Issue 1/2013
Content (26 Articles)
Nationwide Inpatient Sample: Have Antireflux Procedures Undergone Regionalization?
Paul D. Colavita, Igor Belyansky, Amanda L. Walters, Victor B. Tsirline, Alla Y. Zemlyak, Amy E. Lincourt, B. Todd Heniford
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Antireflux Surgery—What Is the Proper Preoperative Work-up?
Brian Bello, Marco Zoccali, Roberto Gullo, Marco E. Allaix, Fernando A. Herbella, Arunas Gasparaitis, Marco G. Patti
Prior Fundoplication Does not Improve Safety or Efficacy Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation: Results from the U.S. RFA Registry
Nicholas J. Shaheen, Hannah P. Kim, William J. Bulsiewicz, William D. Lyday, George Triadafilopoulos, Herbert C. Wolfsen, Srinadh Komanduri, Gary W. Chmielewski, Atilla Ertan, F. Scott Corbett, Daniel S. Camara, Richard I. Rothstein, Bergein F. Overholt
Reflux-Associated Oxygen Desaturations: Usefulness in Diagnosing Reflux-Related Respiratory Symptoms
Candice L. Wilshire, Renato Salvador, Boris Sepesi, Stefan Niebisch, Thomas J. Watson, Virginia R. Litle, Christian G. Peyre, Carolyn E. Jones, Jeffrey H. Peters
Epigenetic Modulation by Methionine Deficiency Attenuates the Potential for Gastric Cancer Cell Dissemination
Luigina Graziosi, Andrea Mencarelli, Barbara Renga, Claudio D’Amore, Angela Bruno, Chiara Santorelli, Emanuel Cavazzoni, Francesco Cantarella, Emanuele Rosati, Annibale Donini, Stefano Fiorucci
Long-Term Effects of Gastric Stimulation on Gastric Electrical Physiology
Patrick A. Williams, Yana Nikitina, Archana Kedar, Christopher J. Lahr, Thomas S. Helling, Thomas L. Abell
Greater Complexity of Liver Surgery is Not Associated with an Increased Incidence of Liver-Related Complications Except for Bile Leak: An Experience with 2,628 Consecutive Resections
Giuseppe Zimmitti, Robert E. Roses, Andreas Andreou, Junichi Shindoh, Steven A. Curley, Thomas A. Aloia, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey
Improved Long-Term Survival after Major Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multicenter Analysis Based on a New Definition of Major Hepatectomy
Andreas Andreou, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Daniel Cherqui, Giuseppe Zimmitti, Dario Ribero, Mark J. Truty, Steven H. Wei, Steven A. Curley, Alexis Laurent, Ronnie T. Poon, Jacques Belghiti, David M. Nagorney, Thomas A. Aloia
High-Grade Dysplasia and Adenocarcinoma Are Frequent in Side-Branch Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Measuring Less than 3 cm on Endoscopic Ultrasound
Joyce Wong, Jill Weber, Barbara A. Centeno, Shivakumar Vignesh, Cynthia L. Harris, Jason B. Klapman, Pamela Hodul
Quality Assessment in Pancreatic Surgery: What Might Tomorrow Require?
Brian T. Kalish, Charles M. Vollmer, Tara S. Kent, William H. Nealon, Jennifer F. Tseng, Mark P. Callery
Addition of Algenpantucel-L Immunotherapy to Standard Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: a Phase 2 Study
Jeffrey M. Hardacre, Mary Mulcahy, William Small, Mark Talamonti, Jennifer Obel, Smitha Krishnamurthi, Caio S. Rocha-Lima, Howard Safran, Heinz-Joseph Lenz, E. Gabriela Chiorean
A Dual-Institution Randomized Controlled Trial of Remnant Closure after Distal Pancreatectomy: Does the Addition of a Falciform Patch and Fibrin Glue Improve Outcomes?
Timothy I. Carter, Zhi Ven Fong, Terry Hyslop, Harish Lavu, Wei Phin Tan, Jeffrey Hardacre, Patricia K. Sauter, Eugene P. Kennedy, Charles J. Yeo, Ernest L. Rosato
Enhancement of a Small Bowel Obstruction Model Using the Gastrografin® Challenge Test
Naeem Goussous, Patrick W. Eiken, Michael P. Bannon, Martin D. Zielinski
Predicting Recurrence of C. difficile Colitis Using Bacterial Virulence Factors: Binary Toxin Is the Key
David B. Stewart, Arthur Berg, John Hegarty
Short-Term Outcomes of Laparoscopy Combined with Enhanced Recovery Pathway after Ileocecal Resection for Crohn’s Disease: a Case-Matched Analysis
Antonino Spinelli, Piero Bazzi, Matteo Sacchi, Silvio Danese, Gionata Fiorino, Alberto Malesci, Lorenzo Gentilini, Gilberto Poggioli, Marco Montorsi
Visceral Obesity and Colorectal Cancer: Are We Missing the Boat with BMI?
Aaron S. Rickles, James C. Iannuzzi, Oleg Mironov, Andrew-Paul Deeb, Abhiram Sharma, Fergal J. Fleming, John R. T. Monson
The Impact of MRSA Colonization on Surgical Site Infection Following Major Gastrointestinal Surgery
Marcela C. Ramirez, Michelle Marchessault, Cara Govednik-Horny, Daniel Jupiter, Harry T. Papaconstantinou
Effect of the Artificial Sweetener, Acesulfame Potassium, a Sweet Taste Receptor Agonist, on Glucose Uptake in Small Intestinal Cell Lines
Ye Zheng, Michael G. Sarr
Financial Implications of Ventral Hernia Repair: A Hospital Cost Analysis
Drew Reynolds, Daniel L. Davenport, Ryan L. Korosec, J. Scott Roth
Tort Reform Is Associated with Significant Increases in Texas Physicians Relative to the Texas Population
Ronald M. Stewart, Molly West, Richard Schirmer, Kenneth R. Sirinek
Multivisceral Transplantation: Expanding Indications and Improving Outcomes
Richard S. Mangus, A. Joseph Tector, Chandrashekhar A. Kubal, Jonathan A. Fridell, Rodrigo M. Vianna
Recognizing Risk: Bowel Resection in the Chronic Renal Failure Population
James C. Iannuzzi, Andrew-Paul Deeb, Aaron S. Rickles, Abhiram Sharma, Fergal J. Fleming, John R. T. Monson
Colorectal Liver Metastases
Ching-Wei D. Tzeng, Thomas A. Aloia
Bloodless Donor Hepatectomy in Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Counterclockwise Liver Rotation and Early Hanging Maneuver
Hiroshi Sadamori, Takahito Yagi, Susumu Shinoura, Yuzo Umeda, Ryuichi Yoshida, Daisuke Satoh, Daisuke Nobuoka, Masashi Utsumi, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
Using ALPPS to Induce Rapid Liver Hypertrophy in a Patient with Hepatic Fibrosis and Portal Vein Thrombosis
Keith M. Cavaness, M. B. Majella Doyle, Yiing Lin, Erin Maynard, William C. Chapman