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Surgery Research News

Meenakshi Rani, PhD, receives American Burn Assoc award (5-1-13)

Susannah Nicholson, MD, Chief Resident, presented at SWSC (4-10-13)

Hannah Harrison, MS2, presented at Frontiers of Translational Research Day (4-10-13)

Meenakshi Rani, PhD, to present at Shock Copnference (3-13-13)

Heather Brandfellner, DO, and Travis Holloway, MD each receive Shock Society Travel Awards (3-13-13)

 

Recent publications

Cornejo A, Ivatury S, Crane CN, Myers JG, Wang HT. Analysis of Free Flap Complications and Utilization of Intensive Care Unit Monitoring. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2013 May 9. [Epub ahead of print].

Lam D, Harris D, Qin Z. Inflammatory Mediator Profiling Reveals Immune Properties of Chemotactic Gradients and Macrophage Mediator Production Inhibition during Thioglycollate Elicited Peritoneal Inflammation. Mediators Inflamm. 2013;2013:931562. doi: 10.1155/2013/931562.

Patel OV, Wilson WB, Qin Z. Production of LPS-induced inflammatory mediators in murine peritoneal macrophages: neocuproine as a broad inhibitor and ATP7A as a selective regulator. Biometals. 2013 Apr 19. (In press)

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Surgery Research - Publications of Historic Note:

 

Aust, JB. Presidential Address to the Southern Surgical Association, December 2000: Odyssey of an Academic Surgeon. (Ann Surg. 2001 May; 233(5): 597-602.)

 

Aust JB, McFee AS. University of Texas Health Science Center (Commentary). (Arch Surg. 2005;140:526-528)

 

McFee AS. Presidential Address to the Western Surgical Association: Lessons (Archives of Surgery May 2006)

 

Pruitt, BA. Presidential Address to the Southern Surgical Association: Combat Casualty Care and Surgical Progress. (Annals of Surgery 2006;243: 715-729)

 

Surgery Research - Recently Published (July 2011-present)

 

  1. Cornejo A, Ivatury S, Crane CN, Myers JG, Wang HT. Analysis of Free Flap Complications and Utilization of Intensive Care Unit Monitoring. J Reconstr Microsurg. 2013 May 9. [Epub ahead of print].

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  2. Lam D, Harris D, Qin Z. Inflammatory Mediator Profiling Reveals Immune Properties of Chemotactic Gradients and Macrophage Mediator Production Inhibition during Thioglycollate Elicited Peritoneal Inflammation. Mediators Inflamm. 2013;2013:931562. doi: 10.1155/2013/931562.

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  3. Patel OV, Wilson WB, Qin Z. Production of LPS-induced inflammatory mediators in murine peritoneal macrophages: neocuproine as a broad inhibitor and ATP7A as a selective regulator. Biometals. 2013 Apr 19. (In press)

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  4. Blomkalns AL, Gavrila D, Thomas M, Neltner BS, Blanco VM, Benjamin SB, McCormick ML, Stoll LL, Denning GM, Collins SP, Qin Z, Daugherty A, Cassis LA, Thompson RW, Weiss RM, Lindower PD, Pinney SM, Chatterjee T, Weintraub NL. CD14 Directs Adventitial Macrophage Precursor Recruitment: Role in Early Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2013 Mar 8;2(2):e000065. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.112.000065.

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  5. Carpenter WE, Lam D, Toney GM, Weintraub NL, Qin Z. Zinc, copper, and blood pressure: Human population studies. Med Sci Monit. 2013 Jan 1;19:1-8.

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  6. Qin Z, Lai B, Landero J, Caruso JA. Coupling transmission electron microscopy with synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence microscopy to image vascular copper. J Synchrotron Radiat. 2012 Nov;19(Pt 6):1043-9. doi: 10.1107/S090904951203405X.

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  7. Yunker WK, Hassan SF, Ferrell LB, Hicks MJ, Giannoni CM, Wesson DE, Cassady CI, Hernandez JA, Brandt ML, Lopez ME. Needle core biopsy in the diagnosis of pediatric thyroid neoplasms: a single institution retrospective review. Pediatr Surg Int. 2013 Feb 15. [Epub ahead of print]

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  8. Willis RE, Peterson RM, Dent DL. Usefulness of the American College of Surgeons' Fundamentals of Surgery Curriculum as a knowledge preparatory tool for incoming surgery interns. Am J Surg. 2013 Feb;205(2):131-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.11.001.

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  9. Mukherjee D, Cheriyan J, Kourliouros A, Athanasiou T. How does the right gastroepiploic artery compare with the saphenous vein for revascularization of the right coronary artery? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Nov;15(5):888-92. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs336. Epub 2012 Jul 30.

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  10. Mukherjee D, Cheriyan J, Kourliouros A, Athanasiou T. Does the right internal thoracic artery or saphenous vein graft offer superior revascularization of the right coronary artery? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Aug;15(2):244-7. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs180. Epub 2012 May 3.

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  11. Chang EI, Lamaris G, Chang DW. Simultaneous contralateral reduction mammoplasty or mastopexy during unilateral free flap breast reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg. 2012 Nov 1. [Epub ahead of print]

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  12. Puri R, Cline A, DeArmond D, Johnson S. Transthoracic Repair of Slipped Nissen Fundoplications: Technique and Results. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2012. 94:2, 429-35

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  13. Schwacha MG, Zhang Q, Rani M, Craig T, Oppeltz RF. (2012) Burn enhances Toll-like receptor induced responses by circulating leukocytes. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine 5(2):136-144.

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  14. Holloway TL, Schwacha MG. (2012) The Th-17 response and its potential role in post-injury pulmonary complications. International Journal of Burns and Trauma 2(1):11-17.

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  15. Mace JE, Park MS, Mora AG, Chung KK, Martini W, White CE, Holcomb JB, Merrill GA, Dubick MA, Wolf SE, Wade CE, Schwacha, MG. (2012) Patients with burns have higher interleukin 6 and 8 levels compared to trauma patients with no burns over the first week of hospitalization. Burns 38:136-144.

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  16. Rani M, Schwacha MG. (2012) Aging and the Pathogenic Response to Burn. Aging and Disease. 3:171-180.

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  17. Oppeltz RF, Rani M, Zhang Q, Schwacha MG. (2012) Gamma delta (&$947;δ) T-cells are critical in the up-regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase at the burn site. Cytokine (in press).

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  18. Oppeltz RF, Schwacha MG. (2011) The Role of &$947;δ T-Cells in the Healing of Burn Wounds In: Enteric Infections and Immunity. (Middleton JE. ed.) Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY. pp. 95-108.

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  19. Hassan SF, Mathur S, Magliaro TJ, Larimer EL, Ferrell LB, Vasudevan SA, Patterson DM, Louis CU, Russell HV, Nuchtern JG, Kim ES. Needle core vs open biopsy for diagnosis of intermediate- and high-risk neuroblastoma in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Volume 47, Issue 6 , Pages 1261-1266, June 2012

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  20. Oppeltz RF, Jatoi I. Tobacco and the escalating global cancer burden. J Oncol. 2011;2011:408104. Epub 2011 Aug 18.

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  21. Gabriel EM, Jatoi I. Breast cancer chemoprevention. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2012 Feb;12(2):223-8.

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  22. Chu QD, King T, Hurd TC (Editors). Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Special issue of the International Journal of Breast Cancer, includes editorial and research efforts in breast cancer. Feb 2012.

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  23. Kumar A, Puri R, Gadgil PV, Jatoi I. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Primary Breast Cancer: Window to Management of the Axilla. World J Surg. 2012. 36:7, 1453-59.

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  24. Cornejo A, Sahar DE, Stephenson SM, Chang S, Nguyen S, Guda T, Wenke JC, Vazquez A, Michalek JE, Sharma R, Krishnegowda NK, Wang HT. Effect of adipose tissue-derived osteogenic and endothelial cells on bone allograft osteogenesis and vascularization in critical-sized calvarial defects. Tissue Eng Part A. 2012 Mar 22. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22440012

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  25. Stewart RM, Love JD, Rocheleau LA, Sirinek KR. Tort reform is associated with more medical board complaints and disciplinary actions. J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Apr;214(4):567-71; discussion 572-3. Epub 2012 Feb 7.

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  26. Mayank Roy, Jeremy S. Somerson, Kevin G. Kerr and Jonathan L. Conroy (2012). Pathophysiology and Pathogenesis of Osteomyelitis, Osteomyelitis, Prof. Mauricio S. Baptista (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0399-8, InTech.

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  27. Stewart RM. Claude H. Organ Jr Memorial Lecture. The care of the patient: character, science, and service. Am J Surg. 2011 Dec;202(6):632-40.

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  28. Parikh A, Alley JB, Peterson RM, Harnisch MC, Pfluke JM, Tapper DM, Fenton SJ. Management options for symptomatic stenosis after laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy in the morbidly obese. Surg Endosc. 2012 Mar;26(3):738-46. Epub 2011 Nov 2.

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  29. Alley JB, Fenton SJ, Harnisch MC, Tapper DN, Pfluke JM, Peterson RM. Quality of life after sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding. Surg Obes Relat Dis, 2012 Jan;8:31-40.

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  30. Willis RE, Richa J, Oppeltz R, Nguyen P, Wagner K, Van Sickle KR, Dent DL. Comparing three pedagogical approaches to psychomotor skills acquisition. Am J Surg. 2012 Jan;203(1):8-13. Epub 2011 Nov 16.

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  31. Salhanick M, Corneille M, Higgins R, Olson J, Michalek J, Harrison C, Stewart R, Dent D. Autotransfusion of hemothorax blood in trauma patients: is it the same as fresh whole blood? Am J Surg. 2011 Dec;202(6):817-22.

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  32. Li J, Rosenthal RJ, Roy M, Szomstein S, Sesto M. Experience of laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair at a single institution. Am J Surg. 2011 Oct 11.

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  33. Eliseo Portilla-de Buen; Caridad Leal; David Garcia-Martinez; Agustin Cornejo, Alonso Zepeda, Enrique Aburto. Pig Heart Preservation with Antegrade Intracellular Crystalloid versus Antegrade/Retrograde Miniplegia. JECT.
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  34. Hassan SF, Pimpalwar AP. Modified laparoendoscopic gastrostomy tube (LEGT) placement. Pediatr Surg Int. 2011 Nov;27(11):1249-54. Epub 2011 Sep 23.

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  35. Alley JB, Fenton SJ, Harnisch MC, Angeletti MN, Peterson RM. Integrated Bioabsorbable Tissue Reinforcement in Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Obes Surg. 2011 Aug;21(8):1311-5.

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  36. Wade CE, del Junco DJ, Holcomb JB; Trauma Outcomes Group, Holcomb JB, Wade CE, Brasel KJ, Vercruysse G, MacLeod J, Dutton RP, Hess JR, Duchesne JC, McSwain NE, Muskat P, Johannigman J, Cryer HM, Tillou A, Cohen MJ, Pittet JF, Knudson P, De Moya MA, Schreiber MA, Tieu B, Brundage S, Napolitano LM, Brunsvold M, Sihler KC, Beilman G, Peitzman AB, Zenait MS, Sperry J, Alarcon L, Croce MA, Minei JP, Kozar R, Gonzalez EA, Stewart RM, Cohn SM, Mickalek JE, Bulger EM, Cotton BA, Nunez TC, Ivatury R, Meredith JW, Miller P, Pomper GJ, Marin B. Variations between level I trauma centers in 24-hour mortality in severely injured patients requiring a massive transfusion. J Trauma. 2011 Aug;71(2 Suppl 3):S389-93.

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  37. Qin Z, Toursarkissian B, Lai B. Synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence microscopy reveals a spatial association of copper on elastic laminae in rat aortic media. Metallomics, 2011, 3, 823-828.

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  38. Cornejo, Agustin; Rodriguez, Thomas; Steigelman, Megan; Stephenson, Stacy; Sahar, David; Cohn, Stephen M; Michalek, Joel E; Wang, Howard T. 'The Use of Visible Light Spectroscopy to Measure Tissue Oxygenation in Free Flap Reconstruction', J Reconstr Microsurg. 2011 Jun 29. [Epub ahead of print]

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  39. Rodriguez MA, Cass DL, Lazar DA, Cassady CI, Moise KJ, Mushin OP, Hassan SF, Belleza-Bascon BV, Olutoye OO. Tumor volume to fetal weight ratio as an early prognostic classification for fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jun;46(6):1182-5.

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