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‘The anti-inflammatory effect of macrolide antibiotics in chronic rhinosinusitis
PhD thesis (completed December 2005)

Middle cranial fossa cholesteatoma following temporal bone trauma. Wallwork B and Black B. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2002. 5(2):128-30

Clarithromycin and prednisolone inhibit cytokine production in chronic rhinosinusitis. Wallwork B, Coman W, Feron F, Mackay-Sim A, Cervin A. Laryngoscope, 2002. 112(10): p. 1827-30.

Massive splenomegaly is associated with significant morbidity after laparoscopic splenectomy. Patel AG, Parker JE, Wallwork B, Kau KB, Donaldson N, Rhodes MR, O’Rourke N, Nathanson L, Fielding G. Annals of Surgery, 2003. 238(2):235-40

The effect of clarithromycin on nuclear factor-kB and transforming growth factor-b in chronic rhinosinusitis. Ben Wallwork, MD, William Coman, MD, Alan Mackay-Sim, PhD and Anders Cervin, MD, PhD. Laryngoscope, 2004 Feb;114(2):286-90.  

Chronic rhinosinusitis and eosinophils: do macrolides have an effect? Wallwork B and Coman W. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004 Feb;12(1):14-7.

Radiology Quiz Case: A scab on the neck. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Dec;131(12):1117, 1119.

The anti-inflammatory effect of macrolide antibiotics in chronic rhinosinusitis. Cervin A, Wallwork B. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2005 Dec;38(6):1339-50.  

Treatment of persistent chronic sinusitis after FESS with long-term, low-dose clarithromycin. Effects on quality of life and a treatment algorithm. Anders Cervin MD, PhD, Alan Mackay-Sim PhD, Ben Wallwork, MD and William B Coman MD (submitted to Rhinology for review)

Early paediatric implantation: Cochlear implant surgery at the crossroads? Black, B, Black J and Wallwork B. Mediterranean Journal of Otology. 2005, May:1(2)

Challenge-induced plasma exudation and mucinous secretion in human airways. Greiff L, Andersson M, Coman W, Lindberg H, Marko-Varga G, Wallwork B and Persson C. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2005 Jul;25(4):241-5.

A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of macrolide in the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis. Wallwork B, Coman W, Mackay-Sim A, Greiff L, Cervin A. Laryngoscope. 2006 Feb;116(2):189-93.

Lemierre's - the sinister sore throat. Brown LM, Wallwork B.
J Laryngol Otol. 2007 Jan 4;:1-3

Macrolides and their role in the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis. Cervin A, Wallwork B. Book chapter for rhinology textbook (ed. W Draf) Awaiting publication.

Squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of mouth: tumour thickness and the rate of cervical metastasis. Wallwork B, Andersen S, Coman W. Accepted for publication in the ANZ Journal of Surgery (March 2007) Awaiting publication.

Locally advanced thyroid carcinoma: Results of a uniform treatment protocol. Wallwork B, Bruch G, Clarke S, O’Connell M, Jeannon J, Simo R. Submitted to European Journal of Surgical Oncology for review.