Journal Club Archives

July 2009

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Individual Articles

Radiofrequency ablation in Barrett's esophagus with dysplasia.
N Engl J Med. May 28 2009;360(22):2277-2288.
Shaheen NJ, Sharma P, Overholt BF, et al.

Patency of splenic vessels after laparoscopic spleen and splenic vessel-preserving distal pancreatectomy.
Br J Surg. Jun 2009;96(6):633-640.
Yoon YS, Lee KH, Han HS, Cho JY, Ahn KS.

Randomized clinical trial of techniques for closure of the pancreatic remnant following distal pancreatectomy.
Br J Surg. Jun 2009;96(6):602-607.
Olah A, Issekutz A, Belagyi T, Hajdu N, Romics L, Jr.

Polyethylene Glycol Modified-Albumin Enhances the Cold Preservation Properties of University of Wisconsin Solution in Rat Liver and a Hepatocyte Cell Line.
J Surg Res. 2009: In Press
Abbas R, Kombu RS, Dignam D, Gunning W, Stulberg JJ, Brunengraber H, Sanabria JR.

Management Strategy for Dirty Abdominal Incisions: Primary or Delayed Primary Closure? A Randomized Trial.
Surgical Infections. April 2009, 10(2): 129-136.
Dipesh D. Duttaroy, Jagtap Jitendra, Bithika Duttaroy, Ujjwal Bansal, Prarthna Dhameja, Gunjan Patel, Nikhil Modi.

The NICE-SUGAR Study Investigators. Intensive versus Conventional Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients.
N Engl J Med. Mar 26 2009;360(13):1283-1297

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Reading chest radiographs in the critically ill (Part I): Normal chest radiographic appearance, instrumentation and complications from instrumentation.
Annals of Thoracic Medicine, Apr2009, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p75-87
Khan, Ali Nawaz; et al.

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. A contemporary clinical approach to diagnosis and management.
Chest 2009 June:135(6):1651-64
Shantsila E, et al.
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