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 May 2026 below. The complete list of publications by month with links to full articles is available on our Recent Publications page.
May 2026
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons-Committee on Trauma Clinical Consensus Statement on the management of patients with rib fractures.
Park C, Schwed AC, Buhavac M, Coleman JR, Cross A, Jacovides CL, Yoo B, Agarwal S, Rappold J, Savage SA; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 May 15. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000005008. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 42138302.
Blocking the holes: A systems-based approach to error prevention in the operating room using the Swiss cheese model.
Khosla AS, Zona EE, Quach MP, LaLiberte CJ, Poore SO.
Plast Reconstr Surg. 2026 May 1;157(5):815e-816e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000012561. Epub 2025 Oct 23.
PMID: 41129820.
Improving predicted risk of recurrence using molecular profiling in papillary thyroid cancer.
Li Z, Ng Yi GM, Deters VL, Chang J, Tran A, Kenny C, Braun T, Weigel RJ, Beck AC.
Sci Rep. 2026 May 6. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-50784-9. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 42091941.
Using sensitivity analysis to evaluate the fracture benefit of parathyroidectomy.
Cher BAY, Lin Q, Marten E, Thornton M, Chiu A, Elfenbein D, Holoubek S, Long K, Schneider DF, Sippel RS, Soe K, Frank KA, Balentine CJ.
Surgery. 2026 May 13;196:110222. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2026.110222. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 42127703.