February 2026 publications

Congratulations to all Department of Surgery members who were published in February! Published faculty were Doctors Thomas Beaver, Scott Berceli, Amalia Cochrane, Dejana Braithwaite, Chasen Croft, Daniel Demos, Kirsten Freeman, Philip Hess, Steven Hughes, Jeffrey Jacobs, Eric Jeng, Shama Karanth, Sailesh Konda, Eddie Manning, Tomas Martin, Johan Nordenstam, Tyler Loftus, Kerri O’Malley, Steven Raymond, Salvatore Scali, Samir Shah, John Spratt, Krista Terracina, Patrick Underwood, and Gilbert Upchurch, Jr.

Read on for the list of publications.

Annals of Surgery

• Adler RR, Shah SK, Clark C, Chunga RE, Sepucha KR, Centracchio JA, Ahmad ZN, Sheu C, Kim D, Mitchell SL, Finlayson E, Cooper Z, Hsu J, Weissman JS, Traeger L. Practice, policy, and research recommendations to improve decision-making about surgery for people living with dementia: a Delphi Panel Consensus. Ann Surg. 2026 Feb 18:10.1097/SLA.0000000000007030. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000007030. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41703687; PMCID: PMC12981777.

Cancers

• Karanth SD, Valvi N, Shinde MM, Kowalik F, Aroh A, Mehta HJ, Gould MK, Braithwaite D. Socioeconomic factors associated with receipt of minimally invasive surgery for nsclc: evidence from the National Cancer Database. Cancers (Basel). 2026 Feb 12;18(4):601. doi: 10.3390/cancers18040601. PMID: 41749854; PMCID: PMC12939167.

Dermatologic Surgery

• Hammond AM, Farahbakhsh N, Konda S. Repair of a large defect on the central chest. Dermatol Surg. 2026 Feb 25. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000005057. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41740012.
• Samia AM, Jain NP, Werbel T, Konda S. Reconstruction of a defect involving the posterior ear and postauricular area. Dermatol Surg. 2025 Sep 25. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000004870. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41662562.

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

• Mazirka P, Crèmer J, Balch J, Nordenstam J, Read TE, Grajo JR, Peters J, Terracina KP. Immersive virtual realty 3D model for rectal cancer surgical planning. Dis Colon Rectum. 2026 Feb 24. doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000004140. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41733146.

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

• Scali ST, Beck AW. Survival Is No Longer Enough: Rethinking quality in complex aortic surgery. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2026 Jan 31:S1078-5884(26)00089-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2026.01.052. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41628796.

HPB

• Underwood PW, Ma W, Xu Z, Chen Z, White B, Dillhoff M, Cloyd JM, Tsai S, Pawlik TM, Ejaz A. National utilization and outcomes of robotic pancreatoduodenectomy. HPB (Oxford). 2026 Feb 16:S1365-182X(26)00049-3. doi: 10.1016/j.hpb.2026.02.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41765723.

International Journal of Surgery

• Kewalramani D, Chattopadhyay K, Benton J, Hua J, Cheruvu S, Ali H, Anuncio S, Joshi A, Mylarappa S, Vidhya G, Choron RL, Teichman AL, Jopling JK, Madani A, Brat G, Coleman JR, Cohen JV, Pugh C, Barie PS, Loftus TJ, Narayan M; AiCCESS Consortium. A scoping review of artificial intelligence in acute care surgery: promise, pitfalls, and a path forward. Int J Surg. 2026 Feb 1;112(2):2214-2224. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000003794. Epub 2025 Nov 25. PMID: 41706695.

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

• Balch JA, Upchurch GR Jr, Loftus TJ. Goals of care modeling in the electronic health record. J Am Coll Surg. 2026 Feb 24. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001884. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41733257.

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

• McRae JJLH, Raymond SL, Mladenov G, Kashtan M, Stevenson E, Minhas A, Vannix R, Silva V, Whitaker J, Vacaru A, Ji L, Mejaddam A, Khan FA, Radulescu A, Moores D, Tagge E. Outcomes following adoption and integration of robotic-assisted cholecystectomy for pediatric biliary tract disease: An eight-year, single-center experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Feb 19;61(6):163029. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2026.163029. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41722679.

Journal of Surgical Education

• Cooper EMH, Anton NE, Smink DS, Smith BK, Scott DJ, Cochran AL, Terhune K, Shabahang M, Stefanidis D. Vice chairs of education in departments of surgery: responsibilities, value, and future directions. J Surg Educ. 2026 Apr;83(4):103864. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2025.103864. Epub 2026 Feb 5. PMID: 41650558.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

• Ruppe M, DeWitt A, Schumacher KR, Jacobs JP, Algaze CA, Smith A, Akins R, Mikesell K, Zhang W, Austin E, Lasa JJ. Diaphragm dysfunction following congenital heart surgery: Epidemiology and outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Feb 28:S0022-5223(26)00181-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.02.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41765325.

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

• Kopelman TR, Biffl WL, Coimbra R, Bower KL, Croft CA, Fox CJ, Hartwell JL, Hynes AM, Inaba K, Keric N, Kerwin AJ, Lorenzo M, Magee GA, Privette AR, Schellenberg M, Schuster KM, Tesoriero R, Watters JM, Stein DM. Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: Significant blunt cardiac injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Feb 20. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004929. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41718613.

Journal of Vascular Surgery

• Shah KB, Neal D, Scali ST, Price C, Shah SK, Guo Y, Rashidi P, Berceli SA. Mortality and patient-centered outcomes are worse in patients with dementia undergoing revascularization for claudication. J Vasc Surg. 2026 Feb 24:S0741-5214(26)00149-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2026.02.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41748038.
• Jones DW, Powell RJ, Scali ST, Beck AW, Goodney PP, Siracuse JJ, Farber A, Doros G, Strong MB, Rosenfield K, Menard MT, Schanzer A. High-quality chronic limb-threatening ischemia care requires above average performance in surgical bypass and endovascular treatment. J Vasc Surg. 2026 Feb 3:S0741-5214(26)00064-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2026.01.028. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41644018.
• Malas MB, Hamouda M, Farber A, Conte MS, Rosenfield K, Shah SK, Robinson W, Shah K, Strong MB, Doros G, Parikh S, Lane JS, Koopmann MC, Peña CS, Menard MT. Relationship between age and the comparative outcomes of revascularization procedures in the BEST-CLI trial: A spline model analysis. J Vasc Surg. 2026 Feb 2:S0741-5214(26)00058-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2026.01.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41638370.

Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

• Miana LA, Jacobs JP, Passos JPU, Jatene MB. Regional variation in congenital heart surgery in brazil: a national database analysis. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2026 Feb 27:21501351261418275. doi: 10.1177/21501351261418275. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41761491.

JTCVS Techniques

• Williams IE, Solera AM, Karanam V, Holmvard O, Thupili V, Botemps JP, Sharaf OM, Abu-Mowis Z, Ricks W, Demos DS, Jeng J, Freeman KA, Manning EW, Hess PJ, Spratt JR, Beaver TM, Martin TD, Jeng EI. Comparative outcomes of first-time versus redo aortic root replacement in patients with prior sternotomy: A single-center retrospective analysis. JTCVS Tech. 2025 Oct 14;35:102114. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.09.027. PMID: 41658890; PMCID: PMC12881776.

Kidney International Reports

• Kim K, Thome T, Stone L, Vugman N, Kunz EM, Alvarez S, Yang Q, O’Malley KA, Anderson EM, Fazzone B, Mazirka P, Antoine J, Berceli SA, Ryan TE, Scali ST. Access-Related Hand Dysfunction After Hemodialysis Access Placement. Kidney Int Rep. 2026 Jan 2;11(3):103765. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2025.103765. PMID: 41704900; PMCID: PMC12906999.

Pancreas

• Saloman JL, Andersen DK, Abu-El-Haija M, Bellin MD, Conwell DL, Faghih M, Forsmark CE, Goodarzi MO, Gulla AK, Hart PA, Hughes SJ, Kuo B, Ladd JM, Lee B, Pandol SJ, Phillips AE, Roberts KM, Schwarzenberg SJ, Singh VK, Summers RM, Tirkes T, Toledo FGS, Trikudanathan G, Uc A, Wasserfall CH, Whitcomb DC, Yadav D, Yost C, Zhang W, Freeman AJ. Complications of pancreatitis-knowledge gaps and research opportunities: a workshop summary. Pancreas. 2026 Mar 1;55(3):e267-e277. doi: 10.1097/MPA.0000000000002574. PMID: 41668344.

Pediatric Cardiology

• Cnota JF, Chowdhury SM, Floh A, Gongwer R, Goot BH, Jacobs JP, Jolley MA, Kirmani S, LaPar DJ, Levine JC, Lewis AB, Pignatelli RH, Pizarro C, Slesnick TC, Thorsson T, Trachtenberg F, Truong DT, Newburger JW, Frommelt PC; Pediatric Heart Network Investigators. Tricuspid regurgitation and impact of surgical valve intervention in the single ventricle reconstruction trial. Pediatr Cardiol. 2026 Feb 18. doi: 10.1007/s00246-025-04122-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41706109.