The Department of Surgery of the University of Massachusetts Medical School is an academic surgical program located in Worcester, Massachusetts. Clinical care encompasses the three main campuses of UMass Memorial Medical Center (University, Memorial, and Hahnemann), as well as affiliated hospitals. The department is committed to providing state-of-the-art surgical care to patients from throughout the New England region. In addition, this busy and growing department is actively involved with advancing the art of surgery, through research focused on new approaches to patient care, as well as surgical training and education of the next generation of surgeons. This collection showcases journal articles and other publications and presentations written by faculty and researchers of the Department of Surgery.

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Publications from 2009

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Surgeon volume impacts hospital mortality for pancreatic resection, Robert W. Eppsteiner, Nicholas G. Csikesz, James T. McPhee, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah

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Peripheral arterial interventions: trends in market share and outcomes by specialty, 1998-2005, Mohammad H. Eslami, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Andres Schanzer, and Louis M. Messina

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The expanded Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events: Baseline characteristics, management practices, and hospital outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes, Shaun G. Goodman, Wei Huang, Andrew T. Yan, Andrzej Budaj, Brian M. Kennelly, Joel M. Gore, Keith A. A. Fox, Robert J. Goldberg, Frederick A. Anderson, and Expanded Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE2) Investigators

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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: the impact of surgical resection on survival, Joshua S. Hill, James T. McPhee, Theodore P. McDade, Zheng Zhou, Mary E. Sullivan, Giles F. Whalen, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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In-hospital mortality after pancreatic resection for chronic pancreatitis: population-based estimates from the nationwide inpatient sample, Joshua S. Hill, James T. McPhee, Giles F. Whalen, Mary E. Sullivan, Andrew L. Warshaw, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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The Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW): rationale and study design, Frederick H. Hooven, Jonathan D. Adachi, Silvano Adami, Steven Boonen, Juliet E. Compston, Cyrus Cooper, Pierre Delmas, Adolfo Diez-Perez, Stephen H. Gehlbach, Susan L. Greenspan, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Robert Lindsay, J. Coen Netelenbos, Johannes Pfeilschifter, Christian Roux, Kenneth G. Saag, Phillip Sambrook, Stuart Silverman, Ethel S. Siris, Nelson B. Watts, and Frederick A. Anderson Jr.

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Temporal trends in the use of invasive cardiac procedures for non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes according to initial risk stratification., Sean Jedrzkiewicz, Shaun G. Goodman, Raymond T. Yan, Robert C. Welsh, Jan Kornder, J. Paul DeYoung, Graham C. Wong, Barry Rose, Francois R. Grondin, Richard Gallo, Wei Huang, Joel M. Gore, Andrew T. Yan, and Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE/GRACE2) Investigators

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Endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States (2001-2006): a significant survival benefit over open repair is independently associated with increased institutional volume, James T. McPhee, Mohammad H. Eslami, Elias J. Arous, Louis M. Messina, and Andres Schanzer

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Total pancreatectomy: a national study, Melissa M. Murphy, William J. Knaus II, Sing Chau Ng, Joshua S. Hill, James T. McPhee, Shimul A. Shah, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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Predicting major complications after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a simple risk score, Melissa M. Murphy, Shimul A. Shah, Jessica P. Simons, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Theodore P. McDade, Andreea Bodnari, Sing Chau Ng, Zheng Zhou, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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Pancreatic resection: a key component to reducing racial disparities in pancreatic adenocarcinoma, Melissa M. Murphy, Jessica P. Simons, Joshua S. Hill, Theodore P. McDade, Sing Chau Ng, Giles F. Whalen, Shimul A. Shah, Lynn H. Harrison Jr., and Jennifer F. Tseng

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Racial differences in cancer specialist consultation, treatment, and outcomes for locoregional pancreatic adenocarcinoma, Melissa M. Murphy, Jessica P. Simons, Sing Chau Ng, Theodore P. McDade, Jillian K. Smith, Shimul A. Shah, Zheng Zhou, Craig C. Earle, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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Use of gauze-based negative pressure wound therapy in a pediatric burn patient, Charles M. Psoinos, Ronald A. Ignotz, Janice F. Lalikos, Gary M. Fudem, Paul Savoie, and Raymond M. Dunn

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Impact of comorbidities on decision-making in chronic critical limb ischemia, Andres Schanzer

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Validation of the PIII CLI risk score for the prediction of amputation-free survival in patients undergoing infrainguinal autogenous vein bypass for critical limb ischemia, Andres Schanzer, Philip P. Goodney, YouFu Li, Mohammad H. Eslami, Jack L. Cronenwett, Louis M. Messina, and Michael S. Conte

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An increasing demand for integrated vascular residency training far outweighs the limited supply of positions, Andres Schanzer, Jeff Nahmias, Kathleen Korenda, Mohammad H. Eslami, Elias J. Arous, and Louis M. Messina

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Commentary. Midterm outcome after the distal revascularization and interval ligation (DRIL) procedure, Andres Schanzer and Harry Schanzer

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Vascular surgery training trends from 2001-2007: A substantial increase in total procedure volume is driven by escalating endovascular procedure volume and stable open procedure volume, Andres Schanzer, Robert Steppacher, Mohammad H. Eslami, Elias J. Arous, Louis M. Messina, and Michael Belkin

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Perioperative mortality for management of hepatic neoplasm: a simple risk score, Jessica P. Simons, Joshua S. Hill, Sing Chau Ng, Shimul A. Shah, Zheng Zhou, Giles F. Whalen, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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In-hospital mortality for liver resection for metastases: a simple risk score, Jessica P. Simons, Sing Chau Ng, Joshua S. Hill, Shimul A. Shah, Andreea Bodnari, Zheng Zhou, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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National complication rates after pancreatectomy: beyond mere mortality, Jessica P. Simons, Shimul A. Shah, Sing Chau Ng, Giles F. Whalen, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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National hospital volume in acute pancreatitis: analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 1998-2006, Anand Singla, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jessica P. Simons, YouFu Li, Sing Chau Ng, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah

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Is the growth in laparoscopic surgery reproducible with more complex procedures, Anand Singla, Youfu Li, Sing Chau Ng, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah

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Racial Disparities in the Care of Acute Cholecystitis: A National Study, Anand Singla, Melissa M. Murphy, Sing Chau Ng, Youfu Li, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah

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Admission volume determines outcome for patients with acute pancreatitis, Anand Singla, Jessica P. Simons, Youfu Li, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Sing Chau Ng, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah

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An analysis of carotid artery stenting procedures performed in New York and Florida (2005-2006): procedure indication, stroke rate, and mortality rate are equivalent for vascular surgeons and non-vascular surgeons, Robert Steppacher, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Mohammad H. Eslami, Elias J. Arous, Louis M. Messina, and Andres Schanzer

Publications from 2008

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The impact of ethnicity on the presentation and prognosis of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. Results from the National Cancer Data Base, Waddah B. Al-Refaie, Jennifer F. Tseng, Greer Gay, Lina Patel-Parekh, Paul F. Mansfield, Peter W. T. Pisters, James C. Yao, and Barry W. Feig

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Current status of surgical management of acute cholecystitis in the United States, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Rocco Ricciardi, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah

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Surgical specialization and operative mortality in hepato-pancreatico-biliary (HPB) surgery, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jessica P. Simons, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah

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Trends in surgical management for acute cholecystitis, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah

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High volume and outcome after liver resection: surgeon or center, Robert W. Eppsteiner, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jessica P. Simons, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah

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Carotid artery stenting has increased rates of postprocedure stroke, death, and resource utilization than does carotid endarterectomy in the United States, 2005, James T. McPhee, Andres Schanzer, Louis M. Messina, and Mohammad H. Eslami

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Early remodeling of lower extremity vein grafts: inflammation influences biomechanical adaptation, Christopher D. Owens, Frank J. Rybicki, Nicole Wake, Andres Schanzer, Dimitrios Mitsouras, Marie D. Gerhard-Herman, and Michael S. Conte

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Brachial artery ligation with total graft excision is a safe and effective approach to prosthetic arteriovenous graft infections, Andres Schanzer, Andrea L. Ciaranello, and Harry Schanzer

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Statins are independently associated with reduced mortality in patients undergoing infrainguinal bypass graft surgery for critical limb ischemia, Andres Schanzer, Nathanael Hevelone, Christopher D. Owens, Joshua A. Beckman, Michael Belkin, and Michael S. Conte

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Risk stratification in critical limb ischemia: derivation and validation of a model to predict amputation-free survival using multicenter surgical outcomes data, Andres Schanzer, Jessica Mega, Judith Meadows, Russell H. Samson, Dennis F. Bandyk, and Michael S. Conte

Publications from 2007

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Control of Bleeding from the Portal/Superior Mesenteric Vein, Joshua S. Hill, Sridhar Shankar, Douglas B. Evans, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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Perioperative mortality for pancreatectomy: a national perspective, James T. McPhee, Joshua S. Hill, Giles F. Whalen, Maksim Zayaruzny, Demetrius E. M. Litwin, Mary E. Sullivan, Frederick A. Anderson, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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Refinement of survival prediction in patients undergoing lower extremity bypass surgery: stratification by chronic kidney disease classification, Christopher D. Owens, Karen J. Ho, Sang Kim, Andres Schanzer, Julie Lin, Evan Matros, Michael Belkin, and Michael S. Conte

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Impact of resection status on pattern of failure and survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma, Chandrajit P. Raut, Jennifer F. Tseng, Charlotte C. Sun, Huamin Wang, Robert A. Wolff, Christopher H. Crane, Rosa Hwang, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Eddie K. Abdalla, Jeffrey E. Lee, Peter W. T. Pisters, and Douglas B. Evans

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Technical factors affecting autogenous vein graft failure: observations from a large multicenter trial, Andres Schanzer, Nathanael Hevelone, Christopher D. Owens, Michael Belkin, Dennis F. Bandyk, Alexander W. Clowes, Gregory L. Moneta, and Michael S. Conte

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Restenosis after carotid endarterectomy performed with routine intraoperative duplex ultrasonography and arterial patch closure: a contemporary series, Andres Schanzer, Andrew Hoel, Christopher D. Owens, Nicole Wake, Louis L. Nguyen, Michael S. Conte, and Michael Belkin

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Superficial femoral artery percutaneous intervention is an effective strategy to optimize inflow for distal origin bypass grafts, Andres Schanzer, Christopher D. Owens, Michael S. Conte, and Michael Belkin

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National outcomes after gastric resection for neoplasm, Jillian K. Smith, James T. McPhee, Joshua S. Hill, Giles F. Whalen, Mary E. Sullivan, Demetrius E. M. Litwin, Frederick A. Anderson, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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Management of serous cystadenoma of the pancreas, Jennifer F. Tseng

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The learning curve in pancreatic surgery, Jennifer F. Tseng, Peter W. T. Pisters, Jeffrey E. Lee, Huamin Wang, Henry F. Gomez, Charlotte C. Sun, and Douglas B. Evans

Publications from 2006

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Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas, Waddah B. Al-Refaie, E. A. Choi, Jennifer F. Tseng, Eric P. Tamm, Jeffrey H. Lee, Jeffrey E. Lee, Douglas B. Evans, and Peter W. T. Pisters

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Use of digital pressure measurements for the diagnosis of AV access-induced hand ischemia, Andres Schanzer, Louis L. Nguyen, Christopher D. Owens, and Harry Schanzer

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The effect of preoperative radiotherapy and reconstructive surgery on wound complications after resection of extremity soft-tissue sarcomas, Jennifer F. Tseng, Matthew T. Ballo, Howard N. Langstein, Jeffrey D. Wayne, Janice N. Cormier, Kelly K. Hunt, Barry W. Feig, Alan W. Yasko, Valerae O. Lewis, Patrick P. Lin, Christopher P. Cannon, Gunar K. Zagars, Raphael E. Pollock, and Peter W. T. Pisters

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Venous resection in pancreatic cancer surgery, Jennifer F. Tseng, Eric P. Tamm, Jeffrey E. Lee, Peter W. T. Pisters, and Douglas B. Evans

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Surgical site infection following bowel surgery: a retrospective analysis of 1446 patients, J. Matthias Walz, Craig A. Paterson, Jeanne M. Seligowski, and Stephen O. Heard

Publications from 2005

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Upper arm arteriovenous fistula versus forearm looped arteriovenous graft for hemodialysis access: a comparative analysis, Jason T. Fitzgerald, Andres Schanzer, John P. McVicar, Andrew I. Chin, Richard V. Perez, and Christoph Troppmann

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Serous cystadenoma of the pancreas: tumor growth rates and recommendations for treatment, Jennifer F. Tseng, Andrew L. Warshaw, Dushant V. Sahani, Gregory Y. Lauwers, David W. Rattner, and Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo

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Patients undergoing treatment for pancreatic adenocarcinoma can mount an effective immune response to vaccinations, Jennifer F. Tseng, Christopher G. Willett, Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, David P. Ryan, Jeffrey W. Clark, Andrew X. Zhu, David W. Rattner, Jennifer L. Winkelmann, and Andrew L. Warshaw

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Clinicopathologic behavior of gastric adenocarcinoma in Hispanic patients: analysis of a single institution's experience over 15 years, James C. Yao, Jennifer F. Tseng, Samidha Worah, Kenneth R. Hess, Paul F. Mansfield, Christopher H. Crane, Isac I. Schnirer, Satish Reddy, Silvia S. Chiang, Azmeena Najam, Christina Yu, Geoffrey G. Giacco, Keping Xie, Tsung-Teh Wu, Barry W. Feig, Peter W. T. Pisters, and Jaffer A. Ajani

Publications from 2004

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Intra-access blood flow in patients with newly created upper-arm arteriovenous native fistulae for hemodialysis access, Andrew I. Chin, Warren Chang, Jason T. Fitzgerald, Andres Schanzer, Richard V. Perez, John P. McVicar, and Christoph Troppmann

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Outcomes of upper arm arteriovenous fistulas for maintenance hemodialysis access, Jason T. Fitzgerald, Andres Schanzer, Andrew I. Chin, John P. McVicar, Richard V. Perez, and Christoph Troppmann

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Tissue pH determination for the detection of metabolically active, inflamed vulnerable plaques using near-infrared spectroscopy: an in-vitro feasibility study, Tania N. Khan, Babs R. Soller, Morteza Naghavi, and Ward Casscells

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The effect of ethnicity on immediate reconstruction rates after mastectomy for breast cancer, Jennifer F. Tseng, Steven J. Kronowitz, Charlotte C. Sun, Allison C. Perry, Kelly K. Hunt, Gildy V. Babiera, Lisa A. Newman, S. Eva Singletary, Nadeem Q. Mirza, Frederick C. Ames, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Merrick I. Ross, Barry W. Feig, Geoffrey L. Robb, and Henry M. Kuerer

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Pancreaticoduodenectomy with vascular resection: margin status and survival duration, Jennifer F. Tseng, Chandrajit P. Raut, Jeffrey E. Lee, Peter W. T. Pisters, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Eddie K. Abdalla, Henry F. Gomez, Charlotte C. Sun, Christopher H. Crane, Robert A. Wolff, and Douglas B. Evans

Publications from 2003

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Noninvasive, near infrared spectroscopic-measured muscle pH and PO2 indicate tissue perfusion for cardiac surgical patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass, Babs R. Soller, Patrick O. Idwasi, Jorge Balaguer, Steven Levin, Sinan A. Simsir, Thomas J. Vander Salm, Helen Collette, and Stephen O. Heard

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Investigation of muscle pH as an indicator of liver pH and injury from hemorrhagic shock, Babs R. Soller, Tania N. Khan, Janice Favreau, Charles Hsi, Juan Carlos Puyana, and Stephen O. Heard

Publications from 2002

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Air dissipation in saline breast implants, Andres Schanzer and Granger B. Wong

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Adenovirus-mediated delivery of a soluble form of the VEGF receptor Flk1 delays the growth of murine and human pancreatic adenocarcinoma in mice, Jennifer F. Tseng, Filip A. Farnebo, Oliver Kisker, Christian M. Becker, Calvin J. Kuo, Judah Folkman, and Richard C. Mulligan

Publications from 2001

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Causes of perioperative stroke after carotid endarterectomy: special considerations in symptomatic patients, G. R. Jacobowitz, Caron B. Rockman, Patrick J. Lamparello, Mark A. Adelman, Andres Schanzer, David Woo, Ronnie Landis, Paul J. Gagne, Thomas S. Riles, and Anthony M. Imparato

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Internal jugular vein thrombosis in association with the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, Andres Schanzer, Caron B. Rockman, G. R. Jacobowitz, and Thomas S. Riles

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Simultaneous measurement of hepatic tissue pH, venous oxygen saturation and hemoglobin by near infrared spectroscopy, Babs R. Soller, Ndumiso A. Cingo, Juan Carlos Puyana, Tania N. Khan, Charles Hsi, H Kim, Janice Favreau, and Stephen O. Heard

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Application of fiberoptic sensors for the study of hepatic dysoxia in swine hemorrhagic shock, Babs R. Soller, Stephen O. Heard, Ndumiso A. Cingo, Charles Hsi, Janice Favreau, Tania N. Khan, Randy R. Ross, and Juan Carlos Puyana

Publications from 2000

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Acceptance of an ABO-incompatible mismatched (AB(+) to O(+)) liver allograft with the use of daclizumab and mycophenolate mofetil, W. Christopher Fang, John R. Saltzman, Sarah Rososhansky, Gyongyi Szabo, Stephen O. Heard, Barbara F. Banner, Ravi Chari, and Eliezer Katz

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Outpatient tympanomastoidectomy: factors affecting hospital admission, Cliff A. Megerian, Jackie Reily, Frank M. O'Connell, and Stephen O. Heard

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Immediate reexploration for the perioperative neurologic event after carotid endarterectomy: is it worthwhile, Caron B. Rockman, G. R. Jacobowitz, Patrick J. Lamparello, Mark A. Adelman, David Woo, Andres Schanzer, Paul J. Gagne, Ronnie Landis, and Thomas S. Riles

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Guidewire entrapment during deployment of the over-the-guidewire stainless steel Greenfield filter: a device design-related complication, Harry Schanzer and Andres Schanzer

Publications from 1999

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Oestrogen receptor (ER)-alpha and ER-beta isoforms in normal endometrial and endometriosis-derived stromal cells, Alfred W. Brandenberger, Dan I. Lebovic, Meng Kian Tee, Isabelle P. Ryan, Jennifer F. Tseng, Robert B. Jaffe, and Robert N. Taylor

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The influence of liposome-encapsulated prostaglandin E1 on hydrogen peroxide concentrations in the exhaled breath of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome, Stephen O. Heard, Karen J. Longtine, Ildiko Toth, Juan Carlos Puyana, Bruce Potenza, and Nicholas A. Smyrnios

Publications from 1998

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Effect of prophylactic administration of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (filgrastim) on the frequency of nosocomial infections in patients with acute traumatic brain injury or cerebral hemorrhage. The Filgrastim Study Group, Stephen O. Heard, Mitchell P. Fink, Richard L. Gamelli, Joseph S. Solomkin, Manjari Joshi, Arthur L. Trask, Timothy C. Fabian, Leonard D. Hudson, Kevin B. Gerold, and Eileen D. Logan

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Influence of triple-lumen central venous catheters coated with chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine on the incidence of catheter-related bacteremia, Stephen O. Heard, Manisha Wagle, Elamana Vijayakumar, Susan McLean, Angela Brueggemann, Lena M. Napolitano, L. Paul Edwards, Frank M. O'Connell, Juan Carlos Puyana, and Gary V. Doern

Publications from 1997

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A comparison of GABAC and rho subunit receptors from the white perch retina, H. Qian, G. Hyatt, Andres Schanzer, R. Hazra, A. S. Hackam, G. R. Cutting, and John E. Dowling

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Angiogenesis and macrophage activation in endometriosis, Robert N. Taylor, Isabella P. Ryan, Ellen S. Moore, Daniella Hornung, Jan L. Shifren, and Jennifer F. Tseng

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Surgical management of primary cutaneous melanomas of the hands and feet, Jennifer F. Tseng, Kenneth K. Tanabe, Michelle A. Gadd, A. Benedict Cosimi, Ronald A. Malt, Frank G. Halulska, Martin C. Mihm Jr., Arthur J. Sober, and Wiley W. Souba

Publications from 1996

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Ovarian steroid regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor in the human endometrium: implications for angiogenesis during the menstrual cycle and in the pathogenesis of endometriosis, Jan L. Shifren, Jennifer F. Tseng, Charles J. Zaloudek, Isabelle P. Ryan, Y. Gloria Meng, Napoleone Ferrara, Robert B. Jaffe, and Robert N. Taylor

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Interleukin-6 secretion in vitro is up-regulated in ectopic and eutopic endometrial stromal cells from women with endometriosis, Jennifer F. Tseng, Isabella P. Ryan, T. D. Milam, J. T. Murai, E. D. Schriock, D. V. Landers, and Robert N. Taylor

Publications from 1994

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Treatment of severe pneumonia in hospitalized patients: results of a multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial comparing intravenous ciprofloxacin with imipenem-cilastatin. The Severe Pneumonia Study Group, Mitchell P. Fink, David R. Snydman, Michael S. Niederman, Kenneth V. Leeper Jr., Royce H. Johnson, Stephen O. Heard, Richard G. Wunderink, John W. Caldwell, Jerome J. Schentag, and Ghodrat A. Siami

Publications from 1990

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The efficacy of an oscillating bed in the prevention of lower respiratory tract infection in critically ill victims of blunt trauma. A prospective study, Mitchell P. Fink, Cathleen M. Heismoortel, Keith L. Stein, Patrick C. Lee, and Stephen M. Cohn