Mr John Canny

Qualifications

• MBChB Univeristy of Liverpool 2010

• ChM Masters of surgery University of Edinburgh 2021

• Intercollegiate fellowship of royal college of surgeons (Colorectal and general surgery) 2022

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

• Association of coloproctologists of great Britain and Ireland

• British medical association

• Medical protection society

Publications

• The use of colonic stents as a bridge to surgery in malignant colonic obstruction – A dual trust experience over 10 years; DB Johnston, J Canny, JA McBrearty, K McElvanna, D McKay, G Caddy – accepted for publication May 2023 Ulster Medical Journal

• Clinical features and management of individuals admitted to hospital with monkeypox and associated complications across the UK: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Dec 22. Fink et al – collaborative research

• Risk of colonic malignancy following acute appendicitis in older adults – a six year retrospective review; C Gilmore, J Canny, I McAllister, A McBrearty; EJSO;Volume 48, Issue 1,2022 (abstract)

• Reinforcement of Closure of Stoma Site (ROCSS) Collaborative and West Midlands Research Collaborative. Prophylactic biological mesh reinforcement versus standard closure of stoma site (ROCSS): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2020 Feb 8;395(10222):417-426

• Distal intestinal obstruction syndrome and colonic pathologies in cystic fibrosis; Canny JD, Brookes A, Bowley DB; Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2017 Jan 2;78(1):38-43

• Vacuum assisted biopsy versus surgical excision for the diagnosis and monitoring of B3 papillary lesions; Ain Q, Canny J, Tanchel B, Balasubramanian B; EJSO; volume 43, issue 5, p24, 2017 (abstract)

Treatments and areas of interest

• Colorectal cancer
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Investigation of abdominal complaints including pain, rectal bleeding changes in bowel habit and incontinence
• Anal conditions such as perianal fistulas, haemorrhoids and fissures
• Hernias including groin hernias and complex abdominal wall hernias
• Pilonidal disease
• Accepts referrals for colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy

Referral Requirements

• No referral required