Annals of Surgery

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

Xenoantigen deletion and chemical immunosuppression can prolong renal xenograft survival.  268:564-573. 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

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

Discussions.  250:1033-1034. 2009

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

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

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

Is Extended Hepatectomy for Hepatobiliary Malignancy Justified?.  239:722-732. 2004

Main-Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas: Clinical Predictors of Malignancy and Long-term Survival Following Resection.  239:678-687. 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

Effect of Hospital Volume and Experience on In-Hospital Mortality for Pancreaticoduodenectomy.  237:509-514. 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

Reduction of ischemia-reperfusion injury of the liver by in vivo adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of the antiapoptotic Bcl-2 gene.  230:185-193. 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

A prospective, randomized trial of early enteral feeding after resection of upper gastrointestinal malignancy.  226:567-580. 1997

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

Urological complications in 210 consecutive simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants with bladder drainage.  218:561-570. 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

Growth hormone and insulin reverse net whole body and skeletal muscle protein catabolism in cancer patients.  216:280-290. 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

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