JAMA Surgery

Comparison of Postoperative Outcomes of Laparoscopic vs Open Inguinal Hernia Repair.  158:172-180. 2023

Association of Residual Ductal Carcinoma in Situ with Breast Cancer Recurrence in the Neoadjuvant I-SPY2 Trial.  157:1034-1041. 2022

Effect of a Decision Aid on Agreement between Patient Preferences and Repair Type for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Randomized Clinical Trial.  157:E222935. 2022

Changes in the Long-term Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Patients Treated with Open vs Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.  157:733-735. 2022

A Sex-Adjusted Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Sodium Score for Equality in Liver Transplant.  157:627. 2022

Association of Complex Multimorbidity and Long-Term Survival after Emergency General Surgery in Older Patients with Medicare.  157:499-506. 2022

Examination of Intersectionality and the Pipeline for Black Academic Surgeons.  157:327-334. 2022

Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation, Functional Patency, and Intervention Rates.  156:1111-1118. 2021

Evaluation of Community-Level Vulnerability and Racial Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplant.  156:1120-1129. 2021

Long-term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Lavage for Perforated Diverticulitis Remain Unfavorable.  156:1070-1071. 2021

Review of Surgical Therapy of Adrenal Tumors in Guidelines from the German Association of Endocrine Surgeons.  156:1061-1062. 2021

The Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Surgery Literature.  156:1036-1041. 2021

Comments and Concerns on the LASER Trial.  156:985-986. 2021

Effects of Geographic Redistribution Policy on Access to Organ Transplant-In Reply.  156:289-290. 2021

Leveraging Frailty to Mitigate Sex-Based Disparities in Access to Liver Transplant: Justice in Allocation.  156:263. 2021

Discrimination in US Surgical Training Programs.  155:1083-1084. 2020

Exacerbating Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplant: The Consequences of Geographic Redistribution.  155:679-681. 2020

Quantifying Sex-Based Disparities in Liver Allocation.  155. 2020

Association of High Mortality with Postoperative Myocardial Infarction after Major Vascular Surgery Despite Use of Evidence-Based Therapies.  155:131-137. 2020

Role of Adjuvant Multimodality Therapy after Curative-Intent Resection of Ampullary Carcinoma.  154:706-714. 2019

The Fragility Index - P Values Reimagined, Flaws and All.  154:674. 2019

Assessment of Trends in Transplantation of Liver Grafts from Older Donors and Outcomes in Recipients of Liver Grafts from Older Donors, 2003-2016.  154:441-449. 2019

Unifying Design and Analysis for Superiority and Noninferiority Trials with Appropriate End Point - Reply.  154:467-468. 2019

Frequency of Misinterpretation of Inconclusive Noninferiority Trials: The Case of the Laparoscopic vs Open Resection for Rectal Cancer Trials.  154:90-92. 2019

Association between preoperative proteinuria and postoperative acute kidney injury and readmission.  153. 2018

Association of postoperative readmissions with surgical quality using a delphi consensus process to identify relevant diagnosis codes.  153:728-737. 2018

Association of faculty entrustment with resident autonomy in the operating room.  153:518-524. 2018

HowMuch variation in outcomes is toomuch in a center of excellence for bariatric surgery?.  319:629-636. 2018

Association of quality improvement registry participation with appropriate follow-up after vascular procedures.  153:216-223. 2018

Patient perceptions about their physician in 2 words the good, the bad, and the ugly.  152:1169-1170. 2017

Association between preoperative hemoglobin A1c levels, postoperative hyperglycemia, and readmissions following gastrointestinal surgery.  152:1031-1038. 2017

Pathologic outcomes of laparoscopic vs open mesorectal excision for rectal cancer(1).  152:986-987. 2017

Association of the modified frailty index with 30-day surgical readmission.  152:749-757. 2017

Long-term cost-effectiveness in the veterans affairs open vs endovascular repair study of aortic abdominal aneurysm: A randomized clinical trial.  151:1139-1144. 2016

Hands-on training in the operating room as a method of continuing education for surgeons in practice.  151:869-870. 2016

Key tenets of effective surgery leadership perspectives from the society of surgical chairs mentorship sessions.  151:768-770. 2016

Postacute care after major abdominal surgery in elderly patients intersection of age, functional status, and postoperative complications.  151:759-766. 2016

Association of patient age at gastric bypass surgery with long-term all-cause and cause-specific mortality.  151:631-637. 2016

Association of coronary stent indication with postoperative outcomes following noncardiac surgery.  151:462-469. 2016

Blood transfusion and 30-day mortality in patients with coronary artery disease and anemia following noncardiac surgery.  151:139-145. 2016

Delays in surgery for patientswith coronary stents placed after diagnosis of colorectal cancer.  151:86-88. 2016

Frequency of surgery cancellations associated with myocardial infarction or death 6 months after coronary stent placement.  150:1199-1201. 2015

Postoperative telehealth visits: Assessment of quality and preferences of veterans.  150:1197-1199. 2015

Variation reduction to reduce readmission: A figment of imagination or reality of the future?.  150:1049-1050. 2015

Some important deficiencies in the development, validation, and reporting of a prediction model [2].  150:915-916. 2015

Association between inpatient surveillance and venous thromboembolism rates after hospital discharge.  150:520-527. 2015

Letters: Comment & response.  150:595. 2015

Nomogram to predict postoperative readmission in patients who undergo general surgery.  150:505-510. 2015

Changes over time in risk profiles of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery: The Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP).  150:308-315. 2015

Development of a list of high-risk operations for patients 65 years and older.  150:325-331. 2015

Improved adverse postoperative outcomes with revised American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for patients with cardiac stents.  149:1113-1120. 2014

Improved outcomes associated with a revised quality measure for continuing perioperative -blockade.  149:1031-1037. 2014

Uncertainty in management of carotid stenosis in women..  149:401-402. 2014

Surgery for diverticulitis in the 21st century a systematic review.  149:292-302. 2014

The relationship between timing of surgical complications and hospital readmission.  149:348-354. 2014

Uncertainty in management of carotid stenosis in women.  149:401-402. 2014

Consequences of radial artery harvest: Results of a prospective, randomized, multicenter trial.  148:1020-1023. 2013

Trends over time in the relative use and associated mortality of on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in the Veterans Affairs System.  148:1031-1036. 2013

Use the duodenum, it’s right there: a retrospective cohort study comparing biliary reconstruction using either the jejunum or the duodenum..  148:860-865. 2013

Timing of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis and the risk of surgical site infection.  148:649-657. 2013

Effects of duty hour restrictions on core competencies, education, quality of life, and burnout among general surgery interns.  148:448-455. 2013

Association of cryoprecipitate and tranexamic acid with improved survival following wartime injury: findings from the MATTERs II Study..  148:218-225. 2013

Association of cryoprecipitate and tranexamic acid with improved survival following wartime injury findings from the MATTERs II study.  148:218-225. 2013

Developing leaders in surgery.  147:944-945. 2012

"Doctor, my thyroid is choking me": Common sense and scientific inquiry.  147:626. 2012

Surgical training, duty-hour restrictions, and implications for meeting the accreditation council for graduate medical education core competencies: Views of surgical interns compared with program directors.  147:536-541. 2012

In vitro and ex vivo delivery of short hairpin RNAs for control of hepatitis C viral transcript expression.  147:384-387. 2012

Survival prediction for patients with colorectal carcinoma incorporating tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte grade.  147:371-372. 2012

Analytical concerns regarding complications of elective liver resections in a center with low mortality.  146:1455. 2011

Outcomes of renal transplants from centers for disease control and prevention high-risk donors with prospective recipient viral testing: A single-center experience.  146:1261-1266. 2011

Sometimes less is more.  146:710. 2011

Injection site mass following sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer.  146:142. 2011

Prognostic information from sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with thick melanoma.  145:622-627. 2010

Accuracy of fine-needle aspiration biopsy for predicting neoplasm or carcinoma in thyroid nodules 4 cm or larger.  144:649-654. 2009

The effectiveness of radioguided parathyroidectomy in patients with negative technetium Tc 99m-sestamibi scans.  144:643-647. 2009

Operative technique for modified radical neck dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma.  144:567-574. 2009

Combined aortic debranching and thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) effective but at a cost.  144:222-227. 2009

Correlation of health-related quality of life after liver transplant with the model for end-stage liver disease score.  144:167-172. 2009

Laryngeal complications after thyroidectomy-invited critique.  144:153. 2009

Renal transplant in HIV-positive patients: Long-term outcomes and risk factors for graft loss.  144:83-86. 2009

Effect of multiple-nodal basin drainage on cutaneous melanoma.  143:632-637. 2008

Risk of complications from enterotomy or unplanned bowel resection during elective hernia repair.  143:582-586. 2008

Metastatic neuroendocrine hepatic tumors: Resection improves survival.  141:1000-1004. 2006

Central pancreatectomy: A technique for the resection of pancreatic neck lesions.  141:293-299. 2006

Novel parathyroid hormone (1-84) assay as basis for parathyroid hormone monitoring in renal hyperparathyroidism - Invited critique.  141:134. 2006

Role of thromboxane in producing hepatic injury during hepatic stress.  140:801-807. 2005

The effect of inhibition of a major cell signaling pathway following trauma hemorrhage on hepatic injury and interleukin 6 levels.  139:896-901. 2004

Physiological Levels of 5α-Dihydrotestosterone Depress Wound Immune Function and Impair Wound Healing Following Trauma-Hemorrhage.  139:157-163. 2004

The art of mentoring: Dragstedt and Woodward..  139:909-910. 2004

Sex Differences in Hepatic Heme Oxygenase Expression and Activity Following Trauma and Hemorrhagic Shock.  138:1375-1382. 2003

Administration of progesterone after trauma and hemorrhagic shock prevents hepatocellular injury.  138:727-734. 2003

Flutamide induces relaxation in large and small blood vessels.  137:1180-1186. 2002

The University of Alabama at Birmingham.  137:1095. 2002

Contemporary trends in student selection of medical specialties: The potential impact on general surgery.  137:259-267. 2002

Estradiol administration improves splanchnic perfusion following trauma-hemorrhage and sepsis.  137:74-79. 2002

Attenuation of vascular endothelial dysfunction by testosterone receptor blockade after trauma and hemorrhagic shock.  136:1158-1163. 2001

Characteristics of the sentinel lymph node in breast cancer predict further involvement of higher-echelon nodes in the axilla: A study to evaluate the need for complete axillary lymph node dissection.  136:688-692. 2001

Colorectal hepatic metastases: Resection, local ablation, and hepatic artery infusion pump are associated with prolonged survival.  136:318-323. 2001

Is any method of vascular control superior in hepatic resection of metastatic cancers?: Longmire clamping, pringle maneuver, and total vascular isolation.  136:569-575. 2001

Lessons learned in adopting endovascular techniques for treating abdominal aortic aneurysm.  136:627-634. 2001

Recurrent trauma in elderly patients.  136:197-203. 2001

Plasma α-glutathione S-transferase: A sensitive indicator of hepatocellular damage during polymicrobial sepsis.  135:198-203. 2000

Restoration of body temperature to normothermia during resuscitation following trauma-hemorrhage improves the depressed cardiovascular and hepatocellular functions.  135:175-181. 2000

Dehydroepiandrosterone: An inexpensive steroid hormone that decreases the mortality due to sepsis following trauma-induced hemorrhage.  133:1281-1288. 1998

The pivotal role of adrenomedullin in producing hyperdynamic circulation during the early stage of sepsis.  133:1298-1304. 1998

The organs responsible for increased nitric oxide production after trauma-hemorrhage and resuscitation.  133:399-405. 1998

A preoperative biliary stent is associated with increased complications after pancreatoduodenectomy.  133:149-154. 1998

Is Fas ligand or endotoxin responsible for mucosal lymphocyte apoptosis in sepsis?.  133:1213-1220. 1998

Adenoviral vector infection of the human exocrine pancreas.  132:1006-1009. 1997

Invited Commentary.  132:34. 1997

Mutated p53 gene is an independent adverse predictor of survival in colon carcinoma.  132:371-375. 1997

The impact of histopathology on nodal metastases in minimal breast cancer.  132:384-391. 1997

Correcting prolonged bleeding during renal transplantation with estrogen or plasma.  131:160-165. 1996

Immune function is more compromised after closed bone fracture and hemorrhagic shock than hemorrhage alone.  131:995-1000. 1996

Interleukin-6 production by rat hepatocellular carcinoma cells is associated with metastatic potential but not with tumorigenicity.  131:360-365. 1996

Does Endotoxin Play a Major Role in Inducing the Depression of Macrophage Function During Polymicrobial Sepsis?.  130:1178-1185. 1995

Pneumococcal Clearance Function of the Intact Autotransplanted Spleen.  130:946-950. 1995

A Phase II Study to Evaluate Recombinant Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-BB in the Treatment of Stage 3 and 4 Pressure Ulcers.  129:213-219. 1994

Mechanism of Enhanced Susceptibility to Sepsis Following Hemorrhage: Interleukin-10 Suppression of T-Cell Response Is Mediated by Eicosanoid-Induced Interleukin-4 Release.  129:1172-1178. 1994

Nitric Oxide: To Block or Enhance Its Production During Sepsis?.  129:1137-1143. 1994

Modulation of Macrophage Membrane Phospholipids by n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Increases Interleukin 1 Release and Prevents Suppression of Cellular Immunity Following Hemorrhagic Shock.  128:15-21. 1993

Role of Interleukin 6 and Transforming Growth Factor–β in the Induction of Depressed Splenocyte Responses Following Sepsis.  128:89-95. 1993

Chloroquine Attenuates Hemorrhagic Shock—Induced Immunosuppression and Decreases Susceptibility to Sepsis.  127:70-76. 1992

Cytomegalovirus Colitis Presenting as Hematochezia and Requiring Resection.  127:102-104. 1992

Does Endotoxin Tolerance Prevent the Release of Inflammatory Monokines (Interleukin 1, Interleukin 6, or Tumor Necrosis Factor) During Sepsis?.  127:191-197. 1992

Paragangliomas of the Neck.  127:1441-1445. 1992

Endotoxin and Renal Glutamine Metabolism.  126:23-27. 1991

Hepatic Extraction of Indocyanine Green Is Depressed Early in Sepsis Despite Increased Hepatic Blood Flow and Cardiac Output.  126:219-224. 1991

Radioimmunoguided Surgery Using Iodine 125 B72.3 in Patients with Colorectal Cancer.  126:349-352. 1991

Enhanced Susceptibility to Sepsis After Simple Hemorrhage: Depression of Fc and C3b Receptor-Mediated Phagocytosis.  125:70-75. 1990

Oral Glutamine Accelerates Healing of the Small Intestine and Improves Outcome After Whole Abdominal Radiation.  125:1040-1045. 1990

Lability of Steroid Hormone Receptors Following Devascularization of Breast Tumors.  124:39-42. 1989

Effect of Blood Transfusion on Antigen Presentation Function and on Interleukin 2 Generation.  123:235-240. 1988

In Reply.  123:914. 1988

Metabolic Interaction Between Skeletal Muscle and Liver During Bacteremia.  123:1415-1419. 1988

Total Pharyngeal Reconstruction Using a Pectoralis Major Myocutaneous Tunnel.  123:391-393. 1988

Does Radical Mastectomy Still Have a Place in the Treatment of Primary Operable Breast Cancer?.  122:1317-1320. 1987

Hemorrhage Without Tissue Trauma Produces Immunosuppression and Enhances Susceptibility to Sepsis.  122:62-68. 1987

Positive Relationship of Clinical and Serologic Responses to Vaccinia Melanoma Oncolysate.  122:1460-1463. 1987

Depression of Cellular Immunity After Major Injury: Its Association With Posttraumatic Complications and Its Reversal With Immunomodulation.  121:1000-1005. 1986

One-Stage Simple Mastectomy With Immediate Reconstruction for High-Risk Patients: An Improved Technique: The Biologic Basis for Ductal-Glandular Mastectomy.  121:221-225. 1986

Adenosine Triphosphate—Magnesium Chloride Ameliorates Reperfusion Injury Following Ischemia as Determined by Phosphorus Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.  120:233-240. 1985

Alterations in Hepatic Water and Electrolyte Balance in Sepsis.  119:44-48. 1984

Improved Myocardial Recovery From Ischemia: Treatment With Low-Dose Adenosine Triphosphate-Magnesium Chloride.  119:1379-1384. 1984

Altered Hepatocellular Active Transport: An Early Change in Peritonitis.  117:151-157. 1982

Alterations in Cell Function With Ischemia and Shock and Their Correction.  116:1309-1317. 1981

Twenty-four-Hour pH Monitoring of Esophageal Function: Its Use in Evaluation in Symptomatic Patients After Truncal Vagotomy and Gastric Resection or Drainage.  116:581-590. 1981

Studies of Peripheral Glucose Uptake During Sepsis.  114:740-745. 1979

Postischemic Renal Failure: Accelerated Recovery With Adenosine Triphosphate-Magnesium Chloride Infusion.  112:729-731. 1977

Depletion and Restoration of Tissue ATP in Hemorrhagic Shock.  108:208-211. 1974

Insulin Resistance in Experimental Shock.  109:412-415. 1974

Arteriography in Diagnosis of Acute Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding.  107:138-144. 1973

Treatment of Reluctant Postvagotomy Stoma With Bethanechol.  100:693-694. 1970