Prof. Thomas Okpoti Konney

Associate Professor

Dept: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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    JOURNAL ARTICLES

    1. Bell SG, Konney TO, Appiah-Kubi A, Tawiah A, Amo-Antwi K, Annan JJK, Lawrence ER, Lieberman R, Johnston C. (2021) Two rare presentations of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the cervix in teenagers at a low-resource teaching hospital in Ghana: A case series. Gynecologic oncology reports Volume 36, May 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2021.100750
    2. COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative*, Konney TO. (2021) SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study BJS, 2021, 1–8 https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab101
    3. COVIDSurg Collaborative and GlobalSurg Collaborative, Konney TO. (2021). Timing of surgery following SARS-CoV-2 infection: An International Prospective Cohort Study. Anaesthesia 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15458
    4. Sundar SS, Leung E, Khan T, Glasbey J, Abu-Rustum N, Chiva LM, Fagotti A, Fujiwara K, Ghebre R, Gultekin M, Konney TO, Ng J, Pareja R, Seenivasagam RK, Sehouli J, Shylasree TS, Bhangu A, Fotopoulou C, Covidsurg Cancer Collaborators. (2020) 594?Impact of the covid pandemic on gynaecological cancer surgery – results from the covidsurg gynaecological cancer international study. International Journal of Gynecologic Cancer 2020;30:A123-A124.
    5. Erem AS, Konney TO, Appiah-Kubi A, Ankomah K, Amankwa AT, Annan JJK, Tawiah A, Amoako-Adjei BK, Lartey KF, Lawrence ER. (2020) Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the Management of Diagnostic Uncertainty in Low-Resource Settings: A Case Report of Cesarean Ectopic Pregnancy in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana. Am J Case Rep 2020; 21: e927496: DOI: https://doi.org/10.12659/AJCR.927496.
    6. COVIDSurg Collaborative*, Konney TO (International cancer lead (Gynaecology). (2020) Preoperative nasopharyngeal swab testing and postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective surgery during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. British Journal of Surgery, 2020, 00, 1–9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaa051.
    7. COVIDSurg Collaborative. Konney TO (International cancer lead (Gynaecology). (2020) Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection Br J Surg. 2020 Sep 25:10.1002/bjs.12050. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.12050 Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32974904; PMCID: PMC7537063.
    8. James C. Glasbey JC, Bhangu A, on behalf of the COVIDSurg Collaborative, Konney TO (International cancer lead (Gynaecology) (2020) Elective Cancer Surgery in COVID-19–Free Surgical Pathways During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: An International, Multicenter, Comparative Cohort Study. J Clin Oncol DOI: https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.20.01933
    9. Erem AS, Appiah-Kubi A, Konney TO, Amo-Antwi K, Bell SG, Johnson TRB, Johnston C, Tawiah Odoi AT and Lawrence ER (2020) Gynecologic Oncology Sub-Specialty Training in Ghana: A Model for Sustainable Impact on Gynecologic Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa. Front. Public Health 8:603391. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.603391.
    10. Lawrence ER, Appiah-Kubi A, Konney TO, Bell SG, Tawiah A, Compton SD. (2020) Preferences and perspectives on vaginal breech delivery in Ghana. Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2020;00:1–8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ ijgo.13478.
    11. Annan JJK, Konney TO, Asubonteng GO, Awortwi WS. (2020) Two-year surgical review of elective hysterectomy for non-oncological indications: experience from a tertiary centre. Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Nov;9(11):4403-4409. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20204465.
    12. Joseph Yorke, Francis Akwaw Yamoah, Ronald Awoonor-Williams, Konney TO, Emmanuel Acheampong, Ernest Adjei, Kwabena Acheamfour Ababio, Daniel Gyawu Anin, Dennis Afful-Yorke, Freda Manu Aidoo, Claudia Gyamfua Assim, Frank Enoch Gyamfi, Raphael Owusu Sekyere Assim, Saabea Owusu Konadu, David Elikplim Kuwornu, and Emmanuella Nsenbah Acheampong. (2020) Familial adenomatous polyposis: a case study. Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2020;1–3 doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa367 Case Report
    13. Joseph Yorke, Frank Enoch Gyamfi, Ronald Awoonor-Williams, Ebenezer Osei-Akoto, Emmanuel Acheampong, Emmanuella Nsenbah Acheampong, Michael Ofoe Adinku, Francis Akwaw Yamoah, Konney TO, Ernest Adjei, Edward Amoah Boateng, Charles Kofi Dally, Kwabena Acheamfour Ababio, Dennis Afful-Yorke, and Dorcas Ahulu (2020). Acute gastric necrosis in a teenager. Case reports in surgery. Volume 202. Article ID 8882179.  https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8882179
    14. Annan JJ, Asubonteng GO, Konney TO, Reindorf RL. (2020). Experience with diagnostic laparoscopy for gynaecological indications. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 6(2), 239-244.
    15. Annan JJK, Asubonteng GO, Konney TO. (2020). Experience with Diagnostic Laparoscopy in the Evaluation of Tubal Factor Infertility. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,10, 688-697.https://doi.org/10.4236/ojog.2020.1050062
    16. Appiah-Kubi A, Konney TO, Gyanteh YO, Lawrence E, Johnston C. (2019). Bilateral torsion of ovarian dermoid cyst in an 18-year-old nulligravida-A case report. Int J for case reports 2019; Vol 3, No 1:3:7
    17. Konney TO, Johnston C, Amo-Antwi K, Appiah-Kubi A, Tawiah A, Antwi-Kusi A, Bonsu EO, Odoi AT. (2019). Stage IB2 invasive cervical cancer diagnosed at 20 weeks gestation: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by caesarean radical hysterectomy at term and chemoradiation: report of a case. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2019; 29(Suppl 3): A82.1-A82
    18. Sienko KH, Young MY, Kaufmann ES, Obed SO, Danso KA, Opare-Addo HS, Odoi AT, Turpin CA, Konney TO, Abebe Z, Mohedas I, Huang-Saad A and Johnson TRB. (2018). Global Health Design: Clinical Immersion, Opportunity Identification and Definition, and Design Experiences. Int Journal of Engineering Education 2018; 34 (2): 780-800.
    19. Titiloye NA, Duduyemi BM, Asiamah EA, Okai I, Ossei PPS, O. Konney, Fefemwole PK. (2018). Total abdominal hysterectomy in a Tertiary Hospital in Kumasi: Indication, Histopathological Findings and Clinicopathological Correlation. Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences. 2018; 7(1): 22–28.
    20. CORONIS Follow-up study collaborators* Konney TO. (2016). Caesarean section surgical techniques: 3-year follow-up of the CORONIS fractional, factorial, unmasked, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2016; 388: 62–72.
    21. Laryea D O, Awuah B, Amoako Y A, Osei-Bonsu E, Dogbe J, Larsen-Reindorf R, Ansong D, Yeboah-Awudzi K,Oppong J K, Konney T O, Boadu K O, Nguah S B, Titiloye N A, Frimpong N O, Awittor F K, Martin I K. (2014). Cancer incidence in Ghana, 2012: evidence from population-based cancer registry. BMC Cancer 2014, 14:362
    22. Sarvestani AS, Konney TO, Sienko KH. (2013). Development of culturally appropriate pictorial cards to facilitate maternal health histories and referral decision in rural Ghana. Int J Gynecol Obstet 2013,123(3):244-245.
    23. CORONIS Collaborative Group investigators* Konney TO. Caesarean section techniques (CORONIS): a fractional, factorial, unmasked, randomized controlled trial. Lancet 2013; 382:234-48.
    24. Kwawununu FK, Morhe ESK, Konney TO. Trends in maternal mortality at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, between 1998 and 2007. (2012). Int J Gynecol Obstet. 2012; 117(2):183-184.
    25. Konney TO, Danso KA, Odoi AT, Opare Addo HS, Morhe ESK. (2009). Attitude of women with abortion related complications towards provision of safe abortion services in Ghana. J Womens Health. 2009; 18 (11):1863-66.

    CONTRIBUTION IN BOOK CHAPTERS

    1. T. O. Konney, E. Y Kwawukume, E. K Srofenyo. Premalignant lesions of the Female Genital Tract. Comprehensive Gynaecology in the Tropics.2nd Edition. Eds E. Y Kwawukume, B. A Ekele, K. A Danso, E. E Emuveyan ISBN -9988-0-0889-9. Second Edition 2017.  543-564
    2. T. O. Konney, C. A Klufio. Epithelial Ovarian Cancers. Comprehensive Gynaecology in the Tropics. 2nd Edition. Eds E. Y Kwawukume, B. A Ekele, K. A Danso, E. E Emuveyan. ISBN -9988-0-0889-9. Second Edition 2017. 605-634
    1. Boamah Mensah AB,Konney TO, Adankwah E, Amuasi J, Nones M, Okyere J, Okyere J, Boadu KO, Eduah FEE, Xiong S, Moon JR,Virnig B, Kulasingam (2025) Perceptions of barriers and facilitators for cervical cancer screening from women and healthcare workers in Ghana: Applying the Dynamic Sustainability Framework. PLOS Glob Public Health 5(4): e0003011. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003011

     

    1. BajwaA, Chidebe RCW, Adams T, Funston G, Soerjomataram I, Adel RCRRS, Phan N, Kaidarova D, Bolatbekova R, Refky B, Noll F, Eiken M, Origa M, Mukhopadhyay A, Nasser S, Lau I, Konney T, Shaffi AF, Makondi PT, Reid (2025)Challenges and Opportunities in Ovarian Cancer Care: A Qualitative Study of Clinician Perspectives from 24 Low- Middle-Income Countries. Journal of Cancer Policy. Available online 7 April 2025, Page 100582 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2025.100582

     

    1. Nartey Y, Amo-AntwiK, Osei-Ntiamoah B, Hill PC , Dassah ET, Asmah RH, Nyarko KM, Agambire R, Konney TO, Yarney J, Damale N, Cox B (2025). Knowledge of Human Papillomavirus, RiskFactors and Screening for Cervical CancerAmong Women in Ghana(2025)Cancer Control Volume 32: 1–8. doi: 1177/10732748251323765  

     

     

    1. Kaba G, Stevenson A, Sakyi SA, Konney TO, Titiloye NA, Oppong SA, Amo-Antwi K, Agyemang-Yeboah F, Cuschieri K, Graham SV. (2024). Analysis of Human Papillomavirus-HPV-18 and HPV-45 Type-specific variants in a contemporary cohort of individuals with cervical disease in Ghana. Ghana Med J 2024; 58(4): 311-321 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v58i4.9

     

    1. Damalie FJMK, Senaya CM, Dassah ET, Konney TO, Ameyaw E, Larsen-Reindorf R, Asubonteng GO. (2024) Double cervical cerclage for cervical insufficiency: Case report. Afr J Reprod Health 2024; 28 [6]: 117-125). DOI: 10.29063/ajrh2024/v28i6.12

     

    1. NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. STARSurg Collaborative. Konney TO. (2024). A prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts.2024DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(24)00065-7
    2. Merrell KW, Konney, TO, Acheamfour O, Lucido J, AdusePoku AY, Kumar R, Ansah MB, Amankwa AT, Shumway D, Awittor FK, BaduPeprah A, Lionel AA, Fonkoua K, Hendrickson AEW, Boakye E, Adjei EK, Kyei I, Kemper K, Rank M, Peethambaram PP, Spangenberg K, Sorenson K, Hearrold M, Garda A, Graham R, Lang K, Adom J, Achiaa R, Jakub J, Dwobeng BA, OseiBonsu E, Camacho R, Addison ECDK. (2024). Participant Evaluation of a Multi-disciplinary Oncology Preceptorship Training Program for Oncology Health Professionals from Kumasi, Ghana. J Canc Educ(2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13187-024-02417-w

     

    1. Nartey Y, Amo-Antwi A, Hill PC, Dassah ET, Asmah RH, Nyarko KM, Agambire R, Konney TO, Yarney J, Damale N, Cox B. (2024).  Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer in Ghana. Cancer Reports, 2024; 7:e2124 https://doi.org/10.1002/cnr2.2124.

     

    1. Louis LA, Appiah-Kubi A, Owusu-Antwi R, Konney TO, Moyer CA, Lawrence ER (2024) “Nobody gave me information”: Hospital experiences of Ghanaian families after maternal mortalities. AJOG Global Reports, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2024, 100358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xagr.2024.100358.

     

    1. Kaba G, Stevenson A, Sakyi SA, Konney TO, Bhatia R, Titiloye NA, Oppong SA, Agyemang-Yeboah F, Cuschieri K, Graham SV. (2023). Diversity of cervicovaginal human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes and naturally occurring E6/E7 DNA polymorphisms of HPV-16 in Ghana. Tumour Virus Research 15 (2023) 200261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvr.2023.200261

     

    1. Zurales KR, Appiah?Kubi A, Bell SG, Konney TO, Tawiah A, Kobernik EK, Lawrence ER. (2023) Attitudes and knowledge about HPV vaccination among Ghanaian women with cervical cancer. Reprod Female Child Health. 2023;1?8. https://doi:10.1002/rfc2.24
    2. Amo-Antwi K, Dassah ET, Konney TO, Opoku BK, Ankobea F, Lawrence E, Agambire R, Appiah-Kubi A, Tawiah A. (2023) A Comparison of Two Dosing Regimens of Misoprostol in Labour Induction: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana, 12(1), 13–19. Retrieved from https://journal.gcps.edu.gh/index.php/pmjg/article/view/308

     

    1. Nartey Y, Amo-Antwi K, Hill PC, Dassah ET, Asmah RH, Nyarko KM, Agambire R, Konney TO, Yarney J, Damale N, Cox B. (2023) Human papillomavirus genotype distribution among women with and without cervical cancer: Implication for vaccination and screening in Ghana. PLoS ONE 18(1): e0280437. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280437

     

    1. NIHR Global Health Unit on Global Surgery*, COVIDSurg Collaborative* Konney TO(2022). Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries. Published: October 31, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01846-3

     

    1. Lawrence ER, Bell SG, Appiah-Kubi A, Konney TO, Tawiah A, Lori J, Compton SD (2022). Attitudes, experiences, and training on comprehensive abortion care: A nationwide survey of trainee physicians in Ghana. Afr J Reprod Health 2022; 26[9]: 21-30. DOI: 10.29063/ajrh2022/v26i9.3

     

    1. Lawrence ER, Appiah?Kubi A, Hannah R. Lawrence HR, Lui MY, Owusu?Antwi R, Konney TO, Moyer CA. (2022). “There is no joy in the family anymore”: A mixed-methods study on the experience and impact of maternal mortality on families in Ghana. (2022) BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2022) 22:683 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05006-1

     

    1. APORG Caesarean Delivery Haemorrhage Group, Konney TO(2022) Identifying interventions to reduce peripartum haemorrhage associated with caesarean delivery in Africa: A Delphi consensus study. PLOS Glob Public Health 2(8): e0000455. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000455 

     

    1. Appiah-Kubi A, Konney TO, Amo-Antwi A, Tawiah A, Nti MK, Ankobea-Kokroe F, Bell SG, Appiah-Kubi PK, Johnston C, Lawrence ER. (2022). Factors associated with late-stage presentation of cervical cancer in Ghana. Ghana Med J 2022; 56(2): 86-94 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v56i2.5

     

    1. Fotopoulou C, Khan T, Bracinik J, Glasbey J, Abu-Rustum N, Chiva L, Fagotti A, Fujiwara K, Ghebre R, Gutelkin M, Konney TO, Ng J, Pareja R, Seenivasagam RK, Sehouli J, Shylasree T, Surappa S, Bhangu A, Leung E, Sundar S, On behalf of the CovidSurg Gynecological Cancer Collaborators (2022). Outcomes of gynecologic cancer surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international, multicenter, prospective CovidSurg-Gynecologic Oncology Cancer study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022; XX:x.exex. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2022.06.052

     

    1. Bell SG, Appiah-Kubi A, Konney TO, Tawiah A, Yost S, Kobernik EK, Lawrence ER. (2022). Barriers to adequate pain control among women with cervical cancer: exploring unmet pain control needs in Ghana. Am J Obstet Gynecol Glob Rep.  2(3), 2002; 100065 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xagr.2022.100065

     

    1. Amo-Antwi K, Agambire R, Konney TO, Nguah SB, Dassah ET, Nartey Y, Appiah-Kubi A, Tawiah A, Tannor EK, Peprah A, Ansah MB, Sam D, Akakpo PK, Ankobea F, Djokoto M, Idun MYK, Opare-Addo HS, Opoku BK, Odoi AT, Johnston C. (2022) Health-related quality of life among cervical cancer survivors at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. PLOS ONE 17(6): e0268831. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268831

     

    1. Lawrence ER, Lawrence HR, Appiah-Kubi A, Owusu-Antwi R, Konney TO. (2022) Assessing and responding to suicide risk in health research in low-resource settings: implementation of a suicide response protocol in Ghana. Global Psychiatry Archives — Vol 5 | Issue 1 | 2022

     

    1. TawiahA, Konney TO, Dassah ET, Visser LE, Amo-Antwi K, Appiah-Kubi A, Sarah GB, Johnston C, Lawrence (2022). Determinants of Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake Among Women with Access to Free Screening: A Community-Based Study in Peri-Urban Ghana.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.14158

     

    1. Ameyaw E, Okyere I, Jibril AT, Ameyaw R, Konney TO, Tuah P. (2022).  Malaria and Urinary Tract Infections among Children Under five Years with Malnutrition at a District Hospital in Ghana. IEM. 2022; 8 (1) URL: http://iem.modares.ac.ir/article-4-56222-en.html

     

    1. Ameyaw, E., Okyere, I., Ameyaw, R., Konney, T O., Ansong, K., Damalie, F., Frimpong, G. (2022) Priapism in a 9-Year-Old Ghanaian Boy with COVID-19: A Case Report. Translational Research in Urology, 2022; (): https://doi.org/10.22034/tru.2022.320740.1094
    2. STARSurg Collaborative and COVIDSurg Collaborative* Konney T O.(2021) Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, British Journal of Surgery, 2021; znab336, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab336

     

    1. COVIDSurg Collaborative* Konney TO. (2021) Effect of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on planned cancer surgery for 15 tumour types in 61 countries: an international, prospective, cohort study. Lancet Oncol 2021 Published Online October 5, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/ S1470-2045(21)00493-9.

     

    1. Amo-Antwi K, Agambire R, Konney TO, Appiah-Kubi A, Ankobea-Kokroe F, Tawiah A, Nti KM, Ulzen-Appiah K, Opoku KB. (2021) Eighteen-Year-Old Nulliparous Woman with Massive Mucinous Cystadenoma in Pregnancy: Case Report. Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 10(2):155-160

      

    1. Vanderpuye VD, Clemenceau JRV, Temin S, Aziz Z, Burke WM, Cevallos NL, Chuang LT, Terence J. Colgan TJ, del Carmen MG, Fujiwara K, Kohn EC, Nogales JEG, Konney TO, Mukhopadhyay A, Paudel BD, T ´ oth I, Wilailak S, Ghebre RG. (2021). Assessment of Adult Women with Ovarian Masses and Treatment of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline;JCO Global Oncology 7 (2021) 1032-1066. https://doi.org/10.1200/GO.21.00085  

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