, O. (2026). Sex-specific thresholds for determining low muscle mass. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 71(6), 1114-1115. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.07.055
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Caldwell, S., & Lyons, O. (2026). Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, Auto-inflammatory, Somatic (VEXAS) syndrome causing acute lower limb ischaemia. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 71(3), 447. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.08.036
2025
Journal - Research Article
Perini, P., Wouthuyzen-Bakker, M., Lyons, O. T., Heinola, I., Catasta, A., & Lejay, A. (2025). Systematic review and meta-analysis of occurrence rate, treatments, and outcomes of vascular graft and stent infections in the supra-aortic trunks [Editor's choice]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 70(3), 377-387. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.05.006
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, O., & Crengle, S. (2025). Abdominal aortic aneurysm in women in Aotearoa New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1627), 90-95. doi: 10.26635/6965.7028
Álvarez Marcos, F., Lyons, O. T. A., & Chaudhuri, A. (2025). A round up of the prize winning papers from the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2024. EJVES Vascular Forum, 64, 163-165. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvsvf.2025.08.004
Thompson, D., & Lyons, O. T. (2025). Heritable aortic disease: Uncertainty in the absence of evidence [Invited commentary]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.01.019
Williams, T., Benson, R., & Lyons, O. T. (2025). Solutions to reduce inequity for women with abdominal aortic aneurysm. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 69(1), 166. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.09.001
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Lyons, O. T. A., Boyle, J. R., & Björck, M. (2025). The 2024 Best Paper Awards: The candidates and the winners. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 70(5), 559-561. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.09.012
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Lyons, O. (2025, September). Abdominal aortic aneurysm in women: How can we reduce the inequity? Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Research Week (QRW) Heart Satellite Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand.
2024
Journal - Research Article
Akter, A., Cooper, M. S., Darwesh, A. M. F., Hider, R. C., Blower, P. J., Price, N. M., Lyons, O., … Abbate, V. (2024). Radiotracers for in situ infection imaging: Experimental considerations for in vitro microbial uptake of gallium-68-labeled siderophores. Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease, 110, 116522. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116522
Journal - Research Other
Akter, A., Firth, G., Darwesh, A. M. F., Cooper, M. S., Chuljerm, H., Cilibrizzi, A., … Lyons, O., … Abbate, V. (2024). [68Ga]Ga-schizokinen, a potential padiotracer for selective bacterial infection imaging. ACS Infectious Diseases, 10, 2615-2622. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00067
Lyons, O. T., & Chakfe, N. (2024). The best conduit for vascular reconstruction in an infected field: Have we found it? [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 67, 1006-1007. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.02.021
Williams, T., Jansen, S., Golledge, J., Beck, A., Benson, R., & Lyons, O. (2024). Support for a randomised trial of early endovascular aortic aneurysm repair in women in New Zealand, Australia, and America. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 67, 848-849. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.02.006
Dovell, G., & Lyons, O. T. (2024). Mycotic no more: Consensus for modern research practice [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 67, 662. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.12.031
Lim, E. T. A., Ruiz, C., Lyons, O. T., Laing, A., & Khanafer, A. (2024). Mechanical aortic valve may no longer be a contraindication to inner branch aortic arch endografts. Vascular, 32(5), 1070-1074. doi: 10.1177/17085381231192727
Lim, E. T. A., Benson, R., Lyons, O., Laing, A., & Khanafer, A. (2024). Novel modification of a branched arch endograft with a retrograde left common carotid branch for acute pseudoaneurysm post type A repair. Vascular, 32(3), 533-536. doi: 10.1177/17085381231153219
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Lyons, O. T. A., Boyle, J., & Björck, M. (2024). The 2023 Best Paper Awards: The candidates and the winners. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 68, 143-145. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.06.001
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Preston, L., Lyons, O., Geddes, J., & Benson, R. (2024). Osteoporosis fracture risk scores as proxy markers of frailty in older vascular surgical patients. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 43(Suppl. 1), PO36. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13324
2023
Journal - Research Article
Narayanan, A., Hanna, J., Okamura-Kho, A., Tesar, J., Lim, E., Peden, S., … Taumoepeau, L., … Lyons, O., & Khashram, M. (2023). Management of secondary aorto-enteric fistulae: A multi-centre study. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 93, 2363-2369. doi: 10.1111/ans.18441
Akter, A., Lyons, O., Mehra, V., Isenman, H., & Abbate, V. (2023). Radiometal chelators for infection diagnostics [Review]. Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine, 2, 1058388. doi: 10.3389/fnume.2022.1058388
Journal - Research Other
Björck, M., Kakkos, S. K., & Lyons, O. T. A. (2023). The EJVES 2022 Best Paper Awards: How did we select the candidates, who were they, and who are the winners? European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 66, 751-752. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.11.029
Glasgow, S., Sivaharan, A., Saha, P., Zayed, H., Donati, T., Taylor, D., Lyons, O. T. A., … Sallam, M. (2023). Management of aortic graft infection using biological neoaortic reconstruction: Mid-term outcomes [Short report]. British Journal of Surgery, 110, 1603-1606. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znad159
Saha, P., Gutmann, C., Kingdon, J., Dregan, A., Bertolaccini, L., Grover, S. P., … Lyons, O., … Smith, A. (2023). Venous thrombosis accelerates atherosclerosis in mice [Research letter]. Circulation, 147, 1945-1947. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064268
Sörelius, K., & Lyons, O. T. (2023). Present need to improve the diagnosis and outcome measures for aortic vascular graft and endograft infection: A call to action. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 66(2), 292-294. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.05.036
Lyons, O. T., Behrendt, C.-A., & Björck, M. (2023). Beyond wires and knives: What can we learn from BEST-CLI and BASIL-2? European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 66(1), 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2023.05.032
Other Research Output
Lyons, O. (2023, August). Mutations in EPHB4 cause human venous valve aplasia. UOC Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].
2022
Journal - Research Article
NIHR Global Health Unit on Global Surgery, COVIDSurg Collaborative, including Benson, R. A., Lyons, O., Wright, D. M., & Kieser, D. C. (2022). Elective surgery system strengthening: Development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries. Lancet, 400, 1607-1617. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01846-3
The POSTVenTT Study Collaborative, including Wright, D., Brown, A. W., Allen-Brough, C., Kieser, D. C., Roake, J., Lyons, O., Lim, E. T., Glyn, T., Roberts, E., Siggins, L., Gandhi, K., Huang, J., Hart, A., & Amer, M. (2022). The management of peri-operative anaemia in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery in Australia and New Zealand: A prospective cohort study. Medical Journal of Australia, 217(9), 487-493. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51725
COVIDSurg Collaborative, and GlobalSurg Collaborative, including Wright, D., Benson, R., Kieser, D., Clifford, Z., Frizelle, F., Glyn, T., Lim, E., Lyons, O., O'Grady, M., Roake, J., Ailabouni, R., Alqassab, M., Amer, M., Egbuji, J., Haddow, J., Hawkins, R., Oliver, T., Saw, K. S., & Lahood, Z. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection and venous thromboembolism after surgery: An international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, 77(1), 28-39. doi: 10.1111/anae.15563
Gradinariu, G., Lyons, O., Musajee, M., Yap, T., Johnson, O., Bujoreanu, I., … the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Vascular Research Collaborative. (2022). Predictors of percutaneous access-related complications in aortic endovascular procedures: 'Real-world' insights and a comparison to open access. International Angiology, 41(2), 118-127. doi: 10.23736/s0392-9590.22.04799-x
Walker, J., Tanna, S., Roake, J., & Lyons, O. (2022). A systematic review of pharmacological and cell-based therapies for the treatment of lymphoedema (2010-2021). Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous & Lymphatic Disorders, 10(4), 966-975. doi: 10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.09.004
2021
Journal - Research Article
COVIDSurg Collaborative, and GlobalSurg Collaborative, including Wright, D., Benson, R., Kieser, D., Rennie, S., Clifford, Z., Frizelle, F., Glyn, T., Lim, E., Lyons, O., O'Grady, M., Roake, J., Ailabouni, R., Alqassab, M., Amer, M., Haddow, J., Hawkins, R., Oliver, T., Saw, K. S., Gaston, M., & Haimona, M. (2021). Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: An international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, 76, 1454-1464. doi: 10.1111/anae.15560
Lyons, O., Walker, J., Seet, C., Ikram, M., Kuchta, A., Arnold, A., … Smith, A. (2021). Mutations in EPHB4 cause human venous valve aplasia. JCI Insight, 6(18), e140952. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.140952
COVIDSurg Collaborative, including Benson, R., & Lyons, O. (2021). Machine learning risk prediction of mortality for patients undergoing surgery with perioperative SARS-CoV-2: The COVIDSurg mortality score. British Journal of Surgery, 108(11). doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab183
The Cardiothoracic Interdisciplinary Research Network, and COVIDSurg Collaborative, including Benson, R. A., & Lyons, O. (2021). Early outcomes and complications following cardiac surgery in patients testing positive for coronavirus disease 2019: An international cohort study. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, 162(2), e355-e372. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.03.091
Abisi, S., Musto, L., Lyons, O., Carmichael, M., Sallam, M., Gkoutzios, P., … Puchakayala, M. (2021). “Awake” spinal cord monitoring under local anesthesia and conscious sedation in fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic repair. Journal of Endovascular Therapy, 28(6), 837-843. doi: 10.1177/15266028211028207
COVIDSurg Collaborative, and GlobalSurg Collaborative, including Wright, D., Benson, R., Kieser, D., Rennie, S., Clifford, Z., Frizelle, F., Glyn, T., Lyons, O., O'Grady, M., Roake, J., Ailabouni, R., Alqassab, M., Amer, M., Haddow, J., Hawkins, R., Oliver, T., Saw, K. S., Gaston, M., & Haimona, M. (2021). Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: An international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia, 76, 748-758. doi: 10.1111/anae.15458
COVIDSurg Collaborative, and GlobalSurg Collaborative, including Wright, D., Benson, R., Kieser, D., Rennie, S., Clifford, Z., Frizelle, F., Glyn, T., Lim, E., Lyons, O., O'Grady, M., Roake, J., Ailabouni, R., Alqassab, M., Amer, M., Haddow, J., Hawkins, R., Oliver, T., Saw, K. S., Gaston, M., & Haimona, M. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: Data from an international prospective cohort study. British Journal of Surgery, 108, 1056-1063. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab101
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, O., & Schmidli, J. (2021). Preventing stroke due to intervention in the aortic arch [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 61(2), 246-247. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.11.031
Kelly, J., & Lyons, O. (2021). Medical therapy affects the arteriopathy of vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 61(2), 332. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.10.005
Lyons, O. T. A., & Sivaharan, A. (2021). The lethal combination of sepsis and haemorrhage [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 62, 796. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.06.021
2020
Journal - Research Article
Lyons, O., & Nordanstig, J. (2020). Are paclitaxel-enhanced lower limb interventions safe? European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 59(4), 597. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.01.012
Dattani, N., Shalhoub, J., Nandhra, S., Lane, T., Abu-Own, A., Albasty, A., … Lyons, O., … Benson, R., … Nyamekye, I. (2020). Reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism following superficial endovenous treatment: A UK and Republic of Ireland consensus study. Phlebology, 35(9), 706-714. doi: 10.1177/0268355520936420
Behrendt, C.-A., & Lyons, O. (2020). Is England getting it right yet? Potential lessons for Europe [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 60(5), 720. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.07.078
The Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN) COVER study collaborative, including Benson, R. A., & Lyons, O. (2020). Global impact of the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wave on vascular services. British Journal of Surgery, 107(11), 1396-1400. doi: 10.1002/bjs.11961
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, O., & Powell, J. T. (2020). The world Is not enough: How can “big data” inform guidelines for elective AAA repair? [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 59(6), 898. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.01.013
Lyons, O. T. A., Saha, P., & Smith, A. (2020). Redox dysregulation in the pathogenesis of chronic venous ulceration. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 149, 23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.09.018
Lyons, O., & Vikatmaa, P. (2020). Protamine reduces dangerous reoperations after asymptomatic carotid surgery [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 60(6), 808. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.07.068
Lyons, O. (2020). Oral and intra-arterial pharmacotherapy [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 60(4), 559. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.05.026
Seet, C., Walker, J., Lyons, O., & Bell, R. (2020). Neurological presentation of acute aortic syndrome: Type A intramural haematoma presenting as ischaemic hemisection of the spinal cord. Spinal Cord Series & Cases, 6(1), 57. doi: 10.1038/s41394-020-0306-5
Bidd, H., & Lyons, O. (2020). EVAR: Better off awake? [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 59(5), 739. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.01.030
2019
Journal - Research Article
Seet, C., Szyszko, T., Perera, R., Donati, T., Modarai, B., Patel, S., … Lyons, O. (2019). Streptococcus pneumoniae as a cause of mycotic and infected aneurysms in patients without respiratory features: Challenging diagnoses aided by 16S PCR. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 60, 475.e11-475.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2019.02.041
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, O., & Mani, K. (2019). Reducing the mortality from aortic rupture: A Japanese approach [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 57(6), 787. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2019.01.028
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Lyons, O., & Modarai, B. (2019). Lymphoedema. Surgery (Oxford), 37(2), 81-87. doi: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2018.12.004
2018
Journal - Research Article
Grover, S. P., Saha, P., Humphries, J., Lyons, O. T., Patel, A. S., Serneels, J., … Smith, A. (2018). Inhibition of prolyl hydroxylase domain proteins selectively enhances venous thrombus neovascularisation. Thrombosis Research, 169, 105-112. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2018.07.015
Journal - Research Other
Patel, A. S., El-Sayed, T., Cho, J. S., Kelly, J. A., Ludwinski, F. E., Saha, P., Lyons, O. T., … Modarai, B. (2018). Response by Patel et al to letter regarding article, "Radiation induced DNA damage in operators performing endovascular aortic repair". Circulation, 137(24), 2680-2681. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034639
2017
Journal - Research Article
El-Sayed, T., Patel, A. S., Cho, J. S., Kelly, J. A., Ludwinski, F. E., Saha, P., Lyons, O. T., … Modarai, B. (2017). Radiation-induced DNA damage in operators performing endovascular aortic repair. Circulation, 136(25), 2406-2416. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.029550
Lyons, O., Saha, P., Seet, C., Kuchta, A., Arnold, A., Grover, S., … Smith, A. (2017). Human venous valve disease caused by mutations in FOXC2 and GJC2. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 214(8), 2437-2452. doi: 10.1084/jem.20160875
Journal - Research Other
Lyons, O. (2017). Aortic reconstruction in an infected field: Commentary on “Self-made xeno-pericardial aortic tubes to treat native and aortic graft infections” [Invited]. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 54(5), 653. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2017.08.003
2016
Journal - Research Article
Lyons, O. T. A., Baguneid, M., Barwick, T. D., Bell, R. E., Foster, N., Homer-Vanniasinkam, S., … Price, N. M. (2016). Diagnosis of aortic graft infection: A case definition by the Management of Aortic Graft Infection Collaboration (MAGIC). European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 52(6), 758-763. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2016.09.007
Journal - Research Other
Evans, T. J., Lyons, O. T., Brown, A., Price, N., Bell, R. E., & Sallam, M. (2016). Mycotic aneurysm following a dog bite: The value of the clinical history and molecular diagnostics. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 32, 130.e5-130.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2015.10.026
Modarai, B., & Lyons, O. T. A. (2016). Lymphoedema. Surgery (Oxford), 34(4), 172-177. doi: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2016.02.004
2015
Journal - Research Article
Grover, S. P., Saha, P., Jenkins, J., Mukkavilli, A., Lyons, O. T., Patel, A. S., … Smith, A. (2015). Quantification of experimental venous thrombus resolution by longitudinal nanogold-enhanced micro-computed tomography. Thrombosis Research, 136(6), 1285-1290. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2015.10.006
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