Issue 11/2016
Content (21 Articles)
Frank Gordon Moody, M.D. 1928–2016
A Matched Comparison of Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy to Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy in the Treatment of Achalasia
Andreas M. Schneider, Brian E. Louie, Heather F. Warren, Alexander S. Farivar, Drew B. Schembre, Ralph W. Aye
Characterizing Readmissions After Bariatric Surgery
Trit Garg, Ulysses Rosas, Daniel Rogan, Harrison Hines, Homero Rivas, John M. Morton, Dan Azagury
Factors Leading to Improved Results for Endoscopic Stenting for Metastatic Antropyloric Adenocarcinoma. A Comparison with Gastrojejunostomy
Enrico Fiori, Antonio V. Sterpetti, Alesando De Cesare, Antonietta Lamazza
Multiplication of Tumor Volume by Two Tumor Markers Is a Post-Resection Prognostic Predictor for Solitary Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Shin Hwang, Gi-Won Song, Young-Joo Lee, Ki-Hun Kim, Chul-Soo Ahn, Deok-Bog Moon, Tae-Yong Ha, Dong-Hwan Jung, Gil-Chun Park, Sung-Gyu Lee
Tumor Biology Rather Than Surgical Technique Dictates Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases
Georgios Antonios Margonis, Kazunari Sasaki, Yuhree Kim, Mario Samaha, Stefan Buettner, Neda Amini, Efstathios Antoniou, Timothy M. Pawlik
Primary Tumor Resection Following Favorable Response to Systemic Chemotherapy in Stage IV Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Synchronous Metastases: a Bi-institutional Analysis
G. Paul Wright, Katherine E. Poruk, Mazen S. Zenati, Jennifer Steve, Nathan Bahary, Melissa E. Hogg, Amer H. Zuriekat, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Herbert J. Zeh III, Matthew J. Weiss
National Trends in Postoperative Outcomes and Cost Comparing Minimally Invasive Versus Open Liver and Pancreatic Surgery
Victor Okunrintemi, Faiz Gani, Timothy M. Pawlik
Natural History After Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis: a Large US Tertiary Care Experience
Chandraprakash Umapathy, Amit Raina, Shreyas Saligram, Gong Tang, Georgios I. Papachristou, Mordechai Rabinovitz, Jennifer Chennat, Herbert Zeh, Amer H. Zureikat, Melissa E. Hogg, Kenneth K. Lee, Melissa I. Saul, David C. Whitcomb, Adam Slivka, Dhiraj Yadav
Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Versus Standard Laparoscopic Colectomy: Are Outcomes and Operative Time Different?
Brian F. Gilmore, Zhifei Sun, Mohamed Adam, Jina Kim, Brian Ezekian, Cecilia Ong, John Migaly, Christopher R. Mantyh
High-Density Free Fluid on Computed Tomography: a Predictor of Surgical Intervention in Patients with Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction
Kazuhide Matsushima, Kenji Inaba, Ryan Dollbaum, Vincent Cheng, Moazzam Khan, Keith Herr, Aaron Strumwasser, Sabrina Asturias, Evren Dilektasli, Demetrios Demetriades
Is Modern Medical Management Changing Ultimate Patient Outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease?
Quinton M. Hatch, Rubina Ratnaparkhi, Alison Althans, Michael Keating, Ruel Neupane, Madhuri Nishtala, Eric K. Johnson, Scott R. Steele
Right-Sided Diverticulitis Requiring Colectomy: an Evolving Demographic? A Review of Surgical Outcomes from the National Inpatient Sample Database
Andrew T. Schlussel, Michael B. Lustik, Nicole B. Cherng, Justin A. Maykel, Quinton M. Hatch, Scott R. Steele
Doppler-Guided Transanal Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization (DG-THD) Versus Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy (SH) in the Treatment of Third-Degree Hemorrhoids: Clinical Results at Short and Long-Term Follow-Up
S. Leardi, B. Pessia, M. Mascio, F. Piccione, M. Schietroma, R. Pietroletti
Characterizing Short-Term Outcomes Following Surgery for Rectal Cancer: the Role of Race and Insurance Status
Sook Y. Chan, Pasithorn A. Suwanabol, Rachelle N. Damle, Jennifer S. Davids, Paul R. Sturrock, W. Brian Sweeney, Justin A. Maykel, Karim Alavi
The Use of Mesh in Emergent Ventral Hernia Repair: Effects on Early Patient Morbidity and Mortality
Ivy N. Haskins, Richard L. Amdur, Paul P. Lin, Khashayar Vaziri
An Inexpensive Modified Primary Closure Technique for Class IV (Dirty) Wounds Significantly Decreases Superficial and Deep Surgical Site Infection
Bradford J. Kim, Thomas A. Aloia
A Step-Wise Approach to Total Laparoscopic Gastrectomy with Jejunal Pouch Reconstruction: How and Why We Do It
Hylke J. F. Brenkman, Juan Correa-Cote, Jelle P. Ruurda, Richard van Hillegersberg
Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis
I. M. Gallarín Salamanca, O. López Sánchez, G. Blanco Fernández
Ewing’s Sarcoma of the Peritoneum: a Rare Location for Extraskeletal Ewing’s Sarcoma
Muzaffer Saglam, Yavuz Ozdemir, Taner Yigit, Zafer Kucukodaci, Guner Sonmez
Intraluminal Mesh Migration After Ventral Hernia Repair
Christine Norton, Ashley Culver, Gamal Mostafa