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Informed consent for emergency surgery in infants and childrenBenedict C Nwomeh
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Columbus Children s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
J Pediatr Surg 40:1320-5. 2005..We will also discuss innovative methods of preoperative education that can be adopted in the emergency setting and highlight areas in which further research might help to improve this important aspect of surgical care...- Racial and socioeconomic disparity in perforated appendicitis among children: where is the problem?Benedict C Nwomeh
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Columbus Children s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Pediatrics 117:870-5. 2006..This study evaluated whether these factors had an impact on the care of patients with appendicitis at a major children's hospital with a well-established, comprehensive, primary referral system... - A leap in faith: the impact of removing the surgeon from the level II trauma responseBenedict C Nwomeh
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Children s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
J Pediatr Surg 41:693-9; discussion 693-9. 2006..We recently eliminated the requirement for surgeon presence during Level II alerts. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of this change on patient care... - Definitive exclusion of biliary atresia in infants with cholestatic jaundice: the role of percutaneous cholecysto-cholangiographyBenedict C Nwomeh
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Columbus Children s Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, 700 Children s Drive, Suite ED379, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Pediatr Surg Int 23:845-9. 2007..Identification of a normal gall bladder on sonogram is highly predictive of the absence of biliary atresia. Further confirmation can be accurately obtained by a combination of PCC and percutaneous liver biopsy... 
Pediatric negative appendectomy rate: trend, predictors, and differentialsTolulope A Oyetunji
Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20060, USA
J Surg Res 173:16-20. 2012..We set out to determine the accuracy of diagnosis of appendicitis by analyzing the trends in the negative appendectomy rate (NAR) using a national database...- The impact of managing moderately injured pediatric trauma patients without immediate surgeon presenceJonathan I Groner
Division of Pediatric Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, Columbus Children s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
J Pediatr Surg 42:1026-9; discussion 1029-30. 2007..The purpose of this study was to determine the outcome of "minor resuscitation" trauma patients managed without the immediate presence of a surgeon... 
Geographic disparities in the risk of perforated appendicitis among children in Ohio: 2001-2003Robert B Penfold
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children s Hospital, Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, 700 Children s Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Int J Health Geogr 7:56. 2008..Less is known about the differences between rural locations in health care seeking and outcomes. This study examines how commuting patterns in different rural areas are associated with perforated appendicitis...- Profiling the ethnic characteristics of domestic injuries in children younger than age 5 yearsTolulope A Oyetunji
Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
Am Surg 78:426-31. 2012..Therefore, greater attention is needed to provide more effective home safety interventions to children among high-risk ethnic groups... - Laparoscopic appendectomy in children with complicated appendicitis: ethnic disparity amid changing trendTolulope A Oyetunji
Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20060, USA
J Surg Res 170:e99-103. 2011..The role of LA versus open appendectomy (OA) in complicated (perforated) appendicitis has remained controversial... - Revisiting childhood obesity: persistent underutilization of surgical intervention?Tolulope A Oyetunji
Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC 20060, USA
Am Surg 78:788-93. 2012..Bariatric surgery remains a viable option and a structured guideline in children may provide equitable access across different ethnic and socioeconomic groups... - A parental educational intervention to facilitate informed consent for emergency operations in childrenBenedict C Nwomeh
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
J Surg Res 152:258-63. 2009.... - Assessing the efficacy of the fundamentals of research and career development course overseasEvan P Nadler
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children s National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA
J Surg Res 163:197-200. 2010..We therefore assessed the US-based teaching methodology during the FRCDC in Abuja, Nigeria. We hypothesized that the US-based instructional methods would be effective... - Emerging ethical issues in pediatric surgeryBenedict C Nwomeh
Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children s Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Pediatr Surg Int 27:555-62. 2011..Finally, we remind pediatric surgeons of their ethical and professional duty to support clinical research, and advocate the acceptance of community equipoise as sufficient basis for enrolling children in clinical trials... - Variability in gastroschisis management: a survey of North American pediatric surgery training programsJennifer H Aldrink
Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Nationwide Children s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA
J Surg Res 176:159-63. 2012..We sought to define the practice patterns in the management of gastroschisis, and to ascertain the degree of variability among and within pediatric surgical training programs... - Difficult central venous access removal: case reports of the use of endovascular snare shearing of endothelialized tetheringsErin A Teeple
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, OH 43205, USA
J Pediatr Surg 46:e13-5. 2011..Both catheters were successfully removed using a modified snare technique through the right femoral vein... - Academic needs in developing countries: a survey of the West African College of SurgeonsEvan P Nadler
Division of Pediatric Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016, USA
J Surg Res 160:14-7. 2010..We subsequently performed a formal assessment of the academic needs of West African surgeons to plan for future courses, and hypothesized that they would differ from the goals of the U.S. course... - General surgery versus specialty rotations: a new paradigm in surgery clerkshipsMary K Sandquist
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
J Surg Res 153:152-5. 2009..The purpose of this study was to investigate the outcomes of clerks from subspecialty services and compare them with clerks from general surgery services... - Factors affecting innovation in pediatric surgery: hospital type and appendectomiesDeena J Chisolm
Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, College of Medicine and Columbus Children s Research Institute, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
J Pediatr Surg 41:1809-13. 2006..This study examines the patterns of LA using a national database, focusing on variations in care between children's and general hospitals... - Monozygotic twins with discordant intestinal rotationVance L Smith
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Columbus Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Pediatr Radiol 36:352-4. 2006..We present a case of monozygotic twins in which one twin presented with intestinal malrotation with midgut volvulus while the other twin was found to have normal gastrointestinal anatomy... - Contrast extravasation predicts the need for operative intervention in children with blunt splenic traumaBenedict C Nwomeh
Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Trauma 56:537-41. 2004..CB is a specific marker of active bleeding that may predict the need for early splenic intervention in a specific subset of patients at presentation... - Minimally invasive esophagectomy for caustic esophageal stricture in childrenBenedict C Nwomeh
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Pediatr Surg 39:e1-6. 2004....