Volume 74; Issue 10

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The American surgeon
Volume 74; Issue 10

The American surgeon

Volume 74; Issue 10

1

The Value of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Predicting Resectability and Margins of Resection for Periampullary Tumors

Ho, Joyce M., Eysselein, Viktor E., Stabile, Bruce E.

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

2

Pyloric Exclusion in the Treatment of Severe Duodenal Injuries: Results from the National Trauma Data Bank

Dubose, Joseph J., Inaba, Kenji, Teixeira, Pedro G.R., Shiflett, Anthony, Putty, Bradley, Green, D.J., Plurad, David, Demetriades, Demetrios

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

3

Blood Transfusions in Trauma: Six-Year Analysis of the Transfusion Practices at a Level I Trauma Center

Teixeira, Pedro G.R., Oncel, Didem, Demetriades, Demetrios, Inaba, Kenji, Shulman, Ira, Green, Donald, Plurad, David, Rhee, Peter

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

4

Operative Strategy Can Reduce the Incidence of Major Bile Duct Injury in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Yegiyants, Sara, Collins, J. Craig

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

5

Total Bilirubin is a Useful Predictor of Persisting Common Bile Duct Stone in Gallstone Pancreatitis

Chan, Tony, Yaghoubian, Arezou, Rosing, David, Lee, Edward, Lewis, Roger J., Stabile, Bruce E., De Virgilio, Christian

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

6

Prospective Comparison of Three Bowel Preparation Regimens: Fleet Phosphosoda, Two-Liter and Four-Liter Electrolyte Lavage Solutions

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

7

Long-Term Outcome of Endorectal Advancement Flap for Complex Anorectal Fistulae

Abbas, Maher A., Lemus-Rangel, Rafael, Hamadani, Ali

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

8

The Impact of Hospital Volume on the Number of Nodes Retrieved and Outcome in Colorectal Cancer

Truong, Caitlyn, Wong, Jan H., Lum, Sharon S., Morgan, John W., Roy-Chowdhury, Sharmila

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

9

Successful Management of Occult Pneumothorax without Tube Thoracostomy despite Positive Pressure Ventilation

Barrios, Cristobal, Tran, Tuan, Malinoski, Darren, Lekawa, Michael, Dolich, Matthew, Lush, Stephanie, Hoyt, David, Cinat, Marianne E.

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

10

Management of High-Grade Splenic Injury in Children

Jim, Jeffrey, Leonardi, Michael J., Cryer, H. Gill, Hiatt, Jonathan R., Shew, Stephen, Cohen, Marilyn, Tillou, Areti

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

11

What is the Rate of Small Bowel Obstruction after Colectomy?

Parikh, Janak A., Ko, Clifford Y., Maggard, Melinda A., Zingmond, David S.

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

12

A Prospective Look at the Current State of Open Abdomens

Teixeira, Pedro G.R., Salim, Ali, Inaba, Kenji, Brown, Carlos, Browder, Timothy, Margulies, Daniel, Demetriades, Demetrios

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

13

Skin-Sparing Mastectomy: A Survey Based Approach to Defining Standard of Care

Shen, Jeannie, Ellenhorn, Joshua, Qian, Dajun, Kulber, David, Aronowitz, Joel

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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PDF, 57 KB

2008

14

Thromboembolic Prophylaxis in Blunt Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage: A Retrospective Review

Depew, Aron J., Hu, Charles K., Nguyen, Andre C., Driessen, Natalie

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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PDF, 71 KB

2008

15

Components Separation: A Solution to Complex Abdominal Wall Defects

Shabatian, Hooman, Lee, Dong-Joon, Abbas, Maher A.

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

16

Can Computed Tomography Scan be Performed Effectively in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis without the Added Morbidity of Rectal Contrast?

Dearing, Daniel D., Recabaren, Jamesa, Alexander, Magdi

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

17

Remission of Diabetes after Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

Smith, Brian R., Hinojosa, Marcelo W., Reavis, Kevin M., Nguyen, Ninh T.

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

18

Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass at a Large Academic Medical Center: Lessons Learned from the First 1000 Cases

Tejirian, Talar, Jensen, Candice, Lewis, Catherine, Dutson, Erik, Mehran, Amir

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

19

Characteristics of Colorectal Cancer in Young Patients at an Urban County Hospital

Karsten, Benjamin, Kim, Justin, King, Justin, Kumar, Ravin R.

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

20

Surgical Resident and Attending Physician Attitudes toward Glucose Control in the Surgical Patient

Costantini, Todd W., Acosta, Jose A., Hoyt, David B., Ramamoorthy, Sonia

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

21

How to Measure the Quality of Surgery-Related Web Sites

Yermilov, Irina, Chow, Warren, Devgan, Lara, Makary, Martin, Ko, Clifford Y.

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

22

Tissue Oxygen Saturation Predicts the Need for Early Blood Transfusion in Trauma Patients

Smith, Jennifer, Bricker, Scott, Putnam, Brant

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

23

100 Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Gastric Bypasses at a Community Hospital

Deng, Joseph Y., LouriÃ, David J.

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

24

Changing Paradigms in Breast Cancer Management: Introducing Molecular Genetics into the Treatment Algorithm

Rayhanabad, Jessica A., Difronzo, L. Andrew, Haigh, Phillip I., Romero, Lina

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

25

Outcomes of Esophagectomy at Academic Centers: An Association between Volume and Outcome

Reavis, Kevin M., Smith, Brian R., Hinojosa, Marcelo W., Nguyen, Ninh T.

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

26

Changing Concepts in the Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Management of Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome

Ortega, AdriÃN E., Klipfel, Nancy, Kelso, Rebecca, Petrone, Patrizio, RomÃN, Ivan, DÃAz, Alberto, Ãvalos, Brenda, Kaufman, Howards

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

27

The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) Initiative to Reduce Infection in Elective Colorectal Surgery: Which Performance Measures Affect Outcome?

Nguyen, Nhien, Yegiyants, Sara, Kaloostian, Carolyn, Abbas, Maher A., Difronzo, L. Andrew

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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PDF, 69 KB

2008

28

Bleeding Complications with Drotrecogin Alfa Activated (Xigris Â® ): A Retrospective Review of 31 Operative and 68 Non-Operative Patients with Severe Sepsis

Taylor, Benedict J.W., Lee, Sarah J., Waxman, Kenneth

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

29

Impact on Patient Outcomes after Closure of an Adjacent Trauma Center

Yaghoubian, Arezou, Lewis, Roger J., Putnam, Brant A., De Virgilio, Christian

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

30

Combined CT Venography and CT Pulmonary Angiography for the Detection of Deep Venous Thrombosis in Injured Patients

Jones, Christian, Teixeira, Pedro G.R., Inaba, Kenji, Keesara, Sravanthi R., Rhee, Peter, Brown, Carlos, Salim, Ali, Browder, Timothy, Demetriades, Demetrios

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

31

Regional Differences in the Use of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Melanoma: A Potential Quality Measure

Lane, Karen, Kempf, Ashley, Magno, Cheryl, Lane, John, Butler, John, Hsiang, David, Greenfield, Sheldon, Jakowatz, James

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

32

Effectiveness of Decentralized Community-Based Screening, Detection, and Treatment of Breast Cancer in Low-Income, Uninsured Women

Bhaskara, Achala, Altamirano, Maria, Trisal, Vijay, Paz, I. Benjamin, Lai, Lily L.

Journal:

The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008

33

Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury

Benjamin, Elizabeth R., Tillou, Areti, Hiatt, Jonathan R., Cryer, H. Gill

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The American surgeon

Year:

2008

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2008