Published in J Surg Res on July 12, 2007
Treatment of common bile duct stones in Sweden 1989-2006: an observational nationwide study of a paradigm shift. World J Surg (2012) 1.42
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: What is the price of conversion? Surgery (2012) 0.87
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy after a quarter century: why do we still convert? Surg Endosc (2011) 0.84
Laparoscopic hepatic left lateral lobectomy combined with fiber choledochoscopic exploration of the common bile duct and traditional open operation. World J Gastroenterol (2008) 0.78
The perforated duodenal diverticulum. Arch Surg (2012) 2.14
Endoscopic ultrasound restaging after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in esophageal cancer. Am J Gastroenterol (2006) 2.08
Current incidence and outcomes of gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors including gastrointestinal stromal tumors. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.90
Outcomes for soft-tissue sarcoma in 8249 cases from a large state cancer registry. J Surg Res (2007) 1.82
Mucosal vascular alterations in isolated small-bowel allografts: relationship to humoral sensitization. Am J Transplant (2003) 1.64
Neoadjuvant treatment for resectable cancer of the esophagus and the gastroesophageal junction: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Ann Surg Oncol (2003) 1.62
Impact of teaching facility status and high-volume centers on outcomes for lung cancer resection: an examination of 13,469 surgical patients. Ann Surg Oncol (2008) 1.60
African American and poor patients have a dramatically worse prognosis for head and neck cancer: an examination of 20,915 patients. Cancer (2008) 1.57
Percutaneous irreversible electroporation for downstaging and control of unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol (2012) 1.57
Retroperitoneal and truncal sarcomas: prognosis depends upon type not location. Ann Surg Oncol (2007) 1.55
Defining the role of surgery for primary gastrointestinal tract melanoma. J Gastrointest Surg (2007) 1.55
The role of endoscopic ultrasound in assessing tumor response and staging after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for esophageal cancer. Surg Endosc (2011) 1.52
Should soft tissue sarcomas be treated at high-volume centers? An analysis of 4205 patients. Ann Surg (2007) 1.48
Does chemoradiotherapy improve outcomes for surgically resected adenocarcinoma of the stomach or esophagus? Ann Surg Oncol (2009) 1.44
Breast cancer in limited-resource countries: early detection and access to care. Breast J (2006) 1.43
Infrahepatic vena cavocavostomy, a modification of the piggyback technique for liver transplantation. Am Surg (2009) 1.40
Surgical management of primary breast sarcoma. Am Surg (2002) 1.24
Is surgical resection superior to transplantation in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma? Ann Surg (2011) 1.19
Complete worldwide operative experience in laparoscopic diaphragm pacing: results and differences in spinal cord injured patients and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. Surg Endosc (2008) 1.18
Angiosarcomas of the breast: a review of 70 cases. Am J Clin Oncol (2007) 1.11
Results of 23,810 cases of ductal carcinoma-in-situ. Ann Surg Oncol (2007) 1.10
The roles of neoadjuvant radiotherapy and lymphadenectomy in the treatment of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol (2009) 1.09
Male breast cancer: is the incidence increasing? Ann Surg Oncol (2004) 1.08
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography accurately detects common bile duct stones in resolving gallstone pancreatitis. J Am Coll Surg (2005) 1.06
Hepatectomy enables prolonged survival in select patients with isolated noncolorectal liver metastasis. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.04
Amyloidosis of the upper aerodigestive tract. Laryngoscope (2003) 1.03
EUS visualization and direct celiac ganglia neurolysis predicts better pain relief in patients with pancreatic malignancy (with video). Gastrointest Endosc (2011) 1.02
Intestinal transplantation in children: a summary of clinical outcomes and prognostic factors in 108 patients from a single center. J Gastrointest Surg (2005) 1.01
Ninety-five cases of intestinal transplantation at the University of Miami. J Gastrointest Surg (2002) 0.98
7201 carcinoids: increasing incidence overall and disproportionate mortality in the elderly. World J Surg (2007) 0.97
The relationship of arginine deprivation, argininosuccinate synthetase and cell death in melanoma. Drug Target Insights (2007) 0.96
Effect of protocol Doppler ultrasonography and urgent revascularization on early hepatic artery thrombosis after pediatric liver transplantation. Arch Surg (2002) 0.95
Association between donor-specific antibodies and acute rejection and resolution in small bowel and multivisceral transplantation. Transplantation (2011) 0.95
Use of older controlled non-heart-beating donors for liver transplantation. Transplantation (2003) 0.92
A retrospective review of sirolimus (Rapamune) therapy in orthotopic liver transplant recipients diagnosed with chronic rejection. Liver Transpl (2003) 0.90
Liver transplantation for severe hepatic trauma: experience from a single center. World J Gastroenterol (2009) 0.90
Intestinal and multivisceral transplantation in children with severe gastrointestinal dysmotility. J Pediatr Surg (2005) 0.90
Role of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in diagnosing choledochal cysts: Case series and review. World J Radiol (2013) 0.89
Bariatric surgery significantly decreases the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes among morbidly obese multiethnic adults: long-term results. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 0.88
Delayed Gastric Emptying After Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Is Subtotal Stomach Preserving Better or Pylorus Preserving? J Gastrointest Surg (2015) 0.88
Does neoadjuvant chemotherapy improve outcomes for patients with gastric cancer? J Surg Res (2012) 0.88
Gastric decompression and enteral feeding through a double-lumen gastrojejunostomy tube improves outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Ann Surg (2004) 0.87
Depth of injury caused by liquid nitrogen cryospray: study of human patients undergoing planned esophagectomy. Dig Dis Sci (2014) 0.87
A multicenter, simulation-based skills training collaborative using shared GI Mentor II systems: results from the Texas Association of Surgical Skills Laboratories (TASSL) flexible endoscopy curriculum. Surg Endosc (2011) 0.87
Tumor of the liver (hepatocellular and high grade neuroendocrine carcinoma): a case report and review of the literature. Virchows Arch (2006) 0.87
EUS-guided fine needle aspiration with and without trucut biopsy of pancreatic masses. JOP (2008) 0.87
Clinical-scale isolation of interleukin-2-stimulated liver natural killer cells for treatment of liver transplantation with hepatocellular carcinoma. Cell Transplant (2012) 0.86
Predictors of incidental gallbladder cancer in patients undergoing cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder disease. J Surg Oncol (2012) 0.86
The role of intestinal transplantation in the management of babies with extensive gut resections. J Pediatr Surg (2003) 0.85
Use of the subcutaneous route and polytetrafluoroethylene grafts for arterial revascularization in liver transplantation. Liver Transpl (2012) 0.85
How many lymph nodes properly stage a periampullary malignancy? J Gastrointest Surg (2007) 0.85
Randomized trial of steroid-free induction versus corticosteroid maintenance among orthotopic liver transplant recipients with hepatitis C virus: impact on hepatic fibrosis progression at one year. Transplantation (2007) 0.85
Combined hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: outcome after liver transplantation. Dig Dis Sci (2010) 0.84
EUS-FNA with rescue fluorescence in situ hybridization for the diagnosis of pancreatic carcinoma in patients with inconclusive on-site cytopathology results. Gastrointest Endosc (2011) 0.83
Single-session endoscopic ultrasonography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for evaluation of pancreaticobiliary disorders. Surg Endosc (2010) 0.83
Liver transplantation using elderly donors: a risk factor analysis. Clin Transplant (2011) 0.83
Gender- and race-specific comparison of tobacco-associated cancer incidence trends in Florida with SEER regional cancer incidence data. Cancer Causes Control (2008) 0.83
Comparison of hepatic resection and hepatic transplantation in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma among cirrhotic patients. Ann Surg Oncol (2002) 0.83
Transplantation of the spleen: effect of splenic allograft in human multivisceral transplantation. Ann Surg (2007) 0.82
The Pathology of full-thickness cadaver skin transplant for large abdominal defects: a proposed grading system for skin allograft acute rejection. Am J Surg Pathol (2004) 0.82
Internal hernia of the small bowel around infrarenal arterial conduits after liver transplantation. Clin Transplant (2002) 0.82
Crohn's disease complicated by primary gastrointestinal Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting with small bowel perforation. J Gastrointestin Liver Dis (2009) 0.82
A phase II study of capecitabine plus docetaxel in gemcitabine-pretreated metastatic pancreatic cancer patients: CapTere. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol (2014) 0.82
Tracheobronchial injury in the setting of an esophagectomy for cancer: postoperative discovery a bad omen. J Surg Oncol (2014) 0.82
Inclusion of donor colon and ileocecal valve in intestinal transplantation. Transplantation (2008) 0.82
A phase II study of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy with 5-fluorodeoxyuridine, leucovorin, oxaliplatin and docetaxel in the treatment of previously untreated advanced esophageal adenocarcinoma. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2011) 0.81
Phase II study of gemcitabine, oxaliplatin, and cetuximab in advanced pancreatic cancer. Am J Clin Oncol (2012) 0.81
Neoadjuvant, surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy without radiation for esophageal cancer. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2007) 0.81
Assessing the impact of teaching patient safety principles to medical students during surgical clerkships. J Surg Res (2011) 0.81
Fecal calprotectin level measurements in small bowel allograft monitoring: a pilot study. Transplantation (2008) 0.81
Outcomes of pheochromocytoma management in the laparoscopic era. Ann Surg Oncol (2007) 0.81
Is Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of Primary Liver Tumors Necessary? Results From a Single-Center Experience. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol (2014) 0.81
African-American and low-socioeconomic status patients have a worse prognosis for invasive ductal and lobular breast carcinoma: do screening criteria need to change? J Am Coll Surg (2009) 0.80
Endograft technology: a delivery vehicle for intravascular gene therapy. J Vasc Surg (2004) 0.80
Do all patients with carcinoma of the esophagus benefit from treatment at teaching facilities? J Surg Oncol (2010) 0.80
Successful treatment of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease with prolonged rituximab treatment in intestinal transplant recipients. Transplantation (2002) 0.80
Surgery for rectal cancer performed at teaching hospitals improves survival and preserves continence. J Gastrointest Surg (2007) 0.79
Alveolar Echinococcosis induced liver failure: salvage by liver transplantation in an otherwise uniformly fatal disease. Clin Transplant (2008) 0.79
Pancreaticoduodenectomy in the presence of superior mesenteric venous obstruction. J Gastrointest Surg (2005) 0.78
5-Fluorouracil/Leucovorin and arsenic trioxide for patients with refractory/relapsed colorectal carcinoma: a clinical experience. Acta Oncol (2010) 0.78
Competing risks analysis of predictors of delisting owing to tumor progression in liver transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma. Am J Transplant (2004) 0.78
Surgical outcomes of gastrointestinal sarcoma including gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a population-based examination. J Gastrointest Surg (2007) 0.78
Use of the abdominal rectus fascia as a nonvascularized allograft for abdominal wall closure after liver, intestinal, and multivisceral transplantation. Transplantation (2009) 0.78
Intestinal and multivisceral autotransplantation for tumors of the root of the mesentery: Long-term follow-up. Surgery (2012) 0.78
Influence of treatment modality in outcomes for different stages of resectable esophageal adenocarcinomas. Ann Surg Oncol (2013) 0.77
Minimally invasive spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy: Does splenic vessel preservation have better postoperative outcomes? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int (2015) 0.77