Submissions from 2019
Adjusting the neochords height for better leaflets coaptation following mitral valve repair, Ak Alameddine MD, Eric DiBiasio-White MD, Brian Binnall, and Frederick Conlin
Clinical use of [TIMP-2]•[IGFBP7] biomarker testing to assess risk of acute kidney injury in critical care: guidance from an expert panel, Brian Binnall, Daniel Engelman MD, and Michael Germain MD
Smoking is associated with an improved short-term outcome in patients with rib fractures, Andrew Doben
Commentary: Cardiac surgery, nutrition, and recovery-First define the problem, Daniel Engelman MD
Commentary: Keep your ion the urine: A new way to predict postoperative acute kidney injury?, Daniel Engelman MD
Commentary: Should goal-directed fluid therapy be used in every cardiac surgery patient to prevent acute kidney injury?, Daniel Engelman MD
Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society Recommendations, Daniel Engelman MD and Richard Engelman MD
Hemoadsorption to Reduce Plasma Free Hemoglobin during Cardiac Surgery: Results of REFRESH I Pilot Study, Richard Engelman MD
Preoperative Anemic Patients Have Poor Outcomes; How Can We Optimize These Patients Prior to Surgery?, David Greenhouse MD, Thomas Schwann MD, and Daniel Engelman MD
Gene expression signature of atypical breast hyperplasia and regulation by SFRP1, Kelly Gregory, Giovanna Crisi MD, Brooke Bentley, Jeffrey Kane, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Holly Mason MD, Ben Schneider, Sallie Schneider PhD, and D Joseph Jerry
Nonhemorrhagic Adrenal Infarction in Pregnancy: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography Evaluation, Daniel Hynes MD, Azad Jabiev MD, and Tara Catanzano MD
Imaging in patients with severe mitral annular calcification: insights from a multicentre experience using transatrial balloon-expandable valve replacement, Ashequl Islam MD and David Deaton MD
Developing minimally invasive procedure quality metrics: one step at a time, John Romanelli MD
Minimally Invasive Intact Excision of High-Risk Breast Lesions and Small Breast Cancers: The Intact Percutaneous Excision (IPEX) Registry, Steven Schonholz MD
Bilateral internal thoracic artery versus radial artery multi-arterial bypass grafting: a report from the STS database†, Thomas Schwann MD
Corrigendum to 'Radial artery as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting: a state-of-the-art primer' [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2018; 54:971-976, Thomas Schwann MD
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2019 Update on Research, Thomas Schwann MD
Submissions from 2018
How to Control Subannular Hemorrhage during Aortic Root Enlarging Procedures, Ak Alameddine MD, Brian Binnall, and Frederick Conlin
An Introduction to the Mathematical Modeling in the Study of Cancer Systems Biology, Ak Alameddine MD, Frederick Conlin, and Brian Binnall
Exertional Abdominal Pain as a Rare Presenting Manifestation of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia from a Single Mesenteric Vessel Stenosis, Heepeel Chang MD, Neal Hadro MD, Marc Norris MD, and Marvin Morris MD
The Progression of Billowing of Endologix AFX2® Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Device as a Precursor for the Rupture of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Heepeel Chang MD, Neal Hadro MD, Marc Norris MD, Sang Won Rhee MD, and Marvin Morris MD
Prospective evaluation of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate mesh in CDC class I/high-risk ventral and incisional hernia repair: 18-month follow-up, David Earle MD and John Romanelli MD
Cardiac and Vascular Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: The 20th International Consensus Conference of the ADQI (Acute Disease Quality Initiative) Group, Daniel Engelman MD
Handoffs from the Operating Room to the Intensive Care Unit after Cardiothoracic Surgery: From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Workforce on Critical Care, Daniel Engelman MD
Mandatory public reporting of cardiac surgery outcomes: The 2003 to 2014 Massachusetts experience, Daniel Engelman MD
One-year results from the first US-based enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery (ERAS Cardiac) program, Daniel Engelman MD
The difficulty of predicting postoperative acute kidney injury from preoperative clinical data, Daniel Engelman MD
Physician Engagement: The "Secret Sauce" to Success in Bundled Health Care, Daniel Engelman MD and Evan Benjamin MD
With a median survival of only 2 to 3 years, should dialysis patients more than 50 years old exclusively have transcatheter valves?, Daniel Engelman MD and David Deaton MD
Is venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation the first-line therapy for massive pulmonary embolus with end-organ dysfunction?, Daniel Engelman MD and Jay Steingrub MD
Simulation center best practices: A review of ACS-accredited educational institutes' best practices, 2011 to present, Gladys Fernandez M.D.
Simulation center best practices: A review of ACS-accredited educational institutes' best practices, 2011 to present, Gladys Fernandez M.D.
Outcomes of Peripheral Vascular Interventions in Select Patients With Lower Extremity Acute Limb Ischemia, Mark Hirko MD
A multicenter evaluation of the optimal timing of surgical stabilization of rib fractures, Elan Jeremitsky MD and Andrew Doben
Myotomy length informed by high-resolution esophageal manometry (HREM) results in improved per-oral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) outcomes for type III achalasia, Erica Kane MD, Vikram Budhraja, David Desilets MD, and John Romanelli MD
Treatment of Achalasia with Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy: Analysis of 50 Consecutive Patients, Erica Kane MD, David Desilets MD, Donna M. Wilson, Marc Leduc MD, Vikram Budhraja, and John Romanelli MD
Comparison of peritoneal closure versus non-closure in laparoscopic trans-abdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair with coated mesh, Erica Kane MD, Marc Leduc MD, Kathryn Schlosser MD, Nicole Parentela, Donna M. Wilson, and John Romanelli MD
Implementation of an Early Discharge Protocol and Chest Pain Clinic for Low-Risk Chest Pain in the Emergency Department, Mohammad Amin Kashef MD, Jane Garb, Aaron Kugelmass MD, and Amir Lotfi
Impact of Complications on Resource Utilization During 90-Day Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Bundle for Medicare Beneficiaries, Aaron Kugelmass MD
Trends in Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures Between 2009 and 2015: Has Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Made a Difference?, Aaron Kugelmass MD
Sarcoidosis of the external nose: The role of pharmacologic rhinoplasty in diagnosis and treatment, Jonathan Lee MD
Clinical outcomes following identification of tip appendicitis on ultrasonography and CT scan, Briana Leung MD, Nikhil Madhuripan MD, Katharine Bittner, Vida Rastegar, Gregory Banever MD, David Tashjian MD, Kevin Moriarty MD, Stanley Polansky MD, and Michael Tirabassi MD
Hospital readmissions following HLA-incompatible live donor kidney transplantation: A multi-center study, George Lipkowitz MD
Clinical Outcomes of Transferred Versus Onsite Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients With STEMI: Time to Look Beyond Door to Balloon Time, Jaya Mallidi, Paul Visintainer, Aaron Kugelmass MD, and Amir Lotfi
Inability to Predict Sub-Prophylactic Anti-Factor Xa Levels in Trauma Patients Receiving Early Low Molecular-Weight Heparin, Christian Minshall
A Novel Macroscale Acoustic Device for Blood Filtration, Maria Carmen Mora MD, Alexandre Dufresne, Katharine Bittner, Carolanne Lovewell, and Michael Tirabassi MD
Single incision laparoscopic proficiency correlates with residency training level, Maria Carmen Mora MD, Kaitlyn Wong MD, Gladys Fernandez M.D., and Michael Tirabassi MD
A Heparin Binding Motif Rich in Arginine and Lysine is the Functional Domain of YKL-40, Dennis Oh MD
An international multicenter study evaluating the clinical efficacy and safety of per-oral endoscopic myotomy in octogenarians, John Romanelli MD and David Desilets MD
Bisphenol-A in breast adipose tissue of breast cancer cases and controls, Sallie Schneider PhD, Holly Mason MD, Melissa Johnson MD, and Grace Makari-Judson MD
Radial artery as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting: a state-of-the-art primer, Thomas Schwann MD
Technology for new surgical aortic valve replacement: Current evidence and future directions, Jeffrey Shuhaiber MD
Tricuspid valve annulus surgery during mitral valve surgery, Jeffrey Shuhaiber MD
Novel Educational Information Management Platform Improves the Surgical Skill Evaluation Process of Surgical Residents, Ruchi Thanawala MD, Jonathan Jesneck MD, and Neal Seymour MD
Evaluation of Rhodiola crenulata on growth and metabolism of NB-1691, an MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma cell line, Kaitlyn Wong MD, Maria Carmen Mora MD, Nazeen Sultana, Kevin Moriarty MD, Richard Arenas MD, Nagendra Yadava PhD, Sallie Schneider PhD, and Michael Tirabassi MD
Submissions from 2017
Resolution of extensive Janeway lesions, Ak Alameddine MD, Brian Binnall, and Ziad Alameddine
Cancer Rates in Adults After Cardiac Interventions: A Preliminary Observational Report, Ak Alameddine MD and Paul Visintainer
Cancer Rates in Adults After Cardiac Interventions: A Preliminary Observational Report, Ak Alameddine MD and Paul Visintainer
Selective Nonoperative Management of Abdominal Gunshot Wounds from Heresy to Adoption: A Multicenter Study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCoNECT), Reginald Alouidor MD and Barbara Burkott
Development of a rapid response plan for intraoperative emergencies: the Circulate, Scrub, and Technical Assistance Team, Diane Betti and Emilia Scala
Use of a Technetium99m-Sestamibi Scan to Detect Ipsilateral Double Adenoma in a Patient with Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Case Report, Alejandro Contreras MD
Consensus statement: Surgical stabilization of rib fractures rib fracture colloquium clinical practice guidelines, Andrew Doben
Reply to "Open reduction and internal fixation of rib fractures in polytrauma patients with flail chest" by DeFreest et al, Andrew Doben
Surgical economics: MACRA, MIPS, and bundles-Lessons learned in the first 3 years of a coronary artery bypass grafting alternative payment model, Daniel Engelman MD
Invited Commentary, Richard Engelman MD
Primary Pulmonary Myxoid Sarcoma: A Newly Described Entity-Report of a Case and Review of the Literature, Rose Ganim MD and James Mueller MD
A case report of unexpected pathology within an incarcerated ventral hernia, Erica Kane MD, Katharine Bittner, John Romanelli MD, Neal Seymour MD, and Jacqueline Wu MD
Quantifying and exploring the recent national increase in surgical stabilization of rib fractures, Erica Kane MD, Elan Jeremitsky MD, and Andrew Doben
Blood Management Strategies to Reduce Transfusions After Elective Lower-Extremity Joint Arthroplasty Surgeries: One Tertiary Care Hospital's Early Experience With an Alternative Payment Model-a Total Joint "Bundle"., Ankit Kansagra MD, Chester Andrzejewski MD, Robert Krushell MD, Andrew Lehman MD, Jordan Greenbaum MD, Paul Visintainer, Joan McGirr, Kathleen Mahoney MD, Darlene Cloutier, Alice Ehresman, and Mihaela Stefan MD
Who Is Really the Communicator of Adverse Outcomes-And When?, Jeffrey Kaufman
The Putative Drp1 Inhibitor mdivi-1 Is a Reversible Mitochondrial Complex I Inhibitor that Modulates Reactive Oxygen Species, Amer Khalid MD and Nagendra Yadava PhD
Blunt traumatic celiac artery avulsion managed with celiac artery ligation and open aorto-celiac bypass, Matthew Kronick MD, Andrew Doben, Marvin Morris MD, Ronald Gross, and Amanda Kravetz MD
The Incremental Cost of Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: A National Cohort Analysis, George Lipkowitz MD
Effects of an Ambulation Orderly Program Among Cardiac Surgery Patients, Saki Miwa MD, Paul Visintainer, Richard Engelman MD, Amanda Miller RN, Tara Lagu, Peter Lindenauer, and Quinn Pack MD
Laparoscopic Pediatric Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Pilot Study in a Novel Guinea Pig Animal Model, Maria Carmen Mora MD, Katharine Bittner, Kaitlyn Wong MD, Kevin Moriarty MD, David Tashjian MD, and Michael Tirabassi MD
Seasonal Variation of Trauma in Western Massachusetts: Fact or Folklore?, Jeffry Nahmias MD, Shiva Poola MD, Andrew Doben, Jane Garb, and Ronald Gross
SAGES quality initiative: an introduction, John Romanelli MD
Efficacy and Safety of Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Treatment of Achalasia After Failed Heller Myotomy, John Romanelli MD and David Desilets MD
Individual-specific Variation in the Respiratory Activities of HMECs and Their Bioenergetic Response to IGF1 and TNFα, Sallie Schneider PhD, Elizabeth Henchey, Nazeen Sultana, D Joseph Jerry, D. Joseph Jerry, Grace Makari-Judson MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, Richard Arenas MD, Holly Mason MD, and Nagendra Yadava PhD
Multicenter proficiency benchmarks for advanced laparoscopic suturing tasks, Neal Seymour MD and Erica Kane MD
Should we perform elective inguinal hernia repair in the elderly?, Jacqueline Wu MD
Submissions from 2016
A Technique for Avoiding Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch in the Small Aortic Root, Ak Alameddine MD and Victor Alimov MD
Endovascular Closure of an Aortic Pseudoaneurysm Complicated by Aorto-Pulmonary Fistula, Ak Alameddine MD and Victor Alimov MD
Prevention and management of sternal wound infections, Richard Engelman MD
Rapid Rewarming During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is Associated With Cerebral Injury, Richard Engelman MD
Simulation-Based Selection of Surgical Trainees: Considerations, Challenges, and Opportunities, Gladys Fernandez M.D.
Extravascular Revascularization of a Chronic Total Occlusion Using the Dual Bull's-Eye Technique, S. Lowell Kahn MD and Jeffrey Kaufman
Massive Hemorrhage From Multiple Hepatic Artery Aneurysms, S. Lowell Kahn MD and Jeffrey Kaufman
Treatment of Malignant Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Using a Bifurcated Aortic Endograft, S. Lowell Kahn MD, Amanda Kravetz MD, Marc Norris MD, and Jeffrey Kaufman
Computed tomography of the aorta with heart, Jeffrey Kaufman
Decreasing the Hours That Anesthesiologists and Nurse Anesthetists Work Late, Jeffrey Kaufman
Prospective, Randomized, Concurrently-Controlled Study of a Stent Graft versus Balloon Angioplasty for Treatment of Arteriovenous Access Graft Stenosis: 2-Year Results of the RENOVA Study, George Lipkowitz MD
Survival Benefit with Kidney Transplants from HLA-Incompatible Live Donors, George Lipkowitz MD
Randomized controlled trial of remote ischemic preconditioning and atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, Amir Lotfi, Auras Atreya, Ananth Kashikar MD, Senthil Sivalingam MD, Paul Visintainer, and Daniel Engelman MD