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List of works by I Michael Leitman

A blood test for acute rejection after renal transplantation? Commentary on “Osteopontin level correlates with acute cellular renal allograft rejection”

scientific article published on September 19, 2012

A technique for laparoscopic peritoneal entry after abdominoplasty

scientific article published on 17 October 2013

Access to common laparoscopic general surgical procedures: do racial disparities exist?

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

Association between elevated pre-operative glycosylated hemoglobin and post-operative infections after non-emergent surgery

scientific article published on 09 August 2016

Blood transfusions in the surgical patient: a gift of life, but at what cost?

scientific article published on 09 March 2012

Can interval appendectomy be justified following conservative treatment of perforated acute appendicitis?

scientific article published on 16 June 2009

Cardiotrophin-1, an antiinflammatory cytokine; is there a therapeutic role in orthotopic liver transplantation?

scientific article published on 21 August 2012

Characteristics and Outcomes of Abdominal and Pelvic Trauma Patients With Psychiatric Illness

scientific article published on 04 July 2019

Colon cancer screening: where have we come from and where do we go?

scientific article published on January 2004

Curcumin for the Prevention of Acute Lung Injury in Sepsis: Is It More Than the Flavor of the Month?

scientific article published on December 20, 2011

Demographic and laboratory data may predict positive temporal artery biopsy.

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Does prophylactic biologic mesh placement protect against the development of incisional hernia in high-risk patients?

scientific article published on July 2011

Does the position of the alimentary limb in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery make a difference?

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Early recognition of acute thoracic aortic dissection and aneurysm

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Early results of trans-oral endoscopic plication and revision of the gastric pouch and stoma following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.

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Effect of Resident Involvement on Morbidity and Mortality Following Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Elective cholecystectomy after biliary lithotripsy: an indication for routine intraoperative cholangiography?

scientific article published in November 1990

Endoscopic ultrasound and paracentesis in the evaluation of small volume ascites in patients with intra-abdominal malignancies.

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Evaluation and management of massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

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Evaluation of markers for calcium homeostasis in a population of obese adults undergoing gastric bypass operations.

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Evolving management of colonoscopic perforations

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General surgery residents' perception of robot-assisted procedures during surgical training

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Hand sanitizer dispensers and associated hospital-acquired infections: friend or fomite?

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Health literacy assessment and patient satisfaction in surgical practice

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Identifying Factors and Techniques to Decrease the Positive Margin Rate in Partial Mastectomies: Have We Missed the Mark?

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Implementation of a novel postoperative monitoring system using automated Modified Early Warning Scores (MEWS) incorporating end-tidal capnography.

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Incidence and risk factors for the development of incisional hernia following elective laparoscopic versus open colon resections

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Intramyocardial transplantation of endothelial progenitor cells and erythropoietin: a new scope for the treatment of cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on 23 May 2012

Is acute appendicitis in the weather forecast?

scientific article published on 26 August 2012

Is routine cholecystectomy necessary at the time of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass?

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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for a left-sided gallbladder.

scientific article published on September 2013

Left-handed surgeons: are they left out?

scientific article published in November 2004

Management of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: related duodenal perforations

scientific article published on 02 October 2008

Modulating the inflammatory response in sepsis

scientific article published on 12 September 2011

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: lessons learned from the laparoscopic revolution

scientific article published in April 2008

Open repair of large abdominal wall hernias with and without components separation; an analysis from the ACS-NSQIP database

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Operative Management of Splenic Rupture and Hepatic Flexure Injury during Diagnostic Colonoscopy in a Patient with Adenocarcinoma of the Cecum and Pulmonary Embolism

scientific article published on 01 February 2016

Outcome and complications of gastric bypass in super-super obesity versus morbid obesity

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Pharmacotherapy for traumatic spinal cord injury: the science behind the promise

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Predictors of 30-day outcomes following mitral valve repair

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

Predictors of serious morbidity and mortality after endovascular repair of aortoiliac lesions

scientific article published on 06 June 2018

Provider preferences for postoperative analgesia in obese and non-obese patients undergoing ambulatory surgery.

scientific article published on 17 May 2018

Quality and financial outcomes from gainsharing for inpatient admissions: a three-year experience.

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Quality assurance initiative at one institution for minimally invasive breast biopsy as the initial diagnostic technique

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Radical gastrectomy with para-aortic lymphadenectomy for carcinoma? The controversy continues. Commentary on Risk factors for metastasis to para-aortic lymph nodes in gastric cancer: a single institution study in China. Journal of Surgical Research

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Scylla and Charybdis: The MCAT, USMLE, and Degrees of Freedom in Undergraduate Medical Education.

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

Strategies to evaluate synchronous carcinomas of the colon and rectum in patients that present for emergent surgery

scientific article published on 6 February 2013

Strategies to prevent sepsis-induced intensive care unit-acquired weakness: are there any options? Commentary on "Comparison of melatonin and oxytocin in the prevention of critical illness polyneuropathy in rats with surgically induced sepsis".

scientific article published on 2 January 2013

Surgical clip migration and stone formation in a gallbladder remnant after laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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The Iliad and the Odyssey of metallic foreign body extraction: commentary on "Novel methods of removing metallic foreign body from human soft tissue: a report of 7390 cases"

scientific article published on 23 January 2013

The Impact of Trauma Admissions in the Elderly

scientific article published on November 19, 2011

The assessment of stat laboratory test ordering practice and impact of targeted individual feedback in an urban teaching hospital

scientific article published on 12 December 2013

The prevalence and predictors of herbal medicine use in surgical patients

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The use of finger-stick blood to assess lactate in critically ill surgical patients

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Tube cholecystostomy before cholecystectomy for the treatment of acute cholecystitis

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Understanding the Brain-Heart Axis in Neurological Trauma

scientific article published on November 19, 2011

Understanding the causes of hyperglycemia in burn patients

scientific article published on 10 April 2012

Unplanned postoperative reintubation following general and vascular surgical procedures: Outcomes and risk factors

scientific article published on 20 August 2018

What are the associations between the quantity of faculty evaluations and residents' perception of quality feedback?

scientific article published on 06 March 2017