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NOVEMBER 2008

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Accuracy of CT colonography for detection of large adenomas and cancers.
N Engl J Med. 2008 Sep 18;359(12):1207-17. ( 2 ): 329-36 .
Johnson CD, Chen MH, Toledano AY, Heiken JP, Dachman A, Kuo MD, Menias CO, Siewert B, Cheema JI, Obregon RG, Fidler JL, Zimmerman P, Horton KM, Coakley K, Iyer RB, Hara AK, Halvorsen RA Jr, Casola G, Yee J, Herman BA, Burgart LJ, Limburg PJ.

A prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter study of a real-time, intraoperative probe for positive margin detection in breast-conserving surgery.
Am J Surg. 2008 Oct;196(4):483-9.
Allweis TM, Kaufman Z, Lelcuk S, Pappo I, Karni T, Schneebaum S, Spector R, Schindel A, Hershko D, Zilberman M, Sayfan J, Berlin Y, Hadary A, Olsha O, Paran H, Gutman M, Carmon M.

Ranking hospitals on surgical quality: does risk-adjustment always matter?
J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Sep;207(3):347-51. Epub 2008 Jun 2.
Dimick JB, Birkmeyer JD.

The use of porcine small intestinal submucosa as a prosthetic material for laparoscopic hernia repair in infected and potentially contaminated fields: long-term follow-up.
Surg Endosc. 2008 Sep; 22 ( 9 ): 1941-6 . Epub 2008 Jul 2.
Franklin ME Jr, Treviño JM, Portillo G, Vela I, Glass JL, González JJ.

Impact of type of liver resection on the outcome of colorectal liver metastases: a case-matched analysis.
J Surg Oncol. 2008 May 1;97(6):503-7.
Guzzetti E, Pulitanò C, Catena M, Arru M, Ratti F, Finazzi R, Aldrighetti L, Ferla G.

Increased plasma and platelet to red blood cell ratios improves outcome in 466 massively transfused civilian trauma patients.
Ann Surg. 2008 Sep;248(3):447-58.
Holcomb JB, Wade CE, Michalek JE, Chisholm GB, Zarzabal LA, Schreiber MA, Gonzalez EA, Pomper GJ, Perkins JG, Spinella PC, Williams KL, Park MS.