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Early vs late inguinal hernia repair in preterm infants - Reply [PubMed]

Thoracic cavity irrigation prevents retained hemothorax and decreases surgical intervention in trauma patients: A Western Trauma Association multi-center study [PubMed]

2024

Machine learning differentiates extracorporeal membrane oxygenation mortality risk profiles among trauma patients [PubMed]

Two-center analysis of cannabis on venous thromboembolism risk after traumatic injury: A matched analysis. [PubMed]

To the point: Utility of laparoscopy for operative management of stabbing abdominal trauma. [PubMed]

Effect of early versus late inguinal hernia repair on serious adverse event rates in preterm infants: A randomized clinical trial. [PubMed]

Lessons for the next pandemic: Analysis of the timing and outcomes including post-discharge decannulation rates for tracheostomy in severe COVID-19 respiratory failure. [PubMed]

A comparative study of laparoscopic versus open management of index small bowel obstruction in children. [PubMed]

Modified Brain Injury Guideline for pre-injury anticoagulation in traumatic brain injury: An opportunity to reduce healthcare resource utilization [PubMed]

2023

Trends in management of index adhesive small bowel obstruction in children [PubMed]

Firearm assaults in communities: The impact of COVID-19 lockdown [PubMed]

Up and over: Consequences of raising the US-Mexico border wall height [PubMed]

Ballistic facial trauma reconstruction: Incidence and practice patterns in the civilian population [PubMed]

Financial vulnerability of trauma centers: A national analysis [PubMed]

Validation of a miniaturized handheld arterial pressure monitor for guiding full and partial REBOA use during resuscitation [PubMed]

And miles to go before we sleep: EAST diversity and inclusivity progress and remaining challenges [PubMed]

Pediatric penetrating thoracic trauma: Examining the impact of trauma center designation and penetrating trauma volumes on outcomes [PubMed]

Analysis of 5-year mortality following lower extremity amputation due to vascular disease [PubMed]

Blunt thoracic aortic injury: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm [PubMed]

Evaluating pediatric car safety compliance in motor vehicle collisions: Identifying high-risk groups for improper restraint usage [PubMed]

2022

Integrating traffic safety data with Area Deprivation Index: A method to better understand the causes of pediatric pedestrian versus automobile collisions [PubMed]

Reading the signs in penetrating cervical vascular injuries: Analysis of hard/soft signs and initial management from a nationwide vascular trauma database [PubMed]

Financial vulnerability of American College of Surgeons-verified trauma centers: A statewide analysis [PubMed]

Use of cold-stored whole blood is associated with improved mortality in hemostatic resuscitation of major bleeding: A multicenter study [PubMed]

Why trauma care is not expensive: Detailed analysis of actual costs and cost differences of patient cohorts [PubMed]

Bike helmet usage in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods: A focused area for trauma prevention [PubMed]

Analysis of pediatric facial fracture repair rates and complications using California’s Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Database [PubMed]

The new face of war: Craniofacial injuries from Operation Inherent Resolve [PubMed]

Then where, when, and why of surgical rib fixation: Utilization patterns, outcomes, and readmissions [PubMed]

Pediatric trauma in the California-Mexico border region: Injury disparities by Area Deprivation Index [PubMed]

Balloons for kids: Anatomic candidacy and optimal catheter size for pediatric resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta [PubMed]

An assessment of dexmedetomidine as an opioid-sparing agent after neonatal open thoracic and abdominal injuries [PubMed]

Surgical management and outcomes of adhesive small bowel obstruction: Teaching versus nonteaching hospitals [PubMed]

Pediatric penetrating thoracic trauma: Examining the impact of trauma center designation and penetrating trauma volume on outcomes [PubMed]

Challenging traditional paradigms in posttraumatic pulmonary thromboembolism [PubMed]

Multi-center validation of the Bowel Injury Predictive Score (BIPS) for the early identification of need to operate in blunt bowel and mesenteric injuries [PubMed]

2021

Isolated intracranial hemorrhage in elderly patients with pre-injury anticoagulation: Is full trauma team activation necessary? [PubMed]

Combined open abdominal aortic aneurysm and pheochromocytoma [PubMed]

Fragmentation of care in the blunt abdominal trauma patient: Capturing our true outcomes and impact on care [PubMed]

Driving under the influence: A multi-center evaluation of vehicular crashes in the era of cannabis legalization. [PubMed]

Revealing the scope of surgical device malfunctions: Analysis of the “hidden” Food and Drug Administration device database [PubMed]

A tale of two centers: Is low-molecular-weight heparin really superior for prevention of post-traumatic venous thromboembolism? [PubMed]

Is cerebral perfusion maintained during full and partial REBOA in hemorrhagic shock conditions? [PubMed]

Traumatic thoracic rib cage and chest wall hernias: A review and discussion of management principles [PubMed]

The rising tide of methamphetamine use in elderly trauma patients [PubMed]

A multicenter trial of current trends in the diagnosis and management of high-grade pancreatic injuries [PubMed]

Real-time bedside management and titration of partial REBOA without an arterial line: Good for pressure, not for flow! [PubMed]

Child physical abuse trauma evaluation and management: A Western Trauma Association and Pediatric Trauma Society critical decisions algorithm [PubMed]

Early anticoagulant reversal after trauma: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm [PubMed]

Pediatric adjusted reverse shock index multiplied by Glasgow Coma Scale as a prospective predictor for mortality in pediatric trauma [PubMed]

2020

Refractory pelvic fracture-associated hemorrhage after preperitoneal packing: now what? [PubMed]

Nationwide analysis of resuscitative thoracotomy in pediatric trauma: Time to differentiate from adult guidelines? [PubMed]

Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: airway management in adult trauma patients [PubMed]

Fresh whole blood from walking blood banks for patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PubMed]

Rescue therapy for severe COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome with tissue plasminogen activator: A case series [PubMed]

Threatened limb with arterial and venous thrombosis [PubMed]

Prehospital tranexamic acid: STAAMP of approval or return to sender? [PubMed]

A humanitarian house divided-Unifying conflict zone humanitarian surgical care [PubMed]

COVID-19, ethics and equity- What is our role as surgeons? [PubMed]

Dual to the death? Combined anticoagulant and antiplatelet therapy in the postoperative ICU setting [PubMed]

Updated guidelines to reduce venous thromboembolism in trauma patients: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm [PubMed]

Pediatric extremity vascular trauma: It matters where it is treated [PubMed]

Viscoelastic testing in combat resuscitation: Is it time for a new standard? [PubMed]

Association of complicated gallstone disease in pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes [PubMed]

Quetiapine therapy in critically injured trauma patients is associated with an increased risk of pulmonary complications [PubMed]

Optimal prospective predictors of mortality in austere environments [PubMed]

All trauma is not created equal: Redefining severe trauma for combat injuries [PubMed]

Association of operative repair type and trauma center designation with outcomes in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair [PubMed]

Variations in courtesy authorship perceptions and practices among modern surgical journals: The generation gap [PubMed]

Big colon surgery, little incisions: Minimally invasive techniques in emergent colon surgery [PubMed]

Association of trauma center level and patient volume with outcomes for penetrating thoracic trauma [PubMed]

Efficacy of ketamine for initial control of acute agitation in the emergency department [PubMed]

Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: Cervical spine clearance in trauma patients [PubMed]

Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: Management of intracranial hypertension in patients with severe traumatic brain injuries [PubMed]

Evaluating surgical outcomes in pediatric extremity vascular trauma [PubMed]

Should all trauma surgeons be proficient in laparoscopy? [PubMed]

Blunt celiac artery injury [PubMed]

Impact of built design on nighttime family presence in the intensive care unit [PubMed]

2019

Validation of the short form of the International Crowding Measure in emergency departments: an international study [PubMed]

Big problems in little patients: Nationwide blunt cerebrovascular injury outcomes in the pediatric population [PubMed]

Titrate to equilibrate and not exsanguinate! Characterization and validation of a novel partial resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta catheter in normal and hemorrhagic shock conditions [PubMed]

Vasopressin as an early adjunct to resuscitation in hemorrhagic shock: Crisis AVERTed? [PubMed]

Prehospital resuscitation in adult patients following injury: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm [PubMed]

#EAST4ALL: An introduction to the EAST Equity, Quality, and Inclusion task force [PubMed]

Quantifying the burden of pre-existing conditions in older trauma patients: A novel metric based on mortality risk [PubMed]

The e-merging e-pidemic of e-scooters [PubMed]

The bigger they are: Video tips and techniques for managing acute care surgery emergencies in the postbariatric surgery patient [PubMed]

Advances in nutrition for the surgical patient [PubMed]

Outcomes in adhesive small bowel obstruction from a large statewide database: What to expect after nonoperative management [PubMed]

Outcomes after single-look trauma laparotomy : A large population-based study [PubMed]

Outcomes for popliteal artery injury repair after discharge: A large-scale population-based analysis [PubMed]

The why & how our trauma patients die: a prospective WTA multicenter study [PubMed]

2018

A population-based analysis of outcomes after repair of thoracic aortic emergencies [PubMed]

Routine screening for hereditary thrombophilia in trauma patients [PubMed]

Global surgery: Effective involvement of US academic surgery: Report of the American Surgical Association working group on global surgery [PubMed]

Opioid prescribing decreases after learning of a patient’s fatal overdose [PubMed]

The prevalence of chronic deep venous thrombosis in trauma : Implications for hospitals and patients [PubMed]

Multimodal pain strategies including liposomal bupivacaine for isolated acetabular fracture surgery [PubMed]

Time to stroke: WTA multicenter study of blunt cerebrovascular injuries [PubMed]

Use of open and endovascular surgical techniques to manage vascular injuries in the trauma setting: A review of the AAST PROOVIT registry [PubMed]

Hereditary thrombophilia in trauma patients with venous thromboembolism: Is routine screening necessary? [PubMed]

2017

Competing risks analysis of factors for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism [PubMed]

“Delay to operating room” fails to identify adverse outcomes at a Level I trauma center [Ovid]

The rate of deep vein thrombosis doubles in trauma patients with hypercoagulable thromboelastography [Ovid]

Routine neurosurgical consultation is not necessary in mild blunt traumatic brain injury [PubMed]

Sarcopenia as a predictor of mortality in elderly blunt trauma patients: comparing the masseter to the psoas using computed tomography [PubMed]

2016

Aspirin as added prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis in trauma [PubMed]

Pre-existing conditions and trauma-related outcomes with competing risks [PubMed]

Surveillance bias in the assessment of lower extremity deep venous thrombosis [PubMed]

2015

Attenuation of cardiovascular stress with sympatholytics and survival [PubMed]

Frailty in trauma, a review [PubMed 1][PubMed 2]

2014

Plasma transfusion and risk for venous thromboembolism [PubMed]

Non-inferiority trial of heparin versus enoxaparin to prevent venous thromboembolism [PubMed] 

Venous thromboembolism risk model comparision [PubMed]

The epidemiology of trauma-related mortality in the United States from 2002-2010 [PubMed]

Death after discharge among older traumatically brain-injured patients [PubMed]

Below-knee deep vein thrombosis: an opportunity to prevent pulmonary embolism [PubMed]

Isolated traumatic brain injury and venous thromboembolism [PubMed]

De novo pulmonary embolism [PubMed]

2013

The management of venous thromboembolic disease after trauma [PubMed]

Gunshot wounds and blast injuries to the face [PubMed]

Changing nature of death on the trauma service [PubMed]

Randomized trial of screening and brief intervention for illicit drug use [PubMed]

Pre-injury antithrombotics on outcomes in older traumatically brain-injured patients [PubMed]

2012

Value of lower-extremity duplex surveillance to detect deep vein thrombosis [PubMed]

Reducing reliance on torso computed tomography in the evaluation of blunt trauma [PubMed]

Limb salvage after complex repairs is independent of surgical specialty training [PubMed]

2011

Withdrawal of care: a 10-year perspective at a level I trauma center [PubMed]

2010

Resource commitment to improve outcomes and value as a trauma center. [PubMed]

Role of preinjury antithrombotic agents on delayed intracranial hemorrhage [PubMed]

Postinjury depression in adolescents after major trauma [PubMed]

2009

Damage control in the management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm [PubMed]

Preemptive craniectomy with craniotomy to manage severe traumatic brain injury [PubMed]

Alcohol and high-risk behavior among young first-time offenders [PubMed]

2008

Small catheter tube thoracostomy in managing chest trauma in stable patients [PubMed]

Early intubation in the management of trauma patients [PubMed]

Computed tomography after emergency craniotomy for head injury [PubMed]

2007

The scourge of methamphetamine: impact on a level I trauma center [PubMed]

Safety belt use on liver injuries in motor vehicle crashes [PubMed]

2006

Trauma in adolescents causes long-term marked deficits in quality of life [PubMed]

Incidental CT findings in trauma patients: incidence and implications for care [PubMed]

The role of chest X-ray in the assessment of stable trauma patients [PubMed]

Spiral computed tomography for the evaluation of spine trauma [PubMed]

Surgeons' attitudes about communicating with patients and families [PubMed]