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3D printed orthopedic prostheses for domestic and wild birds—case reports by Carvalho, Lucas Rannier R. A.

“…Regardless of the species, birds are exposed to injuries that lead to amputation of part of the body structure and often euthanasia. Based on the need for new…”
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Transfascial Fixation vs No Fixation for Open Retromuscular Ventral Hernia Repairs: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Ellis, Ryan C, Petro, Clayton C, Krpata, David M, Beffa, Lucas R A, Miller, Benjamin T, Montelione, Katie C, Maskal, Sara M, Tu, Chao, Huang, Li-Ching, Lau, Braden, Fafaj, Aldo, Rosenblatt, Steven, Rosen, Michael J, Prabhu, Ajita S

“…Transfascial (TF) mesh fixation in open retromuscular ventral hernia repair (RVHR) has been advocated to reduce hernia recurrence. However, TF sutures may…”
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Evidence for Merger-driven Growth in Luminous, High-z, Obscured AGNs in the CANDELS/COSMOS Field by Donley, J. L., Kartaltepe, J., Kocevski, D., Salvato, M., Santini, P., Suh, H., Civano, F., Koekemoer, A. M., Trump, J., Brusa, M., Cardamone, C., Castro, A., Cisternas, M., Conselice, C., Croton, D., Hathi, N., Liu, C., Lucas, R. A., Nair, P., Rosario, D., Sanders, D., Simmons, B., Villforth, C., Alexander, D. M., Bell, E. F., Faber, S. M., Grogin, N. A., Lotz, J., McIntosh, D. H., Nagao, T.

“…While major mergers have long been proposed as a driver of both active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity and the relation, studies of moderate to high-redshift…”
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Women speaker representation at SAGES annual meetings: a cross-sectional analysis by Maskal, Sara M., Chang, Jenny H., Essani, Varisha, Moe, Ava, Al Marzooqi, Raha, Remulla, Daphne, Jackson, Hope T., Beffa, Lucas R. A., Lum, Sharon S., Matthew Walsh, R., Prabhu, Ajita S.

“…Background Gender representation trends at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Annual Meetings and the effect of the 2018…”
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Long-term mesh-related complications from minimally invasive intraperitoneal onlay mesh for small to medium-sized ventral hernias by Maskal, Sara M., Ellis, Ryan C., Mali, Ouen, Lau, Braden, Messer, Nir, Zheng, Xinyan, Miller, Benjamin T., Petro, Clayton C., Prabhu, Ajita S., Rosen, Michael J., Beffa, Lucas R. A.

“…Introduction Intraperitoneal onlay mesh (IPOM) placement for small to medium-sized hernias has garnered negative attention due to perceived long-term risk of…”
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Short–term outcomes of heavyweight versus mediumweight synthetic mesh in a retrospective cohort of clean–contaminated and contaminated retromuscular ventral hernia repairs by Ellis, Ryan C., Maskal, Sara M., Messer, Nir, Miller, Benjamin T., Petro, Clayton C., Prabhu, Ajita S., Rosen, Michael J., Zheng, Xinyan, Beffa, Lucas R. A.

“…Background Mediumweight (40–60 g/m 2 ) polypropylene (MWPP) mesh has been shown to be safe and effective in CDC class II–III retromuscular ventral hernia…”
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Laparoscopic versus robotic inguinal hernia repair: 1- and 2-year outcomes from the RIVAL trial by Miller, Benjamin T., Prabhu, Ajita S., Petro, Clayton C., Beffa, Lucas R. A., Carbonell, Alfredo M., Hope, William, Warren, Jeremy, Higgins, Rana M., Jacob, Brian, Blatnik, Jeffrey, Krpata, David M., Tu, Chao, Costanzo, Adele, Rosen, Michael J.

“…Introduction Robotic inguinal hernia repair is growing in popularity among general surgeons despite little high-quality evidence supporting short- or long-term…”
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Comparing Sugarbaker versus keyhole mesh technique for open retromuscular parastomal hernia repair: study protocol for a registry-based randomized controlled trial by Miller, Benjamin T, Thomas, Jonah D, Tu, Chao, Costanzo, Adele, Beffa, Lucas R A, Krpata, David M, Prabhu, Ajita S, Rosen, Michael J, Petro, Clayton C

“…Parastomal hernia, common after stoma creation, negatively impacts patient quality of life. For patients with a permanent stoma, durable parastomal hernia…”
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The development, implementation, and evaluation of a pre-rotation quiz to improve resident preparedness for an abdominal wall reconstruction surgical rotation by Maskal, Sara M., Brooks, Nicole E., Ellis, Ryan C., Melland-Smith, Megan, Messer, Nir, Miller, Benjamin T., Beffa, Lucas R. A., Petro, Clayton C., Prabhu, Ajita S., Rosen, Michael J.

“…Introduction Although hernia repair constitutes a significant portion of surgical training, education around more complex hernia concepts such as abdominal…”
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Delayed vs single-staged abdominal wall reconstruction in contaminated ventral hernia by Maskal, Sara M., Al Marzooqi, Raha, Mali, Ouen, Huang, Li-Ching, Ellis, Ryan C., Woo, Kimberly, Remulla, Daphne, Miller, Benjamin T., Beffa, Lucas R. A., Petro, Clayton C., Prabhu, Ajita S., Rosen, Michael J.

“…Introduction When faced with contaminated ventral hernia repairs, surgeons must decide to repair the defect in a single-stage or delay the definitive repair…”
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Does selective intraoperative music reduce pain following abdominal wall reconstruction? A double-blind randomized controlled trial by Maskal, Sara M., Gentle, Corey K., Ellis, Ryan C., Tu, Chao, Rosen, Michael J., Petro, Clayton C., Miller, Benjamin T., Beffa, Lucas R. A., Chang, Jenny H., Messer, Nir, Melland-Smith, Megan, Jeekel, Johannes, Prabhu, Ajita S.

“…Purpose Although intraoperative music is purported to mitigate postoperative pain after some procedures, its application has never been explored in abdominal…”
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Distressed community index as a predictor of presentation and postoperative outcomes in ventral hernia repair by Maskal, Sara M., Chang, Jenny H., Ellis, Ryan C., Phillips, Sharon, Melland-Smith, Megan, Messer, Nir, Beffa, Lucas R.A., Petro, Clayton C., Prabhu, Ajita S., Rosen, Michael J., Miller, Benjamin T.

“…We evaluated the impact of socioeconomic status on presentation, management, and outcomes of ventral hernias. The Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative…”
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Revisiting femoral hernia diagnosis rates by patient sex in inguinal hernia repairs by Maskal, Sara M., Ellis, Ryan C., Melland-Smith, Megan, Messer, Nir, Phillips, Sharon, Miller, Benjamin T., Beffa, Lucas R.A., Petro, Clayton C., Rosen, Michael J., Prabhu, Ajita S.

“…Guidelines recommend MIS repairs for females with inguinal hernias, despite limited evidence. We investigated rates of femoral hernias intraoperatively noted…”
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Evaluating the impact of lifting mandatory smoking cessation prior to elective abdominal wall reconstruction. A single-center experience by Messer, Nir, Melland, Megan S., Miller, Benjamin T., Krpata, David M., Beffa, Lucas R.A., Zheng, Xinyan, Petro, Clayton C., Maskal, Sara M., Ellis, Ryan C., Prabhu, Ajita S., Rosen, Michael J.

“…Many studies identify active smoking as a significant risk factor for postoperative wound and mesh complications in patients undergoing abdominal wall…”
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Intervention to reduce heat stress and improve efficiency among sugarcane workers in El Salvador: Phase 1 by Bodin, T, García-Trabanino, R, Weiss, I, Jarquín, E, Glaser, J, Jakobsson, K, Lucas, R A I, Wesseling, C, Hogstedt, C, Wegman, D H

“…BackgroundChronic heat stress and dehydration from strenuous work in hot environments is considered an essential component of the epidemic of chronic kidney…”
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The role of motivation on physical activity and screen time behaviors among parent-adolescent dyads: The FLASHE study by Lucas, A.R., Salsman, J.M., Levine, B.J., Stoner, L., Skelton, J.A., Moore, J.B.

“…Behavioral theories inform the development of lifestyle interventions to address low participation in physical activity (PA); however, relatively little is…”
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Contracaecum sp. parasitizing Acestrorhynchus lacustris as a bioindicator for metal pollution in the Batalha River, southeast Brazil by Leite, Lucas A.R., Pedro, Natacha H.O., Azevedo, Rodney K. de, Kinoshita, Angela, Gennari, Roseli F., Watanabe, Shigueo, Abdallah, Vanessa D.

“…Pollution in aquatic ecosystems due to negative human activities remains a problem in both freshwater and marine environments and is an ongoing subject of…”
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The UDF05 Follow-Up of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. II. Constraints on Reionization from Z-Dropout Galaxies by Oesch, P. A, Carollo, C. M, Stiavelli, M, Trenti, M, Bergeron, L. E, Koekemoer, A. M, Lucas, R. A, Pavlovsky, C. M, Beckwith, S. V. W, Dahlen, T, Ferguson, H. C, Gardner, Jonathan P, Lilly, S. J, Mobasher, B, Panagia, N

“…We detect three (plus one less certain) z 850-dropout sources in two separate fields (Hubble Ultra Deep Field and NICP34) of our UDF05 Hubble Space Telescope…”
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Independent and interactive effects of incremental heat strain, orthostatic stress, and mild hypohydration on cerebral perfusion by Lucas, R A I, Wilson, L C, Ainslie, P N, Fan, J L, Thomas, K N, Cotter, J D

“…The purpose of this study was to identify the dose-dependent effects of heat strain and orthostasis [via lower body negative pressure (LBNP)], with and without…”
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Global TLR2 and 4 deficiency in mice impacts bone resorption, inflammatory markers and atherosclerosis to polymicrobial infection by Chukkapalli, S.S., Velsko, I.M., Rivera‐Kweh, M.F., Larjava, H., Lucas, A.R., Kesavalu, L.

“…Summary Toll‐like‐receptors (TLRs) play a significant role in the generation of a specific innate immune response against invading pathogens. TLR2 and TLR4…”
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