THORACIC SURGERY

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Lung CancerEby 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 LungRationale 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 CancerDemarest CT, Chang AC. The Landmark Series: Multimodal Therapy for Esophageal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Jun;28(6):3375-3382.

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

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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 MalrotationDuggan CP, Jaksic T. Pediatric Intestinal Failure. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 17;377(7):666-675.
Biliary Atresia
EA-TEF
CDH

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

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SarcomaCallegaro 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 CancersTran CG, et al. The Landmark Series: Management of Small Bowel Neuroendocrine Tumors. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 May;28(5):2741-2751.
Desmoid & MesotheliomaFiore 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.

CRITICAL CARE

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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.  
VentilationAcute 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.
ResuscitationBrown 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

BURN SURGERY

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 Overview: Jeschke MG, et al. Burn injury. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2020
Feb 13;6(1):11.

Wischmeyer, Paul E. MD, EDIC*;et al American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Nutrition Screening and Therapy Within a Surgical Enhanced Recovery Pathway. Anesthesia & Analgesia 126(6):p 1883-1895, June 2018.

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

TRAUMA SURGERY

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Abdominal InjuriesManley 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 InjuriesLey 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 InjuriesFigueroa 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 InjuriesCRASH-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.

VASCULAR SURGERY

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Peripheral Arterial DiseaseBonaca 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 DiseaseLederle 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 DiseaseNorth 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 DiseasePalareti 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