Annals of Surgery

Early Elective Surgery After Colon Cancer Diagnosis has Higher Risk of Readmission and Death.  273:188-194. 2021

Parathyroidectomy for Osteoporosis: More Complex Than We Thought?.  273:e19-e20. 2021

Residential Racial Segregation and Disparities in Breast Cancer Presentation, Treatment, and Survival.  273:3-9. 2021

Benchmarking Accomplishments of Leaders in American Surgery and Justification for Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion.  272:897-903. 2020

Parathyroidectomy for Mild Hyperparathyroidism in the Octogenarian: Is Age Really Just a Number?.  272:e285-e286. 2020

An Implementation Assessment of the Virtual Acute Care for Elders Program From the Perspective of Key Stakeholders. 2020

Recognizing and Addressing the Disparities in Research Funding for Underrepresented Minorities and Women.  272:30-31. 2020

Open Versus Fenestrated Endovascular Repair of Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.  271:969-977. 2020

The American association of endocrine surgeons guidelines for the definitive surgical management of thyroid disease in adults.  271:E21-E93. 2020

The Changing Face of Emergency General Surgery: A 20-year Analysis of Secular Trends in Demographics, Diagnoses, Operations, and Outcomes.  271:581-589. 2020

Redefining the Influence of Ethnicity on Simultaneous Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation Outcomes: A 15-year Single-center Experience.  271:177-183. 2020

Mitigating Racial and Sex Disparities in Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: Impact of the Nation's Longest Single-center Kidney Chain.  270:639-646. 2019

Is Disruptive Behavior Inherent to the Surgeon or the Environment? Analysis of 314 Events at a Single Academic Medical Center.  270:463-472. 2019

Fluorescence Imaging of Nerves during Surgery.  270:69-76. 2019

Integrated Physiological and Biochemical Assessments for the Prediction of Growth of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Humans.  270:e4. 2019

The Beneficial Effects of Minimizing Blood Loss in Pancreatoduodenectomy.  270:147-157. 2019

Outcomes with Overlapping Surgery at a Large Academic Medical Center.  269:465-470. 2019

Risk Factors and Mitigation Strategies for Pancreatic Fistula after Distal Pancreatectomy: Analysis of 2026 Resections from the International, Multi-institutional Distal Pancreatectomy Study Group.  269:143-149. 2019

Global Surgery: Effective Involvement of US Academic Surgery: Report of the American Surgical Association Working Group on Global Surgery.  268:557-563. 2018

A Structured Compensation Plan Improves But Does Not Erase the Sex Pay Gap in Surgery.  268:442-448. 2018

Ensuring Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Academic Surgery: An American Surgical Association White Paper.  268:403-407. 2018

Hyperthyroidism is Underdiagnosed and Undertreated in 3336 Patients: An Opportunity for Improvement and Intervention.  268:506-512. 2018

Tubulo-papillary adrenocortical adenoma in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis: A morphologic, ultrastructural and molecular study..  610-619. 2018

Apolipoprotein L1 and Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Young Potential Living Kidney Donors.  267:1161-1168. 2018

Methodological Concerns of "safety of Overlapping Surgery at a High-volume Referral Center".  267:e90-e91. 2018

Restrictive Transfusion Practices after Esophagectomy Are Associated with Improved Outcome: A Review of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Database.  267:886-891. 2018

Transplantation versus resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: An argument for shifting treatment paradigms for resectable disease.  267:797-805. 2018

Characterization and Optimal Management of High-risk Pancreatic Anastomoses during Pancreatoduodenectomy.  267:608-616. 2018

Impact of Disconnected Pancreatic Duct Syndrome on the Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Fluid Collections.  267:561-568. 2018

GRIT and Resilience.  267:S22-S25. 2018

Failure to Diagnose Hyperparathyroidism in 10,432 Patients with Hypercalcemia.  266:632-640. 2017

The Fifth Vital Sign: Postoperative Pain Predicts 30-day Readmissions and Subsequent Emergency Department Visits.  266:516-524. 2017

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Eliminates Racial Disparities in Postoperative Length of Stay After Colorectal Surgery 2017

Incorporation of Procedure-specific Risk into the ACS-NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator Improves the Prediction of Morbidity and Mortality after Pancreatoduodenectomy.  265:978-986. 2017

Survival benefit of kidney transplantation in HIV-infected patients.  265:604-608. 2017

Oncologic Procedures Amenable to Fluorescence-guided Surgery.  266:36-47. 2017

Predicting mid-term all-cause mortality in patients undergoing elective endovascular repair of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm.  264:1162-1167. 2016

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor is a repressor of inflammation-associated colorectal tumorigenesis in mouse.  264:429-435. 2016

Risk-adjusted Outcomes of Clinically Relevant Pancreatic Fistula Following Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Model for Performance Evaluation.  264:344-352. 2016

A role for the early warning score in early identification of critical postoperative complications.  263:918-923. 2016

Does anastomotic leak contribute to high failure-to-rescue rates?.  263:1148-1151. 2016

Implications of multiple complications on the postoperative recovery of general surgery patients.  263:1213-1218. 2016

Postoperative 30-day readmission: Time to focus on what happens outside the hospital.  264:621-631. 2016

Relative contributions of complications and failure to rescue on mortality in older patients undergoing pancreatectomy.  263:385-391. 2016

The incremental risk of coronary stents on postoperative adverse events. A matched cohort study.  263:924-930. 2016

Surgeon and facility variation in the use of minimally invasive breast biopsy in Texas.  262:171-178. 2015

Detailed description of all deaths in both the shock and traumatic brain injury hypertonic saline trials of the resuscitation outcomes consortium.  261:586-590. 2015

Establishing a quantitative benchmark for morbidity in pancreatoduodenectomy using ACS-NSQIP, the accordion severity grading system, and the postoperative morbidity index.  261:527-536. 2015

How well does renal transplantation cure hyperparathyroidism?.  262:653-659. 2015

Oral antibiotic bowel preparation significantly reduces surgical site infection rates and readmission rates in elective colorectal surgery.  261:1034-1040. 2015

PREOP-Gallstones: A prognostic nomogram for the management of symptomatic cholelithiasis in older patients.  261:1184-1190. 2015

The status of contemporary image-guided modalities in oncologic surgery.  261:46-55. 2015

Use of a bundle checklist combined with physician confirmation reduces risk of nosocomial complications and death in trauma patients compared to documented checklist use alone.  262:647-652. 2015

Predictors of recurrence in primary hyperparathyroidism: An analysis of 1386 cases.  259:563-568. 2014

Advancing quality measurement to include the patient perspective.  260:10-12. 2014

Is there a relationship between patient satisfaction and favorable outcomes?.  260:592-600. 2014

Total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation in children for chronic pancreatitis: Indication, surgical techniques, postoperative management, and long-term outcomes.  260:56-64. 2014

Total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation in patients with malignancy: Are we there yet?.  258:219-220. 2013

Creation of a "wisconsin Index" nomogram to predict the likelihood of additional hyperfunctioning parathyroid glands during parathyroidectomy.  257:138-141. 2013

Stress-induced hyperglycemia, not diabetic hyperglycemia, is associated with higher mortality in trauma.  256:446-452. 2012

The core competencies of James Marion Sims, MD..  256:193-202. 2012

A proposal for enhancing the general surgical workforce and access to surgical care.  255:611-617. 2012

Critical role of activated protein C in early coagulopathy and later organ failure, infection and death in trauma patients.  255:379-385. 2012

Erratum: Comparative effectiveness research: Relative and efficient outcomes in surgery patients (Annals of Surgery (2011) 254:6 (550)).  254:1083. 2011

Major abdominal surgery in nursing home residents: A national study.  254:921-926. 2011

The attributable risk of smoking on surgical complications.  254:914-920. 2011

Comparative effectiveness research: Relative and efficient outcomes in surgery patients.  254:550-557. 2011

Reply: A rising ioPTH level immediately after parathyroid resection: Are additional hyperfunctioning glands always present? An application of the wisconsin criteria.  254:671. 2011

Should all papillary thyroid microcarcinomas be aggressively treated?: An analysis of 18,445 cases.  254:653-660. 2011

Cancer trials versus the real world in the United States.  254:438-443. 2011

Preserving surgical academia in the centenary of the Flexnerian Academic Health Center.  254:393-409. 2011

Surgical site infection prevention: Time to move beyond the surgical care improvement program.  254:494-501. 2011

An interaction of race and ethnicity with socioeconomic status in rectal cancer outcomes.  253:645-652. 2011

Is there still a glass ceiling for women in academic surgery?.  253:637-643. 2011

Optimizing surgical care of colon cancer in the older adult population.  253:508-514. 2011

Out-of-hospital hypertonic resuscitation after traumatic hypovolemic shock: A randomized, placebo controlled trial.  253:431-441. 2011

Erratum: The PI3K/Akt pathway mediates the nongenomic cardioprotective effects of estrogen following trauma-hemorrhage (Annals of Surgery (2007) 245:6 (971-7)).  252:894. 2010

Discussions.  252:651. 2010

Operative failures after parathyroidectomy for hyperparathyroidism: The influence of surgical volume.  252:691-694. 2010

Stem cell mobilization is life saving in an animal model of acute liver failure.  252:591-595. 2010

Severe traumatic injury: Regional variation in incidence and outcome.  252:149-157. 2010

A rising IoPTH level immediately after parathyroid resection: Are additional hyperfunctioning glands always present? an application of the wisconsin criteria.  251:1127-1130. 2010

Major cancer surgery in the elderly: Results from the american college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program.  251:311-318. 2010

Ulceration as a predictive marker for response to adjuvant interferon therapy in melanoma.  252:460-465. 2010

Trauma-hemorrhage and hypoxia differentially influence kupffer cell phagocytic capacity: Role of hypoxia-inducible-factor-1α and phosphoinositide 3-kinase/akt activation.  250:995-1001. 2009

Laparoscopy decreases postoperative complication rates after abdominal colectomy: Results from the national surgical quality improvement program.  249:596-601. 2009

What is the clinical significance of an elevated parathyroid hormone level after curative surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism?.  249:469-472. 2009

Prolonged waiting times for liver transplantation in obese patients.  248:863-870. 2008

Generation of humanized animal livers using embryoid body-derived stem cell transplant.  248:487-491. 2008

Estrogen ameliorates trauma-hemorrhage-induced lung injury via endothelial nitric oxide synthase-dependent activation of protein kinase G.  248:294-302. 2008

Valproic acid activates Notch1 signaling and induces apoptosis in medullary thyroid cancer cells.  247:1036-1040. 2008

Angiopoietin-2, marker and mediator of endothelial activation with prognostic significance early after trauma?.  247:320-326. 2008

Mechanism of salutary effects of finasteride on post-traumatic immune/inflammatory response: Upregulation of estradiol synthesis.  246:836-843. 2007

The PI3K/Akt pathway mediates the nongenomic cardioprotective effects of estrogen following trauma-hemorrhage.  245:971-977. 2007

The utility of intraoperative bilateral internal jugular venous sampling with rapid parathyroid hormone testing.  245:959-963. 2007

Acute traumatic coagulopathy: Initiated by hypoperfusion: Modulated through the protein C pathway?.  245:812-818. 2007

Flutamide attenuates pro-inflammatory cytokine production and hepatic injury following trauma-hemorrhage via estrogen receptor-related pathway.  245:297-304. 2007

The prevalence of distal and proximal gastroesophageal reflux in patients awaiting lung transplantation.  244:491-495. 2006

A role of PPAR-γ in androstenediol-mediated salutary effects on cardiac function following trauma-hemorrhage.  244:131-138. 2006

Comparison between civilian burns and combat burns from operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom.  243:786-792. 2006

Discussions.  243:830-832. 2006

Discussions.  243:691-692. 2006

Gender-related differences in outcome for melanoma patients.  243:693-698. 2006

Immunologic benefits of spleen transplantation in the absence of graft-versus-host disease [7].  243:710-711. 2006

A comprehensive evaluation of perioperative adjuncts during minimally invasive parathyroidectomy: Which is most reliable?.  242:375-383. 2005

Treatment trends in early-stage invasive lobular carcinoma: A report from the National Cancer Data Base.  242:281-289. 2005

Clinicopathologic factors associated with false-negative sentinel lymph-node biopsy in breast cancer.  241:1005-1015. 2005

Tumor-associated down-regulation of 15-lipoxygenase-1 is reversed by celecoxib in colorectal cancer.  241:941-947. 2005

Impact of obesity on resource utilization for general surgical procedures.  241:821-828. 2005

Endoleak following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Implications for duration of screening.  239:800-807. 2004

Molecular detection of micrometastatic breast cancer in histopathology-negative axillary lymph nodes correlates with traditional predictors of prognosis: An interim analysis of a prospective multi-institutional cohort study.  239:828-840. 2004

Does the Use of Routine Duodenotomy (DUODX) Affect Rate of Cure, Development of Liver Metastases, or Survival in Patients with Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome?.  239:617-626. 2004

Increased Kidney Transplantation Utilizing Expanded Criteria Deceased Organ Donors with Results Comparable to Standard Criteria Donor Transplant.  239:688-697. 2004

Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter, Controlled Trial of a Bioartificial Liver in Treating Acute Liver Failure.  239:660-670. 2004

Enhancing the Clinical Skills of Surgical Residents Through Structured Cancer Education.  239:561-566. 2004

Alabama Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Project: Results from Phase II of a Statewide Quality Improvement Initiative.  239:99-109. 2004

Radioguided parathyroidectomy is equally effective for both adenomatous and hyperplastic glands..  238:332-337. 2003

Expanded application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a pediatric surgery practice..  237:766-772. 2003

Axillary Lymph Node Status, but Not Tumor Size, Predicts Locoregional Recurrence and Overall Survival after Mastectomy for Breast Cancer.  237:732-739. 2003

Failure of Routine Axillary Nodal Sampling to Predict Survival Outcomes in Lymph Node-Negative (NO) Breast Cancer.  237:168-170. 2003

Novel approach to prevent the transition from the hyperdynamic phase to the hypodynamic phase of sepsis: Role of adrenomedullin and adrenomedullin binding protein-1.  236:625-633. 2002

Surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism: What is the best approach?.  236:552-553. 2002

Regulation of herpes simplex virus 1 replication using tumor-associated promoters.  236:502-513. 2002

Factors associated with local recurrence after skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction for invasive breast cancer.  235:814-819. 2002

Tamoxifen (TMX)/Fas induced growth inhibition of human cholangiocarcinoma (HCC) by gamma interferon (IFN-γ).  235:872-878. 2002

Long-term follow-up of patients with tertiary hyperparathyroidism treated by resection of a single or double adenoma.  235:673-680. 2002

Female sex hormones regulate macrophage function after trauma-hemorrhage and prevent increased death rate from subsequent sepsis.  235:105-112. 2002

Role of matrix metalloproteinases in colorectal carcinogenesis.  233:786-792. 2001

Are concerns over right laparoscopic donor nephrectomy unwarranted?.  233:645-651. 2001

Molecular biomarkers for breast cancer prognosis: Coexpression of c-erbB-2 and p53.  233:630-638. 2001

Improving continuing medical education for surgical techniques: Applying the lessons learned in the first decade of minimal access surgery.  233:159-166. 2001

Estradiol administration after trauma-hemorrhage improves cardiovascular and hepatocellular functions in male animals.  232:673-679. 2000

Inhibition of tyrosine kinase signaling after trauma-hemorrhage: A novel approach for improving organ function and decreasing susceptibility to subsequent sepsis.  231:399-407. 2000

Outcome after myocardial revascularization and renal transplantation: A 25-year single-institution experience.  230:232-241. 1999

Anal ultrasound predicts the response to nonoperative treatment of fecal incontinence in men.  229:739-744. 1999

Physiologic effects of steroid hormones and postmenopausal hormone replacement on the female breast and breast cancer risk.  228:638-651. 1998

Effective long-term palliation of symptomatic, incurable metastatic medullary thyroid cancer by operative resection.  227:887-895. 1998

Operative, treatment of tertiary hyperparathyroidism: A single-center experience.  227:878-886. 1998

Testosterone: The crucial hormone responsible for depressing myocardial function in males after trauma-hemorrhage.  227:790-799. 1998

Hurthle cell neoplasms of the thyroid: Are there factors predictive of malignancy?.  227:542-546. 1998

Chronic resuscitation after trauma-hemorrhage and acute fluid replacement improves hepatocellular function and cardiac output.  227:112-119. 1998

Increased survival of patients treated with a vaccinia melanoma oncolysate vaccine: Second interim analysis of data from a phase III, multi- institutional trial.  226:198-206. 1997

Is surgical management compromised in elderly patients with breast cancer?.  225:579-589. 1997

Pancreatic carcinoma cell killing via adenoviral mediated delivery of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene.  225:609-620. 1997

Integrin stimulation regulates polymorphonuclear leukocytes inflammatory cytokine expression.  225:757-765. 1997

Ventricular assist devices as a bridge to cardiac transplantation: A prelude to destination therapy.  225:695-706. 1997

Abdominal sonography for the diagnosis of bowel obstruction..  223:235-236. 1996

Postoperative stay associated with the prognosis of patients with colorectal carcinoma..  223:349-350. 1996

Follicular lesions of the thyroid: Does frozen section evaluation alter operative management?.  222:101-106. 1995

Colon cancer cells that are not growth inhibited by TGF-β lack functional type I and type II TGF-β receptors.  221:767-777. 1995

Hypertonic sodium resuscitation is associated with renal failure and death.  221:543-557. 1995

Mechanisms of transplant right ventricular dysfunction.  221:666-676. 1995

Melanoma recurrence surveillance patient or physician based?.  221:566-571. 1995

Oncogene protein co-expression: Value of Ha-ras, c-myc, c-fos, and p53 as prognostic discriminants for breast carcinoma.  221:706-720. 1995

Progress in Renal Transplantation a Single Center Study of 3359 Patients over 25 Years.  221:446-458. 1995

Insulin-like growth factor-1 lowers protein oxidation in patients with thermal injury.  220:310-319. 1994

Long-term complications of laparotomy in Hodgkin's disease.  219:615-624. 1994

Prediction of surgical resectability in patients with hepatic colorectal metastases.  219:508-516. 1994

Arginine transport in human liver: Characterization and effects of nitric oxide synthase inhibitors.  218:350-363. 1993

Clinical decision-making in early breast cancer.  217:207-225. 1993

Experience with mycophenolate mofetil (RS61443) in renal transplantation at a single center.  217:476-484. 1993

Influence of progressive tumor growth on glutamine metabolism in skeletal muscle and kidney.  217:655-667. 1993

Report of the council on academic surgery of the American Surgical Association.  218:395-399. 1993

Women surgeons: Results of the Canadian population study.  218:37-46. 1993

RS-61443 (mycophenolate mofetil): A multicenter study for refractory kidney transplant rejection.  216:513-519. 1992

Benefits of quadruple immunosuppressive therapy in recipients of living related donor kidneys: A review of 855 operations.  215:606-617. 1992

Crystalloid is as effective as blood in the resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock.  215:377-382. 1992

Does preoperative radiation therapy enhance the probability of local control and survival in high-risk distal rectal cancer?.  215:696-706. 1992

The effects of glutamine-enriched total parenteral nutrition on tumor growth and host tissues.  215:107-113. 1992

Blockade of prostaglandin production increases cachectin synthesis and prevents depression of macrophage functions after hemorrhagic shock.  213:265-271. 1991

Depressed gut absorptive capacity early after trauma-hemorrhagic shock: Restoration with diltiazem treatment.  214:712-718. 1991

Elevated plasma endothelin-1 concentrations are associated with the severity of illness in patients with sepsis.  213:261-264. 1991

Prophylactic use of high-frequency percussive ventilation in patients with inhalation injury.  213:575-582. 1991

Rapid analysis of carcinoembryonic antigen levels in gallbladder bile: Identification of patients at high risk of colorectal liver metastasis.  213:113-117. 1991

The complex pattern of cytokines in sepsis: Association between prostaglandins, cachectin, and interleukins.  214:141-148. 1991

Gastrointestinal complications after cardiac transplantation. Potential benefit of early diagnoses and prompt surgical intervention.  211:538-542. 1990

Inhibition of tumor growth and metastasis by chronic intravenous infusion of prostaglandin E1.  212:45-50. 1990

A phase II study of the efficacy of diamminedichloroplatinum (Cisplatin) for the control of locally recurrent and intransit malignant melanoma of the extremities using tourniquet outflow-occlusion techniques.  209:73-80. 1989

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy of bile duct calculi: An interim report of the Dornier U.S. Bile Duct Lithotripsy Prospective Study.  209:743-755. 1989

Relationship between colorectal liver metastases and CEA levels in gallbladder bile.  210:505-512. 1989

Sphincter-saving procedures for distal carcinoma of the rectum.  209:1-18. 1989

Development of current concepts for the treatment of breast diseases as documented by the transactions of the Southern Surgical Association.  207:730-741. 1988

Important risk factors of allograft survival in cadaveric renal transplantation. A study of 426 patients.  207:538-548. 1988

Neuroendocrine (Merkel cell) carcinoma of the skin. Its natural history, diagnosis, and treatment.  207:201-207. 1988

Prognostic significance of DNA aneuploidy in stage I cutaneous melanoma.  207:455-461. 1988

Alleviation of cyclosporine nephrotoxicity with verapamil and ATP-MgCl2: Mitochondrial respiratory and calcium studies.  206:655-660. 1987

Application of magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography as an adjunct to the surgical management of soft tissue sarcomas.  205:473-481. 1987

Initially unresectable rectal adenocarcinoma treated with preoperative irradiation and surgery.  205:41-44. 1987

Effects of preoperative medications on gastric pH, volume, and flora.  203:614-619. 1986

Surgery as palliative treatment for distant metastases of melanoma.  204:181-185. 1986

Predicting the risk of abdominal disease in Hodgkin's lymphoma. A multifactorial analysis of staging laparotomy results in 255 patients.  201:465-469. 1985

Preoperative radiation therapy for clinically resectable adenocarcinoma of the rectum.  202:215-222. 1985

Experimental and clinical observations of the effects of cytotoxic chemotherapeutic drugs on wound healing.  199:782-790. 1984

Head and neck melanoma in 534 clinical Stage I patients. A prognostic factors analysis and results of surgical treatment.  200:769-775. 1984

A prospective phase II clinical trial of continuous FUDR regional chemotherapy for colorectal metastases to the liver using a totally implantable drug infusion pump.  198:567-573. 1983

A randomized prospective trial of radical (Halsted) mastectomy versus modified radical mastectomy in 311 breast cancer patients.  198:207-212. 1983

Combined aortic valve replacement and myocardial revascularization. Experience with a cold cardioplegic technique.  197:721-727. 1983

Intraoperative autotransfusion. Experience in 725 consecutive cases.  197:536-541. 1983

The impact of surgical quality control in multi-institutional group trials involving adjuvant cancer treaments.  198:164-167. 1983

A clinicopathologic correlation of mammographic parenchymal patterns and associated risk factors for human mammary carcinoma.  195:582-594. 1982

Emergency abdominal wall reconstruction with polypropylene mesh. Short-term benefits versus long-term complications.  194:219-223. 1981

Isolated regional lymph node dissection. Morbidity, mortality and economic considerations.  193:372-376. 1981

Treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic renal failure by total parathyroidectomy and parathyroid autograft.  193:777-793. 1981

Diagnosis of impaired renal function after kidney transplantation using renal scintigraphy, renal plasma flow and urinary excretion of hippurate.  191:604-616. 1980

A rational approach to the surgical management of melanoma.  186:481-490. 1977

Impairment of cell membrane transport during shock and after treatment.  178:412-422. 1973