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Department of Surgery Publications

Anatomy

2024

Giving a voice to our silent teachers: Whole body donation from the donor perspective at one donation program in the United States. Bagian LK, Davis DC, Parker RC, Mosley CF, Balta JY. Anat Sci Educ. 2024 Jun;17(4):893-908. doi: 10.1002/ase.2410. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PMID: 38520129. 

Cell-type-resolved mosaicism reveals clonal dynamics of the human forebrain. Chung C, Yang X, Hevner RF, Kennedy K, Vong KI, Liu Y, Patel A, Nedunuri R, Barton ST, Noel G, Barrows C, Stanley V, Mittal S, Breuss MW, Schlachetzki JCM, Kingsmore SF, Gleeson JG. Nature. 2024 Apr 10. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07292-5. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38600385.

A comparison of student perspectives on body donation across healthcare professional programs: From prosection- to dissection-based curricula.   Claveria A, Bachour D, Balta JY, Antonacci R, Ventura NM, Noel GPJC.Anat Sci Educ. 2024 Feb 1. doi: 10.1002/ase.2383. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38299426.   

Investigating the status of whole-body donation across the United States of America.  Bagian LK, Wyatt TB, Mosley CF, Balta JY. Anat Sci Educ. 2024 Feb 2. doi: 10.1002/ase.2387. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38308395.   

2023

Graduate anatomy education: How are we training the future generations of anatomy educators? Hall TR, Mosley CF, Balta JY. Anat Sci Educ. 2023 Dec 17. doi: 10.1002/ase.2365. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38105618. 

Human body donors at academic institutions in the United States of America: An investigative study. Wyatt TB, Bagian LK, Balta JY. Clin Anat. 2023 Oct;36(7):993-1000. doi: 10.1002/ca.24060. Epub 2023 May 18. PMID: 37199183.

Comparison between pre-mortem and post-mortem cadaveric images for use with augmented reality headsets during dissection. Jabbary Aslany F, McBain K, Chen L, O'Brien J, Noel GPJC. Surg Radiol Anat. 2023 Sep 12. doi: 10.1007/s00276-023-03239-z. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37698598.

Evaluating AI-powered text-to-image generators for anatomical illustration: A comparative study. Noel GPJC. Anat Sci Educ. 2023 Sep 11. doi: 10.1002/ase.2336. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37694692. 

Breast Surgery

2024

Paravertebral versus pectoralis-II (interpectoral and pectoserratus) nerve blocks for postoperative analgesia after non-mastectomy breast surgery: A randomized, controlled, observer-masked noninferiority trial.  Gabriel RA, Curran BP, Swisher MW, Sztain JF, Tsuda PS, Said ET, Alexander B, Finneran JJ 4th, Abramson WB, Black JR, Wallace AM, Blair S, Donohue MC, Abdullah B, Xu NY, Cha BJ, Ilfeld BM. Anesthesiology. 2024 Aug 26. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000005207. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39186671. 

25th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons: Our silver jubilee. Gass J, Teshome M, Blair SL. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug 20. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-16002-4. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39164603.   

ASO visual abstract: Clipping the positive lymph node in patients with clinically node-positive breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Impact on axillary surgery in the ISPY-2 clinical trial.  Switalla KM, Boughey JC, Dimitroff K, Yau C, Ladores V, Yu H, Tchou J, Golshan M, Ahrendt G, Postlewait LM, Piltin M, Reyna CR, Matsen CB, Tuttle T, Wallace AM, Arciero CA, Lee MC, Tseng J, Son J, Rao R, Sauder C, Naik A, Howard-McNatt M, Lancaster R, Norwood P, Esserman LJ, Mukhtar RA. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug 13. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15965-8. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39138776. No abstract available.  

 ASO visual abstract: Presentation and management of granulomatous mastitis in the United States-results of an American Society of Breast Surgeons registry study. Kapoor NS, Ryu H, Smith L, Zou J, Mitchell K, Blair SL. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jul 27. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15916-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39068327. 

 ASO author reflections: A symptom-based algorithm for management of granulomatous mastitis in the United States. Kapoor NS, Blair SL. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jul 10. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15807-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38987372.   

 Presentation and management of granulomatous mastitis in the United States: Results of an American Society of Breast Surgeons registry study. Kapoor NS, Ryu H, Smith L, Zou J, Mitchell K, Blair SL. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jul 5. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15714-x. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38969857

Clipping the positive lymph node in patients with clinically node positive breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Impact on axillary surgery in the ISPY-2 clinical trial. Switalla KM, Boughey JC, Dimitroff K, Yau C, Ladores V, Yu H, Tchou J, Golshan M, Ahrendt G, Postlewait LM, Piltin M, Reyna CR, Matsen CB, Tuttle TM, Wallace AM, Arciero CA, Lee MC, Tseng J, Son J, Rao R, Sauder C, Naik A, Howard-McNatt M, Lancaster R, Norwood P, Esserman LJ, Mukhtar RA. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jul 12. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15792-x. Online ahead of print. PMID:  

Distance of biopsy-confirmed high-risk breast lesion from concurrently identified breast malignancy associated with risk of carcinoma at the high-risk lesion site.  Le J, O'Keefe TJ, Khan S, Grossi SM, Choi HY, Ojeda-Fournier H, Armani A, Wallace AM, Blair SL. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Jun 19;16(12):2268. doi: 10.3390/cancers16122268. PMID: 38927976. 

Factors influencing implementation of the Commission on Cancer's Breast Synoptic Operative Report (Alliance A20_Pilot9). Park KU, Padamsee TJ, Birken SA, Lee S, Niles K, Blair SL, Grignol V, Dickson-Witmer D, Nowell K, Neuman H, King T, Mittendorf E, Paskett ED, Brindle M. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jun 11. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15515-2. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38862840. 

Clinical impact of semi-annual mammography in patients undergoing breast conserving surgery following neoadjuvant therapy. Wang T, Weed C, Tseng J, Chung A, Moody A, Grossi S, Boyle MK, Giuliano AE, Amersi F. Surg Oncol Insight. 2024; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soi.2024.100037. No PMID or PMCID.

Duration of endocrine treatment for DCIS impacts second events: Insights from a large cohort of cases at two academic medical centers.  O'Keefe T, Yau C, Iaconetti E, Jeong E, Brabham C, Kim P, McGuire J, Griffin A, Wallace A, Esserman L, Harismendy O, Hirst G. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2024 Jan 11:rs.3.rs-3403438. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3403438/v1. PMID: 38260526.   

2023

Glucocorticoid receptor regulates the epithelial-mesenchymal transition process through GR/ZEB1/E-cad and is involved in breast cancer endocrine drug resistance-a bioinformatics analysis.  Tang Y, Ma J, Zhang H, Ma W, Ma W, O'Keefe TJ, Pratap A, Yamada A, Wang L, Gao Y, Zhang Q, Zhao W. Transl Cancer Res. 2023 Nov 30;12(11):3129-3146. doi: 10.21037/tcr-23-1628. Epub 2023 Nov 24. PMID: 38130302.    

Race, gene expression signatures, and clinical outcomes of patients with high-risk early breast cancer. Kyalwazi B, Yau C, Campbell MJ, Yoshimatsu TF, Chien AJ, Wallace AM, Forero-Torres A, Pusztai L, Ellis ED, Albain KS, Blaes AH, Haley BB, Boughey JC, Elias AD, Clark AS, Isaacs CJ, Nanda R, Han HS, Yung RL, Tripathy D, Edmiston KK, Viscusi RK, Northfelt DW, Khan QJ, Asare SM, Wilson A, Hirst GL, Lu R, Symmans WF, Yee D, DeMichele AM, van 't Veer LJ, Esserman LJ, Olopade OI. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2349646. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.49646. PMID: 38153734.

Neoadjuvant trebananib plus paclitaxel-based chemotherapy for stage II/III breast cancer in the adaptively randomized I-SPY2 trial—Efficacy and biomarker discovery.  Albain KS, Yau C, Petricoin EF, Wolf DM, Lang JE, Chien AJ, Haddad T, Forero-Torres A, Wallace AM, Kaplan H, Pusztai L, Euhus D, Nanda R, Elias AD, Clark AS, Godellas C, Boughey JC, Isaacs C, Tripathy D, Lu J, Yung RL, Gallagher RI, Wulfkuhle JD, Brown Swigart L, Krings G, Chen YY, Potter DA, Stringer-Reasor E, Blair S, Asare SM, Wilson A, Hirst GL, Singhrao R, Buxton M, Clennell JL, Sanil A, Berry S, Asare AL, Matthews JB, DeMichele AM, Hylton NM, Melisko M, Perlmutter J, Rugo HS, Symmans WF, van 't Veer LJ, Yee D, Berry DA, Esserman LJ. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Dec 18. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-2256. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38109213.

Masculinizing hormone therapy effect on breast tissue: Changes in estrogen and androgen receptors in transgender female-to-male mastectomies.  Chaum M, Grossi S, Chen J, Hu V, Ray E, Giuliano A, Bose S. Breast. 2023 Nov 3;72:103596. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2023.103596. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37951051.

Restriction spectrum imaging with elastic image registration for automated evaluation of response to neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer. Andreassen MMS, Loubrie S, Tong MW, Fang L, Seibert TM, Wallace AM, Zare S, Ojeda-Fournier H, Kuperman J, Hahn M, Jerome NP, Bathen TF, Rodríguez-Soto AE, Dale AM, Rakow-Penner R. Front Oncol. 2023 Sep 15;13:1237720. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1237720. eCollection 2023. PMID: 37781199.

ASO Visual Abstract: Is choosing wisely wise for lobular carcinoma in patients over 70 years of age? A National Cancer Database analysis of sentinel node practice patterns. Goldhaber NH, O'Keefe T, Kang J, Douglas S, Blair SL. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Oct;30(10):6033. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13992-5. PMID: 37626253.

24th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBRS): One if by land, two if by sea: ASBRS rides into Boston. Brigid KB, Teshome M, Blair SL. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Aug 19. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14100-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37598117.

Is choosing wisely wise for lobular carcinoma in patients over 70 years of age? A National Cancer Database analysis of sentinel node practice patterns. Goldhaber NH, O'Keefe T, Kang J, Douglas S, Blair SL. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jul 25. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13886-6. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37490163.

Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery

2024

Context-dependent roles of mitochondrial LONP1 in orchestrating the balance between airway progenitor versus progeny cells. Xu L, Tan C, Barr J, Talaba N, Verheyden J, Chin JS, Gaboyan S, Kasaraneni N, Elgamal RM, Gaulton KJ, Lin G, Afshar K, Golts E, Meier A, Alexander LEC, Borok Z, Shen Y, Chung WK, McCulley DJ, Sun X. Cell Stem Cell. 2024 Aug 16:S1934-5909(24)00287-X. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2024.08.001. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39181129.

Consensus statement: Technical standards for thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion. Hoffman JRH, Hartwig MG, Cain MT, Rove JY, Siddique A, Urban M, Mulligan MS, Bush EL, Balsara K, Demarest CT, Silvestry SC, Wilkey B, Trahanas JM, Pretorius VG, Shah AS, Moazami N, Pomfret EA, Catarino PA; American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS); International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT); Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS); American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS). Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Jul 18:S0003-4975(24)00567-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.07.002. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39023462.

Apelin modulates inflammation and leukocyte recruitment in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Park H, Song J, Jeong HW, Grönloh MLB, Koh BI, Bovay E, Kim KP, Klotz L, Thistlethwaite PA, van Buul JD, Sorokin L, Adams RH. Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 25;15(1):6282. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50540-5. PMID: 39060233. 

COVID-19 related tracheal stenosis requiring tracheal resection: A case series. Yousef A, Solomon I, Cheng G, Makani S, Boys J, Weissbrod PA. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2024 Aug 10:34894241266489. doi: 10.1177/00034894241266489. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39127881. 

Computed tomography predictors of increased transvenous lead extraction difficulty. Patel K, Toomu S, Lee E, Darden D, Jacobs K, Pollema T, Ho G, Birgersdotter-Green U. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2024 Jul 5. doi: 10.1111/pace.15034. Online ahead of print. PMID:

Rosai-Dorfman-Destombes disease: A rare cardiac presentation.  Smith E, O'Brien O, Woo M, Pretorius V, Cronin B. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Jun 4:S1053-0770(24)00369-0. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.05.037. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38926004. 

Clinician prediction of survival vs calculated prediction scores in patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Martin LA, Bojorquez GR, Yi C, Ignatyev A, Pollema T, Davidson JE, Odish M. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2024 Jul-Aug 01;43(4):194-201. doi: 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000643. PMID: 38787774. 

Fentanyl levels may be unchanged with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Chou JW, Mueller M, Tainter C, Pollema T, Yi C, Odish M, O'Brien EO. Ann Pharmacother. 2024 May 20:10600280241249501. doi: 10.1177/10600280241249501. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38767278. 

NOTCH3 and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Winicki NM, Puerta C, Besse CE, Zhang Y, Thistlethwaite PA. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jun 6;25(11):6248. doi: 10.3390/ijms25116248. PMID: 38892440. 

BRCC3 regulation of ALK2 in vascular smooth muscle cells: Implication in pulmonary hypertension. Shen H, Gao Y, Ge D, Tan M, Yin Q, Wei TW, He F, Lee TY, Li Z, Chen Y, Yang Q, Liu Z, Li X, Chen Z, Yang Y, Zhang Z, Thistlethwaite PA, Wang J, Malhotra A, Yuan JX, Shyy JY, Gong K. Circulation. 2024 Apr 1. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066430. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38557054. 

NT-pro-BNP is predictive of morbidity and mortality after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy and is independent of preoperative hemodynamics. Keiler EA, Kerr KM, Poch DS, Yang JZ, Papamatheakis DG, Alotaibi M, Bautista A, Pretorius VG, Madani MM, Kim NH, Fernandes TM. Pulm Circ. 2024 Apr 19;14(2):e12367. doi: 10.1002/pul2.12367. eCollection 2024 Apr. PMID: 38646413. 

Inflammatory biomarkers as predictors of systemic vs isolated pocket infection in patients undergoing transvenous lead extraction.  Lacharite-Roberge AS, Toomu S, Aldaas O, Ho G, Pollema TL, Birgersdotter-Green U. Heart Rhythm O2. 2024 Apr 15;5(5):289-293. doi: 10.1016/j.hroo.2024.04.007. eCollection 2024 May. PMID: 38840769.

Open chest approach lead extraction in a patient with a large vegetation: The importance of multidisciplinary approach, advanced imaging, and procedural planning.  Lacharite-Roberge AS, Patel K, Yang Y, Birgersdotter-Green U, Pollema TL. Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2024 Jun;16(2):143-147. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2023.10.014. Epub 2023 Nov 22. PMID: 38749633.

Status and future directions for balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease with and without pulmonary hypertension: A scientific statement from the American Heart Association.Aggarwal V, Giri J, Visovatti SH, Mahmud E, Matsubara H, Madani M, Rogers F, Gopalan D, Rosenfield K, McLaughlin VV; American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease; Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation; and Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing. Circulation. 2024 Apr 9;149(15):e1090-e1107. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001197. Epub 2024 Mar 7. PMID: 38450477.

Macitentan for the treatment of inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (MERIT-1): results from the multicentre, phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.   Ghofrani HA, Simonneau G, D'Armini AM, Fedullo P, Howard LS, Jaïs X, Jenkins DP, Jing ZC, Madani MM, Martin N, Mayer E, Papadakis K, Richard D, Kim NH; MERIT study investigators. Lancet Respir Med. 2024 Apr;12(4):e21-e30. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(24)00027-4. PMID: 38548406.

Utilizing cell salvage devices to return blood post extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuit decannulation, a letter to the editor.  Odish MF, Najmaii S, Yi C, Pollema TL. Perfusion. 2024 Mar 14:2676591241238859. doi: 10.1177/02676591241238859. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38482847.

Initiation of ECMO in patients with COVID-19- related ARDS does not increase blood markers of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) or IL-8.   Odish MF, Masso-Silva JA, Pollema TL, Owens RL, Alexander LEC, Meier A.  J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Feb 10:S1053-0770(24)00100-9. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.02.007. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38461035c.

Automated electronic alert for the detection of infected cardiovascular implantable electronic devices in patients with bacteremia. Lin AY, Torriani F, Sung K, Trefethen E, Near N, Ho G, Pollema T, Birgersdotter-Green U. Heart Rhythm. 2024 Feb 28:S1547-5271(24)00223-6. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.02.051. Online ahead of print.

Using HCV-viremic organs for lung transplantation does not confer higher rejection rates compared to HCV-negative organs. Afshar K, Schonhoft E, Kozuch J, Kafi A, Yung G, Pollema T, Golts E, Aslam S. Clin Transplant. 2024 Feb;38(2):e15260. doi: 10.1111/ctr.15260. PMID: 38369851.   

Stage 1 and 2 palliation: comparing ductal stenting and aorto-pulmonary shunts in single ventricles with duct-dependent pulmonary blood flow. Ganta S, Haley J, El-Said H, Lane B, Haldeman S, Karamlou T, Moore J, Rao R, Nigro JJ. Pediatr Cardiol. 2024 Jan 24. doi: 10.1007/s00246-023-03386-5. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38265483.

2023

Acute kidney injury post pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: Is it a valid concern? A word of caution. Madani MM. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 Feb;117(2):318-319. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.08.034. Epub 2022 Sep 6. PMID: 36084695.

The etiology and outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients who are on V-V ECMO, a letter to the editor. Odish M, Roberts E, Pollema T, Pentony E, Yi C, Owens RL, Wardi G, Sell RE. Resusc Plus. 2023 Dec 22;17:100536. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100536. eCollection 2024 Mar. PMID: 38205147. 

Antibody mediated rejection is not associated with worse survival in adherent heart transplant patients in the contemporary era. Kim PJ, Cusi V, Cardenas A, Tada Y, Vaida F, Wettersten N, Chak J, Bijlani P, Pretorius V, Urey MA, Morris GP, Lin G. medRxiv. 2023 Dec 8:2023.12.01.23299311. doi: 10.1101/2023.12.01.23299311. Preprint. PMID: 38106112.

Transcriptomes and metabolism define mouse and human MAIT cell populations. Chandra S, Ascui G, Riffelmacher T, Chawla A, Ramírez-Suástegui C, Castelan VC, Seumois G, Simon H, Murray MP, Seo GY, Premlal ALR, Schmiedel B, Verstichel G, Li Y, Lin CH, Greenbaum J, Lamberti J, Murthy R, Nigro J, Cheroutre H, Ottensmeier CH, Hedrick SM, Lu LF, Vijayanand P, Kronenberg M. Sci Immunol. 2023 Nov 10;8(89):eabn8531. doi: 10.1126/sciimmunol.abn8531. Epub 2023 Nov 10. PMID: 37948512.

Difference in immunosuppressant dose requirement when transitioning to isavuconazole from other azoles in thoracic transplant recipients. Kozuch JM, Burt C, Afshar K, Aslam S, Yung G, Mariski M, Golts E, Feist A. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Dec 7:e14209. doi: 10.1111/tid.14209. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38059638.   

Activation of KrasG12D in subset of alveolar type II cells enhances cellular plasticity in lung adenocarcinoma.  Chaudhary P, Xu X, Wang G, Hoj JP, Rampersad RR, Asselin-Labat ML, Ting S, Kim W, Tamayo P, Pendergast AM, Onaitis MW. Cancer Res Commun. 2023 Nov 24;3(11):2400-2411. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-22-0408. PMID: 37882674.

Outcomes following lung transplantation for American Indians/Alaska Natives in the United States.  Bremer MN, Gama GJ, Golts S, Lin CM, Kafi A, Yung G, Golts E, Afshar K. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Nov 14:S1053-2498(23)02126-5. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.11.007. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37972827.

Using Cardiohelp, Quadrox, and Nautilus extracorporeal membrane oxygenators as vascular access for hemodialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, and plasmapheresis: A brief technical report. Odish MF, Garimella PS, Crisostomo H, Yi C, Owens RL, Pollema T. ASAIO J. 2023 Nov 1;69(11):e455-e459. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002005. Epub 2023 Jul 2.PMID: 37399278.

Sirolimus long-term tolerability and impact on kidney function in lung transplantation: A single-center experience. Feist AA, Mariski M, Awdishu L, Bremer M, Yung G, Jung C, Golts E, Afshar K. Transplant Proc. 2023 Oct 25:S0041-1345(23)00647-4. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.09.027. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37891020.

Pre-arterialization of coronary veins prior to retroperfusion of ischemic myocardium: percutaneous closure device. Choy JS, Hubbard T, Golts EM, Bhatt DL, Navia JA, Kassab GS. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023 Sep 18;10:1208903. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1208903. eCollection 2023. PMID: 37790598.

Brief report: Evaluation of molecular profiling strategies for neoadjuvant osimertinib in stage IIIA EGFR-mutant NSCLC.  Lu K, Woodward BD, Boys J, Onaitis M, Husain H. Clin Lung Cancer. 2023 Aug 30:S1525-7304(23)00174-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2023.08.012. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37852849.

An unexpected cause of lung disease identified after lung transplantation.  Self A, Afshar K, Kafi A, Yung G, Golts E, Lin CM. Chest. 2023 Oct;164(4):e111-e115. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.04.041. PMID: 37805248.

Mapping the spatial extent of hypoperfusion in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension using multienergy CT. Bird E, Hasenstab K, Kim N, Madani M, Malhotra A, Hahn L, Kligerman S, Hsiao A, Contijoch F. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2023 Aug 10;5(4):e220221. doi: 10.1148/ryct.220221. eCollection 2023 Aug. PMID: 37693197.

Surgical management of left bundle branch pacing lead causing septal and left ventricular perforation. Hernandez M, Puerta C, Thareja N, Zhang Y, Pollema T, Thistlethwaite P.HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2023 May 11;9(8):520-523. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.05.001. eCollection 2023 Aug. PMID: 37614392.

Distal vessel pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: Results from a single institution. Fernandes TM, Kim NH, Kerr KM, Auger WR, Fedullo PF, Poch DS, Yang J, Papamatheakis DG, Alotaibi M, Bautista MA, Pretorius VG, Madani MM. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2023 Aug;42(8):1112-1119. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.1500. Epub 2023 Mar 2. PMID: 37024310.

Fractured right atrial-pulmonary artery cannula (ProtekDuo) in a 164-day extracorporeal membrane oxygenation bridge to lung transplant. Odish MF, Owens RL, Yi C, Golts E, Pollema T. ASAIO J. 2023 Aug 1;69(8):e401-e402. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001879. Epub 2022 Dec 20. PMID: 36538927.

Colon & Rectal Surgery

2024

Autologous fat grafting for perianal fistula in Behçet's disease: A case report. Sadiq KO, Dobke MK, Boland BS, Lopez N, Eisenstein S. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 Jul 20:izae157. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izae157. Online ahead of print. PMID:

Surgery in Crohn's disease: Past performance does predict future results.  Eisenstein S. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 Jun 6:izae110. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izae110. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38842579.

Challenges in IBD research 2024: Pragmatic clinical research. Allegretti JR, Bordeianou LG, Damas OM, Eisenstein S, Greywoode R, Minar P, Singh S, Harmon S, Lisansky E, Malone-King M, Litwin NS, Weaver A, Heller CA, Moss AC, Adler J. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 May 23;30(Supplement_2):S55-S66. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izae083. PMID: 38778623.

Increased pathologic downstaging with induction versus consolidation chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with total neoadjuvant therapy-A National Cancer Database analysis. Fan A, Zhao B, Vu P, Abbadessa B, Lopez N, Eisenstein S, Ramamoorthy S, Liu S. J Clin Med. 2024 Jan 29;13(3):781. doi: 10.3390/jcm13030781. PMID: 38337475.

More is more: Addition of ligation anopexy to stapled hemorrhoidopexy improves durability.Matson J, Cosman BC. Dis Colon Rectum. 2024 Feb 21. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000003299. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38380804. 

Cancer in anal fistulas. Perez S, Eisenstein S. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2023 Mar 29;37(1):41-45. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1762928. eCollection 2024 Jan. PMID: 38188072. 

2023

Management of locally advanced rectal cancer-building the plane as we fly. Liu S, Ramamoorthy S. JAMA Surg. 2023 Sep 1;158(9):919. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.2529. PMID: 37436744.

Risk factors associated with postoperative outcomes in diverticular disease undergoing elective colectomy-A retrospective cohort study from the ACS-NSQIP database.Hu WH, Eisenstein S, Parry L, Ramamoorthy S. J Clin Med. 2023 Nov 27;12(23):7338. doi: 10.3390/jcm12237338. PMID: 38068390.

AGA clinical practice guideline on the management of pouchitis and inflammatory pouch disorders.Barnes EL, Agrawal M, Syal G, Ananthakrishnan AN, Cohen BL, Haydek JP, Al Kazzi ES, Eisenstein S, Hashash JG, Sultan SS, Raffals LE, Singh S; AGA Clinical Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: clinicalpractice@gastro.org. Gastroenterology. 2024 Jan;166(1):59-85. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.10.015. PMID: 38128971. 

Guarding the continent: Anatomy and consequences of internal anal sphincterotomy. Cosman BC. Dis Colon Rectum. 2023 Dec 1;66(12):1523-1524. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000003031. Epub 2023 Aug 17. PMID: 37606614. 

Sex-based differences in inflammatory bowel disease surgical outcomes. Sundel MH, Newland JJ, Blackburn KW, Vesselinov RM, Eisenstein S, Bafford AC; NSQIP IBD Collaborative. Dis Colon Rectum. 2023 Oct 23. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002984. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37878462.

Temporary faecal diversion for refractory perianal and/or distal colonic Crohn's disease in the biologic era: An updated systematic review with meta-analysis. Jew M, Meserve J, Eisenstein S, Jairath V, McCurdy J, Singh S. J Crohns Colitis. 2023 Sep 14:jjad159. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad159. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37707480.  

Transplantation & Hepatobiliary Surgery

2024

A survey of United States transplant center donation after circulatory death kidney transplant practices in the modern era. Alghannam K, Howard B, Loza J, Goussous N, Sageshima J, Mineyev NM, Wang A, Perez RV, Than PA. Transplant Proc. 2024 Aug 27:S0041-1345(24)00430-5. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.07.010. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39198066.

Impact of warm ischemia time on donation after circulatory death kidney transplant outcomes. Alghannam K, Fine J, Howard B, Loza J, Goussous NM, Sageshima J, Mineyev NM, Wang AX, Perez RV, Than PA. Clin Transplant. 2024 Aug;38(8):e15436. doi: 10.1111/ctr.15436. PMID: 39158959.  

Reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among patients listed for solid organ transplants.  Kalavacherla S, Goldhaber NH, Chen KY, Li VM, Mou Z, Taj R, Mekeel KL.  Transplant Proc. 2024 Aug 2:S0041-1345(24)00342-7. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.05.031. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39097516.  

American Society of Transplant Surgeons Normothermic Regional Perfusion Standards: Abdominal. Croome K, Bababekov Y, Brubaker A, Montenovo M, Mao S, Sellers M, Foley D, Pomfret E, Abt P. 2024 Aug 1;108(8):1660-1668. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005114. Epub 2024 Jul 17. PMID: 39012956.

Segment 3 bypass: A long-forgotten option for hilar strictures. Harrison JM, Berumen J, Schnickel G, Clary B. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Jul 12:S1091-255X(24)00536-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.07.006. Online ahead of print. PMID:

American Society of Transplant Surgeons Normothermic Regional Perfusion Standards: Ethical, legal, and operational conformance. Wall AE, Merani S, Batten J, Lonze B, Mekeel K, Nurok M, Prinz J, Gil J, Pomfret EA, Guarrera JV. Transplantation. 2024 Jul 17. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000005115. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39012935

Voxel-based tumor dose correlates to complete pathologic necrosis after transarterial radioembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma.  Pianka KT, Barahman M, Minocha J, Redmond JW, Schnickel GT, Rose SC, Fowler KJ, Berman ZT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2024 Jun 24. doi: 10.1007/s00259-024-06813-8. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38913189. 

Public opinion of DDR and public trust. Cederquist L, Schnickel G. Am J Bioeth. 2024 Jun;24(6):89-91. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2024.2337395. Epub 2024 Jun 3. PMID: 38829599. 

Protocol to generate human liver spheroids to study liver fibrosis induced by metabolic stress.  Kim HY, Lee W, Liu X, Jang H, Sakane S, Carvalho-Gontijo Weber R, Diggle K, Kerk SA, Metallo CM, Kisseleva T, Brenner DA. STAR Protoc. 2024 Jun 3;5(2):103111. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103111. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38833372.

US liver transplant outcomes after normothermic regional perfusion vs. standard super rapid recovery.  Brubaker AL, Sellers MT, Abt PL, Croome KP, Merani S, Wall A, Abreu P, Alebrahim M, Baskin R, Bohorquez H, Cannon RM, Cederquist K, Edwards J, Huerter BG, Hobeika MJ, Kautzman L, Langnas AN, Lee DD, Manzi J, Nassar A, Neidlinger N, Nydam TL, Schnickel GT, Siddiqui F, Suah A, Taj R, Taner CB, Testa G, Vianna R, Vyas F, Montenovo MI. JAMA Surg. 2024 Apr 3. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.0520. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38568597. 

Utilization of normothermic machine perfusion to rescue liver allografts in unallocated unstable donors. Covarrubias K, Trageser J, Nethercot D, Schnickel GT, Brubaker AL. Transplant Direct. 2024 Mar 12;10(4):e1608. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001608. eCollection 2024 Apr. PMID: 38481966.

The American Society of Transplant Surgeons Consensus Statement on normothermic regional perfusion.  Wall AE, Adams BL, Brubaker A, Chang CWJ, Croome KP, Frontera J, Gordon E, Hoffman J, Kaplan LJ, Kumar D, Levisky J, Miñambres E, Parent B, Watson C, Zemmar A, Pomfret EA. Transplantation. 2024 Feb 1;108(2):312-318. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004894. Epub 2024 Jan 19. PMID: 38254280.

2023

Extended duration of machine perfusion: Maximizing organ utilization. Brubaker AL, Bensard C, MacConmara M, Elbetanony A, Attia M, Sanchez R, Schnickel G. Liver Transpl. 2023 Nov 1;29(11):1242-1244. doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000212. Epub 2023 Jul 12. PMID: 37432896.

Wait time advantage for transplant candidates with HIV who accept kidneys from donors with HIV under the HOPE Act. Motter JD, Hussain S, Brown DM, Florman S, Rana MM, Friedman-Moraco R, Gilbert AJ, Stock P, Mehta S, Mehta SA, Stosor V, Elias N, Pereira MR, Haidar G, Malinis M, Morris MI, Hand J, Aslam S, Schaenman JM, Baddley J, Small CB, Wojciechowski D, Santos CAQ, Blumberg EA, Odim J, Apewokin SK, Giorgakis E, Bowring MG, Werbel WA, Desai NM, Tobian AAR, Segev DL, Massie AB, Durand CM; HOPE in Action Investigators. Transplantation. 2023 Nov 28. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004857. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38012862.

SREBP regulation of lipid metabolism in liver disease, and therapeutic strategies. Li N, Li X, Ding Y, Liu X, Diggle K, Kisseleva T, Brenner DA. Biomedicines. 2023 Dec 12;11(12):3280. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11123280. PMID: 38137501.

Isolation of primary human liver cells from normal and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis livers. Liu X,Lam K, Zhao H, Sakane S, Kim HY, Eguileor A, Diggle K, Wu S, Gontijo Weber RC, Soroosh P, Hosseini M, Mekeel K, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T. STAR Protoc. 2023 Jul 4;4(3):102391. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102391. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37405925.

Human hepatic stellate cells: Isolation and characterization. Liu X, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T. Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2669:221-232. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3207-9_13. PMID: 37247063.

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase is a nonenzymatic safety valve that curtails AKT activation to prevent insulin hyperresponsiveness. Gu L, Zhu Y, Watari K, Lee M, Liu J, Perez S, Thai M, Mayfield JE, Zhang B, Cunha E Rocha K, Li F, Kim LC, Jones AC, Wierzbicki IH, Liu X, Newton AC, Kisseleva T, Lee JH, Ying W, Gonzalez DJ, Saltiel AR, Simon MC, Karin M. Cell Metab. 2023 Jun 6;35(6):1009-1021.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.03.021. Epub 2023 Apr 20. PMID: 37084733.

Candida albicans-specific Th17 cell-mediated response contributes to alcohol-associated liver disease. Zeng S, Rosati E, Saggau C, Messner B, Chu H, Duan Y, Hartmann P, Wang Y, Ma S, Huang WJM, Lee J, Lee SM, Carvalho-Gontijo R, Zhang V, Hoffmann JP, Kolls JK, Raz E, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T, LeibundGut-Landmann S, Bacher P, Stärkel P, Schnabl B. Cell Host Microbe. 2023 Mar 8;31(3):389-404.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.02.001. PMID: 36893735.

IgY antibodies against cytolysin reduce ethanol-induced liver disease in mice. Cabré N, Hartmann P, Llorente C, Kouno T, Wang Y, Zeng S, Kim HY, Zhang X, Kisseleva T, Iyer S, Kudumala S, Schnabl B. Hepatology. 2023 Jul 1;78(1):295-306. doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000324. Epub 2023 Feb 23. PMID: 36811393.

An autocrine signaling circuit in hepatic stellate cells underlies advanced fibrosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Wang S, Li K, Pickholz E, Dobie R, Matchett KP, Henderson NC, Carrico C, Driver I, Borch Jensen M, Chen L, Petitjean M, Bhattacharya D, Fiel MI, Liu X, Kisseleva T, Alon U, Adler M, Medzhitov R, Friedman SL. Sci Transl Med. 2023 Jan 4;15(677):eadd3949. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.add3949. Epub 2023 Jan 4. PMID: 36599008.

Early patient and liver allograft outcomes from donation after circulatory death donors using thoracoabdominal normothermic regional: a multi-center observational experience. Brubaker AL, Taj R, Jackson B, Lee A, Tsai C, Berumen J, Parekh JR, Mekeel KL, Gupta AR, Gardner JM, Chaly T, Mathur AK, Jadlowiec C, Reddy S, Nunez R, Bellingham J, Thomas EM, Wellen JR, Pan JH, Kearns M, Pretorius V, Schnickel GT. Front. Transplant., 11 September 2023, Sec. Organ and Tissue Preservation, Volume 2 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/frtra.2023.1184620

Practice patterns of liver allograft acceptance from donors after circulatory death at US transplant centers. Taj R, Olaso D, Schnickel GT, Brubaker AL. Transplantation Proc. Online ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2023.08.006.

Risk factors for breakthrough COVID-19 infections in solid organ transplant recipients receiving tixagevimab/cilgavimab for pre-exposure prophylaxis.  Abraham DL, Lichvar AB, Brubaker AL, Haste N, Chen V, Abeles S, Aslam S, Yam N, Horton L, Chen B, Binkin N, Law N. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 18:e14125. doi: 10.1111/tid.14125. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37594213.

The origin and fate of liver myofibroblasts. Kim HY, Sakane S, Eguileor A, Weber RCG, Lee W, Liu X, Lam K, Ishizuka K, Rosenthal SB, Diggle K, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Sep 22:S2352-345X(23)00170-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2023.09.008. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37743012.  

Minimally Invasive Surgery

2024

Robotic technology in surgery; A classification system of soft tissue surgical robotic devices.  Cowan B, Gomes C, Morris P, Fryrear R 2nd, Petraiuolo W, Walton M, Alseidi A, Horgan S, Hagen M. Surg Endosc. 2024 May 21. doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-10861-4. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38772960. 

Stronger control of eating 3 months after sleeve gastrectomy predicts successful weight loss outcomes at one year.  Lytvyak E, Zarrinpar A, Ore CD, Lee E, Yazdani-Boset K, Horgan S, Grunvald E. Obes Pillars. 2024 May 6;11:100111. doi: 10.1016/j.obpill.2024.100111. eCollection 2024 Sep. PMID: 38770521.

Long-term outcomes of PGA-TMC absorbable synthetic scaffold in both clean and contaminated ventral hernia repairs. Huang EY, Broderick RC, Spurzem GJ, Li JZ, Blitzer RR, Cheverie JN, Sandler BJ, Horgan S, Jacobsen GR. Surg Endosc. 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-10777-z. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38498213.

Control of eating attributes and weight loss outcomes over one year after sleeve gastrectomy. Lytvyak E, Zarrinpar A, Dalle Ore C, Lee E, Yazdani-Boset K, Horgan S, Grunvald E. Obes Surg. 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1007/s11695-024-07158-9. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38502520.

Demonstrating the utility of fluorescence cholangiography with indocyanine green during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Spurzem GJ, Broderick RC, Horgan S. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Feb 9:S1091-255X(24)00157-4. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2024.02.009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38458910.

Maximizing mesh mileage: Evaluating the long-term performance of a novel hybrid mesh for ventral hernia repair. Spurzem GJ, Broderick RC, Li JZ, Sandler BJ, Horgan S, Jacobsen GR. Hernia. 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.1007/s10029-024-02995-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38429399.  

2023

What are essential laparoscopic skills these days? Results of the SAGES Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) Committee technical skills survey.  Seymour NE, Nepomnayshy D, De S, Banks E, Breitkopf DM, Campagna R, Gomez-Garibello C, Green I, Jacobsen G, Korndorffer JR Jr, Minasi J, Okrainec A, Matthew Ritter E, Sankaranarayanan G, Schwaitzberg S, Soper NJ, Vassiliou M, Wagner M, Zevin B. Surg Endosc. 2023 Oct;37(10):7676-7685. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10238-z. Epub 2023 Jul 30. PMID: 37517042.

Pediatric General Surgery

2024

Effect of early vs. late inguinal hernia repair on serious adverse event rates in preterm infants: A randomized clinical trial. HIP Trial Investigators; Blakely ML, Krzyzaniak A, Dassinger MS, Pedroza C, Weitkamp JH, Gosain A, Cotten M, Hintz SR, Rice H, Courtney SE, Lally KP, Ambalavanan N, Bendel CM, Bui KCT, Calkins C, Chandler NM, Dasgupta R, Davis JM, Deans K, DeUgarte DA, Gander J, Jackson CA, Keszler M, Kling K, Fenton SJ, Fisher KA, Hartman T, Huang EY, Islam S, Koch F, Lainwala S, Lesher A, Lopez M, Misra M, Overbey J, Poindexter B, Russell R, Stylianos S, Tamura DY, Yoder BA, Lucas D, Shaul D, Ham PB 3rd, Fitzpatrick C, Calkins K, Garrison A, de la Cruz D, Abdessalam S, Kvasnovsky C, Segura BJ, Shilyansky J, Smith LM, Tyson JE. JAMA. 2024 Mar 26;331(12):1035-1044. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.2302. PMID: 38530261. 

Maximizing patient satisfaction in facial feminizing rhinoplasty.Kalavacherla S, Kalavacherla S, Cordero J, Becker M, Straus S, Sheahan L, Gosman A. Eplasty. 2024 May 7;24:e26. eCollection 2024.PMID: 38846499. 

Identification and evaluation of non-accidental trauma in the pediatric population: A clinical review. Schermerhorn SMV, Muensterer OJ, Ignacio RC Jr. Children (Basel). 2024 Mar 30;11(4):413. doi: 10.3390/children11040413. PMID: 38671630.

The performance of artificial intelligence large language model-linked chatbots in surgical decision-making for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Huo B, Calabrese E, Sylla P, Kumar S, Ignacio RC, Oviedo R, Hassan I, Slater BJ, Kaiser A, Walsh DS, Vosburg W. Surg Endosc. 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.1007/s00464-024-10807-w. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38630178. 

The sensitivity of limited-sequence MRI in identifying pediatric cervical spine injury: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium multicenter retrospective cohort study. Melhado C, Durand R, Russell KW, Polukoff NE, Rampton J, Iyer RR, Acker SN, Koehler R, Prendergast C, Stence N, O'Neill B, Padilla BE, Jamshidi R, Vaughn JA, Ronecker JS, Selesner L, Lofberg K, Regner M, Thiessen J, Sayama C, Spurrier RG, Ross EE, Liu CJ, Chu J, McNevin K, Beni C, Robinson BRH, Linnau K, Buckley RT, Chao SD, Sabapaty A, Tong E, Prolo LM, Ignacio R, Floan Sachs G, Kruk P, Gonda D, Ryan M, Pandya S, Koral K, Braga BP, Auguste K, Jensen AR; Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Cervical Spine Injury Study Group. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004271. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38523120.   

Evaluating outcomes of non-accidental trauma in military children.Joskowitz K, Patwardhan UM, Floan GM, Heflinger M, Cruz S, David M, Jadhav P, Nienow S, Thangarajah H, Ignacio RC. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Feb 19. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001048. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38372360.

Decision-making in pleural drainage following lung resection in children: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium survey.Schnuck JK, Acker SN, Kelley-Quon LI, Lee JH, Shew SB, Fialkowski E, Ignacio RC, Melhado C, Qureshi FG, Russell KW, Rothstein DH; Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Jan 17:S0022-3468(24)00009-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.01.006. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38355336.

Inspirational women in surgery-Professor Barbara Barlow: A trailblazer in pediatric injury prevention.West E, Ignacio RC, Bickler SW. World J Surg. 2024 Feb 14. doi: 10.1002/wjs.12081. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38353368. 

Transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct exploration for pediatric patients with Choledocholithiasis: A multi-center study.Rauh J, Dantes G, Wallace M, Collings A, Sanin GD, Cambronero GE, Bosley ME, Ganapathy AS, Patterson JW, Ignacio R, Knod JL, Slater B, Callier K, Livingston MH, Alemayehu H, Dukleska K, Scholz S, Santore MT, Zamora IJ, Neff LP. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Mar;59(3):389-392. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.10.046. Epub 2023 Oct 21. PMID: 37957103.

Utility of enteral contrast protocols in pediatric adhesive small bowel obstruction: a prospective multicenter observational study.Acker SN, Ignacio R, Russell KW, Kelley-Quon L, Lofberg K, Lee J, Jensen AR, Pickett-Nairne K, Prendergast C, Iantorno SE, Thangarajah H, Patwardhan U, Melhado C, Zhong A, Padilla B, Rothstein DH, Nicassio L, Pandya S, Valencia M, Wang K, Inge TH; Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium. Ann Surg. 2024 Jan 23. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006207. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38258558.

2023

Transcystic laparoscopic common bile duct exploration for pediatric patients with choledocholithiasis: A multi-center study. Rauh J, Dantes G, Wallace M, Collings A, Sanin GD, Cambronero GE, Bosley ME, Ganapathy AS, Patterson JW, Ignacio R, Knod JL, Slater B, Callier K, Livingston MH, Alemayehu H, Dukleska K, Scholz S, Santore MT, Zamora IJ, Neff LP. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Oct 21:S0022-3468(23)00657-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.10.046. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37957103.

Application of a machine learning algorithm in prediction of abusive head trauma in children. Jadhav P, Sears T, Floan G, Joskowitz K, Nienow S, Cruz S, David M, de Cos V, Choi P, Ignacio RC. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Jan;59(1):80-85. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.09.027. Epub 2023 Sep 26. PMID: 37858394.

Factors associated with postoperative opioid use in adolescents. Odegard M, Ourshalimian S, Hijaz D, Goldstein RY, Ignacio RC, Chen SY, Kim E, Kim ES, Kelley-Quon LI. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Nov 25:S0022-3468(23)00694-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.11.010. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38097461.

Routine pediatric surgical emergencies: Incidence, morbidity, and mortality during the 1st 8000 days of life—A narrative review.Abbas A, Laverde R, Yap A, Stephens CQ, Samad L, Seyi-Olajide JO, Ameh EA, Ozgediz D, Lakhoo K, Bickler SW, Meara JG, Bundy D, Jamison DT, Klazura G, Sykes A, Philipo GS; GICS. World J Surg. 2023 Dec;47(12):3419-3428. doi: 10.1007/s00268-023-07097-z. Epub 2023 Jun 21. PMID: 37341797.

Surgically correctable congenital anomalies: Reducing morbidity and mortality in the first 8000 days of life.Banu T, Sharma S, Chowdhury TK, Aziz TT, Martin B, Seyi-Olajide JO, Ameh E, Ozgediz D, Lakhoo K, Bickler SW, Meara JG, Bundy D, Jamison DT, Klazura G, Sykes A, Yap A, Philipo GS; GICS. World J Surg. 2023 Dec;47(12):3408-3418. doi: 10.1007/s00268-023-07087-1. Epub 2023 Jun 13. PMID: 37311874. 

Cervical collar-associated pressure injury in pediatric trauma patients: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium study. Melhado C, Russell KW, Acker SN, Padilla BE, Lofberg K, Spurrier RG, Robinson B, Chao S, Ignacio RC, Ryan M, Jensen AR; Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Cervical Spine Injury Study Group. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Oct 29:S0022-3468(23)00631-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.10.021. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38030530.

Increases in pediatric cholecystectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: An interrupted time series analysis. Keane OA, Ourshalimian S, O'Guinn M, Ing M, Odegard M, Ignacio R, Kelley-Quon LI. Surgery. 2023 Nov 29:S0039-6060(23)00821-8. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.10.027. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38036396. PEDS

A comparative study of laparoscopic versusopen management of index small bowel obstruction in children.  Patwardhan UM, Floan GM, Calvo RY, Acker SN, Choi PM, Prieto JM, Bansal V, Sise MJ, Thangarajah H, Fairbanks TJ, Lazar DA, Ignacio RC. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Oct 21:S0022-3468(23)00653-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.10.043. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37978001.

A window of opportunity: Understanding pediatric falls using area deprivation index. de Cos V, Galvez A, Rooney AS, Sykes A, Krzyzaniak A, Lazar D, Thangarajah H, Bansal V, Sise M, Ignacio RC. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Oct 20:S0022-3468(23)00636-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.10.026. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37953160.   

Application of a machine learning algorithm in prediction of abusive head trauma in children. Jadhav P, Sears T, Floan G, Joskowitz K, Nienow S, Cruz S, David M, de Cos V, Choi P, Ignacio RC. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Sep 26:S0022-3468(23)00564-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.09.027. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37858394.

Machine learning to predict pediatric choledocholithiasis: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium retrospective study. Floan Sachs G, Ourshalimian S, Jensen AR, Kelley-Quon LI, Padilla BE, Shew SB, Lofberg KM, Smith CA, Roach JP, Pandya SR, Russell KW, Ignacio RC Jr; Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Choledocholithiasis Investigative Group. Surgery. 2023 Oct;174(4):934-939. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.07.008. Epub 2023 Aug 12. PMID: 37580219.

Percutaneous pigtail catheter drainage of spontaneous intestinal perforation in premature infants. Jadhav P, Choi PM, Gollin G. J Surg Res. 2023 Nov;291:265-269. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.06.010. Epub 2023 Jul 20. PMID: 37480754.

Trends in management of index adhesive small bowel obstruction in children. Patwardhan UM, Floan GM, Calvo RY, Acker SN, Prieto JM, Thangarajah H, Bansal V, Sise MJ, Fairbanks TJ, Lazar DA, Ignacio RC. J Surg Res. 2023 Sep 1;292:258-263. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.07.043. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37660549.

Pediatric emergency resuscitative thoracotomy: A Western Trauma Association, Pediatric Trauma Society, and Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Collaborative Critical Decisions Algorithm. Martin MJ, Brasel KJ, Brown CVR, Hartwell JL, de Moya M, Inaba K, Ley EJ, Moore EE, Peck KA, Rizzo AG, Rosen NG, Weinberg JA, Coimbra R, Crandall M, Mukherjee K, Ignacio R, Longshore S, Flynn-O'Brien KT, Ng G, Selesner L, Jafri M. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Jun 20. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004055. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37337331.

Plastic Surgery

2024

The utility of preoperative phenylephrine testing in Müller muscle conjunctival resection surgery for involutional ptosis. Saffari PS, Dallalzadeh LO, Kikkawa DO, Korn BS, Ramesh S, Shinder R, Rootman DB. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 Aug 19. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002746. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39159273.  

Immediate and delayed flap reconstruction have equivalent outcomes and associated costs following soft tissue sarcoma surgery. Haldeman PB, Harfouche C, Rosales R, Trimm C, Chun L, Reid C, Flint JH, Chiarappa F. J Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug 19. doi: 10.1002/jso.27770. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39155702. 

Hearing abnormalities in patients treated with teprotumumab. Brant JA, Kikkawa DO, Smith TJ. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2024 Jul;20(7):381-382. doi: 10.1038/s41574-024-00995-9. PMID: 38740893.  

Leveraging the outcome of a frontal bone tumor facial reconstruction case by a multimodal approach. Dobke M, Kolb FJ, Arm DM. Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2024 Jul 5;11(1):2365174. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2024.2365174. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38978691.  

Does preservation of metacarpophalangeal joint vascularity protect against physeal arrest in index finger pollicization? Reghunathan M, Hinchcliff K, Schneidau C, Stutz C, Ezaki M, Oishi SN. J Hand Surg Am. 2024 Jul 6:S0363-5023(24)00237-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2024.05.010. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38970601. 

Orbital decompression following treatment with teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease.  Topilow NJ, Penteado RC, Ting M, Al-Sharif E, Villatoro GA, Yoon JS, Liu CY, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO. Can J Ophthalmol. 2024 Jul 23:S0008-4182(24)00174-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.06.003. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39059786. 

A systematic review of morphine equivalent conversions in plastic surgery: Current methods and future directions. Yessaillian A, Reese M, Clark RC, Becker M, Lopes K, Alving-Trinh A, Llaneras J, McPherson M, Gosman A, Reid CM. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 Jun 14;95:142-151. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2024.06.001. Online ahead of print. PMID:

Jejunum free flap for head and neck reconstruction, a step-by-step surgical technique videos. Haddad A, Elaldi R, Kolb F, Honart JF, Benmoussa N. Head Neck. 2024 Jul 5. doi: 10.1002/hed.27851. Online ahead of print. PMID:

Teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease-related strabismus. Dallalzadeh LO, Villatoro GA, Chen L, Sim MS, Movaghar M, Robbins SL, Karlin JN, Khitri MR, Velez FG, Korn BS, Demer JL, Rootman DB, Granet DB, Kikkawa DO. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 Jul-Aug 01;40(4):434-439. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002611. Epub 2024 Feb 2. PMID: 

A work in progress: Women's status in the plastic surgery workforce and recommendations for success.  Benyamein P, Sheahan L, Becker M, Ewing E, Bajaj A, Gallus K, Gosman A. Aesthet Surg J. 2024 Jun 24:sjae121. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjae121. Online ahead of print. PMID: 3891335. 

The state of surgical research in Sub-Saharan Africa: An urgent call for surgical research trainers. Nthumba PM, Odhiambo M, Pusic A, Kamau S, Rohde C, Onyango O, Gosman A, Vyas R, Nthumba MN. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Jun 14;12(6):e5903. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005903. eCollection 2024 Jun. PMID: 38881962.   

Hearing abnormalities in patients treated with teprotumumab. Brant JA, Kikkawa DO, Smith TJ. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2024 Jul;20(7):381-382. doi: 10.1038/s41574-024-00995-9. PMID: 38740893. 

Utility of a neuromuscular activation exercise protocol on surgeon posture.Yessaillian AL, Clark RC, Segal RM, Angers K, Gosman AA, Reid CM. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 Jun 1;92(6):614-620. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003939. PMID: 38768021.

Geospatial and socioeconomic disparities influencing the management of craniosynostosis.  Belza CC, Sheahan L, Blum J, Becker M, Oca M, Lopes K, Gosman AA. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 May 1;92(5S Suppl 3):S345-S351. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003800. PMID: 38689417.

Unveiling the hidden discrepancies between Medicare physician reimbursement rates and inflation across different surgical specialties.  Stoffel V, Camacho JM, Heeb C, Cui S, Shim JY, Pacella SJ, Gosman AA, Reid CM. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 May 1;92(5S Suppl 3):S340-S344. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003806. PMID: 38689416.

We are not speaking the same language: Current procedural terminology coding and provision of care in lymphatic reconstruction.  Attalla P, Becker M, Clark RC, Reid CM, Brazio PS. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 May 1;92(5S Suppl 3):S310-S314. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003823. PMID: 38689411.

13th dedicated California Society of Plastic Surgeons Annals of Plastic Surgery supplement.  Reid CM. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 May 1;92(5S Suppl 3):S309. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003979. PMID: 38689410.

The holy grail of tracheal replacement. Mercier O, Kolb F, Fadel E. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Apr 11:ezae156. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae156. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38603620.

An interdisciplinary, comprehensive recovery pathway improves microsurgical breast reconstruction delivery. Clark RC, Segal R, Kordahi A, Sendek G, Alving-Trinh A, Abramson W, Sztain J, Swisher M, Gabriel RA, Gosman A, Said ET, Reid CM. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003833. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38563567. 

Reported variability in general surgery training across integrated plastic surgery residency programs.  Chopra CS, Abdirahman HJ, Mullikin AM, Abramov D, Aref Y, Lee CJ, Al-Hamad Daubs M, Reid CM. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 Apr 1;92(4):457-462. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003837. PMID: 38527353.

Results of a pilot virtual microsurgery course for plastic surgeons in LMICs.  Davis GL, Abebe MW, Vyas RM, Rohde CH, Coriddi MR, Pusic AL, Gosman AA. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Feb 12;12(2):e5582. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005582. eCollection 2024 Feb. PMID: 38348462.  

2023

Moving the needle: A narrative review of enhanced recovery protocols in breast reconstruction. Clark RC, Alving-Trinh A, Becker M, Leach GA, Gosman A, Reid CM. Ann Transl Med. 2023 Dec 20;11(12):414. doi: 10.21037/atm-23-1509. Epub 2023 Jul 24. PMID: 38213812.  

Implementation of an electronic health record-integrated instant messaging system in an academic health system.  Kwan B, Bell JF, Longhurst CA, Goldhaber NH, Clay B. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2024 Jan 29:ocad253. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocad253. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38287641

Assessing the readability of online English and Spanish language patient education resources provided by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, and American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons.  Sathyanarayanan S, Paidisetty P, Wang LK, Gosman A, Williams S, Chen W. Ann Plast Surg. 2024 Jan 9. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003754. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38320007. 

Socioeconomic disparities in research participation: Bias in plastic surgery residency match.  Lin LO, Huttinger AL, Butler P, Gosman AA, Janis JE. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2024 Feb 2;12(2):e5565. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005565. eCollection 2024 Feb. PMID: 38313590.

Deconstructing the excellent plastic surgeon: A survey of key attributes. Sendek G, Blum JD, Reghunathan M, Chen S, Luong TT, Gosman AA, Butler PD. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Dec 14;11(12):e5460. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005460. eCollection 2023 Dec. PMID: 38098952.

A practical guide to implementing holistic review during surgery resident selection.  Reghunathan M, Thompson N, Sendek G, Butler PD, Reid CM, Gosman AA.Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Dec 14;11(12):e5459. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005459. eCollection 2023 Dec. PMID: 38098951.

Strength in numbers: A SWOT analysis of plastic surgery.  Blum JD, Reghunathan M, Bradford PS, Camacho J, Sendek G, Jeffers L, Cash C, Mackay D, Butler PD, Gosman AA. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Dec 14;11(12):e5462. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005462. eCollection 2023 Dec. PMID: 38098947.

A SWOT analysis of hot topics in plastic surgery resident education: Consensus from the ACAPS 10th Annual Winter Meeting. Reghunathan M, Camacho JM, Blum J, Sendek G, Luong TT, Chen S, Bradford P, Llaneras J, Butler PD, Gosman AA. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Dec 14;11(12):e5461. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005461. eCollection 2023 Dec. PMID: 38098955.

A practical guide to implementing holistic review during surgery resident selection. Reghunathan M, Thompson N, Sendek G, Butler PD, Reid CM, Gosman AA. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Dec 14;11(12):e5459. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005459. eCollection 2023 Dec. PMID: 38098951.

Strength in numbers: A SWOT analysis of plastic surgery. Blum JD, Reghunathan M, Bradford PS, Camacho J, Sendek G, Jeffers L, Cash C, Mackay D, Butler PD, Gosman AA. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Dec 14;11(12):e5462. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005462. eCollection 2023 Dec. PMID: 38098947.

Orbital exenteration reconstruction using a superficial temporalis muscle flap: The "Carpaccio flap", an innovative approach.  Sounthakith V, Kolb F, Bennedjai A, Orbach D, Picard A, Belhous K, Brémond-Gignac D, Kadlub N. J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2023 Dec;124(6):101490. doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2023.101490. Epub 2023 May 4. PMID: 37146792.

The cost of doing business: An appraisal of relative value units in plastic surgery and other surgical subspecialties. Shim JY, Stoffel V, Neubauer D, Gosman AA, Matros E, Reid CM. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 Nov 1;152(5):1129-1136. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000010306. Epub 2023 Feb 15. PMID: 36790785.

The effect of 3rd carpometacarpal arthrodesis in the outcomes of total wrist fusion using modern plate technology. Rioux-Forker D, Patel RS, Hinchcliff KM, Shin AY. J Wrist Surg. 2023 May 2;12(5):400-406. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1768945. eCollection 2023 Oct. PMID: 37841357.

A retrospective review of arthroscopic shaver utilization in adolescent gynecomastia.  Belza CC, Blum JD, Neubauer D, Reid CM, Ortiz-Pomales YT, Lance SH. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Oct 11;11(10):e5336. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005336. eCollection 2023 Oct. PMID: 37829108.

Custom 3D-printed external cranial orthotic for prevention and treatment of syndrome of the trephined. Leach GA, Dean RA, Cleary DR, Steinberg JA, Gosman AA. J Craniofac Surg. 2023 Oct 1;34(7):e682-e684. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009658. Epub 2023 Aug 28. PMID: 37639663.

The cost of plastic surgery conferences for medical students. Stoffel V, Patel H, Camacho JM, Reid CM. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2023 Sep 15;86:246-247. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2023.09.045. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37782998. 

Analysis of readmission and complications after repair of orbital fractures using California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development database. Chopra CS, Neubauer DC, Hornacek M, Calvo RY, Segal R, Reid CM, Martin MJ, Gosman AA. Ann Plast Surg. 2022 May 1;88(4 Suppl 4):S361-S365. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003139. PMID: 37740469.

Tissue expander-assisted component separation for pediatric abdominal wall reconstruction. Segal RM, Wong A, Zaldana-Flynn M, Englar K, Ewing E, Lance SH, Gosman AA. Ann Plast Surg. 2022 May 1;88(4 Suppl 4):S320-S324. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003138. PMID: 37740465.

Eleventh Dedicated California Society of Plastic Surgeons Annals of Plastic Surgery Supplement. Nazerali RS, Reid C. Ann Plast Surg. 2022 May 1;88(4 Suppl 4):S315. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003225. PMID: 37740464.

Treatment of unicoronal craniosynostosis by rotational flap technique preserves blood supply to the frontal bone flap. Wong A, Lance SH, Gosman AA. Ann Plast Surg. 2022 May 1;88(4 Suppl 4):S348-S350. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003080. Epub 2022 Feb 21. PMID: 35180749.

Using the disruptive score to identify publications that changed plastic surgery practice. Neubauer DC, Blum JD, Labou SG, Heskett KM, Calvo RY, Reid CM, Martin MJ, Gosman AA. Ann Plast Surg. 2022 May 1;88(4 Suppl 4):S385-S390. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000003144. PMID: 37740472.

Management of craniosynostosis in lethal perinatal hypophosphatasia. Kim EN, Leung KL, Wong A, McGregor J, Skolnick GB, Patel KB, Gosman AA. J Craniofac Surg. 2023 Aug 23. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009641. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37610006. 

Game changers: Plastic and reconstructive surgery innovations of the last 100 years. Asghari A, O'Connor MJ, Attalla P, Ewing E, Lee CJ, Greene A, Lee CN, Lifchez S, Sacks JM, Gosman A.Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Aug 16;11(8):e5209. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005209. eCollection 2023 Aug. PMID: 37593701.

Racial and ethnic disparities in selected speakers at plastic surgery conferences. Ha G, Benyamein P, Reghunathan M, Vatsia S, Blum J, Gosman AA. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Jul 25;11(7):e5157. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005157. eCollection 2023 Jul. PMID: 37496979.

Regenerative peripheral interface surgery: Anatomic and technical guide. Leach GA, Dean RA, Kumar NG, Tsai C, Chiarappa FE, Cederna PS, Kung TA, Reid CM. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2023 Jul 17;11(7):e5127. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005127. eCollection 2023 Jul. PMID: 37465283. 

Surgical Oncology

2024

Molecular Tumor Board for Unicorns: Outcomes for rare and ultra-rare cancers using an N-of-One personalized treatment strategy.  Louie BH, Kato S, Lim JS, Kim KH, Lim HJ, Okamura R, Lee S, Kim L, Sicklick JK, Lippman SM, Kurzrock R. iScience. 2024 Jul 5;27(8):110465. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110465. eCollection 2024 Aug 16. PMID: 39148716. 

Expression of PD-L1 is increased by methionine restriction using recombinant methioninase in human colorectal cancer cells. Mizuta K, Kang BM, Han Q, Kubota Y, Morinaga S, Sato M, Bouvet M, Tome Y, Nishida K, Hoffman RM. Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2024 Jul-Aug;21(4):395-398. doi: 10.21873/cgp.20457. PMID: 38944421.  

Reduced malignancy of super methotrexate-resistant osteosarcoma cells with dihydrofolate reductase amplification despite paradoxical gain of oncogenic PI3K/AKT/mTOR and c-MYC expression. Aoki Y, Kubota Y, Masaki N, Obara K, Tome Y, Bouvet M, Nishida K, Hoffman RM. Anticancer Res. 2024 Jul;44(7):2787-2792. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.17090. PMID: 38925854. 

Inhibition of SUMOylation induces adaptive antitumor immunity against pancreatic cancer through multiple effects on the tumor microenvironment.  Erdem S, Lee HJ, Shankara Narayanan JSN, Tharuka MDN, De la Torre J, Ren T, Kuang Y, Abeywardana T, Li K, Berger AJ, Lowy AM, White RR, Chen Y. Mol Cancer Ther. 2024 Aug 16:OF1-OF16. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-23-0572. Online ahead of print.PMID: 39150446. 

4-1BB transcriptomic expression patterns across malignancies: Implications for clinical trials of 4-1BB agonists.  Uehara Y, Kato S, Nishizaki D, Miyashita H, Lee S, Nesline MK, Pabla S, Conroy JM, DePietro P, Ko H, Sicklick JK, Kurzrock R. Cancer Commun (Lond). 2024 Aug 4. doi: 10.1002/cac2.12592. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39097973 No abstract available.

Development of 3D-iNET ORION: a novel, pre-clinical, three-dimensional in vitro cell model for modeling human metastatic neuroendocrine tumor of the pancreas.  Strnadel J, Valasek MA, Lin GY, Lin H, Tipps AMP, Woo SM, Fujimura K, Wang H, Choi S, Bui J, Hermosillo C, Jepsen K, Navarro MR, Kelber JA, Klemke RL, Bouvet M. Hum Cell. 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1007/s13577-024-01113-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39103560. 

Orbital decompression following treatment with teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease.  Topilow NJ, Penteado RC, Ting M, Al-Sharif E, Villatoro GA, Yoon JS, Liu CY, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO. Can J Ophthalmol. 2024 Jul 23:S0008-4182(24)00174-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.06.003. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39059786.

Maximum efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors occurs in esophageal cancer patients with a low neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and good performance status prior to treatment. Hirasawa Y, Kubota Y, Mura E, Suzuki R, Tsurui T, Iriguchi N, Ishiguro T, Ohkuma R, Shimokawa M, Ariizumi H, Horiike A, Wada S, Ariyoshi T, Goto S, Otsuka K, Murakami M, Kiuchi Y, Yoshimura K, Hoffman RM, Tsunoda T. Anticancer Res. 2024 Aug;44(8):3397-3407. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.17160. PMID: 39060084.

Exosome transfer between different co-implanted human pancreatic cancer cell lines occurs in the primary tumor and multiple metastatic sites of nude mice but not in co-culture In Vitro. Yamashita K, Suetsugu A, Hayashi S, Shimizu M, Hoffman RM. Anticancer Res. 2024 Aug;44(8):3307-3315. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.17149. PMID: 39060068.

Recombinant methioninase is selectively synergistic with doxorubicin against wild-type fibrosarcoma cells compared to normal cells and overcomes highly-doxorubicin-resistant fibrosarcoma. Morinaga S, Han Q, Mizuta K, Kang BM, Sato M, Bouvet M, Yamamoto N, Hayashi K, Kimura H, Miwa S, Igarashi K, Higuchi T, Tsuchiya H, Demura S, Hoffman RM. Anticancer Res. 2024 Aug;44(8):3261-3268. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.17144. PMID: 39060039.

Progression of site-specific recurrence of pancreatic cancer and implications for treatment.  Rompen IF, Levine J, Habib JR, Sereni E, Mughal N, Hewitt DB, Sacks GD, Welling TH, Simeone DM, Kaplan B, Berman RS, Cohen SM, Wolfgang CL, Javed AA. Ann Surg. 2024 Aug 1;280(2):317-324. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006142. Epub 2023 Oct 23. PMID: 37870253.

Synergy of rapamycin and methioninase on colorectal cancer cells requires simultaneous and not sequential administration: Implications for mTOR inhibition.  Ardjmand D, Sato M, Han Q, Kubota Y, Mizuta K, Morinaga S, Hoffman RM. Cancer Diagn Progn. 2024 Jul 3;4(4):396-401. doi: 10.21873/cdp.10338. eCollection 2024 Jul-Aug. PMID: 38962555.

The combination of methionine restriction and docetaxel synergistically arrests androgen-independent prostate cancer but not normal cells. Mizuta K, Mori R, Han Q, Morinaga S, Sato M, Kang BM, Bouvet M, Tome Y, Nishida K, Hoffman RM. Cancer Diagn Progn. 2024 Jul 3;4(4):402-407. doi: 10.21873/cdp.10339. eCollection 2024 Jul-Aug. PMID: 38962551. 

Induction of the DNA-repair gene POLQ only in BRCA1-mutant breast-cancer cells by methionine restriction.  Kunihisa T, Inubushi S, Tanino H, Hoffman RM. Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2024 Jul-Aug;21(4):399-404. doi: 10.21873/cgp.20458. PMID: 38944428.  

Expression of PD-L1 is increased by methionine restriction using recombinant methioninase in human colorectal cancer cells.  Mizuta K, Kang BM, Han Q, Kubota Y, Morinaga S, Sato M, Bouvet M, Tome Y, Nishida K, Hoffman RM. Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2024 Jul-Aug;21(4):395-398. doi: 10.21873/cgp.20457. PMID: 38944421.

Reduced malignancy of super methotrexate-resistant osteosarcoma cells with dihydrofolate reductase amplification despite paradoxical gain of oncogenic PI3K/AKT/mTOR and c-MYC expression. Aoki Y, Kubota Y, Masaki N, Obara K, Tome Y, Bouvet M, Nishida K, Hoffman RM.Anticancer Res. 2024 Jul;44(7):2787-2792. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.17090. PMID: 38925854.

Head-to-head comparison of green fluorescent protein (GFP) imaging with luciferase-luciferin imaging in vivo using single-nanometer laser-excitation tuning and an ultra-low-light-detection camera and optics demonstrates the superiority of GFP. Mizuta K, Gallagher S, Wang A, Chang N, Morinaga S, Sato M, Kang BM, Hoffman RM. Anticancer Res. 2024 Jul;44(7):2823-2826. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.17094. PMID: 38925805.

Integrin αvβ3 upregulation in response to nutrient stress promotes lung cancer cell metabolic plasticity. Nam A, Jain S, Wu C, Campos A, Shepard RM, Yu Z, Reddy JP, Von Schalscha T, Weis SM, Onaitis M, Wettersten HI, Cheresh DA. Cancer Res. 2024 May 15;84(10):1630-1642. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-2700. PMID: 38588407. 

The impact of the California state lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on management of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.  Oviedo P, Burns S, Chen WP, Mandl HK, Rosso C, Radgoudarzi N, Crosetti A, Zamora S, Perry LM, Bold RJ, Labora AN, Donahue TR, Maker A, Valerin JB, Zell JA, White RR. J Surg Oncol. 2024 Jun 18. doi: 10.1002/jso.27695. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38894577. 

Targeting patient-derived orthotopic gastric cancers with a fluorescent humanized anti-CEA antibody. Cox KE, Turner MA, Lwin TM, Amirfakhri S, Kelly KJ, Hosseini M, Ghosh P, Obonyo M, Hoffman RM, Yazaki PJ, Bouvet M. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jun 18. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15570-9. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38888861. 

The transcriptomic expression pattern of immune checkpoints shows heterogeneity between and within cancer types.   Miyashita H, Bevins NJ, Thangathurai K, Lee S, Pabla S, Nesline MK, Glenn ST, Conroy JM, DePietro P, Rubin E, Sicklick JK, Kato S, Kurzrock R. Am J Cancer Res. 2024 May 15;14(5):2240-2252. doi: 10.62347/JRJP7877. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38859855.

TIM-3 transcriptomic landscape with clinical and immunomic correlates in cancer.  Ahmed J, Nishizaki D,Miyashita H, Lee S, Nesline MK, Pabla S, Conroy JM, DePietro P, Sicklick JK, Kato S, Kurzrock R. Am J Cancer Res. 2024 May 15;14(5):2493-2506. doi: 10.62347/MQFF6404. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38859842.

Hair-follicle associated pluripotent (HAP)-cell-sheet implantation enhanced wound healing in diabetic db/db mice.  Hasegawa-Haruki A, Obara K, Takaoka N, Shirai K, Hamada Y, Arakawa N, Aki R, Hoffman RM, Amoh Y. PLoS One. 2024 Jun 14;19(6):e0304676. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304676. eCollection 2024.PMID: 38875234. 

ZBTB11 depletion targets metabolic vulnerabilities in K-Ras Inhibitor resistant PDAC.  Tran NL, Jiang J, Ma M, Gadbois GE, Gulay KCM, Verano A, Zhou H, Huang CT, Scott DA, Bang AG, Tiriac H, Lowy AM, Wang ES, Ferguson FM. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 May 21:2024.05.19.594824. doi: 10.1101/2024.05.19.594824. PMID: 38826238. 

DNA-binding agent trabectedin combined with recombinant methioninase is synergistic to decrease fibrosarcoma cell viability and induce nuclear fragmentation but not synergistic on normal fibroblasts. Morinaga S, Han Q, Kubota Y, Mizuta K, Kang BM, Sato M, Bouvet M, Yamamoto N, Hayashi K, Kimura H, Miwa S, Igarashi K, Higuchi T, Tsuchiya H, Demura S, Hoffman RM. Anticancer Res. 2024 Jun;44(6):2359-2367. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.17043. PMID: 38821601. 

The potential of methioninase for cancer treatment. Abo Qoura L, Balakin KV, Hoffman RM, Pokrovsky VS. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer. 2024 May 23;1879(4):189122. doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2024.189122. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38796027.

Transcriptomic analysis of GITR and GITR ligand reveals cancer immune heterogeneity with  implications for GITR targeting.  Moussa P, Kurzrock R, Nishizaki D, Miyashita H, Lee S, Nikanjam M, Pabla S, Nesline MK, Ko H, Conroy JM, DePietro P, Sicklick JK, Kato S.  Am J Cancer Res. 2024 Apr 15;14(4):1634-1648. doi: 10.62347/ECED5481. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38726288.

Efficacy of recombinant methioninase on late-stage patient cancer in the histoculture drug response assay (HDRA) as a potential functional biomarker of sensitivity to methionine-restriction therapy in the clinic.Kubota Y, Sasaki M, Han Q, Hozumi C, Tsunoda T, Hoffman RM. Cancer Diagn Progn. 2024 May 3;4(3):239-243. doi: 10.21873/cdp.10314. eCollection 2024 May-Jun. PMID: 38707720.

Methionine dependence of hair maintenance in C57BL/6 mice. Kubota Y, Varshney N, Kobayashi K, Tsunoda T, Hoffman RM. In Vivo. 2024 May-Jun;38(3):1199-1202. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13555. PMID: 38688645.

Targeting methionine addiction combined with low-dose Irinotecan arrested colon cancer in contrast to high-dose Irinotecan alone, which was ineffective, in a nude-mouse model. Sato M, Mizuta K, Han Q, Morinaga S, Kang BM, Kubota Y, Mori R, Baranov A, Kobayashi K, Ardjmand D, Kobayashi N, Bouvet M, Ichikawa Y, Nakajima A, Hoffman RM. In Vivo. 2024 May-Jun;38(3):1058-1063. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13539. PMID: 38688611.

Extensive shrinkage and long-term stable disease in a teenage female patient with high-grade glioma treated with temozolomide and radiation in combination with oral recombinant methioninase and a low-methionine diet.Sato M, Han Q, Mizuta K, Mori R, Kang BM, Morinaga S, Kobayashi N, Ichikawa Y, Nakajima A, Hoffman RM. In Vivo. 2024 May-Jun;38(3):1459-1464. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13591. PMID: 38688589.

TRIF-IFN-I pathway in Helicobacter-induced gastric cancer in an accelerated murine disease model and patient biopsies.  Bali P, Lozano-Pope I, Hernandez J, Estrada MV, Corr M, Turner MA, Bouvet M, Benner C, Obonyo M. iScience. 2024 Mar 8;27(4):109457. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109457. eCollection 2024 Apr 19. PMID: 38558931.

A human serum albumin-indocyanine green complex offers improved tumor identification in fluorescence-guided surgery.  Li Y, Dai C, Hua Z, Xia L, Ding Y, Wang Q, Gié MM, Bouvet M, Cai H. Transl Cancer Res. 2024 Jan 31;13(1):437-452. doi: 10.21037/tcr-23-2338. Epub 2024 Jan 29. PMID: 38410209.

Colorectal cancer murine models: Initiation to metastasis.  Pothuraju R, Khan I, Jain M, Bouvet M, Malafa M, Roy HK, Kumar S, Batra SK. Cancer Lett. 2024 Apr 10;587:216704. doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2024.216704. Epub 2024 Feb 14. PMID: 38360138.

Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in colorectal cancer.  Fisher OM, Brown C, Esquivel J, Larsen SG, Liauw W, Alzahrani NA, Morris DL, Kepenekian V, Sourrouille I, Dumont F, Tuech JJ, Ceribelli C, Doussot B, Sgarbura O, Alhosni M, Quenet F, Glehen O, Cashin PH; Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International (PSOGI), Nordic Peritoneal Oncology Group (NPOG), American Society for Peritoneal Surface Malignancy (ASPSM) and BIG-RENAPE Groups. BJS Open. 2024 May 8;8(3):zrae017. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae017. PMID: 38722737.

The Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection (PRECEDE) study is a global effort to drive early detection: Baseline imaging findings in high-risk individuals.  Zogopoulos G, Haimi I, Sanoba SA, Everett JN, Wang Y, Katona BW, Farrell JJ, Grossberg AJ, Paiella S, Klute KA, Bi Y, Wallace MB, Kwon RS, Stoffel EM, Wadlow RC, Sussman DA, Merchant NB, Permuth JB, Golan T, Raitses-Gurevich M, Lowy AM, Liau J, Jeter JM, Lindberg JM, Chung DC, Earl J, Brentnall TA, Schrader KA, Kaul V, Huang C, Chandarana H, Smerdon C, Graff JJ, Kastrinos F, Kupfer SS, Lucas AL, Sears RC, Brand RE, Parmigiani G, Simeone DM; PRECEDE Consortium. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2024 Apr;22(3):158-166. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2023.7097. PMID: 38626807.

Local ablation in pancreatic cancer: Some answers and more questions.  Berman ZT, White RR.  Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 May;9(5):398-400. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00046-3. Epub 2024 Mar 19. PMID: 38513682. 

Multi-omic analysis in carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP): Therapeutic impact of knowing the unknown.  Kato S, Gumas S, Adashek JJ, Okamura R, Lee S, Sicklick JK, Kurzrock R. Mol Oncol. 2024 Apr;18(4):956-968. doi: 10.1002/1878-0261.13293. Epub 2023 Nov 16. PMID: 35866362.

Anlotinib inhibits ovarian cancer and enhances cisplatinum sensitivity viasuppressing NOTCH2 expression and stemness.   Xu X, Wang Q, Shen L, Shen Y, Liu H, Liu Y, Yang Z, Hoffman RM, Feng W. Anticancer Res. 2024 Apr;44(4):1399-1407. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16936. PMID: 38538004. 

Reduction of tumor biomarkers from very high to normal and extensive metastatic lesions to undetectability in a patient with stage IV HER2-positive breast cancer treated with low-dose trastuzumab deruxtecan in combination with oral recombinant methioninase and a low-methionine diet.  Sato M, Han Q, Mori R, Mizuta K, Kang BM, Morinaga S, Kobayashi N, Ichikawa Y, Nakajima A, Hoffman RM. Anticancer Res. 2024 Apr;44(4):1499-1504. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16946. PMID: 38538002.

If it's a target, it's a pan-cancer target: Tissue is not the issue.  Adashek JJ, Kato S, Sicklick JK, Lippman SM, Kurzrock R. Cancer Treat Rev. 2024 Mar 21;125:102721. doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2024.102721. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38522181.   

Viewing the immune checkpoint VISTA: landscape and outcomes across cancers. Nishizaki D, Kurzrock R, Miyashita H, Adashek JJ, Lee S, Nikanjam M, Eskander RN, Patel H, Botta GP, Nesline MK, Pabla S, Conroy JM, DePietro P, Sicklick JK, Kato S. ESMO Open. 2024 Mar 18;9(4):102942. doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2024.102942. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38503143.

The novel drug candidate S2/IAPinh improves survival in models of pancreatic and ovarian cancer. Hagi T, Vangveravong S, Takchi R, Gong Q, Goedegebuure SP, Tiriac H, Van Tine BA, Powell MA, Hawkins WG, Spitzer D. Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 16;14(1):6373. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-56928-z.PMID: 38493257. 

Racial disparities in receipt of guideline-concordant care for early-onset colorectal cancer-We must do better. Mehtsun WT, Gupta S. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Mar 15:JCO2302186. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.02186. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38489553.

Development of a predictive model for risk stratification of acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy.  Krause M, Mehdipour S, Veerapong J, Baumgartner JM, Lowy AM, Gabriel RA. Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 19;14(1):6630. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-54979-w. PMID: 38503776.

KIT ATP-binding pocket/activation loop mutations in GI stromal tumor: Emerging mechanisms of kinase inhibitor escape.   Mühlenberg T, Falkenhorst J, Schulz T, Fletcher BS, Teuber A, Krzeciesa D, Klooster I, Lundberg M, Wilson L, Lategahn J, von Mehren M, Grunewald S, Tüns AI, Wardelmann E, Sicklick JK, Brahmi M, Serrano C, Schildhaus HU, Sievers S, Treckmann J, Heinrich MC, Raut CP, Ou WB, Marino-Enriquez A, George S, Rauh D, Fletcher JA, Bauer S. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Feb 26:JCO2301197. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.01197. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38408285.

Precision oncology and cancer surgery.   Sicklick JK. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2024 Apr;33(2):xv-xvi. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2023.12.005. Epub 2024 Jan 16. PMID: 38401920.

Body composition measurements and clinical outcomes in patients with resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma - analysis from SWOG S1505.Sohal DPS, Boutin RD, Lenchik L, Kim J, Beg MS, Wang-Gillam A, Wade JL 3rd, Guthrie KA, Chiorean EG, Ahmad SA, Lowy AM, Philip PA, Chang VT.  J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Mar;28(3):232-235. doi: 10.1016/j.gassur.2023.12.022. Epub 2024 Jan 19. PMID: 38445914.

A randomized trial of two remote health care delivery models on the uptake of genetic testing and impact on patient-reported psychological outcomes in families with pancreatic cancer: The Genetic Education, Risk Assessment, and Testing (GENERATE) Study.  Rodriguez NJ, Furniss CS, Yurgelun MB, Ukaegbu C, Constantinou PE, Fortes I, Caruso A, Schwartz AN, Stopfer JE, Underhill-Blazey M, Kenner B, Nelson SH, Okumura S, Zhou AY, Coffin TB, Uno H, Horiguchi M, Ocean AJ, McAllister F, Lowy AM, Klein AP, Madlensky L, Petersen GM, Garber JE, Lippman SM, Goggins MG, Maitra A, Syngal S. Gastroenterology. 2024 Feb 5:S0016-5085(24)00129-X. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.01.042. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38320723.

Selective synergy of rapamycin combined with methioninase on cancer cells compared to normal cells.   Ardjmand D, Kubota Y, Sato M, Han Q, Mizuta K, Morinaga S, Hoffman RM. Anticancer Res. 2024 Mar;44(3):929-933. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16887. PMID: 38423628.

KIT ATP-binding pocket/activation loop mutations in GI stromal tumor: Emerging mechanisms of kinase inhibitor escape.  Mühlenberg T, Falkenhorst J, Schulz T, Fletcher BS, Teuber A, Krzeciesa D, Klooster I, Lundberg M, Wilson L, Lategahn J, von Mehren M, Grunewald S, Tüns AI, Wardelmann E, Sicklick JK, Brahmi M, Serrano C, Schildhaus HU, Sievers S, Treckmann J, Heinrich MC, Raut CP, Ou WB, Marino-Enriquez A, George S, Rauh D, Fletcher JA, Bauer S. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Feb 26:JCO2301197. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.01197. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38408285.

Precision oncology and cancer surgery.  Sicklick JK. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2024 Apr;33(2):xv-xvi. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2023.12.005. Epub 2024 Jan 16.PMID: 38401920. 

Extensive synergy between recombinant methioninase and eribulin against fibrosarcoma cells but not normal fibroblasts.  Morinaga S, Han Q, Kubota Y, Mizuta K, Kang BM, Sato M, Bouvet M, Yamamoto N, Hayashi K, Kimura H, Miwa S, Igarashi K, Higuchi T, Tsuchiya H, Hoffman RM. Anticancer Res. 2024 Mar;44(3):921-928. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16886. PMID: 38423656.

Preoperative CA 19-9 predicts disease progression in colorectal peritoneal metastases treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy: An analysis from the US HIPEC Collaborative.  Fackche NT, Schmocker RK, Nudotor R, Kubi B, Cloyd JM, Grotz TE, Fournier KF, Dineen SP, Veerapong J, Baumgartner JM, Clarke CN, Patel SH, Wilson GC, Lambert LA, Pokrzywa C, Abbott DE, Lee B, Staley CA, Zaidi MY, Johnston FM, Greer JB. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Feb 3. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-14890-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38310181.

Rat hair-follicle-associated pluripotent (HAP) stem cells can differentiate into atrial or ventricular cardiomyocytes in culture controlled by specific supplementation.Takaoka N, Yamane M, Hasegawa A, Obara K, Shirai K, Aki R, Hatakeyama H, Hamada Y, Arakawa N, Tanaka M, Hoffman RM, Amoh Y. PLoS One. 2024 Jan 26;19(1):e0297443. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297443. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38277391.

Intra-tumoral cell neighborhoods coordinate outcomes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Wattenberg MM, Colby S, Garrido-Laguna I, Xue Y, Chang R, Delman D, Lee J, Affolter K, Mulvihill SJ, Beg MS, Wang-Gillam A, Wade JL 3rd, Guthrie KA, Chiorean EG, Ahmad SA, Lowy AM, Philip PA, Sohal DPS, Beatty GL. Gastroenterology. 2024 Jan 18:S0016-5085(24)00049-0. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.01.013. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38244727.

The effect of extracellular matrix on the precision medicine utility of pancreatic cancer patient-derived organoids. Lumibao JC, Okhovat SR, Peck KL, Lin X, Lande K, Yomtoubian S, Ng I, Tiriac H, Lowy AM, Zou J, Engle DD. JCI Insight. 2024 Jan 9;9(1):e172419. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.172419. PMID: 38051586.

Syk inhibition reprograms tumor-associated macrophages and overcomes gemcitabine-induced immunosuppression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Rohila D, Park IH, Pham TV, Weitz J, Hurtado de Mendoza T, Madheswaran S, Ishfaq M, Beaman C, Tapia E, Sun S, Patel J, Tamayo P, Lowy AM, Joshi S. Cancer Res. 2023 Aug 15;83(16):2675-2689. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-22-3645. PMID: 37306759. 

Novel trial designs for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Serrano C, Rothschild S, Villacampa G, Heinrich MC, George S, Blay JY, Sicklick JK, Schwartz GK, Rastogi S, Jones RL, Rutkowski P, Somaiah N, Navarro V, Evans D, Trent JC. ESMO Open. 2024 Jan 8;9(1):102218. doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2023.102218. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38194880.

Local ablative therapies and the effect on antitumor immune responses in pancreatic cancer - A review. Erdem S, Narayanan JS, Worni M, Bolli M, White RR. Heliyon. 2023 Dec 12;10(1):e23551. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23551. eCollection 2024 Jan 15. PMID: 38187292.

Precise non-invasive imaging mouse model of pancreatic cancer: Very narrow band-width laser fluorescence excitation of green fluorescent protein provides ultra-bright tumor images with no skin autofluorescence.  Kubota Y, Wang A, Chang N, Tarantino S, Gallagher S, Aoki Y, Masaki N, Obara K, Morinaga S, Tsunoda T, Hoffman RM. Cancer Diagn Progn. 2024 Jan 3;4(1):30-33. doi: 10.21873/cdp.10281. eCollection 2024 Jan-Feb. PMID: 38173656.  

2023

Adopting a circular economy for surgical care to address supply chain shocks and climate change. Mehtsun WT, Hyland CJ, Offodile AC 2nd. JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Nov 3;4(11):e233497. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.3497. PMID: 37921743. 

Weekend discharge is not associated with increased readmission after hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Florissi I, Radomski SN, Shou B, Cloyd JM, Kim A, Grotz T, Fournier K, Baumgartner JM, Lambert L, Abbott DE, Schwartz P, Staley CA, Clarke C, Dineen S, Patel SH, Wilson GC, Raoof M, Johnston FM, Greer JB. J Surg Res. 2024 Jan;293:403-412. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.08.026. Epub 2023 Oct 6. PMID: 37806228.

Prediction of early recurrence following CRS/HIPEC in patients with disseminated appendiceal cancer. SenthilKumar G, Merrill J, Maduekwe UN, Cloyd JM, Fournier K, Abbott DE, Zafar N, Patel S, Johnston F, Dineen S, Baumgartner J, Grotz TE, Maithel SK, Raoof M, Lambert L, Hendrix R, Kothari AN. J Surg Res. 2023 Dec;292:275-288. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.06.054. Epub 2023 Sep 2. PMID: 37666090.

Role of circulating tumor DNA among patients with colorectal peritoneal metastases. Baumgartner JM, Botta GP. J Gastrointest Cancer. 2023 Jul 12. doi: 10.1007/s12029-023-00959-8. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37436640. 

ASO visual abstract: Validation of the AJCC 8th Edition Staging System for Disseminated Appendiceal Cancer Patients treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy-A multi-institutional analysis. SenthilKumar G, Kothari AN, Maduekwe UN, Fournier K, Abbott DE, Wilson GC, Patel SH, Greer J, Johnston F, Dineen SP, Powers BD, Baumgartner J, Veerapong J, Leiting J, Grotz TE, Maithel SK, Staley C, Raoof M, Lambert L, Lee A, Kim A, Cloyd JM, Mogal H. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep;30(9):5756-5757. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13829-1. PMID: 37423927.

Methionine restriction of glioma does not induce MGMT and greatly improves temozolomide efficacy in an orthotopic nude-mouse model: A potential curable approach to a clinically-incurable disease. Kubota Y, Aoki Y, Masaki N, Obara K, Hamada K, Han Q, Bouvet M, Tsunoda T, Hoffman RM. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2023 Dec 25;695:149418. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.149418. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38176171.

Recombinant methioninase decreased the effective dose of irinotecan by 15-fold against colon cancer cells: A strategy for effective low-toxicity treatment of colon cancer. Sato M, Han Q, Kubota Y, Baranov A, Ardjmand D, Mizuta K, Morinaga S, Kang BM, Kobayashi N, Bouvet M, Ichikawa Y, Nakajima A, Hoffman RM. Anticancer Res. 2024 Jan;44(1):31-35. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16785. PMID: 38159986.

Non-classical monocytes enhance the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors on colon cancer in a syngeneic mouse model. Goshima T, Ieguchi K, Onishi N, Shimizu T, Takayanagi D, Watanabe M, Fujimoto Y, Ohkuma R, Suzuki R, Tsurui T, Mura E, Iriguchi N, Ishiguro T, Shimokawa M, Hirasawa Y, Kubota Y, Ariizumi H, Horiike A, Yoshimura K, Tsuji M, Kiuchi Y, Kobayashi S, Fujishiro J, Hoffman RM, Tsunoda T, Wada S. Anticancer Res. 2024 Jan;44(1):23-29. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16784. PMID: 38159965.

Asymmetric and symmetric protein arginine methylation in methionine-addicted human cancer cells. Holtz AG, Lowe TL, Aoki Y, Kubota Y, Hoffman RM, Clarke SG. PLoS One. 2023 Dec 22;18(12):e0296291. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296291. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38134182. 

ATR inhibition sensitizes liposarcoma to doxorubicin by increasing DNA damage. Cui J, Dean D, Hornicek FJ, Pollock RE, Hoffman RM, Duan Z. Am J Cancer Res. 2023 Oct 15;13(10):5021-5023. eCollection 2023. PMID: 37970365.

[11C] methionine-PET imaging as a cancer biomarker for methionine addiction and sensitivity to methionine-restriction-based combination chemotherapy. Kubota Y, Sato T, Han Q, Hozumi C, Morinaga S, Mizuta K, Tsunoda T, Hoffman RM. In Vivo. 2024 Jan-Feb;38(1):253-258. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13432. PMID: 38148095. 

Non-invasive fluorescence imaging of breast cancer metastasis to the brain in an orthotopic nude-mouse model with very-narrow-band-width laser excitation of red fluorescent protein resulting in an ultra-bright signal without skin autofluorescence. Kubota Y, Aoki Y, Wang A, Chang N, Tarantino S, Gallagher S, Tsunoda T, Hoffman RM. In Vivo. 2024 Jan-Feb;38(1):69-72. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13411. PMID: 38148053. 

Considering molecular alterations as pan-cancer tissue-agnostic targets.  Adashek JJ, Kato S, Sicklick JK, Lippman SM, Kurzrock R. Nat Cancer. 2023 Dec;4(12):1622-1626. doi: 10.1038/s43018-023-00676-y. PMID: 38102355.

The combination of methioninase and ethionine exploits methionine addiction to selectively eradicate osteosarcoma cells and not normal cells and synergistically down-regulates the expression of C-MYC Aoki Y, Kubota Y, Han Q, Masaki N, Obara K, Bouvet M, Chawla SP, Tome Y, Nishida K, Hoffman RM. Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2023 Dec;20(6suppl):679-685. doi: 10.21873/cgp.20415. PMID: 38035708.

Inhibiting stromal class I HDACs curbs pancreatic cancer progression. Liang G, Oh TG, Hah N, Tiriac H, Shi Y, Truitt ML, Antal CE, Atkins AR, Li Y, Fraser C, Ng S, Pinto AFM, Nelson DC, Estepa G, Bashi S, Banayo E, Dai Y, Liddle C, Yu RT, Hunter T, Engle DD, Han H, Von Hoff DD, Downes M, Evans RM. Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 6;14(1):7791. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42178-6. PMID: 38057326.

Non-invasive omics analysis delineates molecular changes in water-only fasting and its sex-discriminating features in metabolic syndrome patients.  Jiang Y, Tang Z, Zhu X, Xiao B, Tian H, Lei X, Peng H, Qin J, Zhang Y, Hoffman RM, Hu X, Chen Q, Ji G, Jia L. MedComm (2020). 2023 Nov 2;4(6):e393. doi: 10.1002/mco2.393. eCollection 2023 Dec. PMID: 37929015.

Recombinant-methioninase-producing Escherichia coli instilled in the microbiome inhibits triple-negative breast cancer in an orthotopic cell-line mouse model.  Kubota Y, Han Q, Morinaga S, Mizuta K, Bouvet M, Tsunoda T, Hoffman RM. Cancer Diagn Progn. 2023 Nov 3;3(6):649-654. doi: 10.21873/cdp.10267. eCollection 2023 Nov-Dec. PMID: 37927811.

Recombinant methioninase lowers the effective dose of regorafenib against colon-cancer cells: A strategy for widespread clinical use of a toxic drug.  Choobin BB, Kubota Y, Han Q, Ardjmand D, Morinaga S, Mizuta K, Bouvet M, Tsunoda T, Hoffman RM. Cancer Diagn Progn. 2023 Nov 3;3(6):655-659. doi: 10.21873/cdp.10268. eCollection 2023 Nov-Dec. PMID: 37927805.

Gastric cancer in orthotopic mouse models.  Cox KE, Turner MA, Amirfakhri S, Lwin TM, Hosseini M, Ghosh P, Obonyo M, Murakami T, Hoffman RM, Yazaki PJ, Bouvet M. J Surg Res. 2023 Oct 13;293:701-708. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.08.038. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37839102.

High clinical concordance of drug resistance in patient-derived orthotopic xenograft (PDOX) mouse models: First step to validated precise individualized cancer chemotherapy.  Higuchi T, Yamamoto N, Hayashi K, Miwa S, Igarashi K, Tsuchiya H, Hoffman RM. Anticancer Res. 2023 Oct;43(10):4277-4284. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16622. PMID: 37772554.

Targeting methionine addiction of cancer cells with methioninase.  Pokrovsky VS, Qoura LA, Demidova EA, Han Q, Hoffman RM. Biochemistry (Mosc). 2023 Jul;88(7):944-952. doi: 10.1134/S0006297923070076. PMID: 37751865.

Rapid reduction of CEA and stable metastasis in an NRAS-mutant rectal-cancer patient treated with FOLFIRI and bevacizumab combined with oral recombinant methioninase and a low-methionine diet upon metastatic recurrence after FOLFIRI and bevacizumab treatment alone.  Kubota Y, Han Q, Morinaga S, Tsunoda T, Hoffman RM. In Vivo. 2023 Sep-Oct;37(5):2134-2138. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13310. PMID: 37652473.

Methionine restriction increases exosome production and secretion in breast cancer cells.  Inubushi S, Kunihisa T, Mizumoto S, Inoue S, Miki M, Suetsugu A, Tanino H, Hoffman RM. Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2023 Sep-Oct;20(5):412-416. doi: 10.21873/cgp.20393. PMID: 37643781.

SLC26A3/NHERF2-IκB/NFκB/p65 feedback loop suppresses tumorigenesis and metastasis in colorectal cancer.  Lin C, Lin P, Lin H, Yao H, Liu S, He R, Chen H, Teng Z, Hoffman RM, Ye J, Zhu G. Oncogenesis. 2023 Aug 12;12(1):41. doi: 10.1038/s41389-023-00488-w. PMID: 37573425.

Positive circumferential resection margin in rectal cancer is a robust predictor of poor long-term prognosis with clinicopathological bias between groups compensated by propensity-score matching analysis.  Sugimoto K, Takahashi H, Yuki 2nd, Irie T, Kawaguchi M, Kobari A, Amemiya K, Tsuchiya Y, Motegi S, Tsukamoto R, Honjo K, Okazawa YU, Kawai M, Ishiyama S, Takahashi M, Hoffman RM, Sakamoto K. Anticancer Res. 2023 Aug;43(8):3623-3630. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16542.PMID: 37500146.

Positive Circumferential Resection Margin in Rectal Cancer Is a Robust Predictor of Poor Long-term Prognosis With Clinicopathological Bias Between Groups Compensated by Propensity-score Matching Analysis.  Sugimoto K, Takahashi H, Yuki 2nd, Irie T, Kawaguchi M, Kobari A, Amemiya K, Tsuchiya Y, Motegi S, Tsukamoto R, Honjo K, Okazawa YU, Kawai M, Ishiyama S, Takahashi M, Hoffman RM, Sakamoto K. Anticancer Res. 2023 Aug;43(8):3623-3630. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.16542. PMID: 37500146.

Transforming the future of surgeon-scientists.  Ladner DP, Goldstein AM, Billiar TR, Cameron AM, Carpizo DR, Chu DI, Coopersmith CM, DeMatteo RP, Feng SH, Gallagher KA, Gillanders WE, Lal BK, Lipshutz GS, Liu A, Maier RV, Mittendorf EA, Morris AM, Sicklick JK, Velazquez OC, Whitson BA, Wilke LG, Yoon SS, Zeiger MA, Farmer DL, Hwang ES; ASA Task Force for Research Sustainability. Ann Surg. 2023 Nov 2. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006148. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37916404.

At the right dose: personalised (N-of-1) dosing for precision oncology.  Nikanjam M, Kato S, Sicklick JK, Kurzrock R. Eur J Cancer. 2023 Sep 24;194:113359. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113359. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37832506.

Challenges and prospects of CSF1R targeting for advanced malignancies.  Moeller A, Kurzrock R, Botta GP, Adashek JJ, Patel H, Lee S, Pabla S, Nesline MK, Conroy J, Sicklick JK, Kato S. Am J Cancer Res. 2023 Jul 15;13(7):3257-3265. eCollection 2023. PMID: 37560003.

T-cell priming transcriptomic markers: implications of immunome heterogeneity for precision immunotherapy.  Miyashita H, Kurzrock R, Bevins NJ, Thangathurai K, Lee S, Pabla S, Nesline M, Glenn ST, Conroy JM, DePietro P, Rubin E, Sicklick JK, Kato S. NPJ Genom Med. 2023 Aug 8;8(1):19. doi: 10.1038/s41525-023-00359-8. PMID: 37553332.

Humanized anti-carcinoembryonic antigen antibodies brightly target and label gastric cancer in orthotopic mouse models. Cox KE, Turner MA, Amirfakhri S, Lwin TM, Hosseini M, Ghosh P, Obonyo M, Murakami T, Hoffman RM, Yazaki PJ, Bouvet M. J Surg Res. 2023 Oct 13;293:701-708. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.08.038. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37839102.

Neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage predicts outcomes in cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal malignancy.  Winicki NM, Radomski SN, Florissi IS, Cloyd JM, Gutta G, Grotz TE, Scally CP, Fournier KF, Dineen SP, Powers BD, Veerapong J, Baumgartner JM, Clarke CN, Kothari AN, Maduekwe UN, Patel SH, Wilson GC, Schwartz P, Varley PR, Raoof M, Lee B, Malik I, Johnston FM, Greer JB. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Nov;30(12):7840-7847. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14074-2. Epub 2023 Aug 24. PMID: 37620532.

Rethinking placebos: embracing synthetic control arms in clinical trials for rare tumors. Serrano C, Rothschild S, Villacampa G, Heinrich MC, George S, Blay JY, Sicklick JK, Schwartz GK, Rastogi S, Jones RL, Rutkowski P, Somaiah N, Navarro V, Evans D, Trent JC. Nat Med. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02578-z. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37828359.

Single-cell mapping identifies MSI+ cells as a common origin for diverse subtypes of pancreatic cancer. Rajbhandari N, Hamilton M, Quintero CM, Ferguson LP, Fox R, Schürch CM, Wang J, Nakamura M, Lytle NK, McDermott M, Diaz E, Pettit H, Kritzik M, Han H, Cridebring D, Wen KW, Tsai S, Goggins MG, Lowy AM, Wechsler-Reya RJ, Von Hoff DD, Newman AM, Reya T. Cancer Cell. 2023 Sep 25:S1535-6108(23)00324-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.09.008. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37802055.

Integrated molecular characterization of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms: An NCI Cancer Moonshot Precancer Atlas pilot project. Semaan A, Bernard V, Wong J, Makino Y, Swartzlander DB, Rajapakshe KI, Lee JJ, Officer A, Schmidt CM, Wu HH, Scaife CL, Affolter KE, Nachmanson D, Firpo MA, Yip-Schneider M, Lowy AM, Harismendy O, Sen S, Maitra A, Jakubek YA, Guerrero PA. Cancer Res Commun. 2023 Oct 10;3(10):2062-2073. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-22-0419.PMID: 37721516.

A super-enhancer-regulated RNA-binding protein cascade drives pancreatic cancer. Antal CE, Oh TG, Aigner S, Luo EC, Yee BA, Campos T, Tiriac H, Rothamel KL, Cheng Z, Jiao H, Wang A, Hah N, Lenkiewicz E, Lumibao JC, Truitt ML, Estepa G, Banayo E, Bashi S, Esparza E, Munoz RM, Diedrich JK, Sodir NM, Mueller JR, Fraser CR, Borazanci E, Propper D, Von Hoff DD, Liddle C, Yu RT, Atkins AR, Han H, Lowy AM, Barrett MT, Engle DD, Evan GI, Yeo GW, Downes M, Evans RM.Nat Commun. 2023 Sep 6;14(1):5195. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40798-6. PMID: 37673892.

ASO Visual Abstract: Neighborhood level socioeconomic disadvantage predicts outcomes in cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal malignancy.  Winicki NM, Radomski SN, Florissi IS, Cloyd JM, Gutta G, Grotz TE, Scally CP, Fournier KF, Dineen SP, Powers BD, Veerapong J, Baumgartner JM, Clarke CN, Kothari AN, Maduekwe UN, Patel SH, Wilson GC, Schwartz P, Varley PR, Raoof M, Lee B, Malik I, Johnston FM, Greer JB. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep 28. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14282-w. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37768415.

Dual inhibition of KRASG12D and pan-ERBB is synergistic in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Gulay KCM, Zhang X, Pantazopoulou V, Patel J, Esparza E, Pran Babu DS, Ogawa S, Weitz J, Ng I, Mose ES, Pu M, Engle DD, Lowy AM, Tiriac H. Cancer Res. 2023 Sep 15;83(18):3001-3012. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-1313. PMID: 37378556.

Methionine restriction increases exosome production and secretion in breast cancer cells. Inubushi S, Kunihisa T, Mizumoto S, Inoue S, Miki M, Suetsugu A, Tanino H, Hoffman RM. Cancer Genomics Proteomics. 2023 Sep-Oct;20(5):412-416. doi: 10.21873/cgp.20393. PMID: 37643781.

Rapid reduction of CEA and stable metastasis in an NRAS-mutant rectal-cancer patient treated with FOLFIRI and bevacizumab combined with oral recombinant methioninase and a low-methionine diet upon metastatic recurrence after FOLFIRI and bevacizumab treatment alone. Kubota Y, Han Q, Morinaga S, Tsunoda T, Hoffman RM. In Vivo. 2023 Sep-Oct;37(5):2134-2138. doi: 10.21873/invivo.13310. PMID: 37652473.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma induces neural injury that promotes a transcriptomic and functional repair signature by peripheral neuroglia. Weitz J, Garg B, Martsinkovskiy A, Patel S, Tiriac H, Lowy AM. Oncogene. 2023 Aug;42(34):2536-2546. doi: 10.1038/s41388-023-02775-7. Epub 2023 Jul 11. PMID: 37433986.

Pressure-Enabled Drug Delivery (PEDD) of a class C TLR9 agonist in combination with checkpoint inhibitor therapy in a murine pancreatic cancer model. Capacio BA, Shankara Narayanan JS, Vicente DA, Liu Y, LaPorte JP, Cox BF, Jaroch DB, Katz SC, White RR. Surgery. 2023 Sep;174(3):666-673. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.05.011. Epub 2023 Jun 28. PMID: 37391328.

PEGylated fluorescent anti-carcinoembryonic antigen antibody labels colorectal cancer tumors in orthotopic mouse models. Turner MA, Amirfakhri S, Nishino H, Neel NC, Hosseini M, Cox KE, Lwin TM, Li L, Hong T, Sherman A, Shively JE, Hoffman RM, Yazaki PJ, Bouvet M. J Surg Res. 2023 Aug 2;291:596-602. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.06.013. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37540977.

Retrospective analysis of retroperitoneal-abdominal-pelvic ganglioneuromas: An international study by the Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG). Noh S, Nessim C, Keung EZ, Roland CL, Strauss D, Sivarajah G, Fiore M, Biasoni D, Cioffi SPB, Mehtsun W, Cananzi FCM, Sicoli F, Quagliuolo V, Chen J, Luo C, Gladdy RA, Swallow C, Johnston W, Ford SJ, Evenden C, Tirotta F, Almond M, Nguyen L, Rutkowski P, Krotewicz M, Pennacchioli E, Cardona K, Gamboa A, Hompes D, Renard M, Kollár A, Ryser CO, Vassos N, Raut CP, Fairweather M, Krakorova DA, Quildrian S, Perhavec A, Nizri E, Farma JM, Greco SH, Vincenzi B, Lopez JAG, Solerdecoll MS, Iwata S, Fukushima S, Kim T, Tolomeo F, Snow H, Howlett-Jansen Y, Tzanis D, Nikulin M, Gronchi A, Sicklick JK; Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group. Ann Surg. 2023 Aug 1;278(2):267-273. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005625. Epub 2022 Jul 22. PMID: 35866666.

Creation and implementation of a monthly international tumor board: Experience of the Transatlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG). Sicklick JK, Swallow CJ, Raut CP, Callegaro D, Fiore M, Strauss DC, Gronchi A. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jul 24. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13978-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37488393. 

Surgical Sciences

2024

Adenosine triphosphate release from influenza-infected lungs enhances neutrophil activation and promotes disease progression. Ledderose C, Valsami EA, Elevado M, Junger WG. J Infect Dis. 2024 Jul 25;230(1):120-130. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad442. PMID: 39052721. 

A therapy for suppressing canonical and noncanonical SARS-CoV-2 viral entry and an intrinsic intrapulmonary inflammatory response.  Leibel SL, McVicar RN, Murad R, Kwong EM, Clark AE, Alvarado A, Grimmig BA, Nuryyev R, Young RE, Lee JC, Peng W, Zhu YP, Griffis E, Nowell CJ, James B, Alarcon S, Malhotra A, Gearing LJ, Hertzog PJ, Galapate CM, Galenkamp KMO, Commisso C, Smith DM, Sun X, Carlin AF, Sidman RL, Croker BA, Snyder EY. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jul 23;121(30):e2408109121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2408109121. Epub 2024 Jul 19. PMID: 39028694.

Effects of low-dose acetylsalicylic acid on the inflammatory response to experimental sleep restriction in healthy humans.  Engert LC, Ledderose C, Biniamin C, Birriel P, Buraks O, Chatterton B, Dang R, Daniel S, Eske A, Reed T, Tang A, Bertisch SM, Mullington JM, Junger WG, Haack M. Brain Behav Immun. 2024 Jul 21:S0889-1591(24)00500-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2024.07.023. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39043348.

Impaired ATP hydrolysis in blood plasma contributes to age-related neutrophil dysfunction.  Ledderose C, Valsami EA, Elevado M, Liu Q, Giva B, Curatolo J, Delfin J, Abutabikh R, Junger WG. Immun Ageing. 2024 Jul 3;21(1):45. doi: 10.1186/s12979-024-00441-4. PMID: 38961477.

A flow cytometry-based assay to measure neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 virus.  Pscheidt VM, de Souza PO, Fazolo T, Modena JLP, Simeoni C, Teixeira D, Silva NB, Dos Santos KB, Júnior LR, Bonorino C. Cytometry A. 2024 Jun;105(6):446-457. doi: 10.1002/cyto.a.24838. Epub 2024 Apr 16. PMID: 38624015.  

Material scrunching enables working channels in miniaturized vine-inspired robots. Girerd C, Alvarez A, Hawkes EW, Morimoto TK. IEEE Trans Robot. 2024;40:2166-2180. doi: 10.1109/tro.2024.3370088. Epub 2024 Feb 27. PMID: 38799790. 

Application of statistical analysis and machine learning to identify infants' abnormal suckling behavior.Truong P, Walsh E, Scott VP, Leff M, Chen A, Friend J. IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med. 2024 Apr 17;12:435-447. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2024.3390589. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38765888.

Surface acoustic wave-driven enhancement of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays: ELISAW. Zhang L, Zhang S, Floer C, Kantubuktha SAR, Velasco MJGR, Friend J. Anal Chem. 2024 Jun 11;96(23):9676-9683. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01615. Epub 2024 May 30. PMID: 38813952.   

Protocol to generate human liver spheroids to study liver fibrosis induced by metabolic stress.  Kim HY, Lee W, Liu X, Jang H, Sakane S, Carvalho-Gontijo Weber R, Diggle K, Kerk SA, Metallo CM, Kisseleva T, Brenner DA. STAR Protoc. 2024 Jun 3;5(2):103111. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2024.103111. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38833372.

Breast cancer cell-secreted miR-199b-5p hijacks neurometabolic coupling to promote brain metastasis.  Ruan X, Yan W, Cao M, Daza RAM, Fong MY, Yang K, Wu J, Liu X, Palomares M, Wu X, Li A, Chen Y, Jandial R, Spitzer NC, Hevner RF, Wang SE. Nat Commun. 2024 May 29;15(1):4549. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-48740-0. PMID: 38811525.

Defining tropism and activity of natural and engineered extracellular vesicles.  Choi W, Park DJ, Eliceiri BP. Front Immunol. 2024 Apr 10;15:1363185. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1363185. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38660297.

Alcohol-associated liver disease outcomes: Critical mechanisms of liver injury progression.  Osna NA, Tikhanovich I, Ortega-Ribera M, Mueller S, Zheng C, Mueller J, Li S, Sakane S, Weber RCG, Kim HY, Lee W, Ganguly S, Kimura Y, Liu X, Dhar D, Diggle K, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T, Attal N, McKillop IH, Chokshi S, Mahato R, Rasineni K, Szabo G, Kharbanda KK. Biomolecules. 2024 Mar 27;14(4):404. doi: 10.3390/biom14040404. PMID: 38672422.

TM7SF3 controls TEAD1 splicing to prevent MASH-induced liver fibrosis.  Isaac R, Bandyopadhyay G, Rohm TV, Kang S, Wang J, Pokhrel N, Sakane S, Zapata R, Libster AM, Vinik Y, Berhan A, Kisseleva T, Borok Z, Zick Y, Telese F, Webster NJG, Olefsky JM. Cell Metab. 2024 Apr 22:S1550-4131(24)00123-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.04.003. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38670107. 

Membrane phospholipids activate the inflammatory response in macrophages by various mechanisms.  Cauvi DM, Hawisher D, Derunes J, Rodriguez E, De Maio A. FASEB J. 2024 Apr 30;38(8):e23619. doi: 10.1096/fj.202302471R. PMID: 38661031.

An executive summary of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP).  Bulger EM, Bixby PJ, Price MA, Villarreal CL, Moreno AN, Herrera-Escobar JP, Bailey JA, Brasel KJ, Cooper ZR, Costantini TW, Gibran NS, Groner JI, Joseph BA, Newgard CD, Stein DM. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004279. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38523118.

Defining the activity of pro-reparative extracellular vesicles in wound healing based on miRNA payloads and cell type-specific lineage mapping.Park DJ, Choi W, Sayeed S, Dorschner RA, Rainaldi J, Ho K, Kezios J, Nolan JP, Mali P, Costantini T, Eliceiri BP. Mol Ther. 2024 Feb 19:S1525-0016(24)00088-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.02.019. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38379282.   

Cell polarity proteins promote macropinocytosis in response to metabolic stress.  Lambies G, Lee SW, Duong-Polk K, Aza-Blanc P, Maganti S, Dawson DW, Commisso C. bioRxiv. 2024 Jan 30:2024.01.16.575943. doi: 10.1101/2024.01.16.575943. Preprint. PMID: 38293142. 

Editorial overview: "Purinergic immune cell regulation reveals novel pharmacological targets".  Junger W, Ledderose C. Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2024 Jan 25;75:102435. doi: 10.1016/j.coph.2024.102435. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38277943. 

2023

SREBP regulation of lipid metabolism in liver disease, and therapeutic strategies. Li N, Li X, Ding Y, Liu X, Diggle K, Kisseleva T, Brenner DA. Biomedicines. 2023 Dec 12;11(12):3280. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11123280. PMID: 38137501.

Human HSP70-escort protein 1 (hHep1) interacts with negatively charged lipid bilayers and cell membranes.  Moritz MNO, Dores-Silva PR, Coto ALS, Selistre-de-Araújo HS, Leitão A, Cauvi DM, De Maio A, Carra S, Borges JC. Cell Stress Chaperones. 2023 Nov 25. doi: 10.1007/s12192-023-01394-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38001371.

Glycocalyx transduces membrane leak in brain tumor cells exposed to sharp magnetic pulsing. Johns SC, Gupta P, Lee YH, Friend J, Fuster MM. Biophys J. 2023 Nov 21;122(22):4425-4439. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.10.020. PMID: 37992690. 

A heterogenous population of extracellular vesicles mobilize to the alveoli post-injury. Costantini TW, Park DJ, Johnston W, Nakatsutsumi K, Kezios J, Weaver JL, Coimbra R, Eliceiri BP. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Oct 26. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004176. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37880828.

ATP release from influenza-infected lungs enhances neutrophil activation and promotes disease progression. Ledderose C, Valsami EA, Elevado M, Junger WG. J Infect Dis. 2023 Oct 6:jiad442. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad442. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37804120.

Glutamine mimicry suppresses tumor progression through asparagine metabolism in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Recouvreux MV, Grenier SF, Zhang Y, Esparza E, Lambies G, Galapate CM, Maganti S, Duong-Polk K, Bhullar D, Naeem R, Scott DA, Lowy AM, Tiriac H, Commisso C. Nat Cancer. 2023 Oct 9. doi: 10.1038/s43018-023-00649-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37814011.

The origin and fate of liver myofibroblasts. Kim HY, Sakane S, Eguileor A, Weber RCG, Lee W, Liu X, Lam K, Ishizuka K, Rosenthal SB, Diggle K, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Sep 22:S2352-345X(23)00170-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2023.09.008. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37743012. 

Comparison between pre-mortem and post-mortem cadaveric images for use with augmented reality headsets during dissection. Jabbary Aslany F, McBain K, Chen L, O'Brien J, Noel GPJC. Surg Radiol Anat. 2023 Sep 12. doi: 10.1007/s00276-023-03239-z. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37698598.

Evaluating AI-powered text-to-image generators for anatomical illustration: A comparative study. Noel GPJC. Anat Sci Educ. 2023 Sep 11. doi: 10.1002/ase.2336. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37694692. 

Mitochondria are secreted in extracellular vesicles when lysosomal function is impaired. Liang W, Sagar S, Ravindran R, Najor RH, Quiles JM, Chi L, Diao RY, Woodall BP, Leon LJ, Zumaya E, Duran J, Cauvi DM, De Maio A, Adler ED, Gustafsson ÅB. Nat Commun. 2023 Aug 18;14(1):5031. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40680-5. PMID: 37596294.  

Isolation of primary human liver cells from normal and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis livers. Liu X,Lam K, Zhao H, Sakane S, Kim HY, Eguileor A, Diggle K, Wu S, Gontijo Weber RC, Soroosh P, Hosseini M, Mekeel K, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T. STAR Protoc. 2023 Jul 4;4(3):102391. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102391. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37405925.

IgY antibodies against cytolysin reduce ethanol-induced liver disease in mice. Cabré N, Hartmann P, Llorente C, Kouno T, Wang Y, Zeng S, Kim HY, Zhang X, Kisseleva T, Iyer S, Kudumala S, Schnabl B. Hepatology. 2023 Jul 1;78(1):295-306. doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000324. Epub 2023 Feb 23. PMID: 36811393. 

Human hepatic stellate cells: Isolation and characterization.Liu X, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T. Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2669:221-232. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3207-9_13. PMID: 37247063. 

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase is a nonenzymatic safety valve that curtails AKT activation to prevent insulin hyperresponsiveness. Gu L, Zhu Y, Watari K, Lee M, Liu J, Perez S, Thai M, Mayfield JE, Zhang B, Cunha E Rocha K, Li F, Kim LC, Jones AC, Wierzbicki IH, Liu X, Newton AC, Kisseleva T, Lee JH, Ying W, Gonzalez DJ, Saltiel AR, Simon MC, Karin M. Cell Metab. 2023 Jun 6;35(6):1009-1021.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.03.021. Epub 2023 Apr 20. PMID: 37084733. 

Candida albicans-specific Th17 cell-mediated response contributes to alcohol-associated liver disease. Zeng S, Rosati E, Saggau C, Messner B, Chu H, Duan Y, Hartmann P, Wang Y, Ma S, Huang WJM, Lee J, Lee SM, Carvalho-Gontijo R, Zhang V, Hoffmann JP, Kolls JK, Raz E, Brenner DA, Kisseleva T, LeibundGut-Landmann S, Bacher P, Stärkel P, Schnabl B. Cell Host Microbe. 2023 Mar 8;31(3):389-404.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.02.001. PMID: 36893735.

An autocrine signaling circuit in hepatic stellate cells underlies advanced fibrosis in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Wang S, Li K, Pickholz E, Dobie R, Matchett KP, Henderson NC, Carrico C, Driver I, Borch Jensen M, Chen L, Petitjean M, Bhattacharya D, Fiel MI, Liu X, Kisseleva T, Alon U, Adler M, Medzhitov R, Friedman SL. Sci Transl Med. 2023 Jan 4;15(677):eadd3949. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.add3949. Epub 2023 Jan 4. PMID: 36599008.  

Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns, and Acute Care Surgery

2024

NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Melanoma: Cutaneous, version 2. 2024. Swetter SM, Johnson D, Albertini MR, Barker CA, Bateni S, Baumgartner J, Bhatia S, Bichakjian C, Boland G, Chandra S, Chmielowski B, DiMaio D, Dronca R, Fields RC, Fleming MD, Galan A, Guild S, Hyngstrom J, Karakousis G, Kendra K, Kiuru M, Lange JR, Lanning R, Logan T, Olson D, Olszanski AJ, Ott PA, Ross MI, Rothermel L, Salama AK, Sharma R, Skitzki J, Smith E, Tsai K, Wuthrick E, Xing Y, McMillian N, Espinosa S. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2024 Jul;22(5):290-298. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2024.0036. PMID: 39019054. 

Lineage mapping of extracellular vesicles: What cells do they come from and where do they go? Park DJ, Choi W, Zhang H, Eliceiri B. Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle). 2024 Aug 5. doi: 10.1089/wound.2024.0068. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39099339.  

The association of the US-Mexico border wall extension on deaths from harsh land conditions. Tenorio A, McCann CP, Young J, Hill LL, Doucet JJ, Levy M. J Travel Med. 2024 Aug 2:taae102. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae102. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39095061.   

Modernizing surgical quality: A novel approach to improving detection of surgical site infections in the veteran population. Perkins L, O'Keefe T, Ardill W, Potenza B. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2024 Jul 8. doi: 10.1089/sur.2024.013. Online ahead of print. PMID:

Defining tropism and activity of natural and engineered extracellular vesicles.  Choi W, Park DJ, Eliceiri BP. Front Immunol. 2024 Apr 10;15:1363185. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1363185. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38660297.

The scalding truth: Geospatial analysis identifies communities at risk for pediatric scald burns.  Perkins LA, Lee JG, Santorelli JE, Strait E, Smith A, Costantini TW, Doucet JJ, Haines LN. J Surg Res. 2024 Jun 5;300:336-344. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.05.005. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38843720. 

Unmasking the impact: Exploring the role of masks in trauma-informed care communication.  Perkins L, Munter S, Adams L, Black K, Guajardo I, Costantini T, Doucet J, Santorelli J. J Surg Res. 2024 May 25;300:87-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.04.069. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38796905.

An abdominal seat belt sign is associated with similar incidence of hollow viscus injury but increased in-hospital mortality in older adult trauma patients: A PCSA multicenter study.  Sullivan BG, Delaplain PT, Manasa M, Tay-Lasso E, Biffl WL, Schaffer KB, Sundel M, Behdin S, Ghneim M, Costantini TW, Santorelli JE, Switzer E, Schellenberg M, Keeley JA, Kim DY, Wang A, Dhillon NK, Patel D, Campion EM, Robinson CK, Kartiko S, Quintana MT, Estroff JM, Kirby KA, Nahmias J. Am Surg. 2024 May 22:31348241256084. doi: 10.1177/00031348241256084. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38775262.

Thoracic irrigation for prevention of secondary intervention after thoracostomy tube drainage for hemothorax: A Western Trauma Association multi-center study.  Carver TW, Berndtson AE, McNickle AG, Boyle KA, Haan JM, Campion EM, Biffl WL, Carroll AN, Sise MJ, Berndt KS, Burris JM, Kopelman TR, Blank JJ, Seamon MJ, Peschman JR, Morris RS, Kugler NW, Conrardy RD, Szabo A, de Moya MA. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 May 20. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004364. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38764139.

The need for speed: time to first venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in trauma patients matters. Berndtson AE, Costantini TW. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Apr 30;9(1):e001476. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001476. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38737810.

Research priorities in tranexamic acid after trauma: Secondary analysis of the National Trauma Research Action Plan.  Brito A, Meizoso J, Costantini T. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 May 1. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004358. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38689399.

Deaths after readmissions are mostly attributable to failure-to-rescue in EGS patients.  Coimbra R, Kim M, Allison-Aipa T, Zakhary B, Kwon J, Firek M, Coimbra BC, Costantini TW, Haynes LN, Edwards SB. Am Surg. 2024 Apr 24:31348241248796. doi: 10.1177/00031348241248796. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38656140.

Ethics in disaster, mass casualty care, and critical care.  Egodage T, Doucet J, Patel PP, Martin MJ. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Apr 15;9(Suppl 2):e001389. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001389. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38646029.

Traumatic brain injuries after falls from height vs. falls at the US-Mexico border wall.  Tenorio A, Brandel MG, McCann CP, Doucet JJ, Costantini TW, Khalessi AA, Ciacci JD. JAMA Surg. 2024 Apr 10:e240008. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.0008. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38598245. 

Ethics in disaster, mass casualty care, and critical care.  Egodage T, Doucet J, Patel PP, Martin MJ. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Apr 15;9(Suppl 2):e001389. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001389. eCollection 2024.PMID: 38646029.

Two-center analysis of cannabis on venous thromboembolism risk after traumatic injury: A matched analysis. Erwin CR, Costantini TW, Krzyzaniak A, Martin MJ, Badiee J, Rooney AS, Haines LN, Berndtson AE, Bansal V, Sise CB, Calvo RY, Sise MJ. Am J Surg. 2024 Mar 26:S0002-9610(24)00192-2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.03.023. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38582739.

An executive summary of the National Trauma Research Action Plan (NTRAP).  Bulger EM, Bixby PJ, Price MA, Villarreal CL, Moreno AN, Herrera-Escobar JP, Bailey JA, Brasel KJ, Cooper ZR, Costantini TW, Gibran NS, Groner JI, Joseph BA, Newgard CD, Stein DM. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004279. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38523118.

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons Committee on trauma clinical protocol for post-discharge venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after trauma.  Berndtson AE, Cross A, Yorkgitis BK, Kennedy R, Kochuba MP, Tignanelli C, Tominaga GT, Jacobs DG, Ashley DW, Ley EJ, Napolitano L, Costantini TW. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004307. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38523134. 

Identification and management of low risk isolated traumatic brain injury patients initially treated at a rural level IV trauma center.  Nene RV, Corbett B, Lambert G, Smith AM, LaFree A, Steinberg JA, Costantini TW. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Apr;78:127-131. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.01.014. Epub 2024 Jan 12. PMID: 38266433.   

Fraudulent feelings: Imposter syndrome in surgery. Weaver JL. Am J Surg. 2024 Mar 3:S0002-9610(24)00160-0. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.02.047. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38453552.

A border health crisis at the United States-Mexico border: an urgent call to action.  Tenorio A, Hill LL, Doucet JJ. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Jan 17;31:100676. doi: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100676. eCollection 2024 Mar.PMID: 38304757.

It is not all black and white: The effect of increasing severity of frailty on outcomes of geriatric trauma patients.  Alizai Q, Colosimo C, Hosseinpour H, Stewart C, Bhogadi SK, Nelson A, Spencer AL, Ditillo M, Magnotti LJ, Joseph B; AAST Frailty MIT Study Group. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Mar 1;96(3):434-442. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004217. Epub 2023 Nov 22. PMID: 37994092.

Defining the activity of pro-reparative extracellular vesicles in wound healing based on miRNA payloads and cell type-specific lineage mapping.Park DJ, Choi W, Sayeed S, Dorschner RA, Rainaldi J, Ho K, Kezios J, Nolan JP, Mali P, Costantini T, Eliceiri BP. Mol Ther. 2024 Feb 19:S1525-0016(24)00088-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.02.019. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38379282.   

Predictors of direct oral anticoagulant concentrations in the trauma population.  Perkins L, Adams L, Lerner D, Santorelli J, Smith AM, Kobayashi L. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024 Jan 22;9(1):e001208. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001208. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38274020.

Identification and management of low-risk isolated traumatic brain injury patients initially treated at a rural level IV trauma center. Nene RV, Corbett B, Lambert G, Smith AM, LaFree A, Steinberg JA, Costantini TW. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Jan 12;78:127-131. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2024.01.014. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38266433.

Does frailty impact failure-to-rescue in geriatric trauma patients? Kojima M, Morishita K, Shoko T, Zakhary B, Costantini T, Haines L, Coimbra R. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Jan 10. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004256. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38196096. 

2023

Mitochondria are secreted in extracellular vesicles when lysosomal function is impaired. Liang W, Sagar S, Ravindran R, Najor RH, Quiles JM, Chi L, Diao RY, Woodall BP, Leon LJ, Zumaya E, Duran J, Cauvi DM, De Maio A, Adler ED, Gustafsson ÅB. Nat Commun. 2023 Aug 18;14(1):5031. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40680-5. PMID: 37596294.  

Analysis of lipid metabolites derived from gut microbiota in ischemia-reperfusion model. Nakatsutsumi K, Morishita K, Costantini TW, Adachi T, Suekane A, Suzuki K, Kojima M, Arita M, Otomo Y. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Dec 8. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004230. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38079251.

Time-saving effect of real-time ultrasound-guided cannulation for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.Nakatsutsumi K, Endo A, Costantini TW, Takayama W, Morishita K, Otomo Y, Inoue A, Hifumi T, Sakamoto T, Kuroda Y; SAVE-J II study group. Resuscitation. 2023 Oct;191:109927. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109927. Epub 2023 Aug 6. PMID: 37544499.

Intracolon cooling increases survival rate in the rat model of lethal hemorrhage. Arya AK, Hu K, Chen A, Olivas-Garcia Y, Coyne C, Tanaka H, Liu C, Doucet J, Chan T, Hu B. Shock. 2023 Dec 1;60(6):762-770. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000002234. Epub 2023 Oct 5. PMID: 37878475.

Significant variation in computed tomography imaging of pregnant trauma patients: a retrospective multicenter study. Lucas AN, Tay-Lasso E, Zezoff DC, Fierro N, Dhillon NK, Ley EJ, Smith J, Burruss S, Dahan A, Johnson A, Ganske W, Biffl WL, Bayat D, Castelo M, Wintz D, Schaffer KB, Zheng DJ, Tillou A, Coimbra R, Tuli R, Santorelli JE, Emigh B, Schellenberg M, Inaba K, Duncan TK, Diaz G, Kirby KA, Nahmias J. Emerg Radiol. 2023 Dec 27. doi: 10.1007/s10140-023-02195-w. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38150084.

Predictors of fetal delivery in pregnant trauma patients: A multicenter study.  Santos JW, Grigorian A, Lucas AN, Fierro N, Dhillon NK, Ley EJ, Smith J, Burruss S, Dahan A, Johnson A, Ganske W, Biffl WL, Bayat D, Castelo M, Wintz D, Schaffer KB, Zheng DJ, Tillou A, Coimbra R, Tuli R, Santorelli JE, Emigh B, Schellenberg M, Inaba K, Duncan TK, Diaz G, Tay-Lasso E, Zezoff DC, Nahmias J. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Jan 1;96(1):109-115. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003964. Epub 2023 Aug 15. PMID: 37580875.

Outcomes for advanced aged (35 and older) versus younger aged pregnant trauma patients: A multicenter study.   Aryan N, Grigorian A, Lucas AN, Tay-Lasso E, Zezoff DC, Fierro N, Dhillon NK, Ley EJ, Smith J, Dahan A, Johnson A, Ganske W, Biffl WL, Bayat D, Castelo M, Wintz D, Schaffer KB, Zheng DJ, Tillou A, Coimbra R, Santorelli JE, Schellenberg M, Inaba K, Emigh B, Duncan TK, Diaz G, Burruss S, Tuli R, Nahmias J. Am J Surg. 2023 Dec;226(6):798-802. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.06.004. Epub 2023 Jun 2. PMID: 37355376.

Human HSP70-escort protein 1 (hHep1) interacts with negatively charged lipid bilayers and cell membranes.  Moritz MNO, Dores-Silva PR, Coto ALS, Selistre-de-Araújo HS, Leitão A, Cauvi DM, De Maio A, Carra S, Borges JC. Cell Stress Chaperones. 2023 Nov 25. doi: 10.1007/s12192-023-01394-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38001371.

Disaster planning for a surgical surge: when mass trauma threatens to overwhelm your operating rooms.  Kelley KM, Toscano N, Gestring ML, Capella J, Newton C, Bukur M, Shatz DV, Winfield RD, Fox A, Fallat ME, Kuhls DA, Glinik G, Doucet J, Gates J, Remick KN. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2023 Nov 9;8(1):e001224. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2023-001224. eCollection 2023.PMID: 38020853.

The intersection of coagulation activation and inflammation after injury: What you need to know. Costantini TW, Kornblith LZ, Pritts T, Coimbra R. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Nov 13. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004190. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37962222.

Inhalation injury: Which providers can assess the need for intubation?  Perkins L, Horita H, Adams L, Marshall W, Lee J, Doucet J, Smith A, Santorelli JE. J Burn Care Res. 2023 Jul 5;44(4):785-790. doi: 10.1093/jbcr/irad053. PMID: 37208913.

Novel association of blunt cerebrovascular injuries with the San Diego-Mexico border wall height extension.  Tenorio A, Brandel MG, Produturi GR, McCann CP, Wali AR, Bravo Quintana J, Doucet JJ, Costantini TW, Ciacci JD. World Neurosurg. 2023 Jul 5:S1878-8750(23)00908-7. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.06.127. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37419313.

A heterogenous population of extracellular vesicles mobilize to the alveoli post-injury. Costantini TW, Park DJ, Johnston W, Nakatsutsumi K, Kezios J, Weaver JL, Coimbra R, Eliceiri BP. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Oct 26. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004176. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37880828.

Intra-colon cooling increases survival rate in the rat model of lethal hemorrhage. Arya AK, Hu K, Chen A, Olivas-Garcia Y, Coyne C, Tanaka H, Liu C, Doucet J, Chan T, Hu B. Shock. 2023 Oct 6. doi: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000002234. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37878475.

Sigh ventilation in patients with trauma: The SiVent randomized clinical trial. Albert RK, Jurkovich GJ, Connett J, Helgeson ES, Keniston A, Voelker H, Lindberg S, Proper JL, Bochicchio G, Stein DM, Cain C, Tesoriero R, Brown CVR, Davis J, Napolitano L, Carver T, Cipolle M, Cardenas L, Minei J, Nirula R, Doucet J, Miller PR, Johnson J, Inaba K, Kao L. JAMA. 2023 Oct 25:e2321739. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.21739. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37877609.

When is it safe to start VTE prophylaxis after blunt solid organ injury? A prospective AAST multi-institutional trial. Schellenberg M, Owattanapanich N, Emigh B, Van Gent JM, Egodage T, Murphy PB, Ball CG, Spencer AL, Vogt KN, Keeley JA, Doris S, Beiling M, Donnelly M, Ghneim M, Schroeppel T, Bradford J, Breinholt CS, Coimbra R, Berndtson AE, Anding C, Charles MS, Rieger W, Inaba K; AAST VTE Prophylaxis Study Group. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Oct 24. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004163. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37872669.

The things we carry: The scope and impact of second victim syndrome. Nosanov L, Elseth AJ, Maxwell J, Alimi YR, Giri O, Millar JK, Cannada L, Sulciner ML, Weaver JL; AWS Publications Committee. Am J Surg. 2023 Nov;226(5):726-728. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.06.035. Epub 2023 Jul 3. PMID: 37451938.

Development and validation of a novel hollow viscus injury prediction score for abdominal seatbelt sign: A Pacific Coast Surgical Association multicenter study. Santos J, Delaplain PT, Tay-Lasso E, Biffl WL, Schaffer KB, Sundel M, Ghneim M, Costantini TW, Santorelli JE, Switzer E, Schellenberg M, Keeley JA, Kim DY, Wang A, Dhillon NK, Patel D, Campion EM, Robinson CK, Kartiko S, Quintana MT, Estroff JM, Kirby KA, Grigorian A, Nahmias J. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Sep 13. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000863. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37703489. 

A majority of trauma-related deep venous thromboses resolve prior to discharge. Marshall WA, Dumitru AG, Chung SH, Johnston WA, Black KM, Adams LM, Berndtson AE, Costantini TW, Weaver JL. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2023 Jul 15. doi: 10.1007/s11239-023-02863-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37452907. 

Vascular & Endovascular Surgery

2024

Transcarotid artery revascularization outperforms transfemoral carotid artery stenting regardless of aortic arch type or degree of atherosclerosis. Hamouda M, Alqrain S, Zarrintan S, Yei K, Barleben A, Malas MB. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Aug 10:S0741-5214(24)01680-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.07.101. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39134214. 

An international, expert-based, delphi consensus document on controversial issues in the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms.  Paraskevas KI, Schermerhorn ML, Haulon S, Beck AW, Verhagen HJM, Lee JT, Verhoeven ELG, Blankensteijn JD, Kölbel T, Lyden SP, Clair DG, Faggioli G, Bisdas T, D'Oria M, Mani K, Sörelius K, Gallitto E, Fernandes E Fernandes J, Katsargyris A, Lepidi S, Vacirca A, Myrcha P, Koelemay MJW, Mansilha A, Zeebregts CJ, Pini R, Dias NV, Karelis A, Bosiers MJ, Stone DH, Venermo M, Farber MA, Blecha M, Melissano G, Riambau V, Eagleton MJ, Gargiulo M, Scali ST, Torsello GB, Eskandari MK, Perler BA, Gloviczki P, Malas M, Dalman RL. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Aug 13:S0741-5214(24)01712-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.08.012. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39147288.

What is the best technique for treating carotid disease?  Abdelkarim A, Hamouda M, Malas MB. Adv Surg. 2024 Sep;58(1):161-189. doi: 10.1016/j.yasu.2024.04.010. Epub 2024 May 8. PMID: 39089775.

Outcomes of thoracic and complex endovascular aortic repair in patients with renal insufficiency.  Elsayed N, Perez S, Straus SL, Unkart J, Malas M. Ann Vasc Surg. 2024 Jul 17:S0890-5096(24)00448-5. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2024.06.028. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39029897.

30-day risk score for mortality and stroke in patients with carotid artery stenosis using artificial intelligence based carotid plaque morphology. Patel RJ, Willie-Permor D, Fan A, Zarrintan S, Malas MB. Ann Vasc Surg. 2024 Jul 13:S0890-5096(24)00397-2. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2024.05.016. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39009122.

Analysis of surgeon and center case volume and stroke or death after transcarotid artery revascularization. Elsayed N, Khan MA, Janssen CB, Lane J, Beckerman WE, Malas MB. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Jul 12. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001145. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38994840.

Temporary mesenteric venous shunting for portal vein reconstruction: A novel technical adjunct.  Quatromoni JG, Roses R, Lee MK, Jackson OA, Jackson BM, Gaffey AC. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2024 May 18;10(4):101540. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2024.101540. eCollection 2024 Aug. PMID: 38989262.

Hyperabduction during balloon inflation in the subclavian vein as a test for thoracic outlet syndrome.  Shibbani K, Malas M, Justino H. JACC Case Rep. 2024 May 13;29(12):102338. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102338. eCollection 2024 Jun 19. PMID: 38984204.

Multicenter study on physician-modified endografts for thoracoabdominal and complex abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.  Tsilimparis N, Gouveia E Melo R, Tenorio ER, Scali S, Mendes B, Han S, Schermerhorn M, Adam DJ, B Malas M, Farber M, Kölbel T, Starnes B, Joseph G, Branzan D, Cochennec F, Timaran C, Bertoglio L, Cieri E, Pedro LM, Verzini F, Beck AW, Chait J, Pyun A, Magee GA, Swerdlow N, Juszczak M, Barleben A, Patel R, Gomes VC, Panuccio G, Sweet MP, Zettervall SL, Becquemin JP, Canonge J, Porras-Colón J, Dias-Neto M, Giordano A, Oderich GS. Circulation. 2024 Jul 11. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.068587. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38989565.

Non-contrast MRI of micro-vascularity of the feet and toes.  Bae WC, Malis V, Vucevic D, Yamamoto A, Nakamura K, Lane J, Miyazaki M. Jpn J Radiol. 2024 Jul;42(7):785-797. doi: 10.1007/s11604-024-01553-z. Epub 2024 Mar 27. PMID: 38536557.

Investigation of the weekend effect on peri-operative complications and mortality following carotid revascularization.  Ramachandran M, Hamouda M, Cui CL, Moghaddam M, Zarrintan S, Lane JS, Malas MB. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Jun 26:S0741-5214(24)01480-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.06.163. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38942398. 

Long-term patency between brachiocephalic and brachiobasilic fistulas: A single institution review.  Patel RJ, Hamouda M, Straus S, Zarrintan S, Janssen C, Malas MB, Al-Nouri O. Ann Vasc Surg. 2024 Jul 1:S0890-5096(24)00307-8. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2024.06.006. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38960096.

A contemporary evaluation of the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services high-risk indicators for carotid endarterectomy. Straus S, Barodi B, Zarrintan S, Willie-Permor D, Vootukuru N, Malas M. Ann Surg. 2024 Jun 18. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006397. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38887941. 

Surface acoustic wave-driven enhancement of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays: ELISAW. Zhang L, Zhang S, Floer C, Kantubuktha SAR, Velasco MJGR, Friend J. Anal Chem. 2024 Jun 11;96(23):9676-9683. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c01615. Epub 2024 May 30. PMID: 38813952.   

Transcarotid artery revascularization versus carotid endarterectomy.  Paraskevas KI, Malas MB, Schermerhorn ML. Angiology. 2024 Jun 12:33197241261453. doi: 10.1177/00033197241261453. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38864386.

Seven years of the transcarotid artery revascularization surveillance project, comparison to transfemoral stenting and endarterectomy.  Straus S, Yadavalli SD, Allievi S, Sanders A, Davis RB, Malas MB, Wang GJ, Kashyap VS, Cronenwett J, Motaganahalli RL, Nolan B, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Schermerhorn M. J Vasc Surg. 2024 May 29:S0741-5214(24)01227-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.05.048. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38821431.

Non-white patients have a higher risk of stroke following transcarotid artery revascularization. Patel RJ, Dodo-Williams TS, Sendek G, Elsayed N, Malas MB. J Surg Res. 2024 May 25;300:71-78. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.04.062. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38796903.

Predictors of prolonged length of stay after elective carotid revascularization.  Aridi H, Leon B, Murphy MP, Malas M, Schermerhorn M, Kashyap VS, Wang G, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Gonzalez A, Motaganahalli R. J Vasc Surg. 2024 May 17:S0741-5214(24)01201-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.05.022. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38763455.

Clinical use of polygenic risk scores for detection of peripheral artery disease and cardiovascular events.  Omiye JA, Ghanzouri I, Lopez I, Wang F, Cabot J, Amal S, Ye J, Lopez NG, Adebayo-Tijani F, Ross EG. PLoS One. 2024 May 17;19(5):e0303610. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303610. eCollection 2024. PMID: 38758931.

The effect of controlled versus uncontrolled hypertension on outcomes of carotid revascularization procedures. Farah M, Moghaddam M, Zarrintan S, Willie-Permor D, Schermerhorn M, Malas M. J Vasc Surg. 2024 May 17:S0741-5214(24)01200-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.05.021. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38763456.

Endovascular therapy versus bypass for chronic limb-threatening ischemia in a real-world practice. Zarrintan S, Rahgozar S, Ross EG, Farber A, Menard MT, Conte MS, Malas MB. J Vasc Surg. 2024 May 6:S0741-5214(24)01093-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.04.067. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38718850.

The obesity paradox exists for perioperative complications and mortality following lower extremity arterial bypass surgery.Ramachandran M, Unkart JT, Willie-Permor D, Hamouda M, Elsayed N, Malas MB. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Apr 18:S0741-5214(24)01067-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.04.044. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38642672.

Transparency in our VISION: Author commentary on our Medicare-matched study.  Yei KS, Goodney PP, Malas MB. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Apr;79(4):835-836. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.10.047. PMID: 38519213.

The double burden: Deciphering chronic limb-threatening Ischemia in end-stage renal disease. Nakhaei P, Hamouda M, Malas MB. Ann Vasc Surg. 2024 Apr 8:S0890-5096(24)00151-1. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.12.102. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38599491.

Long-term outcomes of carotid endarterectomy vs transfemoral carotid stenting in a Medicare-matched database.  Yei KS, Janssen C, Elsayed N, Naazie I, Sedrakyan A, Malas MB. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Apr;79(4):826-834.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.08.118. Epub 2023 Aug 25. PMID: 37634620.

Long-term outcomes in the smoking claudicant after peripheral vascular interventions. Patel RJ, Zarrintan S, Vootukuru NR, Allah SH, Gaffey A, Malas MB. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Mar 1:S0741-5214(24)00410-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2024.02.033. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38432487.

Ultrasound-guided percutaneous cryoneurolysis for perioperative analgesia following major lower extremity amputation: A randomized, participant- and observer-masked, sham-controlled pilot study. Finneran JJ, Schwartz AK, Girard PJ, Kent WT, Al-Nouri O, Trescot A, Ilfeld BM. Cureus. 2024 Feb 4;16(2):e53563. doi: 10.7759/cureus.53563. eCollection 2024 Feb. PMID: 38445120.  

2023

Changes in treatment patterns of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States. Mohnot J, Wang YG, Yin K, Malas MB, Edwards NM, Dobrilovic N, Zhan Y. JTCVS Open. 2023 Sep 11;16:48-65. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2023.08.019. eCollection 2023 Dec. PMID: 38204709. 

Outcomes following carotid revascularization for stroke stratified by Modified Rankin Scale and time of intervention. Solomon Y, Conroy PD, Rastogi V, Yadavalli SD, Schneider PA, Wang GJ, Malas MB, de Borst GJ, Schermerhorn ML. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct 28:S0741-5214(23)02173-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.10.041. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38179993.

Glycocalyx transduces membrane leak in brain tumor cells exposed to sharp magnetic pulsing. Johns SC, Gupta P, Lee YH, Friend J, Fuster MM. Biophys J. 2023 Nov 21;122(22):4425-4439. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.10.020. PMID: 37992690.

Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with worse 30-day mortality and complications after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Willie-Permor D, Real M, Zarrintan S, Gaffey AC, Malas MB. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Dec 26:S0890-5096(23)00858-0. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.10.030. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38154494.

Endovascular versus surgical lower extremity revascularization among patients with chronic kidney disease. Chen Q, Han J, Parvathinathan G, Ross E, Stedman MR, Chang TI. Int J Nephrol. 2023 Dec 16;2023:5586060. doi: 10.1155/2023/5586060. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38144229.

Small arteriovenous anastomosis in fistula creation: Establishing a functional vascular access while minimizing steal syndrome.  Turner MA, Mathlouthi A, Patel RJ, Perreault M, Malas MB, Al-Nouri O. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Nov 3:S0890-5096(23)00760-4. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.10.002. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37926140. 

Association of stroke or death with severity of carotid lesion calcification in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting. Mota L, Wang SX, Cronenwett JL, Nolan BW, Malas MB, Schermerhorn ML, Liang P. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct 30:S0741-5214(23)02178-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.10.046. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37913944.

A single institution case series of total endovascular relining for type 3 endoleaks in traditional EVAR grafts with raised bifurcations.  Patel RJ, Sibona A, Malas MB, Al-Nouri O, Lane JS, Barleben AR. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct 13:S0890-5096(23)00695-7. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.08.038. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37839654.

Patients with prior exposure to a combination of statins & angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is)/Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) have better outcomes after carotid revascularization than patients with prior exposure to statins alone: A multi-center analysis.  Willie-Permor D, Rahgozar S, Zarrintan S, Alsaigh T, Gaffey AC, Malas MB. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct 16:S0890-5096(23)00693-3. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.08.036. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37852362.

Postoperative outcomes and one-year mortality of patients on chronic anticoagulation medications undergoing infrainguinal bypass. Chow CY, Zarrintan S, Willie-Permor D, Elsayed N, Baril RDT, Malas MB. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct 4:S0890-5096(23)00662-3. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.07.110. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37802142.

The impact of neighborhood social disadvantage on presentation and management of first-time hemodialysis access surgery patients.  Zhu M, Mota L, Farber A, Schermerhorn ML, King E, Alonso A, Kobzeva-Herzog A, Morrissey N, Malas M, Siracuse JJ. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct;78(4):1041-1047.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.05.044. Epub 2023 Jun 16. PMID: 37331447.

Two-stage offers no advantages over single-stage arteriovenous creation: An analysis of multicenter national data. Patel RJ, Willie-Permor D, Zarrintan S, Elsayed N, Al-Nouri O, Malas MB. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct;96:308-315. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.03.020. Epub 2023 Mar 31. PMID: 37004922.

Long-term outcomes after lower extremity bypass in the actively smoking claudicant. Patel RJ, Zarrintan S, Jagadeesh V, Vootukuru NR, Gaffey A, Malas MB. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct;78(4):1003-1011. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.05.047. Epub 2023 Jun 14. PMID: 37327952.

Modality-specific outcomes of patients undergoing carotid revascularization in the setting of recent myocardial infarction. Straus S, Moghaddam M, Zarrintan S, Willie-Permor D, Jagadeesh CV, Malas M. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Sep 22:S0741-5214(23)02051-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.09.024. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37742732.

Upper extremity access has worse outcomes in F/BEVAR using the VQI dataset. Patel RJ, Sibona A, Malas MB, Lane JS, Al-Nouri O, Barleben AR. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Aug 11:S0890-5096(23)00558-7. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.08.002. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37574045.

The use of robot-assisted surgery for the unstable traumatic spine: A retrospective cohort study. Diaz-Aguilar LD, Brown NJ, Bui N, Alvandi B, Pennington Z, Gendreau J, Jeswani SP, Pham MH, Santiago-Dieppa DR, Nguyen AD. N Am Spine Soc J. 2023 Jun 12;15:100234. doi: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2023.100234. eCollection 2023 Sep. PMID: 37564913.

Association between conduit type and outcomes after open repair of popliteal artery aneurysms. Naazie IN, Willie-Permor D, Haykal T, Harris LM, Hughes K, Malas MB. J Surg Res. 2023 Aug 8;291:670-676. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.06.021. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37562228.

Propensity-score matched analysis of three years survival of transcarotid artery revascularization versus carotid endarterectomy in the Vascular Quality Initiative Medicare linked database. Zarrintan S, Elsayed N, Patel RJ, Clary B, Goodney PP, Malas MB. Ann Surg. 2023 Jul 13. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006009. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37436847

Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors are associated with favorable outcomes compared to beta blockers in reducing mortality following abdominal aneurysm repair.  Elsayed N, Gaffey AC, Abou-Zamzam A, Malas MB. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Jul 14:e029761. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.029761. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37449564

What Is the role of transcarotid artery revascularization? Zarrintan S, Malas MB. Adv Surg. 2023 Sep;57(1):115-140. doi: 10.1016/j.yasu.2023.04.010. Epub 2023 May 26. PMID: 37536848.

Cost-effectiveness analysis of open versus endovascular revascularization for chronic mesenteric ischemia. Patel RJ, Cui C, Khan MA, Willie-Permor D, Malas MB. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Aug; 94:347-355. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.02.013. Epub 2023 Mar 4. PMID: 36878356.

Novel risk score calculator for perioperative mortality after EVAR with incorporation of anatomical factors. Mathlouthi A, Abdelkarim A, Elsayed N, Ramakrishnan G, Naazie I, Malas MB. Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Aug;94:289-295. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.02.020. Epub 2023 Mar 1. PMID: 36863488.

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2024

Providing red blood cells to facilitate organ transplant via normothermic perfusion techniques: A single-center experience.  Allen ES, Stephens LD, Weber N, Brubaker AL, Hudson K, Pretorius V, Schnickel G, Kopko PM. Transfusion. 2024 Aug 24. doi: 10.1111/trf.17994. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39180488.

MICAL2 Is a super enhancer associated gene that promotes pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis. Garg B, Khan S, Babu DS, Mose E, Gulay K, Sharma S, Sood D, Wenzel AT, Martsinkovskiy A, Patel J, Jaquish D, Lambies G, D'Ippolito A, Austgen K, Johnston B, Orlando D, Jang GH, Gallinger S, Goodfellow E, Brodt P, Commisso C, Tamayo P, Mesirov JP, Tiriac H, Lowy AM. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Jun 30:2024.06.26.600548. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.26.600548. PMID: 38979336 Free PMC article.

ASO Visual Abstract: Association of race, ethnicity, language and insurance and time to treatment initiation among women with breast cancer at an urban, academic, safety-net hospital. Beaulieu-Jones BR, Ha EJ, Fefferman A, Wang J, Chung SH, Tseng JF, Merrill A, Sachs TE, Ko NY, Cassidy MR. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jul 3. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15647-5. Online ahead of print. PMID:  

ASO visual abstract: Targeting patient-derived orthotopic gastric cancers with a fluorescent humanized anti-CEA antibody. Cox KE, Turner MA, Lwin TM, Amirfakhri S, Kelly KJ, Hosseini M, Ghosh P, Obonyo M, Hoffman RM, Yazaki PJ, Bouvet M. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jul 16. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15742-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 

ASO visual abstract: Overall volume of upper gastrointestinal surgery positively impacts gastric cancer outcomes at centers with low gastrectomy volume.  Romatoski KS, de Geus SWL, Miriyam B, Chung SH, Kenzik K, Papageorge MV, Rasic G, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jun 6. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15495-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38842677.  

Overall volume of upper gastrointestinal surgery positively impacts gastric cancer outcomes at centers with low gastrectomy volume.  Romatoski KS, de Geus SWL, Miriyam B, Chung SH, Kenzik K, Papageorge MV, Rasic G, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 May 22. doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15381-y. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38777899. 

Call me Ishmael: Addressing the white whale of team communication in the operating room with labelled surgical caps at an academic medical centre. Goldhaber NH, Mehta S, Longhurst CA, Malachowski E, Jones M, Clary BM, Schaefer RL, McHale M, Rhodes LP, Mekeel KL, Reeves JJ. BMJ Open Qual. 2024 Apr 8;13(2):e002453. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2023-002453. PMID: 38589054. 

Disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delays in colorectal cancer treatment: A National Cancer Database study.  Chung SH, Rasic G, Romatoski KS, Kenzik K, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Surgery. 2024 Apr;175(4):1013-1020. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2023.12.016. Epub 2024 Jan 19. PMID: 38245445. 

Association of race, ethnicity, language, and insurance with time to treatment initiation among women with breast cancer at an urban, academic, safety-net hospital.  Beaulieu-Jones BR, Ha EJ, Fefferman A, Wang J, Chung SH, Tseng JF, Merrill A, Sachs TE, Ko NY, Cassidy MR.Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Mar;31(3):1608-1614. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14612-y. Epub 2023 Nov 28. PMID: 38017122. 

Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with worse 30-day mortality and complications after thoracic endovascular aortic repair.  Willie-Permor D, Real M, Zarrintan S, Gaffey AC, Malas MB. Ann Vasc Surg. 2024 Apr;101:15-22. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2023.10.030. Epub 2023 Dec 26. PMID: 38154494. 

The expression of the claudin family of proteins in colorectal cancer.  Cox KE, Liu S, Hoffman RM, Batra SK, Dhawan P, Bouvet M. Biomolecules. 2024 Feb 24;14(3):272. doi: 10.3390/biom14030272. PMID: 38540693.

A multidisciplinary minimally invasive approach Is necessary for the contemporary management of esophageal diverticula.  Broderick RC, Spurzem GJ, Huang EY, Sandler BJ, Jacobsen GR, Weisman RA, Onaitis MW, Weissbrod PA, Horgan S. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2024 Feb 26. doi: 10.1089/lap.2023.0491. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38407920. 

Percutaneous auricular neuromodulation (nerve stimulation) for the treatment of pain following cholecystectomy and hernia repair: a randomized, double-masked, sham-controlled pilot study. Ilfeld BM, Abramson WB, Alexander B, Sztain JF, Said ET, Broderick RC, Sandler BJ, Doucet JJ, Adams LM, Abdullah B, Cha BJ, Finneran JJ 4th. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 Feb 21:rapm-2024-105283. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105283. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38388014.   

2023

Surgery and anesthesia preoperative "virtual huddle": A pilot trial to enhance communication across the drape. Goldhaber NH, Reeves JJ, Puri D, Berumen JA, Tran M, Clay BJ, Longhurst CA, Fergerson B. Appl Clin Inform. 2023 Aug;14(4):772-778. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1772687. Epub 2023 Sep 27. PMID: 37758227. 

Reply to: "Is choosing wisely wise for lobular carcinoma in patients over 70 years of age? A national cancer database analysis of sentinel node practice patterns.Goldhaber N, O'Keefe T, Blair S. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Nov 28. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14563-4. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38017123.

Case bias case basis: Expanding morbidity and mortality conference to examine the impact of disparities in surgical care.  Goldhaber NH, Matson J, Luo W, Thareja N, Lopez N, Clary BM, Mekeel KL. J Surg Educ. 2023 Dec;80(12):1755-1761. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2023.10.002. Epub 2023 Nov 15. PMID: 37978011.

Glutamine mimicry suppresses tumor progression through asparagine metabolism in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Recouvreux MV, Grenier SF, Zhang Y, Esparza E, Lambies G, Galapate CM, Maganti S, Duong-Polk K, Bhullar D, Naeem R, Scott DA, Lowy AM, Tiriac H, Commisso C. Nat Cancer. 2023 Oct 9. doi: 10.1038/s43018-023-00649-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37814011.

Distinguishing characteristics of xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis and gallbladder adenocarcinoma: a persistent diagnostic dilemma. Huang EY, Reeves JJ, Broderick RC, Serra JL, Goldhaber NH, An JY, Fowler KJ, Hosseini M, Sandler BJ, Jacobsen GR, Horgan S, Clary BM. Surg Endosc. 2023 Oct 2. doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10461-8. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37783778.

A lasting impact. Chung SH. Annals of Surgery 278(3):p e466-e467, September 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005932.

ASO visual abstract: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delays to breast cancer surgery—Ripples or waves? Chung SH, Romatoski KS, Rasic G, Beaulieu-Jones BR, Kenzik K, Merrill AL, Tseng JF, Cassidy MR, Sachs TE. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Aug 3. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13986-3. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37535273.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delays to breast cancer surgery: Ripples or waves? Chung SH, Romatoski KS, Rasic G, Beaulieu-Jones BR, Kenzik K, Merrill AL, Tseng JF, Cassidy MR, Sachs TE. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Aug 1. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13878-6. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37526751.

ASO author reflections: Delays in breast cancer treatment during the COVID pandemic—Disparities in delay and a call to action. Chung SH, Sachs TE. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jul 11. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13879-5. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37434072