Submissions from 2018
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
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
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
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
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
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
Implementation of a quality improvement project on smoking cessation reduces smoking in a high risk trauma patient population, Jeffry Nahmias MD, Andrew Doben, Shiva Poola MD, Karen Carrens, and Ronald Gross
Putting the MeaT into TeaM Training: Development, Delivery, and Evaluation of a Surgical Team-Training Workshop, Neal Seymour MD, Gladys Fernandez MD, and Gerard Langlois
Loss of histone variant macroH2A2 expression associates with progression of anal neoplasm, Judith Sporn MD
Axillary Versus Femoral Arterial Cannulation During Repair of Type A Aortic Dissection?: An Old Problem Seeking New Solutions, Sotiris Stamou MD
Techniques of Proximal Root Reconstruction and Outcomes Following Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection, Sotiris Stamou MD
Evaluation of PolyMPC-Dox Prodrugs in a Human Ovarian Tumor Model, Kaitlyn Wong MD, Maria Carmen Mora MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, Richard Arenas MD, and Sallie Schneider PhD
Submissions from 2015
Internal Hernia After Laparoscopic Antecolic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Mazen Al-Mansour MD, Romie Mundy, James Canoy MD, Kal Dulaimy MD, Jay Kuhn MD, and John Romanelli MD
Topic: Recent Innovations in Hernia Surgery, David Desilets MD and John Romanelli MD
Tension capnopericardium and cardiac arrest as an unexpected adverse event of peroral endoscopic myotomy (with video), David Desilets MD, John Romanelli MD, and David Earle MD
Computed tomography pulmonary angiography: More than a screening tool for pulmonary embolus, Andrew Doben MD
Airway Management: What Every Trauma Surgeon Should Know, from Intubation to Cricothyroidotomy, Andrew Doben and Ronald Gross
Effects of Red-Cell Storage Duration on Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, Richard Engelman MD
Strategies and Devices to Minimize Stroke in Adult Cardiac Surgery, Richard Engelman MD and Daniel Engelman MD
Debriefing 101: training faculty to promote learning in simulation-based training, Gladys Fernandez MD and Neal Seymour MD
Time-Limited vs Unlimited Physician Certification, Paul Friedmann MD
Surgical drainage of a small tissue volume with butterfly infusion and vacuum phlebotomy tube sets, Jeffrey Kaufman MD
The concept of risk in comparative effectiveness research, Jeffrey Kaufman MD
Eversion Femoral Endarterectomy With Oblique Arteriotomy and Primary Closure for Ileofemoral Occlusive Disease: A Description of Technique and Series of Cases, Matthew Kronick MD, Natasha Saiyed MD, Marc Norris MD, Neal Hadro MD, and Marvin Morris MD
Trends in coronary revascularization procedures among medicare beneficiaries between 2008 and 2012, Aaron Kugelmass MD
Effects of prolonged ethanol lock exposure to carbothane- and silicone-based hemodialysis catheters: a 26-week study, Daniel Landry MD, Randa Jaber MD, George Lipkowitz MD, and Michael O'Shea MD
Utility of Functional Hemodynamics and Echocardiography to Aid Diagnosis and Management of Shock, William McGee MD, Karthik Raghunathan MD, and Adam Adler MD
Duodenal web resection via hybrid natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), Maria Carmen Mora MD, Gregory Banever MD, Michael Tirabassi MD, and Kevin Moriarty MD
Rhodiola crenulata inhibits Wnt/β-catenin signaling in glioblastoma, Maria Carmen Mora MD, Lotfi Bassa, Kaitlyn Wong MD, Michael Tirabassi MD, Richard Arenas MD, and Sallie Schneider PhD
Concentration-Dependent Vascularization of Adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction Cells, Marvin Morris MD