Publications

Professor Abu-Sittah has published prolifically on all aspects of facial surgery and the treatment of conflict related injuries.

Chaya BF, Chalhoub R, Jaafar R, Nahhas N, Abu-Sittah G. Prevalence of Stunting in Syrian Refugee Children With Cleft Lip and/or Cleft Palate in Time of Crisis: A Call for Intervention. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2020 Jun 5

Abu-Sitta GS, Ma’luf R, Dabbous H, Hakim C, Chalhoub R. Delayed Periorbital Reconstruction After War Injuries. J Craniofac Surg. 2020 Apr 10.

Rima A Abdul-Khalek*, Ping Guo*, Forbes Sharp, Adrian Gheorghe, Omar Shamieh, Tezer Kutluk, Fouad Fouad, Adam Coutts, Ajay Aggarwal, Deborah Mukherji, Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Kalipso Chalkidou, Richard Sullivan. The economic burden of cancer care for Syrian refugees: a population-based modelling study, www.thelancet.com/oncology. The Lancet-Oncology www.thelancet.com/oncology Vol 21 May 2020

W. Bazzi, A.G. Abou Fayad, A. Nasser, LP. Haraoui, O. Dewachi, G. Abou-Sitta et al. Heavy Metal Toxicity in Armed Conflicts Potentiates AMR in A. baumannii by Selecting for Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Co-resistance Mechanisms. Front. Microbiol. 03 February 2020.

Skelton M, Alameddine R, Saifi O, Hammoud M, Zorkot M, Daher M, Charafeddine M, Temraz S, Shamseddine A, Mula-Hussain L, Saleem M, Namiq KF, Dewachi O, Abu Sitta G, Abdul-Sater Z, Telvizian T, Faraj W, Mukherji D. High-Cost Cancer Treatment Across Borders in Conflict Zones: Experience of Iraqi Patients in Lebanon. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020.

AMay 20l-Hajj S, Pike I, Oneissi A, Zheng A, Abu-Sittah G. Pediatric Burns Among Refugee Communities in Lebanon: Evidence to Inform Policies and Programs. J Burn Care Res. 2019 Aug

Dr Louis-Patrick Haraoui, Dr Annie Sparrow, Professor Richard Sullivan, Professor Gian-Luca Burci; Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah; Professor Vinh-Kim Nguyen. Armed conflicts and antimicrobial resistance: A deadly convergence. AMR Control 2019–20, p69-73

Ghieh F, Karami R, Sittah GA. Proboscis Lateralis With Heminasal Hypoplasia. J Craniofac Surg. 2019 May/Jun;30(3):e254-e255.

Karami R, Ghieh F, Baroud J, Abu Sittah G. Rosai-Dorfman Disease: Cutaneous and Parotid Involvement. Ann Plast Surg. 2019 Mar 13.

Abbara A, Rawson TM, Karah N, El-Amin W, Hatcher J, Tajaldin B, Dar O, Dewachi O, Abu Sitta G, Uhlin BE, Sparrow A. Antimicrobial resistance in the context of the Syrian conflict: Drivers before and after the onset of conflict and key recommendations. Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Aug;73:1-6.

Abbara A, Rawson TM, Karah N, El-Amin W, Hatcher J, Tajaldin B, Dar O, Dewachi O, Abu Sitta G, Uhlin BE, Sparrow A. A summary and appraisal of existing evidence of antimicrobial resistance in the Syrian conflict. Int J Infect Dis. 2018 Oct;75:26-33.

Greenfield MJ, Luck J, Billingsley ML, Heyes R, Smith OJ, Mosahebi A, Khoussa A, Abu-Sittah G, Hachach-Haram N. Demonstration of the Effectiveness of Augmented Reality Telesurgery in Complex Hand Reconstruction in Gaza. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2018 Mar 21;6(3):e1708.

Abu-Sittah G; Abou Ghanem, Odette; Hamdan, Usama; Secondary Cleft Nasolabial Deformities: A New Classification System for Evaluation and Surgical Revision. CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL JOURNAL Volume: 55 Issue: 6 Pages: 837-843 Published: JUL 2018

Abu-Sittah GS, Baroud J, Hakim C, Wakil C. The Complicated Facial War Injury: Pitfalls and Mismanagement. J Craniofac Surg. 2017 Jan;28(1):118-121.

Abu-Sitta G; Vltchek, A. The Ecology of War in the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL-JAPAN FOCUS Volume: 15, Issue: 11, Article Number: UNSP 3, Published: JUN 1 2017

Kaddoura I, Abu-Sittah G, Ibrahim A, Karamanoukian R, Papazian N. Burn injury: review of pathophysiology and therapeutic modalities in major burns. Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2017 Jun 30;30(2):95-102.

Abu-Sittah GS, Chahine FM, Janom H. Management of burns in the elderly. Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2016 Dec 31;29(4):249-245.

Sahli ZT, Bizri AR, Abu-Sittah GS. Microbiology and risk factors associated with war-related wound infections in the Middle East. Epidemiol Infect. 2016 Oct; 144(13):2848-57.

Abu-Sittah GS, Jeelani O, Dunaway D, Hayward R. Raised intracranial pressure in Crouzon syndrome: incidence, causes, and management. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Apr; 17(4):469-75.

Papazian NJ, Chahine F, Atiyeh B, Deeba S, Zgheib E, Abu-Sittah G. Introduction of “Papazian Pusher: ” A Modified-Design Knot Pusher for Surgical Repair of Cleft Palates. J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Sep;26(6):1975-6.

Ibrahim AE, Skoracki R, Goverman JG, Sarhane KA, Parham CS, Abu-Sittah G, Kaddoura I, Atiyeh BS. Microsurgery in the burn population – a review of the literature. Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2015 Mar 31; 28(1):39-45.

Saab IR, Sarhane KA, Ezzeddine HM, Abu-Sittah GS, Ibrahim AE Treatment of a paediatric patient with a distal lower extremity traumatic wound using a dermal regeneration template and NPWT. J Wound Care. 2014 Oct;23(10 Suppl):S5-8.

Omar Dewachi, Mac Skelton, Prof Vinh-Kim Nguyen, Fouad M Fouad, , Ghassan Abu Sitta, Zeina Maasri, Prof Rita Giacaman Changing therapeutic geographies of the Iraqi and Syrian wars. The Lancet, Volume 383, No. 9915, p449–457, 1 February 2014

Abu-Sittah GS, Sarhane KA, Dibo SA, Ibrahim A Cardiovascular dysfunction in burns: review of the literature. Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2012 Mar 31;25(1):26-37.

Ibrahim AE, Debbas CC, Dibo SA, Atiyeh BS, Abu-Sittah GS, Isik S. Reverse tissue expansion by liposuction deflation adopted for harvest of large sheet of full-thickness skin graft. Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2012 Jun 30;25(2):98-101.

Hayek S, Ibrahim A, Abu Sittah G, Atiyeh B. Burn resuscitation: is it straightforward or a challenge? Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2011 Mar 31;24(1):17-21.

Bakhach J, Abu-Sitta G, Dibo S. Reconstruction of blast injuries of the hand and upper limb. Injury. 2013 Jan 25. doi:pii: S0020-1383(13)00037-5. 10.1016/j.injury.2013.01.024

Abu-Sittah GS, Sarhane KA, Dibo SA, Ibrahim A Cardiovascular dysfunction in burns: review of the literature. Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2012 Mar 31;25(1):26-37.

Abu-Sittah GS, El Khatib AM, Dibo SA Thermal injury to the hand: review of the literature.. Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2011 Dec 31;24(4):175-85.

Marsh, D J; Abu-Sitta, G; Patel, H. The Role of Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure in Blast Injury. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. May 2007, 119(6):1978-1979.

Wong JM, Marsh D, Abu-Sitta G, Lau S, Mann HA, Nawabi DH, Patel H. Biological foreign body implantation in victims of the London July 7th suicide bombings. J Trauma. 2006 Feb;60(2):402-4.

Thein, M., Abu-Sitta G., McAndrew A., Wells P.; Nicholson S., Harwood S., Moir G, Cerio R. Melanoma micrometastases identified in sentinel lymphadenectomy: a 4-year experience at Barts and the London Trust skin cancer centre. British Journal of Dermatology, Supplement. 153 Supplement 1:71, July 2005.

Professor Abu-Sittah’s latest book

Professor Abu-Sittah’s definitive medical text book ‘Reconstructing the War Injured Patient’