Submissions from 2013
Provider versus patient factors impacting hospital length of stay after pancreaticoduodenectomy, Eric B. Schneider, Omar Hyder, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Rebecca M. Dodson, Adil H. Haider, Joseph M. Herman, Joseph M. Herman, and Timothy M. Pawlik
Emergency general surgery: Definition and estimated burden of disease, Shahid Shafi Shafi, Michel B. Aboutanos, Suresh Agarwal Jr, Carlos V R Brown, Marie Crandall, David V. Feliciano, Oscar Guillamondegui, Adil H. Haider, Kenji Inaba, and Turner M. Osler
Recurrence and chronic pain after mesh fixation with skin staples versus sutures in Lichtenstein's inguinal hernioplasty: A retrospective cohort study, Fareed A. Shaikh, Abdul Rehman Alvi, A S A Jiwani, and Ghulam Murtaza
Transcervical approach to percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion in a patient with head and neck cancer, Amir Hafeez Shariff, Muhammad Waqas, and Shabbir Akhtar
Influencing medical student education via a voluntary shadowing program for trauma and acute care surgery, D Alex Stroh, Nikhilesh Ray-Mazumder, Jason A. Norman, Adil H. Haider, Kent A. Stevens, Albert Chi, Amy P. Rushing, David T. Efron, and Elliott R. Haut
National cost of trauma care by payer status, Catherine G. Velopulos, Ngozi Y. Enwerem, Augustine Obirieze, Xuan Hui, Zain G. Hashmi, Valerie K. Scott, Edward E. Cornwell, Eric B. Schneider, and Adil H. Haider
Submissions from 2012
Complications of total hip replacement, Kashif Abbas, Ghulam Murtaza, Masood Umer, Haroon Rashid, and Irfan Qadir
Foleys protection caps: inexpensive alternative in Ilizarov fixation, K Abbas and H Rashid
Duhamel's procedure for adult hirschsprung's disease, Mehreen Adhi, Salma Khan, Hasnain Zafar, and Muhammad Arshad
Association between helmets and facial injury after a motorcycle collision: An analysis of more than 40 000 patients from the National Trauma Data Bank, Joseph G. Crompton, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Keshia M. Pollack, Kent Stevens, Edward E. Cornwell, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, and Adil H. Haider
Association between hospitals caring for a disproportionately high percentage of minority trauma patients and increased mortality: A nationwide analysis of 434 hospitals, Adil H. Haider, Sharon Ong'uti, David T. Efron, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Marie L. Crandall, Valerie K. Scott, Elliott R. Haut, Eric B. Schneider, Neil R. Powe, and Lisa A. Cooper
An evidence-based review: Efficacy of safety helmets in the reduction of head injuries in recreational skiers and snowboarders, Adil H. Haider, Taimur Saleem, Jaroslaw W. Bilaniuk, and Robert D. Barraco
Influence of the National Trauma Data Bank on the study of trauma outcomes: Is it time to set research best practices to further enhance its impact?, Adil H. Haider, Taimur Saleem, Jeffrey J. Leow, Cassandra V. Villegas, Mehreen Kisat, Eric B. Schneider, Elliott R. Haut, Kent A. Stevens, Edward E. Cornwell, and Ellen J. MacKenzie
Should the IDC-9 Trauma Mortality Prediction Model become the new paradigm for benchmarking trauma outcomes?, Adil H. Haider, Cassandra V. Villegas, Taimur Saleem, David T. Efron, Kent A. Stevens, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Edward E. Cornwell, Stephen Bowman, Sara Haack, and Susan P. Baker
Risk factors for the development of intra-abdominal abscess following splenectomy for trauma, M.G. Hashmi, M.T. Kisat, K.A. Rehman, S. Zafar, K. Olino, E.R. Haut, E.B. Schneider, K.A. Stevens, D.T. Efron, A. Chi, A. Rushing, Hasnain Zafar, and A.H. Haider
Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma, Elliott R. Haut, Brandyn D. Lau, Franca S. Kraenzlin, Deborah B. Hobson, Peggy S. Kraus, Howard T. Carolan, Adil H. Haider, Christine G. Holzmueller, David T. Efron, and Peter J. Pronovost
The eastern association of the surgery of trauma approach to practice management guideline development using grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) methodology, Andrew J. Kerwin, Elliott R. Haut, J Bracken Burns, John J. Como, Adil H. Haider, and Nicole Stassen
Predictors of positive Head CT scan and neurosurgical procedures after minor head trauma, Mehreen Kisat, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Asad Latif, Cassandra V. Villegas, David T. Efron, Kent A. Stevens, Elliott R. Haut, Eric B. Schneider, Hasnain Zafar, and Adil H. Haider
Safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of a multidisciplinary percutaneous tracheostomy program, Marek A. Mirski, Vinciya Pandian, Nasir Bhatti, Elliott Haut, David Feller-Kopman, Athir Morad, Adil H. Haider, Adam Schiavi, David Efron, and John Ulatowski
Regional variations in cost of trauma care in the United States: Who is paying more?, Augustine C. Obirieze, Darrell J. Gaskin, Cassandra V. Villegas, Stephen M. Bowman, Eric B. Schneider, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Elliott R. Haut, David T. Efron, Edward E. Cornwell, and Adil H. Haider
Epidemiologic trend in elderly domestic injury, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Sharon K. Ong’uti, Oluwaseyi B. Bolorunduro, Dani O. Gonzalez, Edward E. Cornwell, and Adil H. Haider
Profiling the ethnic characteristics of domestic injuries in children younger than age 5 years, Tolulope Oyetunji, Adrienne A. Stevenson, Aderonke O. Oyetunji, Sharon K. Onguti, Sarah A. Ames, Adil H. Haider, and Benedict C. Nwomeh
Predictors of short-term mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy, Vinciya Pandian, Daniel L. Gilstrap, Marek A. Mirski, Elliott R. Haut, Adil H. Haider, David T. Efron, Natalie M. Bowman, Lonny B. Yarmus, Nasir I. Bhatti, and Kent A. Stevens
Beating the weekend trend: Increased mortality in older adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients admitted on weekends, Eric B. Schneider, Salman A. Hirani, Hali L. Hambridge, Elliott R. Haut, Anthony R. Carlini, Renan C. Castillo, David T. Efron, and Adil H. Haider
Disparities in mortality after blunt injury: Does insurance type matter?, Paul Logan Weygandt, Lia I. Losonczy, Eric B. Schneider, Mehreen T. Kisat, Lauren K. Licatino, Edward E. Cornwell, Elliot R. Haut, David T. Efron, and Adil H. Haider
Laparoscopic splenectomy for haematological disorder: Our experience, Hasnain Zafar, Aamir Hameed, Amyn Pardhan, Ghulam Murtaza, and Samia Mazahir
Emergency incisional hernia repair: a difficult problem waiting for a solution, Hasnain Zafar, Masooma Zaidi, Irfan Qadir, and Ayaz Ahmed Memon
Submissions from 2011
Delayed surgical therapy reduces mortality in patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh, and Syed Faraz Kazim
Factors influencing the opinion of individuals in determining tumour spread after biopsy, Tayyaba Z. Ansari, Adnan A. Zaidi, Asra Parekh, Owais Iqbal, Nehal Masood, Ahmed Mateen, and Tehseen Fatima
Validating the Injury Severity Score (ISS) in different populations: ISS predicts mortality better among hispanics and females, O B. Bolorunduro, C Villegas, T A. Oyetunji, E R. Haut, K A. Stevens, D C. Chang, E E. Cornwell, D T. Efron, and Adil H. Haider
Lower extremity vascular injuries: Increased mortality for minorities and the uninsured?, Marie Crandall, Douglas Sharp, Karen Brasel, Mercedes Carnethon, Adil Haider, and Thomas Esposito
Motorcycle helmets associated with lower risk of cervical spine injury: Debunking the myth, Joseph G. Crompton, Curt Bone BS, Tolulope Oyetunji, Keshia M. Pollack, Oluwaseyi Bolorunduro, Cassandra Villegas, Kent Stevens, Edward E. Cornwell, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, and Adil H. Haider
The impact of insurance status on actuarial survival in hospitalized trauma patients: When do they die?, Stephanie R. Downing, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Wendy R. Greene, Jacqueline Jenifer, Selwyn O. Rogers, Adil H. Haider, Edward E. Cornwell, and David C. Chang
Racial, ethnic, and insurance status disparities in use of posthospitalization care after trauma, Brian R. Englum, Cassandra Villegas, Oluwaseyi Bolorunduro, Elliott R. Haut, Edward E. Cornwell, David T. Efron, and Adil H. Haider
Mechanism of injury predicts case fatality and functional outcomes in pediatric trauma patients: The case for its use in trauma outcomes studies, Adil H. Haider, Joseph G. Crompton, Tolulope Oyetunji, Donald Risucci, Stephen DiRusso, Hatice Basdag, Cassandra V. Villegas, Zain U. Syed, Elliott R. Haut, and David T. Efron
Health information technology and the collection of race, ethnicity, and language data to reduce disparities in quality of care, Adil H. Haider and Peter J. Pronovost
Association of unconscious race and social class bias with vignette-based clinical assessments by medical students, Adil H. Haider, Janel Sexton, N Sriram, Lisa A. Cooper, David T. Efron, Sandra Swoboda, Cassandra V. Villegas, Elliott R. Haut, Morgan Bonds, and Peter J. Pronovost
Unconscious race and social class bias in medical students—reply, Adil H. Haider, N Sriram, and Lisa Cooper
Duplex ultrasound screening for deep vein thrombosis in asymptomatic trauma patients: A survey of individual trauma surgeon opinions and current trauma center practices, Elliott R. Haut, Eric B. Schneider, Amar Patel, Michael B. Streiff, Michael B. Streiff, Adil H. Haider, Kent A. Stevens, David C. Chang, Melanie L. Neal, and Christopher Hoeft
Gradenigo's syndrome: Surgical management in a child, Hassan Nabeel Humayun, Shabbir Akhtar, and Shakeel Ahmed
Variations in practice patterns among neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons in the management of spinal disorders, Manzar Hussain, Sadaf Nasir, Amber Moed, and Ghulam Murtaza
An assessment of the impact of pregnancy on trauma mortality, Preeti R. John, Aki Shiozawa, Elliott R. Haut, David T. Efron, Adil H. Haider, Edward E. Cornwell, and David Chang
Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm: A rare complication of amoebic liver abscess, Anam Khan, Khawaja Muhammad Inam Pal, and Hussain Ijaz Khan
Primary non-functioning paraganglioma of liver: A rare tumour at an unusual location, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Rushna Raza, Abdul Jabbar, and Arsalan Ahmed
Leaking pseudoaneurysm of hepatic artery: A potentially life-threatening complication of a common procedure, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Rushna Raza, and Basit Salam
Factors affecting the likelihood of presentation to the emergency department of trauma patients after discharge, Karim S. Ladha, J Hunter Young, Derek K. Ng, David T. Efron, and Adil H. Haider
Surgical research elective in the United States: An australian medical student's experience, Jeffrey J. Leow, Sean D. Mackay, Michael J. Grigg, and Adil H. Haider
First amendment rights of patients and physicians—Reply, Lindsey Murtag, Matthew Miller, and Adil Haider
Redefining hypotension in the elderly: Normotension is not reassuring, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, David C. Chang, Joseph G. Crompton, Wendy R. Greene, Elliott R. Haut, Edward E. Cornwell, and Adil H. Haider
Multiple imputation in trauma disparity research, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Joseph G. Crompton, Imudia D. Ehanire, Kent A. Stevens, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, David C. Chang, Edward E. Cornwell, Marie L. Crandall, and Adil H. Haider
Treatment outcomes of injured children at adult level 1 trauma centers: Are there benefits from added specialized care?, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Adil H. Haider, Stephanie R. Downing, and Oluwaseyi B. Bolorunduro
Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A developing country perspective, Khawaja Muhammad Inam Pal, Hassaan Bari, and Sana Nasim
T-tube management of late esophageal perforation, Irfan Qadir, Hasnain Zafar, Mubashir Zareen Khan, and Hasanat Mohammad Sharif
Abdominal angina: A rare cause of chronic abdominal pain, Ziaur Rehman, Abdul Rehman Alvi, and Ziad Sophie
Global surgical package reimbursement and the acute care surgeon: A threat to optimal care, Eric B. Schneider, Adil H. Haider, Anne O. Lidor, Jonathan E. Efron, Cassandra V. Villegas, Kent A. Stevens, Salman A. Hirani, Elliott R. Haut, and David T. Efron
The role of computed tomography for identifying mechanical bowel obstruction in a Pakistani population, Omair Shakil, Syed Nabeel Zafar, Ziaur Rehman, Sarah Saleem, Rehmatullah Khan, and Khawaja Muhammad Inam Pal
Do trauma safety-net hospitals deliver truly safe trauma care? A multilevel analysis of the national trauma data bank, Anit S. Vettukattil, Adil H. Haider, Elliott R. Haut, and David C. Chang
Terrorist bombings: Medical response in a developing country, Hasnain Zafar, Ahmed Jawad, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Ayaz Ahmed Memon, Aamir Hameed Khan, Muhammad Shahrukh Effendi, and Saeed Qureshi
Submissions from 2010
Hospitalized pediatric trauma patients have fewer complications than adults: An analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank, H. Basdag, T. Oyetunji, O.B. Bolorundoro, E.R. Haut, K.A. Stevens, D.T. Efron, D.C. Chang, E.E. Cornwell, F. Abdullah, and Adil H. Haider
Motorcycle helmets save lives, but not limbs: A national trauma data bank analysis of functional outcomes after motorcycle crash, Joseph G. Crompton, Tolulope Oyetunji, Kent A. Stevens, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, and Adil H. Haider
Racial disparities in motorcycle-related mortality: An analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank, Joseph G. Crompton, Keshia M. Pollack, Tolulope Oyetunji, David C. Chang, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, Edward E. Cornwell, and Adil H. Haider
Insurance status is a potent predictor of outcomes in both blunt and penetrating trauma, Wendy R. Greene, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, Umar Bowers, Adil H. Haider, Thomas A. Mellman, Edward E. Cornwell, Suryanarayana M. Siram, and David C. Chang
Evidence of hormonal basis for improved survival among females with trauma-associated shock: an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank, Adil H. Haider, Joseph G. Crompton, David C. Chang, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, Neal Handly, and Edward E. Cornwell
Spine immobilization in penetrating trauma: More harm than good?, Elliott R. Haut, Brian T. Kalish, David T. Efron, Adil H. Haider, Kent A. Stevens, Alicia N. Kieninger, Edward E. Cornwell, and David C. Chang
Losartan associated anaphylaxis and angioneurotic oedema, Syed Faraz Kazim and Muhammad Shahid
Antibiotics in acute necrotizing pancreatitis: Perspective of a developing country, Afrasyab Khan and Sadaf Khan
Pedestrians struck by motor vehicles further worsen race- and insurance-based disparities in trauma outcomes: The case for inner-city pedestrian injury prevention programs, Rubie Sue Maybury, Oluwaseyi B. Bolorunduro, Cassandra Villegas, Elliott R. Haut, Kent Stevens, Edward E. Cornwell, David T. Efron, and Adil H. Haider
Simplifying physiologic injury severity measurement for predicting trauma outcomes, Tolulope Oyetunji, Joseph G. Crompton, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, David C. Chang, Edward E. Cornwell, Susan P. Baker, and Adil H. Haider
Hepatic vein and inferior vena caval thrombus extending into the right atrium: A rare complication of amoebic liver abscess, Ziaur Rehman, Abdul Rehman Alvi, and Shahida Bibi
Intussusceptions in adults: Clinical features and operative procedures, Ziaur Rehman, Abdul Rehman Alvi, and Salma Khan
Carcinosarcoma of the esophagus, Ziaur Rehman, Inam Pal, Zubair Ahmad, and Asim Qureshi
Mass casualty incidents – evolution of management plan in a tertiary care hospital using post event analysis, Raza Sayyed, Hasnain Zafar, and M S Effendi
Long-term survival and return on investment after nonneurologic injury: Implications for the elderly trauma patient, Ben L. Zarzaur, Louis J. Magnotti, Martin A. Croce, Adil H. Haider, and Timothy C. Fabian
Submissions from 2009
Anticoagulation in patients following prosthetic heart valve replacement, Raja Parvez Akhtar, Abdul Rehman Abid, Hasnain Zafar, and Jawad Sajid Khan
Predictors of lymph node involvement in bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy, Zaheer Alam, Muhammad Hammad Ather, Anila Jamshaid, Khurram Muhammad Siddiqui, and Muhammad Nasir Sulaiman
Ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Is it safe and cost effective?, Authar Ali, Tabish Chawla, and Abid Jamal
Acute free perforation of gall bladder encountered at initial presentation in a 51 years old man: A case report, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Saad Ajmal, and Taimur Saleem
Non-traumatic right hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm: An unusual cause of hemobilia and obstructive jaundice, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Shahida Bibi, Ziaur Rehman, and Salma Khan
Rhizopus necrotizing fasciitis of caesarean wound: A rare life threatening condition, Abdul Rehman Alvi and Ghina Shamsi
101. Females have fewer complications and lower mortality following trauma than similarly injured males, Adil H. Haider, Joseph G. Crompton, Tolulope A. Oyetunji, D. Chang, E. Cornwell, and E. Haut
Females have fewer complications and lower mortality following trauma than similarly injured males: A risk adjusted analysis of adults in the National Trauma Data Bank, Adil H. Haider, Joseph G. Crompton, Tolulope Oyetunji, Kent A. Stevens, David T. Efron, Alicia N. Kieninger, David C. Chang, Edward E. Cornwell, and Elliott R. Haut
Surgeon- and system-based influences on trauma mortality, Elliott R. Haut, David C. Chang, Awori J. Hayanga, David T. Efron, Adil H. Haider, and Edward E. Cornwell
Predictors of posttraumatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT): Hospital practice versus patient factors-an analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB), Elliott R. Haut, David C. Chang, Charles A. Pierce, Elizabeth Colantuoni, David T. Efron, Adil H. Haider, Edward E. Cornwell, and Peter J. Pronovost
Submissions from 2008
Splenic abscess: Outcome and prognostic factors, Abdul Rehman Alvi, Shazia Kulsoom, and Ghina Shamsi
A unique variant of intestinal tuberculosis, Abdul Rehman Alvi and Masooma Zaidi
De novo primary squamous cell carcinoma of the ovary: A case of a rare malignancy with an aggressive clinical course, Ali Imran Amjad and Khawaja Muhammad Inam Pal
The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: Are they random?, David C. Chang, Neal Handly, Fizan Abdullah, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, and Adil H. Haider
Race and insurance status as risk factors for trauma mortality, Adil H. Haider, David C. Chang, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, Marie Crandall, and Edward E. Cornwell
Mechanism of injury independently predicts mortality and functional outcomes in blunt trauma patients, Adil H. Haider, David C. Chang, Elliott R. Haut, David T. Efron, and Edward E. Cornwell
Hazards of benchmarking complications with the national trauma data bank: Numerators in search of denominators, Shahrzad Kardooni, Elliott R. Haut, David C. Chang, Charles A. Pierce, David T. Efron, Adil H. Haider, Peter J. Pronovost, and Edward E. Cornwell
Surgical management of blunt pancreatic trauma: A modus operandi or individualized therapy?, Muhammad Rizwan Khan and Kiran Ejaz
Surveillance bias and deep vein thrombosis in the national trauma data bank: the more we look, the more we find, Charles A. Pierce, Elliott R. Haut, Shahrzad Kardooni, David C. Chang, David T. Efron, Adil H. Haider, Peter J. Pronovost, and Edward E. Cornwell
Infiltrating syringomatous adenoma of nipple, Nazia Riaz, Shaista Masood Khan, Romana Idress, and Naila Kayani
Submissions from 2007
Anticoagulation in pregnancy with mechanical heart valves: 10-year experience, Raja P Akhtar, Abdul R Abid, Hasnain Zafar, Masud A Cheema, and Jawad S Khan
Three pregnancies with mechanical heart valve and no follow-up in 10 years, Raja Parvez Akhtar, Abdul Rehman Abid, and Hasnain Zafar
Non-cardiac surgery in patients with prosthetic heart valves: a 12 years experience, Raja Parvez Akhtar, Abdul Rehman Abid, Hasnain Zafar, Syed Javed Raza Gardezi, Abdul Waheed, and Jawad Sajid Khan
Mortality in adolescent girls vs boys following traumatic shock: An analysis of the national pediatric trauma registry, Adil H. Haider, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, David C. Chang, Charles Paidas, and Edward E. Cornwell
Black children experience worse clinical and functional outcomes after traumatic brain injury: An analysis of the national pediatric trauma registry, Adil H. Haider, David T. Efron, Elliott R. Haut, Stephen M. DiRusso, Thomas Sullivan, and Edward E. Cornwell
Can increased incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) be used as a marker of quality of care in the absence of standardized screening? The potential effect of surveillance bias on reported DVT rates after trauma, Elliott R. Haut, Kathy Noll, David T. Efron, Sean M. Berenholz, Adil H. Haider, Edward E. Cornwell, and Peter J. Pronovost
Submissions from 2006
African American children experience worse clinical and functional outcomes after traumatic brain injury: An analysis of the national pediatric trauma registry, Adil H. Haider, David Efron, Elliott Haut, Stephen DiRusso, Thomas Sullivan, and Edward Cornwell