Dr Sparks Publications

Hovav OV, Sparks DS, Velli G, David M, Rowe D, Read T. (2025) A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Functional Tongue Reconstruction Using Dynamic Free Flap Designs. Microsurgery 2025. Dec. 45(8):e70155. doi: 10.1002/micr.70155.

Hovav OV, Read T, David M, Sparks DS. (2025) A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Treatment Outcomes Following Tongue Reconstruction With Neurotized Free Flaps. Microsurgery. 2025 Oct;45(7):e70120. doi: 10.1002/micr.70120.

Sparks DS, Wiper J, Lloyd T, Wille ML, Sehu M, Savi FM, Ward N, Hutmacher DW, Wagels M. (2023) Protocol for the BONE-RECON trial: a single-arm feasibility trial for critical sized lower limb BONE defect RECONstruction using the mPCL-TCP scaffold system with autologous vascularized corticoperiosteal tissue transfer. BMJ Open. 2023 May 3;13(5):e056440. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056440.

Sparks DS, Savi FM, Dlaska CE, Saifzadeh S, Brierly G, Ren E, Cipitria A, Reichert JC, Wille M, Schuetz MA, Ward N, Wagels M, Hutmacher DW. (2023) Convergence of Scaffold-Guided Bone Regeneration Principles and Microvascular Tissue Transfer Surgery. Science Advances 2023 May 5;9(18):eadd6071. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add6071.

Sparks DS, Medeiros Savi F, Saifzadeh S, Wille ML, Wagels M, Hutmacher DW. (2022) Bone regeneration exploiting corticoperiosteal tissue transfer in scaffold-guided bone regeneration. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEC.2022.0015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35262425.

Castrisos G, Matheus IG, Sparks DS, Lowe M, Ward N, Sehu M, Wille ML, Phua Y, Savi FM, Hutmacher DW, Wagels M. (2022) Regenerative Matching Axial Vascularisation of Absorbable 3D Printed Scaffold for Large Bone Defects: A First in Human Series, JPRAS, 2022, ISSN 1748-6815.

Sparks DS, Saifzadeh S, Savi FM, Dlaska CE, Berner A, Henkel J, Reichert JC, Wullschleger M, Ren J, Cipitria A, McGovern JA, Steck R, Wagels M, Woodruff MA, Schuetz MA, Hutmacher DW. (2020) A preclinical large-animal model for the assessment of critical-size load-bearing bone defect reconstruction. Nature Protocols. 15(3):877-924. doi: 10.1038/s41596-019-0271-2. Epub 2020 Feb 14.

Sparks DS, Flavi MS, Saifzadeh S, Schuetz MA, Wagels M, Hutmacher DW. (2020) Convergence of Scaffold-Guided Bone Reconstruction and Surgical Vascularization Strategies-A Quest for Regenerative Matching Axial Vascularization. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 10;7:448. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00448

Sparks DS, Taylor GI, Gascoigne A, Corlett RJ, Ashton MW. (2019) The quadriceps Femoris allograft as an extension of the Angiosome concept: A cadaveric-based anatomical feasibility study. Microsurgery. Jun 21. doi: 10.1002/micr.30479

Read T, Lonne M, Sparks DS, David M, Wagels M, Schaider H, Soyer HP, Smithers BM. (2019) A systematic review and meta-analysis of locoregional treatments for in-transit melanoma. J Surg Oncol. Jun;119(7):887-896. doi: 10.1002/jso.25400.

Lonne, M.; Sparks, DS; Stephan, C; Berger, A; Wagels, M. (2018) Clinical Examination of the Extensor Pollicis Brevis: Anatomical Study and Description of a Novel Clinical Sign. Journal of Hand Surgery (Asian-Pacific Vol.), https://doi.org/10.1142/S2424835518500315

Sparks, DS; Wagels, M; Taylor, GI. (2017) Bone reconstruction: a history of vascularised bone transfer. Microsurgery., http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/micr.30260

Sparks, DS; Adams, B; Wagels, M. (2017) Basal cell carcinoma involving a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Int. Surgery., https://doi.org/10.9738/INTSURG-D-14-00271.1

Sparks, DS; Myers, H; Grinsell, D. (2017) Single-stage reconstruction of combined hypopharyngeal and anterior neck skin defects with the dual-paddle anterolateral thigh flap. Eur. J. Plast. Surg. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00238-017-1366-z

Taylor, G.I; Sparks, DS; Gasciogne, A; Corlett, R.J; Ashton, M.W. (2017) Angiosome-based allografts: non–integument vascularised composite allo-transplantation (VCA) for tailored sub-unit reconstruction with Volkmann’s ischaemic contracture as a case in point. Plast. Recon. Surg., http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000003360

Sparks DS; et al., (2017) Vascularised bone transfer: History, blood supply and contemporary problems, JPRAS, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2016.07.12

Sparks, D.S; Read, T; Lonne, M; Barbour, A; Wagels, M; Bayley, G; Smithers, BM. (2016) Primary cutaneous melanoma of the scalp: patterns of recurrence, J Surg. Onc., http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jso.24535

Sparks DS; Fraser-Kirk, G; Belt, P. (2016) Spontaneous myospasms of the pectoralis major flap after myotomy and extended denervation: not so cut and dry. ANZJS. Jan;86(1-2):103.

Sparks DS; Adams, B; Wagels, M. (2015) Poland’s syndrome: An alternative to the ‘vascular hypothesis’. Surg Radiol Anat. 37(6): 701-702

Sparks DS; Morris, B; Xu, W; Fulton, J; Atkinson, V; Meade, B; Lutton, N. (2015) Cytoreductive Surgery and Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Secondary to Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Appendix. Int Surg, Vol. 100, No. 1, pp. 21-28.

Sparks, D.S.; et al. (2023) Convergence of Scaffold-Guided Bone Regeneration Principles and Microvascular Tissue Transfer Surgery. Proc. Academic Surgical Congress, American College of Surgeons, Houston, TX, USA.

Sparks, D.S.; et al. (2018) Angiosome-based allografts: non–integument vascularised composite allo-transplantation (VCA) for tailored sub-unit reconstruction with Volkmann’s ischaemic contracture as a case in point. Proc. Annual Scientific Conference, RACS, Sydney, Australia.

Sparks, D.S.; et al. (2016) Bone flap perfusion in situ with dual-energy computed tomography (DECT): a pilot study. Proc. Annual Scientific Meeting, Queensland Hand Surgery Society, Gold Coast, Australia

Sparks, D.S; et al. (2016) Vascularised bone transfer: history, blood supply and contemporary problems. Proc. Annual Scientific Conference, RACS, Brisbane, Australia.

Sparks, D.S; et al. (2015) Axial Vascularisation Strategies For Biodegradable Scaffolds In Bone Reconstruction: Structured Review And An Innovative Approach For Long Bone Reconstruction. Proc. Annual Scientific Conference, RACS, Perth, Australia.