Submissions from 2015
Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy With Real-Time Perfusion Assessment, Arielle Hodari, Ko-Un Park, Brian Lace, Athanasios Tsiouris, and Zane Hammoud
Introduction to the STS National Database Series: Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, David M. Shahian, Richard L. Prager, Fred H. Edwards, Donna McDonald, Jane M. Han, Richard S. D'Agostino, Marshall L. Jacobs, Benjamin D. Kozower, Vinay Badhwar, Vinod H. Thourani, Henning A. Gaissert, Felix G. Fernandez, Cam Wright, James I. Fann, Gaetano Paone, Juan A. Sanchez, Joseph C. Cleveland, J M. Brennan, Rachel S. Dokholyan, Sean M. O'Brien, Eric D. Peterson, Frederick L. Grover, and G A. Patterson
Determinants of burnout among transplant surgeons: a national survey in the United States, Michelle T. Jesse, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Anne Eshelman
Burnout in transplant nurses, Michelle T. Jesse, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Kathy Hogan, and Anne Eshelman
Quality and outcomes reporting in trauma using International Statistical Classification for Diseases, Ninth Revision codes, Efstathios Karamanos, Alexander Van Esbroeck, Sanjay Mohanty, Zeeshan Syed, and Ilan Rubinfeld
Tobacco Use and Body Mass Index as Predictors of Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Breast Reduction Mammoplasty, Efstathios Karamanos, Benjamin Wei, Aamir Siddiqui, and Ilan Rubinfeld
Predictors of Clavien 4 Complications and Mortality After Necrosectomy: Analysis of the NSQIP Database, Nina Kolbe, Stephanie Bakey, Lisa Louwers, Dionne J. Blyden, Mathilda Horst, Anthony Falvo, Joe Patton, and Ilan Rubinfeld
Assessing Risk of Critical Care Complications and Mortality in the Elective Bariatric Surgery Population Using a Modified Frailty Index, Nina Kolbe, Arthur M. Carlin, Stephanie Bakey, Lisa Louwers, Hathilda Horst, and Ilan Rubinfeld
Treatment of acute hemorrhoidal crisis using hyaluronidase with local anesthetic prior to surgical excision, Nina Kolbe and J Hain
Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) telemedicine project in rural Nicaragua and its impact on patient management, Nina Kolbe, Keith Killu, Victor Coba, Luca Neri, Kathleen M. Garcia, Marti McCulloch, Alberta Spreafico, and Scott A. Dulchavsky
Red Blood Cell Transfusions Impact Pneumonia Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Donald S. Likosky, Gaetano Paone, Min Zhang, Mary A. M. Rogers, Steven D. Harrington, Patricia F. Theurer, Alphonse DeLucia, Astrid Fishstrom, Anton Camaj, and Richard L. Prager
Sources of Variation in Hospital-Level Infection Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Heart Surgery Database, Donald S. Likosky, Amelia S. Wallace, Richard L. Prager, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Min Zhang, Steven D. Harrington, Paramita Saha-Chaudhuri, Patricia F. Theurer, Astrid Fishstrom, Rachel S. Dokholyan, David M. Shahian, and J S. Rankin
Treatment of 200 locally advanced (stage III) pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients with irreversible electroporation: safety and efficacy, Robert CG Martin, D Kwon, Sricharan Chalikonda, Marty Sellers, Eric Kotz, Charles Scoggins, Kelly M. McMasters, and Kevin Watkins
Transmission of infection to liver transplant recipients from donors with infective endocarditis: lessons learned, M. H. Miceli, M. Gonulalan, Mary Perri, Linoj Samuel, M. A. Al Fares, Kimberly Brown, D. A. Bruno, Marcus J. Zervos, Mayur Ramesh, and George Alangaden
Genuflecting to Hospital Variation in Home Discharge-Reply, Sanjay Mohanty, Mark Cohen, and Karl Y. Bilimoria
Risk of discharge to postacute care: a patient-centered outcome for the american college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program surgical risk calculator, Sanjay Mohanty, Yaoming Liu, Jennifer L. Paruch, Thomas E. Kmiecik, Mark E. Cohen, Clifford Y. Ko, and Karl Y. Bilimoria
Post-transplant course of hepatitis C after living donor liver transplantation in association with polymorphisms near IFNL3, Kristin G. Monaghan, Humberto C. Gonzalez, Albert M. Levin, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Stuart C. Gordon
Prognosis after recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in liver transplantation: predictors for successful treatment and survival, Shunji Nagai, Richard S. Mangus, Chandrashekhar A. Kubal, Burcin Ekser, Jonathan A. Fridell, Kendell R. Klingler, Mary A. Maluccio, and A J. Tector
Self-reported remission of obstructive sleep apnea following bariatric surgery: cohort study, Myura Nagendran, Arthur M. Carlin, Daniel Bacal, Jeffrey A. Genaw, Abdelkader A. Hawasli, Nancy J. Birkmeyer, and Jonathan F. Finks
Sentinel lymph node metastases in cancer: causes, detection and their role in disease progression, Saul D. Nathanson, Rupen Shah, and K Rosso
Red blood cells and mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: an analysis of 672 operative deaths, Gaetano Paone, Morley A. Herbert, Patricia F. Theurer, Gail F. Bell, Jaelene K. Williams, Francis L. Shannon, Donald S. Likosky, and Richard L. Prager
Novel Use of External Tissue Expander for Management of Sternal Wound Dehiscence, Ko-Un Park and Kenneth Moquin
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Penalties in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, Ravi Rajaram, Jeanette W. Chung, Christine V. Kinnier, Cynthia Barnard, Sanjay Mohanty, Emily S. Pavey, Megan C. McHugh, and Karl Y. Bilimoria
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Version 273: More Is Better, Terry Shih, Gaetano Paone, Patricia F. Theurer, Donna McDonald, David M. Shahian, and Richard L. Prager
Rates of Kidney Transplantation From Living and Deceased Donors for Blacks and Whites in the United States, 1998 to 2011., Akshay Sood, Newaj M. Abdullah, Firas Abdollah, Marwan S. Abouljoud, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Mani Menon, and Jesse D. Sammon
Squamous cell carcinoma of the anal margin, M Times and K U. Park
Clinical Utility of a Plasma Protein Classifier for Indeterminate Lung Nodules, Anil Vachani, Zane Hammoud, Steven Springmeyer, Neri Cohen, Dao Nguyen, Christina Williamson, Sandra Starnes, Stephen Hunsucker, Scott Law, Xiao-Jun Li, Alexander Porter, and Paul Kearney
Variation in Patient-reported Outcomes Across Hospitals Following Surgery, Jennifer F. Waljee, Amir Ghaferi, Jonathan F. Finks, Ruth Cassidy, Oliver Varban, Arthur M. Carlin, Noelle Carlozzi, and Justin Dimick
Epidermoid cancers of the anal canal, Shawn P. Webb
Treatment of Severe Metabolic Alkalosis with Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Bicarbonate Kinetic Equations of Clinical Value, Lenar Yessayan, Jerry Yee, Stan Frinak, David Kwon, and Balazs Szamosfalvi
