Published in J Surg Res on May 19, 2011
Examining a common disease with unknown etiology: trends in epidemiology and surgical management of appendicitis in California, 1995-2009. World J Surg (2012) 1.16
Diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced MR for acute appendicitis and alternative causes of abdominal pain in children. Pediatr Radiol (2014) 0.92
Use and accuracy of diagnostic imaging in the evaluation of pediatric appendicitis. J Pediatr Surg (2014) 0.85
Alvarado, Eskelinen, Ohhmann and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Appendicitis scores for diagnosis of acute appendicitis. World J Gastroenterol (2013) 0.84
Histological characterization of appendectomy specimens with intraoperative appearance of vascular injection. Surg Endosc (2012) 0.78
Acute appendicitis in children: ultrasound and CT findings in negative appendectomy cases. Pediatr Radiol (2014) 0.78
To CT or not to CT? The influence of computed tomography on the diagnosis of appendicitis in obese pediatric patients. Can J Surg (2015) 0.75
Prehospital intravenous fluid administration is associated with higher mortality in trauma patients: a National Trauma Data Bank analysis. Ann Surg (2011) 5.54
Race and insurance status as risk factors for trauma mortality. Arch Surg (2008) 2.79
Association of unconscious race and social class bias with vignette-based clinical assessments by medical students. JAMA (2011) 2.61
Undertriage of elderly trauma patients to state-designated trauma centers. Arch Surg (2008) 2.33
Black children experience worse clinical and functional outcomes after traumatic brain injury: an analysis of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry. J Trauma (2007) 2.15
An assessment of the impact of pregnancy on trauma mortality. Surgery (2011) 2.06
Does BMI affect perioperative complications following total knee and hip arthroplasty? J Surg Res (2011) 1.93
Association between hospitals caring for a disproportionately high percentage of minority trauma patients and increased mortality: a nationwide analysis of 434 hospitals. Arch Surg (2011) 1.77
Influence of the National Trauma Data Bank on the study of trauma outcomes: is it time to set research best practices to further enhance its impact? J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.61
Motorcycle helmets associated with lower risk of cervical spine injury: debunking the myth. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.55
The number of lymph nodes examined debate in colon cancer: how much is enough? J Surg Res (2010) 1.47
Predictors of marginal ulcers after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. J Surg Res (2012) 1.46
The benefits of international rotations to resource-limited settings for U.S. surgery residents. Surgery (2012) 1.46
Redefining hypotension in the elderly: normotension is not reassuring. Arch Surg (2011) 1.46
Laparoscopic appendectomy in children with complicated appendicitis: ethnic disparity amid changing trend. J Surg Res (2011) 1.40
Insurance status is a potent predictor of outcomes in both blunt and penetrating trauma. Am J Surg (2010) 1.38
Surveillance bias and deep vein thrombosis in the national trauma data bank: the more we look, the more we find. J Trauma (2008) 1.30
Mechanism of injury predicts patient mortality and impairment after blunt trauma. J Surg Res (2008) 1.28
Multiple imputation in trauma disparity research. J Surg Res (2010) 1.26
Simplifying physiologic injury severity measurement for predicting trauma outcomes. J Surg Res (2009) 1.21
Video-assisted thoracic surgery removal of foreign bodies after penetrating chest trauma. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 1.17
Negative appendectomy: a 10-year review of a nationally representative sample. Am J Surg (2011) 1.14
Duplex ultrasound screening for deep vein thrombosis in asymptomatic trauma patients: a survey of individual trauma surgeon opinions and current trauma center practices. J Trauma (2011) 1.13
Evidence of hormonal basis for improved survival among females with trauma-associated shock: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. J Trauma (2010) 1.12
Surgical management of esophageal diverticulum: a review of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database. J Surg Res (2013) 1.11
Racial disparities in motorcycle-related mortality: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank. Am J Surg (2010) 1.10
Females have fewer complications and lower mortality following trauma than similarly injured males: a risk adjusted analysis of adults in the National Trauma Data Bank. Surgery (2009) 1.09
Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in complicated appendicitis: a review of the NSQIP database. J Surg Res (2010) 1.05
The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: are they random? Ann Surg (2008) 1.05
Thoracoscopic-assisted esophagectomy and laparoscopic gastric pull-up for lye injury. JSLS (2008) 1.05
Racial, ethnic, and insurance status disparities in use of posthospitalization care after trauma. J Am Coll Surg (2011) 1.03
Disparities in trauma care and outcomes in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 1.03
Imipenem levels are not predictable in the critically ill patient. J Trauma (2004) 1.03
Is laparoscopy a risk factor for bile duct injury during cholecystectomy? JSLS (2013) 1.03
Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles further worsen race- and insurance-based disparities in trauma outcomes: the case for inner-city pedestrian injury prevention programs. Surgery (2010) 0.99
The impact of insurance status on actuarial survival in hospitalized trauma patients: when do they die? J Trauma (2011) 0.99
Handsewn versus stapled anastomosis in penetrating colon injuries requiring resection: a multicenter study. J Trauma (2002) 0.98
Hazards of benchmarking complications with the National Trauma Data Bank: numerators in search of denominators. J Trauma (2008) 0.98
Racial disparities in surgical care and outcomes in the United States: a comprehensive review of patient, provider, and systemic factors. 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
Prevalence of blood-borne pathogens in an urban, university-based general surgical practice. Ann Surg (2005) 0.95
Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis testing and prevalence among surgical patients in an urban university hospital. Am J Surg (2007) 0.95
Predictors of posttraumatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT): hospital practice versus patient factors-an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB). J Trauma (2009) 0.95
Spine immobilization in penetrating trauma: more harm than good? J Trauma (2010) 0.95
Patterns and outcomes among penetrating trauma recidivists: it only gets worse. J Trauma (2006) 0.94
Surgical needs of Nepal: pilot study of population based survey in Pokhara, Nepal. World J Surg (2014) 0.94
Early leukocytosis in trauma patients: what difference does it make? Curr Surg (2004) 0.91
A quantitative analysis of surgical capacity in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. J Surg Res (2013) 0.91
Surgical management of complicated diverticulitis: a comparison of the laparoscopic and open approaches. J Am Coll Surg (2013) 0.90
Variability in gastroschisis management: a survey of North American pediatric surgery training programs. J Surg Res (2011) 0.89
Developing best practices to study trauma outcomes in large databases: an evidence-based approach to determine the best mortality risk adjustment model. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2014) 0.88
Incremental Cost of Emergency Versus Elective Surgery. Ann Surg (2015) 0.88
Disparities in mortality after blunt injury: does insurance type matter? J Surg Res (2012) 0.87
Profiling adult intussusception patients: comparing colonic versus enteric intussusception. Am J Surg (2011) 0.87
Do trauma safety-net hospitals deliver truly safe trauma care? A multilevel analysis of the national trauma data bank. J Trauma (2011) 0.87
Association between helmets and facial injury after a motorcycle collision: an analysis of more than 40 000 patients from the National Trauma Data Bank. Arch Surg (2012) 0.86
Reliability adjustment: a necessity for trauma center ranking and benchmarking. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2013) 0.86
Alarming surge in nonsurvivable urban trauma and the case for violence prevention. Arch Surg (2006) 0.86
Geographic disparities in the risk of perforated appendicitis among children in Ohio: 2001-2003. Int J Health Geogr (2008) 0.85
Revisiting childhood obesity: persistent underutilization of surgical intervention? Am Surg (2012) 0.85
Ureteral trauma: patterns and mechanisms of injury of an uncommon condition. Am J Surg (2010) 0.85
Further examination of the impact of patient participation on physicians' communication style. Patient Educ Couns (2012) 0.85
Mortality in adolescent girls vs boys following traumatic shock: an analysis of the National Pediatric Trauma Registry. Arch Surg (2007) 0.85
Readiness to change and the role of inpatient counseling for alcohol/substance abusing youth with major trauma. J Trauma (2005) 0.85
Treatment outcomes of injured children at adult level 1 trauma centers: are there benefits from added specialized care? Am J Surg (2011) 0.84
Commentary: The role of global surgery electives during residency training: relevance, realities, and regulations. Surgery (2012) 0.83
Open versus laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair. JSLS (2013) 0.83
Minority trauma patients tend to cluster at trauma centers with worse-than-expected mortality: can this phenomenon help explain racial disparities in trauma outcomes? Ann Surg (2013) 0.83
Preinjury statin use is associated with improved in-hospital survival in elderly trauma patients. J Trauma (2008) 0.83
Retroperitoneal gunshot wound hernia: an unusual cause of early postoperative small bowel obstruction after laparotomy for trauma. J Trauma (2008) 0.83
Epidemiologic trend in elderly domestic injury. J Surg Res (2011) 0.82
Free health care for under 5 year olds increases access to surgical care in Sierra Leone: an analysis of case load and patient characteristics. World J Surg (2013) 0.82
Unconscious race and class bias: its association with decision making by trauma and acute care surgeons. J Trauma Acute Care Surg (2014) 0.82
Advanced Trauma Operative Management course introduced to surgeons in West Africa. Bull Am Coll Surg (2005) 0.81
Inter-rater reliability of the PIPES tool: validation of a surgical capacity index for use in resource-limited settings. World J Surg (2014) 0.81
Multiple, simultaneous trauma patients: Are they worse off? J Trauma (2006) 0.81
Racial disparities in emergency surgical care. Med Clin North Am (2005) 0.81
Disparities in trauma care: are fewer diagnostic tests conducted for uninsured patients with pelvic fracture? Am J Surg (2013) 0.81
Surgeon- and system-based influences on trauma mortality. Arch Surg (2009) 0.81
A pilot survey of pediatric surgical capacity in West Africa. World J Surg (2015) 0.81
The severity of disparity: increasing injury intensity accentuates disparate outcomes following trauma. J Health Care Poor Underserved (2014) 0.81
Sharpless surgery: a prospective study of the feasibility of performing operations using non-sharp techniques in an urban, university-based surgical practice. World J Surg (2006) 0.80
A multidisciplinary youth violence-prevention initiative: impact on attitudes. J Am Coll Surg (2005) 0.80
Difficult central venous access removal: case reports of the use of endovascular snare shearing of endothelialized tetherings. J Pediatr Surg (2011) 0.80
Predictors of postdischarge complications: role of in-hospital length of stay. Am J Surg (2012) 0.79