Journal Articles

2025

1. “Tiered approach to molecular testing of thyroid fine needle aspiration samples may improve preoperative diagnosis” European Journal of Surgical Oncology. April 2025

Nelson George, Simon Chu, Stephanie Manning, Kai-Zheong Lim, Michael Mond, Ernest Tay, Bhargavi Yellapu, Kate Jones, Andrew Fellowes, Beena Kumar, Jonathan Serpell, Simon Grodski, Mark Shackleton, Costas K Yannakou, James C Lee

2.  “Beyond Genomics: Artificial Intelligence Powered Diagnostics for Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules -A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis” Frontiers in Endocrinology. May 2025
Karishma Jassal, Melissa Edwards, Afsaneh Koohestani, Wendy Brown, Jonathan Serpell, James C Lee

3. “Differences in hemithyroidectomy rates and radioactive iodine use for patients with low-risk papillary and follicular thyroid cancers – A binational cohort study” – submitted to BJS Open

Seojung Min, Tianrui Ren, Simon Grodski, Jonathan Serpell, James C Lee

4. “Patient benefits of parathyroid adenoma localisation with 4DCT after non-concordant ultrasound and sestamibi imaging” – Submitted to ANZJS

Kathy Liu, Jinghong Zhang, Jonathan Serpell, James C Lee

5. “Prophylactic central lymph node dissection for low-risk papillary thyroid cancer—Impact on subsequent therapy”. World Journal of Surgery. January 2025

Tianrui Ren, Seojung Min, Simon Grodski, Jonathan Serpell, James C Lee

2024

6. “The impact of delayed diagnosis and treatment due to COVID-19 on Australian thyroid cancer patients: a qualitative interview study”

Bianka D'souza , Anthony Glover, Claire Bavor, Benjamin Brown, Rachael H Dodd , James C Lee , Jeremy Millar, Julie A Miller, John R Zalcberg, Jonathan Serpell, Liane J Ioannou, Brooke Nickel

7.  “Outcomes of a modified technique of partial parotidectomy and novel parotid tumour position classification from a single surgeon prospective database”. ANZ Journal of Surgery. October 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.19261

Jonathan W. Serpell, Zelia K. Chiu, Edward Forrest, James C. Lee

8.  “Delayed-onset vocal cord palsy after thyroidectomy occurring despite normal initial post-operative endoscopy”. ANZ Journal of Surgery. October 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.19235

Tianrui Ren, Stephanie Manning, James C. Lee, Jonathan W. Serpell

9. “Attention-based Image Segmentation and Classification Model for the Preoperative Risk Stratification of Thyroid Nodules” – submitted to WJS
Afsaneh Koohestani1, Karishma Jassal, Jonathan Serpell, Bruno Di Musio, James C Lee

2023

10. “Patterns of breast reconstruction and the influence of a surgical multidisciplinary clinic” ANZ Journal of Surgery

Y Tian, S Birks, S Kemp, JC Lee, M Weymouth, J Serpell, M Walker

11. “Artificial Intelligence for Pre-operative Diagnosis of Malignant Thyroid Nodules Based on Sonographic Features and Cytology Category” World Journal of Surgery 47 (2), 330-339

K Jassal, A Koohestani, A Kiu, A Strong, N Ravintharan, M Yeung, Simon Grodski, Jonathan W Serpell, James C Lee

12. “The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for elective removal of a massive goitre causing a potentially difficult airway” ANZ Journal of Surgery. July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.18598
April Strong, Calvin Fletcher, Melissa Budge, Stuart Hastings, Jessica Prasad, Simon Grodski, Jonathan W. Serpell, James C. Lee

13. “Unveiling Thyroid Disease Associations: An Exceptionality-Based Data Mining Technique” Endocrines 2023, 4(3), 558-572; https://doi.org/10.3390/endocrines4030040
Xinyu Zhang, Vincent CS Lee, James C Lee

14. “How to do an ultrasound or computed tomography guided hook-wire localization excisional biopsy of non-palpable lymph nodes” ANZ Journal of Surgery. First published: 02 August 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.18644
Thomas Vu, Jonathan Serpell, James C Lee, Anna Davis

15. “Improving Diagnostic Reliability in Thyroid Cancer Care: A Small-Dataset Multi-View Ensemble Learning Approach” Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 2023 Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4490468 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4490468
Zhang, Xinyu and Lee, Vincent C. S. and Lee, James C. and Wang, Zhikang and Chen, Jun and Song, Jiangning

2022

16. “Impact of dedicated multidisciplinary service on patient selection and outcomes for surgical treatment of primary aldosteronism” Surgery;172(6).2022DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2022.08.010Jinghong Zhang, Renata Libianto, Jimmy Shen, Peter J. Fuller, Jun Yang, Simon Grodski, James C Lee

17.  “Primary adrenal melanoma” ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2022;93(3) DOI:10.1111/ans.18005
Jonathan Tiong, Ian Simpson, Simon Grodski, James C Lee

18. “Unexpected deaths after endocrine surgery: learning from rare events using a national audit of surgical mortality” British Journal of Surgery. 2022;109(11) DOI:10.1093/bjs/znac276
Juanita Chui, Alexander Papachristos, Robert Mechera, Stan Sidhu, Mark Sywak, James C Lee, Justin Gundara, Christine Lai, Anthony Glover

19. “Deep convolutional neural networks in thyroid disease detection: A multi-classification comparison by ultrasonography and computed tomography” Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 2022 April 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.106823

Xinyu Zhang, Vincent CS Lee, Jia Rong, James C. Lee, Feng Liu

20. “A multi-channel deep convolutional neural network for multi-classifying thyroid diseases.” Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2022;148(1):105961. DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105961

Zhang, X., Lee, V. CS., Rong, J., Lee, J. C., Song, J., & Liu, F

21. “Hypotension in Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Versus Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy” Journal of Surgical Research. July 2022(275)87-95

Fiona Chen, Mohammadmehdi Adhami, MinTing Tan, Simon Grodski, Jonathan Serpell, Annabel Orr, Anthony Stark, and James C. Lee

22. “Preoperative serum calcitonin may improve initial surgery for medullary thyroid cancer in patients with indeterminate cytology” ANZ J Surg (2022)

Karishma Jassal, Nandhini Ravintharan, Swetha Prabhakaran, Simon Grodski, Jonathan W. Serpell and

James C. Lee

23.  “Surgical challenges of giant parathyroid adenomas weighing 10 g or more” Journal of Endocrinological Investigations 2022 DOI:10.1007/s40618-022-01968-3

S Prabhakaran, C Bhatt, J Serpell, S Grodski, J C Lee

2021

24. “Preoperative mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist reduces postoperative hyperkalaemia in patients with Conn syndrome” Clinical Endocrinology. 2021;1–7

Jinghong Zhang, Renata Libianto, James C. Lee, Simon Grodski, Jimmy Shen, Peter J. Fuller, Jun Yang

25. “Less extensive surgery for low-risk papillary thyroid cancers post 2015 American Thyroid Association Guidelines in an Australian tertiary centre” Euro J Surgical Oncology 2021 Jun 17. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2021.06.018

M Adhami, C Bhatt, S Grodski, J Serpell, J C Lee

26. “Speaking up and speaking out: gender diversity in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annal Scientific Congress” World Journal of Surgery 2021 Jul 17. Doi:10.1007/s00268-021-06105-4

C Lai, J Farrar, F Stanzah, B Crammond, S Wong, J C Lee

27. “Patient reported experience on consenting for surgery – elective versus emergency patients” Journal Surg Research 2021, Sept;265(9):114-21

D Maher, J Serpell, D Ayton, J C Lee

28. “Non-diagnostic sonography may reduce negative appendicectomy rate in women when combined with abbreviated Alvarado Score” ANZJS 2021 Jan 21. Doi:10.1111/ans.16588. Online ahead of print.

S Bappayya, F Chen, M Alderuccio, E Xu, N Vootukuru, J C Lee

29. “Blunt abdominal trauma resulting in ovarian mucinous cystadenoma rupture” ANZJS 2021 Jan:91(1-2):197-198. Doi: 10.111/ans.16045.

T Yang, E Ban, J C Lee, J Serpell, K Jassal

30. “Surgical challenges of giant parathyroid adenomas weighing 10 g or more” ANZJS (in revision) 2021

S Prabhakaran, C Bhatt, J Serpell, S Grodski, J C Lee

31.    “Challenges in diagnosis and management of a spiradenocarcinoma: a comprehensive literature review” ANZJS. 2021 Feb 1. Doi: 10.1111/ans.16626. Online ahead of print.

K Wagner, K Jassal, J C Lee, E Ban, R Cameron, J Serpell

2020

32.  “Quantifying the Differences in Surgical Management of Patients with Definitive and Indeterminate Thyroid Nodule Cytology” European Journal of Surgical Oncology 2020 Feb;46(2):252-7. Doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2019.10.004.

R Stewart, YJ Leang, C Bhatt, S Grodski, J Serpell, J C Lee

33. “Highlights of the 2019 Annual Academic Surgery Conference” ANZJS 2020;90(3):200-1

C Di Bella, J C Lee, C Koh, P Mukherjee, M Smithers

34. Response to Walgama et al. re: “Routine preoperative laryngoscopy for thyroid surgery is not necessary without risk factors” Thyroid 2020 May;30(5):786-7. Doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0163.

J C Lee, D Maher, S Goare, E Forrest, S Grodski, J Serpell

35.  “Investigation of Recurrent Laryngeal Palsy Rates for Potential Associations During Thyroidectomy” ANZJS 2020 Sep;90(9):1733-1737. DOI: 10.1111/ans.16166

A Moreira, E Forrest, J C Lee, E Paul, M Yeung, S Grodski, J Serpell

36. “Urgent surgical presentations during the coronavirus pandemic: an Australian perspective” ANZJS 2020 Sep;90(9):1547-1549. Doi: 10.1111/ans.16219.

R Chen, C Gillespie, K Jassal, M Read, J C Lee

37. “Delayed presentation of breast necrotising fasciitis due to COVID-19 anxiety” ANZJS 2020 Jul:90(7-8):1485-1487. Doi:10.1111/ans.16102.

R Chen, C Gillespie, K Jassal, M Read, J C Lee

38.  “Case of dysphagia lusoria in a patient with a non-recurrent laryngeal nerve” ANZJS 2020 Jul;90(7-8):1487-1489. Doi: 10.1111/ans.15530.

K Lam, E Tan, J C Lee

39.  “Disseminated nocardiosis with adrenal abscess masquerading as metastatic adrenal cancer in an immunocompetent adult” ANZJS 2020 Nov 2. Doi:10.1111/ans.16423. Online ahead of print.

T Langmaid, J C Lee, M Yeung,Z Meher-Homji,J Serpell, K Jassal, S Grodski

40.  “Changes in tracheal tube cuff pressure and recurrent laryngeal nerve conductivity during thyroid surgery” World Journal of Surgery 2020 Feb;44(2):328-33. Doi: 10.1007/s00268-019-05185-7.

J Taylor, K Soeyland, C Ball, J C Lee, J Serpell

41.  “Challenges in diagnosis and management of a spiradenocarcinoma: a case report” Euro J Surg Case Reports. 2020 Sep 25. Doi: 10.47496/nl.EJSCR.2020.01.03

K Wagner, K Jassal, J C Lee, E Ban, R Cameron, J Serpell

2019

42. “Anti-thyroid antibodies and TSH as potential markers of thyroid carcinoma and aggressive behaviour in patients with indeterminate fine needle aspiration cytology” World Journal of Surgery 2020 Feb;44(2):363-70

M Adhami, P Michail, A Rao, C Bhatt, S Grodski, J Serpell, J C Lee

43. “Routine Pre-operative Laryngoscopy for Thyroid Surgery Not Necessary Without Risk Factors” Thyroid 2019;29(11):1646-52

D Maher, S Goare, E Forrest, S Grodski, J Serpell, J C Lee

44. “Thyroidectomy Then and Now: A 50-Year Australian Perspective” World Journal of Surgery 2019;43(12):1022-8

B Hii, D Maher, M Yeung, J Serpell, J C Lee

45.  “Future is bright for academic surgery in Australasia: highlights of the 2018 Academic Meetings” ANZJS 2019;89(7-8):798-9

J C Lee, P Mukherjee, C Koh, M Smithers

2018

46. “Adrenal Incidentaloma follow-up is influenced by patient, radiological and medical provider factors: a review of 804 cases” Surgery 2018;164(6):1360-5

D Maher, E Williams, S Grodski, J Serpell, J C Lee

47.  “Body Weight Change is Unpredictable after Total Thyroidectomy” ANZJS 2018;88(3):162-6

Ron Glick, P Chang, J Serpell, S Grodski, J C Lee

48. “Re: Body weight change is unpredictable after total thyroidectomy” Response letter to the editor. ANZJS 2018;88(6):655-6

J C Lee, S Grodski, J Serpell

49. “Total thyroidectomy for pressure symptoms in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis” ANZJS 2018;88(4):359-62

K Heggie, M Yeung, Si Gordski, J C Lee, J Serpell

50. “A case of segmental arterial mediolysis” Case Reports 2018;2018:bcr-2017-223731

M Britto, M Lukies, C Milne, T Joseph, J C Lee

51. “Invited Commentary to Static Prognostic Factors and Appropriate Surgical Designs of Patients with MTC: The 2nd Report of a Single-Institution Study in Japane” World Journal of Surgery 2018;42(12):3967-8

J C Lee

52. “Future-proofing academic surgery in Australia and New Zealand: the Annual RACS Joint Academic Meeting” Perspective ANZJS 2018;88(3):130-1

S Aitken, J C Lee, M Smithers

2017

53. “Severe hyperkalaemia complicating parathyroidectomy in patients with end-stage renal disease” Anaesth Intensive Care 2017;45(3)365-8

M Pauling, J Serpell, J C Lee, S Wilson

54. Response to the letter to the editor regarding “Quantitative study of voice dysfunction after thyroidectomy” Surgery 2017;162(3):692-3

J C Lee, S Grodski, M Yeung, J Serpell

2016

55. “Temporal Analysis of Thyroid Cancer Management in a Tertiary Referral centre in Melbourne (2007 – 2013)” ANZ J S 2019;89(1-2):38-42 (ePub 2016)

J C Lee, P Chang, S Grodski, M Yeung, W Johnson, J Serpell

56.  “A quantitative study of voice dysfunction after thyroidectomy” Surgery 2016;160(6):1576-81

J C Lee, D Breen, A Scott, S Grodski, M Yeung W Johnson, J Serpell

57.  “Surgery for parathyroid microadenomas: patient characteristics, localisation success, operative cures” ANZJS 2018;88(1-2):E21-E24 (ePub 2016)

K Suter, W Johnson, M Yeung, J Serpell, J C Lee*, S Grodski*

(* Senior authors)

2015

58.  “Papillary Thyroid Cancer Derived Exosomes Contain miRNA-146b and miRNA-222” Journal of Surgical Research 2015; 196(1):39-48

J C Lee, JT Zhao, J Gundara, L Bach, J Serpell, S Sidhu

59. “Stressing the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy” ANZJ Surgery 2015;85(12):962-5

J Serpell1, J C Lee2, W Chiu, G Edwards

(1Senior Author, 2First author)

60.  “Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography (4DCT) for Parathyroid Localisation: a New Imaging Modality” ANZJS 2015;85(6):483-7

S Brown*, J C Lee*, R Maher, J Christie, S Sidhu, M Sywak, L Delbridge

(* equal first authors)

61.  “Thyroid abscesses in third and fourth branchial anomalies: not only a paediatric diagnosis” ANZJS 2015;85(7-8):578-81

S Kruijff, M Sywak, S Sidhu, A Shun, D Novakovic, J C Lee, L Delbridge

62. “Adenomas of cervical maldescended parathyroid glands – pearls and pitfalls” ANZ J Surg 2015;85(12):957-61

J C Lee, H Mazeh, J Serpell, L Delbridge, H Chen, S Sidhu

63. “Electromyographic changes in the recurrent laryngeal and vagus nerves during thyroidectomy” Intl J of Surg Res and Prac 2015:2;2

J C Lee, SL Wong, W Johnson, M Yeung, S Grodski, M Bailey, J Serpell

64. “Long non-coding RNA profiles of adrenocortical cancer can be used to predict recurrence” Endocrine-Related Cancer 2015

A Glover, JT Zhao, J Ip, J C Lee, B Robinson, A Gill, P Soon, S Sidhu

2014

65. “Disease outcomes and nodal recurrence in patients with papillary thyroid cancer and lateral neck nodal metastases” ANZ J Surg (published online) 2012

C O’Neill, N Coorough, J C Lee, L Delbridge, R Sippel, M Sywak, H Chen, S Sidhu

66. “Desmoid Tumours: 3 Cases involving the root of neck and literature review” Journal of Solid Tumors (epub) 2014;4(4)

E Moore*, J C Lee*, S Davis, J Serpell

(*Joint first author)

67. “Is there an accurate biomarker test for thyroid cancer recurrence on the horizon?” Int J Endo Oncol (Editorial) 2014;1(1), 3-5

A Glover, J C Lee, S Sidhu

68. “Non-coding RNA blockade of autophagy is therapeutic in medullary thyroid cancer” Cancer Medicine 2014

J Gundara, JT Zhao, A Gill, J C Lee, R Clifton-Bligh, L Delbridge, B Robinson, C McLean, J Serpell, S Sidhu

69. “Differential recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy rates after thyroidectomy” Surgery 2014;156(5):1157-66

J Serpell1, J C Lee2, M Yeung, S Grodski, William Johnson, Michael Bailey

(1Senior author, 2First author)

70.  “MicroRNA Expression Profiles in the Management of Papillary Thyroid Cancer” The Oncologist 2015;19(11):1141-7

J C Lee, J Gundara, A Glover, L Bach, J Serpell, S Sidhu

71.   “Thermal sealing systems with and without tissue divider for total thyroidectomy” ANZJS 2014;84(5):383-5

A Glover, J Gundara, J C Lee, M Sywak, L Delbridge, S Sidhu

2013

72.  “The clinical importance of the non-recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve” OA Anatomy 2013;1(2):14

A Glover, J Ip, J C Lee, J Gundara

73.  “MicroRNA-222 and miRNA-146b are Tissue and Circulating Biomarkers of Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Cancer” Cancer 2013;119(24):4358-65

J C Lee, JT Zhao, R Clifton-Bligh, A Gill, J Gundara, J Ip, A Glover, M Sywak, L Delbridge, B Robinson, S Sidhu

74. “Level VII is an important component of central neck dissection of papillary thyroid cacncer” Annals of Surgical Oncology 2013;20(1):2261-5

L Wang, M Versnick, A Gill, J C Lee, S Sidhu, M Sywak, L Delbridge

75. “The pros and cons of prophylactic central neck dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma” Gland Surgery 2013;2(4):196-205

A Glover, J Gundara, O Norlen, J C Lee, S Sidhu

76. “Papillary Thyroid Cancer: the commonest endocrine malignancy” Endocrinology Today 2013;2(3):15-20

J C Lee, S Sidhu

2012

77. “Papillary thyroid cancer in pregnancy – A variant of the disease?” Annals of Surgical Oncology 2012;19(13):4210-6

J C Lee, JT Zhao, R Clifton-Bligh, A Gill, J Gundara, J Ip, M Sywak, L Delbridge, B Robinson, S Sidhu

78. “Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid: a report of three cases and postulated histogenesis” Thyroid 2012;22(2):205-9

R Prichard*, J C Lee*, L Delbridge et al - *equal first author

79. “Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Transperitoneal Approach” Current Surgery Reports 2012;1(1):26-33

J Ip, J C Lee, S Sidhu

80.  “Unusually complicated chest infection: colon containing intercostal hernia” ANZ J Surg 2012;82(11):851-2

J Gundara, J Ip, J C Lee

81. “Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicating thyroidectomy for Graves’ disease” Thyroid 2012;22(9):975-6

J Gundara, J C Lee, J Ip, S Sidhu

82. “Asymptomatic splenic infarct and retroperitoneal sepsis in patient with Wagner’s granulomatosis” InternationalJournal of Surgery Case Reports 2012;3(4):137-8

J C Lee, I Bringmann, A Aly

2011

83.  “A multicenter cohort study of total thyroidectomy and routine central lymph node dissection for cN0 papillary thyroid cancer” Surgery 2011;150(6):1048-57

A Popadich, O Levin, L Morris, J Wiseman, J C Lee, M Fazel, S Sidhu, L Delbridge, F Palazzo, M Sywak, M Yeh

Book Chapters

• “Surgical Management of Recurrent and Retrosternal Goiters” TextBook of Endocrine Surgery, Ed Orlo Clark, Quan Duh, published by JP Medical Publishers (in press) 2013, J Lee, S Sidhu

• “The Thyroid Gland” A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice — Endocrine Surgery, 5th Ed Tom Lennard, published by Elsevier 2013, J Lee, J Gundara, S Sidhu

• “Multinodular Goitre” Thyroid Diseases and Surgery, Ed. Adnan Isgor, published by Avrupa Tip Kitapcilik (Oct 2011, Turkey), J Lee, L Delbridge