Submissions from 2010
The Use of Preoperative Abdominal CT in the Diagnosis of Pesumed Appendicitis: Help or Hindrance?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Benjamin Monson, Curtis J. Wozniak, Mary C. McCarthy, and A. Little
The Prevalence of Incidental Findings on Abdominal Computed Tomography Scans of Trauma Patients, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Erin Brigham, Randy J. Woods, and Mary C. McCarthy
Comorbidity-Polypharmacy Scoring may Improve Outcome Prediction in Older Trauma Patients, David C. Evans, Charles H. Cook, Johathan M. Christy, Claire V. Murphy, Anthony T. Gerlach, David E. Lindsey, Melissa L. Whitmill, Paul R. Beery, Steven M. Steinberg, and Stanislaw P. Stawicki
Appendicitis: When Simple Becomes not so Simple, Elizabeth H. Ey and Jeffrey C. Pence
Recurrence of a Popliteal Venous Aneurysm, Garietta Falls and Mohammad H. Eslami
Incidental Lymphoma during Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer, Justin P. Fox, Valerie P. Grignol, P. Cheng, Roxane Weighall, James R. Ouellette, Minia Hellan, Y. Dowdy, and Paula M. Termuhlen
Melanoma Pathology in the Community Setting: Are We Meeting the NCCN Minimum Reporting Criteria?, Justin P. Fox, A. Loeb, James R. Ouellette, Paula M. Termuhlen, and Minia Hellan
Open Versus Laparoscopic Liver Resection: Looking Beyond the Immediate Post-Operative Period, Justin P. Fox, Thavam Thambi-Pillai, Minia Hellan, and James R. Ouellette
Self-Reported Attitudes and Behaviors of General Surgery Residents about Ethical Academic Practices in Test Taking, Valerie P. Grignol, Alyssa J. Gans, Branyan A. Booth, Ronald J. Markert, and Paula M. Termuhlen
Self-Reported Attitudes and Behaviors of General Surgery Residents About Ethical Practices in Academic Test-Taking, Valerie P. Grignol, Alyssa J. Gans, Branyan A. Booth, Ronald J. Markert, and Paula M. Termuhlen
Substance Addition and Gastrointestinal Malignancy, Jason Hedrick and James R. Ouellette
Two Methods of Hemodynamic and Volume Status Assesment in Critically Ill Patients: A Study of Disagreements, James M. Howard, Daniel Eiferman, David C. Evans, Jennifer Gerckens, David P. Bahner, Steven M. Steinberg, Paul R. Beery, Melissa L. Whitmill, Charles H. Cook, and Stanislaw P. Stawicki
Vitamin D and PTH May Be Unrecognized Contributors to Vascular Disease Disparities in Minority Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Kidney Transplant Recipients, Terica Hudson, Jennifer L. Larson, Jillian Witte, Elizabeth Lyden, Fang Yu, Urmilla Mukherjee, R. Brian Stevens, and Gerald Groggel
The Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism at a Level 1 Trauma Center, Brent Izu and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
YPEL3, a p53-Regulated Gene that Induces Cellular Senescence, Kevin D. Kelley, Kelly L. R. Miller, Amber Todd, Amy R. Kelley, Rebecca Tuttle, and Steven J. Berberich
Addictive Disorders in Trauma Center Patients, Mary C. McCarthy and Kathryn M. Tchorz
HdmX Overexpression Inhibits Oncogene Induced Cellular Senescence, Kelly L. R. Miller, Kevin Kelley, Rebecca Tuttle, and Steven J. Berberich
Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Retroperitoneum, James R. Ouellette, F. F. Amersi, D. V. Cossman, and Allan W. Silberman
Mothers With Positive or Negative Depression Screens Evaluate a Maternal Resource Guide, John M. Pascoe, Miryoung Lee, Sandra L. Specht, Caroline I. McNicholas, William Spears, Alyssa J. Gans, and Amy M. Heneghan
A Primer on the Pediatric Hernia, Jeffrey C. Pence
A Neoadjuvant Strategy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Increases the Likelihood of Receiving all Components of Care: Lessons from a Single-Institution Database, May Piperdi, Theodore P. McDade, Joon K. Shim, Bilal Piperdi, Sidney P. Kadish, Mary E. Sullivan, Giles F. Whalen, and Jennifer F. Tseng
A Review of the Surgical Treatment Options for the Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome Patient, David B. Powers, Patrick F. Allen, Curtis J. Hayes, and Peter G. Michaelson
Diffuse Infantile Hemangiomatosis of the Ileum Presenting with Multiple Perforations: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Anita B. Rao, Jeffrey C. Pence, and David L. Mirkin
Portable Ultrasonography in Mass Casualty Incidents: The CAVEAT Examination, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, James M. Howard, John P. Pryor, David P. Bahner, Melissa L. Whitmill, and Anthony J. Dean
The Glucogram: A New Quantitative Tool for Glycemic Analysis in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, D. Schuster, J. F. Liu, J. Kamal, Anthony T. Gerlach, Melissa L. Whitmill, David E. Lindsey, Y. M. Thomas, C. Murphy, Steven M. Steinberg, and Charles H. Cook
Reduced Patient Mortality and Infectious Complications, and Superior Graft Function, in Renal Transplant Patients after Single-Dose RATG Induction; 5-Year Data from a Prospective, Randomized Trial, R. Brian Stevens, Andre C. Kalil, Clifford D. Miles, Diana I. Florescu, James T. Lane, Anna J. Skorupa, Theodore H. Rigley, Jill Y. Skorupa, John P. Sandoz, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Anna M. Kellogg, Nicole R. Miller, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Single-Dose Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (rATG) Induction Reduces Tubular Injury after Renal Transplantation, Resulting in Superior Renal Function, Serum Mg++ Retention, and Glucose Regulation, R. Brian Stevens, James T. Lane, Brian P. Boerner, Clifford D. Miles, Theodore H. Rigley, John P. Sandoz, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Jill Y. Skorupa, Anna J. Skorupa, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Calcineurin-Inhibitor Withdrawal vs. Minimization after Kidney Transplantation Is Safe but Does Not Improve Renal Function; 5-Year Results of a Prospective, Randomized Trial, R. Brian Stevens, Jill Y. Skorupa, Theodore H. Rigley, John P. Sandoz, Anna M. Kellogg, Nicole R. Miller, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Clifford D. Miles, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Ultrasound-Guided Drainage Procedures for the Intensivist, Kathryn M. Tchorz
YPEL3, a Novel Inducer of Senescence, is Inhibited by Estrogen in ER+ Mammary Tumor Cells, Rebecca Tuttle, Kelly L. R. Miller, Paula M. Termuhlen, and Steven J. Berberich
Submissions from 2009
Current Procedural Terminology: Changes for 2009, Albert Bothe, Linda M. Barney, and Debra Mariani
Does Platelet Administration Affect Mortality in Elderly Head-Injured Patients Taking Antiplatelet Medications?, Douglas M. Downey, Benjamin Monson, Karyn L. Butler, Gerald R. Fortuna, Jonathan M. Saxe, James P. Dolan, Ronald J. Markert, and Mary C. McCarthy
The Impact of Splenic Artery Embolization on the Management of Splenic Trauma: An 8-year Review, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Brent Izu, Mark Ryan, and Mary C. McCarthy
Extracorporeal Versus Intracorporeal Anastomosis for Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy, Minia Hellan, Casandra Anderson, and Alessio Pigazzi
Totally Robotic Low Anterior Resection with Total Mesorectal Excision and Splenic Flexure Mobilization, Minia Hellan, Hubert Stein, and Alessio Pigazzi
Missed Surgical Intensive Care Unit Billing: Potential Financial Impact of 24/7 Faculty Presence, Kimberly M. Hendershot, John P. Bollins, Scott B. Armen, Yalaunda M. Thomas, Steven M. Steinberg, and Charles H. Cook
Correlation of Cardiac Output as Measured by Arterial Waveform Analysis Versus Continuous Cardiac Output Pulmonary Artery Catheter, James Howard, Jennifer Gerckens, Cecilia Wang, Amy M. Jarvis, Brian Porshinsky, Charles H. Cook, Melissa L. Whitmill, David E. Lindsey, Steven M. Steinberg, and Stanislaw P. Stawicki
Diverticular Disease of the Colon, Brent Izu and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Impact of Splenic Injury Guidelines on Hospital Stay and Charges in Patients with Isolated Splenic Injury, Brent Izu, Mark Ryan, Ronald J. Markert, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, and Mary C. McCarthy
Diastolic Blood Pressure is Lower in Kidney Transplant Recipients that Experience Carotid Intima Media Thickness Progression, Jennifer Larsen, Jillian Witte, Terica Hudson, Elisabeth Lyden, Fang Yu, Gerald Groggel, and R. Brian Stevens
Evaluation of the Coagulation and Inflammatory Responses in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and Donors, Josh Levitsky, Alison Freifeld, Elizabeth Lyden, Julie Stoner, Diana F. Florescu, Alan Langnas, R. Brian Stevens, Penny Hardiman, Lisa Hill, and Andre C. Kalil
Neurologic Outcomes with Cerebral Oxygen Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury, Mary C. McCarthy, Hugh Moncrief, Jean M. Sands, Ronald J. Markert, Lawrence C. Hall, Ian C. Wenker, Harry L. Anderson, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Randy J. Woods, Jonathan M. Saxe, and Kathryn M. Tchorz
Human Polymerized Hemoglobin for the Treatment of Hemorrhagic Shock when Blood Is Unavailable: The USA Multicenter Trial, Ernest E. Moore, Frederick A. Moore, Timothy Fabian, Andrew C. Bernard, Gerard J. Fulda, David B. Hoyt, Therese M. Duane, Leonard J. Weireter Jr., Gerardo A. Gomez, Mark D. Cipolle, George H. Rodman Jr., Mark A. Malangoni, George A. Hides, Laurel A. Omert, Steven A. Gould, and Mary C. McCarthy
Outcome of Cervical Near-Hanging Injuries, Shawnn D. Nichols, Mary C. McCarthy, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Randy J. Woods, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, and Jonathan M. Saxe
Bleeding Meckel’s Diverticulum in a 4-Month-Old Infant: Treatment with Laparoscopic Diverticulectomy. A Case Report and Review of the Literature, J. Rainer Poley, Thomas E. Thielen, and Jeffrey C. Pence
Atrial Fibrillation after Esophagectomy: A Marker of Increased Morbidity and Mortality, M. P. Prosciak, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, H. T. Davido, Y. M. Thomas, David E. Lindsey, Melissa L. Whitmill, Steven M. Steinberg, Anthony T. Gerlach, and Charles H. Cook
Technology, Context, Synthesis, Rosalyn P. Scott
Presumptive Serum Sickness as a Complication of Rabbit-Derived Antithymocyte Globulin Immunosuppression, Marcus H. Snow, Amy C. Cannella, R. Brian Stevens, and Ted R. Mikuls
The Use of Momentum and Stochastic Indicators to Correlate Acute Glucose Spikes with Clinical Events: A Novel Method of Examining Glycemic Variability in Chronic ICU Patients, Stanislaw P. Stawicki, D. Schuster, J. F. Liu, J. Kamal, S. Erdal, Melissa L. Whitmill, David E. Lindsey, Y. M. Thomas, Steven M. Steinberg, and Charles H. Cook
Single-Dose Induction with Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin (rATG; 6 mg/kg over 24 Hours) Is Safer and Improves Immediate and Long-Term Renal Allograft Function, R. Brian Stevens, Theodore H. Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Anna J. Skorupa, John P. Sandoz, Anna M. Kellogg, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Calcineurin-Inhibitor (CI) Discontinuation Following Early Steroid Withdrawal (ESW) in Renal Allograft Recipients without Increased Rejection or Graft Loss, R. Brian Stevens, Theodore H. Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Jill Y. Skorupa, Anna J. Skorupa, John P. Sandoz, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Increased Primary Non-Function in Transplanted Deceased-Donor Kidneys Flushed with Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate Solution, R. Brian Stevens, Jill Y. Skorupa, Theodore H. Rigley, Govardhana R. Yannam, Kathleen J. Nielsen, M. E. Schriner, Anna J. Skorupa, A. Murante, E. Holdaway, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Successful Urgent Transplantation of an Adult Kidney into a Child with Inferior Vena Cava Thrombosis, R. Brian Stevens, Govardhana R. Yannam, Brett C. Hill, Theodore H. Rigley, David M. Penn, and Jill Y. Skorupa
Acute Transverse Myelitis and Paralysis in a Kidney–Pancreas Recipient, R. Brian Stevens, Govardhana R. Yannam, Jill Y. Skorupa, Theodore H. Rigley, David M. Penn, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Comparison of Hemodynamic Measurements during Early Resuscitation from Invasive and Non-Invasive Monitoring, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Mukul S. Chandra, Ronald J. Markert, Michael Healy, Kathleen M. Dominguez, and Mary C. McCarthy
Risk Factors for Retained Surgical Foreign Bodies: A Meta-Analysis, Cecilia F. Wang, Charles H. Cook, Melissa L. Whitmill, Yalaunda M. Thomas, David E. Lindsey, Steven M. Steinberg, and S. Peter Stawicki
Abnormal Bleeding and Coagulopathies, Randy J. Woods and Mary C. McCarthy
Choice of First Intervention is Related to Outcomes in the Management of Empyema, Curtis J. Wozniak, Douglas E. Paull, Jazbieh E. Moezzi, Rosalyn P. Scott, Mark P. Anstadt, Virginia V. York, and Alex G. Little
Submissions from 2008
Endoscopic Stenting of Colovaginal Fistula: the Transanal and Transvaginal “Kissing” Wire Technique, Maher A. Abbas and Garietta Falls
Transanal Endoscopic Drainage of Abdominopelvic Sepsis, Maher A. Abbas and Garietta Falls
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibition by Diphenhydramine and Concomitant Linezolid Use Can Result in Serotonin Syndrome, Rana L. Adawi Awdish, Melissa L. Whitmill, Victor Coba, and Keith Killu
Increased Pancreatitis in Allografts Flushed with Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate Solution: a Cautionary Tale, D. Alonso, T. B. Dunn, Theodore H. Rigley, Jill Y. Skorupa, M. E. Schriner, Lucile E. Wrenshall, and R. Brian Stevens
Reduced Kidney (KTx) and Pancreas (PTx) Allograft Survival in Transplanted Organs Flushed with High Volumes of Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate (HTK) Solution, Diane Alonso, Ty Dunn, Theodore Rigley, Megan E. Henning, and R. Brian Stevens
Extracorporeal vs Intracorporeal Anastomosis for Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy: Is There a Difference?, Casandra Anderson, Minia Hellan, and Alessio Pigazzi
Robotic and Laparoscopic Assisted Subtotal Gastrectomy with Radical D2-Lymphadenectomy, Casandra Anderson, Minia Hellan, and Alessio Pigazzi
Improved Survival with Adjuvant External-Beam Radiation Therapy in Lymph Node-Negative Pancreatic Cancer, Avo Artinyan, Minia Hellan, Pablo Majica-Manosa, Yi-Jen Chen, Richard Pezner, Joshua Ellenhorn, and Joseph Kim
ACS Coding Hotline: Breast Surgery Coding Questions, Linda M. Barney, Albert Bothe, and Debra Mariani
ACS Coding Hotline: Cholecystectomy Questions, Linda M. Barney, Albert Bothe, and Debra Mariani
The Practical Application of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's General Competencies through the Formation of a “Trauma Support Group”, Douglas M. Downey, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mary C. McCarthy, Ron Michael Johnson, and Paula M. Termuhlen
The Effect of a Trauma Center-Based Intervention Program on Recidivism Among Adolescent Driving Offenders, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Shaun B. Hamilton, Daniel Demko, and Mary C. McCarthy
The Effect of a Trauma Center-Based Intervention Program on Recidivism Among Adolescent Driving Offenders, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Shaun Hamilton, Daniel Demko, and Mary C. McCarthy
Management of Acute Appendicitis by an Acute Care Surgery Service: Is Operative Intervention Timely?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Benjamin Monson, Curtis J. Wozniak, Matthew Armstrong, and Mary C. McCarthy
CT Scan in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis: Help or Hindrance?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Benjamin Monson, Curtis J. Wozniak, Jennell Smith, Mary C. McCarthy, and Alex Little
Is Chest X-Ray an Adequate Screening Tool for the Diagnosis of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Wylan Peterson, Randy J. Woods, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Nancy Nwuneli, Jonathan M. Saxe, and Mary C. McCarthy
Diagnosis of Blunt Intestinal and Mesenteric Injury in the Era of Multidetector CT technology--are Results Better?, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Jonathan M. Saxe, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Randy J. Woods, Harry L. Anderson, and Mary C. McCarthy
Robotic Rectal Cancer Surgery, Minia Hellan, Joshua Ellenhorn, and Alessio Pigazzi
Robotic-Assisted Placement of a Hepatic Artery Infusion Catheter for Regional Chemotherapy, Minia Hellan and Alessio Pigazzi
The Impact of Lymph Node Number on Survival in Patients With Lymph Node-Negative Pancreatic Cancer, Minia Hellan, Can-Lan Sun, Avo Artinyan, Pablo Mojica-Manosa, Smita Bhatia, Joshua Ellenhorn, and Joseph Kim
Intratracheal Ectopic Thyroid Tissue Presenting with Protracted Airway Obstruction: A Case Study, M. Khan, Peter G. Michaelson, and M. L. Hinni
Carotid Intima Media Thickness Is Increased in Type 1 and Type 2, but not Post-Transplant Diabetes Compared to Non-Diabetes Kidney Transplant Recipients, Jennifer Larsen, James Lane, Gerald Groggel, R. Brian Stevens, Jillian Witte, Terica Hudson, Elisabeth Lyden, and Jungeng Sun
Coagulation and Inflammatory Responses in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and Donors, Josh Levitsky, Alison Freidfeld, Julie Stoner, Elisabeth Lyden, Alan Langnas, R. Brian Stevens, Penny Hardiman, and Andre C. Kalil
A Systematic Approach for Preoperative Rhinoplasty Planning, Manuel A. Lopez, Peter G. Michaelson, and John G. Westine
Reproductive System Trauma, Mary C. McCarthy and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Impact of Cerebral Oxygen Monitoring in Patients with Severe Head Injury, Mary C. McCarthy, Ian C. Wenker, Hugh Moncrief, Jean M. Sands, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Randy J. Woods, Jonathan M. Saxe, Kathryn M. Tchorz, and Harry L. Anderson
Perlecan: a Major IL-2-Binding Proteoglycan in Murine Spleen, John D. Miller, Elliot T. Stevens, Deandra R. Smith, Thomas N. Wight, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Progression of Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Prospective Observational Study, Raj K. Narayan, Andrew I. R. Maas, Franco Servadei, Brett E. Skolnick, Michael N. Tillinger, Lawrence F. Marshall, and Mary C. McCarthy
A Massive Transfusion Protocol to Decrease Blood Component Use and Costs, Terence O'Keeffe, Majed Refaai, Kathryn M. Tchorz, John E. Forestner, and Ravi Sarode
Lateral Neck Mass in a 67-Year-Old Male (Case 16), James R. Ouellette, V. Siripurapu, and B. Davidson Smith Jr.
A Neoadjuvant Strategy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Helps Patients Receive All Components of Care: Lessons from a Single-Institution Database, May Piperdi, Theodore P. McDade, Joon K. Shim, Mary E. Sullivan, Giles L. Whalen, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Outcomes in Combined and Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplants, Vinaya Rao, Elisabeth R. Lyden, Clifford D. Miles, R. Brian Stevens, Wendy J. Grant, and Sandeep Mukherjee
Predictors of Proteinuria in Renal Transplant Recipients Treated with Sirolimus, Vinaya Rao, Clifford D. Miles, John Sandoz, Megan E. Henning, Theodore Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, and R. Brian Stevens
Management of Sepsis: Early Resuscitation, Emanuel Rivers, Victor Coba, Alvaro Visbal, Melissa L. Whitmill, and David Amponsah
Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Contemporary Review of the Literature, Emanuel Rivers, Victor Coba, and Melissa L. Whitmill
63-Year-Old Female with Jaundice (Case 18), J. D. Schmidt, James R. Ouellette, and G. Mercogliano
Survival Following Combined Intrapericardial Inferior Vena Cava and Thoracic Aortic Injury Caused by Blunt Trauma, Hani Seoudi, Edward A. Lefrak, Alan Speir, Kimberly M. Hendershot, John Moynihan, and Samir Fakhry
Do Patients with Apparently Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Receive Guideline-Directed Care?, Joon K. Shim, May Piperdi, Theodore P. McDade, Giles L. Whalen, Mary E. Sullivan, Bilal Piperdi, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Dyslipidemia Can Be Controlled in Diabetic as well as Nondiabetic Recipients after Kidney Transplant, Vijay Shivaswamy, R. Brian Stevens, Ramona Zephier, Junfeng Sun, Gerald Groggel, Judi Erickson, and Jennifer Larsen
Modern Approaches to Combining Sirolimus With Calcineurin Inhibitors, R. Brian Stevens
A Case-Matched, Retrospective, Single-Center Study Comparing Low-Dose Tacrolimus/Sirolimus and Tacrolimus/MMF after Renal Transplantation with Early Steroid Withdrawal after rATG Induction, R. Brian Stevens, Megan E. Henning, Theodore H. Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Clifford D. Miles, Vinaya Rao, Gerald C. Groggel, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Randomized Trial of Single-Dose Versus Divided-Dose Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction in Renal Transplantation: An Interim Report, R. Brian Stevens, David F. Mercer, Wendy J. Grant, Alison G. Freifeld, James T. Lane, Gerald C. Groggel, Theodore H. Rigley, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Megan E. Henning, Jill Y. Skorupa, Anna J. Skorupa, Kecia A. Christensen, John P. Sandoz, Anna M. Kellogg, Alan N. Langnas, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
