Submissions from 2020
Center-level Variation in HLA-incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Outcomes, George Lipkowitz MD
Deceased Donors: Defining Drug-Related Deaths, George Lipkowitz MD
Delayed Graft Function and Acute Rejection Following HLA-Incompatible Living Donor Kidney Transplantation, George Lipkowitz MD
Syringomatous adenoma of the nipple with microcalcifications on mammography: A case report, Shiva Niakan DO, Angelica Patino MD, Nupur Jadhav MD, Jennifer Hadro MD, Giovanna Crisi MD, and Holly Mason MD
Perioperative Considerations During Emergency General Surgery in the Era of COVID-19: A U.S. Experience, Georgios Orthopoulos MD, Gladys Fernandez M.D., Jessica Dahle MD, Elizabeth Casey, and Nicolas Jabbour MD
Increasing incidence of complicated appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic, Georgios Orthopoulos MD, Elizabeth Santone MD, Francesca Izzo MD, Michael Tirabassi MD, Aixa Caraballo MD, Nicole Corriveau, and Nicolas Jabbour MD
Prospective, multicenter study of P4HB (Phasix™) mesh for hernia repair in cohort at risk for complications: 3-Year follow-up, John Romanelli MD
SAGES Primer for Taking Care of Yourself During and After the COVID-19 Crisis, John Romanelli MD
The COVID-19 reset: lessons from the pandemic on Burnout and the Practice of Surgery, John Romanelli MD
Warm Blood Cardioplegia for Myocardial Protection: Concepts and Controversies, John Rousou MD
Commentary: Radial artery-Try it; you might like it, and your patients will love it, Thomas Schwann MD
Commentary: To BIMA or Not to BIMA, That Should Be the Question, Rather Than How to BIMA, Thomas Schwann MD
Outcomes following revascularization with radial artery bypass grafts: Insights from the PREVENT-IV trial, Thomas Schwann MD
Reply: A question versus the question, Thomas Schwann MD
Effect of Skeletonization of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries on Deep Sternal Wound Infections, Thomas Schwann MD and Daniel Engelman MD
Use of a Secure Web-Based Data Management Platform to Track Resident Operative Performance and Program Educational Quality Over Time, Neal Seymour MD
Submissions from 2019
Aortic Valve Replacement in 8 Adults with Anomalous Aortic Origin of Coronary Artery, Ak Alameddine MD, Brian Binnall, and Frederick Conlin
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
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
Smoking is associated with an improved short-term outcome in patients with rib fractures, Andrew Doben
Taxonomy of Multiple Rib Fractures: Results of the Chest Wall Injury Society International Consensus Survey, Andrew Doben and Ronald Gross
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
Mandatory public reporting of cardiac surgery outcomes: The 2003 to 2014 Massachusetts experience, Daniel Engelman MD
Survey of Contemporary Cardiac Surgery ICU Models in the United States, Daniel Engelman MD
Using urinary biomarkers to reduce acute 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: 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
Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society Recommendations, Daniel Engelman MD and Richard Engelman MD
Commentary: Looking to prevent acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery? Just check the urine, Daniel Engelman MD and Michael Germain MD
Hemoadsorption to Reduce Plasma Free Hemoglobin during Cardiac Surgery: Results of REFRESH I Pilot Study, Richard Engelman MD
Preoperative leukopenia does not affect outcomes in cancer patients undergoing elective and emergent abdominal surgery: A brief report, Heather Grant MD, Jane Garb, Richard Arenas MD, and Mihaela Stefan 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
Airway Obstruction Risk in Unique Infant Cleft Phenotype: PSIO Protocol Modification Recommendations, Jonathan Lee MD
Risk Factors for Prolonged Air Leak After Pulmonary Resection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Katie Nason MD
S054: incidence and management of jejunojejunal intussusception after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a large case series, Georgios Orthopoulos MD, Heather Grant MD, Parth Sharma MD, Erin Thompson, and John Romanelli MD
Developing minimally invasive procedure quality metrics: one step at a time, John Romanelli MD
Public reporting and transparency: a primer on public outcomes reporting, John Romanelli MD
Systematic review of management of gallbladder disease in patients undergoing minimally invasive bariatric surgery, 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
Analyse the evidence, generate new evidence and apply the evidence: cardiac surgery is not only about cutting and sewing, Thomas Schwann 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
Peri-operative Blood Transfusions are Not Benign, Thomas Schwann MD and Daniel Engelman MD
The association of nicotine replacement therapy with outcomes among smokers hospitalized for a major surgical procedure, Mihaela Stefan MD, Quinn Pack MD, Meng-Shiou Shieh, Penny Pekow, Katie Nason MD, and Peter Lindenauer
Education Management Platform Enables Delivery and Comparison of Multiple Evaluation Types, Ruchi Thanawala MD, Jonathan Jesneck MD, and Neal Seymour MD
Boot Camp in a Box: Initial Experience with Pretraining Skills Preparation for New Interns, Sheina Theodore MD, Heather Grant MD, John Budrow, Gladys Fernandez M.D., David Tashjian MD, and Neal Seymour 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
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
Addressing the imperative to evolve the hospital new product value analysis process, Daniel Engelman 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
Should urinary biomarkers be a standard component of evaluation after cardiac surgery?, 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 it time to mandate regional acute mechanical circulatory support/extracorporeal membrane oxygenation centers?, Daniel Engelman MD and Jaime Hernandez-Montfort 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
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
Transatrial implantation of a transcatheter heart valve for severe mitral annular calcification, Ashequl Islam MD and David Deaton 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
Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures: A Single Institution Experience, Erica Kane MD, Elan Jeremitsky MD, Katharine Bittner, Susan Kartiko MD, and Andrew Doben
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
The NOVEL trial: natural orifice versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy-a prospective, randomized evaluation, 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