Preoperative Care

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Multicenter Evaluation of Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes Following High-grade Spondylolisthesis Reduction and Fusion. 
  • A North American Expert Opinion Statement on Sarcopenia in Liver Transplantation. 
  • A Theoretical Mathematical Model to Estimate Blood Volume in Clinical Practice. 
  • A comparison of acetate and digital templating for hip resurfacing. 
  • A comparison of two non-radioactive alternatives to wire for the localization of non-palpable breast cancers. 
  • A computer based index for the prediction of operative survival in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. 
  • A fully automated artificial intelligence method for non-invasive, imaging-based identification of genetic alterations in glioblastomas. 
  • A limited evaluation of the association of race and anesthetic medication administration: A single-center experience with appendectomies. 
  • A matched case-control study of preoperative biliary drainage in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma: routine drainage is not justified. 
  • A model for predicting the risk of de novo stress urinary incontinence in women undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery. 
  • A new treatment paradigm: neoadjuvant radiosurgery before surgical resection of brain metastases with analysis of local tumor recurrence. 
  • A phase II trial testing the thermal dose parameter CEM43 degrees T90 as a predictor of response in soft tissue sarcomas treated with pre-operative thermoradiotherapy. 
  • A pilot study of preoperative chemoradiation for gastric cancer. 
  • A preoperative prognostic model to predict surgical success in patients with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma. 
  • A prospective analysis of 1518 laparoscopic cholecystectomies. 
  • A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled clinical trial of the preoperative use of ketamine for reducing inflammation and pain after thoracic surgery. 
  • A report of a gastrinoma localized preoperatively by endoscopic ultrasound only and a review of the approach to imaging in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. 
  • A segmental approach to computerized tomographic portography for hepatic resection. 
  • A simple scoring system for risk-stratifying rectal cancer patients prior to radical resection. 
  • A standardized care plan is associated with shorter hospital length of stay in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  • A stitch (or scan) in time saves nine. 
  • A systematic review of antibiotic use and infection in breast reconstruction: what is the evidence? 
  • ACCF/ASE/ACEP/AHA/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2008 appropriateness criteria for stress echocardiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriateness Criteria Task Force, American Society of Echocardiography, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Heart Association, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. 
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysms: CT evaluation of renal artery involvement. 
  • Absence of Tumor on Repeat Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor Does Not Predict Final Pathologic T0 Stage in Bladder Cancer Treated with Radical Cystectomy. 
  • Active rehabilitation and physical therapy during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation while awaiting lung transplantation: a practical approach. 
  • Acute type a dissection: impact of antegrade cerebral perfusion under moderate hypothermia. 
  • Addition of bevacizumab to irinotecan- and oxaliplatin-based preoperative chemotherapy regimens does not increase morbidity after resection of colorectal liver metastases. 
  • Adequacy of 1-cm distal margin after restorative rectal cancer resection with sharp mesorectal excision and preoperative combined-modality therapy. 
  • Aggressive hydraTion in patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial infarction undergoing Primary percutaneous coronary intervention to prevenT contrast-induced nephropathy (ATTEMPT): Study design and protocol for the randomized, controlled trial, the ATTEMPT, RESCIND 1 (First study for REduction of contraSt-induCed nephropathy followINg carDiac catheterization) trial. 
  • Agreement Between the Mini-Cog in the Preoperative Clinic and on the Day of Surgery and Association With Postanesthesia Care Unit Delirium: A Cohort Study of Cognitive Screening in Older Adults. 
  • Alcohol skin preparation causes surgical fires. 
  • American Society of Functional Neuroradiology-Recommended fMRI Paradigm Algorithms for Presurgical Language Assessment. 
  • An efficient screening tool for preoperative depression: the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form. 
  • An evidence-based clinical protocol for diagnosis of acute appendicitis decreased the use of computed tomography in children. 
  • An international consensus on the appropriate evaluation and treatment for adults with spinal deformity. 
  • Anesthesia for Lung Transplantation. 
  • Angiographic and platelet reactivity outcomes with prasugrel 60 mg pretreatment and clopidogrel 600 mg pretreatment in primary percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Anticoagulation after subcutaneous enoxaparin is time sensitive in STEMI patients treated with tenecteplase. 
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome and cardiac surgery: management of anticoagulation in two patients. 
  • Appendicitis, body mass index, and CT: is CT more valuable for obese patients than thin patients? 
  • Applying fault tree analysis to the prevention of wrong-site surgery. 
  • Approach to pediatric epilepsy surgery: State of the art, Part I: General principles and presurgical workup. 
  • Are we choosing wisely? Drivers of preoperative MRI use in breast cancer patients. 
  • Aspiration of the hip joint before revision total hip arthroplasty. Clinical and laboratory factors influencing attainment of a positive culture. 
  • Aspiration of the knee joint before revision arthroplasty. 
  • Assessing Lower Limb Alignment: Comparison of Standard Knee Xray vs Long Leg View. 
  • Assessing oropharyngeal dysphagia after lung transplantation: altered swallowing mechanisms and increased morbidity. 
  • Assessing the Relationship between Anxiety and Revision Surgery following Autologous Breast Reconstruction. 
  • Assessment of Treatment Response With Diffusion-Weighted MRI and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treated With Single-Dose Preoperative Radiotherapy: Initial Results. 
  • Assessment of a Novel Adult Cervical Deformity Frailty Index as a Component of Preoperative Risk Stratification. 
  • Assessment of living renal donors with spiral CT. 
  • Assessment of single-bolus contrast administration technique using hybrid dual-source ECG-gated thoracic and dual-source non-ECG-gated high-pitch abdominopelvic CT acquisitions for procedural planning before transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • Association between preoperative respiratory support and outcomes in paediatric cardiac surgery. 
  • Association of Preoperative Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors With Prevention of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation and Adverse Events: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. 
  • Association of pre-treatment radiomic features with lung cancer recurrence following stereotactic body radiation therapy. 
  • Association of preoperative depression and survival after resection of malignant brain astrocytoma. 
  • Association of preoperative risk factors with postoperative acute renal failure. 
  • Attenuation of the preoperative stress response with midazolam: effects on postoperative outcomes. 
  • Augmentation and substitution enterocystoplasty. 
  • Beneficial effects of noetic therapies on mood before percutaneous intervention for unstable coronary syndromes. 
  • Bladder substitution in children. 
  • Bleeding-associated outcomes with preoperative clopidogrel use in on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass. 
  • Blood Products in the Management of Abnormal Placentation. 
  • Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: definitions, management, and role of preoperative therapy. 
  • CT Radiomic Features of Superior Mesenteric Artery Involvement in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Pilot Study. 
  • CT angiography for surgical planning in face transplantation candidates. 
  • CT arterial portography: causes of technical failure and variable liver enhancement. 
  • CT during arterial portography: diagnostic pitfalls. 
  • CT evaluation of the renal donor and recipient. 
  • CT-guided hookwire placement: a technical innovation for preoperative localization of nonpalpable cervical lymph nodes. 
  • Calcium antagonists and good results: association or causation? 
  • Can Vascular Patterns on Preoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Help Predict Skin Necrosis after Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy? 
  • Can breast cancer molecular subtype help to select patients for preoperative MR imaging? 
  • Can tantalum cones provide fixation in complex revision knee arthroplasty? 
  • Capromab Pendetide imaging of prostate cancer. 
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass Strategy for a Cyanotic Child With Hemoglobin SC Disease. 
  • Care of the patient with cardiovascular disease undergoing general surgery. 
  • Case 4-2007. Aprotinin-induced cardiovascular collapse after a negative test dose in a patient scheduled for repeat mitral valve surgery. 
  • Cataracts after total body irradiation and marrow transplantation: a sparing effect of dose fractionation. 
  • Cataracts. 
  • Cerebrovascular reactivity mapping in patients with low grade gliomas undergoing presurgical sensorimotor mapping with BOLD fMRI. 
  • Changes in tumor proliferation of rectal cancer induced by preoperative 5-fluorouracil and irradiation. 
  • Chemical denervation with botulinum neurotoxin a improves the surgical manipulation of the muscle-tendon unit: an experimental study in an animal model. 
  • Chemoradiation for localized pancreatic cancer: another perspective. 
  • Chorioamnionitis: is continuation of antibiotic therapy necessary after cesarean section? 
  • Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Clevidipine effectively and rapidly controls blood pressure preoperatively in cardiac surgery patients: the results of the randomized, placebo-controlled efficacy study of clevidipine assessing its preoperative antihypertensive effect in cardiac surgery-1. 
  • Clinical examination following preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancer is not a reliable surrogate end point. 
  • Clinical management of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices in advanced heart failure. 
  • Colorectal cancer with potentially resectable hepatic metastases: optimizing treatment. 
  • Combinations of multiple serum markers are superior to individual assays for discriminating malignant from benign pelvic masses. 
  • Combined Mechanical and Oral Antibiotic Bowel Preparation Reduces Incisional Surgical Site Infection and Anastomotic Leak Rates After Elective Colorectal Resection: An Analysis of Colectomy-Targeted ACS NSQIP. 
  • Combined preoperative traction with instrumented posterior occipitocervical fusion for severe ventral brainstem compression secondary to displaced os odontoideum: technical report of 2 cases. 
  • Comment on: psychological assessment of the adolescent bariatric surgery candidate. 
  • Comparative accuracies of electrodiagnostic and imaging studies in neonatal brachial plexus palsy. 
  • Comparison of coronary artery dynamics pre- and post-stenting. 
  • Comparison of early platelet activation in patients undergoing on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Comparison of plain radiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of bone tunnel widening after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • Complete preoperative embolization of hemangioblastoma vessels with Onyx 18. 
  • Complications in facial flap surgery. 
  • Complications of low-dose heparin prophylaxis in gynecologic oncology surgery. 
  • Complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in patients with and without preoperative biliary drainage. 
  • Complications of thoracoscopic pulmonary resection. 
  • Comprehensive preoperative evaluation and repair of inguinal hernias at the time of open radical retropubic prostatectomy decreases risk of developing postprostatectomy hernia. 
  • Computer modeling and navigation in maxillofacial surgery. 
  • Continental variations in preoperative and postoperative management of patients with anterior cruciate ligament repair. 
  • Coronary CT Fractional Flow Reserve before Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Clinical Outcomes. 
  • Coronary Circulatory Indexes Before and After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Porcine Tandem Stenoses Model. 
  • Correction of hypoprothrombinemia by immunosuppressive treatment of the lupus anticoagulant-hypoprothrombinemia syndrome. 
  • Cost identification of abdominal aortic aneurysm imaging by using time and motion analyses. 
  • Cost impact of molecular testing for indeterminate thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration biopsies. 
  • Cost implications of selective preoperative risk screening in the care of candidates for peripheral vascular operations. 
  • Current indications for preoperative inferior vena cava filter insertion in patients undergoing surgery for morbid obesity. 
  • Designing and Running a Preoperative Clinic. 
  • Development of a validated computer-based preoperative predictive model for pseudarthrosis with 91% accuracy in 336 adult spinal deformity patients. 
  • Development of predictive models for all individual questions of SRS-22R after adult spinal deformity surgery: a step toward individualized medicine. 
  • Distal metaphyseal ulnar-shortening osteotomy: surgical technique. 
  • Dobutamine stress echocardiography for preoperative cardiac risk stratification in patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation. 
  • Does Platelet Reactivity Predict Bleeding in Patients Needing Urgent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting During Dual Antiplatelet Therapy? 
  • Does midline shift predict postoperative nausea in brain tumor patients undergoing awake craniotomy? A retrospective analysis. 
  • Does prior surgical interventional therapy for BPH affect the oncological or functional outcomes after primary whole-gland prostate cryoablation for localized prostate cancer? 
  • Dosimetric comparison of preoperative single-fraction partial breast radiotherapy techniques: 3D CRT, noncoplanar IMRT, coplanar IMRT, and VMAT. 
  • Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Comparing the Effects of Antithrombin Versus Placebo on the Coagulation System in Infants with Low Antithrombin Undergoing Congenital Cardiac Surgery. 
  • Dynamic changes of the pelvis and spine are key to predicting postoperative sagittal alignment after pedicle subtraction osteotomy: a critical analysis of preoperative planning techniques. 
  • Early experience with computed tomographic angiography in microsurgical reconstruction. 
  • Early experience with universal preprocedural testing for SARS-CoV-2 in a relatively low-prevalence area. 
  • Effect of Loading Dose of Atorvastatin Prior to Planned Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Acute Coronary Syndrome: The SECURE-PCI Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effect of aging on cerebral autoregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass. Association with postoperative cognitive dysfunction. 
  • Effect of an investigational vaccine for preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections after cardiothoracic surgery: a randomized trial. 
  • Effect of change in preoperative depression/anxiety on patient outcomes following lumbar spine surgery. 
  • Effect of preoperative irradiation on resectability of colorectal carcinomas. 
  • Effectiveness of a postoperative disposition protocol for sleep apnea surgery. 
  • Effectiveness of preoperative autologous blood donation for protection against allogeneic blood exposure in adult spinal deformity surgeries: a propensity-matched cohort analysis. 
  • Effects of Single Low Dose of Dexamethasone before Noncardiac and Nonneurologic Surgery and General Anesthesia on Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction-A Phase III Double Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial): a randomised controlled trial. 
  • Effects of pre-operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study. 
  • Efficacy and safety of recombinant factor XIII on reducing blood transfusions in cardiac surgery: a randomized, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial. 
  • Efficacy of mediastinal lymph node dissection during lobectomy for lung cancer by thoracoscopy and thoracotomy. 
  • Elevated preoperative fasting serum glucose levels increase the risk of postoperative mediastinitis in patients undergoing open heart surgery. 
  • Endoscopic coalition resection. 
  • Endovascular transcatheter aortic valve implantation: an evolving standard. 
  • Enhanced staging and all chemotherapy preoperatively in patients with potentially resectable gastric carcinoma. 
  • Epicardial activation and repolarization patterns in patients with right ventricular hypertrophy. 
  • Epidemiology of preoperative hematologic assessment of children cared for in a pediatric emergency department. 
  • Etiology of large pericardial effusions. 
  • Evaluating the Implementation of a Preemptive, Multimodal Analgesia Protocol in a Plastic Surgery Office. 
  • Evaluation of a Preoperative Clinic for Women With Gynecologic Cancer. 
  • Evaluation of preoperative therapy for pancreatic cancer using a prognostic nomogram. 
  • Evidence that pretransplant donor blood transfusion prevents rat renal allograft dysfunction but not the in situ cellular alloimmune or morphologic manifestations of rejection. 
  • Ex vivo evaluation of preoperatively treated rectal cancer specimens of patients undergoing radical resection. 
  • Experience with 100 consecutive simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplants with bladder drainage. 
  • Faced joint locking. 
  • Factors and Outcomes Associated with MRCP Use prior to ERCP in Patients at High Risk for Choledocholithiasis. 
  • Factors associated with use of preoperative chemoradiation therapy for rectal cancer in the Cancer Care Outcomes Research and Surveillance Consortium. 
  • Factors predicting prostatic biopsy Gleason sum under grading. 
  • Fasting before surgery. 
  • Feasibility of a Risk-Based Approach to Cataract Surgery Preoperative Medical Evaluation. 
  • Financial Margins for Prostate Cancer Surgery: Quantifying the Impact of Modifiable Cost Inputs in an Episode Based Reimbursement Model. 
  • Flaxseed supplementation (not dietary fat restriction) reduces prostate cancer proliferation rates in men presurgery. 
  • Focal therapy of prostate and kidney cancer. 
  • Foot problems in the diabetic transplant recipient. 
  • Frequency and prognostic significance of preoperatively detected enlarged regional lymph nodes in patients with pathological stage I non-small cell lung cancer following resection. 
  • Gas exchange and exercise capacity affect neurocognitive performance in patients with lung disease. 
  • Genetics of coagulation: considerations for cardiac surgery. 
  • Genitourinary Prosthetics: A Primer for the Non-urologic Surgeon. 
  • Getting Off on the Right Foot: The Many Roles of the Psychosocial Evaluation in the Bariatric Surgery Practice. 
  • Giant bullous lung disease: evaluation, selection, techniques, and outcomes. 
  • Going beyond systemic fluoropyrimidines with radiation therapy for rectal cancer: what should be the priority? 
  • Grading Aortic Stenosis With Mean Gradient and Aortic Valve Area: A Comparison Between Preoperative Transthoracic and Precardiopulmonary Bypass Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Group B Streptococci Screening Before Repeat Cesarean Delivery: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. 
  • Guidelines for performing a comprehensive epicardial echocardiography examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. 
  • Health-related quality of life before and after bariatric surgery in adolescents. 
  • Healthcare Utilizing Deliberate Discussion Linking Events (HUDDLE): A Systematic Review. 
  • Hearing rehabilitation using the BAHA bone-anchored hearing aid: results in 40 patients. 
  • Helical computed tomography for identification of crossing vessels in ureteropelvic junction obstruction-comparison with operative findings. 
  • Hematocrit as a predictor of preoperative transfusion-associated complications in spine surgery: A NSQIP study. 
  • Hemi-bucket-handle tears of the meniscus: appearance on MRI and potential surgical implications. 
  • Hemostatic effects of antithrombin III supplementation during cardiac surgery: results of a prospective randomized investigation. 
  • Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia: Perioperative Diagnosis and Management. 
  • Heterogeneity in the reporting of disease characteristics and treatment outcomes in studies evaluating treatments for nephrolithiasis. 
  • High expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 messenger RNA in epithelial ovarian cancers produces elevated preoperative serum levels. 
  • High-Resolution Maxillofacial Computed Tomography Is Superior to Head Computed Tomography in Determining the Operative Management of Facial Fractures. 
  • High-resolution computed tomography analysis of the greater palatine canal. 
  • Histologic observations and P-glycoprotein expression in gastric and esophageal adenocarcinomas treated with preoperative chemotherapy. 
  • Identification of distant metastases with PET-CT in patients with suspected recurrent head and neck cancer. 
  • Identification of the enzyme responsible for oxidative halothane metabolism: implications for prevention of halothane hepatitis. 
  • Immediate versus delayed coronary grafting after streptokinase treatment. Postoperative blood loss and clinical results. 
  • Immune function during intravenous administration of a soybean oil emulsion. 
  • Immunohistologic detection of prostate cancer pelvic lymph node micrometastases: correlation to preoperative serum prostate-specific antigen. 
  • Impact of 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency on perioperative parathyroid hormone kinetics and results in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. 
  • Impact of Video Education on Patient Knowledge, Anxiety, and Satisfaction in Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty: A Pilot Study. 
  • Impact of intravenous beta-blockade before primary angioplasty on survival in patients undergoing mechanical reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Impact of pre-operative positron emission tomography in gallbladder cancer. 
  • Impact of preoperative chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) application methods on preoperative CHG skin concentration. 
  • Impact of thienopyridine administration prior to primary stenting in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Impact of tricuspid valve regurgitation in patients treated with implantable left ventricular assist devices. 
  • Implementation of a Postoperative Electronic Health Record Alert for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Patients. 
  • Increasing use of positron emission tomography among medicare beneficiaries undergoing radical cystectomy. 
  • Influence of African American race on the association between preoperative biopsy grade group and adverse histopathologic features of radical prostatectomy. 
  • Influence of platelet reactivity and inflammation on peri-procedural myonecrosis in East Asian patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Insertion and removal of vaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse. 
  • Instructor-led vs. peer-led debriefing in preoperative care simulation using standardized patients. 
  • Intraoperatic electron beam irradiation in pancreatic cancer. 
  • Intraoperative pathologic examination in the era of molecular testing for differentiated thyroid cancer. 
  • Intraoperative radiation therapy for locally advanced recurrent rectal or rectosigmoid cancer. 
  • Intravenous pyelography before hysterectomy. 
  • Invited commentary. 
  • Is There a Role for Preoperative Platelet Function Testing in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery During Antiplatelet Therapy? 
  • Is prostate specific antigen of clinical importance in evaluating outcome after radical prostatectomy. 
  • Is transplant operation important in determining posttransplant risk of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in lung transplant recipients? 
  • Ischemic nephropathy and concomitant aortic disease: a ten-year experience. 
  • Isolated systolic hypertension is associated with adverse outcomes from coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. 
  • Laparoscopic anatrophic nephrolithotomy: developments of the technique in the era of minimally invasive surgery. 
  • Laparoscopic colon resection for cancer--a favorable view. 
  • Laparoscopic colon resection for cancer. 
  • Laparoscopic myotomy for achalasia: predictors of successful outcome after 200 cases. 
  • Letter to the editor: A comparative study of three-year weight loss and outcomes after laparoscopic gastric bypass in patients with "yellow light" psychological clearance. 
  • Leukocytosis as an independent risk factor for cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. 
  • Listing criteria for heart transplantation: International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation guidelines for the care of cardiac transplant candidates--2006. 
  • Liver lesions: manganese-enhanced MR and dual-phase helical CT for preoperative detection and characterization comparison with receiver operating characteristic analysis. 
  • Liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease. 
  • Long-term outcome of endovascular stenting for symptomatic basilar artery stenosis. 
  • Low accuracy of interpretation of rotator cuff MRI in patients with osteoarthritis. 
  • Low-dose dobutamine tissue-tagged magnetic resonance imaging with 3-dimensional strain analysis allows assessment of myocardial viability in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Low-dose preoperative radiation therapy for adenocarcinoma of the endometrium. A pilot study. 
  • Lower Bone Density on Preoperative Computed Tomography Predicts Periprosthetic Fracture Risk in Total Ankle Arthroplasty. 
  • Lung volume reduction surgery for the management of refractory dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 
  • MR angiography and preoperative evaluation for laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging-derived parameter of portal flow predicts volume-mediated pulmonary hypertension in liver transplantation candidates. 
  • Making the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: do more preoperative CT scans mean fewer negative appendectomies? A 10-year study. 
  • Malignant biliary obstruction: efficacy of thin-section dynamic CT in determining resectability. 
  • Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors of intrathoracic vagus nerve. 
  • Malnutrition in liver transplant patients: preoperative subjective global assessment is predictive of outcome after liver transplantation. 
  • Management of a patient with type IIC von Willebrand's disease during coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Management of children undergoing cardiac transplantation with high Panel Reactive Antibodies. 
  • Management of primary graft failure after heart transplantation: Preoperative risks, perioperative events, and postoperative decisions. 
  • Management of the alveolar cleft. 
  • Measures of executive function and depression identify patients at risk for postoperative delirium. 
  • Microsurgical composite tissue transplantation: a new method of immediate reconstruction of extensive defects. 
  • Migration of Intraaortic Balloon Pump Placed Via the Axillary Artery. 
  • Minimizing hair dispersal: Is this an opportunity for improvement in health care-acquired infection prevention? 
  • Minimizing leg-length inequality in total hip arthroplasty: use of preoperative templating and an intraoperative x-ray. 
  • Molecular markers in prostate cancer: the role in preoperative staging. 
  • Monitoring respiratory function. 
  • Morphologic examination of sequential bone marrow biopsies after nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation complements molecular studies of donor engraftment. 
  • Multi-institutional Validation Study of Pancreatic Cyst Fluid Protein Analysis for Prediction of High-risk Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the Pancreas. 
  • Multicenter review of preoperative risk factors for endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. 
  • Multidisciplinary patient education for total joint replacement surgery patients. 
  • Neoadjuvant androgen-deprivation therapy prior to radical prostatectomy: con. 
  • Neoadjuvant chemoradiation for rectal cancer: analysis of clinical outcomes from a 13-year institutional experience. 
  • Nerve block induction rooms--physical plant setup, monitoring equipment, block cart, and resuscitation cart. 
  • Neuroprotection is associated with beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists during cardiac surgery: evidence from 2,575 patients. 
  • Normalization of quality of life three years after temporal lobectomy: a controlled study. 
  • Novel Preoperative Patient-centered Surgical Wellness Program Impacts Length of Stay Following Pancreatectomy. 
  • Nutritional parameters affecting erythrocyte polyamine levels in cancer patients. 
  • Objective evidence that bariatric surgery improves obesity-related obstructive sleep apnea. 
  • Optimal surgical care for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: an international consensus. 
  • Optimizing management of sickle cell disease in patients undergoing surgery. 
  • Outcomes after surgery for cervical spine deformity: review of the literature. 
  • Outcomes following pre-operative clopidogrel administration in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) trial. 
  • Paediatric preoperative teaching: effects at induction and postoperatively. 
  • Partial Wrist Denervation: The Evidence Behind a Small Fix for Big Problems. 
  • Partial splenectomy before a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children. 
  • Pathologic response to preoperative chemotherapy in colorectal liver metastases: fibrosis, not necrosis, predicts outcome. 
  • Patient Blood Management: Effectiveness and Future Potential. 
  • Patient Blood Management: Recommendations From the 2018 Frankfurt Consensus Conference. 
  • Patient Preferences Around Extent of Surgery in Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer: A Discrete Choice Experiment. 
  • Patient Radiation Exposure During Fluoro-Assisted Direct Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty. 
  • Patterns of morphologic alteration in residual rectal carcinoma following preoperative chemoradiation and their association with long-term outcome. 
  • Percutaneous Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Resectable Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: No Association with Survival and No Increase in Seeding Metastases. 
  • Percutaneous cryoablation of renal tumors: patient selection, technique, and postprocedural imaging. 
  • Percutaneous deflation of a vertebral artery occlusion balloon that migrated to the axillary artery. 
  • Perianesthetic Implications and Considerations for Myasthenia Gravis. 
  • Periarticular osteotomies: the importance of limb alignment. 
  • Perioperative Gabapentinoids: Deflating the Bubble. 
  • Perioperative fluid and hemodynamic management within an enhanced recovery pathway. 
  • Perioperative frailty: lessons learned and future directions. 
  • Peripheral arterial testing before lower extremity amputation among Medicare beneficiaries, 2000 to 2010. 
  • Peritoneal carcinomatosis: preoperative CT with intraperitoneal contrast material. 
  • Pharmacodynamic effects of cangrelor and clopidogrel: the platelet function substudy from the cangrelor versus standard therapy to achieve optimal management of platelet inhibition (CHAMPION) trials. 
  • Pharmacodynamics of chimeric glycoprotein IIb/IIIa integrin antiplatelet antibody Fab 7E3 in high-risk coronary angioplasty. 
  • Phase 1 trial of neoadjuvant radiation therapy before prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer. 
  • Phase I study of preoperative oral uracil and tegafur plus leucovorin and radiation therapy in rectal cancer. 
  • Phase I trial of O6-benzylguanine for patients undergoing surgery for malignant glioma. 
  • Phase II Single-Arm Study of Preoperative Letrozole for Estrogen Receptor-Positive Postmenopausal Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: CALGB 40903 (Alliance). 
  • Physiologic Preoperative Knee Hyperextension Is a Predictor of Failure in an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Revision Cohort: A Report From the MARS Group. 
  • Pilot study of dietary fat restriction and flaxseed supplementation in men with prostate cancer before surgery: exploring the effects on hormonal levels, prostate-specific antigen, and histopathologic features. 
  • Pitfalls in avoiding operation for autoimmune pancreatitis. 
  • Plasma proteins as indices of response to nutritional therapy in cancer patients. 
  • Platelet Function Testing in Patients on Antiplatelet Therapy before Cardiac Surgery. 
  • Platelet function measurement-based strategy to reduce bleeding and waiting time in clopidogrel-treated patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: the timing based on platelet function strategy to reduce clopidogrel-associated bleeding related to CABG (TARGET-CABG) study. 
  • Post-Thoracotomy Pain: Current Strategies for Prevention and Treatment. 
  • Postoperative Liver Failure Risk Score: Identifying Patients with Resectable Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma Who Can Benefit from Portal Vein Embolization. 
  • Postoperative Mortality after Liver Resection for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Development of a Risk Score and Importance of Biliary Drainage of the Future Liver Remnant. 
  • Postoperative Pulmonary Complications, Early Mortality, and Hospital Stay Following Noncardiothoracic Surgery: A Multicenter Study by the Perioperative Research Network Investigators. 
  • Postoperative infection following strabismus surgery: case series and increased incidence in a single referral center. 
  • Postoperative prostate-specific antigen nadir improves accuracy for predicting biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy: Results from the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital (SEARCH) and Duke Prostate Center databases. 
  • Potentially resectable gastric carcinoma: current approaches to staging and preoperative therapy. 
  • Pre-operative homocysteine levels and morbidity and mortality following cardiac surgery. 
  • Pre-operative nutrition and the elective surgical patient: why, how and what? 
  • Pre-operative urodynamics in women with stress urinary incontinence increases physician confidence, but does not improve outcomes. 
  • Pre-transplant Screening for Non-HLA Antibodies: Who should be Tested? 
  • Predicting dysplasia and invasive carcinoma in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: development of a preoperative nomogram. 
  • Predicting implantation with a neuromodulator using two different test stimulation techniques: A prospective randomized study in urge incontinent women. 
  • Predicting the presence of choledocholithiasis in patients with symptomatic cholelithiasis. 
  • Predictive Model for Neoplastic Potential of Gallbladder Polyp. 
  • Predictors of hemodynamic instability during surgery for pheochromocytoma. 
  • Predictors of weight regain in patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. 
  • Preoperative Assessment of the Peroneal Tendons in Lateral Ankle Instability: Examining Clinical Factors, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sensitivity, and Their Relationship. 
  • Preoperative Blood Management Strategy for Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. 
  • Preoperative CA 19-9 and the yield of staging laparoscopy in patients with radiographically resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. 
  • Preoperative CT angiography for free fibula transfer. 
  • Preoperative CYP2D6 metabolism-dependent β-blocker use and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. 
  • Preoperative Carbohydrate Loading in Patients Undergoing Thoracic Surgery: A Quality-Improvement Project. 
  • Preoperative Cognitive Assessment Recommendations for the Older Adult. 
  • Preoperative Consultations. 
  • Preoperative Determinants of Quality of Life and Functional Capacity Response to Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy. 
  • Preoperative Epoxy Embolization Facilitates the Safe and Effective Resection of Venous Malformations in the Hand and Forearm. 
  • Preoperative Evaluation Clinic Visit Is Associated with Decreased Risk of In-hospital Postoperative Mortality. 
  • Preoperative Imaging Findings and Cost in Adults With Postlingual Deafness Prior to Cochlear Implant. 
  • Preoperative Lumbar Drain Use During Acoustic Neuroma Surgery and Effect on CSF Leak Incidence. 
  • Preoperative Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis Prior to Office Balloon Sinus Dilation: A 2011-2014 MarketScan® Analysis. 
  • Preoperative Nutrition Consults Associated with Decreased Postoperative Complication Rate and Decreased Length of Hospital Stay After Spine Metastasis Surgery. 
  • Preoperative Optimization: A Continued Call to Action. 
  • Preoperative Patient Preparation, Programs, and Education in the United States: State of the Art, State of the Science, and State of Affairs. 
  • Preoperative Planning for Structural Heart Disease. 
  • Preoperative Risk Assessment to Guide Prophylaxis and Reduce the Incidence of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. 
  • Preoperative Screening. 
  • Preoperative Single-Fraction Partial Breast Radiation Therapy: A Novel Phase 1, Dose-Escalation Protocol With Radiation Response Biomarkers. 
  • Preoperative Therapy and Pancreatoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: a 25-Year Single-Institution Experience. 
  • Preoperative and postoperative CT staging of rectosigmoid carcinoma. 
  • Preoperative angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blocker use and acute kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. 
  • Preoperative anti-PF4/heparin antibody level predicts adverse outcome after cardiac surgery. 
  • Preoperative appearance of facial muscles on magnetic resonance predicts final facial function after acoustic neuroma surgery. 
  • Preoperative assessment of left ventricular function in patients selected for direct myocardial revascularization. 
  • Preoperative biliary drainage in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: identifying patients who require percutaneous drainage after failed endoscopic drainage. 
  • Preoperative breast magnetic resonance imaging in early breast cancer: implications for partial breast irradiation. 
  • Preoperative carbohydrate loading in surgical patients with type 2 diabetes: Are concerns supported by data? 
  • Preoperative chemo(radio)therapy versus primary surgery for gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma: systematic review with meta-analysis combining individual patient and aggregate data. 
  • Preoperative chemoradiation and pancreaticoduodenectomy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. 
  • Preoperative chemoradiation coupled with aggressive resection as needed ensures near total control in advanced head and neck cancer. 
  • Preoperative chemoradiation for patients with locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. 
  • Preoperative chemoradiation strategies for localized adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. 
  • Preoperative chemoradiation, pancreaticoduodenectomy, and intraoperative radiation therapy for adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. 
  • Preoperative chemotherapy and radiation therapy for locally advanced primary and recurrent rectal carcinoma. A report of surgical morbidity. 
  • Preoperative coagulation testing on a gynecologic oncology service. 
  • Preoperative concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy in rectal cancer patients. 
  • Preoperative consultations for medicare patients undergoing cataract surgery. 
  • Preoperative cotreatment with dextromethorphan and ketorolac provides an enhancement of pain relief after laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy. 
  • Preoperative embolization of cerebral arteriovenous malformations with onyx. 
  • Preoperative evaluation for major noncardiac surgery: focusing on heart failure. 
  • Preoperative evaluation of macrophage colony-stimulating factor levels in patients with endometrial cancer. 
  • Preoperative evaluation of neural tracts by use of three-dimensional anisotropy contrast imaging in a patient with brainstem cavernous angioma: technical case report. 
  • Preoperative evaluation to determine candidates for metal-on-metal hip resurfacing. 
  • Preoperative exercise Vo2 measurement for lung resection candidates: results of Cancer and Leukemia Group B Protocol 9238. 
  • Preoperative factors associated with worsening in health-related quality of life following coronary artery bypass grafting in the Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) trial. 
  • Preoperative functional MR imaging localization of language and motor areas: effect on therapeutic decision making in patients with potentially resectable brain tumors. 
  • Preoperative gemcitabine and cisplatin followed by gemcitabine-based chemoradiation for resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. 
  • Preoperative gemcitabine-based chemoradiation for patients with resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. 
  • Preoperative hyperthermia and radiation for soft tissue sarcomas: advantage of two vs one hyperthermia treatments per week. 
  • Preoperative immunonutrition prior to radical cystectomy: a pilot study. 
  • Preoperative infusional chemoradiation therapy for stage T3 rectal cancer. 
  • Preoperative irradiation for tethered rectal carcinoma. 
  • Preoperative low molecular weight heparin reduces heparin responsiveness during cardiac surgery. 
  • Preoperative noninvasive cardiac testing: which test and why? 
  • Preoperative optimization for patients undergoing elective spine surgery. 
  • Preoperative or postoperative radiotherapy versus surgery alone for retroperitoneal sarcoma: a case-control, propensity score-matched analysis of a nationwide clinical oncology database. 
  • Preoperative paclitaxel, carboplatin, and radiation therapy in advanced head and neck cancer (stage III and IV). 
  • Preoperative parenteral parecoxib and follow-up oral valdecoxib reduce length of stay and improve quality of patient recovery after laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery. 
  • Preoperative plasma club (clara) cell secretory protein levels are associated with primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation. 
  • Preoperative positioning of the protruding premaxilla in the bilateral cleft lip patient. 
  • Preoperative preparation of patients with myasthenia gravis forestalls postoperative respiratory complications after thymectomy. 
  • Preoperative radiation and chemotherapy in the treatment of adenocarcinoma of the rectum. 
  • Preoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer: benefits and controversies. 
  • Preoperative serum brain natriuretic peptide and risk of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery. 
  • Preoperative single fraction partial breast radiotherapy for early-stage breast cancer. 
  • Preoperative statin therapy does not reduce cognitive dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • Preoperative stimulation of resolution and inflammation blockade eradicates micrometastases. 
  • Preoperative therapy for esophageal cancer: a randomized comparison of chemotherapy versus radiation therapy. 
  • Preoperative transarterial embolization of spinal column neoplasms. 
  • Preoperative vascular imaging for the fibular osteocutaneous flap. 
  • Preoperative vascular imaging in pediatric liver transplantation. 
  • Preoperative β-blocker use in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: national database analysis. 
  • Preprocedural ECG-gated computed tomography for prevention of complications during lead extraction. 
  • Preprocedural white blood cell count and major adverse cardiac events late after percutaneous coronary intervention in saphenous vein grafts. 
  • Presurgical columellar elongation and primary retrograde nasal reconstruction in one-stage bilateral cleft lip and nose repair. 
  • Presurgical detection of brain invasion status in meningiomas based on first-order histogram based texture analysis of contrast enhanced imaging. 
  • Pretransplant Desensitization with Costimulation Blockade and Proteasome Inhibitor Reduces DSA and Delays Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Highly Sensitized Nonhuman Primate Kidney Transplant Recipients. 
  • Pretreatment total testosterone level predicts pathological stage in patients with localized prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy. 
  • Prevention of symptomatic pulmonary embolism in patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty. 
  • Principles of Cleft Lip Repair: Conventions, Commonalities, and Controversies. 
  • Pro-Con Debate: Anesthesiologist- Versus Hospitalist- Run Preoperative Clinics and Perioperative Care. 
  • Prognosis of patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors before coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Prognostic implications of response to preoperative infusional chemoradiation in locally advanced rectal cancer. 
  • Prognostic significance of preoperative neutrophilia on recurrence-free survival in meningioma. 
  • Progression of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy and visual outcome after extracapsular cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation. 
  • Prospective evaluation of laparoscopic celiac plexus block in patients with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma. 
  • Protruding premaxilla in the bilateral cleft lip patient. 
  • Pubovaginal fascial slings. 
  • Quality in perioperative echocardiography: it's about time. 
  • Quantification of airflow into the maxillary sinuses before and after functional endoscopic sinus surgery. 
  • Radiogenomics of lower-grade glioma: algorithmically-assessed tumor shape is associated with tumor genomic subtypes and patient outcomes in a multi-institutional study with The Cancer Genome Atlas data. 
  • Randomized Pilot Trial of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients. 
  • Rapid-fractionation pre-operative chemoradiation for malignant periampullary neoplasms. 
  • Rate of pathologic complete response with increased interval between preoperative combined modality therapy and rectal cancer resection. 
  • Rationale and design of the Statins Evaluation in Coronary procedUres and REvascularization: The SECURE-PCI Trial. 
  • Rectal cancer: the influence of tumor proliferation on response to preoperative irradiation. 
  • Reducing Patient Radiation Exposure From CT Fluoroscopy-Guided Lumbar Spine Pain Injections by Targeting the Planning CT. 
  • Reducing Preventable Surgical Cancellations: Improving the Preoperative Anesthesia Interview Process. 
  • Reducing Surgery Cancellations at a Pediatric Ambulatory Surgery Center. 
  • Relationship between coping and depression in heart transplant candidates and their spouses. 
  • Relationship between optical coherence tomography-measured central retinal thickness and visual acuity in diabetic macular edema. 
  • Relationship of preoperative antiendotoxin core antibodies and adverse outcomes following cardiac surgery. 
  • Renal carcinoma: detection of venous extension with gradient-echo MR imaging. 
  • Replantation in children. 
  • Resection of gliomas deemed inoperable by neurosurgeons based on preoperative imaging studies. 
  • Residual bacterial contamination after surgical preparation of the foot or ankle with or without alcohol. 
  • Response to Slim et al. 
  • Results with a selective revascularization strategy for left subclavian artery coverage during thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Retroperitoneal imaging with third and fourth generation computed axial tomography in clinical stage I nonseminomatous germ cell tumors. 
  • Retrospective clinicopathologic correlation of gross tumor size of hepatocellular carcinoma: implications for stereotactic body radiotherapy. 
  • Risk factors for postvitrectomy fibrin formation. 
  • Roadmap for Transforming Preoperative Assessment to Preoperative Optimization. 
  • Role of virtual surgery in preoperative planning: assessing the individual components of functional nasal airway surgery. 
  • Role of vitamin D(3) as a sensitizer to cryoablation in a murine prostate cancer model: preliminary in vivo study. 
  • Routine intravenous pyelograms before hysterectomy in cases of benign disease: possibly effective, definitely expensive. 
  • Rt-PCR increases detection of submicroscopic peritoneal metastases in gastric cancer and has prognostic significance. 
  • Safety of perioperative minidose heparin in patients undergoing brain tumor surgery: a prospective, randomized, double-blind study. 
  • Searching for consensus in the approach to patients with chronic lateral ankle instability: ask the expert. 
  • Separation of Thoraco-Omphalo-Ischiopagus Conjoined Twins: Surgical Planning, Management, and Outcomes. 
  • Sequential preoperative fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography assessment of response to preoperative chemoradiation: a means for determining longterm outcomes of rectal cancer. 
  • Short forms of two condition-specific quality-of-life questionnaires for women with pelvic floor disorders (PFDI-20 and PFIQ-7). 
  • Significance of pathologic response to preoperative therapy in pancreatic cancer: the future ain't what it used to be. 
  • Simple identification of the third segment of the extracranial vertebral artery by extreme lateral inferior transcondylar-transtubercular exposure (ELITE). 
  • Skin antisepsis: it's not only what you use, it's the way that you use it. 
  • Special Considerations Related to Race, Sex, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status in the Preoperative Evaluation: Part 1: Race, History of Incarceration, and Health Literacy. 
  • Special Considerations Related to Race, Sex, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status in the Preoperative Evaluation: Part 2: Sex Considerations and Homeless Patients. 
  • Staging non-small cell carcinoma of the lung using technetium-99m-labeled monoclonal antibodies. 
  • Standardizing inpatient colonoscopy preparations improves quality and provider satisfaction. 
  • Stem cell use in a patient with an ischemic foot ulcer: a case study. 
  • Stent impact on the geometry of the carotid bifurcation and the course of the internal carotid artery. 
  • Strategies to decolonize the shoulder of Cutibacterium acnes: a review of the literature. 
  • Successful pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in two patients with sickle cell disease. 
  • Successful surgical outcome in children with sickle hemoglobinopathies: the Duke University experience. 
  • Surgical Management and Outcomes of Ebstein Anomaly in Neonates and Infants: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis. 
  • Surgical Prehabilitation: Nutrition and Exercise. 
  • Surgical Site Infection Prevention: A Review. 
  • Surgical Site Infections. 
  • Surgical aspects and biological considerations of arteriovenous fistula placement. 
  • Surgical management of complex spinal deformity. 
  • Surgical management of inflammatory arthritis of the adult hip and knee. 
  • Surgical management of pheochromocytoma with the use of metyrosine. 
  • Surgical site infection prophylaxis strategies for cardiothoracic surgery: a decision-analytic model. 
  • Systematic Review of Preoperative Patient Readiness. 
  • Systemic doxorubicin and intraarterial cisplatin preoperative chemotherapy plus postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with osteosarcoma. 
  • T cell repertoire development in humans with SCID after nonablative allogeneic marrow transplantation. 
  • Texture analysis of preoperative CT images for prediction of postoperative hepatic insufficiency: a preliminary study. 
  • The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Use of Bowel Preparation in Elective Colon and Rectal Surgery. 
  • The Blumgart preoperative staging system for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: analysis of resectability and outcomes in 380 patients. 
  • The Chiari Severity Index: a preoperative grading system for Chiari malformation type 1. 
  • The ECLIPSE trials: comparative studies of clevidipine to nitroglycerin, sodium nitroprusside, and nicardipine for acute hypertension treatment in cardiac surgery patients. 
  • The Michigan Surgical Home and Optimization Program is a scalable model to improve care and reduce costs. 
  • The Presence and Persistence of Unrealistic Expectations in Patients Undergoing Nerve Surgery. 
  • The Use of Halo Gravity Traction in Severe, Stiff Scoliosis. 
  • The adrenal mass: correlation of histopathology with imaging. 
  • The association between pre-operative variables, including blood pressure, and postoperative kidney function. 
  • The case for using the correction index obtained from chest radiography for evaluation of pectus excavatum. 
  • The effect of povidone-iodine solutions used as surgical preparations on the bacterial flora of the skin. 
  • The evolution of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine. 
  • The impact of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy on the way endocrinologists treat primary hyperparathyroidism. 
  • The importance of routine liver biopsy in diagnosing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in bariatric patients. 
  • The in vitro effects of antithrombin III on the activated coagulation time in patients on heparin therapy. 
  • The influence of pretransplant transfusions, using different blood products, on patient sensitization and renal allograft survival. 
  • The mediating role of pre-operative patient readiness on surgical outcomes: A structural equation model analysis. 
  • The orderly progression of melanoma nodal metastases. 
  • The potential role of preoperative portal vein embolization for the prevention of small-for-size syndrome. 
  • The pre- and postprocedure assessment of patients undergoing sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy. 
  • The preoperative use of erythropoietin stimulating proteins prior to radical prostatectomy is not associated with increased cardiovascular or thromboembolic morbidity or mortality. 
  • The quest for the "Holy Grail" of ischemic stroke cytoprotection: Statins may not be the answer. 
  • The role of F-18 FDG positron emission tomography in preoperative assessment of the liver in patients being considered for curative resection of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer. 
  • The role of adenotonsillectomy in graft-versus-host disease. 
  • The role of bronchoscopy in the management of lung transplant recipients. 
  • The role of lymphoscintigraphy in the management of the patient with breast cancer. 
  • The role of magnetic resonance imaging in delineating clinically significant prostate cancer. 
  • The role of preoperative urodynamic testing in stress-continent women undergoing sacrocolpopexy: the Colpopexy and Urinary Reduction Efforts (CARE) randomized surgical trial. 
  • The role of therapeutic apheresis in high immunologic risk renal transplantation: a review of current trends. 
  • The scientific basis for evaluation and management of thrombotic disorders. 
  • The significance of pre-operative coronary interventions on outcome after pancreas transplantation. 
  • The significance of the open bladder neck associated with pelvic fracture urethral distraction defects. 
  • The trabecular wall of Schlemm's canal: a study of the effects of pilocarpine by scanning electron microscopy. 
  • Therapeutic apheresis in kidney transplantation: a review of renal transplant immunobiology and current interventions with apheresis medicine. 
  • Thoracic duct ligation for persistent chylothorax after pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. 
  • Thoratec VAD system as a bridge to heart transplantation. 
  • Three-dimensional computed tomographic analysis of the relationship between the arcuate eminence and the superior semicircular canal. 
  • Three-dimensional facial morphology following surgical repair of unilateral cleft lip and palate in patients after nasoalveolar molding. 
  • Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography for perioperative right ventricular assessment. 
  • Thyroid nodules (≥4 cm): can ultrasound and cytology reliably exclude cancer? 
  • Timing of Coronary Bypass Surgery in Patients Receiving Clopidogrel: The Role of VerifyNow. 
  • To bridge or not to bridge: these are the questions. 
  • Trials of nonoperative management exceeding 3 days are associated with increased morbidity in patients undergoing surgery for uncomplicated adhesive small bowel obstruction. 
  • Tumor proliferation in rectal cancer following preoperative irradiation. 
  • Type-II endoleaks following endovascular AAA repair: preoperative predictors and long-term effects. 
  • Ulnar nerve function following total elbow arthroplasty: a prospective study comparing preoperative and postoperative clinical and electrophysiologic evaluation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 
  • Uniform platelet activation exists before coronary stent implantation despite aspirin therapy. 
  • Updates in Enhanced Recovery Pathways for Total Knee Arthroplasty. 
  • Upper extremity computed tomographic angiography: state of the art technique and applications in 2010. 
  • Urinary diversion in the genitourinary cancer survivor. 
  • Urine aquaporin 1 and perilipin 2 differentiate renal carcinomas from other imaged renal masses and bladder and prostate cancer. 
  • Use of Preoperative Testing and Physicians' Response to Professional Society Guidance. 
  • Use of Preprocedural MDCT for Cardiac Implantable Electric Device Lead Extraction: Frequency of Findings That Change Management. 
  • Using the 6-minute walk test to predict disability-free survival after major surgery. 
  • Using the Electronic Medical Record to Improve Preoperative Identification of Patients at Risk for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. 
  • Utilization of Novel High-Resolution, MRI-Based Vascular Imaging Modality for Preoperative Stereoelectroencephalography Planning in Children: A Technical Note. 
  • Utilization of a Preemptive, Multimodal Analgesic Regimen in Adult Ambulatory Septoplasty Patients: A Quality Improvement Project. 
  • Utilization of the STOP-Bang Questionnaire as a Standardized Screening Tool for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Veteran Administration Surgical Patients. 
  • Utilizing Machine Learning for Pre- and Postoperative Assessment of Patients Undergoing Resection for BCLC-0, A and B Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Implications for Resection Beyond the BCLC Guidelines. 
  • Value of preoperative EEG for carotid endarterectomy. 
  • Value of preoperative templating for primary total knee arthroplasty. 
  • Value of serial carcinoembryonic antigen levels in patients with resectable adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and stomach. 
  • Variable allograft responses to pretreatment with donor splenocytes treated with mitomycin C in the rat. 
  • Vascularized tissue transfer for closure of irradiated wounds after soft tissue sarcoma resection. 
  • Vector of device placement and trajectory of mandibular distraction. 
  • Virtual Surgery for the Nasal Airway: A Preliminary Report on Decision Support and Technology Acceptance. 
  • Visceral Fat Volume From Standard Preoperative CT is an Independent Predictor of Short-term Survival in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Metastatic Spine Disease. 
  • Visual acuity following cataract surgeries in relation to preoperative appropriateness ratings. 
  • Warfarin therapy does not increase bleeding in patients undergoing heart transplantation. 
  • What is the role of preoperative imaging for cochlear implants in adults with postlingual deafness? 
  • Who is adherent with preoperative psychological treatment recommendations among weight loss surgery candidates? 
  • Who should have intravenous pyelograms before hysterectomy for benign disease? 
  • Without victory there is no survival: transarterial lipiodol chemoembolization and hepatocellular carcinoma. 
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  • Curtis, Lesley H., Professor in Population Health Sciences, Medicine, General Internal Medicine
  • Frank-Ito, Dennis Onyeka, Associate Professor in Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
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  • Jowell, Paul Simon, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Gastroenterology
  • Laskowitz, Daniel Todd, Professor of Neurology, Duke Science & Society
  • Lee, Walter T, Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Radiation Oncology
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  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
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