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| Vance Y SohnSummaryAffiliation: Walter Reed Army Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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The impact of nodal isolated tumor cells on survival of breast cancer patientsGarth S Herbert
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040A Reid St, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Am J Surg 193:571-3; discussion 573-4. 2007..The American Joint Committee on Cancer guidelines classify such patients as N0 (immunohistochemistry +), staging them with node-negative patients. We sought to further elucidate the impact of ITCs on survival...
Aortic thrombus due to essential thrombocytosis: strategies for medical and surgical managementVance Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98327, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 22:676-80. 2008..The patient was administered appropriate cytoreductive therapy and eventually underwent an aortic interposition graft. The various management strategies are discussed...- Incidental pathologic findings in open resectional gastric bypass specimens with routine cholecystectomy and appendectomyVance Y Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 4:608-11. 2008..The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of abnormal findings of the extirpated, gallbladder, appendix, and distal stomach after gastric bypass surgery... - Lobular neoplasia: is surgical excision warranted?Vance Y Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, USA
Am Surg 74:172-7. 2008..Patients with a diagnosis of lobular neoplasia by CNB should not routinely undergo an open surgical biopsy. Lobular neoplasia should only be considered a risk marker for future invasive breast cancer... - Mid-aortic syndrome and renovascular hypertension in a 14-year-old Iraqi girl: pitfalls in diagnosis and surgical managementVance Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 21:648-51. 2007..The patient underwent a successful aorto-aortic, aorto-mesenteric, and aorto-birenal artery bypass with a polytetrafluoroethylene graft. Optimal management for this condition is surgical bypass... - Breast papillomas in the era of percutaneous needle biopsyVance Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Building 9040 Fitzsimmons Drive, Tacoma, WA 98431, Washington, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 14:2979-84. 2007..While those associated with malignancy or atypia are excised, no clear solution exists for benign papillomas. We sought to determine the indication for surgical excision, incidence of malignancy, significance, and natural history... - Atypical ductal hyperplasia: improved accuracy with the 11-gauge vacuum-assisted versus the 14-gauge core biopsy needleVance Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Building 9040 Fitzsimmons Drive, Tacoma, Washington, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 14:2497-501. 2007.... - Functional and survival outcomes in traumatic blunt thoracic aortic injuries: An analysis of the National Trauma DatabankZachary M Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash, USA
J Vasc Surg 49:988-94. 2009..Utilizing a nationwide database, we determined the incidence of BAI, and analyzed both functional and survival outcomes at discharge compared with matched controls... - Ultrasound-guided access improves rate of access-related complications for totally percutaneous aortic aneurysm repairZachary M Arthurs
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA
Ann Vasc Surg 22:736-41. 2008..This technical adjunct appears to have the largest impact on patients requiring larger sheath sizes... - Incidence of low vitamin A levels and ocular symptoms after Roux-en-Y gastric bypassMatthew J Eckert
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98341, USA
Surg Obes Relat Dis 6:653-7. 2010..The purpose of the present study was to determine the incidence of vitamin A deficiency after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and to correlate the laboratory findings with ocular symptoms potentially related to vitamin A deficiency... - Demographics, treatment, and early outcomes in penetrating vascular combat traumaVance Y Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Bldg 9040 Fitzsimmons Dr, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Arch Surg 143:783-7. 2008..To describe arterial and venous injuries and their management and short-term outcomes in a wartime hospital... - The treatment of radial scars in the modern era--surgical excision is not requiredVance Y Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431, USA
Am Surg 76:522-5. 2010..Indications for excision include the mammographic diagnosis of RS and specimens associated with atypia that would otherwise require open biopsy... - Efficacy of three topical hemostatic agents applied by medics in a lethal groin injury modelVance Y Sohn
Department of Surgery and the Andersen Simulation Center, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431, USA
J Surg Res 154:258-61. 2009..We sought to determine the efficacy of three chitosan based hemostatic agents in a lethal groin injury model when applied by combat medic first responders... - Primary tumor location impacts breast cancer survivalVance Y Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA, USA
Am J Surg 195:641-4. 2008..The prognostic significance of tumor location in breast cancer remains unclear. To better understand this relationship, we evaluated the Department of Defense tumor registry... - Bioprosthetic repair of complex duodenal injury in a porcine modelMatthew J Eckert
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431, USA
J Trauma 66:103-9. 2009..We sought to determine the efficacy of a bioprosthetic repair for large duodenal wounds in a porcine model... - A comparison of open versus closed techniques using the Harmonic Scalpel in outpatient hemorrhoid surgeryVance Y Sohn
General Surgery Service, Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Building 9040 A, Fitzsimmons Drive, Tacoma, WA 98437, USA
Mil Med 173:689-92. 2008..Surgical excision using the Harmonic Scalpel is a modern technique for symptomatic third- and fourth-degree hemorrhoids. The resulting mucosal defect is then left open or sutured closed depending on surgeon preference... - A prospective evaluation of C-reactive protein in the progression of carotid artery stenosisZachary M Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, DuPont, WA 98327, USA
J Vasc Surg 47:744-50; discussion 751. 2008..Based on this finding, we sought to further evaluate the association of CRP levels with ultrasound progression of carotid artery stenosis, and/or clinical events... - Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: remote aortic occlusion for the general surgeonZachary M Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fitzsimmons Drive, Building 9040, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Surg Clin North Am 87:1035-45, viii. 2007..An endovascular approach to this disease process does not preclude open repair, and remote aortic occlusion can serve as an integral adjunct for general surgeons approaching a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm... - Post-bariatric panniculectomy: pre-panniculectomy body mass index impacts the complication profileZachary M Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040A Reid St, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Am J Surg 193:567-70; discussion 570. 2007..An increasing proportion of bariatric patients are returning for body-contouring procedures... - Race does not impact colorectal cancer treatment or outcomes with equal accessMonique O Hassan
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA, USA
Am J Surg 197:485-90. 2009..Ethnicity is implicated as a factor for disparate outcomes in colorectal cancer. We sought to evaluate this relationship at a military medical center organized to deliver equitable health care... - Colonic ischemia complicating open vs endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairRobert Jason T Perry
Department of General Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, USA
J Vasc Surg 48:272-7. 2008..We sought to analyze factors that affect the development of CI on the basis of type of repair as well as associated outcomes from a large nationwide database... - Vascular trauma: endovascular management and techniquesZachary M Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fitzsimmons Drive, Building 9040, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Surg Clin North Am 87:1179-92, x-xi. 2007..Using endovascular adjuncts does not preclude standard open surgery, nor does it prohibit an immediate or delayed surgical repair... - Prognostic significance of reactivation of telomerase in breast core biopsy specimensGarth S Herbert
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040A Reid St, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Am J Surg 193:547-50; discussion 550. 2007..We sought to determine whether activation of telomerase, as shown by immunohistochemical staining for human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT), held prognostic significance in core breast biopsy specimens... - Renal artery stenting slows the rate of renal function declineZachary Arthurs
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Wash, USA
J Vasc Surg 45:726-31; discussion 731-2. 2007..The primary objective of this study was to analyze renal artery interventions performed at a tertiary medical center and to evaluate improvements in hypertension and renal excretory function... - Pain management in the pediatric surgical patientVance Y Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, 9040A Fitzsimmons Drive, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA
Surg Clin North Am 92:471-85, vii. 2012..This article reviews the available tools, sedation procedures, the management of intraoperative, postoperative, and postprocedural pain, and the issues surrounding neonatal addiction... 
Temperature control and the role of supplemental oxygenVance Y Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington
Clin Colon Rectal Surg 22:21-7. 2009..In this article, the authors explore the data regarding both temperature regulation and supplemental oxygen use in an attempt to define further their emerging role in the perioperative care of patients undergoing colorectal surgery...- Training physicians for combat casualty care on the modern battlefieldVance Y Sohn
Department of Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98431, USA
J Surg Educ 64:199-203. 2007..The goal was to assess the effectiveness of an intense modular trauma refresher course for nonsurgical physicians deploying to a combat zone...