Surgery

Surgeon experience contributes to improved outcomes in pancreatoduodenectomies at high risk for fistula development.  169:708-720. 2021

Safety of outpatient adrenalectomy across 3 minimally invasive approaches at 2 academic medical centers.  169:145-149. 2021

Competency-based resident education: The United States perspective.  167:777-781. 2020

A growth model of neuroendocrine tumor surrogates and the efficacy of a novel somatostatin-receptor–guided antibody-drug conjugate: Perspectives on clinical response?.  167:197-203. 2020

Four decades of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES): Past, present, and future.  167:1-3. 2020

Overexpression of somatostatin receptor type 2 in neuroendocrine tumors for improved Ga68-DOTATATE imaging and treatment.  167:189-196. 2020

Who are you?.  167:4-9. 2020

Donation approval among obese living kidney donor candidates: The impact of metabolic syndrome.  166:940-946. 2019

Obesity and long-term mortality risk among living kidney donors.  166:205-208. 2019

Re: Cost-effectiveness of immediate biopsy versus surveillance of intermediate-suspicion thyroid nodules.  165:664-667. 2019

Characterization of somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) expression and antiproliferative effect of somatostatin analogues in aggressive thyroid cancers.  165:64-68. 2019

Sustaining the momentum: Negative cross-sectional imaging for primary hyperaldosteronism should not preclude endocrine surgical referral.  165:219-220. 2019

Abnormalities of laboratory coagulation tests versus clinically evident coagulopathic bleeding: results from the prehospital resuscitation on helicopters study (PROHS).  163:819-826. 2018

Wide variation in cost of surgical care for parathyroidectomy: is there a need for standardization of practice?.  163:638-642. 2018

Pediatric-protocol of multimodal therapy is associated with improved survival in AYAs and adults with rhabdomyosarcoma.  163:324-329. 2018

Editorial: The phantom menace: implications of polyclonality for surgical treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism.  163:15-16. 2018

Fifteen years of adrenalectomies: impact of specialty training and operative volume.  163:150-156. 2018

Notch3 as a novel therapeutic target in metastatic medullary thyroid cancer.  163:104-111. 2018

Open and endovascular aneurysm repair in the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative.  162:1195-1206. 2017

Effects of socioeconomic status on children with well-differentiated thyroid cancer.  162:662-669. 2017

The effect of perioperative fluid management on postoperative ileus in rectal cancer patients.  161:1628-1632. 2017

Response to: Comment on: Live tissue versus simulation training for emergency procedures: Is simulation ready to replace live tissue?.  161:1464-1465. 2017

Preoperative blood transfusion is a predictor of worse short-term postoperative outcomes after colectomy.  161:1067-1075. 2017

How long should we follow patients after apparently curative parathyroidectomy?.  161:54-61. 2017

The Epstein-Barr virus EBNA2 protein induces a subset of NOTCH target genes in thyroid cancer cell lines but fails to suppress proliferation.  161:195-201. 2017

Multiple postoperative complications: Making sense of the trajectories.  160:1666-1674. 2016

Real-time ultrasonography for placement of central venous catheters in children: A multi-institutional study.  160:1605-1611. 2016

Patient autonomy–centered self-care checklist reduces hospital readmissions after ileostomy creation.  160:1302-1308. 2016

Live tissue versus simulation training for emergency procedures: Is simulation ready to replace live tissue?.  160:997-1007. 2016

A leadership development program for surgeons: First-year participant evaluation.  160:255-263. 2016

Comparing the burden of pancreatic fistulas after pancreatoduodenectomy and distal pancreatectomy.  159:1013-1022. 2016

A Leadership development program for surgeons: First-year participant evaluation 2016

Parathyroidectomy is underused in patients with tertiary hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation.  159:172-180. 2016

Oncolytic adenovirus expressing interferon alpha in a syngeneic Syrian hamster model for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.  157:888-898. 2015

Do additional imaging studies change operative management in patients undergoing adrenalectomy? Presented at Central Surgical Association, Chicago, IL March 2015..  158:1003-1011. 2015

Is central lymph node dissection necessary for parathyroid carcinoma?.  156:1336-1341. 2014

Is intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring necessary with ipsilateral parathyroid gland visualization during anticipated unilateral exploration for primary hyperparathyroidism: A two-institution analysis of more than 2,000 patients.  156:760-768. 2014

Parathyroid carcinoma in more than 1,000 patients: A population-level analysis.  156:1622-1630. 2014

Sorafenib and triptolide as combination therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma.  156:270-279. 2014

The effect of cinacalcet on intraoperative findings in tertiary hyperparathyroidism patients undergoing parathyroidectomy.  156:1308-1314. 2014

The quality of surgical care in safety net hospitals: A systematic review.  155:826-838. 2014

Trajectory of care and use of multimodality therapy in older patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.  156:280-289. 2014

A multi-institutional international study of risk factors for hematoma after thyroidectomy.  154:1283-1291. 2013

Timing of symptom improvement after parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism.  154:1463-1469. 2013

Current trends in preoperative biliary stenting in patients with pancreatic cancer.  154:179-189. 2013

Physician follow-up and observation of guidelines in the post treatment surveillance of colorectal cancer.  154:244-255. 2013

Quality of post-treatment surveillance of early stage breast cancer in Texas.  154:214-225. 2013

Intrathyroidal parathyroid glands: Small, but mighty (a Napoleon phenomenon).  152:1193-1200. 2012

Is minimally invasive parathyroidectomy associated with greater recurrence compared to bilateral exploration? Analysis of more than 1,000 cases.  152:1008-1015. 2012

Is previous same quadrant surgery a contraindication to laparoscopic adrenalectomy?.  152:1211-1217. 2012

Same-day thyroidectomy program: Eligibility and safety evaluation.  152:1133-1141. 2012

Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease improve after parathyroidectomy.  152:1232-1237. 2012

Delivery of interferon alpha using a novel Cox2-controlled adenovirus for pancreatic cancer therapy.  152:114-122. 2012

N-acetyl-L-cysteine decreases intra-abdominal adhesion formation through the upregulation of peritoneal fibrinolytic activity and antioxidant defenses.  149:801-812. 2011

Hospital-level variability in incisional hernia repair technique affects patient outcomes.  149:185-191. 2011

Lidocaine suppresses mouse Peyer's Patch T cell functions and induces bacterial translocation.  149:106-113. 2011

Risk stratification of indeterminate thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy specimens based on mutation analysis.  150:1085-1091. 2011

Response to "response to: Tertiary hyperparathyroidism: Is less than a subtotal resection ever appropriate? A study on long-term outcomes".  148:1045. 2010

Postoperative parathyroid hormone testing decreases symptomatic hypocalcemia and associated emergency room visits after total thyroidectomy.  148:841-846. 2010

Surveillance after surgical treatment of melanoma: Futility of routine chest radiography.  148:711-717. 2010

Is DVT prophylaxis necessary for thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy?.  148:1163-1169. 2010

Training our future endocrine surgeons: A look at the endocrine surgery operative experience of U.S. surgical residents.  148:1075-1081. 2010

Neurocognitive dysfunction: A predictor of parathyroid hyperplasia.  146:1138-1143. 2009

Tertiary hyperparathyroidism: Is less than a subtotal resection ever appropriate? A study of long-term outcomes.  146:1130-1137. 2009

Lymph node evaluation is associated with improved survival after surgery for early stage gallbladder cancer.  146:706-713. 2009

Radioguided parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism in the reoperative neck.  146:592-599. 2009

Thyroid hormone replacement after thyroid lobectomy.  146:554-560. 2009

ERBB2 suppression decreases cell growth via apoptosis in gastrointestinal adenocarcinomas.  146:213-219. 2009

Triptolide therapy for neuroblastoma decreases cell viability in vitro and inhibits tumor growth in vivo.  146:282-290. 2009

Role of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) in 17β-estradiol-mediated attenuation of lung injury after trauma-hemorrhage.  145:226-234. 2009

Fibroblast-conditioned media promote human sarcoma cell invasion.  145:42-47. 2009

Histone deacetylase inhibitors upregulate Notch-1 and inhibit growth in pheochromocytoma cells.  144:956-962. 2008

Regulation of cell-cell contact molecules and the metastatic phenotype of medullary thyroid carcinoma by the Raf-1/MEK/ERK pathway.  144:920-925. 2008

Reliability of benign fine needle aspiration cytology of large thyroid nodules.  144:963-969. 2008

The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/akt signaling pathway in medullary thyroid cancer.  144:721-724. 2008

Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma involving the organ of Zuckerkandl.  143:830-832. 2008

Pre-operative management of patients with Graves' disease.  143:292-293. 2008

Neuroendocrine tumor cell growth inhibition by ZM336372 through alterations in multiple signaling pathways.  142:959-964. 2007

Symptomatic benign multinodular goiter: Unilateral or bilateral thyroidectomy?.  142:458-462. 2007

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is highly conserved in pancreatic cancer.  141:464-469. 2007

Lithium ions: A novel treatment for pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.  141:161-165. 2007

Consequences of parathyroidectomy in patients with "mild" sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism.  142:795-799.e2. 2007

Apoptosis-mediated medullary thyroid cancer growth suppression by the PI3K inhibitor LY294002.  140:1009-1015. 2006

17β-estradiol administration following trauma-hemorrhage prevents the increase in Kupffer cell cytokine production and MAPK activation predominately via estrogen receptor-α.  140:141-148. 2006

Hairy Enhancer of Split-1 (HES-1), a Notch1 effector, inhibits the growth of carcinoid tumor cells.  138:1137-1142. 2005

Hyperthyroidism after parathyroid exploration.  138:1058-1065. 2005

Intraoperative neurophysiology testing of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: Plaudits and pitfalls.  138:1183-1192. 2005

Laparoscopic resection of adrenal cortical carcinoma: A cautionary note.  138:1078-1086. 2005

The role of intraoperative parathyroid hormone testing in patients with tertiary hyperparathyroidism after renal transplantation.  138:1066-1071. 2005

Valproic acid inhibits growth, induces apoptosis, and modulates apoptosis-regulatory and differentiation gene expression in human thyroid cancer cells.  138:979-985. 2005

Intraoperative parathyroid hormone testing improves cure rates in patients undergoing minimally invasive parathyroidectomy.  138:583-590. 2005

Salutary effects of androstenediol on hepatic function after trauma-hemorrhage are mediated via peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor gamma.  138:204-211. 2005

Mechanism responsible for the salutary effects of flutamide on cardiac performance after trauma-hemorrhagic shock: Upregulation of cardiomyocyte estrogen receptors.  138:85-92. 2005

Oncolytic adenoviral therapy in gallbladder carcinoma.  137:527-535. 2005

Does propofol anesthesia affect intraoperative parathyroid hormone levels? A randomized, prospective trial.  136:1138-1142. 2004

Insulin-like growth factor 1 signaling in human gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor cells.  136:1297-1302. 2004

A novel approach to xenotransplantation combining surface engineering and genetic modification of isolated adult porcine islets.  136:537-547. 2004

Does academic advancement impact teaching performance of surgical faculty?.  136:277-281. 2004

Enhanced isolated pancreatic islet recovery and functionality in rats by 17β-estradiol treatment of brain death donors.  136:336-345. 2004

The recruitment of medical students to careers in general surgery: Emphasis on the first and second years of medical education.  134:409-413. 2003

Peripheral mobilization of recipient bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells enhances pancreatic islet revascularization and engraftment after intraportal transplantation.  134:390-398. 2003

Suppression of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathway by 17β-estradiol can preserve human islet functional mass from proinflammatory cytokine-induced destruction.  134:169-179. 2003

Health-related quality of life in hyperparathyroidism measurably improves after parathyroidectomy.  134:675-681. 2003

Peak stimulated insulin secretion is associated with specific changes in gene expression profiles in sporadic insulinomas.  134:982-987. 2003

Radioguided parathyroidectomy in patients with secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism.  134:713-717. 2003

The role of human achaete-scute homolog-1 in medullary thyroid cancer cells.  134:866-871. 2003

Therapy for calciphylaxis: An outcome analysis.  134:941-944. 2003

Activation of the ras/raf-1 signal transduction pathway in carcinoid tumor cells results in morphologic transdifferentiation.  132:1035-1039. 2002

Do the national institutes of health consensus guidelines for parathyroidectomy predict symptom severity and surgical outcome in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism?.  132:1013-1020. 2002

Incidental diagnosis of gastric cancer in transplant recipients improves patient survival.  132:754-760. 2002

Pelvic fracture in the elderly is associated with increased mortality.  132:710-715. 2002

Extrahepatic biliary cystadenoma localized to the common bile duct.  131:587-588. 2002

Fibroblasts promote breast cancer cell invasion by upregulating tumor matrix metalloproteinase-9 production.  132:220-225. 2002

Quercetin inhibits human vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration.  131:198-204. 2002

Continuous resuscitation after hemorrhage and acute fluid replacement improves cardiovascular responses.  129:559-566. 2001

Inhibition of Fas signaling prevents hepatic injury and improves organ blood flow during sepsis.  130:339-345. 2001

Nitric oxide synthase isoform expression in a porcine model of granulation tissue formation.  129:341-350. 2001

Parathyroidectomy promotes wound healing and prolongs survival in patients with calciphylaxis from secondary hyperparathyroidism.  130:645-651. 2001

Transmission of donor cancer into cardiothoracic transplant recipients.  130:660-668. 2001

Dynamic helical computed tomography scan accurately detects hemorrhage in patients with pelvic fracture.  128:678-685. 2000

General surgery and fellowship training: Opinions of surgical intern applicants and fellowship directors.  127:14-18. 2000

IL-4-induced activation of the Stat6 pathway contributes to the suppression of cell-mediated immunity and death in sepsis.  128:133-138. 2000

Impact of breast cancer treatment guidelines on surgeon practice patterns: Results of a hospital-based intervention.  128:847-861. 2000

Insight into the mechanism by which estradiol improves organ functions after trauma-hemorrhage.  128:246-252. 2000

Outpatient minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: A combination of sestamibi-SPECT localization, cervical block anesthesia, and intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay.  126:1016-1022. 1999

Trauma-hemorrhage delays wound healing potentially by increasing pro- inflammatory cytokines at the wound site.  126:279-285. 1999

What is the role of interleukin 10 in polymicrobial sepsis: Anti- inflammatory agent or immunosuppressant?.  126:378-383. 1999

Directed antisense therapy confirms the role of protein kinase C-α in the tumorigenicity of pancreatic cancer.  124:218-224. 1998

Gene therapy for primary and metastatic pancreatic cancer with intraperitoneal retroviral vector bearing the wild-type p53 gene.  124:143-151. 1998

Immunoaffinity localization of the enzyme xanthine oxidase on the outside surface of the endothelial cell plasma membrane.  124:551-560. 1998

L-arginine restores the depressed cardiac output and regional perfusion after trauma-hemorrhage.  124:394-402. 1998

Primate renal transplants using immunotoxin.  124:438-447. 1998

Implanted programmable insulin pumps: One hundred fifty-three patient years of surgical experience.  122:1005-1011. 1997

Telomerase activity in the differential diagnosis of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid.  122:1137-1140. 1997

Thrombospondin-1 and transforming growth factor-beta1 promote breast tumor cell invasion through up-regulation of the plasminogen/plasmin system.  122:493-500. 1997

Differentiation of medullary thyroid cancer by C-Raf-1 silences expression of the neural transcription factor human achaete-scute homolog-1.  120:168-173. 1996

Economics of pancreatoduodenectomy in the elderly.  120:620-626. 1996

Inhibition of breast cancer progression by an antibody to a thrombospondin-1 receptor.  120:449-454. 1996

Measurement in surgical clinical research.  119:241-244. 1996

Observational studies as alternatives to randomized clinical trials in surgical clinical research.  119:473-475. 1996

Parathyroidectomy in Maryland: Effects of an endocrine center.  120:948-953. 1996

Pentoxifylline maintains vascular endothelial cell function during hyperdynamic and hypodynamic sepsis.  120:367-373. 1996

Randomized controlled trials in surgery: Issues and problems.  119:483-486. 1996

Adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting pheochromocytomas: The exception to the rule.  118:988-995. 1995

Chemically modified heparin improves hepatocellular function, cardiac output, and microcirculation after trauma-hemorrhage and resuscitation.  116:169-176. 1994

Early detection of de novo hepatitis C infection in patients after liver transplantation by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.  114:442-448. 1993

Pentoxifylline restores cardiac output and tissue perfusion after trauma- hemorrhage and decreases susceptibility to sepsis.  114:352-359. 1993

Prevention of peritoneal adhesions by administration of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and oral vitamin E.  114:907-910. 1993

The ivory tower from outside and in: A survey of Minnesota surgeons.  114:436-441. 1993

The monosialoganglioside, GM1, reduces neurologic injury associated with hypothermic circulatory arrest.  114:324-333. 1993

Adenosine triphosphate-magnesium chloride in radiation injury.  112:933-939. 1992

Energetics of defective macrophage antigen presentation after hemorrhage as determined by ultraresolution ³¹P nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry: Restoration with adenosine triphosphate-MgCl2.  112:150-158. 1992

Erratum: Energetics of defective macrophage antigen presentation after hemorrhage as determined by ultraresolution ³¹P nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry: Restoration with adenosine triphosphate-MgCl2 (Surgery (1992) 112 (150-158)).  112:846. 1992

Growth hormone and insulin combine to improve whole-body and skeletal muscle protein kinetics.  112:284-292. 1992

Interferon-γ attenuates hemorrhage-induced suppression of macrophage and splenocyte functions and decreases susceptibility to sepsis.  111:177-187. 1992

Mechanism of the beneficial effects of pentoxifylline on hepatocellular function after trauma hemorrhage and resuscitation.  112:451-458. 1992

Altered motility and bacterial flora after functional end-to-end anastomosis.  108:384-392. 1990

Molecular biology of circulatory shock. Part II. Expression of four groups of hepatic genes is enhanced after resuscitation from cardiogenic shock.  108:559-566. 1990

Depressed antigen presentation function and membrane interleukin-1 activity of peritoneal macrophages after laparotomy.  102:147-154. 1987

Treatment with verapamil and adenosine triphosphate-MgCl2 reduces cyclosporine nephrotoxicity.  101:315-322. 1987

Effects of regenerating liver cytosol on drug-induced hepatic failure.  97:455-462. 1985

A cyclophosphamide-sensitive suppressor T cell circuit induced by thermal injury.  95:699-706. 1984

Ineffectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy using DTIC and cyclophosphamide in patients with resectable metastatic melanoma.  95:454-459. 1984

Cardiac cryosurgery: Effects of myocardial temperature on cryolesion size.  93:268-272. 1983

Evaluation of factors affecting mortality rate after sepsis in a murine cecal ligation and puncture model.  94:331-335. 1983

Role of oxygen free radicals in shock, ischemia, and organ preservation.  94:428-432. 1983

Role of oxygen-derived free radicals in digestive tract diseases.  94:415-422. 1983

Comparison of partial and complete arterial occlusion models for studying intestinal ischemia.  92:896-901. 1982

Effects of systemic hyperthermia on the growth patterns of experimental neoplasms.  91:452-458. 1982

Effect of sepsis on tissue adenine nucleotide levels.  85:205-211. 1979

Improved hepatic function and survival with adenosine triphosphate magnesium chloride after hepatic ischemia.  83:655-662. 1978

Alterations in high-energy phosphates in hemorrhagic shock as related to tissue and organ function.  79:666-668. 1976

Degradation of adenine nucleotides by the soleus muscle in hemorrhagic shock.  77:180-185. 1975

Evidence for enhanced uptake of adenosme triphosphate by muscle of animals in shock.  77:833-840. 1975

Na⁺-K⁺ transport and adenosine nucleotides in the lung in hemorrhagic shock.  77:395-402. 1975

Effect of adenosine triphosphate-magnesium chloride administration in shock.  75:220-227. 1974