Published in Am J Surg on January 31, 2013
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NSQIP reveals significant incidence of death following discharge. J Surg Res (2011) 1.55
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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
The first national examination of outcomes and trends in robotic surgery in the United States. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 1.26
Multiple imputation in trauma disparity research. J Surg Res (2010) 1.26
Are surgical outcomes for lung cancer resections improved at teaching hospitals? Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.23
Racial clustering and access to colorectal surgeons, gastroenterologists, and radiation oncologists by African Americans and Asian Americans in the United States: a county-level data analysis. Arch Surg (2009) 1.21
Simplifying physiologic injury severity measurement for predicting trauma outcomes. J Surg Res (2009) 1.21
Biochemical and genetic characterization of dengue virus methyltransferase. Virology (2010) 1.21
Disparities in access to left ventricular assist device therapy. J Surg Res (2008) 1.19
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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
Rational design of a live attenuated dengue vaccine: 2'-o-methyltransferase mutants are highly attenuated and immunogenic in mice and macaques. PLoS Pathog (2013) 1.11
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
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Predictors of positive head CT scan and neurosurgical procedures after minor head trauma. J Surg Res (2011) 1.07
What constitutes a "high-volume" hospital for pancreatic resection? J Am Coll Surg (2008) 1.06
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