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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Table of Contents

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• Association of VA Surgeons

  • ·Derivation and out-of-sample validation of a modeling system to predict length of surgery

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    Panagiotis Kougias, Vikram Tiwari, Sonia Orcutt, Amber Chen, George Pisimisis, Neal R. Barshes, Carlos F. Bechara, David H. Berger

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  • ·Rurality and cancer surgery in the United States

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    Abraham Markin, Elizabeth B. Habermann, Christopher J. Chow, Yanrong Zhu, Selwyn M. Vickers, Waddah B. Al-Refaie

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  • ·The association between body mass index and severe biliary infections: a multivariate analysis

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    Lygia Stewart, J. McLeod Griffiss, Gary A. Jarvis, Lawrence W. Way

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  • ·Comparison of response evaluation criteria in solid tumors with volumetric measurements for estimation of tumor burden in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma

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    Jessemae L. Welsh, Kellie Bodeker, Elizabeth Fallon, Sundershan K. Bhatia, John M. Buatti, Joseph J. Cullen

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  • ·Impact of perioperative events on mortality after major vascular surgery in a veteran patient population

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    Sonia T. Orcutt, Carlos F. Bechara, George Pisimisis, Neal R. Barshes, Panagiotis Kougias

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  • ·Association between Surgical Care Improvement Program venous thromboembolism measures and postoperative events

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    Laura K. Altom, Rhiannon J. Deierhoi, Jayleen Grams, Joshua S. Richman, Catherine C. Vick, William G. Henderson, Kamal M.F. Itani, Mary T. Hawn

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  • ·Schlafen 3 changes during rat intestinal maturation

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    Mary F. Walsh, Rebecca Hermann, Kelian Sun, Marc D. Basson

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  • ·Effects of extracellular pressure and alcohol on the microglial response to inflammatory stimulation

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    Lakshmi S. Chaturvedi, Ping Zhang, Marc D. Basson

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  • ·Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with better perioperative outcomes than open lobectomy in a veteran population

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    Miguel D. Cajipe, Danny Chu, Faisal G. Bakaeen, Roberto F. Casal, Scott A. LeMaire, Joseph S. Coselli, Lorraine D. Cornwell

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  • ·Epidural analgesia and laparoscopic technique do not reduce incidence of prolonged ileus in elective colon resections

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    Rajesh Kuruba, Nicholas Fayard, David Snyder

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  • ·Informed consent for inguinal herniorrhaphy and cholecystectomy: describing how patients make decisions to have surgery

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    Daniel E. Hall, Penelope Morrison, Cara Nikolajski, Michael Fine, Robert Arnold, Susan L. Zickmund

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  • ·Patient education level affects functionality and long term mortality after major lower extremity amputation

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    Michael R. Corey, Jamii St. Julien, Carly Miller, Bryan Fisher, Sara L. Cederstrand, William A. Nylander, Raul J. Guzman, Jeffery B. Dattilo

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  • ·Analyzer-based phase-contrast x-ray imaging of carotid plaque microstructure

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    Alyssa A. Appel, Cheng-Ying Chou, Howard P. Greisler, Jeffery C. Larson, Sunil Vasireddi, Zhong Zhong, Mark A. Anastasio, Eric M. Brey

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  • ·Poor survival for veterans with pathologic stage I non–small-cell lung cancer

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    Jamii B. St. Julien, Rhonda Pinkerman, Melinda C. Aldrich, Heidi Chen, Stephen A. Deppen, Carol Callaway-Lane, Pierre Massion, Joe B. Putnam, Eric S. Lambright, Jonathan C. Nesbitt, Eric L. Grogan

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  • ·Establishment of a transcatheter aortic valve program and heart valve team at a Veterans Affairs facility

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    Faisal G. Bakaeen, Biswajit Kar, Danny Chu, Lorraine D. Cornwell, Alvin Blaustein, Glenn N. Levine, David Paniagua, Hani Jneid, Corey Jensen, Prasad V. Atluri, Carlos F. Bechara, Panos Kougias, Chris Pawlak, Biykem Bozkurt, Thomas A. Burdon, Blase A. Carabello

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  • ·Percutaneous profunda femoris artery revascularization to prevent hip disarticulation: case series and review of the literature

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    Mun Jye Poi, George Pisimisis, Neal R. Barshes, Peter H. Lin, Panos Kougias, Carlos F. Bechara

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  • ·How is the Department of Veterans Affairs addressing the new Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education intern work hour limitations? Solutions from the Association of Veterans Affairs Surgeons

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    Amanda V. Hayman, John L. Tarpley, David H. Berger, Mark A. Wilson, Edward H. Livingston, Melina R. Kibbe, Association of VA Surgeons

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  • ·Preliminary outcomes of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in a Veterans Affairs medical center

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    Daniel Saul, Daniel Stephens, Rita de Cássia Hofstätter, Leaque Ahmed, Erik Langhoff, Tomas M. Heimann

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  • ·Inferior pedicle breast reduction: a retrospective review of technical modifications influencing patient safety, operative efficiency, and postoperative outcomes

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    Michael V. DeFazio, Kenneth L. Fan, Yash J. Avashia, Jun Tashiro, Steven Ovadia, Tarik Husain, Liliana Camison, Zubin J. Panthaki, Christopher J. Salgado, Seth R. Thaller

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  • ·Feasibility of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy in Veterans Administration patients

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    Daniel T. DeArmond, Jeremy D. Simmons, Adam M. Cline, Lee Ann Zarzabal, Scott B. Johnson, Clinton E. Baisden

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  • ·Gastroesophageal reflux disease in lung transplant patients with cystic fibrosis

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    Bernardino M. Mendez, Christopher S. Davis, Cynthia Weber, Raymond J. Joehl, P. Marco Fisichella

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  • ·Differential effect of nutritional status on vascular surgery outcomes in a Veterans Affairs versus private hospital setting

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    Laura T. Boitano, Edward C. Wang, Melina R. Kibbe

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  • ·Long-term follow-up of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a rural veteran patient population

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    Erica L. McBride, Christina Paap, Cristina Murray-Krezan, James M. Goff

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• Clinical Science

  • ·Patient attitudes to surgeons' attire in an outpatient clinic setting: substance over style

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    Roy Dewayne Edwards, Anne Teresa Saladyga, John Paul Schriver, Kurt Glenn Davis

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  • ·Changes in acid–base balance during electrolytic ablation in an ex vivo perfused liver model

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    Gianpiero Gravante, Seok Ling Ong, Matthew S. Metcalfe, Roberto Sorge, Andrew J. Fox, David M. Lloyd, Guy J. Maddern, Ashley R. Dennison

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  • ·Management of colorectal anastomotic leakage: differences between salvage and anastomotic takedown

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    Domenico Fraccalvieri, Sebastiano Biondo, Jose Saez, Monica Millan, Esther Kreisler, Thomas Golda, Ricardo Frago, Bernat Miguel

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  • ·Overexpression of LAPTM4B-35 is associated with poor prognosis in colorectal carcinoma

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    Yue Kang, Mingzhu Yin, Wei Jiang, Haiyu Zhang, Bairong Xia, Yingwei Xue, Yuenan Huang

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  • ·Long-term results and quality of life in patients treated with hemorrhoidectomy using two different techniques: Ligasure versus transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization

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    Nicola Zampieri, Roberto Castellani, Remo Andreoli, Andrea Geccherle

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  • ·Management of the focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver: evaluation of the surgical treatment comparing with observation only

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    Aristotelis Perrakis, Resit Demir, Volker Müller, Jürgen Mulsow, Ünal Aydin, Sedat Alibek, Werner Hohenberger, Süleyman Yedibela

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  • ·Beta-blocker exposure in the absence of significant head injuries is associated with reduced mortality in critically ill patients

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    Marko Bukur, Thomas Lustenberger, Bryan Cotton, Saman Arbabi, Peep Talving, Ali Salim, Eric J. Ley, Kenji Inaba

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  • ·Survival after pancreatectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma is not impacted by performance status

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    John E. Mullinax, Jonathan M. Hernandez, Paul Toomey, Desiree Villadolid, Carl Bowers, Jennifer Cooper, Alexander S. Rosemurgy

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  • ·Transversus abdominis muscle release: a novel approach to posterior component separation during complex abdominal wall reconstruction

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    Yuri W. Novitsky, Heidi L. Elliott, Sean B. Orenstein, Michael J. Rosen

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  • ·Hepatectomy preserving drainage veins of the posterior section for liver malignancy invading the right hepatic vein: an alternative to right hepatectomy

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    Akira Shimizu, Akira Kobayashi, Takahide Yokoyama, Takenari Nakata, Hiroaki Motoyama, Koji Kubota, Norihiko Furusawa, Hiroe Kitahara, Noriyuki Kitagawa, Kentaro Fukushima, Tomoki Shirota, Shinichi Miyagawa

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  • ·Are residents accurate in their assessments of their own surgical skills?

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    Catherine de Blacam, Dara A. O'Keeffe, Emmeline Nugent, Eva Doherty, Oscar Traynor

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  • ·Total gastrectomy with “over-D1” lymph node dissection: what is the actual impact of age?

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    Giacomo Pata, Leonardo Solaini, Stefano Roncali, Mario Pasini, Fulvio Ragni

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  • ·Generation of a novel, cyclooxygenase-2–targeted, interferon-expressing, conditionally replicative adenovirus for pancreatic cancer therapy

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    Leonard Armstrong, Amanda Arrington, Joohee Han, Tatyana Gavrikova, Eric Brown, Masato Yamamoto, Selwyn M. Vickers, Julia Davydova

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  • ·Patients' perceptions of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery: the cosmetic effect

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    Farhaad C. Golkar, Sharona B. Ross, Steffanie Sperry, Michelle Vice, Kenneth Luberice, Natalie Donn, Connor Morton, Jonathan M. Hernandez, Alexander S. Rosemurgy

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• Review Articles

  • ·True pancreaticoduodenal aneurysms with celiac stenosis or occlusion

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    Jason A. Brocker, Janae L. Maher, Randall W. Smith

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  • ·Comparison of open preperitoneal and Lichtenstein repair for inguinal hernia repair: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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    Junsheng Li, Zhenling Ji, Tao Cheng

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  • ·Laparoscopic versus open adhesiolysis in patients with adhesive small bowel obstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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    Ming-Zhe Li, Lei Lian, Long-bin Xiao, Wen-hui Wu, Yu-long He, Xin-ming Song

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  • ·Preoperative medical consultation: maximizing its benefits

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    Raul A. Rivera, Mai T. Nguyen, Jorge I. Martinez-Osorio, Matthew F. McNeill, Sayed K. Ali, Ishak A. Mansi

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• Brief Report

  • ·Safety of methylene blue dye for lymphatic mapping in patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

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    Miraj G. Shah-Khan, Jenna Lovely, Amy C. Degnim

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• Editorial Opinion

  • ·Major common bile duct injury and risk of litigation: a surgeon's perspective

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    Christophe R. Berney

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Response to: do pregnant women have improved outcomes after traumatic brain injury?

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    David W. Wright, Donald G. Stein, Iqbal Sayeed, Fang Hua, Fahim Atif, Seema Yousf, Tauheed Ishrat, Bushra Wali

    
  • ·Re: “Colon preparation and surgical site infection”

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    E. Patchen Dellinger

    
  • ·Author's reply

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    Harry S. Goldsmith

    
  • ·Reply to: Should we, not could we? A commentary on “Pyloric valve transposition as substitute for a colostomy in humans: a preliminary report”

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    Abhijit Chandra

    
  • ·A resident perspective on increasing duty-hour limitations

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    Robert M. Cannon, Michael E. Egger, Matthew C. Bozeman

    
  • ·Defining a new paradigm for surgical education

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    John Maa

    
  • ·Femoral vessel blood flow dynamics after totally extraperitoneal versus Stoppa procedure in bilateral inguinal hernias: the need for evidence-based surgery

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    Alberto Mangano, Stefano Rausei, Gianlorenzo Dionigi

    
  • ·Statistical assessment of the clinical performance of the Masimo Radical-7

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    Jonas A. Pologe, Monica Menschik

    
  • ·Expansion of statistical analysis in noninvasive hemoglobin monitoring

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    Marlin Wayne Causey, Seth Miller, Matthew Martin

    
  • ·Utility of shock index calculation in combat casualty triage protocol?

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    Pierre Pasquier, Jean-Pierre Tourtier, Mathieu Boutonnet, Brice Malgras, Stéphane Mérat

    
  • ·Re: racial disparities in outcomes after appendectomy for acute appendicitis

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    Emily Jane Woo

    
  • ·Laboratory model for surgical drainage

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    Tetsuji Fujita

    

• Clinical Images

  • ·Cecal obstruction caused by paratubal cysts in a 24-year-old woman

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    Elizabeth A. Frayer, Ryan M. George, Jamie L. Caughran

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