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• • ·Editorial Board

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• Editorial

  • ·From the Editor – in – Chief: Featured papers in the February 2024 issue

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    Herbert Chen

    

• INVITED COMMENTARY

  • ·Mind the gap: Closing the gender divide in academic surgery

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    Megan R. Newsom, Kandace P. McGuire

    Plan Plan

• FEATURED ARTICLE

  • ·Advanced degrees, gender, and professional rank in surgery, disparities in academic medicine

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    Marisa Carman, Holly Zink, Kelsey Larson, Christa Balanoff, Jamie Wagner, Lynn Chollet-Hinton, Lyndsey Kilgore

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• INVITED COMMENTARY

  • ·Few top-ranked hospitals in impoverished communities reflected in worse surgical outcomes

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    Jose Chavez, Minerva Angelica Romero Arenas

    

• FEATURED ARTICLE

  • ·Association of persistent poverty and U.S. News and World Report hospital rankings among patients undergoing major surgery

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    Chanza Fahim Shaikh, Muhammad Musaab Munir, Selamawit Woldesenbet, Yutaka Endo, Lovette Azap, Jason Yang, Erryk Katayama, Zaiba Dawood, Timothy M. Pawlik

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• INVITED COMMENTARY

  • ·Pandemic impact: Decline in endocrine operations hits vulnerable populations harder

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    Daniel M. Chopyk, Priya H. Dedhia

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• FEATURED ARTICLE

  • ·Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on endocrine operations in the United States

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    Alexander Manzella, Timothy Kravchenko, Marin Kheng, Joshua Chao, Amanda M. Laird, Henry A. Pitt, Toni Beninato

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• INVITED COMMENTARY

  • ·Cultivating surgical leaders: A framework for developing a culture of safety

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    Whitney Jones, Lauren M. Janczewski, Leah C. Tatebe

    

• FEATURED ARTICLE

  • ·Surgical leadership in a culture of safety: An inter-professional study of metrics and tools for improving clinical practice

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    Petrut Gogalniceanu, Basir Kunduzi, Cameron Ruckley, Haytham Kaafarani, Nick Sevdalis, Nizam Mamode

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• INVITED COMMENTARY

  • ·Well-being and burnout in surgical residency training: Understanding drivers is essential for targeting interventions

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    Desmond Layne, Sarah Jung

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• FEATURED ARTICLE

  • ·Investigating influential factors and mechanisms of surgical resident well-being using social network analysis

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    Ari S. Coopersmith, Michael H. Berler, Brianna Johnston, Lillian Knutilla, Anya L. Edwards, Carter C. Lebares, for the General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing, Celia Divino, Jennifer N. Choi, Jennifer E. Hrabe, Julia S. Shelton, Christopher M. Foglia, Varuna Sundaram, Brooke Gurland, David A. Spain, Matthew Hanlon, Andreas H. Meier, Kelly R. Haisley, Alan Harzman, Emily Huang, Jennifer Preston, Valentine Nfonsam, Taylor S. Riall, Barnard J.A. Palmer, Gregory P. Victorino, Tim R. Donahue, Veronica F. Sullins, Kenzo Hirose, Linda M. Reilly, Kshama R. Jaiswal, Mark R. Nehler, Melissa Brunsvold, Daniel E. Kendrick, M. Timothy Nelson, Robert B. Lim, Karen D. Horvath, Lorrie A. Langdale, Rebecca Maine

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• INVITED COMMENTARY

  • ·Z-Codes: An underutilized strategy to identify social determinants of health (SDOH), eliminate health disparities, and achieve health equity

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    Cherisse Berry

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• FEATURED ARTICLE

  • ·National patterns in the use of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Related Problems, tenth revision Z codes in ambulatory surgery from 2016 to 2019

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    Rishub K. Das, Izabela A. Galdyn, Galen Perdikis, Brian C. Drolet, Kyla P. Terhune

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• REVIEW ARTICLES

  • ·Evaluating mesh fixation techniques for ventral hernia repair: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised control trials

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    Gavin G. Calpin, Matthew G. Davey, Jack Whooley, Eanna J. Ryan, Odhran K. Ryan, Jeroen E.H. Ponten, Andreas Weiss, John B. Conneely, William B. Robb, Noel E. Donlon

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  • ·Single-use negative pressure wound therapy versus conventional dressings for the reduction of surgical site infections in closed surgical incisions: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis

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    Kelly James, Amy Glasswell, Ben Costa

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  • ·Breast infections: A review of current literature

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    Allison M. Ammann, Catherine G. Pratt, Jaime D. Lewis, Syed A. Ahmad, Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Alicia A. Heelan

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• ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES

  • ·Implementation of robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy at a community tertiary care hospital utilizing a comprehensive curriculum

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    Jason T. Heckman, Ashley E. Martinez, Rebecca L. Keim, Sarah E. Mazzaferro, Kristin S. Mir, Michael A. Gorman, Ujas S. Shah

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  • ·Temporal changes in the prehospital management of trauma patients: 2014–2021

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    James M. Bradford, Pedro G. Teixeira, Joseph DuBose, Marc D. Trust, Tatiana CP. Cardenas, Simin Golestani, Jessica Efird, James Kempema, Jessica Zimmerman, Clea Czysz, Michelle Robert, Sadia Ali, Lawrence H. Brown, Carlos VR. Brown

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  • ·Early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients after ablation and resection: A propensity score analysis

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    Zongfeng Wu, Yi Zeng, Yichuan Yuan, Yunxing Shi, Jiliang Qiu, Binkui Li, Yunfei Yuan, Wei He

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  • ·Laparoscopic gastric plication: A long-term follow-up and comparison of outcomes in severe vs. non-severe obesity

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    Khosrow Najjari, Mohammad Reza Fattahi, Abolfazl Bariklou, Anahita Najafi, Alireza Hasanzadeh, Mohammad Talebpour, Hossein Zabihi Mahmoudabadi, Fezzeh Elyasinia

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  • ·Social determinants of health in pediatric trauma: Associations with injury mechanisms and outcomes in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

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    Azalia Avila, Oliver B. Lao, Holly L. Neville, Brian K. Yorkgitis, Henry L. Chang, Keith Thatch, Donald Plumley, Shawn D. Larson, John W. Fitzwater, Michele Markley, Felipe Pedroso, Anne Fischer, Lindsey B. Armstrong, Robin T. Petroze, Christopher W. Snyder

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  • ·Transfusion futility thresholds and mortality in geriatric trauma: Does frailty matter?

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    Joseph C. L'Huillier, Shuangcheng Hua, Heather J. Logghe, Jihnhee Yu, Ajay A. Myneni, Katia Noyes, Weidun A. Guo

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  • ·Patient perspectives on barriers to obtaining surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism: A qualitative review

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    Walker Phillips, James Stallworth, Andrea Gillis, Brenessa Lindeman, Herbert Chen, Jessica Fazendin, Polina Zmijewski

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  • ·Successful de-implementation of an ineffective practice: The fall of docusate

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    Adam Timothy Lucy, Garrett Barnes Massey, Parker Cobbs, Rebecca Suzie Miltner, Mary Grace Cox, Kirk Russ, Elise Dasinger, Abhishek Parmar

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  • ·Examining the surgical stress effects (SSE) framework in practice: A qualitative assessment of perceived sources and consequences of intraoperative stress in surgical teams

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    Kristin L. Chrouser, Melissa R. Partin, Izzy Gainsburg, Katie M. White

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  • ·Racial disparities in survival of early onset colon cancer (Age<50): A matched NCDB analysis

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    Catherine C. Beauharnais, Allison Crawford, Jeremy E. Springer, Paul R. Sturrock, Jennifer S. Davids, Justin A. Maykel, Karim Alavi

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  • ·Molecular characteristics of isthmus papillary thyroid cancers: Supporting evidence for unfavorable clinical behavior

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    Eileen R. Smith, C. Corbin Frye, T.K. Pandian, William E. Gillanders, John A. Olson, Taylor C. Brown, Sina Jasim

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  • ·An online-predictive model of acute kidney injury after pancreatic surgery

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    Siqian Li, Weifu Ren, Xiaofei Ye, Linyan Zhang, Bin Song, Zhiyong Guo, Qi Bian

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  • ·Long-term sex-based outcomes after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: Meta-analysis of reconstructed time-to-event data

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    Michel Pompeu Sá, Panagiotis Tasoudis, Xander Jacquemyn, Danial Ahmad, Carlos E. Diaz-Castrillón, James A. Brown, Sarah Yousef, Dongning Zhang, Keith Dufendach, Derek Serna-Gallegos, Ibrahim Sultan

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  • ·Mediators of racial disparities in postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing complex surgery

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    Zorays Moazzam, Selamawit Woldesenbet, Muhammad Musaab Munir, Henrique A. Lima, Laura Alaimo, Yutaka Endo, Jordan Cloyd, Mary Dillhoff, Aslam Ejaz, Timothy M. Pawlik

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  • ·Contemporary trends in extent of surgery for differentiated thyroid cancer with extrathyroidal extension

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    Kelsey B. Montgomery, Jessica M. Fazendin, Herbert Chen, Kristy K. Broman

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  • ·Barriers and facilitators to measuring patient reported outcomes in an academic breast cancer clinic: An application of the RE-AIM framework

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    Nicole M. Mott, Victoria Huynh, Sudheer Vemuru, Hannah J. Parris, Kathryn Colborn, Gretchen Ahrendt, Nicole Christian, Simon Kim, Daniel D. Matlock, Ethan Cumbler, Sarah E.A. Tevis

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  • ·Latissimus dorsi flap with immediate fat transfer (LIFT) for autologous breast reconstruction: Single institution experience

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    Joseph M. Escandón, Howard N. Langstein, Jose G. Christiano, Alejandra Aristizábal, Jessica C. Gooch, Anna Weiss, Oscar J. Manrique

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  • ·Defining ultra-massive transfusion through a systematic review

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    Courtney H. Meyer, Neal Mody Bailey, Sharon L. Leslie, Kenya Thrasher, Zach Grady, M. Sanders, Erica Moore, K.W. Nicely, Randi N. Smith

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  • ·Validation of measures for perioperative urinary catheter use, urinary retention, and urinary catheter-related trauma in surgical patients

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    Samantha Hendren, Jessica Ameling, Cheryl Rocker, Catherine Sulich, M. Todd Greene, Jennifer Meddings

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  • ·Stomach-partitioning versus conventional gastrojejunostomy for unresectable gastric cancer with gastric outlet obstruction: A propensity score matched cohort study

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    Nguyen Viet Hai, Dang Quang Thong, Tran Quang Dat, Doan Thuy Nguyen, Ho Le Minh Quoc, Tran Anh Minh, Nguyen Vu Tuan Anh, Nguyen Lam Vuong, Tran Thien Trung, Nguyen Hoang Bac, Vo Duy Long

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  • ·Effect of conditions being present at time of surgery (PATOS) on outcomes in liver surgery

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    Faisal S. Jehan, Sangrag Ganguli, Areeba Saif, Niklas E. Hase, Paramita S. Nayak, Apoorve Nayyar, Hassan Aziz

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  • ·Rates of high-risk screening prior to a breast cancer diagnosis in patients under age 40

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    Christine Pestana, Ashley Cairns, Hsu Fang-Chi, Greg Lombana, Marissa Howard-McNatt, Edward A. Levine, Akiko Chiba

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  • ·Funding a general surgery residency academic development time program

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    Katherine E. McElroy, Herbert Chen, Karin Hardiman, Britney Corey, Andrea Gillis

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  • ·Incidence of venous thromboembolism following adrenalectomy: A CESQIP analysis

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    Alaa Sada, Elizabeth B. Habermann, Benzon M. Dy, Melanie L. Lyden, Travis J. McKenzie, Lucinda M. Gruber, Trenton R. Foster

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  • ·Does a “hernia center” label provide better 30-day outcomes following elective ventral hernia repair?: An analysis of the ACHQC database

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    Ivy N. Haskins, Li-Ching Huang, Sharon Phillips, Benjamin Poulose, Arielle J. Perez

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  • ·Proximal protective diverting ostomy following colon anastomosis for penetrating trauma may not be protective: A matched cohort study

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    Joshua Dilday, Chih Ying Chien, Meghan R. Lewis, Elizabeth R. Benjamin, Demetrios Demetriades

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  • ·Patient factors related to patient engagement technology (PET) usage in thoracic surgery

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    Frank Gleason, Samantha J. Baker, Lauren Gleason, Benjamin Wei, James Donahue

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  • ·Post-discharge venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hospitalized trauma patients: A retrospective comparison of patients receiving versus not receiving post-discharge prophylaxis

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    Rachel M. Belcher, Annika B. Kay, Gabriel V. Fontaine, Margaret Baldwin, Joseph R. Bledsoe, Dave S. Collingridge, Sarah Majercik

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  • ·Analysis of survival outcomes following robotic hepatectomy for malignant liver diseases

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    Michelle M. Dugan, Iswanto Sucandy, Sharona B. Ross, Kaitlyn Crespo, Cameron Syblis, Mohammed Alogaidi, Alexander Rosemurgy

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  • ·Is therapeutic lymph node dissection of value for lymph node recurrence in melanoma?

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    Ana K. Wilson, Kristel Lourdault, Tara Ostad, Stacey Stern, Richard Essner

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  • ·Survival following liver transplantation: A population-based nested case-control study

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    Jake L. Cotton, Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Jason J. Breithaupt, Dor Yoeli, Ioannis A. Ziogas, Rashikh A. Choudhury, Trevor L. Nydam, James J. Pomposelli, Elizabeth A. Pomfret, Megan A. Adams

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  • ·The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is different for type 4 and large type 3 gastric cancer

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    Wei Xu, Lingquan Wang, Wentao Liu, Chen Li, Xuexin Yao, Mingmin Chen, Min Yan, Zhenggang Zhu, Chao Yan

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  • ·Prolonged travel time to transplantation center is associated with poor outcomes following heart transplantation

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    Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, Jack Zakrzewski, Chiagoziem Anigbogu, John P. Iguidbashian, Ioannis A. Ziogas, Laura L. Peters, Amrut V. Ambardekar, Jordan RH. Hoffman, T Brett Reece, Joseph C. Cleveland, Jessica Y. Rove

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  • ·Negative pressure wound therapy for emergency laparotomy incisions: A national database propensity matched study

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    Wardah Rafaqat, Jefferson A. Proaño Zamudio, May Abiad, Emanuele Lagazzi, Dias Argandykov, Casey M. Luckhurst, George C. Velmahos, Michael P. DeWane, Haytham M.A. Kaafarani, John O. Hwabejire

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• MY THOUGHTS/MY SURGICAL PRACTICE

  • ·Your face is worth it

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    George Lear, Nicholas O'Sick, Brian C. Drolet, Michael S. Golinko, Matthew E. Pontell

     
  • ·First-generation physicians: The pursuit of academic surgery

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    Gina Lepore, Jane Long, Yanick Tade, Nikhil R. Shah, Gilbert Murimwa, Kelsey Montgomery, Alexis P. Chidi

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  • ·Skin in the Game: Surgical delays in our patients with melanoma

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    Alexandra C. Istl

    
  • ·Portal vein thrombosis and donation after cardiac death liver transplantation: Pre-perfusion data implications for the perfusion era

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    Chi Zhang, Esteban Calderon, Yu-Hui Chang, Patricia Lu, Adri M. Durant, Efren Luque Villa, Nitin N. Katariya, Caroline Jadlowiec, Kunam S. Reddy, Adyr Moss, Amit K. Mathur

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  • ·Enriching the discussion of shifting the ABCs of trauma to XABCs

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    Paula Ferrada