July 2026 publications

Congratulations to all Department of Surgery members who were published in July. Published faculty were Doctors Mohammad Aladaileh, Thomas Beaver, Scott Berceli, Mark Bleiweis, Chasen Croft, Sergio Duarte, Lindsey Goldstein, Jeffrey Jacobs, Eric Jeng, Tyler Loftus, Tomas Martin, Mindaugas Rackauskas, Salvatore Scali, Rushi Shah, Ashish Sharma, Yuriy Stukov, Gilbert Upchurch Jr, Georgios Vrakas, and Ali Zarrinpar.

Read on for the full list of publications.

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia

• Stukov Y, Aladaileh M, Rackauskas M, Maybauer MO. ProtekDuo Cannulation via Right External Jugular Vein: A First in Man Method Description. Ann Card Anaesth. 2026 Jul 1;29(3):427-429. doi: 10.4103/aca.aca_279_25. Epub 2026 Jul 13. PMID: 42441781.

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

• Benscoter AL, Reagor JA, Timpa JG, Capone CC, Olshove V, Reichle G, Blinder JJ, Murphy LD, Lehenbauer DG, Alten JA, Zang H, Bacon MK, Jacobs JP, St Louis JD, Tabbutt S; NEPHRON and PC4 collaborators. Modified Ultrafiltration and Association with Outcomes after Neonatal Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2026 Jul 28:S0003-4975(26)00737-X. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.07.011. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42521182.
• Stephens EH, Zampi JD, Sarris GE, Protopapas E, Zanaboni DB, Taggart NW, Lotto AA, Rossi CS, Kamp A, Sood P, St Louis JD, Jacobs JP, Nelson JS. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons / World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery / European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association 2026 Expert Consensus Document on Timing, Indications, and Options for Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Children with Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Ann Thorac Surg. 2026 Jul 27:S0003-4975(26)00736-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.07.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42508675.

BMC Health Services Research

• Yildiz F, Ron D, Bartels SJ, Cauley C, Ritchie CS, Ozbasaran N, Vrees MD, Gearhart S, Deiner SG, Goldstein LE, Cizginer S. ADAPT and FRAME guided implementation science approach to improve care transitions in older colorectal surgery patients: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2026 Jul 18. doi: 10.1186/s12913-026-15080-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42471669.

Cardiology in the Young

• Oster ME, Williams K, Gudooru K, Yang Y, Aldoss O, Gaitonde M, Hiremath G, Jacobs JP, John AS, Kozik D, Marino B, McHugh K, Raghuveer G, St Louis J, Kochilas L. Association of diagnosis recognition and self-reported health outcomes in adults with CHD: a report from CHD Project to Understand Lifelong Survivor Experience. Cardiol Young. 2026 Jul 17:1-8. doi: 10.1017/S1047951126111998. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42466717; PMCID: PMC13424921.
• McMahon CJ, Diab K, Kim M, Di Salvo G, Jacobs JP. Motivations, challenges, and sustainability of paediatric cardiology journal editors. Cardiol Young. 2026 Jul 13:1-7. doi: 10.1017/S104795112611395X. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42439514.

Cureus

• Vazquez OA, Gilgallon T, Abadi K, Gupta A. Primary Reapproximation of a Near-Amputated Distal Fingertip With Nail Bed Involvement and Minimal Soft Tissue Attachment: A Case Report. Cureus. 2026 Jul 15;18(7):e112702. doi: 10.7759/cureus.112702. PMID: 42459168; PMCID: PMC13371502.
• Vazquez OA, De Leo N, Becker H. The Micronizer: A Novel Sharp-Bladed Device for Fat Graft Micronization to Optimize Adipocyte Viability. Cureus. 2026 Jul 30;18(7):e113683. doi: 10.7759/cureus.113683. PMID: 42539785; PMCID: PMC13424540.
• Brennan Z, Wallen TJ, Beaver TM, Jeng EI, Martin TD, Arnaoutakis GJ. The Use of an Omental Flap in the Management of Complex Thoracic Aortic Infections. Cureus. 2026 Jun 23;18(6):e111366. doi: 10.7759/cureus.111366. PMID: 42495487; PMCID: PMC13394616.

eLife

• Swartz T, Cavazos JE, Horwitz M, Hu PJ, Sampson B, Scharschmidt T, Zarrinpar A, Mohr N, Mankoff D, Chu J, Rhee KY, Emala CW, Williams CS. Navigating the path: Advice to physician-scientists on choosing a clinical specialty. Elife. 2026 Jul 3;15:RP110448. doi: 10.7554/eLife.110448. PMID: 42397115; PMCID: PMC13331548.

Innovations

• Murillo-Solera A, Sharaf OM, Karanam V, Brinkley LM, Holmvard O, Beaver TM. EZ2-BSAFER Type A Aortic Dissection: Reducing Pseudoaneurysm Formation and Reintervention. Innovations (Phila). 2026 Jul 27:15569845261447283. doi: 10.1177/15569845261447283. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42515989.

JAMA Cardiology

• Généreux P, Schwartz A, Lindman BR, Chhatriwalla A, Ramee S, Babaliaros V, Schwartz R, Sheth T, Fearon WF, Sorajja P, Beaver T, Oldemeyer JB, Pop A, Garcia S, Southard J, Bailey SH, Li W, Cohen DJ, Pibarot P, Leon MB; EARLY TAVR Trial and Registry Investigators. Treadmill Stress Test in Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Prespecified Registry-Based Follow-Up of the EARLY TAVR Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2026 Jul 22:e262527. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2026.2527. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42485012; PMCID: PMC13392833.

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

• de Manna ND, Kruszona S, Leon-Pena A, Fernandez R, Ramamurthy U, Hartwig M, Ghadimi K, Langer NB, Osho AA, Kashem M, Toyoda Y, Emtiazjoo A, Rackauskas M, Ceulemans LJ, Vanluyten C, Huddleston S, Kathirvel S, Carrasco SC, Sanchez PG, Salman J, Aburahma K, Van Raemdonck D, Loor G, Ius F. Effect of surgical exposure on outcomes in bilateral lung transplantation: insight from the international multicenter extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in lung transplantation registry. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2026 Jul 29:S1053-2498(26)02003-6. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2026.07.019. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42526777.

Journal of Hospital Infection

• Kewalramani D, Benton J, Loftus T, Ali H, Harikrishnan S, Randhawa D, Adeyemi O, Chattopadhyay K, Brisbon J, Madani A, Calderone L, Kaye KS, Sawyer R, Barie PS, Buckley B, Mainelis G, Narayan M. The Role of Particulate Matter in Surgical Site Infection Pathogenesis: A Scoping Review. J Hosp Infect. 2026 Jul 13:S0195-6701(26)00270-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2026.06.027. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42442662.

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

• Cattapan C, Guariento A, Jacobs J, Bleiweis M, Lotto A, Tobota Z, Bacha E, Sarris G, Vida V. Pediatric mitral valve surgery: Current practice from the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association congenital database analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2026 Jul 27:S0022-5223(26)01131-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.06.013. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42398639.

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

• Hynes AM, Kuckelman JP, Coimbra R, Beckman MA, Bower KL, Croft CA, Inaba K, Keric N, Kerwin AJ, Kopelman TR, Kundi R, Lorenzo M, Magee GA, Privette AR, Savage SA, Schellenberg MA, Schuster KM, Tesoriero RB, Windell EM, Hartwell JL, Stein DM. Western Trauma Association critical decisions in trauma: Lung injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Jul 13. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000005127. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42441866.
• Hartwell JL, Follette C, Beckman M, Bower K, Coimbra R, Croft C, Hynes AM, Inaba K, Keric N, Kerwin AJ, Kopelman T, Lorenzo M, Magee GA, Privette A, Schuster K, Schellenberg M, Tesoriero R, Windell E, Stein D. The provision of palliative care: A Western Trauma Association critical decisions algorithm. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2026 Jul 10. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000005112. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42425710.

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

• D’Oria M, Mastrorilli D, Logiacco AM, Scali S, Garriboli L, Calvagna C, Badalamenti G, Lepidi S. Systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression on the prognostic impact of narrow aortic bifurcation on outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2026 Jul 27:108982. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2026.108982. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42508757.

Journal of Vascular Surgery

• Scali ST, Stone DH, Neal D, Goodney PP, Farivar B, Singh MJ, Alef M, Kim Y, Rathore A, Khoury MK, Schermerhorn ML. Evolution and Contemporary National Benchmarks in Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair from the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative. J Vasc Surg. 2026 Jul 24:S0741-5214(26)01510-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2026.07.074. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42498186.

Medical Image Analysis

• Imran M, Krebs JR, Sivaraman VB, Zhang T, Kumar A, Ueland WR, Fassler MJ, Wang C, Huang J, Sun X, Wang L, Shi P, Rokuss M, Baumgartner M, Kirchhof Y, Maier-Hein KH, Isensee F, Liu S, Han B, Nguyen BT, Shin DJ, Ji-Woo P, Choi M, Uhm KH, Ko SJ, Lee C, Chun J, Kim JS, Zhang M, Zhang H, You X, Gu Y, Pan Z, Liu X, Liang X, Tiefenthaler M, Almar-Munoz E, Schwab M, Kotyushev M, Epifanov R, Wodzinski M, Müller H, Qayyum A, Mazher M, Niederer SA, Wang Z, Yang K, Ren J, Korreman SS, Gao Y, Zeng H, Zheng H, Zheng R, Yue J, Zhou F, Liu B, Cosman A, Liang M, Zhao C, Upchurch GR Jr, Zhou Y, Cooper MA, Shao W. Multi-class segmentation of aortic branches and zones in computed tomography angiography: The AortaSeg24 challenge. Med Image Anal. 2026 Jul 3;113:104188. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2026.104188. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42413466.

Nature reviews bioengineering

• Rananaware SR, Narisetty KV, Shah RA, Jain PK. CRISPR-based ex vivo gene editing of donor organs. Nat Rev Bioeng. 2026 Jun 29:10.1038/s44222-026-00462-2. doi: 10.1038/s44222-026-00462-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42524122; PMCID: PMC13409478.

Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Simonovich JA, Clark RA, Kwiatkowski AJ, Fuchs MJ, Viso ME, Lu C, Macias SL, Pinto I, Shrestha AP, Ngo TB, Duarte S, He Y, Hu Q, Lu G, Hartman JB, Su G, Scali ST, Berceli SA, Sharma AK, Upchurch GR Jr, Islam S, Wanchoo A, Hudalla GA, Robinson ST, Zarrinpar A, Avram D, Keselowsky BG. Circulating PEG-indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase ameliorates diverse inflammatory diseases without toxicity or compromising immunocompetence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Jul 14;123(28):e2602536123. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2602536123. Epub 2026 Jul 8. PMID: 42418487; PMCID: PMC13367878.

Surgery

• Benton J, Kewalramani D, Nieman DR, Bongu A, Loftus TJ, Barie PS, Lee LY, Patel NM, Narayan M. Familiar but unprepared: Artificial intelligence training needs in graduate medical education. Surgery. 2026 Jun 16;197:110389. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2026.110389. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42400962.

Surgical Endoscopy

• Rompianesi G, Montalti R, Campanile S, Papadakis G, Cox MA, Chatziisaak D, Benassai G, Loiaco G, George A, Pisani A, Burri P, Paribello G, Riccio E, Sordoni G, Troisi R, Vrakas G. Optimizing peritoneal dialysis access: a propensity score-matched comparison of open, multi-port, and single-port laparoscopic catheter insertion. Surg Endosc. 2026 Jul 13. doi: 10.1007/s00464-026-13058-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42443673.