Published in Ann Surg on June 01, 2004
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Fundoplication improves disordered esophageal motility. J Gastrointest Surg (2003) 0.95
Calcium, dietary, and lifestyle factors in the prevention of colorectal adenomas. Cancer (2007) 0.95
A randomized, controlled, double-blind trial of air insufflation versus carbon dioxide insufflation during ERCP. Gastrointest Endosc (2010) 0.94
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A multidisciplinary systems-based practice learning experience and its impact on surgical residency education. J Surg Educ (2007) 0.94
What do surgery residents do on their call nights? Am J Surg (2004) 0.94
Validation of an antioxidant nutrient questionnaire in whites and African Americans. J Am Diet Assoc (2009) 0.93
Comparison of three methods of measuring dietary fat consumption by African-American adults. J Am Diet Assoc (2007) 0.92
Braun enteroenterostomy is associated with reduced delayed gastric emptying and early resumption of oral feeding following pancreaticoduodenectomy. J Surg Oncol (2010) 0.92
Gastric bypass reduces biochemical cardiac risk factors. Surg Obes Relat Dis (2006) 0.92
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for healthful dietary change in African Americans. Am J Health Behav (2007) 0.91
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Liver regeneration and the atrophy-hypertrophy complex. Semin Intervent Radiol (2008) 0.90
Basal reactive oxygen species determine the susceptibility to apoptosis in cirrhotic hepatocytes. Free Radic Biol Med (2006) 0.90
Ski promotes tumor growth through abrogation of transforming growth factor-beta signaling in pancreatic cancer. Ann Surg (2007) 0.90
Gallbladder function before and after fundoplication. J Gastrointest Surg (2002) 0.90
Carbamazepine suppresses calpain-mediated autophagy impairment after ischemia/reperfusion in mouse livers. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol (2013) 0.89
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Heat shock protein 90 inhibition abrogates hepatocellular cancer growth through cdc2-mediated G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol (2008) 0.88
Depressive symptoms and mortality in lung transplant. Clin Transplant (2010) 0.88
Gastroesophageal reflux disease as an etiology of sleep disturbance in subjects with insomnia and minimal reflux symptoms: a pilot study of prevalence and response to therapy. Dig Dis Sci (2008) 0.88
Association of eleven common, low-penetrance colorectal cancer susceptibility genetic variants at six risk loci with clinical outcome. PLoS One (2012) 0.88
Pancreatic stent placement is associated with resolution of refractory grade C pancreatic fistula after left-sided pancreatectomy. Am Surg (2009) 0.87
Critical role of autophage in ischemia/reperfusion injury to aged livers. Autophagy (2012) 0.87
CD24 can be used to isolate Lgr5+ putative colonic epithelial stem cells in mice. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol (2012) 0.87
Choline dehydrogenase polymorphism rs12676 is a functional variation and is associated with changes in human sperm cell function. PLoS One (2012) 0.87
Role of HGF in obesity-associated tumorigenesis: C3(1)-TAg mice as a model for human basal-like breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2013) 0.87
Molecular and cellular features of hepatic regeneration. J Surg Res (2004) 0.86
A scientist revisits the atrophy-hypertrophy complex: hepatic apoptosis and regeneration. Surg Oncol Clin N Am (2002) 0.86
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Genetic signatures in choline and 1-carbon metabolism are associated with the severity of hepatic steatosis. FASEB J (2013) 0.85
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Inverse relationship between moderate alcohol intake and rectal cancer: analysis of the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study. Dis Colon Rectum (2011) 0.83
Oral bovine serum concentrate improves cryptosporidial enteritis in calves. Pediatr Res (2002) 0.83
Assessment of serum proteomics to detect large colon adenomas. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2008) 0.83
A national comparison of surgical versus percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts: 1997-2001. J Gastrointest Surg (2005) 0.83
Primary splenic lymphoma complicated by hematemesis and gastric erosion. South Med J (2002) 0.82
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The impact of socioeconomic factors on patient preparation for bariatric surgery. Obes Surg (2009) 0.81
Ciprofloxacin for the prevention of postoperative recurrence in patients with Crohn's disease: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2013) 0.80
Impact of donor age and year of transplant on graft survival in liver transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis C. Am J Transplant (2004) 0.80
Moderate alcohol consumption protects against colorectal adenomas in smokers. Dig Dis Sci (2007) 0.80
Does ablative therapy for Barrett esophagus affect the depth of subsequent esophageal biopsy as compared with controls? J Clin Gastroenterol (2010) 0.79
Endoscopic sphincterotomy permits interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with moderately severe gallstone pancreatitis. J Gastrointest Surg (2006) 0.79
Using a relational database to improve mortality and length of stay for a department of surgery: a comparative review of 5200 patients. Am Surg (2013) 0.78
Acute vagotomy does not augment the systemic inflammatory response in patients with peptic ulcer disease. Am Surg (2004) 0.78
Failure to follow evidence-based best practice guidelines in the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis. HPB (Oxford) (2013) 0.78
Surgical management of failed endoscopic treatment of pancreatic disease. J Gastrointest Surg (2008) 0.78
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Cholecystectomy and the risk of colorectal adenomas. Dig Dis Sci (2007) 0.77
The impact of interhospital transfers on surgical quality metrics for academic medical centers. Am Surg (2014) 0.77
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TNF alpha-induced hepatocyte apoptosis is associated with alterations of the cell cycle and decreased stem loop binding protein. Surgery (2004) 0.76