Submissions from 2020
Practical guide to survey research, Karen Brasel, Adil H. Haider, and Jason Haukoos
Emergency general surgery volume and its impact on outcomes in military treatment facilities, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Peter A. Learn, Daniel J. Sturgeon, Joaquim M. Havens, Eric Goralnick, Tracey Koehlmoos, Adil H. Haider, and Andrew J. Schoenfeld
Post-operative pain after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair, the impact of mesh soakage with bupivacaine solution versus normal saline solution: A randomised controlled trial (HAPPIEST Trial), Tabish Chawla, Noman Shahzad, Khabir Ahmad, and Jehangir Farman Ali
Maximizing the impact of surgical health services research: The methodology toolbox, Amir A. Ghaferi, Adil H. Haider, and Melina R. Kibbe
Histologic grading of breast carcinoma: A multi-institution study of interobserver variation using virtual microscopy, Paula S. Ginter, Romana Idress, Timothy M. D'Alfons, Susan Fineberg, Shabnam Jaffer, Abida K. Sattar, Anees Chagpa, Parker Wilson, and Malini Harigopal
Defining a research agenda for layperson prehospital hemorrhage control: A consensus statement, Eric Goralnic, Chibuike Ezeib, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Justin McCarty, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Tomas Andriotti, Elzerie De Jager, Daniel Ospina-Delgado, Craig Goolsby, and Adil H. Haider
Factors associated with long-term outcomes after injury: Results of the functional outcomes and recovery after trauma emergencies (FORTE) multicenter cohort study, Adil H. Haider, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Syeda S. Al Rafai, Alyssa F. Harlow, Michel Apoj, Deepika Nehra, George Kasotakis, Karen Brasel, Haytham M A Kaafarani, and George Velmahos
Developing role models in clinical settings: A qualitative study of medical students, residents and clinical teachers, Sonia Ijaz Haider, Roger Christopher Gill, and Qamar Riaz
Empathy in clinical practice: A qualitative study of early medical practitioners and educators, Sonia Ijaz Haider, Qamar Riaz, and Roger Christopher Gill
Long-term patient-reported outcome measures after injury: National trauma research action plan (NTRAP) scoping review protocol, Juan Pablo Herrera-Escobar, Manuel A. Castillo-Angeles, Samia Y. Osman, Claudia P. Orlas, Mahin B. Janjua, Muhammad Abdullah Arain, Emma Reidy, Molly P. Jarman, Michelle A. Price, and Adil H. Haider
Development and validation of a revised trauma-specific quality of life instrument, Juan Pablo Herrera-Escobar, Terri deRoon-Cassini, Karen Brasel, Deepika Nehra, Syeda Sanam Al Rafai, Alexander Toppo, George Kasotakis, George Velmahos, Ali Salim, and Adil H. Haider
An antibiotic stewardship program in a surgical ICU of a resource-limited country: Financial impact with improved clinical outcomes, Kashif Hussain, Muhammad Faisal Khan, Gul Ambreen, Syed Shamim Raza, Seema Irfan, Kiren Habib, and Hasnain Zafar
Recurrent phyllodes tumour of the breast transforming to a fibrosarcoma, Dua Jabeen, Lubna Mushtaque Vohra, Tariq Siddiqui, and Aziz-Un-Nisa Raza
The impact of income on emergency general surgery outcomes in urban and rural areas, Elzerie de Jager, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Fatima Rahim, Molly P. Jarman, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Joaquim M. Havens, Eric Goralnick, Andrew J. Schoenfeld, and Adil H. Haider
The association of state firearm legislation with the burden of firearm-related surgery, Elzerie de Jager, Justin McCarty, Molly P. Jarman, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Eric Goralnick, Adil H. Haider, Andrew J. Schoenfeld, and Gezzer Ortega
Lumbar drain for temporary cerebrospinal fluid diversion: Factors related to the risks of complications at a university hospital, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Nawal Suhail, Rida Mitha, Mujtaba Moazzam, Nida Zahid, and Muhammad Shahzad Shamim
Isolated gallbladder injury from blunt abdominal trauma: A rare co-incidence, Muhammad Rizwan Khan and Saleema Begum
Surgical and oncological implications of aberrant arterial anatomy in patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Saleema Begum, Dawar Burhan Khan, and K. M. Inam Pal
Is proximal gastric cancer a different entity from distal gastric cancer? Anatomical site distribution of signet ring cell carcinoma and its association with helicobacter pylori infection, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Najiha Bilal Farooqi, and Noman Shahzad
Racial disparities in treatment for rectal cancer at minority-serving hospitals, Pamela W. Lu, Rebecca E. Scully, Adam C. Fields, Vanessa M. Welten, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Adil H. Haider, Joel S. Weissman, Karen M. Freund, and Nelya Melnitchouk
Association of affordable care act-related medicaid expansion with variation in utilization of surgical services, Tyler R. McClintock, Suhas Gondi, Ye Wang, David F. Friedlander, Alexander P. Cole, Maxine Sun, Nelya Melnitchouk, Steven L. Chang, Adil H. Haider, Joel S. Weissman, and Quoc-Dien Trinh
Acute mesenteric thrombosis: A hematologist perspective, Bushra Moiz, Zaid Muslim, Zahraa Farrukh Siddiqui, and Hasnain Zafar
Management of early rectal cancer: Current practice and future, Bhavani Mothe, Hasnain Zafar, and Shakil Ahmed
Racial differences in extremity soft tissue sarcoma treatment in a universally insured population, Linda M. Pak, Nicollette K. Kwon, Elizabeth H. Baldini, Peter A. Learn, Tracey Koehlmoos, Adil H. Haider, and Chandrajit P. Raut
Association of circulatory kisspeptin levels and hormonal interplay with male infertility: A cross-sectional study in Karachi, Pakistan, Rehana Rehman, Kaleem Ahmed, Nida Zahid, Faiza Alam, and Syeda Sadia Fatima
Follicular sensitivity index: A tool to predict successful conception after intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection, Rehana Rehman, Amara Zafar, Nida Zahid, and Nuruddin Badruddin Mohammed
May-thurner and paget-schroetter syndromes: A review, Zia Ur Rehman
Lack of androgen receptor expression selects for basal-like phenotype and is a predictor of poor clinical outcome in non-metastatic triple negative breast cancer, Nazia Riaz, Romana Idress, Sadia Habib, and El Nasir Lalani
Changing face of trauma and surgical training in a developing country: A literature review, Qamar Riaz, Sabah Uddin Saqib, Rehan Nasir Khan, and Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui
HBV S antigen evolution in the backdrop of HDV infection affects epitope processing and presentation, Mehwish Sajjad, Syed Ali, Samina Baig, Shaheen Sharafat, Bilal Ahmed Khan, Saeed Khan, Muhammad Nouman Mughal, and Syed Hani Abidi
Proceedings from the consensus conference on trauma patient-reported outcome measures, Joseph V. Sakran, Hiba Ezzeddine, C. William Schwab, Stephanie Bonne, Karen J. Brasel, Randall S. Burd, Joseph Cuschieri, James Ficke, Barbara A. Gaines, Joseph T. Giacino, Nicole S. Gibran, and Adil H. Haider
Congenital morgagni hernia presenting as complete small bowel obstruction in the adult - A case report, Sabah Uddin Saqib, Kulsoom Hamid, and Tabish Umer Chawla
Gastrointestinal anastomosis (GIA) stapler as a safe and efficacious damage control tool for high-grade liver injury in hemodynamically unstable patient- A case report, Sabah Uddin Saqib, Wafa Iftekhar, and Hasnain Zafar
Mycobacterium abscessus: A rare cause of peri-ductal mastitis in endemic regions, Aisha Shaikh and Lubna Mushtaque Vohra
Patient delay in breast cancer diagnosis in two hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan: Preventive and life-saving measures needed, Uzma Shamsi, Shaista Khan, Syed Iqbal Azam, Shaheryar Usman, Amir Maqbool, Tiffany Gill, Romaina Iqbal, and David Callen
Association between perioperative hypothermia and surgical site infection after elective abdominal surgery: A prospective cohort study, Tayyab Siddiqiui, K. M. Inam Pal, Fatima Shaukat, Hadika Mubashir, Alisha Akbar Ali, Muhammad Jehangir A. Malik, and Noman Shahzad
Opioid prescription patterns for children following laparoscopic appendectomy, Kristin A. Sonderman, Lindsey L. Wolf, Arin L. Madenci, Nicollette K. Kwon, Lindsey B. Armstrong, Kerollos Nashat Wanis, Kathryn Taylor, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Tracey P. Koehlmoos, and Adil H. Haider
National study of triage and access to trauma centers for older adults, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Molly P. Jarman, Daniel J. Sturgeon, Alyssa F. Harlow, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Zara Cooper, Ali Salim, Craig D. Newgard, and Adil H. Haider
Aggressive angiomyxoma in the ischiorectal fossa, Asra Wahid, Abdul Hakeem, and Sadaf Khan
Academic advancement in global surgery: Appointment, promotion, and tenure: Recommendations from the american surgical association working group on global surgery, Sherry M. Wren, Charles Balch, Gerard Doherty, Samuel Finlayson, Gordon Kauffman, Melina Kibbe, Adil H. Haider, Rebecca Minter, Charles Mock, and Godfrey Mugut
Adenoma detection rate as a quality indicator for colonoscopy: A descriptive cross-sectional study from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Mian Shah Yousaf, Shameel Shafqat, Roger Christopher Gill, Asfia Arham Khursheed, and Om Parkash
Submissions from 2019
Prevalence of prediabetes, diabetes and Its predictors among females in alkharj, saudi arabia: A cross-sectional study., Jamaan M. Al-Zahrani, Abdulrahman Aldiab, Khaled K. Aldossari, Sameer Al- Ghamdi, Mohammed Ali Batais, Sundas Javad, Shanila Nooruddin, Nida Zahid, Hira Abdul Razak, and Ashraf El- Metwally
The optimal length of stay associated with the lowest readmission risk following surgery, Tomas Andriotti, Eric Goralnick, Molly Jarman, Muhammad A. Chaudhary, Louis L. Nguyen, Peter A. Learn, Adil H. Haider, and Andrew J. Schoenfeld
Risk factors associated with surgical site infections: A retrospective report from a developing country, Shahbaz Ansari, Sundus Fareed, Habiba D. Barry, Tariq Ali Bhatti, Syed Zohaib Maroof Hussain, Shah Jabeen, and Sundus Fareed
Accuracy of BISAP score in prediction of severe acute pancreatitis, Anum Arif, Farhat Jaleel, and Khalid Rashid
Over a decade of changing trends in surgical mortality; audit from a tertiary care hospital, Hassaan Bari, K. M. Inam Pal, and Akbar Zubairi
Cost effectiveness of glove endobag in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Review of the available literatur, Saleema Begum, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, and Roger Gill
Macroeconomic trends and practice models impacting acute care surgery, Andrew Bernard, Kristan Staudenmayer, Joseph P. Minei, Jay Doucet, Adil H. Haider, Tres Scherer, and Kimberly A. Davis
Surgeons’ perceptions toward providing care for diverse patients: The need for cultural dexterity training, Navin R. Changoor, Nidhi R. Udyavar, Megan A. Morris, Maya Torain, John T. Mullen, Tara S. Kent, Douglas S. Smink, Alexander Green, and Adil H. Haider
Development and validation of a bedside risk assessment for sustained prescription opioid use after surgery, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Nizar Bhulani, Elzerie C de Jager, Stuart Lipsitz, Nicollette K. Kwon, Daniel J. Sturgeon, Quoc-Dien Trinh, Tracey Koehlmoos, Adil H. Haider, and Andrew J. Schoenfeld
No racial disparities in surgical care quality observed after coronary artery bypass grafting in TRICARE patients, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Elzerie de Jager, Nizar Bhulani, Nicollette K. Kwon, Adil H. Haider, Eric Goralnick, Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos, and Andrew J. Schoenfeld
Prior prescription opioid use and Its influence on opioid requirements after orthopedic trauma, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Arvind von Keudell, Nizar Bhulani, Elzerie C. de Jager, Nicollette K. Kwon, Tracey Koehlmoos, Adil H. Haider, and Andrew J. Schoenfeld
Building community resilience: A scalable model for hemorrhage-control training at a mass gathering site, using the RE-AIM framework, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Justin McCarty, Samir Shah, Zain Hashmi, Edward Caterson, Scott Goldberg, Craig Goolsby, Adil H. Haider, and Eric Goralnick
Prolonged ICU stay and its association with 1-year trauma mortality: An analysis of 19,000 American patients, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Andrew J. Schoenfeld, Tracey P. Koehlmoos, Zara Cooper, and Adil H. Haider
Risk factors of pancreatic fistula in distal pancreatectomy patients., Tabish Chawla and Amyna Jiwani
Recommended cancer screening in accountable care organizations: trends in colonoscopy and mammography in the medicare shared savings program, Alexander P. Cole, Anna Krasnova, Ashwin Ramaswamy, Sean A. Fletcher, David F. Friedlander, Julia McNabb-Baltar, Nelya Melnitchouk, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Maxine Sun, Adam S. Kibel, Mehra Golshan, and Adil H. Haider
Comparing the association between insurance and mortality in ovarian, pancreatic, lung, colorectal, prostate, and breast cancers, Alexander P. Cole, Chang Lu, Marieke J. Krimphove, Julie Szymaniak, Maxine Sun, Sean A. Fletcher, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Brandon A. Mahal, Paul L. Nguyen, and Adil H. Haider
Multilevel analysis of readmissions after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer in the USA: Does the hospital make a difference?, Alexander P. Cole, Ashwin Ramaswamy, Sabrina Harmouch, Sean A. Fletcher, Philipp Gild, Maxine Sun, Stuart R. Lipsitz, H Abraham Chiang, Adil H. Haider, and Mark A. Preston
Surgical care for all - Much work to be done, Ather Enam and Sadaf Khan
Analysis of authorship in hepatopancreaticobiliary surgery: women remain underrepresented, Ayesha Farooq, Kota Sahara, Aeman Muneeb, Khadija Farooq, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Katiuscha Merath, Rittal Mehta, Anghela Paredes, Madison Hyer, and Eliza Beal
Racial disparities in post-discharge healthcare utilization after trauma, Shelby Chun Fat, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Anupamaa J. Seshadri, Syeda S. Al Rafai, Zain G. Hashmi, Elzerie de Jager, Constantine Velmahos, George Kasotakis, George Velmahos, Ali Salim, and Adil H. Haider
Accounting for disparities in the evaluation of medicare alternative payment plans: lessons in inequity, Charles J. Gerardo; Gezzer Ortega,; and Adil H. Haider
Feasibility of robotic surgery in a developing country, a public sector perspective, Shahriyar Ghazanfar, Sajida Qureshi, Muhammad Zubair, Umer Fateh, Saif Ahmed, and Mohammad Saeed Quraishy
The need for simulation in surgical education in developing countries. The wind of change. Review article, Obada Hussein Hasan; Ahmed Ayaz,; Muneeba Khan; Charles Docherty; and Pervaiz Hashmi
Long-term social dysfunction after trauma: What is the prevalence, risk factors, and associated outcomes?, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Rachel Rivero, Michel Apoj, Alexandra Geada, Matthew Villanyi, David Blake, George Velmahos, Haytham M. A Kaafarani, Ali Salim, Adil H. Haider, and George Kasotakis
Lower education and income predict worse long-term outcomes after injury, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Anupamaa J. Seshadri, Rachel Rivero, Alexander Toppo, Syeda S. Al Rafai, John W. Scott, Joaquim M. Havens, George Velmahos, George Kasotakis, Ali Salim, Adil H. Haider, and Deepika Nehra
Disparities in surgical access: A systematic literature review, conceptual model, and evidence map, Elzerie de Jager, Adele A. Levin, N Rhea Udyavar, Helen R. Burstin, Nizar Bhulani, David B. Hoyt, Clifford Y. Ko, Joel S. Weissman, L D Britt, and Adil H. Haider
Spontaneous rupture of pyonephrosis leading to pyoperitoneum, Imran K. Jalbani, Muhammad Khurrum, and Wajahat Aziz
Does male factor infertility impact on self‐esteem and sexual relationship, Salman Jamil, Mohammad Shoaib, Wajahat Aziz, and Hammad Ather
Addressing clinical significance-reply, Molly P. Jarman and Adil H. Haider
When one data set is insufficient-things to consider when linking secondary data-reply, Molly P. Jarman and Adil H. Haider
Quantifying geographic barriers to trauma care: Urban-rural variation in prehospital mortality, Molly P. Jarman, Zain Hashmi, Yasmin Zerhouni, Rhea Udyavar, Craig Newgard, Ali Salim, and Adil H. Haider
Validation of zip code-based estimates of ambulance driving distance to control for access to care in emergency surgery research, Molly P. Jarman, Daniel Sturgeon, Ian Mathews, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, and Adil H. Haider
Adjunctive surgical procedures enhancing treatment outcome : A literature review, Adeel Tahir Kamal, Farheen Fatima, Mubassar Fida, Mubeen Ahmed, and Hafiz Taha Mehmood
Taypical presentation of semnoma in the prostate-–case report, Zehra Kazmi, M Nasir Sulaiman, Mazhar Ali, Ahsan Rafi, Zubair Ahmad, and Hammad Ather
Recurrent Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of the Parotid: A case report and review of literature, Shayan Khalid; Rahim Dhanani; Hamdan Ahmed Pasha,; Mohammad Sohail Awan; and Aisha Memon
The characteristics of appendicoliths associated with acute appendicitis, Mohammad Shoaib Khan, Mustafa Belal Hafeez Chaudhry, Noman Shahzad, Muhammad S. Khan, Maryam Wajid, Wasim Memon, and Abdul Rehman Alvi
Factors ssociated with complicated appendicitis: view from a low-middle income country, Msohaib Khan, Muhammad Tayyab, Noman Shahzad, Noman Shahzad, Aleezay Haider, Mustafa Belal Hafeez Chaudhry, and Abdul Rehman Alvi
Extended resection for xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis mimicking gallbladder carcinoma: Cases and review of diagnostic approach, Muhammad Rizwan Khan and Saleema Begum
Seasonal variation in acute cholecystitis: An analysis of cholecystectomies spanning three decades, Muhammad Shoaib Khan, Noman Shahzad, Sumaiyya Arshad, and Amir Hafeez Shariff
Radial forearm free flap: A dynamic flap for single-staged multiple subunit reconstruction, Muhammad Ubaid Khan, Safdar Ali, and Muhammad Asif Ahsan
The economic footprint of acute care surgery in the United States: Implications for systems development, Lisa M. Knowlton, Joseph Minei, Lakshika Tennakoon, Kimberly A. Davis, Jay Doucet, Andrew Bernard, Adil H. Haider, and L R Tres Scherer
Collecting sexual orientation and gender identity information in the emergency department : The divide between patient and provider perspectives, Lisa M. Kodadek, Susan Peterson, Ryan Y. Shields, Danielle German, Anju Ranjit, Claire Snyder, Eric Schneider, Brandyn D. Lau, and Adil H. Haider
Assessing low-value health care services in the military health system, Tracey Pérez Pérez Koehlmoos, Cathaleen King Madsen, Amanda Banaag, Adil H. Haider, Joel . S. Weissman, and Andrew J. Schoenfeld
The impact of in-hospital complications on the long-term functional outcome of trauma patients: A multicenter study, Jae Moo Lee BA, Juan Herrera-Escobar, Michel Apoj BA, Syeda S. Al Rafai, Kelsey Han, Deepika Nehra, Ali Salim, Karen Brasel, George Kasotakis, and Adil H. Haider
Global surgery: building healthy surgical systems., Taylor Leposa, Bria Johnston, Sohail Asghar Dogar, Henry Rice, and Tamara Fitzgerald
Hemorrhage control training promotes resilience-associated traits in medical students, Nomi C. Levy-Carrick, Justin McCarty, Muhammad Ali Chaudhary, Edward J. Caterson, Adil H. Haider, Andrew J. Eyre, Pamela B. Mahon, and Eric Goralnick MD
The opportunities and shortcomings of using big data and national databases for sarcoma research, Heather Lyu, Adil H. Haider, Adam B. Landman, and Chandrajit P. Raut
Incidence and risk factors for sepsis after childhood splenectomy, Arin L. Madenci, Lindsey B. Armstrong, Nicollette K. Kwon, Wei Jiang, Lindsey L. Wolf, Tracey P. Koehlmoos, Robert L. Ricca, Christopher B. Weldon, Adil H. Haider, and Brent R. Weil
Comparison of military health system data repository and American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-pediatric, Arin L. Madenci, Cathaleen K. Madsen, Nicollette K. Kwon, Lindsey L. Wolf, Kristin A. Sonderman, Jill M. Zalieckas, Samuel E. Rice-Townsend, Adil H. Haider, Robert L. Ricca, and Brent R. Weil
Application of new biomedical materials in orthodontic appliances, Hafiz Taha Mahmood, Adeel Tahir Kamal, Bushra Khan, and Mubassar Fida
Association of Medicaid expansion policy with outcomes in homeless patients requiring emergency general surgery, Ramiro Manzano-Nunez, Cheryl K. Zogg, Nizar Bhulani, Justin C. McCarty, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Kaye Lu, Tomas Andriotti, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Elzerie de Jager, and Adil H. Haider
Can they stop the bleed? Evaluation of tourniquet application by individuals with varying levels of prior self-reported training, Justin C. McCarty, Edward J. Caterson, Muhammed A. Chaudhary, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Zain G. Hashmi, Scott A. Goldberg, Craig Goolsby, Craig Goolsby, Stuart Lipsitz, Adil H. Haider, and Eric Goralnick
Can they stop the bleed? Evaluation of tourniquet application by individuals with varying levels of prior self-reported training, Justin C. McCarty, Edward J. Caterson, Muhammed A. Chaudhary, Juan P. Herrera-Escobar, Zain G. Hashmi, Scott A. Goldberg, Craig Goolsby, Stuart Lipsitz, Adil H. Haider, and Eric Goralnick
Testosterone replacement therapy is associated with an increased risk of urolithiasis, Tyler R. McClintock, Marie-Therese I. Valovska, Nicollette K. Kwon, Alexander P. Cole, Wei Jiang, Martin N. Kathrins, Naeem Bhojani, George E. Haleblian, Tracey Koehlmoos, and Adil H. Haider
Simultaneous subtotal gastrectomy and right colectomy for synchronous gastric and colon cancer: A case report., Raul Mederos,; Jose R Lamas; Anika Ramos; Ayesha Farooq; and Syeda Farooq
Data resource profile: State inpatient databases, David Metcalfe, Cheryl K. Zogg, Elliott R. Haut, Timothy M. Pawlik, and Adil H. Haider
Developing a low budget trauma registry, Asad Moosa, Ahmad Jawad, Iqra Jangda, and Hasnain Zafar
Comparison of upper limb translocated femoral vein and prosthetic arteriovenous bridge grafts, Asad Moosa, F A. Shaikh, Madeeha Ali, Abdus Salam, Ziad Sophie, and Nadeem Ahmed Siddiqui
Intraparotid tuberculosis misdiagnosed as neoplasm on FNAC, Tahir Muhammad, Haissan Iftikhar, and Mubasher Ikram