Published in J Surg Res on May 08, 2009
An opportunity for diagonal development in global surgery: cleft lip and palate care in resource-limited settings. Plast Surg Int (2012) 0.88
Surgical Care in the Developing World-Strategies and Framework for Improvement. J Public Health Africa (2013) 0.75
Pasireotide for postoperative pancreatic fistula. N Engl J Med (2014) 3.84
Downwardly mobile: the accidental cost of being uninsured. Arch Surg (2009) 3.65
Physician factors associated with discussions about end-of-life care. Cancer (2010) 3.54
Relationship of perioperative hyperglycemia and postoperative infections in patients who undergo general and vascular surgery. Ann Surg (2008) 3.39
Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury to surgical patients. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 3.09
Untreated surgical conditions in Sierra Leone: a cluster randomised, cross-sectional, countrywide survey. Lancet (2012) 2.78
Adjuvant chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer: do physicians agree about the importance of patient age and comorbidity? J Clin Oncol (2008) 2.62
Preoperative hyponatremia and perioperative complications. Arch Intern Med (2012) 2.42
Operative drainage following pancreatic resection: analysis of 1122 patients resected over 5 years at a single institution. Ann Surg (2013) 2.29
Neuroendocrine hepatic metastases: does aggressive management improve survival? Ann Surg (2005) 2.27
Percentage of cesarean sections among total surgical procedures in sub-Saharan Africa: possible indicator of the overall adequacy of surgical care. World J Surg (2010) 2.20
The "other" neglected diseases in global public health: surgical conditions in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS Med (2008) 2.11
The local and systemic inflammatory transcriptome after acute kidney injury. J Am Soc Nephrol (2008) 2.08
Biomechanical and safety testing of a simplified negative-pressure wound therapy device. Plast Reconstr Surg (2015) 2.03
Disparity in outcomes of surgical revascularization for limb salvage: race and gender are synergistic determinants of vein graft failure and limb loss. Circulation (2008) 1.80
Lack of insurance negatively affects trauma mortality in US children. J Pediatr Surg (2009) 1.79
Novel risk markers and long-term outcomes of delirium: the successful aging after elective surgery (SAGES) study design and methods. J Am Med Dir Assoc (2012) 1.73
A rising ioPTH level immediately after parathyroid resection: are additional hyperfunctioning glands always present? An application of the Wisconsin Criteria. Ann Surg (2010) 1.71
Prevalence of breast masses and barriers to care: results from a population-based survey in Rwanda and Sierra Leone. J Surg Oncol (2014) 1.66
Interactive effects of mechanical ventilation and kidney health on lung function in an in vivo mouse model. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol (2008) 1.59
Contemporary experience with postpancreatectomy hemorrhage: results of 1,122 patients resected between 2006 and 2011. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.58
Organ crosstalk: the role of the kidney. Curr Opin Crit Care (2009) 1.50
Specific intraluminal nutrients alter mucosal blood flow during gut ischemia/reperfusion. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr (2002) 1.50
Race and surgical outcomes: it is not all black and white. Ann Surg (2008) 1.48
The number of lymph nodes examined debate in colon cancer: how much is enough? J Surg Res (2010) 1.47
The benefits of international rotations to resource-limited settings for U.S. surgery residents. Surgery (2012) 1.46
Tale of two sites: capillary versus arterial blood glucose testing in the operating room. Am J Surg (2012) 1.46
Bariatric operations in Veterans Affairs and selected university medical centers: results of the patient safety in surgery study. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.42
Analysis of 29 consecutive thoracoscopic repairs of congenital diaphragmatic hernia in neonates compared to historical controls. J Pediatr Surg (2009) 1.42
Laparoscopic appendectomy in children with complicated appendicitis: ethnic disparity amid changing trend. J Surg Res (2011) 1.40
Laparoscopic versus open resection for colorectal cancer: a metaanalysis of oncologic outcomes. J Am Coll Surg (2007) 1.36
Percent body fat and prediction of surgical site infection. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 1.35
Overexpression of tropomysin-related kinase B in metastatic human pancreatic cancer cells. Clin Cancer Res (2005) 1.31
Relationship of plasma gelsolin levels to outcomes in critically ill surgical patients. Ann Surg (2006) 1.25
Disparate outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer: effect of race on long-term survival. Arch Surg (2002) 1.24
Essential surgery: Integral to the right to health. Health Hum Rights (2010) 1.18
Single-incision laparoscopic liver resection. Surg Endosc (2010) 1.18
Liberal resection for (presumed) Sendai negative branch-duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms--also not harmless. Ann Surg (2014) 1.17
Renal ischemia-reperfusion leads to long term infiltration of activated and effector-memory T lymphocytes. Kidney Int (2008) 1.17
Distal aortic perfusion and cerebrospinal fluid drainage for thoracoabdominal and descending thoracic aortic repair: ten years of organ protection. Ann Surg (2003) 1.16
Enhancing formal educational and in-service training programs in rural Rwanda: a partnership among the public sector, a nongovernmental organization, and academia. Acad Med (2014) 1.16
Pilot testing of a population-based surgical survey tool in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2012) 1.15
Acute kidney injury is surprisingly common and a powerful predictor of mortality in surgical sepsis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.13
Bridging the gap between public health and surgery: access to surgical care in low- and middle-income countries. Bull Am Coll Surg (2009) 1.11
Facilitating Clinical Outcomes Assessment through the automated identification of quality measures for prostate cancer surgery. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2008) 1.10
Novel targets for the treatment and palliation of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors. Curr Opin Investig Drugs (2008) 1.06
Pathologic grade and tumor size are associated with recurrence-free survival in patients with duodenal neuroendocrine tumors. J Gastrointest Surg (2014) 1.06
Resection margin and survival in 2368 patients undergoing hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal cancer: surgical technique or biologic surrogate? Ann Surg (2015) 1.06
Obstructive jaundice expands intrahepatic regulatory T cells, which impair liver T lymphocyte function but modulate liver cholestasis and fibrosis. J Immunol (2011) 1.05
Tautomycetin and tautomycin suppress the growth of medullary thyroid cancer cells via inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3beta. Mol Cancer Ther (2009) 1.05
Mini-open rotator cuff repair using a two-row fixation technique: outcomes analysis in patients with small, moderate, and large rotator cuff tears. Arthroscopy (2002) 1.05
A tool and index to assess surgical capacity in low income countries: an initial implementation in Sierra Leone. World J Surg (2012) 1.05
Thyroid hormone replacement after thyroid lobectomy. Surgery (2009) 1.05
Thoracoscopic-assisted esophagectomy and laparoscopic gastric pull-up for lye injury. JSLS (2008) 1.05
Global surgery: thoughts on an emerging surgical subspecialty for students and residents. J Surg Educ (2010) 1.04
Kidney-lung crosstalk in the critically ill patient. Blood Purif (2009) 1.04
KRAS mutation influences recurrence patterns in patients undergoing hepatic resection of colorectal metastases. Cancer (2014) 1.02
Access to emergency operative care: a comparative study between the Canadian and American health care systems. Surgery (2009) 1.02
Inflammatory Mechanisms of Organ Crosstalk during Ischemic Acute Kidney Injury. Int J Nephrol (2011) 1.01
NK dendritic cells are innate immune responders to Listeria monocytogenes infection. J Immunol (2007) 1.01
Vascular inflow control during hemi-hepatectomy: a comparison between intrahepatic pedicle ligation and extrahepatic vascular ligation. HPB (Oxford) (2012) 1.00
Surgical sepsis and organ crosstalk: the role of the kidney. J Surg Res (2010) 1.00
The type of sodium-coupled solute modulates small bowel mucosal injury, transport function, and ATP after ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. Gastroenterology (2002) 0.99
Ischemic preconditioning protects against gut dysfunction and mucosal injury after ischemia/reperfusion injury. Shock (2005) 0.99
The impact of insurance status on actuarial survival in hospitalized trauma patients: when do they die? J Trauma (2011) 0.99
Early-stage gallbladder cancer in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database: effect of extended surgical resection. Arch Surg (2011) 0.97
Medical missions, surgical education, and capacity building. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 0.97
The role of laparoscopic staging in patients with incidental gallbladder cancer. HPB (Oxford) (2011) 0.96
A retrospective comparison of microwave ablation vs. radiofrequency ablation for colorectal cancer hepatic metastases. Ann Surg Oncol (2014) 0.96
Combined stimulation with interleukin-18 and CpG induces murine natural killer dendritic cells to produce IFN-gamma and inhibit tumor growth. Cancer Res (2006) 0.96
Predictors and outcomes of limited resection for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst (2011) 0.96
Preoperative chemotherapy and the risk of hepatotoxicity and morbidity after liver resection for metastatic colorectal cancer: a single institution experience. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 0.96
Pancreas and liver resection in Jehovah's Witness patients: feasible and safe. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 0.96
A survey of surgical capacity in rural southern Nigeria: opportunities for change. World J Surg (2012) 0.95
Breast cancer risk assessments comparing Gail and CARE models in African-American women. Breast J (2009) 0.95
Biliary obstruction selectively expands and activates liver myeloid dendritic cells. J Immunol (2006) 0.95
Surgical elective in a developing country: ethics and utility. J Surg Educ (2009) 0.95
Emergency surgical care delivery in post-earthquake Haiti: Partners in Health and Zanmi Lasante experience. World J Surg (2011) 0.95
Surgical needs of Nepal: pilot study of population based survey in Pokhara, Nepal. World J Surg (2014) 0.94
Predicting dysplasia and invasive carcinoma in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: development of a preoperative nomogram. Ann Surg Oncol (2013) 0.93
Management of hepatocellular adenoma: comparison of resection, embolization and observation. HPB (Oxford) (2012) 0.93
A single-arm, nonrandomized phase II trial of neoadjuvant gemcitabine and oxaliplatin in patients with resectable pancreas adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg (2014) 0.92
Insurance status and hospital discharge disposition after trauma: inequities in access to postacute care. J Trauma (2011) 0.92
Multiple treatment algorithms for successful outcomes in venous thoracic outlet syndrome. Surgery (2009) 0.92
Conventional liver CD4 T cells are functionally distinct and suppressed by environmental factors. Hepatology (2005) 0.92
Discordance of the pediatric surgeon's intraoperative assessment of pediatric appendicitis with the pathologists report. J Pediatr Surg (2010) 0.92
Should intraoperative hypercapnea or hypercarbia raise concern in neonates undergoing thoracoscopic repair of diaphragmatic hernia of Bochdalek? J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A (2009) 0.91
Pediatric negative appendectomy rate: trend, predictors, and differentials. J Surg Res (2011) 0.91
A quantitative analysis of surgical capacity in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. J Surg Res (2013) 0.91
Cancer surgery in low-income countries: an unmet need. Arch Surg (2012) 0.90
Development of a surgical capacity index: opportunities for assessment and improvement. World J Surg (2012) 0.90
Lung endothelial cell apoptosis during ischemic acute kidney injury. Shock (2012) 0.90
Hypothermia protects against gut ischemia/reperfusion-induced impaired intestinal transit by inducing heme oxygenase-1. J Surg Res (2003) 0.90
Characteristics and presentation of patients with breast cancer in Rwanda. Am J Surg (2013) 0.90
Renal function after low central venous pressure-assisted liver resection: assessment of 2116 cases. HPB (Oxford) (2014) 0.90