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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Local Journals (including book chapters)

  • KH Tan, R Sim, KL Yam. Kielland’s Forceps Delivery: Is it a dying art?  Singapore Med J 1992; 33:380-2.
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  • R Sim, TS Liang, BK Tay. Autologous Bone Marrow Injection in the Treatment of Delayed and Non-union in Long Bones.
    Singapore Med J 1993; 34:412-7.
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  • R Sim, JSY Lee, AL Hoe, CY Wong, KC Soo. Breast Fibroadenoma – A Clinical Study in 103 Patients.
  • E Foo, R Sim, BK Ng. Case report of acute splenic and superior mesenteric vein thrombosis and its successful non-operative management.  Ann Acad Med Singapore 1996; 25(5): 755-8.
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  • E Foo, R Sim, HY Lim, STF Chan, BK Ng. Ambulatory anorectal surgery in the local population. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1998; 27(4):512-4.
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  • E Foo, R Sim. Abdominal Surgery in HIV patients – Early Local Experience. Ann Acad Med Singapore 1998; 27(6):759-62.
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  • Chew SP, Sim R, Teoh TA, Low CH. Haemorrhage into non-functioning adrenal cysts: Report of two cases and review of the literature.
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 1999; 28(6):863-6.
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  • R Sim. Postoperative Complications of Laparoscopic Bowel Surgery.  In: KH Liau, SJ Chia, CH Low, editors. Practical Guidebook for Surgical Doctors. Singapore: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 2000:pp 33-34.
  • R Sim. The Acute Abdomen.  In: DYH Tai, TWK Lew, editors. Bedside ICU Handbook. Singapore: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 2000:pp 254-256.
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  • A Vijayan, R Sim. Thoracic Trauma. In: DYH Tai, TWK Lew, editors. Bedside ICU Handbook. Singapore: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 2000:pp 228-229.
  • A Vijayan, R Sim. Blunt Abdominal Trauma. In: DYH Tai, TWK Lew, editors. Bedside ICU Handbook. Singapore: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 2000:pp 229-235.
  • Koh DC, Wong KS, R Sim, Ng YP, Hu ZQ, Cheong DM, Foo A. Laparoscopic-assisted colon and rectal surgery – lessons learnt from early experience. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005; 34(3):223-8.
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  • PW Ho, D Ng, R Sim. A retrospective review of ileostomy closure. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005; 34(9)(Suppl):S182, Abstract SUR608.
  • J Rao, PL Poon, R Sim, D Cheong. Distribution patterns of colonic diverticular disease on Ba enema studies in Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005; 34(9)(Suppl):S183, Abstract SUR613.
  • J Rao, D Cheong, R Sim. Fibrin glue in the treatment of fistula in ano: a prospective randomized comparison.  Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005; 34(9)(Suppl):S182, Abstract SUR614.
  • Shelat VG, Ng SR, Sim R. Perianal abscess secondary to Enterobius Vermicularis infestation. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2011; 40(3):149.
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  • Ong MW, Tan KK, Sim R. Laparoscopic resection of a huge gangrenous Meckel’s diverticulum in an adult.
    Singapore Med J 2013; 54(4): e83-e84. doi:10.11622/smedj.2013087. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Yeow YY, Fong SS, Rao J, Sim R. Aorto-oesophageal fistula from miliary tuberculosis: a rare cause of massive haematemesis.
    Ann Acad Med Singapore 2014; 43(11):559-60.
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  • Leong YH, Leong CN, Tay GS, Sim R, Lopes G, Low W, Choo BA, Tey J. Oncologic outcomes of neoadjuvant chemoradiation for locally advanced rectal cancer: The Tan Tock Seng Hospital experience.  Ann Acad Med Singapore 2014; 43(12):569-57.
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Regional/International Journals (including book chapters)

  • R Sim, KC Soo. Surgical Treatment of Thyroid Cancer – The SGH Experience. J R Coll Surg Edinb 1998; 43:239-43.
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  • R Sim, J Milsom. Laparoscopic colectomy for malignancy. Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery, Volume 7, Number 2 (June), 2000:pp101-117.
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  • R Sim, J Milsom. Laparoscopic resection of the rectosigmoid colon.  In: FL Greene, BT Heniford, editors. Minimally Invasive Cancer Management. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2001:pp 215-229.
  • R Sim. Laparoscopic colon and rectal resection for cancer.  In: JF Zhu editor. Endoscopic Operations in General Surgery. Jinan, Shandong: Shandong Science and Technology Press, 2001:pp 361-375.
  • S Yamaguchi, H Kuroyanagi, J Milsom, R Sim, H Shimada. Venous anatomy of the right colon: Precise structure of the major veins and gastrocolic trunk in 58 cadavers. Dis Colon & Rectum 2002;45:1337-40.
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  • KS Wong, WC Chua, DMO Cheong, R Sim, WM Yap, Flat Colorectal Lesions: Colonoscopic Detection without Dye Spray or Magnification and Clinical Significance. Asian J Surg 2004; 27(4):299-302.
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  • J Rao, R Sim, D Cheong. Prospective randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of pre- and postoperative administration of a COX-2-specific inhibitor as opioid-sparing analgesia in major colorectal resections.  Colorectal Disease 2005; 7 (Suppl.1):28, Abstract 084.
  • Rao J, Sanjay N, Koh CSD, Sim R. Hand assisted Laparoscopic Colectomy.  Asian J Surg 2005; 28 (Suppl. 1):15, Abstract O4-8.
  • Rao J, Wong KS, Koh CSD, Sim R. Laparoscopic Suture Rectopexy for Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome.  Asian J Surg 2005; 28 (Suppl. 1):78, Abstract P2-3-5.
  • Thamboo TP, Sim R, Tan SY, Yap WM. Primary Retroperitoneal Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma in a Male Patient.  Journal of Clinical Pathology 2006;59(6):655-7.
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  • Sim R, Cheong DM, Wong KS, Lee BM, Liew QY. Prospective randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of pre- and postoperative administration of a COX-2-specific inhibitor as opioid-sparing analgesia in major colorectal surgery.  Colorectal Disease 2007; 9 (1): 52-60.
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  • K K Tan, K Chen, R Sim. Spectrum of abdominal tuberculosis in the modern era: a single institution’s experience over 7 years.
    Br J Surg 2008; 95 (Suppl 3):16.
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  • K K Tan, R Sim, D Wong, J Liu. Superselective embolisation for small bowel haemorrhage is associated with a higher rate of rebleeding and mortality: an institutional review of mesenteric embolisation for lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage.  Br J Surg 2008; 95 (Suppl 3):54-5.
  • K K Tan, R Sim, D Wong, K Chen, J Liu. Superselective embolisation for small bowel haemorrhage is associated with a higher rate of rebleeding: an institutional review of mesenteric embolisation for lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage.
    ANZ J Surg 2008; 78 (Suppl 1) A53, Abstract GS25.
  • QM Leong, R Sim, M O Aung, C K Ho. Surgical outcome of emergency colorectal resections in octogenarians – A matched study to determine the impact of age.  ANZ J Surg 2008; 78 (Suppl 1) A35, Abstract CR41P.
  • Tan KK, Wong D, Sim R,. Superselective embolisation for lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage: an institutional review over 7 years.
    World J Surg. 2008; 32(12):2707-15.
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  • Tan KK, Chen K, Sim R. The spectrum of abdominal tuberculosis in a developed country: a single institution’s experience over 7 years.
    J Gastrointest Surg. 2009; 13(1): 142-7. Epub 2008 Sep 3.
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  • Tan KK, Lopes Jr GD, Sim R. How uncommon are isolated lung metastases in colorectal cancer? A review from database of 754 patients over a period of 4 years. J Gastrointest Surg. 2009; 13(4):642-8. Epub 2008 Dec 11.
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  • QM Leong, MO Aung, CK Ho, R Sim. Emergency colorectal resections in Asian octogenarians: factors impacting surgical outcome.
    Surg Today 2009; 39(7):575-9. Epub 2009 Jun 28.
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  • Tan KK, Zhang J, Liu JZ, Shen SF, Earnest A, Sim R. Right Colonic Perforation in an Asian Population: Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality.  J Gastrointest Surg.2009, Aug 26. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • KK Tan, N Vigneswaran, D Wong, R Sim. Can Superselective Embolization be Definitive for Colonic Diverticular Hemorrhage? An Institution’s Experience over 9 Years.  J Gastrointest Surg.2009, Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • KK Tan, R Sim. Surgery for Obstructed Colorectal Malignancy in an Asian Population: Predictors of Morbidity and Comparison Between Left- and Right-Sided Cancers.  J Gastrointest Surg.2009, Nov 6. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Fong SS, Tan EY, Foo A, Sim R, Cheong DMO. The Changing Trend of Diverticular Disease in a Developing Nation.  Colorectal Dis. 2009, Nov 10 [Epub ahead of print]
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  • KK Tan, SL Bang, R Sim. Surgery for Small Bowel Perforation in an Asian Population: Predictors of Morbidity and Mortality.
    J Gastrointest Surg.2009, Dec 9. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Fong SS, Chen K, Sim R. Chronic Anastomotic Sinus after Low Anterior Resection: When can the Defunctioning Stoma be Reversed?
    Colorectal Dis. 2010, Feb 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Tan KK, Chong CS, Sim R. Management of Acute Sigmoid Volvulus: An Institution’s Experience Over 9 Years.  World J Surg. 2010, Apr 7. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Tan KK, Hong CC, Zhang J, Liu JZ, Sim R. Surgery for perforated colorectal malignancy in an Asian population: an institution’s experience over 5 years.  Int J Colorectal Dis. 2010, Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Tan KK, Hong CC, Zhang J, Liu JZ, Sim R. Predictors of outcome following surgery in colonic perforation: an institution’s experience over 6 years.  J Gastrointest Surg. 2011;15(2):277-84.
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  • Tan KK, Liu JZ, Shen SF, Sim R. Emergency surgery in colonic diverticulitis in an Asian population.  Int J Colorectal Dis. 2011, Mar 1. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • Tan KK, Koh FH, Tan YY, Liu JZ, Sim R. Long-term Outcome Following Surgery for Colorectal Cancers in Octogenarians: A Single Institution’s Experience of 204 Patients.  J Gastrointest Surg. 2012; 16(5): 1029-36.
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  • Tan KK, Wong J, Sim R. Non-operative treatment of right-sided colonic diverticulitis has good long-term outcome: a review of 226 patients.  Int J Colorectal Dis 2012 Oct 16. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • BK Tan, T Goh, CH Wong, R Sim. Lower gluteal muscle flap and buttock fascio-cutaneous rotation flap for reconstruction of perineal defects after abdomino-perineal resections.  J Plast Reconstr & Aesthetic Surg. 2012; 65(12): 1678-1683.
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  • Tan KK, Wong J, Yan Z, Chong CS, Liu JZ, Sim R. Colonic diverticulitis in young Asians: a predominantly mild and right-sided disease.  ANZ J Surg. 2013 Jun 25. doi: 10.1111/ans.12273. [Epub ahead of print]
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  • SE Lee, R Wong, WK Cheong, … R Sim, KG Yeoh. Utility of the Asia Pacific Colorectal Screening score in prioritizing screening colonoscopies for asymptomatic subjects.  J Gastroenterol and Hepatol 2014; 29 (Suppl. 3): 257.
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  • M. N. Dinie Bin A. Aziz , R Sim. Skull Parosteal Lipoma – Hard Lump on the Head of Bony Origin?  Asian J of Case Reports in Surg. 2018; 1(2):1-5, 2018; Article no.AJCRS.45319.
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  • M. N. Dinie Bin A. Aziz , R Sim. Gas Shadow in the Abdomen – Rare Manifestation of a Common Condition  Asian J of Case Reports in Surg. 2018; 1(2):1-4, 2018; Article no.AJCRS.45298.
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Non Peer-Reviewed Publications

Publications

  • Tips in Operative Office Proctology
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  • 55-HD Women¹s Health – Women and their guts (Dr Richard Sim) v2.pdf
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  • Colon Cancer Support Group Newsletter Chinese.pdf
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  • Colon Cancer Support Group Newsletter English.pdf
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  • Gastrointestinal Disorders – Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Diseases.pdf
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  • Colorectal Cancer Expanded.pdf
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  • Screening for Colorectal Cancer.pdf
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  • Colon Cancer Support Group Video
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