Submissions from 2023
Contemporary Management of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation at Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Michael J. Pienta, Patty Theurer, Chang He, Melissa Clark, Jonathan Haft, Steven F. Bolling, Charles Willekes, Hassan Nemeh, Richard L. Prager, Matthew A. Romano, and Gorav Ailawadi
Financial, policy, and ethical barriers to the expansion of living donor liver transplant: Meeting report from a living donor liver transplant consensus conference, Anjana Pillai, Elizabeth C. Verna, Neehar D. Parikh, Matthew Cooper, Carrie Thiessen, Julie Heimbach, Elisa J. Gordon, Gonzalo Sapisochin, Nazia Selzner, Amit Mathur, Emily R. Perito, Michelle T. Jesse, AnnMarie Liapakis, and Vineeta Kumar
External Beam Radiation Therapy for Primary Liver Cancers: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline-A Surgical Perspective, Katherine E. Poruk, Rupen Shah, Miral S. Grandhi, G. Paul Wright, and Alexander A. Parikh
ASO Visual Abstract: The Association of Viral Hepatitis Status and Post-hepatectomy Outcomes in the Era of Direct-Acting Antivirals, Luckshi Rajendran, Woo Jin Choi, Hala Muaddi, Tommy Ivanics, Jordan J. Feld, Marco P. A. W. Claasen, Matthew Castelo, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Outcomes of liver transplantation in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) versus non-NASH associated hepatocellular carcinoma, Luckshi Rajendran, Carla F. Murillo Perez, Tommy Ivanics, Marco P. A. W. Claasen, Bettina E. Hansen, David Wallace, Peter D. Yoon, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Depression as a risk factor for adverse outcomes and increased healthcare utilization in bariatric surgery patients, Juliana L. Ramirez, Erin Kim, Andrew C. Fregenal, Hannah J. Vigran, Sarah E. Hughes, Christopher W. Reynolds, Oliver A. Varban, Arthur M. Carlin, Anne P. Ehlers, Aaron J. Bonham, and Jonathan F. Finks
Depression as a risk factor for adverse outcomes and increased healthcare utilization in bariatric surgery patients, Juliana L. Ramirez, Erin Kim, Andrew C. Fregenal, Hannah J. Vigran, Sarah E. Hughes, Christopher W. Reynolds, Oliver A. Varban, Arthur M. Carlin, Anne P. Ehlers, Aaron J. Bonham, and Jonathan F. Finks
Management of Stage 4 Colon and Rectal Cancer, Craig A. Reickert
Spontaneous resolution of traumatic bronchial tear after thoracic crush injury, Erik Schwarze, Donald D. Chang, Corbin J. Cleary, and Ilya Rakitin
Role of Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy in the Management of Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases, Rupen Shah and Alexandra Gangi
Variation of Liver Transplant Practice and Outcomes During Public Holidays in the United States: Analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing Registry, Tayseer M. Shamaa, Toshihiro Kitajima, Tommy Ivanics, Shingo Shimada, Adhnan Mohamed, Sirisha Yeddula, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
ASO Author Reflections: Pre-transplant Treatments for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Before Liver Transplantation, Shingo Shimada, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
ASO Visual Abstract: Multiple Pretransplant Treatments for Patients Without Pathological Complete Response may Worsen Posttransplant Outcomes in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Shingo Shimada, Tayseer Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Toshihiro Kitajima, Mohamed Adhnan, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Reena Salgia, and Shunji Nagai
Effects of the implementation of acuity circle policy on waitlist and post-transplant outcomes of liver re-transplantation, Shingo Shimada, Tayseer Shamaa, Tommy Ivanics, Katsunori Miyake, Toshihiro Kitajima, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Dilip Moonka, and Shunji Nagai
Association of program-specific variation in bariatric surgery volume for Medicaid patients and access to care: a tale of inequality?, Amy E Somerset, Michael H Wood, Aaron J Bonham, Arthur M. Carlin, Jonathan Finks, Amir A Ghaferi, and Oliver A Varban
Advances and innovations in living donor liver transplant techniques, matching and surgical training: Meeting report from the living donor liver transplant consensus conference, Mark Sturdevant, Swaytha Ganesh, Benjamin Samstein, Elizabeth C. Verna, Manuel Rodriguez-Davalos, Vineeta Kumar, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Oya Andacoglu, Medhat Askar, Dieter Broering, Juliet Emamaullee, Jean C. Emond, Christine E. Haugen, Michelle T. Jesse, Mureo Kasahara, AnnMarie Liapakis, Didier Mandelbrot, Anjana Pillai, Garrett R. Roll, Nazia Selzner, and Sukru Emre
Association of Discontinuing Preinjury Beta-Adrenergic Blockade Medications With Mortality in Severe Blunt Traumatic Brian Injury, Christopher J. Tignanelli, Saman Arbabi, Gaby Iskander, Kurt A. Kralovich, John Scott, Naveen F. Sangji, and Mark R. Hemmila
Comment on: Bariatric surgeon perceptions of the safety of same-day sleeve gastrectomy in the state of Massachusetts, Oliver A. Varban
Comment on: Bariatric surgeon perceptions of the safety of same-day sleeve gastrectomy in the state of Massachusetts, Oliver A. Varban
Comment on: Black-versus-White racial disparities in 30-day outcomes at MBSAQIP-accredited centers: a needed quality indicator, Oliver A. Varban
Financial Impact of Metabolic Surgery on Prescription Diabetes Medications in Michigan, Oliver A. Varban, Kristen P. Hassett, Monica Yost, Arthur M. Carlin, Amir A. Ghaferi, Jonathan F. Finks, and Anne P. Ehlers
Novel and Innovative Surgical Strategies for Recurrent Rectal Cancer: Uncommon Resections, Local Interventions for Pelvic Reoccurrence, and Intraoperative Radiation Therapy, Shawn P. Webb and Imran Ahmad
Thromboelastography: A Novel Approach to Hemostasis in Cardiac Surgery, Cristina A. Wojack, Anna M. Marrocco, Jeanne C. Enstrom, and Jesus Casida
Adipose-derived stem cells significantly increases collagen level and fiber maturity in patient-specific biological engineered blood vessels, Bryan T. Wonski, Bijal Patel, Donna G. Tepper, Aamir Siddiqui, Loay S. Kabbani, and Mai T. Lam
Surgeons' Perspectives on Valve Surgery in People With Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis, Alysse G. Wurcel, Julia Zubiago, Jessica Reyes, Emma Smyth, Keki R. Balsara, Danielle Avila, Joshua A. Barocas, Curt G. Beckwith, Jenny Bui, Cody A. Chastain, Ellen F. Eaton, Simeon Kimmel, Molly L. Paras, Asher J. Schranz, Darshali A. Vyas, and Alison Rapoport
Cardiogenic shock in a young woman with SCAD: The importance of early access to VA-ECMO in the community, Lina Ya'Qoub, Mohammad Alqarqaz, Jennifer A. Cowger, Hasan Nemeh, Mir B. Basir, Khaldoon Alaswad, and Gerald C. Koenig
Submissions from 2022
Novel Benchmark Values for Redo Liver Transplantation. Does the Outcome Justify the Effort?, Fariba Abbassi, Daniel Gero, Xavier Muller, Alba Bueno, Wojciech Figiel, Fabien Robin, Sophie Laroche, Benjamin Picard, Sadhana Shankar, Tommy Ivanics, Marjolein van Reeven, Otto B. van Leeuwen, Hillary J. Braun, Diethard Monbaliu, Antoine Breton, Neeta Vachharajani, Eliano Bonaccorsi Riani, Greg Nowak, Robert R. McMillan, Samir Abu-Gazala, Amit Nair, Rocio Bruballa, Flavio Paterno, Deborah Weppler Sears, Antonio D. Pinna, James V. Guarrera, Eduardo de Santibañes, Martin de Santibañes, Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro, Kim Olthoff, R. Mark Ghobrial, Bo-Göran Ericzon, Olga Ciccarelli, William C. Chapman, Jean-Yves Mabrut, Jacques Pirenne, Beat Müllhaupt, Nancy L. Ascher, Robert J. Porte, Vincent E. de Meijer, Wojciech G. Polak, Gonzalo Sapisochin, Magdy Attia, Emmanuel Weiss, René A. Adam, Daniel Cherqui, Karim Boudjema, Krzysztof Zienewicz, Wayel Jassem, Philipp Dutkowski, and Pierre-Alain Clavien
Diversity in transplantation surgery and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons: Opportunity for a bold vision and positive change, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Dinee C. Simpson, and Andre A. S. Dick
Failed Manta Closure Device After High-Risk PCI, Hussayn Alrayes, Loay S. Kabbani, and Mir B. Basir
Functional reconstruction of the glenoid fossa utilizing a pedicled temporal osteomuscular flap, Vincent Aquino, Jack P. Rock, Kyle D. Perry, and Benjamin Barbetta
Functional reconstruction of the glenoid fossa utilizing a pedicled temporal osteomuscular flap, Vincent Aquino, Jack P. Rock, Kyle D. Perry, and Benjamin T. Barbetta
Association of opioid exposure before surgery with opioid consumption after surgery, Mark C. Bicket, Vidhya Gunaseelan, Pooja Lagisetty, Anne C. Fernandez, Amy Bohnert, Elizabeth Assenmacher, Melwyn Sequeira, Michael J. Englesbe, Chad M. Brummett, and Jennifer F. Waljee
ASO Visual Abstract: Understanding Racial Differences in Lung Cancer Surgery Through a Statewide Quality Collaborative, Sidra N. Bonner, Chang He, Melissa Clark, Kumari Adams, Felix Orelaru, Andrew Popoff, Andrew Chang, Elliot Wakeam, and Kiran Lagisetty
Understanding Racial Differences in Lung Cancer Surgery Through a Statewide Quality Collaborative, Sidra N. Bonner, Chang He, Melissa Clark, Kumari Adams, Felix Orelaru, Andrew Popoff, Andrew Chang, Elliot Wakeam, and Kiran Lagisetty
Preoperative Nutritional Optimization of the Oncology Patient: A Scoping Review, Brian C. Brajcich, Kyle Stigall, Danielle S. Walsh, Thomas K. Varghese, Annabel E. Barber, Kurt A. Kralovich, Annie B. Wescott, Barbara A. Pockaj, Clifford Y. Ko, and Christine Laronga
Independent predictors and timing of portomesenteric vein thrombosis after bariatric surgery, Arthur M. Carlin, Oliver A. Varban, Anne P. Ehlers, Aaron J. Bonham, Amir A. Ghaferi, and Jonathan F. Finks
Hepatitis E Diagnosis and Management After Liver, Kidney, or Heart Transplant: A Single-Center Experience, Maximilian Carter, Kassandra Solsrud, Sirisha Yeddula, Mary Grace Fitzmaurice, Ashina Singh, Shunji Nagai, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Is it safe to administer neoadjuvant chemotherapy to patients undergoing hepatectomy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma? ACS-NSQIP propensity-matched analysis, Woo Jin Choi, Tommy Ivanics, Marco Claasen, Steven Gallinger, Bettina Hansen, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
ASO Visual Abstract: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prognostic Factors for Early Recurrence in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma After Curative-Intent Resection, Woo Jin Choi, Phil J. Williams, Marco P. A. W. Claasen, Tommy Ivanics, Marina Englesakis, Steven Gallinger, Bettina Hansen, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prognostic Factors for Early Recurrence in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma After Curative-Intent Resection, Woo Jin Choi, Phil J. Williams, Marco P. A. W. Claasen, Tommy Ivanics, Marina Englesakis, Steven Gallinger, Bettina Hansen, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Self-selection vs Randomized Assignment of Treatment for Appendicitis, Giana H. Davidson, Sarah E. Monsell, Heather Evans, Emily C. Voldal, Erin Fannon, Sarah O. Lawrence, Anusha Krishnadasan, David A. Talan, Bonnie Bizzell, Patrick J. Heagerty, Bryan A. Comstock, Danielle C. Lavallee, Cassandra Villegas, Robert Winchell, Callie M. Thompson, Wesley H. Self, Lillian S. Kao, Shah-Jahan Dodwad, Amber K. Sabbatini, David Droullard, David Machado-Aranda, Melinda Maggard Gibbons, Amy H. Kaji, Daniel A. DeUgarte, Lisa Ferrigno, Matthew Salzberg, Katherine A. Mandell, Nicole Siparsky, Thea P. Price, Anooradha Raman, Joshua Corsa, Jon Wisler, Patricia Ayoung-Chee, Jesse Victory, Alan Jones, Matthew Kutcher, Karen McGrane, Julie Holihan, Mike K. Liang, Joseph Cuschieri, Jeffrey Johnson, Katherine Fischkoff, F. Thurston Drake, Sabrina E. Sanchez, Stephen R. Odom, Larry G. Kessler, and David R. Flum
Hospital opioid use predicts the need for discharge opioid prescriptions following laparoscopic bariatric surgery, Sarah E. Diaz, Alissa M. Dandalides, and Arthur M. Carlin
Academic and community hernia center websites in the United States fail to meet healthcare literacy standards of readability, Salvatore Docimo, Kevin Seeras, Robert J. Acho, Aurora Pryor, and Konstantinos Spaniolas
Impact of hiatal hernia repair technique on patient-reported gastroesophageal reflux symptoms following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, Anne P. Ehlers, Aaron J. Bonham, Amir A. Ghaferi, Jonathan F. Finks, Arthur M. Carlin, and Oliver A. Varban
Management of phlegmasia cerulea dolens caused by a giant leiomyoma, Elisabeth Ekkel, Tara K. Chandran, Michael Trpkovski, and Sachinder Hans
Benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in node-negative T1a versus T1b and T1c triple-negative breast cancer, Genevieve A. Fasano, Solange Bayard, Yalei Chen, Leticia Varella, Tessa Cigler, Jessica Bensenhaver, Rache Simmons, Alexander Swistel, Jennifer Marti, Anne Moore, Eleni Andreopoulou, John Ng, Andrew Brandmaier, Silvia Formenti, Haythem Y. Ali, Melissa Davis, and Lisa Newman
Improving Esophagectomy Outcomes in France: Petit a Petit, Rebecca Ferguson and Andrew M. Popoff
A center experience with lung transplantation for COVID-19 ARDS, Domingo J. Franco-Palacios, Lisa Allenspach, Lisa Stagner, Julio Pinto Corrales, Kaitlin Olexsey, Eve Sherbin, William Dillon, Douglas Sternberg, Kelly Bryce, Jane Simanovski, Dimitrios Apostolou, Daizo Tanaka, Hassan Nemeh, Zhiqiang B. Wang, and George Alangaden
The Landmark Series: Appendiceal Primary Peritoneal Surface Malignancy, Alexandra Gangi and Rupen Shah
Outcomes of Primary Mucosal Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, Marissa Gilbert, Evan Liang, Pin Li, Reena Salgia, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Farzan Siddiqui
Disparities in the Use of Older Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Allografts in the United States Versus the United Kingdom, Emmanouil Giorgakis, Tommy Ivanics, Shirin E. Khorsandi, David Wallace, Lyle Burdine, Wayel Jassem, Amit K. Mathur, and Nigel Heaton
The Role of Hyperthermia in the Treatment of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies, Carlos E. Guerra, Carlos G. Tarazona, J. A. Sánchez-Monroy, Olivia Heppell, Juan J. Guerra-Londono, and Rupen Shah
Maldeployment of Celt ACD vascular closure device, Benjamin R. Hart and Sachinder S. Hans
Adherence to Medical Appointments Among Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: Do Health Literacy, Health Numeracy, and Cognitive Functioning Play a Role?, Leah M. Hecht, Kellie M. Martens, Bethany D. Pester, Aaron Hamann, Arthur M. Carlin, and Lisa R. Miller-Matero
Impact of concurrent hiatal hernia repair during laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on patient-reported gastroesophageal reflux symptoms: a state-wide analysis, Ahmad M. Hider, Aaron J. Bonham, Arthur M. Carlin, Jonathan F. Finks, Amir A. Ghaferi, Oliver A. Varban, and Anne P. Ehlers
International society for heart and lung transplantation statement on transplant ethics, Are Martin Holm, Savitri Fedson, Andrew Courtwright, Anne Olland, Kelly Bryce, Manreet Kanwar, Stuart Sweet, Thomas Egan, and Jacob Lavee
Surgical and Interventional Management of Liver Metastasis, Edwin R. Itenberg and Ana Lozano
Experience with solid organ transplantation in patients with previous immunotherapy treatment is still limited but this is changing: The survey-based view of the global transplant society, Tommy Ivanics, Marco P. A. W. Claasen, David Al-Adra, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Reply, Tommy Ivanics, Marco Paw Claasen, Madhukar S. Patel, Bettina E. Hansen, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Long-term outcomes of retransplantation after live donor liver transplantation: A Western experience, Tommy Ivanics, Ashley Limkemann, Madhukar S. Patel, Marco P. A. W. Claasen, Luckshi Rajendran, Woo JIn Choi, Chaya Shwaartz, Nazia Selzner, Les Lilly, Mamatha Bhat, Cynthia Tsien, Markus Selzner, Ian McGilvray, Blayne Sayed, Trevor Reichman, Mark Cattral, Anand Ghanekar, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Dynamic risk profiling of HCC recurrence after curative intent liver resection, Tommy Ivanics, Carla Fiorella Murillo Perez, Marco P. A. W. Claasen, Madhukar S. Patel, Gabriela Morgenshtern, Lauren Erdman, Chaya Shwaartz, Luckshi Rajendran, Grainne M. O'Kane, Bettina E. Hansen, Sean P. Cleary, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Long-term outcomes of ablation, liver resection, and liver transplant as first-line treatment for solitary HCC of 3 cm or less using an intention-to-treat analysis: A retrospective cohort study, Tommy Ivanics, L Rajendran, P A Abreu, M P A W Claasen, C Shwaartz, M S Patel, W J Choi, A Doyle, H Muaddi, I D McGilvray, M Selzner, R Beecroft, J Kachura, M Bhat, N Selzner, A Ghanekar, M Cattral, B Sayed, T Reichman, L Lilly, and G Sapisochin
Low utilization of adult-to-adult LDLT in Western countries despite excellent outcomes: International multicenter analysis of the US, the UK, and Canada, Tommy Ivanics, David Wallace, Marco P. A. W. Claasen, Madhukar S. Patel, Rushin Brahmbhatt, Chaya Shwaartz, Andreas Prachalias, Parthi Srinivasan, Wayel Jassem, Nigel Heaton, Mark S. Cattral, Nazia Selzner, Anand Ghanekar, Gabriela Morgenshtern, Neil Mehta, Allan B. Massie, Jan van der Meulen, Dorry L. Segev, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Ex-vivo ureteroscopy for the treatment of nephrolithiasis in a deceased donor kidney prior to transplantation, Marcus Jamil, Jack Vercnocke, Patrick Etta, Adhnan Mohamed, Mohit Butaney, Mahdi Bazzi, Simon Zetuna, Lauren Malinzak, and David Leavitt
Noninvasive Indicators of Intracranial Pressure Before, During, and After Long-Duration Spaceflight, Jessica V. Jasien, Steven S. Laurie, Stuart M. C Lee, David S. Martin, David Thomas Kemp, Douglas J. Ebert, Robert J. Ploutz-Snyder, Karina Marshall-Goebel, Irina V. Alferova, Ashot E. Sargsyan, Richard W. Danielson, Alan R. Hargens, Scott A. Dulchavsky, Michael B. Stenger, and Brandon R. Macias
Addressing Burnout: Complex Solutions Start With Small Steps, Michelle T. Jesse
Non-pharmacological interventions engaging organ transplant caregivers: A systematic review, Michelle T. Jesse, Kendyll J. Gartrelle, Heather Bruschwein, Gina Hug, Barbara LeTarte, Stacee Lerret, and Mary A. Dew
Current recommendations regarding evaluation of cognitive functioning in organ transplant candidates, Michelle T. Jesse and D. Brian Haver
Substance use screening in transplant populations: Recommendations from a consensus workgroup, Sheila Jowsey-Gregoire, Paul J. Jannetto, Michelle T. Jesse, James Fleming, Gerald Scott Winder, Wendy Balliet, Kristin Kuntz, Adriana Vasquez, Stephan Weinland, Filza Hussain, Robert Weinrieb, Marian Fireman, Mark W. Nickels, John Devin Peipert, Charlie Thomas, and Paula C. Zimbrean
Using the Oncology Care Model to Manage Cancer Pain at an Outpatient Oncology Clinic, Mary-Jo M. Julin, Shannon Ochoa, Denise Cooper, and Beverly Dabney
Commentary, Loay S. Kabbani and Mai T. Lam
Right Heart Failure Following Left Ventricular Device Implantation: Natural History, Risk Factors, and Outcomes: An Analysis of the STS INTERMACS Database, Chris J. Kapelios, Lars H. Lund, Omar Wever-Pinzon, Craig H. Selzman, Susan L. Myers, Ryan S. Cantor, Josef Stehlik, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Stephen H. McKellar, Antigone Koliopoulou, Rami Alharethi, Abdallah G. Kfoury, Michael Bonios, Stamatis Adamopoulos, Edward M. Gilbert, James C. Fang, James K. Kirklin, and Stavros G. Drakos
Clinical Trials in Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery: Assessing Trial Characteristics, Early Discontinuation, Result Reporting, and Publication, Hussein H. Khachfe, Joseph R. Habib, Ibrahim Nassour, Hussein A. Baydoun, Elie M. Ghabi, Mohamad A. Chahrour, Ali H. Hallal, and Faek R. Jamali
American college of surgeons NSQIP pancreatic surgery publications: A critical appraisal of the quality of methodological reporting, Hussein H. Khachfe, Joseph R. Habib, Hamza A. Salhab, Mohamad Y. Fares, Mohamad A. Chahrour, and Faek R. Jamali
Improved Survival With Higher-risk Donor Grafts in Liver Transplant With Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure, Toshihiro Kitajima, Yasutaka Kuno, Tommy Ivanics, Mei Lu, Dilip Moonka, Shingo Shimada, Tayseer Shamaa, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Predicting Early Weight Loss Failure Using a Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Calculator and Weight Loss Curves, Andrew Kraftson, Anne H. Cain-Nielsen, Amy Lockwood, Yingying Luo, Colleen Buda, Corey Lager, Nazanene H Esfandiari, Elif Oral, and Oliver A. Varban
Midface Including Le Fort Level Injuries, Katherine A. Larrabee, Andrew S. Kao, Benjamin T. Barbetta, and Lamont R. Jones
Feasibility of an Opioid Sparing Discharge Protocol Following Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery, Haley S. Lehman, Sarah Diaz, Alissa M. Dandalides, and Arthur M. Carlin
Impact of Portable Normothermic Blood-Based Machine Perfusion on Outcomes of Liver Transplant: The OCS Liver PROTECT Randomized Clinical Trial, James F. Markmann, Marwan S. Abouljoud, R. Mark Ghobrial, Chandra S. Bhati, Shawn J. Pelletier, Amy D. Lu, Shane Ottmann, Tarunjeet Klair, Corey Eymard, Garrett R. Roll, Joseph Magliocca, Timothy L. Pruett, Jorge Reyes, Sylvester M. Black, Christopher L. Marsh, Gabriel Schnickel, Milan Kinkhabwala, Sander S. Florman, Shaheed Merani, Anthony J. Demetris, Shoko Kimura, Michael Rizzari, Ashish Saharia, Marlon Levy, Avinash Agarwal, Francisco G. Cigarroa, James D. Eason, Shareef Syed, W. Kenneth Washburn, Justin Parekh, Jang Moon, Alexander Maskin, Heidi Yeh, Parsia A. Vagefi, and Malcolm P. MacConmara
Careful consideration of sarcoidosis in diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer: A case report, Mallory E. McCormick and E Bradley Pewitt
Prediction of Survival After Implantation of a Fully Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist Device, Mandeep R. Mehra, Aditi Nayak, Alanna A. Morris, David E. Lanfear, Hassan Nemeh, Sapna Desai, Aditya Bansal, Cesar Guerrero-Miranda, Shelley Hall, Joseph C. Cleveland, Daniel J. Goldstein, Nir Uriel, Leway Chen, Stephen Bailey, Anelechi Anyanwu, Gerald Heatley, Joyce Chuang, and Jerry D. Estep
Utility of phosphatidylethanol testing as an objective measure of alcohol use during the preoperative evaluation for bariatric surgery, Lisa R. Miller-Matero, Elise Adkins, Samantha J. Zohr, Kellie M. Martens, Aaron Hamann, Maunda A. Snodgrass, Melissa Maye, Jordan M. Braciszewski, Wanda Szymanski, Sally J. Green, Jeffrey A. Genaw, and Arthur M. Carlin
Exploring gender, psychiatric symptoms, and eating behaviors as predictors of attrition to bariatric surgery, Lisa R. Miller-Matero, Leah M. Hecht, Shivali Patel, Kellie M. Martens, Aaron Hamann, and Arthur M. Carlin
Reply: You are a leader as well, Navyatha Mohan and Ikenna Okereke
Patient Factors Associated With Appendectomy Within 30 Days of Initiating Antibiotic Treatment for Appendicitis, Sarah E. Monsell, Emily C. Voldal, Giana H. Davidson, Katherine Fischkoff, Natasha Coleman, Bonnie Bizzell, Thea Price, Mayur Narayan, Nicole Siparsky, Callie M. Thompson, Patricia Ayoung-Chee, Stephen R. Odom, Sabrina Sanchez, F. Thurston Drake, Jeffrey Johnson, Joseph Cuschieri, Heather L. Evans, Mike K. Liang, Karen McGrane, Quinton Hatch, Jesse Victory, Jon Wisler, Matthew Salzberg, Lisa Ferrigno, Amy Kaji, Daniel A. DeUgarte, Melinda Maggard Gibbons, Hasan B. Alam, John Scott, Lillian S. Kao, Wesley H. Self, Robert J. Winchell, Cassandra M. Villegas, David A. Talan, Larry G. Kessler, Danielle C. Lavallee, Anusha Krishnadasan, Sarah O. Lawrence, Bryan Comstock, Erin Fannon, David R. Flum, and Patrick J. Heagerty
Trends in liver transplantation for autoimmune liver diseases: a Canadian study, Carla F. Murillo Perez, Tommy Ivanics, Marco Claasen, Peter Yoon, David Wallace, Nazia Selzner, Gideon M. Hirschfield, Bettina E. Hansen, and Gonzalo Sapisochin
Lingual Raynaud's Phenomenon after Surgical and Radiotherapeutic Intervention for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Nicholas Murphy, Loay S. Kabbani, Alexander D. Shepard, and Farzan Siddiqui
Disparities in the Effects of Acuity Circle-based Liver Allocation on Waitlist and Transplant Practice Between Centers, Shunji Nagai, Tommy Ivanics, Toshihiro Kitajima, Shingo Shimada, Tayseer M. Shamaa, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Dilip Moonka, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Use of Neural Network Models to Predict Liver Transplant Waitlist Mortality, Shunji Nagai, Anubhav Reddy Nallabasannagari, Dilip Moonka, Madhu Reddiboina, Sirisha Yeddula, Toshihiro Kitajima, Iman Francis, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Risk of Ipsilateral Deep Vein Thrombosis After Kidney Transplantation: A Retrospective Study, Abdul Kader Natour, Shahnur Ahmed, Dean Y. Kim, Lauren Malinzak, Ali Rteil, and Loay S. Kabbani
Rate of Ipsilateral Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) After Kidney Transplantation: A Retrospective Single-Center Study, Abdul Kader Natour, Ziad Al Adas, Timothy Nypaver, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, Lauren Malinzak, Anita Patel, and Loay S. Kabbani
Outcomes of patients with acute type A aortic dissection and concomitant lower extremity malperfusion, Abdul Kader Natour, Ali Rteil, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R. Weaver, Timothy Nypaver, Hassan Nemeh, Daizo Tanaka, and Loay S. Kabbani
Cross-clamp location and perioperative outcomes after open infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: A Vascular Quality Initiative, Abdul K. Natour, Loay S. Kabbani, Ali Rteil, Timothy Nypaver, Mitchell R Weaver, Alice Lee, Farah Mohammad, Alexander D. Shepard, and Ziad Omar
Socioeconomic status is not associated with unfavorable outcomes in patients with acute limb ischemia, Abdul K. Natour, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Mitchell R. Weaver, Andi Peshkepija, Omar Kafri, and Loay S. Kabbani
Pancreatic lymphoepithelial cyst with concurrent HIV infection: A case report and review of the literature, Oluwayomi Oyedeji, Shannon Rodgers, Allen Wrubel, Rupen Shah, and Sanam Husain
Dual Cystic Duct Found and Confirmed by Intraoperative Cholangiography, Shyamal Pansuriya, Elisabeth Ekkel, and Akash Sheth
Changes in Optic Nerve Head and Retinal Morphology During Spaceflight and Acute Fluid Shift Reversal, Laura P. Pardon, Brandon R. Macias, Connor R. Ferguson, Scott H. Greenwald, Robert Ploutz-Snyder, Irina V. Alferova, Doug Ebert, Scott A. Dulchavsky, Alan R. Hargens, Michael B. Stenger, and Steven S. Laurie
Stratified Preoperative A1c is not Significantly Associated With Clavien-Dindo Major Complications Following Bariatric Surgery in the MBSAQIP Database, Luis Pina, James Dove, G. Craig Wood, David M. Parker, Christopher Still, Anthony Petrick, and Mustapha Daouadi
Primary aortoesophageal fistula from metallic bristle ingestion, Chinmayee Potti, Abdul Kader Natour, Ann Woodward, and Loay S. Kabbani
Trends in Diversity in Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery Residencies, Mason Powell, Fatima Wilder, Oluwatomisin Obafemi, Navyatha Mohan, Robert Higgins, Amy Tang, and Ikenna Okereke
