Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract

JOGS Best Article Award

In 2007, Springer, the publisher of the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, began providing annual award monies for the best article(s) published in JOGS during each print Volume year. Selection of these best articles is made by the Journal Editors, the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Executive Committee, and the SSAT Communications Committee.

Award Recipients

2019
First Place Predictors of Persistent Dysphagia after Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation Ayazi, S. Gastrointest Surg (2020) 39: 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-019-04331-9
2018
Most Downloads Benign Tumors of the Pancreas�Radical Surgery Versus Parenchyma-Sparing Local Resection�the Challenge Facing Surgeons Beger, H.G. J Gastrointest Surg (2018) 22: 562. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-017-3644-2 Most Citations 1. Worldwide Experience with Erosion of the Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation Device Alicuben, E.T., Bell, R.C.W., Jobe, B.A. et al. J Gastrointest Surg (2018) 22: 1442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-018-3775-0 2. ALPPS for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Is Associated with Decreased Liver Remnant Growth Chia, D.K.A., Yeo, Z., Loh, S.E.K. et al. J Gastrointest Surg (2018) 22: 973. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-018-3697-x 3. Enhanced Recovery via Peripheral Nerve Block for Open Hepatectomy Thornblade, L.W., Seo, Y.D., Kwan, T. et al. J Gastrointest Surg (2018) 22: 981. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-017-3656-y 4. Liver Transplantation and Liver Resection for Cirrhotic Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparison of Long-Term Survivals Krenzien, F., Schmelzle, M., Struecker, B. et al. J Gastrointest Surg (2018) 22: 840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-018-3690-4 Most Downloads from the SSAT Resident & Fellow Research Conference Surgical Resection for Recurrence After Two-Stage Hepatectomy for Colorectal Liver Metastases Is Feasible, Is Safe, and Improves Survival Lillemoe, H.A., Kawaguchi, Y., Passot, G. et al. J Gastrointest Surg (2019) 23: 84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-018-3890-y
2017
First Place The Sooner, the Better? The Importance of Optimal Timing of Cholecystectomy in Acute Cholecystitis: Data from the National Swedish Registry for Gallstone Surgery, GallRiks Blohm, M. (1) (2), �sterberg, J. (2), Sandblom, G. (1) (3), Lars Lundell (3), Mats Hedberg (2), Lars Enochsson (1) (3) 1. Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; 2. Department of Surgery, Mora Hospital, Mora, Sweden; 3. Center for Digestive Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden January 2017, Volume 21, Issue 1, pp 33�40 Second Place The Primary Result of Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial of New Spray-Type Bio-absorbable Adhesion Barrier System (TCD-11091) Against Postoperative Adhesion Formation Takeshi Suto (1), Masahiko Watanabe (2), Takeshi Endo (3), Koji Komori (4), Masayuki Ohue (5), Yukihide Kanemitsu (6), Masaaki Itou (7), Yasumasa Takii (8), Toshimasa Yatsuoka (9), Manabu Shiozawa (10), Tetsushi Kinugasa (11), Hideki Ueno (12), Tadatoshi Takayama (13), Tadahiko Masaki (14), Hiroyuki Masuko (15), Hisanaga Horie (16), Masafumi Inomata (17) 1. Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; 2. Department of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan; 3. Department of Surgery, Hasuda Hospital, Saitama, Japan; 4. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi, Japan; 5. Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan; 6. Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; 7. Department of Colorectal Surgery, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan; 8. Department of Surgery, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan; 9. General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan; 10. Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Kanagawa, Japan; 11. Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan; 12. Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan; 13. Department of Digestive Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; 14. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan; 15. Department of Surgery, Nikko Memorial Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan; 16. Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan; 17. Department of Gastroenterological and Pediatric Surgery, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan October 2017, Volume 21, Issue 10, pp 1683�1691 Third Place Regulation of Postoperative Ileus by Lentivirus-Mediated HuR RNA Interference via the p38/MK2 Signaling Pathway Ye Dao Xiong (1), Lu Xing Rong (1), Chi Pan (1) 1. Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China February 2017, Volume 21, Issue 2, pp 389�397
2016
First Place Morphine Promotes Colonization of Anastomotic Tissues with Collagenase - Producing Enterococcus faecalis and Causes Leak Baddr A. Shakhsheer (1); Luke A. Versten (1); James N. Luo (1); Jennifer R. Defazio (1); Robin Klabbers (2); Scott Christley (1); Alexander Zaborin (1); Kristina L. Guyton (1); Monika Krezalek (1); Daniel P. Smith (3); Nadim J. Ajami (3); Joseph F. Petrosino (3); Irma D. Fleming (1); Natalia Belogortseva (1); Olga Zaborina (1); John C. Alverdy (1) 1. Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC 6040, Chicago, IL 60605, USA; 2. Department of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands; 3. Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA October 2016, Volume 20, Issue 10, pp 1744�1751 Second Place Randomized Comparison of Subcuticular Sutures Versus Staples for Skin Closure After Open Abdominal Surgery: a Multicenter Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial Kazuhiro Imamura (1); Kensuke Adachi (1) (2); Ritsuko Sasaki (1); Satoko Monma (1); Sadaaki Shioiri (3); Yasuji Seyama (4); Masaru Miura (5); Yoshihiko Morikawa (5); Tetsuji Kaneko (5) 1. Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan; 2. Department of Surgery, Ebara Hospital, Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Corporation, 4-5-10 Higashi-Yukigaya, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 145-0065, Japan; 3. Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; 4. Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; 5. Department of Clinical Research Support Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Children�s Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan; 5. Department of Clinical Research Support Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Children�s Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan December 2016, Volume 20, Issue 12, pp 2083�2092 Third Place Effect of Resected Gastric Volume on Ghrelin and GLP-1 Plasma Levels: a Prospective Study Federico Sista (1) (2); Valentina Abruzzese (1); Marco Clementi (1); Sergio Carandina (3); Gianfranco Amicucci (1) 1. Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Applicate e Biotecnologie (DISCAB)�Ospedale civile San Salvatore, University of L�Aquila, L�Aquila, Italy; 2. Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Applicate e Biotecnologie (DISCAB) - Ospedale civile San Salvatore, University of L�Aquila, Presso Ospedale S. Salvatore, Edificio Delta 6, 67100 Coppito, AQ, Italy; 3. Service de Chirurgie Digestive�H�pital Avicenne, Universit� Paris XIII, Bobigny, France December 2016, Volume 20, Issue 12, pp 1931�1941
2015
First Place Clinical Adherence to Guidelines for Adjuvant Imatinib Therapy for GIST: A Multi-institutional Analysis Danielle A. Bischof danielle.bischof.com (1) (9); Rebecca Dodson (1); M. Carolina Jimenez (2) (3); Ramy Behman (3) (4); Andrei Cocieru (5); Dan G. Blazer III (5); Sarah B. Fisher (6); Malcolm H. Squires III (6); David A. Kooby (6);Shishir K. Maithel (6); Ryan T. Groeschl (7); T. Clark Gamblin (7); Todd W. Bauer (8); Paul J. Karanicolas (3) (4); Calvin Law (3) (4); Fayez A. Quereshy (2) (3); Timothy M. Pawlik (1); 1. Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; 9. Surgical Oncology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Blalock 665, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA; 2. University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3. Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 4. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada; 5. Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; 6. Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; 7. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA; 8. Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA June 2015, Volume 19, Issue 6, pp 1022-1028 Second Place Clinical Octreotide Does Not Prevent Pancreatic Fistula Following Pancreatoduodenectomy in Patients with Soft Pancreas and Non-dilated Duct: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Prakash Kurumboor (1); Kamalesh Nadothottam Palaniswami (1); K. Pramil (1); Deepak George (1); Shaji Ponnambathayil (1); Deepak Varma (1); Sylesh Aikot (1) 1. Department of GI Surgery, PVS Memorial Hospital, Kaloor, Kochi, Kerala, India, 682017 November 2015, Volume 19, Issue 11, pp 2038-2044 Basic Science Circulating Serum Exosomal miRNAs As Potential Biomarkers for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Karen Chiam (1); Tingting Wang (1); David I. Watson (1); George C. Mayne (1); Tanya S. Irvine (1); Tim Bright (1); Lorelle Smith (1) (5); Imogen A. White (2); Joanne M. Bowen (3); Dorothy Keefe (4); Sarah K. Thompson (5); Michael E. Jones (6) (7); Damian J. Hussey (1) 1. Department of Surgery, Flinders University, Room 3D211, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 5042, Australia; 5. Discipline of Surgery, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia� 2. School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; 3. University of Adelaide School of Medical Sciences, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 4. Royal Adelaide Hospital Cancer Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; 6. Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; 7. Department of Anatomy and Histology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia July 2015, Volume 19, Issue 7, pp 1208-1215
2014
First Place A Nomogram to Predict Disease-Free Survival After Surgical Resection of GIST Danielle A. Bischof¹, Yuhree Kim¹, Ramy Behman^2,3, Paul J. Karanicolas^2,3, Fayez A. Quereshy^3,4, Dan G. BlazerIII⁵, Shishir K. Maithel⁶, T. Clark Gamblin⁷, Todd W. Bauer⁸ and Timothy M. Pawlik¹ (1)Division of Surgical Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University, 600 N. Wolfe Street Blalock 665, Baltimore, MD, USA,(2)Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, (3)Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, (4)University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, (5)Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, (6)Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA, (7)Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA, (8)Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA 2014, Volume 18, Number 12, Pages 2123-2129 Second Place Circular vs. Three-Quadrant Hemorrhoidectomy for End-Stage Hemorrhoids: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes of a Prospective Randomized Trial Maia A. Qarabaki^1,3, Gela A. Mukhashavria¹, Gia G. Mukhashavria¹ and Nodari G. Giorgadze² (1) Coloproctological Center of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia, (2) David Tatishvili Medical Center, Tbilisi, Georgia, (3) 29 Vaza-Pshavela Av, Tbilisi, 0160, Georgia 2014, Volume 18, Number 4,, Pages 805-815 High-Fat Diet Enhances Villus Growth During the Adaptation Response to Massive Proximal Small Bowel Resection Pamela M. Choi^1,2, Raphael C. Sun^1,2, Jun Guo^1,2, Christopher R. Erwin^1,2 and Brad W. Warner^1,2 (1) Division of Pediatric Surgery, St Louis Children�s Hospital, One Children�s Place, Suite 5S40, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA, (2) Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA 2014, Volume 18, Number 2, Pages 286-294 Third Place Preoperative Colonic Stents Versus Emergency Surgery for Acute Left-Sided Malignant Colonic Obstruction: A Meta-analysis Xuan Huang¹, Bin Lv¹, Shuo Zhang¹ and Lina Meng¹ (1) Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 54 Youdian Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou City, 310006, Zhejiang Province, China 2014, Volume 18, Number 3, Pages 584-591
2013
First Place Financial Implications of Ventral Hernia Repair: A Hospital Cost Analysis Drew Reynolds¹, Daniel L. Davenport¹, Ryan L. Korosec², J. Scott Roth¹,³ ¹. Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA, ². Division of Finance, Office of the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, UK HealthCare, Lexington, KY, USA, ³. Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, C-2266 UKMC, Lexington, KY, USA 2013, Volume 17, Number 1, Pages 129-167 Second Place Improved Long-Term Survival after Major Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Multicenter Analysis Based on a New Definition of Major Hepatectomy Andreas Andreou¹, Jean-Nicolas Vauthey¹, Daniel Cherqui², Giuseppe Zimmitti¹, Dario Ribero¹, Mark J. Truty¹, Steven H. Wei¹, Steven A. Curley¹, Alexis Laurent², Ronnie T. Poon, Jacques Belghiti⁴, David M. Nagorney⁵, Thomas A. Aloia¹ ¹. Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, ². Department of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, H�pital Henri Mondor, Cr�teil, France, ³. Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China, ⁴. Department of Surgery, H�pital Beaujon, Clichy, France, ⁵. Department of Gastroenterologic and General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA 2013, Volume 17, Number 1, Pages 66-77 Outcomes for Trainees vs Experienced Surgeons Undertaking Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery - Is Equipoise Achieved? Claire N. Brown ¹, Lorelle T. Smith ¹, David I. Watson ² Peter G. Devitt ¹, Sarah K. Thompson¹, Glyn G. Jamieson ¹ ¹. Department of Surgery and the Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, Level 5, Eleanor Harrald Building, Royal Adelaide Hospital, 5000, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, ². Department of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2013, Volume 17, Number 7, Pages 1173-1180 Impact of Hospital Teaching Status on Length of Stay and Mortality Among Patients Undergoing Complex Hepatopancreaticobiliary Surgery in the USA Omar Hyder ¹, Teviah Sachs ¹, Aslam Ejaz ¹, Gaya Spolverato ¹, Timothy M. Pawlik¹ ¹. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Blalock 688, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 2013, Volume 17, Number 12, Pages 2114-2122
2012
First Place Biliary Dyskinesia: How Effective is Cholecystectomy? Vikas Singhal ¹, Patrick Szeto ¹, Heather Norman ¹, Nan Walsh ¹, Burt Cagir ¹, Thomas J. VanderMeer ¹ ¹. Department of Surgery, Guthrie-Robert Packer Hospital, ¹ Guthrie Sq, Sayre, PA, USA 2012, Volume 16, Number 1, Pages 135-141 Second Place Complementary Strand MicroRNAs Mediate Acquisition of Metastatic Potential in Colonic Adenocarcinoma Dung-Tsa Chen ², Jonathan M. Hernandez ¹ ⁴, David Shibata ¹, Susan M. McCarthy ¹, Leigh Ann Humphries ¹, Whalen Clark ¹ ⁴, Abul Elahi ¹, Mike Gruidl ¹, Domenico Coppola ³, Timothy Yeatman ¹ ². Department of Biomedical Informatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA; ¹. Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, ¹²⁹⁰² Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL, USA; ⁴. Department of Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA; ³. Department of Anatomic Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA 2012, Volume 16, Number 5, Pages 905-913 Is There a Role for Simultaneous Hepatic and Colorectal Resections? A Contemporary View from NSQIP Mathias Worni ¹, Christopher R. Mantyh ¹, Igor Akushevich ², Ricardo Pietrobon ¹, Bryan M. Clary ¹ ¹. Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; ². Center for Population Health and Aging, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA 2012, Volume 16, Number 11, Pages 2074-2085 Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: Defining Long-Term Clinical and Anatomic Outcomes Brant K. Oelschlager ¹, Rebecca P. Petersen ¹, L. Michael Brunt ¹, Nathaniel J. Soper ², Brett C. Sheppard ³, Lee Mitsumori ⁴, Charles Rohrmann ⁴, Lee L. Swanstrom ⁵, Carlos A. Pellegrini ¹ ¹. Department of Surgery, University of Washington, NE Pacific Street, Box, Seattle, WA, USA; ². Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; ³. Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA; ⁴. Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; ⁵. Department of Surgery, The Oregon Clinic, Portland, OR, USA 2012, Volume 16, Number 3, Pages 453-459
2011
First Place Analysis of 6,747 Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors for a Proposed Staging System Robert C. G. Martin^1,8; David A. Kooby ²; Sharon M. Weber ³; Nipun B. Merchant ⁴; Alex A. Parikh ⁴; Clifford S. Cho ³; Syed A. Ahmad ⁵; Hong Jin Kim ⁶; William Hawkins ⁷; Charles R. Scoggins (1) Department of Surgery, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, KY, USA; (2)Department of Surgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA; (3)Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital, Madison, WI, USA (4) Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA (5) Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA (6) Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (7)Department of Surgery, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO, USA (8) Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40292, USA 2011, Volume 15, Number 1, Pages 175-183 Second Place Pay for Obesity? Pay-for-Performance Metrics Neglect Increased Complication Rates and Cost for Obese Patients Kenzo Hirose^1,2; Andrew D. Shore^1,2; Elizabeth C. Wick^1,2; Jonathan P. Weiner^1,2; Martin A. Makary^1,2 (1)Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, CRB II, Ste. 507, 1550 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA (2) Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, CRB II, Ste. 507, 1550 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA 2011, Volume 15, Number 7, Pages 1128-1135 Third Place Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer: The Impact of Longer Interval Between Chemoradiation and Surgery Luiz Felipe de Campos-Lobato¹; Daniel P. Geisler¹; Andre da Luz Moreira^1,2; Luca Stocchi¹; David Dietz¹; Matthew F. Kalady¹ (1)Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue A30, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; (2) Department of Coloproctology, University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2011, Volume 15, Number 3, Pages 444-450
2010
First Place Detection of Free Peritoneal Cancer Cells in Gastric Cancer Using Cancer-Specific Newcastle Disease Virus Joyce Wong¹, Allison Schulman¹, Kaitlyn Kelly¹, Dmitriy Zamarin^1,3, Peter Palese² and Yuman Fong¹ (1) Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan�Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; (2) Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York; (3) Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 2010, Volume 14, Number 1, Pages 7-14 The Preoperative Manometric Pattern Predicts the Outcome of Surgical Treatment for Esophageal Achalasia Renato Salvador¹, Mario Costantini¹, Giovanni Zaninotto², Tiziana Morbin¹, Christian Rizzetto¹, Lisa Zanatta¹, Martina Ceolin¹, Elena Finotti¹, Loredana Nicoletti¹, Gianfranco Da Dalt¹, Francesco Cavallin³ and Ermanno Ancona¹ 1) Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences (Clinica Chirurgica I), School of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy; (2) Department of General Surgery, SS Giovanni e Paolo Hospital, Venice, Italy; (3) Surgical Oncology, Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Padova, Italy 2010, Volume 14, Number 11, Pages 1635-1645 Second Place Improvement in Peripheral Glucose Uptake After Gastric Bypass Surgery Is Observed Only After Substantial Weight Loss Has Occurred and Correlates with the Magnitude of Weight Lost Guilherme M. Campos^1,4, Charlotte Rabl¹, Sofia Peeva¹, Ruxandra Ciovica¹, Madhu Rao², Jean-Marc Schwarz², Peter Havel³, Morris Schambelan² and Kathleen Mulligan² (1) Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; (2) Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; (3) Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA; (4) Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin 2010, Volume 14, Number 1, Pages 15-23 Significance of Limited Hiatal Dissection in Surgery for Achalasia Aleksandar Petar Simic, Neboj�a S. Radovanovic, Ognjan M. Skrobic, Zoran J. Ra�natovic and Predrag M. Pe�ko Department for Esophagogastric Surgery, First Surgical University Hospital, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia 2010, Volume 14, Number 4, Pages 587-593
2009
First Place Obesity and Gastroesophageal Reflux: Quantifying the Association Between Body Mass Index, Esophageal Acid Exposure, and Lower Esophageal Sphincter Status in a Large Series of Patients with Reflux Symptoms Shahin Ayazi¹, Jeffrey A. Hagen¹, Linda S. Chan¹, Steven R. DeMeester¹, Molly W. Lin¹, Ali Ayazi², Jessica M. Leers¹, Arzu Oezcelik¹, Farzaneh Banki¹, John C. Lipham¹, Tom R. DeMeester¹ and Peter F. Crookes¹ (1) Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1510 San Pablo St, Ste 514, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; (2) Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2009, Volume 13, Number 8, Pages 1440-1447 Second Place Multiagent Chemotherapy for Isolated Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Single-centered Retrospective Study Srinevas K. Reddy¹, Gloria Broadwater², Donna Niedzwiecki³, Andrew S. Barbas¹, Herbert I. Hurwitz⁴, Johanna C. Bendell⁴, Michael A. Morse⁴ and Bryan M. Clary¹ (1) Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3247, Durham, NC 27710, USA; (2) Department of Cancer Center Biostatistics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; (3) Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; (4) Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA 2009, Volume 13, Number 1, Pages 74-78 Third Place ERCC1 and XRCC1 Gene Polymorphisms Predict Response to Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy in Esophageal Cancer Ute Warnecke-Eberz¹, Daniel Vallb�hmer¹, Hakan Alakus¹, Fabian K�tting¹, Georg Lurje¹, Elfriede Bollschweiler¹, Anke Wienand-Dorweiler¹, Uta Drebber², Arnulf H. H�lscher¹ and Ralf Metzger¹ (1) Department of General, Visceral, and Cancer Surgery, Center for Integrated Oncology, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany; (2) Institute of Pathology, Center for Integrated Oncology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany 2009, Volume 13, Number 8, Pages 1411-1421
2008
First Place Eradication of Barrett Esophagus with Early Neoplasia by Radiofrequency Ablation, with or without Endoscopic Resection Roos E. Pouw¹, Joep J. Gondrie¹, Carine M. Sondermeijer¹, Fiebo J. ten Kate², Thomas M. van Gulik³, Kausilia K. Krishnadath¹, Paul Fockens¹, Bas L. Weusten⁴ and Jacques J. Bergman¹ (1) Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands; (2) Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; (3) Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; (4) Department of Gastroenterology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands 2008, Volume 12, Number 10, Pages 1627-1637 Second Place Comparison of Surgically Resected Polypoid Lesions of the Gallbladder to Their Pre-Operative Ultrasound Characteristics Martin D. Zielinski¹, Thomas D. Atwell², Peyton W. Davis¹, Michael L. Kendrick¹ and Florencia G. Que¹ (1) Department of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; (2) Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Published Online on October 30, 2008 and 2009, Volume 13, Number 1, Pages 19-25 Third Place Long-Term Results of Transanal Excision after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for T2 and T3 Adenocarcinomas of the Rectum Rajesh M. Nair¹, Erin M. Siegel², Dung-Tsa Chen³, William J. Fulp³, Timothy J. Yeatman¹, Mokenge P. Malafa¹, Jorge Marcet⁴ and David Shibata¹ (1) Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, WCB-2, Tampa, FL 33612-9497, USA; (2) Risk Assessment, Detection and Intervention Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA; (3) Biostatistics Core Facility of the Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA; (4) Department of Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA 2008, Volume 12, Number 10, Pages 1797-1806
2007
First Place Esophagectomy�It's Not Just About Mortality Anymore: Standardized Perioperative Clinical Pathways Improve Outcomes in Patients with Esophageal Cancer Donald E. Low^{1, 2}, Sonia Kunz¹, Drew Schembre¹, Henry Otero¹, Tom Malpass¹, Alex Hsi¹, Guobin Song¹, Richard Hinke¹ and Richard A. Kozarek¹ (1) Thoracic Oncology Program and Digestive Disease Institute, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA; (2) Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Ave. C6-SUR, Seattle, WA 98111, USA 2007, Volume 11, Number 11, Pages 1395-1402 Second Place Racial and Geographic Disparities in the Utilization of Surgical Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Christopher J. Sonnenday^{1, 3}, Justin B. Dimick¹, Richard D. Schulick² and Michael A. Choti² (1) The Department of Surgery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; (2) The Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; (3) The University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 East Medical Center Dr., TC 2926, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA 2007, Volume 11, Number 12, Pages 1636-1646 Third Place Trends and Disparities in Regionalization of Pancreatic Resection Taylor S. Riall¹, Karl A. Eschbach², Courtney M. Townsend Jr.¹, William H. Nealon¹, Jean L. Freeman² and James S. Goodwin² (1) Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0542, USA; (2) Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA 2007, Volume 11, Number 10, Pages 1242-1252

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