November 2025 publications

Congratulations to all Department of Surgery members who were published in November! Published faculty were Doctors Scott Berceli, Letitia Bible, Dejana Braithwaite, Harvey Chim, Philip Efron, Jennifer Fieber, Song Han, Steven Hughes, Jeffrey Jacobs, Shama Karanth, Robert Maile, Alicia Mohr, Ibrahim Nassour, Giles Peek, Salvatore Scali, Samir Shah, Aditya Shirali, Daiki Soma, Janice Taylor, Ryan Thomas, Ali Zarrinpar.

American Journal of Surgery

• Kugler LR, Stinson GP, Bindi VE, Stukov Y, Mihalic AP, Taylor JA. Predicting successful general surgery matching in a Step 1 pass/fail era: Analysis of the Texas STAR database. Am J Surg. 2025 Nov 12:116718. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2025.116718. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41260949.

Annals of Surgical Oncology

• Thompson G, Yu F, Han S, Tushoski-Aleman G, McKean J, Hughes SJ, Shirali AS. ASO visual abstract: age-associated alterations in cytokine and extracellular matrix remodeling in the papillary thyroid cancer tumor microenvironment. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Nov 19. doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-18750-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41258982.
• Chopra A, He HZ, Milosevic J, Tirukkovalur N, Asmar RE, Nassour I, Nunns G, Chen M, Chen J, Jiang S, Singhi AD, Saeed A, Zhang J, Lee K, Zureikat A, Zheng SY, Paniccia A. KRAS mutation allele frequency dynamics in plasma extracellular vesicles: association with survival in localized pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Nov 4:10.1245/s10434-025-18633-7. doi: 10.1245/s10434-025-18633-7. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41186643; PMCID: PMC12681068.

ASAIO Journal

• Antonini MV, Peek GJ, MacLaren G. Saving blood: at all times, at all costs? ASAIO J. 2025 Nov 7. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002587. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41201831.

Cancers

• Verma H, Mistry S, Jayam KV, Shrestha P, Adkins L, Liang M, Fares A, Zarrinpar A, Braithwaite D, Karanth SD. Artificial intelligence in oncology: A 10-year ClinicalTrials.gov-based analysis across the cancer control continuum. Cancers (Basel). 2025 Nov 1;17(21):3537. doi: 10.3390/cancers17213537. PMID: 41228330.

Cell Communication and Signaling

• Beetler DJ, Giresi P, Xu V, McCabe EJ, Fliess JJ, Puls AM, Auda ME, Watkins MM, Walker SA, Di Florio DN, Iannotta D, Whelan ER, Macomb LP, Keegan KC, Jain A, Balamurugan V, Khatib S, Weigel GJ, Gorelov DJ, Pham A, Edenfield BH, Cooper LT Jr, Farres H, Shapiro SA, Bruno KA, Wolfram J, Fairweather D. Donor-dependent heterogeneity in therapeutic effects of adipose tissue extracellular vesicles. Cell Commun Signal. 2025 Nov 26. doi: 10.1186/s12964-025-02563-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41299530.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

• Kim JH, Kim HJ, Suh HN, Kang MS, Kim IH, Park SW, Lee MH, Yoon HS, Han SM, Kim E, Meier J, Kim SH, Hyun M. Inhalation exposure to a tire-derived pollutant (6-PPD) triggers lung injury and mitochondrial dysfunction in mice. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2025 Nov 15;307:119429. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.119429. Epub 2025 Nov 24. PMID: 41289760.

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

• Markvard Møller C, Johal AS, Pherwani AD, Cromwell D, Mani K, Beck AW, Mao J, Scali S, Budtz-Lilly J; International Consortium of Vascular Registries. International variations in clinical practices on abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment among patients under 65 years of age: a report from the International Consortium of Vascular Registries. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2025 Nov 10:S1078-5884(25)01085-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.11.005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41223934.

Gastroenterology

• Tushoski-Alemán GW, Maduro EA, Crespin AJ, Mckean JA, Han S, Hughes SJ. Language barriers limit clinical trial accessibility for patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Gastroenterology. 2025 Nov 15:S0016-5085(25)06523-0. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2025.11.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41248864.

JAMA

• Kougias P, Sharath SE, Zhan M, Carson JL, Norman LE, Mi Z, Pal R, Dosluoglu H, Modrall JG, Sarosi GA Jr, Nelson P, Arya S, Scrymgeour A, Ollison J, Calais LA, Nambi V, Gregg LP, Abdullah SM, Tsai S, Becker N, Choi JC, Chiu L, Scali S, Barshes NR, Awad S, Moursi M, Koopmann MC, Sally M, Ihnat D, Ramaswamy A, Gasper W, Tzeng E, Wilson MA, Tang G, Huang G, Biswas K; TOP Trial Investigators. Liberal or restrictive postoperative transfusion in patients at high cardiac risk: the TOP randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2025 Nov 8:e2520841. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.20841. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41205227.
• McDermott MM, Domanchuk KJ, Tian L, Zhao L, Zhang D, Bazzano L, Berceli S, Criqui MH, Ferrucci L, Guralnik JM, Leeuwenburgh C, Ho KJ, Ismaeel A, Kibbe MR, Korcarz C, Kosmac K, Lloyd-Jones D, Peterson CA, Stein JH, Sufit R, Wilkins J, Polonsky TS. Metformin to improve walking performance in lower extremity peripheral artery disease: The PERMET randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2025 Nov 8:e2521358. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.21358. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41205146; PMCID: PMC12596744.

JAMA Surgery

• Hurwitz M, Dang QA, Scali S, Bowens N, Woo K, de Virgilio C. Diagnosis and management of hemodialysis access complications: a review. JAMA Surg. 2025 Nov 5. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2025.4701. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41191344.

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

• Pitoulias AG, Kapetanios D, Scali ST, Abu Bakr N, Donas KP. Elective repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms in a new center. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2025 Nov 20. doi: 10.23736/S0021-9509.25.13436-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41263825.

Journal of ECT

• Olmstead M, Denney A, Kark M, Gerwin R, Fischer A. Treatment of refractory pediatric catatonia in the setting of neurodegenerative illness: safe and effective use of electroconvulsive therapy. J ECT. 2025 Nov 3. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000001202. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41191809.

Journal of Hand Surgery

• El Haj M, Beyth S, Hagan RR, Vorobeitchik SA, Chim H. The association of long thoracic nerve variants with medial scapular winging in thoracic outlet syndrome: a clinical and anatomical study. J Hand Surg Am. 2025 Nov 19:S0363-5023(25)00580-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2025.10.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41263716.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

• Hellmann ZJ, Knod JL, Kulaylat AN, Robertson JO, Griggs C, DeFazio JR, Alemayehu H, Scholz S, Robinson JR, Zamora IJ, Slidell MB, Nandivada P, Darcy DG, Russell RT, Feng C, Williams K, Willow EM, Stack MJ, Gigena-Heitsman C, Stetson AE, Nemeh C, Welch CW, Botchway MT, Byrnes J, Chanda N, Sescleifer AM, Kim R, Byrne MM, Dixon SM, Lutati D, Ladd MR, Chandler NM, Snyder CW, Taylor JA, Finck C, Lipskar AM, Rangel SJ, Kunisaki SM, Hornick MA; Eastern Pediatric Surgery Network. Optimizing surgical techniques for the repair of inguinal hernias in infants. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Nov 25:162838. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2025.162838. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41308825.

Journal of Surgical Education

• Sellers MM, Fieber J, Myers JS, Shea J, Kelz RR, Dowzicky PM. Patient safety reporting systems and surgical safety culture: one culture to rule them all? J Surg Educ. 2026 Jan;83(1):103769. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103769. Epub 2025 Nov 29. PMID: 41317508.

Journal of Surgical Research

• Zuccon G, Scali S, Budtz-Lilly J, Foresti L, Pirrelli S, Neves JR, Logiacco AM, Calvagna C, Lepidi S, D’Oria M. Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of iliac limb occlusions after endovascular aneurysm repair. A scoping review of literature. J Surg Res. 2025 Dec;316:108-124. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2025.10.030. Epub 2025 Nov 24. PMID: 41289853.

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

• Yoham AL, Peethala A, Bible LE, Kannan KB, Wheeler C, Hernández-Ríos M, Rodhouse CE, Maile R, Efron PA, Mohr AM. Trauma-induced alterations in bone marrow exosome microRNA profiles. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Nov 12. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004831. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41247314.

Journal of Vascular Surgery

• Allievi S, Rastogi V, Yadavalli SD, Chaudhry SA, Jones DW, Giles KA, Scali ST, Verhagen HJM, Trimarchi S, Schermerhorn ML. The effect of early reintervention on late outcomes following infrarenal and fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Nov 28:S0741-5214(25)02011-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2025.10.096. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41320138.
• Powell RJ, Menard MT, Rosenfield K, Strong MB, Conte MS, Doros G, Ezra A, Garg N, Mena-Hurtado C, Lane JS, Shah SK, Venermo M, Zhou W, Farber A. Influence of specialty on endovascular practice patterns and outcomes in the BEST-CLI Trial. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Nov 6:S0741-5214(25)01887-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2025.10.046. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41205838.

Lancet Digital Health

• Yanagawa R, Iwadoh K, Nakayama T, Firl DJ, Wehrle CJ, Bekki Y, Soma D, Kusakabe J, Sambommatsu Y, Endo Y, Bozhilov KK, Pan JH, Kubota M, Tomiyama K, Fujiki M, Attia M, Melcher ML, Sasaki K. Development and validation of a machine-learning model to reduce futile procurements in donations after circulatory death in liver transplantation in the USA: a multicentre study. Lancet Digit Health. 2025 Oct;7(10):100918. doi: 10.1016/j.landig.2025.100918. Epub 2025 Nov 13. PMID: 41238506.

Methodist Debakey Cardiovascular Journal

• Stukov Y, Gavrylyshin A, Salo S, Levchyshyna OV, Lazoryshynets V, Jacobs JP. A cath lab disaster: what can we do? Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2025 Nov 7;21(1):115-119. doi: 10.14797/mdcvj.1705. PMID: 41209852; PMCID: PMC12594073.

Neoplasia

• Hamilton JS, Garg RR, Thomas RM. Dynasore as a dual modulator of lipid rafts and cell death in pancreatic cancer. Neoplasia. 2026 Jan;71:101254. doi: 10.1016/j.neo.2025.101254. Epub 2025 Nov 15. PMID: 41242294.

Neurobiology of Disease

• Aung KZ, Zin SS, Wu X, Myint ZW, Karanth S, Estus S, Norris CM, Nelson PT, Fardo DW, Abner EL, Katsumata Y. Disentangling the inverse relationship between cancer and Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review on Mendelian randomization studies. Neurobiol Dis. 2025 Dec;217:107190. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2025.107190. Epub 2025 Nov 13. PMID: 41241298.

NPJ Digital Medicine

• Balch JA, Brandberg JG, Andris RT, Mesner IG, Nametz DC, Megjhani M, Ruppert MM, Hu D, Clark MT, Shickel B, Ranard BL, Delos JB, Albers DJ, Loftus TJ, Park S, Randall Moorman J. Equipping mathematical models for hospital dynamics using information theory. NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Nov 12;8(1):652. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-02013-2. PMID: 41225138.

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

• Nin OC, Boezaart A, Giordano C, Hughes SJ, Parvataneni HK, Reina MA, Schirmer A, Vasilopoulos T. Pilot epinephrine dose-finding study to counter epidural-related blood pressure reduction. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2025 Nov 5;50(11):901-906. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-105406. PMID: 38991714.

World Journal of Pediatric Surgery

• Javed J, Islam S. Artificial intelligence and electronic health records: a narrative review of current applications and challenges in pediatric surgery. World J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Oct 31;8(5):e001100. doi: 10.1136/wjps-2025-001100. PMID: 41189751.