Submissions from 2006
A Canine Model to Study the Significance and Hemodynamics of Polyurethane Foam in Type II Endoleak, A. Mousa, Tamer Malik, R. Beauford, P. Faries, K. Kent, and R. Fogler
Efficacy of Ultraviolet Light and Citric Acid to Reduce Listeria monocytogenes in Chill Brine, Priti Parikh, Robert Williams, Joseph Eifert, and Joseph E. Marcy
Is Chest X-ray an Adequate Screening Tool for the Diagnosis of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury?, Wylan Peterson, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mary C. McCarthy, Randy J. Woods, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, and Jonathan M. Saxe
Fracture of the Scapula with Intrathoracic Penetration in a Skeletally Mature Patient, Cary C. Schwartzbach, Hani Seoudi, Amy E. Ross, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Linda Robinson, and Alireza Maekzadeh
Single-Dose Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction With Steroid Avoidance and Calcineurin-Inhibitor Withdrawal in Renal Transplantation, R. Brian Stevens, Wendy J. Grant, Jean F. Botha, Debra L. Sudan, Alan N. Langnas, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Prolonged Function of Porcine Islet Xenografts in Macaques Without Immune Suppression, R. Brian Stevens, Theodore Rigley, Jill Y. Skorupa, Gino Liu, John Miller, John Botha, Thomas Veys, Kathleen J. Nielsen, Megan E. Henning, and Alan Langnas
Successful Steroid Avoidance and Calcineurin-Inhibitor Minimization in Immunological High Risk Renal Transplant Recipients, R. Brian Stevens, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Wendy J. Grant, Jean F. Botha, Barbara Palmer, Theodore H. Rigley, Debra L. Sudan, and Alan N. Langnas
Cardiac Pneumatic Nail Gun Injury, Jason P. Straus, Randy J. Woods, Mary C. McCarthy, Mark P. Anstadt, and Nancy Kwon
Interleukin-2 and the Regulation of Autoimmune B Cells, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Deandra R. Smith, Elliot T. Stevens, and John D. Miller
In Situ Reconstruction with Cryopreserved Arterial Allografts for Management of Mycotic Aneurysms or Aortic Prosthetic Graft Infections, Wei Zhou, Peter H. Lin, Ruth L. Bush, Thomas T. Terramani, John H. Matsuura, Mitchell Cox, Eric Peden, Marlon Guerrero, Eric J. Silberfein, Alan Dardik, David Rosenthal, and Alan B. Lumsden
Submissions from 2005
A Case Report of Phaeohyphomycosis Caused by Cladophialophora Bantiana Treated in a Burn Unit, Brett D. Arnoldo, Gary F. Purdue, Kathryn M. Tchorz, and John L. Hunt
Team Training Initiatives and Human Factors Research in Medicine, Linda M. Barney
Middle-Aged Man With Penetrating Trauma to the Pancreaticoduodenal Complex, Thomas Bening, John K. Bini, Brian Perry, and Melanie L. Richards
Discovering the Full Spectrum of Cardiovascular Disease, Emelia J. Benjamin, Mariell Jessup, John M. Flack, Harlan M. Krumholz, Kiang Lui, Vinay M. Nadkami, Dorothy A. Rhoades, Beatriz Rodriguez, Rosalyn P. Scott, Malcolm P. Taylor, Eric J. Velazquez, and Marilyn A. Winkleby
Car-Surfing in Southwest Ohio: Incidence and Injuries, Joshua Carey, Mary C. McCarthy, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Lisa Patterson, and Randy J. Woods
Greater Early Pancreas Graft Loss in Women Compared with Men after Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation, Christopher Colling, R. Brian Stevens, Elizabeth Lyden, James T. Lane, Lynn Mack-Shipman, Lucile E. Wrenshall, and Jennifer Larsen
Injury Prevention Efforts: Past Successes and Future Challenges, Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Complications arising from Splenic Embolization following Blunt Splenic Trauma, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mary C. McCarthy, Randy J. Woods, and Earl Haley
Histoplasmosis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at a Large Midwestern University Transplant Center, A. G. Freifeld, P. C. Iwen, B. L. Lesiak, R. K. Gilroy, R. Brian Stevens, and Andre C. Kalil
The Basics of Documentation, Coding and Billing for Residents, Kimberly M. Hendershot and Samir Fakhry
The Business of Medicine Part II: Documentation, Coding, and billing for Residents, Kimberly M. Hendershot and Samir Fakhry
Healthcare Provider Estimates of Height, Weight, and Body Mass Index: Implications for Research and Patient Safety, Kimberly M. Hendershot, Linda Robinson, Samir Fakhry, Jason Roland, Khashayar Vaziri, Kevin Dwyer, and Hani Seoudi
Granulocytic Sarcoma (GS) as first manifestation of AML, Maged Khalil, Tamer Malik, A. Mousa, Madhumati Kalavar, R. J. Fogler, and Lichter Stephen
Aprotinin Preserves Cellular Junctions and Reduces Myocardial Edema After Regional Ischemia and Cardioplegic Arrest, Tanveer A. Khan, Cesario Bianchi, Eugenio Araujo, Pierre Voisine, Shu-Hua Xu, Jun Feng, Jian Li, Frank W. Sellke, and Tamer Malik
Delayed Detection of a Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injury Caused by Positive Pressure Ventilation: A Case Report and a Proposed System of Classification of Delayed Diagnosis of Traumatic Injuries, M. Klingman, Jonathan M. Saxe, and S. A. Hai
The Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass on Cell Junctions: Catenins, Cadherins and Connexins, Tamer Malik, Cesario Bianchi, and Frank W. Sellke
IVUS-guided VCF Placement: An Alternative Approach to an Increasingly Popular Vena Cava Filter Placement Technique, John H. Matsuura
Reproduction and Transplantation: Report on the AST Consensus Conference on Reproductive Issues and Transplantation, Dianne B. McKay, Michelle A. Josephson, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Tracheal Paraganglioma Presenting with Acute Airway Obstruction, Peter G. Michaelson, Craig B. Fowler, and Joseph Brennan
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting in the External Auditory Canal, Peter G. Michaelson and Thomas R. Lowry
Seldinger-Assisted Videotelescopic Intubation (SAVI): A Common Sense Approach to the Difficult Pediatric Airway, Peter G. Michaelson and Eric A. Mair
West Nile Virus: A Primer for the Otolaryngologist, Peter G. Michaelson and Eric A. Mair
Effects of L-arginine on the Endogenous Angiogenic Response in a Model of Hypercholesterolemia, Yasunari Nakai, Pierre Voisine, Cesario Bianchi, Shu-Hua Xu, Jun Feng, Tamer Malik, Audrey Rosinberg, and Frank W. Sellke
The Physiologic Effects of Laparoscopy: Applications in Oncology, James R. Ouellette, Albert S. Ko, and Alan T. Lefor
Use of an Artificial Burr Device in Damage Control Laparotomy, Lisa Patterson, J. Straus, Wylan Peterson, Mary C. McCarthy, and Akpofure Peter Ekeh
Optimizing Outcomes in the Thoracoscopic Management of Complicated Parapneumonic Effusion in Children, Jeffrey C. Pence, Ronald P. Mageau, and Laurie A. Driscoll
Comparison of Minimally-Invasive Gastrostomy Techniques in Children, Jeffrey C. Pence, Kim G. Mendelson, and Laurie A. Driscoll
Fibrinolytic Salvage Therapy for Postoperative Recurrent Parapneumonic Effusion in Complex Pediatric Empyema, Jeffrey C. Pence, Kim G. Mendelson, and Laurie A. Driscoll
Is Operative Management Effective in Treatment of Perforated Typhoid?, Jonathan M. Saxe and Robert Cropsey
Steroid-Avoidance in the Elderly Renal Transplant Recipient: A Prospective, Non-Randomized Phase 1 Trial, Timothy M. Schmitt, Joel C. Reddish, Kadiyala V. Ravindra, Wendy L. Grant, Lucile E. Wrenshall, and R. Brian Stevens
Complete Steroid Avoidance in Renal Transplantation: Extended Daclizumab use in Adult and Pediatric Recipients, R. Brian Stevens, Timothy M. Schmitt, Joel C. Reddish, Theodore H. Rigley, Brett C. Hill, Kadiyala V. Ravindra, Wendy J. Grant, Jean F. Botha, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
New-Onset Diabetes after Kidney Transplantation: An Application of 2003 International Guidelines, Ebru Sulanc, James T. Lane, Susan E. Puumala, Gerald C. Groggel, Lucile E. Wrenshall, and R. Brian Stevens
Breast Cancer Screening for Primary Care Providers, G. Ventolini, J. A. Hall, Margaret M. Dunn, J. M. Duke, and W. W. Hurd
Normalization of Coronary Microvascular Reactivity and Improvement in Myocardial Perfusion by Surgical Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Therapy Combined with Oral Supplementation of L-Arginine in a Porcine Model of Endothelial Dysfunction, Pierre Voisine, Cesario Bianchi, Tanveer A. Khan, Marc Ruel, Shu-Hua Xu, Jun Feng, Jian Li, Tamer Malik, Audrey Rosinberg, and Frank W. Sellke
Effects of l-Arginine on Fibroblast Growth Factor 2–Induced Angiogenesis in a Model of Endothelial Dysfunction, Pierre Voisine, Jian Li, Cesario Bianchi, Tanveer A. Khan, Marc Ruel, Shu-Hua Xu, Jun Feng, Audrey Rosinberg, Tamer Malik, Yasunari Nakai, and Frank W. Sellke
Immune Function in "True" IL-2 Deficiency, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Elliot T. Stevens, Deandra R. Smith, and John D. Miller
Submissions from 2004
Breast Cancer Size in Postmenopausal Women in Correlation with Body Mass Index and Androgen Serum Levels, E. Asseryanis, E. Ruecklinger, Minia Hellan, E. Kubista, and C. F. Singer
Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma of the Sinonasal Cavity: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature, Kevin P. Banks, Justin Q. Ly, Lester D.R. Thompson, Peter G. Michaelson, and Steven W. Davis
Validation of Subareolar and Periareolar Injection Techniques for Breast Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, Anees Chagpar, Robert C. Martin, Celia Chao, Sandra L. Wong, Michael J. Edwards, Todd Tuttle, Kelly M. McMasters, Nora M. Hansen, Howard Silberman, Gary B. Talpos, Anton Joel Bilchick, Mary C. McCarthy, Max Schmidt, and James E. Goodnight
There are no Differences in Pretransplant Characteristics of Individuals Receiving Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant and Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Receiving Living-Related Kidney Transplant, L. Donigan, R. Brian Stevens, Lucile E. Wrenshall, and J. Larsen
The Challenge of Venous Thromboembolism in Major Trauma, Akpofure Peter Ekeh
ATV Related Trauma: A 10 Year Institutional Review, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, N. Piovesan, Randy J. Woods, and Mary C. McCarthy
Incidental Findings on Abdominal CT Scans of Trauma Admissions, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Erin Brigham, Randy J. Woods, and Mary C. McCarthy
Treadmill Training Accelerates Phrenic Motor Recovery following Cervical Spinal Injury in Rats, D. D. Fuller, F. J. Golder, Laura Peterson, and G. S. Mitchell
Delayed Repair for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury: Is It Really Equivalent to Early to Repair, Mark R. Hemmila, Saman Arbabi, Stephen A. Rowe, Mary Margaret Brandt, Stewart C. Wang, Paul A. Taheri, Wendy L. Wahl, Kenneth L. Mattox, Steven Ross, Steven R. Shackford, Carol R. Schermer, Tetsu Yukioka, Mary McCarthy, J. David Richardson, and Timothy C. Fabian
A Prospective Randomized Study of Clinical Assessment versus Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis, John J. Hong, Stephen M. Cohn, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Martin Newman, Moises Salama, and Suzanne D. Leblang
Complications of Snoring Surgery: How to Recognize, Avoid, and Treat, Eric A. Mair, B. Tucker Woodson, Regina P. Walker, David N.F. Fairbanks, and Peter G. Michaelson
Angiogenic Gene Therapy in the Treatment of Ischemic Cardiovascular Diseases, Tamer Malik, Cesario Bianchi, and Frank W. Sellke
Cellular Remodeling of Depopulated Bovine Ureter Used as an Arteriovenous Graft in the Canine Model, John H. Matsuura, Kirby S. Black, Adam B. Levitt, David Rosenthal, Eric D. Wellons, Michael T. Fallon, Cynthia K. Davenport, Christy L. Goodman, Natalie D. Pagelsen, and Jeremy D. Ollerenshaw
Pancreatic Injury Does Not Adversely Affect Outcome in Children Undergoing Laparoscopic Splenectomy, Kim G. Mendelson, Laurie A. Driscoll, and Jeffrey C. Pence
Extended Donor Iliac Arterial Patch for Vascular Reconstruction During Pancreas Transplantation, David F. Mercer, Theodore Rigley, and R. Brian Stevens
Seldinger-assisted videotelescopic intubation (SAVI) and the Difficult Pediatric Airway, Peter G. Michaelson
Laryngeal Cancer, Peter G. Michaelson and J. Brennan
The Portable Home Sleep Study: A Suitable Alternative to Polysomnography?, Peter G. Michaelson, John C. Chaney, and Eric A. Mair
Popular Snore Aids: Do They Work?, Peter G. Michaelson and Eric A. Mair
Radiological Case of the Month - Intraventricular Cavernous Angioma (IVCA), Peter G. Michaelson, W. Lee Warren Jr., David R. DeLone, and Matthew R. Quigley
Splenic Artery-to-Superior Mesenteric Artery Bypass for Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia: A Case Report, Dipankar Mukherjee and Kimberly M. Hendershot
Evaluation of the Charlson-Age Comorbidity Index as a Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma, James R. Ouellette, David G. Small, and Paula M. Termuhlen
Merkel Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Head of the Pancreas, James R. Ouellette, Lakeisah Woodyard, and Laszlo Toth
Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis Following Resection of Abdominal Wall Laparoscopic Port Site Recurrence of Gallbladder Cancer, Stephen P. Povoski, James R. Ouellette, William W.L. Chang, and William R. Jarnagin
West Nile Encephalitis in Recipients of Organ Transplants, Kadiyala V. Ravindra, Alison G. Freifeld, Andre C. Kalil, David F. Mercer, Wendy J. Grant, Jean F. Botha, Lucile E. Wrenshall, and R. Brian Stevens
West Nile Virus—Associated Encephalitis in Recipients of Renal and Pancreas Transplants: Case Series and Literature Review, Kadiyala V. Ravindra, Alison G. Freifeld, Andre C. Kalil, David F. Mercer, Wendy J. Grant, Jean F. Botha, Lucile E. Wrenshall, and R. Brian Stevens
A Prospective Study of a Focused, Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound Examination for the Detection of Occult Common Femoral Vein Thrombosis in Critically Ill Patients, Grace S. Rozycki, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Kimberly J. Riehle, Aaron Hattaway, and Deepak K. Naidu
A Single Center Experience with Steroid-Sparing Immunosuppression in Pancreas and Renal Transplantation: Thymoglobulin (R) Induction with Delayed Use of Rapamune (R) and Prograf (R), R. Brian Stevens, Jean F. Botha, Wendy J. Grant, Gerald C. Groggel, James T. Lane, and Lucile E. Wrenshall
Inhibition of the Cardiac Angiogenic Response to Exogenous Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, Pierre Voisine, Cesario Bianchi, Marc Ruel, Tamer Malik, Audrey Rosinberg, Jun Feng, Tanveer A. Khan, Shu-Hua Xu, Jennifer Sandmeyer, Roger Laham, and Frank W. Sellke
Real-Time Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Placement of a Removable Inferior Vena Cava Filter, Eric D. Wellons, David Rosenthal, Frederick W. Shuler, Adam B. Levitt, John H. Matsuura, and Vernon J. Henderson
Submissions from 2003
Complementary Therapy in Patients with Early Breast Cancer During Adjuvant Chemotherapy, J. Auerbach, Minia Hellan, M. Stierer, and E. Kubista
The Conversion Decision in Laparoscopic Surgery: Knowing Your Limits and Limiting Your Risks, Cynthia O. Dominguez, John M. Flach, Patricia L. McDermott, Daniel P. McKellar, and Margaret M. Dunn
Biliary Atresia and Choledochal Cyst, Frederick M. Karrer and Jeffrey C. Pence
Effect of the Learning Curve on Early Outcomes of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Mark D. Klingman, Chadwick Thomas, and Jonathan M. Saxe
Intraaortic Stabilization of the AneuRx Stent-Graft System: A Useful Adjunct to Minimize Device Migration, Peter H. Lin, Lou Martin, John H. Matsuura, Eric D. Wellons, Ruth L. Bush, Thomas T. Terramani, Changyi Chen, and Alan B. Lumsden
Women have Greater Early Pancreas, but not Kidney, Graft Failure than Men after Simultaneous Pancreas - Kidney Transplantation, Elizabeth Lyden, James T. Lane, Lynn Mack-Shipman, Lucile E. Wrenshall, R. Brian Stevens, and J. Larsen
Improved Islet Yields From Macaca Nemestrina and Marginal Human Pancreata After Two-Layer Method Preservation and Endogenous Trypsin Inhibition, Shinichi Matsumoto, Theodore Rigley, Jo Anna Reems, Yoshikazu Kurodo, and R. Brian Stevens
Retrievable Vena Cava Filters: Could These Devices Reduce Morbidity while Offering Optimal Protection?, John H. Matsuura
Educating Grade School Children Using a Structured Bicycle Safety Program, Rollin W. Nagel, Barbara J. Hankenhof, Sanford R. Kimmel, and Jonathan M. Saxe
A Two Institution Experience With 226 Endoscopically Placed Jejunal Feeding Tubes in Critically Ill Surgical Patients, Jeffrey Nicholas, Mark W. Cornelius, Kathryn M. Tchorz, Lorraine N. Tremblay, E. Ronald Spiegelman, Kirk A. Easley, William Small, David V. Feliciano, Melissa A. Powell, and Jerry Poklepovic
Midgut Malrotation: An Uncommon Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction, James R. Ouellette, J. Dutro, Thomas A. Heck, D. McKellar, D. Paul, and M. Terhar
Evaluation of Charlson-Age Comorbidity Index as a Predictor of Biochemical Failure for Prostate Carcinoma Treated with Permanent Brachytherapy, James R. Ouellette and E. Hughes
Radiated Groin Woods: Pitfalls in Reconstruction, Wyatt G. Payne, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, Martin L. Blue, Gerald Mosiello, Terry E. Wright, and Martin C. Robson
Remote Superficial Femoral Artery Endarterectomy and Distal Vein Bypass for Limb Salvage: Initial Experience, David Rosenthal, Eric D. Wellons, John H. Matsuura, Mark Ghegan, Frederick W. Shuler, and L. Laszlo Pallos
Historical Perspectives on the Care of African-Americans with Cardiovascular Disease, Rosalyn P. Scott and Kevin C. Heslin
Delayed Graft Function and Cast Nephropathy Associated with Tacrolimus Plus Rapamycin Use, Kelly D. Smith, Lucile E. Wrenshall, Roberto F. Nicosia, Raimund Pichler, Christopher L. Marsh, Charles E. Alpers, Nayak Polissar, and Connie L. Davis
Patients with Van Buchem Disease, an Osteosclerotic Genetic Disease, Have Elevated Bone Formation Markers, Higher Bone Density, and Greater Derived Polar Moment of Inertia than Normal, Jon E. Wergedal, Katarina Veskovic, Minia Hellan, Christine Nyght, Wendy Balemans, Cesar Libanati, Filip M. Vanhoenacker, Johan Tan, David J. Baylink, and Wim Van Hul
Role of the Microenvironment in Immune Responses to Transplantation, Lucile E. Wrenshall
Submissions from 2002
Mycobacterium kansasii Causing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with Concomitant Pulmonary Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection, Martin L. Blue, Wyatt G. Payne, Rudolph Mannari, Morriah R. Moffitt, Mbaga S. Walusimbi, and Martin C. Robson
Novel Nuclear Shuttle Peptide to Increase Transfection Efficiency in Esophageal Mucosal Cells, Colman Byrnes, Petra H. Nass, Joon K. Shim, Mark Duncan, Brian Lacy, and John W. Harmon
Penetrating Bean Bag Injury: Intrathoracic Complication of a Nonlethal Weapon, Anthony Charles, Juan Asensio, Walter Forno, Patrizio Petrone, Gustavo Roldan, and Rosalyn P. Scott
Placental Abruption, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Gary Anderson, Lisa Patterson, and Mary C. McCarthy
Isolated Traumatic Disruption of the Ureteropelvic Junction in a Patient with a Solitary Kidney, Akpofure Peter Ekeh, Lisa Patterson, Gary Anderson, Mary C. McCarthy, and Lawrence Litscher
Abnormal Bleeding and Coagulopathies, Dana Frazer and Mary C. McCarthy
