Published in Pediatrics on June 01, 2005
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Temporal changes in the management of diverticulitis. J Surg Res (2005) 1.59
Filling the gaps in bariatric surgical research. JAMA (2005) 1.56
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A critical evaluation of the impact of Leapfrog's evidence-based hospital referral. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.51
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Contributions of non-occupational activities to total noise exposure of construction workers. Ann Occup Hyg (2004) 1.27
A systematic review of whether oral contrast is necessary for the computed tomography diagnosis of appendicitis in adults. Am J Surg (2005) 1.25
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Pyloromyotomy: a comparison of laparoscopic, circumumbilical, and right upper quadrant operative techniques. J Am Coll Surg (2005) 1.03
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Southwest Oncology Group phase II study of ispinesib in androgen-independent prostate cancer previously treated with taxanes. Clin Genitourin Cancer (2008) 1.00
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Distribution of 10-year and lifetime predicted risk for cardiovascular disease prior to surgery in the longitudinal assessment of bariatric surgery-2 study. Am J Cardiol (2012) 0.96
The incidence and factors associated with graft infection after aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg (2008) 0.95
Reproductive health of women electing bariatric surgery. Fertil Steril (2009) 0.95
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the Medicare cohort with advanced ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol (2011) 0.95
Nonoccupational noise: exposures associated with routine activities. J Acoust Soc Am (2004) 0.95
Variation in esophagectomy outcomes in hospitals meeting Leapfrog volume outcome standards. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.94
Evaluating the association of preoperative functional status and postoperative functional decline in older patients undergoing major surgery. Am Surg (2012) 0.94
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Prevalence of adverse intraoperative events during obesity surgery and their sequelae. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 0.90
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Perioperative pharmacologic prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in colorectal surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 0.89
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Temporal trends in the management of potentially resectable lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 0.86