2014
Assessing the experience in complex hepatopancreatobiliary surgery among graduating chief residents: Is the operative experience enough?
Sachs TE, Ejaz A, Weiss M, Spolverato G, Ahuja N, Makary MA, Wolfgang CL, Hirose K, Pawlik TM. Assessing the experience in complex hepatopancreatobiliary surgery among graduating chief residents: Is the operative experience enough? Surgery 2014, 156: 385-393. PMID: 24953270, PMCID: PMC4316664, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedian numberBiliary tractHPB casesHepatopancreatobiliary surgeryCase volumeMean numberPancreas casesChief yearChief residentsAccreditation CouncilGeneral surgery residentsHPB operationsMajor resectionAnatomic resectionSimple cholecystectomyPancreatic operationsPostgraduate year 1TA casesComplex liverPancreasOperative experienceResident operative autonomyLiverSame time periodSurgery residents
2011
Early-Stage Gallbladder Cancer in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database: Effect of Extended Surgical Resection
Downing SR, Cadogan KA, Ortega G, Oyetunji TA, Siram SM, Chang DC, Ahuja N, Leffall LD, Frederick WA. Early-Stage Gallbladder Cancer in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database: Effect of Extended Surgical Resection. JAMA Surgery 2011, 146: 734-738. PMID: 21690451, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly-stage gallbladder cancerEnd Results (SEER) databaseMore lymph nodesLymph nodesGallbladder cancerSurgical resectionSurvival benefitT2 lesionsResults databaseMultivariate analysisDisease-positive lymph nodesPrimary gallbladder cancerExtended surgical resectionLN excisionOverall survivalSimple cholecystectomyAdvanced cancerFemale patientsCertain patientsRetrospective analysisSurgical proceduresSurvival advantagePatientsCancerResection