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The American Journal of Surgery

Volume 199, Issue 3, Pages 279-434 (March 2010)

Papers from the Midwest Surgical Association

Edited by Jerry M. Hardacre MD, Don M. Schroder MD, Roxie M. Albrecht MD, Richard A. Berg MD, Stephen F. Sener MD

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Presidential Address: Legacy and leadership: a surgeon's perspective
Jerry M. Hardacre
pages 279-283
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William H. Harridge Memorial Lecture: “Progress and its unintended consequences”
Jay L. Grosfeld
pages 284-288
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Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC): a refined technique
Abdelkader Hawasli, Ahmed Kandeel, Ahmed Meguid
pages 289-293
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The utility of preoperative serum thyroid-stimulating hormone level for predicting malignant nodular thyroid disease
Judy Jin, Rhoderick Machekano, Christopher R. McHenry
pages 294-298
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Association of surgical care practices with length of stay and use of clinical protocols after elective bowel resection: results of a national survey
Conor P. Delaney, Anthony J. Senagore, Todd M. Gerkin, Timothy L. Beard, Wendy M. Zingaro, Kenneth J. Tomaszewski, Laura K. Walton, Sara A. Poston
pages 299-304
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Does donor race still make a difference in deceased-donor African-American renal allograft recipients?
Kristian L. Brown, Mona D. Doshi, Atul Singh, Kalyani Mehta, Katherina Morawski, Elizabeth Cincotta, Miguel S. West, Scott A. Gruber
pages 305-309
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The burden of incisional hernia in necrotizing pancreatitis: how can we improve?
Hayder H. Al-Azzawi, Heidi Kuhlenschmidt, Thomas J. Howard, Angela M. Bermes, Sarah N. Bishop, Attila Nakeeb, Don J. Selzer, Keith D. Lillemoe, Nicholas J. Zyromski
pages 310-314
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Xanthohumol inhibits the neuroendocrine transcription factor achaete-scute complex-like 1, suppresses proliferation, and induces phosphorylated ERK1/2 in medullary thyroid cancer
Mackenzie R. Cook, Jie Luo, Mary Ndiaye, Herbert Chen, Muthusamy Kunnimalaiyaan
pages 315-318
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The rate of imaging-histologic discordance of benign breast disease: a multidisciplinary approach to the management of discordance at a large university-based hospital
Jennifer E. Mihalik, Lisa Krupka, Roxanne Davenport, Lee Tucker, Christine Toevs, R. Stephen Smith
pages 319-323
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Diagnostic, surgical judgment, and systems issues leading to reoperation: mining administrative databases
Meghan M. Dierks, Zhen S. Huang, Jeffrey J. Siracuse, Simona Tolchin, Donald W. Moorman
pages 324-330
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Necessity for improvement in endoscopy training during surgical residency
Gokulakkrishna Subhas, Aditya Gupta, Vijay K. Mittal
pages 331-335
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What ring tone should be used for patient safety? Early results with a Blackberry-based telementoring safety solution
Alton Parker, Ilan Rubinfeld, Ogochukwu Azuh, Dionne Blyden, Anthony Falvo, Mathilda Horst, Vic Velanovich, Pat Patton
pages 336-341
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Endoscopic versus open component separation in complex abdominal wall reconstruction
Karem C. Harth, Michael J. Rosen
pages 342-347
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Follow-up disparities after trauma: a real problem for outcomes research
William H. Leukhardt, Joseph F. Golob, Andy M. McCoy, Adam M.A. Fadlalla, Mark A. Malangoni, Jeffrey A. Claridge
pages 348-353
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Ultrastaging of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) vs. non-SLNs in colorectal cancer—do we need both?
David Wiese, Saad Sirop, Brian Yestrepsky, Maher Ghanem, Nader Bassily, Peter Ng, Weimin Liu, Ernesto Quiachon, Aamir Ahsan, Julio Badin, Sukamal Saha
pages 354-358
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Early enteral nutrition can be successfully implemented in trauma patients with an “open abdomen”
Matthew C. Byrnes, Patty Reicks, Eric Irwin
pages 359-363
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Health-related information gathering practices in breast and colorectal specialty clinics: the end of the electronic divide?
E. Dawn Wietfeldt, Imran Hassan, Angela Johnson, Catherine Veeder, Maggie Boehler, Gary L. Dunnington, Jan Rakinic
pages 364-368
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The evaluation of morbidity and mortality in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair patients as related to body mass index
Nicole A. Kennedy, Lisa M. Flynn, Richard M. Berg, David R. Lorelli, Kumara Rama, Youssif Rizk
pages 369-371
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Pancreaticoduodenectomies in patients without periampullary neoplasms: lesions that masquerade as cancer
Michael G. Hurtuk, Margo Shoup, Kiyoko Oshima, Sherri Yong, Gerard V. Aranha
pages 372-376
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Protective effect of methylprednisolone on warm ischemia-reperfusion injury in a cholestatic rat liver
Gokulakkrishna Subhas, Aditya Gupta, Daniel Bakston, Boris Silberberg, Cathy Lobocki, Lee Andrus, Melissa Decker, Vijay K. Mittal, Michael J. Jacobs
pages 377-381
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Gastrogastric fistula following Roux-en-Y bypass is attributed to both surgical technique and experience
David C. Yao, Thomas A. Stellato, Margaret M. Schuster, Kristen N. Graf, Peter T. Hallowell
pages 382-386
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Should pregnancy be a sole criterion for trauma code activation: a review of the trauma registry
Rachel Aufforth, Elango Edhayan, Dominique Dempah
pages 387-390
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Further reduction of hospital stay for laparoscopic colon resection by modifications of the fast-track care plan
Gavish N. Patel, Charalambos K. Rammos, Jasmin V. Patel, Norman C. Estes
pages 391-395
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Guidelines for identification and management of outpatient percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement
Scott M. Wilhelm, Kimberly A. Ortega, Thomas A. Stellato
pages 396-400
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Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy using radiofrequency energy
Jeffrey S. Fronza, David J. Bentrem, Marshall S. Baker, Mark S. Talamonti, Michael B. Ujiki
pages 401-404
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Income, productivity, and satisfaction of breast surgeons
David C. Bendorf, Stephen D. Helmer, Jacqueline S. Osland, Patty L. Tenofsky
pages 405-409
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Influence of morbid obesity on parathyroidectomy outcomes in primary hyperparathyroidism
Susan C. Pitt, Rajarajan Panneerselvan, Rebecca S. Sippel, Herbert Chen
pages 410-415
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A novel approach for the simultaneous repair of large midline incisional and parastomal hernias with biological mesh and retrorectus reconstruction
Michael J. Rosen, Harry L. Reynolds, Bradley Champagne, Conor P. Delaney
pages 416-421
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Midwest Surgical Association 2009 Report from the American College of Surgeons
Lamar S. McGinnis
pages 422-426
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Editorial Opinion

Sundays with Bob, lessons learned from a master teacher
Walter H. Merrill
pages 427-430
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Book Reviews

Asha Bale, Edwin A. Deitch
page 431
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Paul J. Schenarts
page 432
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Letters to the Editor

Re: Sleep deprivation, fatigue, medical error and patient safety, 12 May 2009
Colin Sugden, Rajesh Aggarwal, Ara Darzi
pages 433-434
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Pancreatic duct holder for facilitating duct-to-mucosa pancreatojejunostomy after pancreatoduodenectomy
Amanjeet Singh, Adarsh Chaudhary
page 434
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Frontmatter

Editorial board
page A1
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Table of contents
pages A3-A6
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