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Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: resuscitative thoracotomyClay Cothren Burlew
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:1359-63; discussion 1363-4. 2012..We have sought to formulate an evidence-based guideline for the current indications for RT after injury in the patient...- The open abdomen: practical implications for the practicing surgeonClay Cothren Burlew
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA
Am J Surg 204:826-35. 2012..An understanding of these complex factors is instrumental for the practicing surgeon... - One hundred percent fascial approximation can be achieved in the postinjury open abdomen with a sequential closure protocolClay Cothren Burlew
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:235-41. 2012..We hypothesized that a sequential closure technique performed by a systematic protocol would achieve a higher rate of primary fascial closure than other described techniques... 
Blunt trauma induced splenic blushes are not created equalClay Cothren Burlew
From the Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver CO, USA
World J Emerg Surg 7:8. 2012..abstract:..- Blunt cerebrovascular injuries: redefining screening criteria in the era of noninvasive diagnosisClay Cothren Burlew
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80204, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:330-5; discussion 336-7, quiz 539. 2012..The purpose of this study was to identify injury patterns of patients with BCVI that are not currently recommended screening criteria... - Lower extremity compartment syndrome in the acute care surgery paradigm: safety lessons learnedJeffry L Kashuk
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado, Denver Health Sciences Center 777 Bannock St MC0206 Denver, Colorado 80204, USA
Patient Saf Surg 3:11. 2009..Periodic system review of our trauma and orthopedic data for complications of LECS led us to hypothesize that delayed diagnosis and limb loss were potentially preventable events in our trauma center... 
Blunt vertebral artery injury leading to cervical fracture diagnosisC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80204, USA
J Trauma 62:262. 2007- Hepatic artery avulsion secondary to blunt abdominal traumaR Taylor Ripley
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80204, USA
J Trauma 61:1022. 2006 - Utility of once-daily dose of low-molecular-weight heparin to prevent venous thromboembolism in multisystem trauma patientsC Clay Cothren
Department of General Surgery, Trauma Service, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 777 Bannock Street, MC 0206, Denver, Colorado 80204, USA
World J Surg 31:98-104. 2007..We hypothesized that a protocol utilizing once-daily LMWH prophylaxis in high-risk trauma patients, regardless of the need for invasive procedures, is feasible, safe, and effective... - Cervical spine fracture patterns mandating screening to rule out blunt cerebrovascular injuryC Clay Cothren
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and the Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, CO 80204, USA
Surgery 141:76-82. 2007..We hypothesized that specific cervical spine fracture patterns that warrant screening evaluation exist, hence limiting unwarranted diagnostic imaging... - Preperitonal pelvic packing for hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures: a paradigm shiftC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Dencer, CO 80204, USA
J Trauma 62:834-9; discussion 839-42. 2007..We hypothesized that a modified technique of direct preperitoneal pelvic packing (PPP) would reduce the need for angiography, decrease blood transfusion requirements, and lower mortality... - Epidemiology of urban trauma deaths: a comprehensive reassessment 10 years laterC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, MC 0206, Denver, Colorado 80204, USA
World J Surg 31:1507-11. 2007..Consequently, we have reassessed the regional trauma mortality to ascertain the impact of these measures and to search for new injury patterns... - Outcomes in surgical versus medical patients with the secondary abdominal compartment syndromeC Clay Cothren
The Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, MC 0206, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Am J Surg 194:804-7; discussion 807-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical scenarios, physiologic indices, and outcomes of patients with SACS due to medical versus trauma etiologies... - Traumatic ventricular septal defectC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Surgery 142:776-7. 2007 - The U.S. trauma surgeon's current scope of practice: can we deliver acute care surgery?C Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA
J Trauma 64:955-65; discussion 965-8. 2008..The purpose of this study is to determine the practice patterns of trauma surgeons at major trauma centers throughout the United States... - Local wound exploration remains a valuable triage tool for the evaluation of anterior abdominal stab woundsC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock St, MC 0206, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Am J Surg 198:223-6. 2009..In patients without immediate indications for laparotomy, we hypothesized that LWE/DPL would identify patients requiring surgery while limiting unnecessary hospital admissions... - Treatment for blunt cerebrovascular injuries: equivalence of anticoagulation and antiplatelet agentsC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Arch Surg 144:685-90. 2009..We hypothesize that the 2 antithrombotic treatment regimens, systemic heparin sodium vs antiplatelet agents, are equivalent for the treatment of blunt cerebrovascular injuries (BCVIs) to prevent devastating injury-related strokes... - Imaging for blunt carotid and vertebral artery injuriesClay Cothren Burlew
Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Surg Clin North Am 91:217-31. 2011..BCVIs are rare, potentially devastating injuries; appropriate imaging in high-risk patients should be performed and prompt treatment initiated to prevent ischemic neurologic events... - Sew it up! A Western Trauma Association multi-institutional study of enteric injury management in the postinjury open abdomenClay Cothren Burlew
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80204, USA
J Trauma 70:273-7. 2011..The purpose of this study was to determine outcomes on the basis of management of enteric injuries in patients relegated to the postinjury open abdomen... - Preperitoneal pelvic packing/external fixation with secondary angioembolization: optimal care for life-threatening hemorrhage from unstable pelvic fracturesClay Cothren Burlew
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80204, USA
J Am Coll Surg 212:628-35; discussion 635-7. 2011..We hypothesized that PPP/EF arrests hemorrhage rapidly, facilitates emergent operative procedures, and ensures efficient use of angioembolization (AE)... - Image of the month: SchwannomaC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Arch Surg 141:941-2. 2006 - Can we afford to do laparoscopic appendectomy in an academic hospital?C Clay Cothren
The Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 777 Bannock Street, MC 0206, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Am J Surg 190:950-4. 2005..The purpose of this study was to determine if laparoscopic appendectomy is more expensive than open appendectomy... - Carotid artery stents for blunt cerebrovascular injury: risks exceed benefitsC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Arch Surg 140:480-5; discussion 485-6. 2005.... - Radiographic characteristics of postinjury splenic autotransplantation: avoiding a diagnostic dilemmaC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
J Trauma 57:537-41. 2004..The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a characteristic radiographic appearance of splenic implants, whether this appearance changes with time, and whether implants can be differentiated from abdominal abscesses... - Screening for blunt cerebrovascular injuries is cost-effectiveC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 777 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Am J Surg 190:845-9. 2005..Our hypothesis is that aggressive angiographic screening for BCVI based on a patient's injury pattern and symptoms allows for early diagnosis and treatment and is cost-effective because it prevents ischemic neurological events (INEs)... - Blunt cerebrovascular injuriesC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
Clinics (Sao Paulo) 60:489-96. 2005..Blunt cerebrovascular injury is a rare but potentially devastating injury; appropriate angiographic screening in high-risk patients should be performed and prompt treatment initiated to prevent ischemic neurologic events... - Management of low-output pancreatic fistulas with fibrin glueC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock St, MC 0206, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Am J Surg 188:89-91. 2004..We recognized the potential use of fibrin glue as a therapeutic modality for successful resolution of low-output pancreatic fistulas... - Preperitoneal pelvic packing in the child with an unstable pelvis: a novel approachC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80204, USA
J Pediatr Surg 41:e17-9. 2006..Combined external pelvic fixation and preperitoneal pelvic packing may represent a revolutionary management strategy for mechanically unstable pelvis fractures in critically injured patients... - Large volume polymerized haemoglobin solution in a Jehovah's Witness following abruptio placentaeC C Cothren
The Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Transfus Med 14:241-6. 2004..Practicing physicians need to be aware of current therapeutic options for use in these complicated patients... - One hundred percent fascial approximation with sequential abdominal closure of the open abdomenC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, MC 0206, CO 80204, USA
Am J Surg 192:238-42. 2006..We performed a modification of the vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) technique that provided constant fascial tension, hypothesizing this would result in a higher rate of primary fascial closure... - Anticoagulation is the gold standard therapy for blunt carotid injuries to reduce stroke rateC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 80204, USA
Arch Surg 139:540-5; discussion 545-6. 2004..Aggressive screening, early angiographic diagnosis, and prompt anticoagulation for blunt carotid artery injuries (CAIs) improves neurologic outcome... - Cervical spine fracture patterns predictive of blunt vertebral artery injuryC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
J Trauma 55:811-3. 2003..Because of the proximity of the cervical spine and vertebral arteries, we queried whether all patients with cervical spine fractures required arteriography to rule out VAI... 
Emergency department thoracotomy for the critically injured patient: Objectives, indications, and outcomesC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
World J Emerg Surg 1:4. 2006..The optimal application of EDT requires a thorough understanding of its physiologic objectives, technical maneuvers, and the cardiovascular and metabolic consequences...- Blunt cerebrovascular injuries in the childTeresa S Jones
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
Am J Surg 204:7-10. 2012..The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence, injury patterns, and stroke rates of pediatric patients sustaining BCVIs... - Validating the Western Trauma Association algorithm for managing patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds: a Western Trauma Association multicenter trialWalter L Biffl
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado 80204 4507, USA
J Trauma 71:1494-502. 2011..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the algorithm in providing timely interventions for significant injuries... - Management of patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds: a Western Trauma Association multicenter trialWalter L Biffl
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado 80204 4507, USA
J Trauma 66:1294-301. 2009.... - One thousand bedside percutaneous tracheostomies in the surgical intensive care unit: time to change the gold standardLucy Z Kornblith
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and theUniversity of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
J Am Coll Surg 212:163-70. 2011..Because this has been our preferred technique in the surgical ICU for more than 20 years, we reviewed our experience to ascertain its safety. We hypothesize that BPT has acceptably minimal morbidity, even in high-risk patients... - Effect of damage control surgery on major abdominal vascular traumaTalia A Sorrentino
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
J Surg Res 177:320-5. 2012..Damage control surgery was subsequently introduced to address this "lethal triad." The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the outcomes from our most recent 6-year experience compared with a cohort from 30 years ago... - Diagnostic peritoneal lavage remains a valuable adjunct to modern imaging techniquesJohn Y Cha
Department of Surgery, University of South Florida College, Tampa, Florida, USA
J Trauma 67:330-4; discussion 334-6. 2009..We hypothesized that, while its indications may have changed, DPL remains essential in the rapid, effective triage of the trauma patient... - Who should we feed? Western Trauma Association multi-institutional study of enteral nutrition in the open abdomen after injuryClay Cothren Burlew
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 73:1380-7; discussion 1387-8. 2012..The purpose of this study was to analyze the use of EN for patients with an open abdomen after trauma and the effect of EN on fascial closure rates and nosocomial infections... - Acute appendicitis: a disease severity score for the acute care surgeonGeoffrey C Garst
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 74:32-6. 2013..Analogous to organ injury scales developed for trauma, a scoring system is needed for acute care surgery. The purpose of this study was to develop a disease severity score (DSS) for acute appendicitis, the most common surgical emergency... - Acute kidney injury and posttrauma multiple organ failure: the canary in the coal mineMax V Wohlauer
Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, CO 80204, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:373-8; discussion 379-80. 2012..Thus, we conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the epidemiology and outcomes of early AKI among severely injured patients as well as its impact on the development of postinjury multiple organ failure (MOF)... - Pediatric blunt vertebral artery injury: case report and treatment planLouis Seitz Brunworth
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA
J Pediatr Surg 44:e5-9. 2009..With few reports in the literature of blunt cerebrovascular injuries in the pediatric population, a review of the appropriate screening parameters, treatment plans, and follow-up is helpful for the practicing physician... - Postinjury abdominal compartment syndrome does not preclude early enteral feeding after definitive closureC Clay Cothren
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 777 Bannock St, MC 0206, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Am J Surg 188:653-8. 2004..The purpose of this study was to determine if enteral nutrition was precluded by the intra-abdominal hypertension and bowel edema of the ACS... - Postinjury coagulopathy management: goal directed resuscitation via POC thrombelastographyJeffry L Kashuk
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado Denver, CO, USA
Ann Surg 251:604-14. 2010.... - The impact of a standardized "spine damage-control" protocol for unstable thoracic and lumbar spine fractures in severely injured patients: A prospective cohort studyPhilip F Stahel
From the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery P F S, T V H, M A F, B M, D G, Neurosurgery G B, K B, and Surgery C C B, J L J, E E M, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 74:590-6. 2013.... - Survival following a vertical free fall from 300 feet: the crucial role of body position to impact surfaceSebastian Weckbach
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med 19:63. 2011..The role of early patient transfer to a level 1 trauma center, and "damage control" management protocols for avoiding delayed morbidity and mortality in this critically injured patient are discussed... - Effect of blood products transfusion on the development of postinjury multiple organ failureJeffrey L Johnson
Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Denver, USA
Arch Surg 145:973-7. 2010..Transfusion of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and platelets is independently associated with the development of multiple organ failure (MOF) in critically injured patients... - Occult mediastinal great vessel trauma: the value of aortography performed during angiographic screening for blunt cervical vascular traumaCharles E Ray
Department of Interventional Radiology, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 28:422-5. 2005..To determine the value of aortography in the assessment of occult aortic and great vessel injuries when routinely performed during screening angiography for blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI)... - Complicated inferior vena cava filter retrieval using an amplatz snare deviceCharles E Ray
Department of Interventional Radiology, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock St, Mail Code 0024, Denver, CO 80204, USA
AJR Am J Roentgenol 187:575-8. 2006 - Emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy for nontorso injuriesForest R Sheppard
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Surgery 139:574-6. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Resuscitative EDT with aortic cross-clamping is a potential adjunct in the acute resuscitation of NTI involving penetrating neck or extremity vascular injuries... - Postinjury life threatening coagulopathy: is 1:1 fresh frozen plasma:packed red blood cells the answer?Jeffry L Kashuk
Department of Surgery and Surgical Research, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80204 4507, USA
J Trauma 65:261-70; discussion 270-1. 2008..Consequently, we reviewed our massive transfusion practices during a 5-year period to test the hypothesis that 1:1 FFP:RBC within the first 6 hours reduces life threatening coagulopathy... - Direct retroperitoneal pelvic packing versus pelvic angiography: A comparison of two management protocols for haemodynamically unstable pelvic fracturesPatrick M Osborn
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Injury 40:54-60. 2009..To evaluate the outcomes of haemodynamically unstable cases of pelvic ring injury treated with a protocol focused on either direct retroperitoneal pelvic packing or early pelvic angiography and embolisation... - Primary repair of civilian colon injuries is safe in the damage control scenarioJeffry L Kashuk
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Surgery 146:663-8; discussion 668-70. 2009..We hypothesized that, even in the high-risk DL group, primary repair could be safely used after patient stabilization and that the open abdomen would facilitate the safety of this procedure... - Rapid thrombelastography (r-TEG) identifies hypercoagulability and predicts thromboembolic events in surgical patientsJeffry L Kashuk
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Surgery 146:764-72; discussion 772-4. 2009..We hypothesized that r-TEG can be used as a screening tool to identify hypercoagulable states in surgical patients and would predict subsequent thromboembolic events... - Has the trauma surgeon become house staff for the surgical subspecialist?David J Ciesla
Department of Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving St NW, Suite 4B 39, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Am J Surg 192:732-7. 2006..The role of the trauma surgeon is perceived to be mostly supportive of other procedure-oriented specialties. We designed this study to characterize the surgical and nonsurgical responsibilities of the contemporary trauma surgeon... - Is emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy futile care for the critically injured patient requiring prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation?Danny W Powell
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80204 4507, USA
J Am Coll Surg 199:211-5. 2004..Consequently, we questioned whether resuscitative thoracotomy is warranted in the critically injured patient who fails to respond to prehospital CPR... - Obesity increases risk of organ failure after severe traumaDavid J Ciesla
Department of Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA
J Am Coll Surg 203:539-45. 2006..The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between obesity and postinjury multiple organ failure (MOF)... - Revisiting early postinjury mortality: are they bleeding because they are dying or dying because they are bleeding?Alexander P Morton
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
J Surg Res 179:5-9. 2013..The hypothesis of this clinical study is that a predominant number of early deaths from hemorrhage are irretrievable despite an aggressive transfusion policy... - Thoracic hyperextension injury with complete "bony disruption" of the thoracic cage: Case report of a potentially life-threatening injuryJames Bailey
Department of Orthopaedics, Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO, 80204, USA
World J Emerg Surg 7:14. 2012..abstract:.. - Complications of nonoperative management of high-grade blunt hepatic injuriesRosemary A Kozar
Department of Surgery, University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Trauma 59:1066-71. 2005..The purpose of the present study was therefore to define hepatic-related complications and associated treatment modalities in patients undergoing nonoperative management of high-grade blunt hepatic injuries... - Decreased progression of postinjury lung dysfunction to the acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiple organ failureDavid J Ciesla
Denver Health Medical Center, and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colo, USA
Surgery 140:640-7; discussion 647-8. 2006..We hypothesized that the collective effects of recently implemented therapeutic strategies have resulted in decreased activation of the systemic inflammatory response relative to priming in recent years... - Blunt cerebrovascular traumaClay Cothren Burlew
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Curr Opin Crit Care 16:587-95. 2010..Over the past decade, the recognition and subsequent management of these injuries has undergone a marked evolution. This review will focus on the rationale for BCVI screening, imaging options, and treatment modalities... - BioGlue hemostasis of penetrating cardiac wounds in proximity to the left anterior descending coronary arteryEdward L Jones
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Denver, Colorado 80204, USA
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 72:796-8. 2012..We describe the use of BioGlue, a synthetic bovine albumin and glutaraldehyde mix, as a hemostatic adjunct in these challenging cases... - Endovascular repair of a large post-traumatic calf pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistulaCharles E Ray
Department of Interventional Radiology, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
Mil Med 171:659-61. 2006..This case report describes the use of transcatheter embolization and direct percutaneous thrombin injection used in the definitive treatment of a lower extremity posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistula... - Postraumatic innominate artery pseudoaneurysmC Clay Cothren
Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
J Am Coll Surg 201:806-7. 2005 - Posttraumatic pneumatoceleBrian Barbick
Denver Health Medical Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
J Am Coll Surg 200:306-7. 2005 - Postinjury abdominal aortic graft infection: documentation and successful managementHeather Y Wolford
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado 80204, USA
J Trauma 61:1274-6. 2006..A high index of suspicion should be maintained in the postoperative period to detect these infections as early as possible. Prevention and treatment strategies will continue to evolve... - Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets syndrome: when is surgical help needed?Ann M Kulungowski
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 777 Bannock St, MC 0206, Denver, CO 80204, USA
Am J Surg 198:916-20. 2009..Epidemiologic data are lacking to predict patients at risk for hemorrhage requiring surgical consultation. We sought to identify early clinical predictors of hemorrhagic complications in patients at risk for HELLP syndrome... - Streptococcus milleri infections of the pleural space: operative management predominatesR Taylor Ripley
Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
Am J Surg 192:817-21. 2006..Operative treatment is associated with a shorter hospital length of stay, increased discharge to home, and decreased mortality... - Risk factors for hepatic morbidity following nonoperative management: multicenter studyRosemary A Kozar
University of Texas, Houston 77030, USA
Arch Surg 141:451-8; discussion 458-9. 2006..Early risk factors for hepatic-related morbidity in patients undergoing initial nonoperative management of complex blunt hepatic injuries can be accurately identified... - Chest wall reconstruction with acellular dermal matrix (AlloDerm) and a latissimus muscle flapC Clay Cothren
Plast Reconstr Surg 114:1015-7. 2004