Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: October 2022

Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see the October 2022 selections below. The complete list of publications by month with links to full articles is available on our Recent Publications page.


Barriers to breast reconstruction for socioeconomically disadvantaged women.
Stankowski TJ, Schumacher JR, Hanlon BM, Tucholka JL, Venkatesh M, Yang DY, Poore SO, Neuman HB.
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Oct;195(3):413-419. Epub 2022 Aug 15.
[PubMed ID: 35969284]

Diagnostic accuracy of fine-needle biopsy in the detection of thyroid malignancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Hsiao V, Massoud E, Jensen C, Zhang Y, Hanlon BM, Hitchcock M, Arroyo N, Chiu AS, Fernandes-Taylor S, Alagoz O, Sundling K, LiVolsi V, Francis DO.
JAMA Surg. 2022 Oct 12:e224989. Epub ahead of print.
[PubMed ID: 36223097]

Lighting the way for necrosis excision through indocyanine green fluorescence-guided surgery.
Zajac JC, Liu A, Uselmann AJ, Lin C, Hassan SE, Faucher LD, Gibson AL.
J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Nov 1;235(5):743-755. Epub 2022 Oct 17.
[PubMed ID: 36102554]

A statewide approach to reducing re-excision rates for women with breast-conserving surgery.
Schumacher JR, Lawson EH, Kong AL, Weber JJ, May J, Landercasper J, Hanlon B, Marka N, Venkatesh M, Cartmill RS, Pavuluri Quamme S, Nikolay C, Greenberg CC.
Ann Surg. 2022 Oct 1;276(4):665-672. Epub 2022 Jul 15.
[PubMed ID: 35837946]

Informed consent practices in global surgery among plastic surgery organizations.
Thadikonda K, Zhang R, Bruhn J, Nguyen PD, Poore SO.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Oct 1;150(4):921-928. Epub 2022 Aug 8.
[PubMed ID: 35939636]

Genomic profiling and liquid biopsies for breast cancer.
Marcinak CT, Murtaza M, Wilke LG.
Surg Clin North Am. 2023 Feb;103(1):49-61. Epub 2022 Oct 17.
[PubMed ID: 36410353]

Surveillance imaging vs symptomatic recurrence detection and survival in stage II-III breast cancer (AFT-01).
Schumacher JR, Neuman HB, Yu M, Vanness DJ, Si Y, Burnside ES, Ruddy KJ, Partridge AH, Schrag D, Edge SB, Zhang Y, Jacobs EA, Havlena J, Francescatti AB, Winchester DP, McKellar DP, Spears PA, Kozower BD, Chang GJ, Greenberg CC; Alliance ACS-CRP CCDR Breast Cancer Surveillance Working Group.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 Oct 6;114(10):1371-1379.
[PubMed ID: 35913454]

Blood products and liver transplantation: A strategy to balance optimal preparation with effective blood stewardship.
Little CJ, Leverson GE, Hammel LL, Connor JP, Al-Adra DP.
Transfusion. 2022 Oct;62(10):2057-2067. Epub 2022 Aug 20.
[PubMed ID: 35986654]

To page or not to page? A qualitative study of communication practices of general surgery residents and nurses.
Krecko LK, Pavuluri Quamme SR, Carnahan S, Steege LM, Tipple S, Bavery L, Greenberg CC, Jung S.
Surgery. 2022 Oct;172(4):1102-1108. Epub 2022 Jul 20.
[PubMed ID: 35871106]