Article
Urology & Nephrology
Takahisa Hiramitsu, Toshihide Tomosugi, Kenta Futamura, Manabu Okada, Yutaka Matsuoka, Norihiko Goto, Toshihiro Ichimori, Shunji Narumi, Asami Takeda, Takaaki Kobayashi, Kazuharu Uchida, Yoshihiko Watarai
Summary: This study investigated the impact of age differences between older adult living donors and recipients on kidney transplantation outcomes. The results showed that kidney transplants from older adult donors to older adult recipients had the highest risk of graft loss and mortality, with recipients having lower estimated glomerular filtration rates.
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Respiratory System
Jaskaran Sethi, Andrew Bugajski, Kapil N. Patel, Nicole M. Davis, Keith M. Wille, Muhammad Raheel Qureshi, Mudassir M. Banday, Muling Lin, Vamsi Emani, David Weill, Dmitry Tumin, Don Hayes, Nirmal S. Sharma
Summary: The study investigated the impact of age at transplant on post-transplant outcomes in adult patients with CF. It found that adult CF patients aged 30 years or older at transplant have superior survival compared to those transplanted between the ages of 18 and 29.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Benjamin Wadowski, Stephanie H. Chang, Julius Carillo, Luis Angel, Zachary N. Kon
Summary: Organ quality is the most common reason for refusal in lung transplantation, but the standards of selection vary. This study aimed to characterize lung utilization according to quality in different recipient pools. The results showed that organ selection varied based on recipient age and lung allocation score, but the absolute differences in quality distribution were small, and adverse effects on outcomes were limited to organs with multiple extended qualifying characteristics.
JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Maximilian Franz, Khalil Aburahma, Murat Avsar, Dietmar Boethig, Mark Greer, Hani Alhadidi, Wiebke Sommer, Igor Tudorache, Gregor Warnecke, Axel Haverich, Fabio Ius, Jawad Salman
Summary: The study investigates whether age mismatch between lung transplant recipients and donors affects long-term outcomes. The results show that age mismatch does not have an impact on overall patient mortality, biopsy-confirmed rejection, and chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
J. M. Duenas-Jurado, P. A. Gutierrez, A. Casado-Adam, F. Santos-Luna, A. Salvatierra-Velazquez, S. Carcel, C. J. C. Robles-Arista, C. Hervas-Martinez
Summary: The study analyzed 404 lung transplants conducted over 23 years in a Spanish hospital and developed a powerful model for donor-recipient matching. Variables predicting increased survival included vital capacity, carbon dioxide pressure, donor ventilation, and ischemia time. The combination of statistical methods and machine learning can enhance decision-making on donor-recipient compatibility and improve transplant outcomes.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Fang-Cheng Kuo, Tsai-Hun Wu, Che-Chuan Loong, Niang-Cheng Lin, Shuo-Ming Ou, Cheng-Yen Chen
Summary: There is an increasing demand for older live-donor kidneys due to the disparity between kidney donation and the number of uremic patients on the waiting list. However, the age gap between the donor and recipient may affect the recipient's outcome.
JOURNAL OF THE CHINESE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Zoltan Czigany, Wiebke Kramp, Isabella Lurje, Hannah Miller, Jan Bednarsch, Sven Arke Lang, Tom Florian Ulmer, Philipp Bruners, Pavel Strnad, Christian Trautwein, Martin Wolfgang von Websky, Frank Tacke, Ulf Peter Neumann, Georg Lurje
Summary: Myosteatosis is an important prognostic marker in patients undergoing deceased donor liver transplantation, particularly in the early post-operative phase. Low skeletal muscle mass alone is not significantly associated with graft and patient survival. Preoperative myosteatosis may be crucial for predicting outcomes in OLT recipients.
JOURNAL OF CACHEXIA SARCOPENIA AND MUSCLE
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Laura Ioana Mazilescu, Isabel Bernheim, Juergen Treckmann, Sonia Radunz
Summary: This study found that female recipients and female surgeons are underrepresented in liver transplant surgery, and the survival rate of female recipients may be affected. Further research is needed to examine the societal factors influencing the outcome of female patients and take measures to possibly improve the prognosis of female liver transplant recipients.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Oncology
Julien De Wolf, Edouard Robin, Alexandre Vallee, Justine Cohen, Abdul Hamid, Antoine Roux, Morgan Leguen, Romane Beaurepere, Ivan Bieche, Julien Masliah-Planchon, Matthieu Glorion, Yves Allory, Edouard Sage, Foch lung Transplant Grp
Summary: This study examines the origin of graft cancer in lung transplant recipients and finds that the prevalence of lung cancer in these recipients is very low, but there are cases where the cancer originates from the recipient. These results highlight the importance of donor selection and medical supervision after lung transplantation.
FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Marios Marcou, Matthias Galiano, Anja Tzschoppe, Katja Sauerstein, Sven Wach, Helge Taubert, Bernd Wullich, Karin Hirsch-Koch, Hendrik Apel
Summary: Recognizing risk factors is crucial for decision-making in pediatric kidney transplantation. A retrospective study identified small body surface area (<1 m(2)) as a favorable prognostic factor for long-term graft survival, while adolescents over the age of 12 had poorer outcomes.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Asuncion Sancho, Eva Gavela, Julia Kanter, Sandra Beltran, Cristina Castro, Veronica Escudero, Jonay Pantoja, Pablo Molina, Belen Vizcaino, Mercedes Gonzalez, Emma Calatayud, Ana Avila
Summary: This study found that female kidney transplant recipients under 60 years of age had lower graft survival compared to male recipients. There were no gender differences in graft or patient survival in the overall study population. The poorer graft survival in female recipients was attributed to the higher immunological risk and more frequent use of expanded criteria donors in this group.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Erik H. Ander, Abul Kashem, Huaqing Zhao, Kelly Montgomery, Gengo Sunagawa, Roh Yanagida, Norihisa Shigemura, Yoshiya Toyoda
Summary: In patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung transplant type and donor age do not significantly affect survival.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Hon Shing Ong, Nathalie Chiam, Hla Myint Htoon, Ashish Kumar, Anshu Arundhati, Jodhbir S. Mehta
Summary: Corneal transplantations are common surgeries worldwide, with an impetus for eye banks to optimize the use of donor corneas. This study evaluated the effects of donor-recipient sex- and age-matching on the outcomes of eyes that had undergone deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) surgeries. The results showed no significant influence of these factors on graft rejection and failure post-DALK.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Guosheng Wu, Chaoxu Liu, Xile Zhou, Long Zhao, Weitong Zhang, Mian Wang, Qingchuan Zhao, Tingbo Liang
Summary: This study examined the outcomes of living-donor intestinal transplant (LDITx) recipients and found that LDITx is an effective treatment option for patients with end-stage intestinal failure. Improved immunosuppression, better HLA matching, and shorter cold ischemia times were associated with reduced rates of rejection, viral-mediated infection and improved graft survival.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Michael Chasse, Dean A. Fergusson, Alan Tinmouth, Jason P. Acker, Iris Perelman, Angie Tuttle, Shane W. English, Steven Hawken, Alan J. Forster, Nadine Shehata, Kednapa Thavorn, Kumanan Wilson, Nancy Cober, Heather Maddison, Melanie Tokessy
Summary: This multicenter, double-blind trial randomly assigned patients undergoing red-cell transfusion to receive units of red cells from either male donors or female donors. The study found no significant difference in survival between the two groups.
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Emergency Medicine
Onur Balaban, Mumin Hakim, Hina Walia, Dmitry Tumin, Meredith Lind, Joseph D. Tobias
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE
(2020)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Clifford Akateh, Dmitry Tumin, Eliza W. Beal, Khalid Mumtaz, Joseph D. Tobias, Don Hayes, Sylvester M. Black
DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES
(2018)
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Tariq M. Wani, Ayman Mohammad AlAhdal, Mohammed Hakim, Tanveer Hussein, Abdul Basit Mir, Ravees Jan, Dmitry Tumin, Joseph D. Tobias
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Benjamin Bush, Joseph D. Tobias, Chen Lin, James Ruda, Kris R. Jatana, Garth Essig, Jennifer Cooper, Dmitry Tumin, Charles A. Elmaraghy
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Anesthesiology
Alexander B. Froyshteter, Dmitry Tumin, Emmett E. Whitaker, David P. Martin, Mumin Hakim, Hina Walia, Tarun Bhalla, Joseph D. Tobias
JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIA
(2018)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Zachary M. Rossfeld, Dmitry Tumin, Lisa M. Humphrey
JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
(2018)
Letter
Pediatrics
Dmitry Tumin, Sylvester M. Black, Don Hayes, Joseph D. Tobias
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2018)
Article
Surgery
Richard S. Cartabuke, Joseph D. Tobias, Julie Rice, Dmitry Tumin
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Respiratory System
Katelyn Krivchenia, Dmitry Tumin, Christopher J. Nemastil, Joseph D. Tobias, Don Hayes
Article
Anesthesiology
Tariq Wani, Ralph Beltran, Giorgio Veneziano, Faris AlGhamdi, Hatem Azzam, Nahida Akhtar, Dmitry Tumin, Yasser Majid, Joseph D. Tobias
PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA
(2018)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
C. McKee, D. Tumin, B. R. Alevriadou, K. K. Nicol, A. R. Yates, D. Hayes, J. D. Tobias
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Asad A. Khawaja, Dmitry Tumin, Ralph J. Beltran, Joseph D. Tobias, Joshua C. Uffman
Summary: General anesthesia or sedation for pediatric radiological studies is generally safe with a low incidence of adverse events, but there are opportunities for improvement in anesthetic complications to further enhance safety in this setting.
JOURNAL OF PATIENT SAFETY
(2021)
Review
Anesthesiology
Mehdi Trifa, Dmitry Tumin, Joseph D. Tobias
MINERVA ANESTESIOLOGICA
(2018)
Article
Pediatrics
Dmitry Tumin, Vidya T. Raman, Joseph D. Tobias
CLINICAL PEDIATRICS
(2018)
Article
Respiratory System
Dmitry Tumin, Edwin J. Jackson, Don Hayes
CLINICAL RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
(2018)
Editorial Material
Surgery
Meghal Shah, Tejas S. Sathe, Sukriti Bansal, Anai N. Kothari, Sophie Dream
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Letter
Surgery
Zafer Turkyilmaz, Ramazan Karabulut, Kaan Sonmez
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Letter
Surgery
Priyanka Jadhav, Gerald Gollin
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Review
Surgery
Kheira Hireche, Ludovic Canaud, Pierre Antoine Peyron, Linda Sakhri, Isabelle Serres, Sanaa Kamel, Youcef Lounes, Thomas Gandet, Pierre Alric
Summary: This study evaluated the elastic properties of commonly used vascular substitutes for pulmonary artery replacement and compared their compliance and stiffness indexes to human pulmonary artery. The results showed that allogenic arterial grafts appeared to be the most suitable vascular substitutes in terms of compliance and stiffness for PA replacement.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Margaret Siu, Aixa Perez Coulter, Heather M. Grant, Reginald Alouidor, Michael Tirabassi
Summary: There is no significant difference in adverse respiratory events between intubated, critically ill patients requiring operative intervention who are kept NPO for 6 hours or longer compared to those kept NPO for less than 6 hours. Patients commonly experience periods of fasting much longer than the recommended 6-hour period by the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Whitney Elks, Allison G. McNickle, Matthew Kelecy, Kavita Batra, Shirley Wong, Shawn Wang, Lisa Angotti, Deborah A. Kuhls, Charles St Hill, Syed F. Saquib, Paul J. Chestovich, Douglas R. Fraser
Summary: This study aimed to compare the effects of early and late enteral feeding after PEG placement on achieving nutritional therapy goals and adverse outcomes. The results showed that patients with early initiation of feeds achieved a higher percentage of goals on day 0 without an increased rate of adverse events.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Manisha B. Bhatia, Cassandra M. Anderson, Abdiwahab N. Hussein, Brian Opondo, Nereah Aruwa, Otieno Okumu, Sarah G. Fisher, Tasha Sparks Joplin, JoAnna L. Hunter-Squires, Brian W. Gray, Peter W. Saula
Summary: This study aimed to understand postoperative pediatric nutrition practices in Kenya and the United States. The results showed that in the United States, patients initiated enteral nutrition earlier and had shorter hospital stays. However, in Kenya, patients initiated enteral nutrition earlier but had no significant difference in hospital stays.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
David P. Stonko, Joseph Edwards, Hossam Abdou, Rebecca Treffalls, Patrick Walker, Jonathan J. Morrison
Summary: Raising mean arterial pressure (MAP) >90 mmHg with norepinephrine can increase gastroduodenal artery (GDA) flow and delay bowel ischemia.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
David R. Mann, Kathryn E. Engelhardt, Barry C. Gibney, Macelyn E. Batten, Eric C. Klipsch, Rupak Mukherjee, Ian C. Bostock
Summary: Pathologic upstaging is associated with decreased overall survival in cT1b esophageal cancer. Esophagectomy has better survival outcomes compared to endoscopic local tumor excision. Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy does not improve overall survival in cT1b lesions.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Ross Mudgway, Zachary Tran, Juan C. Quispe Espiritu, Woo Bin Bong, Hayden Schultz, Vamsi Vemireddy, Aarthy Kannappan, Marcos Michelotti, Kaushik Mukherjee, Jeffrey Quigley, Keith Scharf, Daniel Srikureja, Sharon S. Lum, Esther Wu
Summary: Comparison of medium-term outcomes between robotic-assisted cholecystectomy (RC) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) using validated quality of life (QoL) and pain assessments did not show significant differences.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Ningjie Chen, Haitao Wang, Yang Shao, Jincun Yang, Guodong Song
Summary: This study aimed to compare the therapeutic effects of activated platelet-rich plasma (PRP) prepared from elderly individuals and young adults in treating pressure ulcers (PUs). The results showed that PRP from young adults had higher platelet concentrations and greater production of growth factors, leading to better wound healing.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Brendin R. Beaulieu-Jones, Margaret T. Berrigan, Kortney A. Robinson, Jayson S. Marwaha, Tara S. Kent, Gabriel A. Brat
Summary: Introduction: Prescription opioids, including those prescribed after surgery, have greatly contributed to the US opioid epidemic. Educating opioid prescribers is a crucial component of ensuring the safe use of opioids among surgical patients. This study implemented an annual education curriculum for new surgical prescribers, resulting in significant improvements in knowledge and comfort levels. However, there remains a persistent knowledge and comfort gap among these prescribers.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Sneha G. Bhat, Madhuri Nagaraj, Courtney Balentine, Timothy Hogan, Jennie Meier, Hillary Prince, Kareem Abdelfattah, Herbert Zeh, Benjamin Levi
Summary: This pilot study examined the effects of a structured mental fitness program on academic surgeons and found significant improvement in Positive Intelligence (PQ) scores, as well as increased connectedness and shared language among participants. However, there were no significant changes in sleep, well-being, or teaching evaluations.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Article
Surgery
Kristin E. Cox, Michael A. Turner, Siamak Amirfakhri, Thinzar M. Lavin, Mojgan Hosseini, Pradipta Ghosh, Marygorret Obonyo, Takashi Murakami, Robert M. Hoffman, Paul J. Yazaki, Michael Bouvet
Summary: This study demonstrates the potential of using humanized anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) antibodies conjugated with near-infrared dyes to specifically label gastric cancers in mouse models. Orthotopic models showed bright and specific labeling with more than ten times higher tumor-to-background ratios compared to the control. This tumor-specific fluorescent antibody has promising potential as a clinical tool for improving visualization of gastric cancer margins during surgical resection.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)
Review
Surgery
Sarah Maki, Melissa Leon, Emily Glenn, Tiffany Tanner, Crystal Krause
Summary: This scoping review analyzed the literature on the use of broadband personality tests in the bariatric surgical population to optimize weight loss outcomes. The study found significant associations between personality scales and weight loss, but inconsistent reporting of outcome measures made it challenging to draw concrete conclusions. The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery recommends standardization of outcome reporting to improve the reliability of predicting weight loss outcomes.
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
(2024)