General Surgery Residency - Selected Publications

Title	Journal	Authors
The Use of Tagged White Blood Cell Scans to Diagnose Appendicitis in Pregnant Patients	American Surgeon, Vol 72; No 10, 894-896, Oct 2006	Stewart D, Grewal N, Choi R, Waxman K
A Prospective Study of Nurses and Patient Education on Compliance with Sequential Compression Devices	American Surgeon Vol 72; No 10, 921-923 Oct 2006	Stewart D, Zalamea N, Waxman K, Schuster R, Bozuk M
Cervical Spine Clearance in Blunt Trauma: Evaluation of a Ct Based Protocol.	Journal of Trauma In press.	Sanchez B, Waxman K
Leak Rates For Left Colon Resections.	American Surgeon In press.	Stewart D, Schuster R, Waxman K, Greaney G
Gum Chewing and Postoperative Ileus After Elective Open Sigmoid Colectomy.	Archives of Surgery In press.	Schuster R, Grewal N, Greaney G, Waxman K
Successful Treatment of Severe Sepsis with Recombinant Human Activated Protein C in a Patient with Traumatic Intracranial Hemmorrhage.	Journal of Trauma In press.	Schuster R, Waxman K
Necessity of Repeat Head of CT for Blunt Intracranial Hemorrhage.	American Surgeon In Press.	Schuster R, Waxman K
Preoperative Oral Rofecoxib and Postoperative Pain in Patients After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy : Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled Trial.	American Surgeon In press.	Schuster R, Stewart D, Schuster L, Greaney G, Waxman K
Activated factor VII in HELLP syndrome.	In preparation
Local Anesthetic Infusion Pumps Improve Postoperative Pain after Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Randomized Trial.	American Surgeon 2004; 70: 1002-1006	Sanchez B, Waxman K, Tatevosian R, Read B, Gamberdella M
Marathon Pancreatitis: Is the Etiology Repetitive Trauma?	American Surgeon 2004; 70: 561-563	Stewart D, Waxman K
Appendicitis, 2003: Relationship Between Payors and Outcome.	American Surgeon 2003; 69: 902-908	Schweitzer J, Fairman N, Schreyer K, Waxman K
Disability and Chronic Pain After Open Mesh and Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair.	American Surgeon 2003; 69:839-841	Bozuk M, Schuster R, Stewart D, Hicks K, Greaney G, Waxman K
Preoperative Sestamimi Localization combined with Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Assay Predicts Successful focused Unilateral Neck Exploration during Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism.	American Surgeon 2003: 69: 82-5	Miller P, Kindred A, Kosoy D, Davidson D, Lang H, Waxman K, Dunn J, and Latimer R
Does Gallbadder Ejection Fraction Predict Pathology after Elective Cholecystectomy for Symptomatic Cholelithiasis?	American Surgeon 2002: 68:1052-6	Nakano KJ, Waxman K, Rimkus D, Blaustein J
Successful emergent thoracotomy for pericardial tamponade caused by late constrictive pericarditis after trauma.	Journal of Trauma-Injury, Infection & Critical Care 2001; 50:945-8	Schweitzer J, Nirula R, Romero J, Vogel J, Waxman K
Intravenous interleukin-6 levels predict need for laparotomy in patients with bowel obstruction.	American Surgeon 2001;67:1145-9	Firoozmand E, Fairman N, Sklar J, Waxman K
Successful emergent thoracotomy for pericardial tamponade caused by late constrictive pericarditis after trauma.	Journal of Trauma-Injury, Infection & Critical Care 2001; 50:945-8	Schweitzer J, Nirula R, Romero J, Vogel J, Waxman K
Effect of abrupt cessation of total parenteral nutrition on serum glucose: A randomized trial.	American Surgeon 2000: 9:866-869	Nirula, R, Yamada K, Waxman, K