
We are excited to share a new section titled “Essential Articles for Surgical Residents.”
Keeping up with surgical literature in residency can be challenging. This list was created to serve as an easily accessible, up-to-date, and evidence-based resource for residents.
The content has been curated by faculty from each department and is intended to supplement the standard educational curriculum of each rotation with current and relevant literature.
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EUH SURGERY A
EUH SURGERY B/EUHM/ESJH GENERAL SURGERY
HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY
COLORECTAL SURGERY
ACCS
VASCULAR SURGERY
TRAUMA SURGERY
BURN SURGERY
CRITICAL CARE
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
PEDIATRIC SURGERY
THORACIC SURGERY
BREAST, MELANOMA AND ENDOCRINE SURGERY
TRANSPLANT SURGERY
EUH SURGERY A
TOPIC | ARTICLES |
Portal HTN | Millikan WJ Jr, et al. The Emory prospective randomized trial: selective versus nonselective shunt to control variceal bleeding. Ten year follow-up. Ann Surg. 1985 Jun;201(6):712-22. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198506000-00007. PMID: 3890781; PMCID: PMC1250801. Salam AA, et al. Hemodynamic contrasts between selective and total portal-systemic decompression. Ann Surg. 1971 May;173(5):827-44. doi: 10.1097/00000658-197105000-00022. PMID: 4933303; PMCID: PMC1397510. Wong M, Busuttil RW. Surgery in Patients with Portal Hypertension. Clin Liver Dis. 2019 Nov;23(4):755-780. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2019.07.003. PMID: 31563221. |
Non-HPB Cirrhosis General Surgery | Endale Simegn A, et al. Perioperative management of patients with liver disease for non-hepatic surgery: A systematic review. Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2022 Feb 24;75:103397. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103397. PMID: 35242334; PMCID: PMC8886011. Johnson KM, et al. Incidence and Risk Factors of Postoperative Mortality and Morbidity After Elective Versus Emergent Abdominal Surgery in a National Sample of 8193 Patients With Cirrhosis. Ann Surg. 2021 Oct 1;274(4):e345-e354. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003674. PMID: 31714310. Neeff HP, et al. Early mortality and long-term survival after abdominal surgery in patients with liver cirrhosis. Surgery. 2014 Apr;155(4):623-32. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.11.009. PMID: 24468037. Theruvath TP, Adams DB. Preoperative transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for extrahepatic surgery in cirrhosis. Am Surg. 2010 Jan;76(1):115-7. PMID: 20135955. |
ECF & Surgical Nutrition | Boullata JI, et al. ASPEN Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition Therapy [Formula: see text]. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2017 Jan;41(1):15-103. doi: 10.1177/0148607116673053. PMID: 27815525. Compher C, et al. Guidelines for the provision of nutrition support therapy in the adult critically ill patient: The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2022 Jan;46(1):12-41. doi: 10.1002/jpen.2267. Erratum in: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2022 Jun 19;: PMID: 34784064. Owen RM, Love TP, Perez SD, Srinivasan JK, Sharma J, Pollock JD, Haack CI, Sweeney JF, Galloway JR. Definitive surgical treatment of enterocutaneous fistula: outcomes of a 23-year experience. JAMA Surg. 2013 Feb;148(2):118-26. doi: 10.1001/2013.jamasurg.153. PMID: 23560282 |
Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Ban KA, et al. Effect of Diagnosis on Outcomes in the Setting of Enhanced Recovery Protocols. Dis Colon Rectum. 2018 Jul;61(7):847-853. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001102. PMID: 29878952. Braga Neto MB, et al. Impact of Bariatric Surgery on the Long-term Disease Course of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2020 Jun 18;26(7):1089-1097. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izz236. PMID: 31613968; PMCID: PMC7534455. Hanauer SB, et al.; ACCENT I Study Group. Maintenance infliximab for Crohn’s disease: the ACCENT I randomised trial. Lancet. 2002 May 4;359(9317):1541-9. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08512-4. PMID: 12047962. Lowe SC, et al. Declining Rates of Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Era of Biologic Therapy. J Gastrointest Surg. 2021 Jan;25(1):211-219. doi: 10.1007/s11605-020-04832-y. PMID: 33140318. Kline BP, et al. Clinical and Genetic Factors Impact Time to Surgical Recurrence After Ileocolectomy for Crohn’s Disease. Ann Surg. 2021 Aug 1;274(2):346-351. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003660. PMID: 31714311. Myrelid P, Kalman TD. Old, New, and Out of the Box in IBD Surgery: Proceedings of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation 2020 Congress from a Surgical Perspective. Dis Colon Rectum. 2021 Aug 1;64(8):929-931. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002102. PMID: 33872289 Reinisch W, et al. Long-term infliximab maintenance therapy for ulcerative colitis: the ACT-1 and -2 extension studies. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2012 Feb;18(2):201-11. doi: 10.1002/ibd.21697. PMID: 21484965. |
EUH SURGERY B/EUHM/ ESJH GENERAL SURGERY
HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY
Topic | Articles |
Gallbladder Cancer | Butte JM, et al. Residual disease predicts outcomes after definitive resection for incidental gallbladder cancer. J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Sep;219(3):416-29. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2014.01.069. PMID: 25087941. D’Angelica M, et al. Analysis of the extent of resection for adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Apr;16(4):806-16. doi: 10.1245/s10434-008-0189-3. PMID: 18985272. Ethun CG, Postlewait LM, Le N, Pawlik TM, Buettner S, Poultsides G, Tran T, Idrees K, Isom CA, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Martin RC, Scoggins C, Shen P, Mogal HD, Schmidt C, Beal E, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Merchant N, Cardona K, Maithel SK. A Novel Pathology-Based Preoperative Risk Score to Predict Locoregional Residual and Distant Disease and Survival for Incidental Gallbladder Cancer: A 10-Institution Study from the U.S. Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy Consortium. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 May;24(5):1343-1350. doi: 10.1245/s10434-016-5637-x. PMID: 27812827. Ethun CG, Postlewait LM, Le N, Pawlik TM, Buettner S, Poultsides G, Tran T, Idrees K, Isom CA, Fields RC, Jin LX, Weber SM, Salem A, Martin RC, Scoggins C, Shen P, Mogal HD, Schmidt C, Beal E, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Kooby DA, Maithel SK. Association of Optimal Time Interval to Re-resection for Incidental Gallbladder Cancer With Overall Survival: A Multi-Institution Analysis From the US Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy Consortium. JAMA Surg. 2017 Feb 1;152(2):143-149. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.3642. PMID: 27784058. Ethun CG, Postlewait LM, Le N, Pawlik TM, Poultsides G, Tran T, Idrees K, Isom CA, Fields RC, Krasnick BA, Weber SM, Salem A, Martin RCG, Scoggins CR, Shen P, Mogal HD, Schmidt C, Beal E, Hatzaras I, Shenoy R, Cardona K, Maithel SK. Routine port-site excision in incidentally discovered gallbladder cancer is not associated with improved survival: A multi-institution analysis from the US Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy Consortium. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Jun;115(7):805-811. doi: 10.1002/jso.24591. PMID: 28230242. Gamboa AC, Maithel SK. The Landmark Series: Gallbladder Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug;27(8):2846-2858. Primrose JN, et al. Capecitabine compared with observation in resected biliary tract cancer (BILCAP): a randomised, controlled, multicentre, phase 3 study. Lancet Oncol. 2019 May;20(5):663-673. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30915-X. Epub 2019 Mar 25. Erratum in: Lancet Oncol. 2019 Apr 2;: PMID: 30922733. |
Cholangiocarcinoma | Brindley PJ, et al. Cholangiocarcinoma. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2021 Sep 9;7(1):65. doi: 10.1038/s41572-021-00300-2. PMID: 34504109. Cloyd JM, Ejaz A, Pawlik TM. The Landmark Series: Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug;27(8):2859-2865. Maithel SK, Gamblin TC, Kamel I, Corona-Villalobos CP, Thomas M, Pawlik TM. Multidisciplinary approaches to intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. Cancer. 2013 Nov 15;119(22):3929-42. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28312. PMID: 23963845. Rea DJ, et al. Liver transplantation with neoadjuvant chemoradiation is more effective than resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Ann Surg. 2005 Sep;242(3):451-8; discussion 458-61. doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000179678.13285.fa. PMID: 16135931. Rocha FG, et al. Hilar cholangiocarcinoma: the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center experience. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2010 Jul;17(4):490-6. doi: 10.1007/s00534-009-0205-4. PMID: 19806295. Soares KC, Jarnagin WR. The Landmark Series: Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Aug;28(8):4158-4170. doi: 10.1245/s10434-021-09871-6. PMID: 33829358; PMCID: PMC9273057. Tao R, et al. Ablative Radiotherapy Doses Lead to a Substantial Prolongation of Survival in Patients With Inoperable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Retrospective Dose Response Analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2016 Jan 20;34(3):219-26. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.61.3778. Erratum in: J Clin Oncol. 2019 Apr 10;37(11):942. PMID: 26503201. |
Benign Liver Tumors | |
Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Cheng AL, et al. Efficacy and safety of sorafenib in patients in the Asia-Pacific region with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase III randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet Oncol. 2009 Jan;10(1):25-34. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70285-7. PMID: 19095497. Finn RS, et al.; IMbrave150 Investigators. Atezolizumab plus Bevacizumab in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2020 May 14;382(20):1894-1905. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1915745. PMID: 32402160. Llovet JM, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2021 Jan 21;7(1):6. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-00240-3. PMID: 33479224. Llovet JM, et al.; SHARP Investigators Study Group. Sorafenib in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jul 24;359(4):378-90. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0708857. PMID: 18650514. Mazzaferro V, et al. Liver transplantation for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinomas in patients with cirrhosis. N Engl J Med. 1996 Mar 14;334(11):693-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199603143341104. PMID: 8594428. |
Liver Metastases | Gangi A, Howe JR. The Landmark Series: Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Sep;27(9):3270-3280. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08787-x. PMID: 32632880; PMCID: PMC7415723. Kawaguchi Y, Vauthey JN. The Landmark Series: RCTs Examining Perioperative Chemotherapy and Postoperative Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastasis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Oct;27(11):4263-4270. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-08809-8. PMID: 32642998. |
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma | Dillhoff M, Pawlik TM. Role of Node Dissection in Pancreatic Tumor Resection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Apr;28(4):2374-2381. See also: ASO Author Reflections: Role of Node Dissection in Pancreatic Tumor Resection. He J, et al. Landmark Series: Neoadjuvant Treatment in Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Mar;28(3):1514-1520. Rocha FG. Landmark Series: Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Mar;28(3):1400-1406. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09367-9. PMID: 33386541. Sachs TE, Tseng JF. Landmark Series in Pancreatic Tumors: Anastomotic Techniques and Route of Reconstruction. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Apr;28(4):2227-2234. Shah MM, Datta J, Merchant NB, Kooby DA. Landmark Series: Importance of Pancreatic Resection Margins. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Mar;29(3):1542-1550. doi: 10.1245/s10434-021-11168-7. PMID: 34985731. van Hilst J, et al. The Landmark Series: Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Resection. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Mar;28(3):1447-1456. doi: 10.1245/s10434-020-09335-3. PMID: 33341916; PMCID: PMC7892688. White RR, Murphy JD, Martin RCG. The Landmark Series: Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer and Ablative Therapy Options. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Aug;28(8):4173-4180. |
Non-PDAC Masses of the Pancreas | Tanaka M, et al. Revisions of international consensus Fukuoka guidelines for the management of IPMN of the pancreas. Pancreatology. 2017 Sep-Oct;17(5):738-753. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2017.07.007. PMID: 28735806. |
Chronic Pancreatitis | |
Bile Duct Injury | |
Choledochal Cysts | |
Gastric Cancer | Al-Batran SE, et al.; FLOT4-AIO Investigators. Perioperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel versus fluorouracil or capecitabine plus cisplatin and epirubicin for locally advanced, resectable gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (FLOT4): a randomised, phase 2/3 trial. Lancet. 2019 May 11;393(10184):1948-1957. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32557-1. PMID: 30982686. Cunningham D, et al., MAGIC Trial Participants. Perioperative chemotherapy versus surgery alone for resectable gastroesophageal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2006 Jul 6;355(1):11-20. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa055531. PMID: 16822992. Dineen SP, Pimiento JM. The Landmark Series: Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (CRS/HIPEC) for Treatment of Gastric Cancer Metastatic to Peritoneum. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Aug;28(8):4130-4137. Ng SP, Leong T. Role of Radiation Therapy in Gastric Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Aug;28(8):4151-4157. |
GIST | Keung EZ, et al. The Landmark Series: Systemic Therapy for Resectable Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Oct;27(10):3659-3671. |
COLORECTAL SURGERY
ACCS
Topic | Articles |
Gallbladder | |
Appendicitis | Alvarado A. A practical score for the early diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Ann Emerg Med. 1986 May;15(5):557-64. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(86)80993-3. PMID: 3963537. CODA Collaborative, Flum DR, Davidson GH, et al. A Randomized Trial Comparing Antibiotics with Appendectomy for Appendicitis. N Engl J Med. 2020 Nov 12;383(20):1907-1919. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2014320. PMID: 33017106. St Peter SD, et al. Irrigation versus suction alone during laparoscopic appendectomy for perforated appendicitis: a prospective randomized trial. Ann Surg. 2012 Oct;256(4):581-5. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31826a91e5. PMID: 22964730. Salminen P, Tuominen R, Paajanen H, et al. Five-Year Follow-up of Antibiotic Therapy for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in the APPAC Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2018 Sep 25;320(12):1259-1265. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.13201. PMID: 30264120; PMCID: PMC6233612. Sawyer RG, et al.; STOP-IT Trial Investigators. Trial of short-course antimicrobial therapy for intraabdominal infection. N Engl J Med. 2015 May 21;372(21):1996-2005. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1411162. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2018 Jan 25. PMID: 25992746; PMCID: PMC4469182. |
Peptic Ulcer Disease | Burch JM, Cox CL, Feliciano DV, Richardson RJ, Martin RR. Management of the difficult duodenal stump. Am J Surg. 1991 Dec;162(6):522-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(91)90102-j. PMID: 1670218. |
Cholelithiasis | Hunter JG. Avoidance of bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Am J Surg. 1991 Jul;162(1):71-6. doi: 10.1016/0002-9610(91)90207-t. PMID: 1829588. Strasberg SM. Avoidance of biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg. 2002;9(5):543-7. doi: 10.1007/s005340200071. PMID: 12541037. |
Intra-abdominal Infection | Guidry CA, Sawyer RG. Short-Course Antimicrobial Therapy for Intraabdominal Infection. N Engl J Med. 2015 Oct 15;373(16):1578. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1508694. PMID: 26466002; PMCID: PMC4699292. Saunte DML, Jemec GBE. Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment. JAMA. 2017 Nov 28;318(20):2019-2032. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.16691. PMID: 29183082. |
Pancreatitis | Bergman S, Melvin WS. Operative and nonoperative management of pancreatic pseudocysts. Surg Clin North Am. 2007 Dec;87(6):1447-60, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2007.09.003. PMID: 18053841. Besselink MG, van Santvoort HC, Nieuwenhuijs VB, et al.; Dutch Acute Pancreatitis Study Group. Minimally invasive ‘step-up approach’ versus maximal necrosectomy in patients with acute necrotising pancreatitis (PANTER trial): design and rationale of a randomised controlled multicenter trial [ISRCTN13975868]. BMC Surg. 2006 Apr 11;6:6. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-6-6. PMID: 16606471; PMCID: PMC1508161. Boerma D, et al. Wait-and-see policy or laparoscopic cholecystectomy after endoscopic sphincterotomy for bile-duct stones: a randomised trial. Lancet. 2002 Sep 7;360(9335):761-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09896-3. PMID: 12241833. Boxhoorn L, et al. Acute pancreatitis. Lancet. 2020 Sep 5;396(10252):726-734. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31310-6. Erratum in: Lancet. 2021 Nov 6;398(10312):1686. PMID: 32891214. Branum G, Galloway J, Hirchowitz W, Fendley M, Hunter J. Pancreatic necrosis: results of necrosectomy, packing, and ultimate closure over drains. Ann Surg. 1998 Jun;227(6):870-7. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199806000-00010. PMID: 9637550; PMCID: PMC1191394. Kao LS, McCauley JS. Evidence-Based Management of Gallstone Pancreatitis. Adv Surg. 2020 Sep;54:173-189. doi: 10.1016/j.yasu.2020.04.005. PMID: 32713429. Van Buren G 2nd, Vollmer CM Jr. The Landmark Series: Mitigation of the Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Feb;28(2):1052-1059. |
VASCULAR SURGERY
Topic | Articles |
Peripheral Arterial Disease | Bonaca MP, et al. Rivaroxaban in Peripheral Artery Disease after Revascularization. N Engl J Med. 2020 May 21;382(21):1994-2004. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2000052. PMID: 32222135. Caradu C, et al. Systematic review and updated meta-analysis of the use of drug-coated balloon angioplasty versus plain old balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal arterial disease. J Vasc Surg. 2019 Sep;70(3):981-995.e10. Kaplovitch E, et al. Rivaroxaban and Aspirin in Patients With Symptomatic Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Subanalysis of the COMPASS Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Jan 1;6(1):21-29. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.4390. Erratum in: JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Feb 1;6(2):246. PMID: 32997098; PMCID: PMC7527938. Murphy TP, et al. The Claudication: Exercise Vs. Endoluminal Revascularization (CLEVER) study: rationale and methods. J Vasc Surg. 2008 Jun;47(6):1356-63. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.12.048. PMID: 18440181; PMCID: PMC2519609. Writing Committee Members, Gerhard-Herman MD, Gornik HL, et al. 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary. Vasc Med. 2017 Jun;22(3):NP1-NP43. doi: 10.1177/1358863X17701592. PMID: 28494710. Zhan LX, et al. The Society for Vascular Surgery lower extremity threatened limb classification system based on Wound, Ischemia, and foot Infection (WIfI) correlates with risk of major amputation and time to wound healing. J Vasc Surg. 2015 Apr;61(4):939-44. |
Aortic Disease | Lederle FA, et al.; OVER Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group. Long-term comparison of endovascular and open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. N Engl J Med. 2012 Nov 22;367(21):1988-97. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1207481. PMID: 23171095. Mwipatayi BP, et al.; Covered Versus Balloon Expandable Stent Trial (COBEST) Co-investigators. A comparison of covered vs bare expandable stents for the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease. J Vasc Surg. 2011 Dec;54(6):1561-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.06.097. PMID: 21906903. Patel R, et al. Endovascular versus open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm in 15-years’ follow-up of the UK endovascular aneurysm repair trial 1 (EVAR trial 1): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2016 Nov 12;388(10058):2366-2374. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31135-7. PMID: 27743617. United Kingdom EVAR Trial Investigators, et al. Endovascular versus open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. N Engl J Med. 2010 May 20;362(20):1863-71. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0909305. Epub 2010 Apr 11. PMID: 20382983. |
Carotid Disease | North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators, Barnett HJM, Taylor DW, Haynes RB, et al. Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. N Engl J Med. 1991 Aug 15;325(7):445-53. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199108153250701. PMID: 1852179. Walker MD, Marler JR, Goldstein M, et al.; Executive Committee for the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study. Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. JAMA. 1995 May 10;273(18):1421-8. PMID: 7723155. |
Venous Disease | Palareti G, Cosmi B, Legnani C, et al.; PROLONG Investigators. D-dimer testing to determine the duration of anticoagulation therapy. N Engl J Med. 2006 Oct 26;355(17):1780-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa054444. PMID: 17065639. Vedantham S, et al.; ATTRACT Trial Investigators. Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Deep-Vein Thrombosis. N Engl J Med. 2017 Dec 7;377(23):2240-2252. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1615066. PMID: 29211671; PMCID: PMC5763501. |
Mesenteric Ischemia |
TRAUMA SURGERY
Topic | Articles |
Abdominal Injuries | Manley NR, et al. Analysis of over 2 decades of colon injuries identifies optimal method of diversion: Does an end justify the means? J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Feb;86(2):214-219. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002135. PMID: 30605141. |
Traumatic Brain Injuries | Ley EJ, Leonard SD, Barmparas G, et al. Beta blockers in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury: Results from a multicenter, prospective, observational American Association for the Surgery of Trauma study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Feb;84(2):234-244. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001747. PMID: 29251711. |
Thoracic Injuries | Figueroa JF, et al. The 35-mm rule to guide pneumothorax management: Increases appropriate observation and decreases unnecessary chest tubes. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Jun 1;92(6):951-957. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003573. PMID: 35125448. Seamon MJ, et al. An evidence-based approach to patient selection for emergency department thoracotomy: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015 Jul;79(1):159-73. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000648. PMID: 26091330. Thorson CM, et al. Does hemopericardium after chest trauma mandate sternotomy? J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Jun;72(6):1518-24. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318254306e. PMID: 22695415. |
Wounds and Injuries | CRASH-2 trial collaborators, Shakur H, Roberts I, Bautista R, et al. Effects of tranexamic acid on death, vascular occlusive events, and blood transfusion in trauma patients with significant haemorrhage (CRASH-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2010 Jul 3;376(9734):23-32. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60835-5. Epub 2010 Jun 14. PMID: 20554319. Cannon JW, Khan MA, Raja AS, et al. Damage control resuscitation in patients with severe traumatic hemorrhage: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Mar;82(3):605-617. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001333. PMID: 28225743. |
BURN SURGERY
Topic | Articles |
Overview: Jeschke MG, et al. Burn injury. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2020 Feb 13;6(1):11. Critical Care: Cartotto R, et al . Burn Shock and Resuscitation: Review and State of the Science. J Burn Care Res. 2022 Feb 26 | |
Pain: Romanewski KS, et al AmeriAan Burn Association Guidelines on the Management of Acute Pain in the Adult Burn Patient: A Review of the Literature, a Compilation of Expert Opinion and Next Steps. J Burn Care Res. 2020 Nov 30;41(6):1152-1164. | |
Skin Grafting: De Ayala, R et al Outcomes of using Cultured Epidermal Autograft (CEA) and autologous spray cell suspension (ASCS) in addition to split thickness skin graft (STSG) on the same burn wound: Grady Hospital experience, Burns Open, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 32-36 |
CRITICAL CARE
Topic | Articles |
Sepsis | Evans L, Rhodes A, Alhazzani W, et al. Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock 2021. Crit Care Med. 2021 Nov 1;49(11):e1063-e1143. PMID: 34605781. Khanna A, English SW, Wang XS,et al.; ATHOS-3 Investigators. Angiotensin II for the Treatment of Vasodilatory Shock. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 3;377(5):419-430. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1704154. PMID: 28528561. Sprung CL, Annane D, Keh D, et al.; CORTICUS Study Group. Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with septic shock. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jan 10;358(2):111-24. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa071366. PMID: 18184957. |
Ventilation | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSnet), Brower RG, Matthay MA, Morris A, et al. Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4;342(18):1301-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200005043421801. PMID: 10793162. Meyer NJ, Gattinoni L, Calfee CS. Acute respiratory distress syndrome. Lancet. 2021 Aug 14;398(10300):622-637. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00439-6. PMID: 34217425; PMCID: PMC8248927. |
Resuscitation | Brown RM, et al. Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Sepsis. A Secondary Analysis of the SMART Clinical Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Dec 15;200(12):1487-1495. See also: Surgical Focus: The use of balanced crystalloids versus saline in sepsis Chabot E, Nirula R. Open abdomen critical care management principles: resuscitation, fluid balance, nutrition, and ventilator management. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2017 Sep 3;2(1): e000063. Finfer S, et al.; SAFE Study Investigators. A comparison of albumin and saline for fluid resuscitation in the intensive care unit. N Engl J Med. 2004 May 27;350(22):2247-56. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa040232. PMID: 15163774. Greer DM, Shemie SD, Lewis A, et al. Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria: The World Brain Death Project. JAMA. 2020 Sep 15;324(11):1078-1097. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.11586. PMID: 32761206. Hébert PC, Wells G, Blajchman MA, et al. A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial of transfusion requirements in critical care (TRICC). Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care Investigators, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. N Engl J Med. 1999 Feb 11;340(6):409-17. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199902113400601. Erratum in: N Engl J Med 1999 Apr 1;340(13):1056. PMID: 9971864. Krag M, Marker S, Perner A, et al.; SUP-ICU trial group. Pantoprazole in Patients at Risk for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the ICU. N Engl J Med. 2018 Dec 6;379(23):2199-2208. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1714919. PMID: 30354950. NICE-SUGAR Study Investigators, Finfer S, Chittock DR, Su SY, et al. Intensive versus conventional glucose control in critically ill patients. N Engl J Med. 2009 Mar 26;360(13): 1283-97. PMID: 19318384. |
ECMO |
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Topic | Articles |
Sarcoma | Callegaro D, Roland CL, Raut CP. Relevant Trials Update in Sarcomas and Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: What Surgeons Should Know. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 Jul;31(3):341-360. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2022.03.002. PMID: 35715138. Crago AM, Cardona K, Koseła-Paterczyk H, Rutkowski P. Management of Myxofibrosarcoma and Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 Jul;31(3):419-430. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2022.03.006. PMID: 35715142. Devaud N, et al. Leiomyosarcoma: Current Clinical Management and Future Horizons. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 Jul;31(3):527-546. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2022.03.011. PMID: 35715148. Hindi N, Haas RL. Management of Synovial Sarcoma and Myxoid Liposarcoma. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 Jul;31(3):547-558. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2022.03.012. PMID: 35715149. Kazazian K, et al. Toward Better Understanding and Management of Solitary Fibrous Tumor. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 Jul;31(3):459-483. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2022.03.009. PMID: 35715145. Messina V, et al. Management of Skin Sarcomas. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 Jul;31(3):511-525. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2022.03.010. PMID: 35715147. Roland CL, et al. The Landmark Series: Multimodality Treatment of Extremity Sarcoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Oct;27(10):3672-3682. Schaefer IM, Gronchi A. WHO Pathology: Highlights of the 2020 Sarcoma Update. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 Jul;31(3):321-340. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2022.03.001. PMID: 35715137; PMCID: PMC9216237. Sharma AK, Kim TS, Bauer S, Sicklick JK. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: New Insights for a Multimodal Approach. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 Jul;31(3):431-446. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2022.03.007. PMID: 35715143. Siew CCH, et al. Retroperitoneal and Mesenteric Liposarcomas. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2022 Jul;31(3):399-417. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2022.03.005. PMID: 35715141. |
Gastric Cancers | |
Small Bowel Cancers | Tran CG, et al. The Landmark Series: Management of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 May;28(5):2741-2751. |
Desmoid & Mesothelioma | Fiore M, et al. The Landmark Series: Desmoid. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Mar;28(3): 1682-1689. Kantor T, Wakeam E. Landmark Trials in the Surgical Management of Mesothelioma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Apr; 28(4):2037-2047. |
PEDIATRIC SURGERY
Topic | Articles |
Anorectal Malformations | Cairo SB, et al.; Delivery of Surgical Care Committee of the AAP Section on Surgery. Challenges in transition of care for patients with anorectal malformations: a systematic review and recommendations for comprehensive care. Dis Colon Rectum. 2018 Mar;61(3):390-399. Erratum in: Dis Colon Rectum. 2018 May;61(5):e337. |
Intestinal Failure and Malrotation | Duggan CP, Jaksic T. Pediatric Intestinal Failure. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 17;377(7):666-675. |
Biliary Atresia | |
EA-TEF | |
CDH |
THORACIC SURGERY
Topic | Articles |
Lung Cancer | Eby ME, Seder CW. The Landmark Series: Multimodality Therapy for Stage 3A Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug;27(8):3030-3036. |
Lung Nodule | |
Lung Mastectomy | |
Benign Lung | Rationale and design of The National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT): a prospective randomized trial of lung volume reduction surgery. The National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. Chest. 1999 Dec;116(6):1750-61. doi: 10.1378/chest.116.6.1750. PMID: 10593802. Fishman A, Martinez F, et al.; National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) Research Group. A randomized trial comparing lung-volume-reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema. N Engl J Med. 2003 May 22;348(21):2059-73. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa030287. PMID: 12759479. |
Mediastinal Masses | |
Empyema | |
Esophageal Cancer | Demarest CT, Chang AC. The Landmark Series: Multimodal Therapy for Esophageal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Jun;28(6):3375-3382. |
BREAST, MELANOMA, AND ENDOCRINE SURGERY
TRANSPLANT SURGERY
Topic | Articles |
Kidney | Lentine KL, et al. OPTN/SRTR 2020 Annual Data Report: Kidney. Am J Transplant. 2022 Mar;22 Suppl 2:21-136. Vincenti F, Charpentier B, Vanrenterghem Y, et al. A phase III study of belatacept-based immunosuppression regimens versus cyclosporine in renal transplant recipients (BENEFIT study). Am J Transplant. 2010 Mar;10(3):535-46. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.03005.x. PMID: 20415897. |
Liver | Mazzaferro V, Regalia E, Doci R, et al. Liver transplantation for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinomas in patients with cirrhosis. N Engl J Med. 1996 Mar 14;334(11):693-9. PMID: 8594428. |
Immuno-suppression |
See also: ASO Landmark Series