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Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Massarweh, Nader N., El-Serag, Hashem B.

“…Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) are the most frequently occurring types of primary liver cancer and together are among…”
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Association Between Patient Frailty and Postoperative Mortality Across Multiple Noncardiac Surgical Specialties by George, Elizabeth L, Hall, Daniel E, Youk, Ada, Chen, Rui, Kashikar, Aditi, Trickey, Amber W, Varley, Patrick R, Shireman, Paula K, Shinall, Jr, Myrick C, Massarweh, Nader N, Johanning, Jason, Arya, Shipra

“…Frailty is an important risk factor for postoperative mortality. Whether the association between frailty and mortality is consistent across all surgical…”
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Association Between Postoperative Complications and Long-term Survival After Non-cardiac Surgery Among Veterans by Portuondo, Jorge I, Itani, Kamal M F, Massarweh, Nader N

“…To evaluate the relationship between postoperative complications and long-term survival. Postoperative complications remain a significant driver of healthcare…”
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Management of Stage I Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal by Chai, Christy Y, Tran Cao, Hop S, Awad, Samir, Massarweh, Nader N

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The role of surgery and adjuvant therapy in lymph node–positive cancers of the gallbladder and intrahepatic bile ducts by Tran Cao, Hop S., Zhang, Qianzi, Sada, Yvonne H., Chai, Christy, Curley, Steven A., Massarweh, Nader N.

“…BACKGROUND Lymph node metastasis is a poor prognostic factor for biliary tract cancers (BTCs). The optimal management of patients who have BTC with positive…”
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Nutritional and Metabolic Derangements in Pancreatic Cancer and Pancreatic Resection by Gilliland, Taylor M, Villafane-Ferriol, Nicole, Shah, Kevin P, Shah, Rohan M, Tran Cao, Hop S, Massarweh, Nader N, Silberfein, Eric J, Choi, Eugene A, Hsu, Cary, McElhany, Amy L, Barakat, Omar, Fisher, William, Van Buren, George

“…Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive malignancy with a poor prognosis. The disease and its treatment can cause significant nutritional impairments that often…”
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Utilization of Minimally Invasive Thymectomy and Margin-Negative Resection for Early-Stage Thymoma by Burt, Bryan M., Nguyen, Duy, Groth, Shawn S., Palivela, Nihanth, Ripley, R. Taylor, Makris, Konstantinos I., Farjah, Farhood, Cornwell, Lorraine, Massarweh, Nader N.

“…Minimally invasive thymectomy (MIT) has demonstrated improved short-term outcomes compared with open thymectomy (OT). Although adoption of MIT for thymoma is…”
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Electrosurgery: History, Principles, and Current and Future Uses by Massarweh, Nader N., Cosgriff, Ned, Slakey, Douglas P.

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Impact of the Treating Hospital on Care Outcomes for Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Cotton, Ronald T., Tran Cao, Hop S., Rana, Abbas A., Sada, Yvonne H., Axelrod, David A., Goss, John A., Wilson, Mark A., Curley, Steven A., Massarweh, Nader N.

“…Multidisciplinary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treatment is associated with optimal outcomes. There are few data analyzing the impact of treating hospitals'…”
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Role of Intraoperative Cholangiography in Avoiding Bile Duct Injury by Massarweh, Nader N., MD, Flum, David R., MD, MPH

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Long-Term Assessment of Pancreatic Function After Pancreatectomy for Cystic Neoplasms by Shah, Kevin P., Baugh, Katherine A., Brubaker, Lisa S., Van Buren, George, Villafane-Ferriol, Nicole, McElhany, Amy L., Mohamed, Sadde, Silberfein, Eric J., Hsu, Cary, Massarweh, Nader N., Tran Cao, Hop S., Mendez-Reyes, Jose E., Fisher, William E.

“…With advances in cross-sectional imaging, pancreatic cysts are more frequently diagnosed and have become a common indication for pancreatectomy. The impact of…”
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Robotic port-site hernias after general surgical procedures by Diez-Barroso, Ramon, Palacio, Carlos H., Martinez, Julian A., Makris, Konstantinos, Massarweh, Nader N., Chai, Christy Y., Awad, Samir S., Tran Cao, Hop S.

“…With the increasing use of the robotic platform in general surgery, whether 8-mm ports should be closed comes into question. We sought to characterize the…”
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Defining quality in surgical care—finding a clear path forward by Massarweh, Nader N., MD, MPH

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Long-Term Survival and Curative-Intent Treatment in Hepatitis B or C Virus-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Diagnosed during Screening by Izzo, Francesco, Mason, Meredith C, Silberfein, Eric J, Massarweh, Nader N, Hsu, Cary, Tran Cao, Hop S, Palaia, Raffaele, Piccirillo, Mauro, Belli, Andrea, Patrone, Renato, Fusco, Roberta, Granata, Vincenza, Curley, Steven A

“…Background: We initiated a prospective screening trial in patients with hepatitis to diagnose HCC in the early stage and to evaluate the impact on long-term…”
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A Critical Evaluation of the Impact of Leapfrog's Evidence-Based Hospital Referral by Massarweh, Nader N., MD, MPH, Flum, David R., MD, MPH, FACS, Symons, Rebecca G., MPH, Varghese, Thomas K., MD, MS, FACS, Pellegrini, Carlos A., MD, FACS

“…Background Evidence-based hospital referral (EBHR) is a Leapfrog group quality metric based primarily on hospital procedural volume. It has yet to be…”
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Failure to Rescue as a Surgical Quality Indicator: Current Concepts and Future Directions for Improving Surgical Outcomes by Portuondo, Jorge I, Shah, Sohail R, Singh, Hardeep, Massarweh, Nader N

“…Over the past decade, failure to rescue—defined as the death of a patient after one or more potentially treatable complications—has received increased…”
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Sequential drain amylase to guide drain removal following pancreatectomy by Villafane-Ferriol, Nicole, Van Buren, George, Mendez-Reyes, Jose E., McElhany, Amy L., Massarweh, Nader N., Silberfein, Eric J., Hsu, Cary, Tran Cao, Hop S., Schmidt, Carl, Zyromski, Nicholas J., Dillhoff, Mary E., Roch, Alexandra, Oliva, Evelyn, Smith, Alexander C., Zhang, Qianzi, Fisher, William E.

“…Although used as criterion for early drain removal, postoperative day (POD) 1 drain fluid amylase (DFA) ≤ 5000 U/L has low negative predictive value for…”
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High body mass index and short- and long-term renal allograft survival in adults by MASSARWEH, Nader N, CLAYTON, John L, MANGUM, Craig A, FLORMAN, Sander S, SLAKEY, Douglas P

“…The effect of recipient obesity on kidney allograft survival remains enigmatic. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of donor and recipient…”
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Transarterial bland versus chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: rethinking a gold standard by Massarweh, Nader N., MD, MPH, Davila, Jessica A., PhD, El-Serag, Hashem B., MD, MPH, Duan, Zhigang, MD, MS, Temple, Sarah, BA, May, Sarah, MS, Sada, Yvonne H., MD, MPH, Anaya, Daniel A., MD

“…Abstract Background Transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the most common procedure for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, HCC is…”
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Risk Tolerance and Bile Duct Injury: Surgeon Characteristics, Risk-Taking Preference, and Common Bile Duct Injuries by Massarweh, Nader N., MD, Devlin, Allison, MS, Symons, Rebecca Gaston, MPH, Broeckel Elrod, Jo Ann, PhD, Flum, David R., MD, FACS, MPH

“…Background Little is known about surgeon characteristics associated with common bile duct injury (CBDI) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Risk-taking…”
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