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 September 2025 and October 2025 below. The complete list of publications by month with links to full articles is available on our Recent Publications page.
September 2025
Clinical momentum: An observational study identifying latent forces driving surgical interventions for older adults near the end of life.
Fritz ML, Jaeb MA, Zaza SI, Dudek A, Kwekkeboom KL, Buffington A, Gober LM, Schwarze ML.
Ann Surg. 2025 Sep 10. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006934. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 40928090.
Detection of PIK3CA mutations in anal dysplasia.
Johnson HR, Dietmann EC, Praska CE, Dennison KL, McGregor SM, Suter W, Leverson G, Murtaza M, Carchman EH.
J Surg Res. 2025 Sep 30;315:106-112. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.09.003. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 41033178; PMCID: PMC12494155.
Sublobar resection in stage I lung cancer with tumor spread through air spaces.
Axtell AL, Walker B, Brady JR, Zajac JC, McCarthy DP, Maloney JD, DeCamp MM.
Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep. 2025 Feb 13;3(3):687-692. doi: 10.1016/j.atssr.2025.01.010. eCollection 2025 Sep.
PMID: 41163892; PMCID: PMC12559274.
October 2025
Barriers to workup and referral of primary hyperparathyroidism: A qualitative study of providers’ perspectives.
Cooper E, Gutierrez-Meza D, Alagoz E, O’Connor J, Sanghvi A, Balentine C, Sippel R, Chiu A.
Surgery. 2025 Oct 8:109711. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2025.109711. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 41062397.
Building capacity in perioperative quality improvement in low- and middle- income countries: Experiences from Mombasa, Lusaka and Hawassa.
Moturu A, Virani SS, Jaraczewski T, Melesse B, Vo T, Ko CY, Pikiti F, Sonkwe H, Moyo B, McQueen K, Tefera G, Peters X, Ojuka D, Kaafarani H, Parker R, Dodgion C, Rusy D, Zafar SN.
World J Surg. 2025 Oct 9. doi: 10.1002/wjs.70126. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 41068051.
Microsurgery in motion: An objective assessment of microsurgical skill and efficiency.
Lyon SM, Zeng W, Yang S, Wise BJ, Mohamadipanah H, Pugh CM, Poore SO.
J Reconstr Microsurg. 2025 Oct;41(8):684-692. doi: 10.1055/a-2491-3249. Epub 2025 Jan 15.
PMID: 39814035.
Use of cross-sectional imaging body composition assessment to predict pancreas transplant outcomes.
Snook C, Ziemlewicz T, Leverson G, Parajuli S, Mandelbrot D, Al-Adra DP, Kaufman DB, Odorico JS, Aufhauser DD.
Transpl Int. 2025 Oct 1;38:15000. doi: 10.3389/ti.2025.15000.
PMID: 41104385; PMCID: PMC12521003.