Submissions from 2016
827: Improving the Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Patient Experience with an ICU Diary Program, Mary C. McCarthy, Cristin Mount, and Sarah Eccleston
Preoperative Incidence of Penile Abnormalities Found During Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision in Swaziland, Anthony R. Oddo, Elizabeth Ruedrich, Christopher Zust, Lindsey Marugg, Echo VanderWal, Rebekah Sartori, and Mary C. McCarthy
The Anatomy of Nursing Interruptions: Who-What-When-Where, Pratik J. Parikh, Nicole Craker, Robert A. Myers, Jessy M. Eid, Priti Parikh, Kathy Zink, and Mary C. McCarthy
Perceptions of Integrated Vascular Surgery Fellowship Graduates among Community Vascular Surgeons, Laura Peterson, Jennifer A. Avise, Matthew Goldman, Jeanette M. Stafford, Justin B. Hurie, Christopher J. Godshall, Matthew Edwards, and Matthew A. Corriere
A Double‐Blind, Double‐Dummy, Flexible‐Design Randomized Multicenter Trial: Early Safety of Single‐ Versus Divided‐Dose Rabbit Anti‐Thymocyte Globulin Induction in Renal Transplantation, R. Brian Stevens, Lucile E. Wrenshall, C. D. Miles, A. C. Farney, T. Jie, J. P. Sandoz, T. H. Rigley, and Osma Gaber
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Statement on Firearm Injuries, Erik Streib, David Blake, A. Britton Christmas, Keith Clancy, Christine Cocanour, Carnell Cooper, Robert P. Driscoll, Alexander L. Eastman, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Richard Gonzales, James G. Hinsdale, Kimberly Joseph, A. Deborah Kuhls, G. Scott Thomas, and Zara Cooper
Mo1388 CT Scan or Physical Exam: Which is a Better Diagnostic Tool for Incarcerated Hernia?, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Ronald J. Markert, and Safoora Choudry
Mo1388 CT Scan or Physical Exam: Which is a Better Diagnostic Tool for Incarcerated Hernia?, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Ronald J. Markert, and Safoora Choudry
Submissions from 2015
2015 CPT Coding Changes will have Mixed Effects on Payment for General Surgeons, Linda M. Barney and Mark T. Savarise
Irreversible Electroporation of Malignant Lesions: An Institution Experience, Benjamin Bates, Minia Hellan, Shannon Kauffman, and James R. Ouellette
Management of Siewert's Type III Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma in a 52 Year Old Female, Adam Bourgon, Minia Hellan, and Rebecca N. Tuttle
Outcomes and Charges Associated with Outpatient Inguinal Hernia Repair According to Method of Anesthesia and Surgical Approach, Adam L. Bourgon, Justin P. Fox, Jonathan M. Saxe, and Randy J. Woods
Exploring Patient Involvement in Decision Making for Vascular Procedures, Matthew A. Corriere, Jennifer A. Avise, Laura Peterson, Jeanette M. Stafford, Douglas Easterling, Derrick S. Boone Sr., Edward Ip, Adam S. Hyde, and Gregory L. Burke
Surgeon and Nonsurgeon Personalities at Different Career Points, Joseph M. Drosdeck, Sylvester N. Osayi, Laura Peterson, Lianbo Yu, Edwin Christopher Ellison, and Peter Muscarella
A Novel Approach using Liquid Embolic Agent for the Treatment of Pancreatic-Cutaneous Fistulas: Report of a Case, Amye M. Farag, Priti Parikh, Tamer Malik, and Shannon L. Kauffman
Evaluation and Management of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury: A Practice Management Guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Nicole Fox, Diane Schwartz, Jose Salazar, Elliott R. Haut, Philipp Dahm, James H. Black, Scott C. Brakenridge, John J. Como, Kimberly M. Hendershot, David R. King, Adrian A. Maung, Matthew L. Moorman, Kimberly Nagy, Laura B. Petrey, Ronald Tesoriero, Thomas M. Scalea, and Timothy Fabian
Dimeric IL-2 Induces Necrosis of Interleukin-2 Receptor Positive Cells, Ramya Ganesan, Prakash Arumugam, Suzanne E. Clabaugh, J. Ashot Kozak, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Robotic Rectal Cancer Resection: A Retrospective Multicenter Analysis, Minia Hellan, James R. Ouellette, Jorge A. Lagares-Garcia, Stephen M. Rauh, Harold L. Kennedy, John D. Nicholson, David Nesbitt, Craig S. Johnson, and Alessio Pigazzi
A Retrospective Single-Center Analysis of Robotic Abdominoperineal Resection, Minia Hellan, James R. Ouellette, and M. Atef Shrit
National Perception of Service and Education During Surgical Training, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Randy J. Woods, Priti Parikh, Melissa L. Whitmill, and Melissa Keller
Post-Operative Follow Up of Traumatic Blunt Aortic Injury Patients Who Undergo TEVAR: 8-Year Experience and a System Analysis of a Level I Trauma Center, Kara M. Joseph, Priti Parikh, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, and Garietta Falls
Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring Detects Ischemic Neuropathy During Hemodialysis Access Surgery, John H. Matsuura
Meeting Increasing Demands for Rural General Surgeons, Mary C. McCarthy, Howard E. Bowers, Damon M. Campbell, Priti Parikh, and Randy J. Woods
Indirect Calorimetry Is Superior to Predictive Equations for Icu Patients with Prolonged Stay, Mary C. McCarthy, Cristin Mount, Janet Fabling, and Christopher Poprawski
Ultrasound-Guided Transrectal Drainage of Deep Pelvic Abscesses in Children: A Modified and Simplified Technique, Janice D. McDaniel, Mark T. Warren, Jeffrey C. Pence, and Elizabeth H. Ey
Right Ventricular-Vascular Coupling in Acute Hemodynamic Stress: A Simple Method of Estimation and Relationship With Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Afterload, Muddassir Mehmood, Robert W. Biederman, Mary C. McCarthy, and Kathryn M. Tchorz
Simulation-Based End-of-Life Care Training during Surgical Clerkship: Assessment of Skills and Perceptions, Priti Parikh, Ronald Brown, Mary T. White, Ronald J. Markert, Rosemary W. Eustace, and Kathryn M. Tchorz
Perceptions of 0+5 Trained Surgeon By Community Vascular Surgeons, Laura Peterson, Jennifer A. Avise, Jeanette M. Stafford, Matthew Goldman, Christopher J. Godshall, Justin B. Hurie, Matthew Edwards, and Matthew A. Corriere
Focusing Quality Improvement Efforts for Hemodialysis Access, Laura Peterson and Matthew A. Corriere
Treatment of Renal Artery Aneurysms, Laura Peterson and Matthew A. Corriere
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Metabolism and the Fate of Grafted Tissues, Jeffrey L. Platt, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Geoffrey B. Johnson, and Marilia Cascalho
Perforated Esophageal Intervention Focus (PERF) Study: A Multi Center Study of Contemporary Treatment, Rob Rice, Joseph J. DuBose, Kamal Khalil, Jonathon Spicer, Luigi Bonavina, Stefano Siboni, Xian Luo-Owen, Sebron Harrison, Chad Ball, John K. Bini, Dan Fortes, Gary Vercruysse, David Skarupa, and Charles Miller
Symptomatic External Carotid Artery Disease, Sean P. Roddy, R. Clement Darling III, and Kamran A. Jafree
A Review of Bariatric Surgery Patients in an Army Community Hospital: A 33 Month Experience with 135 Consecutive Patients, Joon K. Shim and Ryan K. Lehmann
Research Priorities for Multi-Institutional Collaborative Research in Surgical Education, Dimitrios Stefanidis, Amalia Cochran, Nick Sevdalis, John Mellinger, Roy Phitayakorn, Maura Sullivan, and Linda M. Barney
A Randomized 2x2 Factorial Clinical Trial of Renal Transplantation: Steroid-Free Maintenance Immunosuppression with Calcineurin Inhibitor Withdrawal after Six Months Associates with Improved Renal Function and Reduced Chronic Histopathology, R. Brian Stevens, Kirk W. Foster, Clifford D. Miles, Andre C. Kalil, Diana F. Florescu, John P. Sandoz, Theodore H. Rigley, Tamer Malik, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Robotic Surgery Training during Residency: Knowledge and Perception of Residents, Federico Tozzi, Priti Parikh, April Ruffin, Michael L. Galloway, and Minia Hellan
Predicting Academic Performance in Surgical Training, Michael J. Yost, Jeffrey Gardner, Richard McMurtry Bell, Stephen A. Fann, John R. Lisk, William G. Cheadle, Mitchell H. Goldman, Susan Rawn, John A. Weigelt, Paula M. Termuhlen, Randy J. Woods, Erick D. Endean, Joy Kimbrough, and Michael Hulme
Zone 2 TEVAR With Carotid Subclavian Bypass: Do We Need Alternative Solutions, Nicholas Zacharias, Manish Mehta, Kamran A. Jafree, Philip S. K. Paty, Humayun Bhaghtwar, Paul Feustel, and Krishna Martinez-Singh
Predicting 30-day Hospital Readmission with Publicly Available Administrative Database: A Conditional Logistic Regression Modeling Approach, K. Zhu, Z. Lou, J. Zhou, Nicholas A. Ballester, N. Kong, and Priti Parikh
Submissions from 2014
Exploring Patient Involvement in Decision Making for Vascular Procedures, Jennifer A. Avise, Laura Peterson, Jeanette M. Stafford, Derrick S. Boone Sr., Douglas Easterling, Gregory L. Burke, and Matthew A. Corriere
2014 Fee Schedule and CPT Code Changes will Affect Surgical Practice, Linda M. Barney, Sana Gokak, Jenny Jackson, Mark T. Savarise, Jill Sage, and Vinita M. Ollapally
Frequently Asked Questions about Coding for Breast Surgery, Linda M. Barney, Mark T. Savarise, and Eric Whitacre
Predictive Factors and Models for Trauma Patient Disposition, Ronald Beaulieu, Mary C. McCarthy, Ronald J. Markert, Pratick J. Parikh, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, and Priti Parikh
Traumatic Axillary Artery Pseudoaneurysm Treated with Intravascular Balloon Occlusion and Percutaneous Thrombin Injection, Maria Carratola, Priti Parikh, Kathryn M. Tchorz, and Shannon Kauffman
A Retrospective Review in Operative Interventions and Outcomes of the Magellan Robotic Endovascular Catheter, Mirnal Chaudhary, Jayne Miely, and John H. Matsuura
Successful Placement of Intracranial Pressure Monitors by Trauma Surgeons, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Sadia Ilyas, Jonathan M. Saxe, Melissa L. Whitmill, Priti Parikh, Jeffrey S. Schweitzer, and Mary C. McCarthy
The Prevalence of Positive Drug and Alcohol Screens in Elderly Trauma Patients, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Priti Parikh, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Randy J. Woods, Andrew Hawk, and Mary C. McCarthy
The Influence of Fluorescence Imaging on the Location of Bowel Transection during Robotic Left-Sided Colorectal Surgery, Minia Hellan, Giuseppe Spinoglio, Alessio Pigazzi, and Jorge A. Lagares-Garcia
2014 APDS Spring Meeting: Service vs Education: Situational and Perceptional Differences in Surgery Residency, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Randy J. Woods, Priti Parikh, Melissa L. Whitmill, and Mary Runkle
Wound Healing in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Current and Future Therapy, Jon C. Henry, Laura Peterson, Richard E. Schlanger, Michael R. Go, Chandan K. Sen, and Robert S.D. Higgins
Branching Simulation Designs for Virtual Patients, Kira S. King, Rosalyn P. Scott, Mary E. Davidson, and Edward Bope
Integrating Instructional Strategies with Thick Narrative Branching Simulations, Kira S. King, Rosalyn P. Scott, Mary E. Davis, and Edward Bope
Re: Nonsuperiority does not Imply Equivalence, Ronald J. Markert and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Using Indirect Calorimetry Data to Assess the Impact of Sedatives on REE in the ICU, Mary C. McCarthy, Janet Fabling, Christopher Poprawski, and Cristin Mount
Pulmonary Arterial Capacitance and Pulmonary Vascular Resistance are Inversely Related and May Predict Mortality in Critically Ill Mechanically Ventilated Surgical Patients, Muddassir Mehmood, Ronald J. Markert, Mukul S. Chandra, Mary C. McCarthy, and Kathryn M. Tchorz
Relevance of Pulmonary Arterial Capacitance in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Trauma and Surgical Patients, Muddassir Mehmood, Ronald J. Markert, Mukul S. Chandra, Mary C. McCarthy, and Kathryn M. Tchorz
Scheduling of Advance Practice Providers at Level 1 Trauma Centers, Robert A. Myers, Priti Parikh, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Elizabeth Denlinger, and Mary C. McCarthy
Scheduling of Midlevel Providers at Level I Trauma Centers, Robert A. Myers, Priti Parikh, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Elizabeth Denlinger, and Mary C. McCarthy
SDHB Gene Mutation in a Carotid Body Paraganglioma: Case Report and Review of the Paraganglioma Syndromes, Laura Peterson, Maria Litzendorf, Matthew D. Ringel, and Patrick S. Vaccaro
Management of Upper Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis in a Hospice Patient, Mary Runkle, Priti Parikh, and Garietta Falls
The Competencies Working Group Update: The Performance Framework, Rosalyn P. Scott
Optimally Applying a Full Range of Simulation Modalities to Experienced Healthcare Providers Across a VHA Vertically Integrated Service Network, Rosalyn P. Scott and Michael Stogsdill
Complications of Biliary Tract Surgery and Trauma, Mary F. Stuever and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
The Geriatric Trauma Team: A Novel Approach to Caring for Elderly Trauma Patients, Mary F. Stuever, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Priti Parikh, A. Russeau, Mary C. McCarthy, and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Hospital-Based, Acute Care Encounters After RadioFrequency Ablation of Hepatic Tumours, Rebecca Tuttle, Justin P. Fox, James R. Ouellette, and Minia Hellan
Identification of a Cytotoxic Form of Dimeric Interleukin-2 in Murine Tissues, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Suzanne E. Clabaugh, David R. Cool, Prakash Arumugam, William C. Grunwald Jr., Deandra R. Smith, Gino C. Liu, and John D. Miller
Submissions from 2013
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS®): The Ninth Edition, ATLS Subcommittee, American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma, International ATLS working group, and Kathryn M. Tchorz
Pay for Reporting to Pay for Performance, Linda M. Barney
Surgeons and Bundled Payment Models-Primer on Understanding Alternative Physician Payment Models, Linda M. Barney
Coding for Damage-Control Surgery, Linda M. Barney, Jenny Jackson, Charles D. Mabry, Mark T. Savarise, and Christopher K. Senkowski
2013 Payment Policy and Coding Changes Affecting Surgical Practice, Linda M. Barney, Jenny Jackson, Vinita M. Ollapally, and Mark T. Savarise
Documentation of Services Provided in the Postoperative Global Period, Linda M. Barney, Jenny Jackson, Vinita M. Ollapally, Mark T. Savarise, and Christopher K. Senkowski
Early Prediction of Trauma Patient Discharge Disposition, Ronald Beaulieu, Priti Parikh, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Ronald J. Markert, and Mary C. McCarthy
Needle Decompression of Tension Pneumothorax is our Education of the Prehospital Provider Adequate?, D. Z. Buchanan, Kathleen M. Dominguez, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Randy J. Woods, Mary C. McCarthy, Elizabeth Denlinger, and Jonathan M. Saxe
Intentional Foreign Object Ingestions: Need for Endoscopy and Surgery, Poorvi P. Dalal, Andrew J. Otey, Emily A. McGonagle, Melissa L. Whitmill, Edward J. Levine, Ryan L. McKimmie, Alicia C. Thomas, Charles H. Cook, Thomas J. Papadimos, Thomas E. Reilley, Sergio D. Bergese, Steven M. Steinberg, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, and David C. Evans
Heparan Sulfate-Bound Dimeric IL-2: A Potential Mediator of Renal Ischemic Injury, Lauren A. Dixon, John D. Miller, Suzanne E. Clabaugh, Gino C. Liu, Mary F. Stuever, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Is Routine Tube Thoracostomy Necessary after Prehospital Needle Decompression for Tension Pneumothorax?, Kathleen M. Dominguez, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Randy J. Woods, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Jonathan M. Saxe, and Mary C. McCarthy
The Okada Syndrome: Menace of Motorcycle Taxis in Developing Countries, Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Pilot Evaluation of the Short Term Effect of Driving Simulation on Novice Adolescent Drivers, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Dustin Bayham, Kyle Herman, Ronald J. Markert, and Mary C. McCarthy
Pilot Evaluation of the Short-term Effect of Driving Simulation on Novice Adolescent Drivers, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Kyle Herman, Dustin Bayham, Ronald J. Markert, Michael J. Pedoto, and Mary C. McCarthy
Complications Arising From Splenic Embolization: A Review of an 11 year Experience, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Shaden Z. Khalaf, Sadia Ilyas, Shannon L. Kauffman, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, and Mary C. McCarthy
All-Terrain Vehicle Injuries: A Comparison with Motorcycle Injuries, Christopher A. Heid, Ronald J. Markert, Priti Parikh, and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Injury Patterns Following All-Terrain Vehicle Crashes, C. Heid, Ronald J. Markert, and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Mesenteric Fibromatosis: Case Report, Phillip B. Heyse, Ashlee E. Moore, and Kimberly M. Hendershot
Placement of Intracranial Bolt Monitors by Trauma Surgeons – A 6 year Review, Sadia Ilyas, Jonathan M. Saxe, Melissa L. Whitmill, Priti Parikh, Mary C. McCarthy, and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Cell Saver Blood Decreases Mortality without an Increased Need for Fresh Frozen Plasma in Patients who Require Massive Transfusions. Do We Have the Ration Right?, Edahn J. Isaak, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Colleen Slapak, Mary C. McCarthy, and Jonathan M. Saxe
Impact of Early Methadone Initiation in Critically Injured Burn Patients: A Pilot Study, Morgan G. Jones, Kyle Porter, Rebecca Coffey, Sidney Miller, Charles H. Cook, Melissa L. Whitmill, and Claire V. Murphy
Sex, Race, and the Development of Acute Lung Injury, L. B. Lemos-Filho, M. E. Mikkelsen, G. S. Martin, O. Dabbagh, A. Adesanya, N. Gentile, A. Esper, O. Gajic, M. N. Gong, US Critical Illiness and Injury Trials Group: Lung and Injury Prevention Study Investigators (USCIITG-LIPS), and Kathryn M. Tchorz
Cardiac Power Output in Critically Ill Surgical Patients: A Simultaneous Pulmonary Artery Catheterization and Transthoracic Echocardiography Study, Muddassir Mehmood, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Ronald J. Markert, Mukul S. Chandra, and Mary C. McCarthy
Estimation of Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Surgical Patients: Investigation of Tissue Doppler Imaging and Proposal of a Novel Echocardiographic Method, Muddassir Mehmood, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Ronald J. Markert, Mukul S. Chandra, and Mary C. McCarthy
Mean Pulmonary Artery Pressure: A Novel Method of Estimation and Association with Mortality in Critically Ill Surgical Patients Undergoing Bedside Right Heart Catheterization and Doppler Echocardiography, Muddassir Mehmood, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Ronald J. Markert, Mukul S. Chandra, and Mary C. McCarthy
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance: A Novel Method of Non-Invasive Estimation and Association with Mortality in Critically ill Surgical Patients, Muddassir Mehmood, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Ronald J. Markert, Mukul S. Chandra, and Mary C. McCarthy
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance: A Novel Method of Non-Invasive Estimation and Association with Mortality in Critically Ill Surgical Patients, Muddassir Mehmood, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Ronald J. Markert, Mukul S. Chandra, and Mary C. McCarthy
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance: A Novel Method of Non-Invasive Estimation and Association with Mortality in Critically ill Surgical Patients, Muddassir Mehmood, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Ronald J. Markert, Mukul S. Chandra, and Mary C. McCarthy
Cardiac Power Output in Critically Ill Surgical Patients: A Simultaneous Pulmonary Artery Catheterization and Transthoracic Echocardiography Study, Muddassir Mehmood, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Michael P. Markey, Mukul S. Chandra, and Mary C. McCarthy
Axillary Arterial Entrapment and Brachial Plexus Injury Due to Proximal Humeral Fracture, Denada Sharra Palm, Priti Parikh, Brandi Schoonover, Damian Lebamoff, and Mary C. McCarthy
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Priti Parikh
Removal of a Retained Fragment of a Ventriculo-Gallbladder Shunt in the Common Bile Duct, Priti Parikh, Maria C. Carratola, and Tamer Malik
Hemodialysis Access: Initial Considerations and the Difficult Patient, Laura Peterson, Maria Litzendorf, Hooman Khabiri, and Stanislaw P. Stawicki
