Submissions from 2018
Immediate post-operative extubation decreases pulmonary complications in liver transplantation recipients, M Safwan, Christine Acho, Yoshihisa Morita, Valeria Fernandez, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Liver transplant patients with MELD>50 at listing have poor waitlist outcomes and similar post transplant survival to status 1a patients, M Safwan, R Schilke, Uche Nwagu, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
The grade of pre-transplant portal vein thrombosis in liver transplant recipients impacts graft and patient survival, M Safwan, Michael Sobolic, Shunji Nagai, R Schilke, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Michael Rizzari
Incidence trends among deceased liver transplant recipients in the United States, 2011-2016: A propensity score-matched study, R Schilke, M Safwan, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Liver transplants from older donors have worse outcomes in elderly recipients with renal dysfunction, R Schilke, M Safwan, Shunji Nagai, Marwan Abouljoud, and Anita Patel
Hazard ratio trends among deceased liver transplant recipients in the United States, 2011-2016: A propensity score-matched study, R Schilke, M Safwan, Michael Rizzari, Kelly Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Shunji Nagai, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Chronic narcotic use increases mortality rates in heart transplantation, Ginger St. John, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Hassan Nemeh, Cristina Tita, Yelena Selektor, David Lanfear, and Celeste Williams
Effects of sarcopenia on patients undergoing liver re-transplantation, Joel Stracke, M S. Ilias, and Shunji Nagai
Effects of sarcopenia on patients undergoing liver re-transplantation, Joel Stracke, M Safwan, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Does the implementation of pneumonia prevention practices reduce risk of pneumonia following cardiac surgery?, R J. Strobel, Steven D Harrington, C Hill, M P. Thompson, L Cabrera, P Wilton, D Gandhi, A DeLucia, Gaetano Paone, M Zhang, R L. Prager, and D S. Likosky
Effects of medication education pilot program in living versus deceased donor kidney transplant recipients, Nimisha Sulejmani, Hasenia Albanna, Bryant B. Summers, Arin Jantz, Rohini Prashar, and Anita K. Patel
Lactate/platelet ratio after liver transplantation; A novel predictor for short-term graft failure, K Takahashi, S Nagai, M Safwan, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, N Ohkohchi, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Cardiac surgery episode expenditures associated with healthcare-associated pneumonia, M P. Thompson, Steven D Harrington, R J. Strobel, L Cabrera, M Zhang, P Wilton, D Gandhi, A DeLucia, Gaetano Paone, R L. Prager, and D S. Likosky
Center variation in 90-day episode expenditures for cardiac surgery-the role of healthcare-associated pnuemonia, M P. Thompson, Steven D Harrington, R J. Strobel, L Cabrera, M Zhang, P Wilton, D Gandhi, A DeLucia, Gaetano Paone, R L. Prager, and D S. Likosky
The implications of impaired glucose tolerance after kidney transplantation, Francis Tinney Jr., S Norman, A Naik, D Cibrik, R Sung, D Frietze, M Stegall, M Samaniego, and C Jay
Identifying optimal techniques for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy based on outcomes of surgeons ranked by safety and efficacy, O Varban, J F. Finks, Arthur M. Carlin, P Kemmeter, and J Dimick
Standard-versus low-dose valganciclovir for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in intermediate-risk kidney transplant recipients, N Wilson, Nimisha Sulejmani, Arin Jantz, Anita K. Patel, and Bryant B. Summers
Association of body mass index of kidney transplant recipients with graft function post-transplant, A Yaldo, I Bajjoka, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Multivariate Cox proportional hazards model for estimating long-term risk of aging kidney transplant recipients, A Yaldo, I Bajjoka, X Han, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Liposomal bupivacaine: Friend or foe in kidney donation?, Y Yang, Arin Jantz, Bryant B. Summers, Anita Patel, Lauren Malinzak, and Nimisha Sulejmani
Submissions from 2017
Natural history of progression of carotid artery stenosis, Ziad Al Adas, Judith Lin, Timothy Nypaver, Mitchell R Weaver, Alexander D. Shepard, Lucy Chau, Daniel J Miller, and Loay S Kabbani
Cerebrovascular Injuries Are Commonly Found in Acute Type B Aortic Dissections and Are Associated With Blood Pressure Derangements and Poor Outcome, Ziad Al Adas, Daniel J Miller, Mitchell R Weaver, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Khaled Abdul-Nour, Praveen Balraj, and Loay S Kabbani
Kidney transplant increases the risk of ipsilateral critical limb ischemia, Ziad Al Adas, Timothy Nypaver, Alexander D. Shepard, Mitchell R Weaver, Lauren Malinzak, Naushaba Khalid, Anita Patel, and Loay S Kabbani
Survival after AAA repair is affected by socioeconomic status, Ziad Al Adas, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy J Nypaver, Mitchell R Weaver, Praveen Balraj, Jordan Huang, Rob Harriz, and Loay S Kabbani
Long-term decline in renal function is more significant after endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms, Ziad Al Adas, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy J Nypaver, Mitchell R Weaver, T Maatman, L Yessayan, and Loay S Kabbani
Long-term outcomes among slow versus delayed or immediate graft function kidney transplant recipients: A single-center experience, I Bajjoka, A Yaldo, Catherine Crombez, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Long-term preservation of renal function in liver transplant recipients with rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin induction and delayed initiation of calcineurin inhibitors, I Bajjoka, A Yaldo, Catherine Crombez, Kimberly Ann Brown, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Variation in psychological well-being and body image in patients before and after bariatric surgery, Alirio J deMeireles, R Cassidy, R Ross, A Stricklen, Arthur M Carlin, J F. Finks, and AA Ghaferi
Safety of statin therapy after liver transplantation, M Glynn, Arin Jantz, Bryant B Summers, R Salgia, and Nimisha Sulejmani
Outcomes of component separation for ventral hernia repair in an emergent setting: Analysis of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) NSQIP, Tommy Ivanics, Efstathios Karamanos, Arielle H Gupta, Anthony Falvo, Joe H Patton, and Ilan Rubinfeld
Impact of extremes of BMI on perioperative complications in complex pancreatic resections, Tommy Ivanics, David Kwon, and Ilan Rubinfeld
Perioperative outcomes for the emergent Whipple operation in the United States: An analysis of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, Tommy Ivanics, Ilan Rubinfeld, and David Kwon
Pilot study on acupuncture in living liver and kidney donors, Michelle T. Jesse, Mathew Kulas, Josephine Unitis, Nemie Beltran, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Substance abuse in acute liver failure: Time to talk about opiates, Michelle T. Jesse, Nicholas Rebhan, Atsushi Yoshida, Dillip Moonka, Anne Eshelman, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Michael D. Rizzari
Aldh expressing stem cells mediate tumor initiation and metastasis in triple negative breast cancers across different ethnicities, Evelyn Jiagge, Shukmei Wong, Rabia Gilani, Sean McDermott, Lisa A Newman, Jessica M. Bensenhaver, Max Wicha, John Carpten, and Sofia Merajver
Lower extremity ischemia, an ominous complication after elective EVAR, Richa Kalsi, Connor P. Oates, Sarah Olson, Charles B. Drucker, Donald G. Harris, Alexander D. Shepard, Robert S. Crawford, and Shahab S. Toursavadkohi
Crystalloid resuscitation strategies in patients undergoing emergent bowel resection and anastomosis: When enough is enough, Pridvi Kandagatla, CJ Fisher, Efstathios Karamanos, and Arielle H Gupta
Unplanned return to the operating room in the neurosurgical population: What drives this dreaded event?, Pridvi Kandagatla, Mohamed Macki, Arielle H Gupta, and Ilan Rubinfeld
Treating refractory liver allograft rejection with photopheresis, Ileana Lopez-Plaza, A Eisenbrey, Mohammad Raoufi, and D Moonka
36 hours of ex-vivo warm cellular perfusion of swine liver using the organ care system (OCS™) liver with excellent functional, metabolic and histological outcomes, J Magliocca, J Markmann, Marwan S. Abouljoud, M Ghobrial, and A Demetris
Results of the initial phase of the portable organ care system (OCS™) liver protect pivotal trial, J Markmann, M Ghobrial, J Magliocca, A Demetris, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Cryopreserved allograft in the management of native and prosthetic aortic infections 3, Khalil Masabni, P Balraj, Liang Liang, Alexander D. Shepard, Timothy Nypaver, Mitchell R Weaver, and Loay S Kabbani
Predictors of one-year follow-up patient survey completion after bariatric surgery, Khalil Masabni, A Carlin, O Varban, R Cassidy, A Bonham, A Stricklen, J Finks, and A Ghaferi
Incidence of endothermal heat-induced thrombosis: Comparison between radiofrequency ablation and laser ablation, Farah Mohammad, Loay S Kabbani, Nicole Kennedy, ZA Adas, and Mitchell R Weaver
New persistent opioid use after bariatric surgery, S Mohanty, JS Lee, RA Ross, A Stricklen, AM Carlin, and AA Ghaferi
The impact of the donor risk index on tumor free survival in patients undergoing liver transplantation with hepatocellular carcinoma, D Moonka, Shunji Nagai, A Harper, and R Salgia
The relationship between reported exercise and medium term weight loss following laparoscopic bariatric surgery, S Munie, Arthur M Carlin, Steven J. Keteyian, and Dennis Kerrigan
An argument for expanding the simultaneous liver and kidney transplant criteria: Validity of the new UNOS allocation policy, Shunji Nagai, M Safwan, Kelly Collins, Michael Rizzari, Dilip Moonka, Kimberly Brown, Anita Patel, Atsushi Yoshida, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Rapid deterioration of pre-transplant kidney function requiring dialysis is a prognostic factor in liver transplant alone, Shunji Nagai, M Safwan, K Collins, Michael Rizzari, Dilip Moonka, Anita Patel, Kimberly Brown, Atsushi Yoshida, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Incidence and outcomes of immediate post-operative dialysis in liver transplantation, Shunji Nagai, M Safwan, K. Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Risk factors and 2 year outcomes of low estimated glomerular filtration rate in the immediate post-operative period for living kidney donors, H Pahari, Shunji Nagai, K Takahashi, F Tinney, Jason E Denny, Lauren Malinzak, Michael Rizzari, K. Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Dean Kim
Clinicopathologic features and models predicting for high-risk 21-gene recurrence score (RS) are unreliable in predicting primary tumor downstaging with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT), K Park, S Choi, Haythem Y. Ali, George Divine, Jessica Bensenhaver, S David Nathanson, Erica Proctor, Lindsay Petersen, and Lisa A. Newman
Emergency surgery in patients with prior mesh, Parth Y. Patel
Bk polyoma virus and malignancy: Cause or co-incidence?, Rohini Prashar, A Shah, Diana Stewart, Sean R. Williamson, and Anita Patel
Graft-versus-host disease following deceased donor liver transplant, K Putchakayala, Sharon Skorupski, Shatha Farhan, Marsha Chaffins, S Ilias, H Pahari, K. Collins, Shunji Nagai, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Outcome of liver transplantation in patients with prior bariatric surgery, M Safwan, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Reena Salgia
Is it safe to use older donor liver grafts for older recipients?, M Safwan, K. Collins, K Takahashi, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Effect of preformed donor-specific antibodies in intestine/ multivisceral transplantation, M Safwan, Michael Rizzari, K. Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, Sharon Skorupski, O Fagoaga, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Shunji Nagai
Paneled saphenous vein graft repair of an iliac artery injury in a contaminated abdomen: Late complication of aneurysmal degeneration illustrating the need for continued surveillance, TH Schwarcz and Timothy Nypaver
Patient perspectives on emergency department self-referral, H Stevens, A Stricklen, R Ross, Arthur M Carlin, R Alvarez, and A Ghaferi
Lactate level immediate post-liver transplantation is a predictor of early allograft dysfunction, K Takahashi, Shunji Nagai, M Safwan, K Putchakayala, K. Collins, Michael Rizzari, Atsushi Yoshida, Marwan S. Abouljoud, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Prolonged cold ischemia time as a risk for low regeneration at the early phase after living donor liver transplantation, K Takahashi, Shunji Nagai, M Safwan, K Putchakayala, Michael Rizzari, K. Collins, Atsushi Yoshida, G Schnickel, and Marwan S. Abouljoud
Safety and efficacy of four factor prothrombin complex concentrate for the reversal of warfarin in lvad patients prior to heart transplantation, Long To, Arin Jantz, Laura Hencken, Celeste Williams, and Hassan Nemeh
Falls, anticoagulation, and the elderly: Are we inappropriately treating atrial fibrillation in this high-risk population?, JN Watson, Efstathios Karamanos, ME Silverman, N Kandalaft, Arielle H Gupta, and C Thomas
Management of upper gastro-intestinal leaks with endoscopic vaccum-Assisted closure system (e-vac): Two center experience, H Zaveri, A Surve, D Cottam, W Medlin, C Richards, and Arthur M Carlin
