Where did the patients go? Changes in acute appendicitis presentation and severity of illness during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: a retrospective cohort …

MY Neufeld, W Bauerle, E Eriksson, FK Azar, HL Evans… - Surgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic restricted movement of individuals and
altered provision of health care, abruptly transforming health care-use behaviors. It serves …

Contemporary management and outcomes of injuries to the inferior vena cava: a prospective multicenter trial from prospective observational vascular injury treatment

DP Stonko, FK Azar, RD Betzold… - The American …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction Injuries to the inferior vena cava (IVC), while uncommon, have a high mortality
despite modern advances. The goal of this study is to describe the diagnosis and …

Article Commentary: Medullary Thyroid Cancer: An Update for Surgeons

FK Azar, SL Lee, JE Rosen - The American Surgeon, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Medullary thyroid carcinoma is uncommon but accounts for approximately 4 to 5 per cent of
all thyroid cancers. Although most cases are sporadic, close to one-fourth of cases result …

In-hospital outcomes in autogenous vein versus synthetic graft interposition for traumatic arterial injury: a propensity-matched cohort from PROOVIT

…, H Abdou, J Edwards, FK Azar… - Journal of Trauma …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND The ideal conduit for traumatic arterial repair is controversial. Autologous vein
was compared with synthetic interposition grafts in the acute setting. The primary outcome …

Minimally invasive chest wall stabilization: a novel surgical approach to video-assisted rib plating (VARP)

JJ Diaz, FK Azar - Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2019 - tsaco.bmj.com
The current morbidity of rib plating is due to the size of the incision required to perform an
open procedure. We describe a minimally invasive laparoscopic approach to rib plating. A …

Postoperative antiplatelet and/or anticoagulation use does not impact complication or reintervention rates after vein repair of arterial injury: A PROOVIT study

DP Stonko, RD Betzold, FK Azar, J Edwards… - …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction The use of antiplatelet (AP) and anticoagulation (AC) therapy after autogenous
vein repair of traumatic arterial injury is controversial. The hypothesis in this study was that …

Postoperative abdominal wound infection–epidemiology, risk factors, identification, and management

…, F Azar, N Rodriguez-Unda, KE Poruk… - Chronic Wound Care …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Surgical site infections (SSIs) complicate the postoperative course of a significant proportion
of general abdominal surgical patients and are associated with excessive health care costs. …

Clinical Use of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) in the Management of Hemorrhage Control: Where Are We Now?

…, M Ghneim, JJ DuBose, JJ Morrison, FK Azar - Current Surgery …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of Review Hemorrhagic shock remains the leading cause of potentially preventable
death following traumatic injuries. Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the …

Detection of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease from exhaled breath using nanomaterial-based sensors

…, N Axelrod, D Robertman, Y Tessler, F Azar… - …, 2013 - Future Medicine
Aim: To study the feasibility of a novel method in nanomedicine that is based on breath testing
for identifying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD), as representative …

RAS Mutations, and RET/PTC and PAX8/PPAR-gamma Chromosomal Rearrangements Are Also Prevalent in Benign Thyroid Lesions: Implications Thereof and A …

A Najafian, S Noureldine, F Azar, C Atallah, G Trinh… - Thyroid, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Background: Molecular markers associated with thyroid malignancy are increasingly being
used as differential diagnostic tools for thyroid nodules. However, little has been reported …