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Submissions from 2022 2022

A Technical Guide for Sciatic Nerve Targeted Muscle Reinnervation in a Transfemoral Amputee, Rachel Lister, Jane Tsui, and Aparajit Naram MD

Use of minimally invasive surgery for the management of hollow viscus traumatic injuries, Andrew Litwin MD, Aixa Perez Coulter, John Romanelli MD, and Michael Tirabassi MD

The Influence of Screening Mammography Cessation and Resumption on Breast Cancer Presentation and Treatment: A Multi-Hospital Health System Experience During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic, Holly Mason MD, Ann-Kristin Friedrich MD, Shiva Niakan DO, Jesse Casaubon, and Aixa Perez Coulter

Interindividual variation contributes to differential PCB 126 induced gene expression in primary breast epithelial cells and tissues, Stephanie M. Morin, Giovanna Crisi MD, Kelly Gregory, Renata Franca, Benjamin Schalet MD, Holly Mason MD, Jesse Casaubon, Qing Jackie Cao MD, Grace Makari-Judson MD, D Joseph Jerry, and Sallie Schneider PhD

Per-oral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of non-achalasia esophageal dysmotility disorders: experience from a single high-volume center, Timothy Morley MD, Matthew Mikulski, Matthew Rade, Jean Chalhoub MD, David Desilets MD, and John Romanelli MD

Minimally invasive versus open hepatectomy for the resection of colorectal liver metastases: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Georgios Orthopoulos MD

Assessment of Bleeding Risk in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Tertiary Hospital Experience during the Pandemic in a Predominant Minority Population-Bleeding Risk Factors in COVID-19 Patients, Antoinette Pacifico MD

Long-Term, Prospective, Multicenter Study of Poly-4-hydroxybutyrate Mesh (Phasix Mesh) for Hernia Repair in Cohort at Risk for Complication: 60-Month Follow-Up, John Romanelli MD

Preface, John Romanelli MD

Surgeon Wellness: Scope of the Problem and Strategies to Avoid Burnout, John Romanelli MD

Multi-arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Practice Patterns in the USA: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, Siavash Saadat MD, Daniel Engelman MD, and Thomas Schwann MD

Long term results on the severity of acute appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic, Elizabeth Santone MD, Francesca Izzo MD, Karina Lo, Aixa Perez Coulter, Nicolas Jabbour MD, and Georgios Orthopoulos MD

Incidence and Impact of a Single Red Blood Cell Transfusion: Analysis of the STS Database 2010-2019, Thomas Schwann MD

Peri-operative Anemia and Transfusions and Late Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients, Thomas Schwann MD and Daniel Engelman MD

Debriefing After Simulation, Neal Seymour MD

Overcoming Systems Factors in Case Logging with Artificial Intelligence Tools, Neal Seymour MD

Update on the Personal and Professional Well-Being of Surgical Residents in New England, Neal Seymour MD

Routine Assessment of Surgical Resident Wellness-Related Concerns During Biannual Review, Margaret Siu MD, David Tashjian MD, Gladys Fernandez M.D., Joy Isotti MD, and Neal Seymour MD

Advocacy: What Every Colorectal Surgeon Needs to Know to Make a Critical Impact on Health Care Policy, Kelly Tyler MD

What Every Colorectal Surgeon Needs to Know About Compensation for Physicians Employed by Hospitals and Health Care Systems, Kelly Tyler MD

Safety of Laparoscopic Appendectomy in the Setting of Coagulopathy: An ACS-NSQIP Study, Ya Zhou MD, Vida Rastegar, and Mazen Al-Mansour MD

Submissions from 2021 2021

Linear versus volumetric CT analysis in predicting tension-free fascial closure in abdominal wall reconstruction, Mazen Al-Mansour MD, Jacqueline Wu MD, Greg Gagnon, Alex Knee, John Romanelli MD, and Neal Seymour MD

Validation of a simple technique of volumetric analysis of complex incisional hernias without 3D CT scan reconstruction, Mazen Al-Mansour MD, Jacqueline Wu MD, Greg Gagnon, Alex Knee, John Romanelli MD, and Neal Seymour MD

Application of technology to educational needs in surgery, Jorind Beqari MD and Neal Seymour MD

Whipple, wait, or watch? A multidisciplinary approach to care delivery for the nonagenarian, Maura Brennan MD, Nicolas Jabbour MD, Peter A. Depergola, and Maryam Hasan MD

Cardiac surgeons' concerns, perceptions, and responses during the COVID-19 pandemic, Daniel Engelman MD

Commentary: After the train has left the station: The utility of a late biomarker for cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury, Daniel Engelman MD

Commentary: "How to Slay the Aortic Dissection Beast in a COVID-19 World", Daniel Engelman MD

Diseases of the Aorta and Kidney Disease: Conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference, Daniel Engelman MD

Expert Consensus of Data Elements for Collection for Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery, Daniel Engelman MD

Perioperative Care Standards in Cardiac Surgery Patients Aiming at Enhancing Recovery: A Nationwide Survey in the Netherlands and Belgium, Daniel Engelman MD

Perioperative Coronavirus Vaccination - Timing and Implications: A Guidance Document, Daniel Engelman MD

Selecting Elements for a Cardiac Enhanced Recovery Protocol, Daniel Engelman MD

The 10 Commandments of ERAS for Cardiac Surgery, Daniel Engelman MD

Practice Variations in Chemodenervation for Anal Fissure Among ASCRS Members, Daniel Fish MD

Return of the Banana Knife: An Alternative Instrument for Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy, Heather Grant MD, Gregory Banever MD, Kevin Moriarty MD, Victoria Pepper MD, David Tashjian MD, and Michael Tirabassi MD

Factors Associated with Successful Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Thoracotomy in the Management of Traumatic Hemothorax, Heather Grant MD, Alex Knee, and Michael Tirabassi MD

Metabolic and bariatric surgery is likely safe, but underutilized in adolescents aged 13-17 years, Heather Grant MD and Aixa Perez-Caraballo MD

Information Quality for Residency Applicants in Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA) and Program Websites, Shelbie Kirkendoll

Surviving traumatic cardiac arrest: Identification of factors associated with survival, Kristina Kramer MD

Early Experience With Brolucizumab Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration, David Lally MD

PRPH2-Associated Macular Dystrophy in 4 Family Members with a Novel Mutation, David Lally MD

Demographic, Clinical, and Mortality Trends of Law Enforcement-Related Trauma: A Trauma Quality Improvement Program Analysis, Jonathan Lee MD

Low-Cost, Three-Dimensionally-Printed, Anatomical Models for Optimization of Orbital Wall Reconstruction, Jonathan Lee MD

The Utility of the Subalar Graft in Nostril Symmetry in Rhinoplasty, Jonathan Lee MD

Understanding the Role of the Otolaryngology Hospitalist: Tracheostomies and Tracheostomy Care, Jonathan Lee MD

Post-Procedural Opioid Prescribing in Children: A Survey of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Kevin Moriarty MD

A Western Massachusetts hospital system's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nikita Ramanathan MD, Reginald Alouidor MD, Kristina Kramer MD, and Tyler Putnam MD

Comment on: The impact of bariatric surgery on breastfeeding: a systematic review, John Romanelli MD

Genetic modifiers regulating DNA replication and double-strand break repair are associated with differences in mammary tumors in mouse models of Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Sallie Schneider PhD and D Joseph Jerry

Association of Both High and Low Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction With Increased Risk After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Thomas Schwann MD

Commentary: Gender and outcomes: It's complicated, Thomas Schwann MD

Mitral Surgery After Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis, Thomas Schwann MD

Right Ventricular Dysfunction and Short-Term Outcomes Following Left-Sided Valvular Surgery: An Echocardiographic Study, Thomas Schwann MD

STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes, Quality, and Research, Thomas Schwann MD

Preliminary Report from the Pelvic Floor Disorders Consortium: Large Scale Data Collection through Quality Improvement Initiatives to Provide Data on Functional Outcomes Following Rectal Prolapse Repair, Kelly Tyler MD

The Impact of the Noncompete, Kelly Tyler MD

Update: TelehealtRh in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Kelly Tyler MD

Retroperitoneal Necrosis as a Rare Complication After Celiac Plexus Block, Ya Zhou MD, Brendan O'Donovan DO, Jorind Beqari MD, and Reginald Alouidor MD

Submissions from 2020 2020

SAGES TAVAC safety and efficacy analysis WATS3D (CDx Diagnostics, Suffern, NY), Mazen Al-Mansour MD

Endovascular Treatment of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injuries in Right Arch Vessel Anatomy, Heepeel Chang MD, Neal Hadro MD, Marc Norris MD, and Marvin Morris MD

A novel technique to manage transcatheter aortic valve embolization, Kunal Chawla MD, Xiangke Huang, Neal Hadro MD, and Ashequl Islam MD

A multicenter, prospective, controlled clinical trial of surgical stabilization of rib fractures in patients with severe, nonflail fracture patterns (Chest Wall Injury Society NONFLAIL), Andrew Doben

Outcomes after pneumonectomy versus limited lung resection in adults with traumatic lung injury, Andrew Doben and Ronald Gross

Taxonomy of multiple rib fractures: Results of the chest wall injury society international consensus survey, Andrew Doben and Ronald Gross

Adult cardiac surgery and the COVID-19 pandemic: Aggressive infection mitigation strategies are necessary in the operating room and surgical recovery, Daniel Engelman MD

Adult Cardiac Surgery and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Aggressive Infection Mitigation Strategies are Necessary in the Operating Room and Surgical Recovery, Daniel Engelman MD

Adult cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tiered Patient Triage Guidance Statement, Daniel Engelman MD

Adult cardiac surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: A tiered patient triage guidance statement, Daniel Engelman MD

Cardiac ERAS: A Guide to Team Building and Successful Implementation, Daniel Engelman MD

Cardiac Surgery-Enhanced Recovery Programs Modified for COVID-19: Key Steps to Preserve Resources, Manage Caseload Backlog, and Improve Patient Outcomes, Daniel Engelman MD

Cardiac surgery in North America and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Regional variability in burden and impact, Daniel Engelman MD

Commentary: Can we do better during a potential second wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?, Daniel Engelman MD

Commentary: Quality metrics are important, but we must also become stewards of health care value, Daniel Engelman MD

Commentary: The need for better identification of postoperative delirium, Daniel Engelman MD

Delirium Prevention in Postcardiac Surgical Critical Care, Daniel Engelman MD

Longitudinal Outcomes in Octogenarian Critically Ill Patients with a Focus on Frailty and Cardiac Surgery, Daniel Engelman MD

Postoperative care: who should look after patients following surgery?, Daniel Engelman MD

Preoperative Treatment of Malnutrition and Sarcopenia in Cardiac Surgery: New Frontiers, Daniel Engelman MD

Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury, Daniel Engelman MD

Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury, Daniel Engelman MD

Ramping up Delivery of Cardiac Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Guidance Statement from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons COVID-19 Task Force, Daniel Engelman MD

Survey of Contemporary Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit Models in the United States, Daniel Engelman MD

Stress Biomarkers Do Not Correlate with Risk Factors for Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery, Daniel Engelman MD; Cheryl Crisafi, MSN, RN, CNL; Michael Germain MD; Barbara Greco MD; Richard Engelman MD; and Thomas Schwann MD

Commentary: A little is way too much: What we have learned about perioperative acute kidney injury, Daniel Engelman MD and Thomas Schwann MD

Commentary: Low hanging fruit-reducing hospital-acquired pressure injuries associated with cardiac surgery, Daniel Engelman MD; Quazi Uddin MD; and Cheryl Crisafi, MSN, RN, CNL

The use of patient-derived breast tissue explants to study macrophage polarization and the effects of environmental chemical exposure, Kelly Gregory, Jennifer Ser-Dolansky, Benjamin Schalet MD, D Joseph Jerry, and Sallie Schneider PhD

Letter to the Editor: Assessing the Long-Term Potential of Relaxing Regulations: Should We Go Back to Business as Usual?, Nicolas Jabbour MD

Perioperative considerations in nonagenarians, Brittany Kern

An Epidemiological Analysis and Comparison of Single Site and Multiple Site Fracture Repair, Jonathan Lee MD

An Intraoperative Salvage After Transection of the Greater Palatine Artery During Cleft Palate Repair: A Case for Buccal Fat and Buccal Myomucosal Flaps, Jonathan Lee MD

Demineralized Bone Matrix and Resorbable Mesh Bilaminate Cranioplasty Is Ineffective for Secondary Reconstruction of Large Pediatric Cranial Defects, Jonathan Lee MD

Facial Fractures and the National Basketball Association: Epidemiology and Outcomes, Jonathan Lee MD

Indications and Outcomes of the Osteoplastic Flap Procedure With or Without Obliteration, Jonathan Lee MD

Indications and Outcomes of the Osteoplastic Flap Procedure With or Without Obliteration, Jonathan Lee MD

Reply: Demineralized Bone Matrix and Resorbable Mesh Bilaminate Cranioplasty Is Ineffective for Secondary Reconstruction of Large Pediatric Cranial Defects, Jonathan Lee MD

Screenshot Photography: Optimizing Photo-Documentation While Using Telehealth Video Platforms, Jonathan Lee MD

Senior General Surgery Resident Confidence in Performing Abdominal Wall Hernia Repairs, Briana Leung MD, Alex Knee, Jacqueline Wu MD, Gladys Fernandez M.D., Neal Seymour MD, and Mazen Al-Mansour MD

Center-level Variation in HLA-incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Outcomes, George Lipkowitz MD

Deceased Donors: Defining Drug-Related Deaths, George Lipkowitz MD