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 selections from July 2024 below. The complete list of publications by month with links to full articles is available on our Recent Publications page.
July 2024
A four-arm randomized clinical trial of topical pain control for sentinel node radiotracer injections in patients with breast cancer.
Wiener AA, Schumacher JR, Perlman SB, Wilke LG, Lautner MA, Bozzuto LM, Hanlon BM, Neuman HB.
Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jul;31(7):4487-4497. Epub 2024 Apr 1.
[PubMed ID: 38557909]
Colon cancer survival among South Asian Americans: A cross-sectional analysis of a national dataset.
Ahmed KS, Marcinak CT, LoConte NK, Krebsbach JK, Virani SS, Schiefelbein AM, Varley P, Walker M, Ghias K, Murtaza M, Zafar SN.
J Surg Res. 2024 Jul;299:269-281. Epub 2024 May 23.
[PubMed ID: 38788463]
Outcomes from Partner2Lose: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate 24-month weight loss in a partner-assisted intervention.
Voils CI, Shaw RJ, Gavin KL, Hetzel SJ, Lewis MA, Pabich S, Johnson HM, Elwert F, Mao L, Gray KE, Yuroff A, Garza K, Yancy WS Jr, Porter LS.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Jul 20;24(1):1948.
[PubMed ID: 39033273]
Systems forces leading to feeding tube placement in patients with advanced dementia: A qualitative exploration of clinical momentum.
Zaza SI, Jacobson N, Buffington A, Dudek A, Haug K, Bradley T, Bushaw KJ, Kalbfell EL, Kwekkeboom K, Schwarze ML.
J Palliat Med. 2024 Aug;27(8):993-1000. Epub 2024 Jul 31.
[PubMed ID: 39083427]
Understanding futility in pancreaticoduodenectomy: Insights from a national cohort.
Marcinak CT, Ahmed KS, LoConte NK, Praska CE, Varley PR, Weber SM, Abbott DE, Ronnekleiv-Kelly SM, Kratz JD, Lubner SJ, Minter RM, Zafar SN.
J Surg Oncol. 2024 Jul 31. Epub ahead of print.
[PubMed ID: 39082628]