Publications
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Traumatic injuries in developing countries: report from a nationwide cross-sectional survey of sierra leone.
Stewart KA,
Groen RS, Kamara TB, Farahzad MM, Samai M, Cassidy LD, Kushner AL, Wren SM.
JAMA Surg.
2013;
148
(5):
463-9
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Prevention of VTE in nonorthopedic surgical patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Gould MK,
Garcia DA, Wren SM, Karanicolas PJ, Arcelus JI, Heit JA, Samama CM.
Chest.
2012;
141
(2 Suppl):
e227S-77S
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Racial and ethnic differences in lymph node examination after colon cancer resection do not completely explain disparities in mortality.
Rhoads KF,
Cullen J, Ngo JV, Wren SM.
Cancer.
2012;
118
(2):
469-77
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The Influence of Intern Home Call on Objectively Measured Perioperative Outcomes.
Kastenberg ZJ,
Rhoads KF, Melcher ML, Wren SM.
Arch Surg.
2012:
1-5
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The role of unconscious bias in surgical safety and outcomes.
Santry HP,
Wren SM.
Surg Clin North Am.
2012;
92
(1):
137-51
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Single-port robotic cholecystectomy: results from a first human use clinical study of the new da Vinci single-site surgical platform.
Wren SM,
Curet MJ.
Arch Surg.
2011;
146
(10):
1122-7
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Postoperative pneumonia-prevention program for the inpatient surgical ward.
Wren SM,
Martin M, Yoon JK, Bech F.
J Am Coll Surg.
2010;
210
(4):
491-5
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Death after colectomy: it's later than we think.
Visser BC,
Keegan H, Martin M, Wren SM.
Arch Surg.
2009;
144
(11):
1021-7
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Cost-effectiveness of open versus endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the OVER trial.
Stroupe KT,
Lederle FA, Matsumura JS, Kyriakides TC, Jonk YC, Ge L, Freischlag JA.
J Vasc Surg.
2012;
56
(4):
901-9.e2
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Long-term comparison of endovascular and open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Lederle FA,
Freischlag JA, Kyriakides TC, Matsumura JS, Padberg FT, Kohler TR, Kougias P, Jean-Claude JM, Cikrit DF, Swanson KM.
N Engl J Med.
2012;
367
(21):
1988-97
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Innovative leadership of casualty care: comment on "Eliminating preventable death on the battlefield".
Wren SM,
Arch Surg.
2011;
146
(12):
1358
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Solitary metastatic clear cell carcinoma to the spleen.
Zayed MA,
Kosek J, Wren SM.
Rare Tumors.
2011;
3
(4):
e43
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Care within a veterans hospital: earlier detection of colon cancer.
van Roessel P,
Rouse RV, Wren SM.
Surg Endosc.
2007;
21
(8):
1434-40
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Metastatic colon adenocarcinoma mimicking herpes zoster.
Goodwin TL,
Wren SM.
J Am Coll Surg.
2007;
205
(4):
625
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Transnasal small-caliber esophagogastroduodenoscopy for preoperative evaluation of the high-risk morbidly obese patient.
Alami RS,
Schuster R, Friedland S, Curet MJ, Wren SM, Soetikno R, Morton JM, Safadi BY.
Surg Endosc.
2007;
21
(5):
758-60
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Concurrent gastric bypass and repair of anterior abdominal wall hernias.
Schuster R,
Curet MJ, Alami RS, Morton JM, Wren SM, Safadi BY.
Obes Surg.
2006;
16
(9):
1205-8
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The use of acellular dermal matrix for contaminated abdominal wall defects: wound status predicts success.
Schuster R,
Singh J, Safadi BY, Wren SM.
Am J Surg.
2006;
192
(5):
594-7
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Comparison of training on two laparoscopic simulators and assessment of skills transfer to surgical performance.
Youngblood PL,
Srivastava S, Curet M, Heinrichs WL, Dev P, Wren SM.
J Am Coll Surg.
2005;
200
(4):
546-51
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Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at a Veterans Affairs and high-volume academic facilities: a comparison of institutional outcomes.
Alami RS,
Morton JM, Sanchez BR, Curet MJ, Wren SM, Safadi BY.
Am J Surg.
2005;
190
(5):
821-5
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Preoperative oral antibiotics in colorectal surgery increase the rate of Clostridium difficile colitis.
Wren SM,
Ahmed N, Jamal A, Safadi BY.
Arch Surg.
2005;
140
(8):
752-6
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Institutional commitment to rectal cancer screening results in earlier-stage cancers on diagnosis.
Battat AC,
Rouse RV, Dempsey L, Safadi BY, Wren SM.
Ann Surg Oncol.
2004;
11
(11):
970-6
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Introducing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at a Veterans Affairs medical facility.
Safadi BY,
Kieran JA, Hall RG, Morton JM, Bellatorre N, Shinoda E, Johnson PJ, Curet MJ, Wren SM.
Am J Surg.
2004;
188
(5):
606-10
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A novel technique to treat ruptured umbilical hernias in patients with liver cirrhosis and severe ascites.
Melcher ML,
Lobato RL, Wren SM.
J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A.
2003;
13
(5):
331-2
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Utilization of laparoscopic antireflux surgery at a single Veterans Affairs facility compared with the Veterans Affairs national trend.
Safadi BY,
Kown M, Wren S.
Am J Surg.
2003;
186
(5):
505-8
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Effective management of bleeding during tumor resection with a collagen-based hemostatic agent.
Chapman WC,
Wren SM, Lebovic GS, Malawer M, Sherman R, Block JE.
Am Surg.
2002;
68
(9):
802-7
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Intravascular hemolysis from a Clostridium perfringens liver abscess.
Kreidl KO,
Green GR, Wren SM.
J Am Coll Surg.
2002;
194
(3):
387
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Positron emission tomography in the initial staging of esophageal cancer.
Wren SM,
Stijns P, Srinivas S.
Arch Surg.
2002;
137
(9):
1001-6; discussion 1006-7
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Decompressive colonoscopy with intracolonic vancomycin administration for the treatment of severe pseudomembranous colitis.
Shetler K,
Nieuwenhuis R, Wren SM, Triadafilopoulos G.
Surg Endosc.
2001;
15
(7):
653-9
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External beam radiotherapy for synchronous rectal and prostatic tumors.
Siu W,
Kapp DS, Wren SM, King C, Terris MK.
Urology.
2001;
57
(4):
800
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Results of a screening program for prostate cancer in patients scheduled for abdominoperineal resection for colorectal pathologic findings.
Terris MK,
Wren SM.
Urology.
2001;
57
(5):
943-5
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Does an infected peripancreatic fluid collection or abscess mandate operation?
Baril NB,
Ralls PW, Wren SM, Selby RR, Radin R, Parekh D, Jabbour N, Stain SC.
Ann Surg.
2000;
231
(3):
361-7
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Clinical and pathologic overlap in nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-related small bowel diaphragm disease and the neuromuscular and vascular hamartoma of the small bowel.
Cortina G,
Wren S, Armstrong B, Lewin K, Fajardo L.
Am J Surg Pathol.
1999;
23
(11):
1414-7
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Antiviral cytotoxic activity across a species barrier in mixed xenogeneic chimeras: functional restriction to host MHC.
Colson YL,
Tripp RA, Doherty PC, Wren SM, Neipp M, Abou El-Ezz AY, Ildstad ST.
J Immunol.
1998;
160
(8):
3790-6
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Color flow sonography in evaluating the resectability of periampullary and pancreatic tumors.
Ralls PW,
Wren SM, Radin R, Stain SC, Yang J, Parekh D.
J Ultrasound Med.
1997;
16
(2):
131-40
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Is cryosurgical ablation appropriate for treating hepatocellular cancer?
Wren SM,
Coburn MM, Tan M, Daniels JR, Yassa N, Carpenter CL, Stain SC.
Arch Surg.
1997;
132
(6):
599-603; discussion 603-4
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Assessment of resectability of pancreatic head and periampullary tumors by color flow Doppler sonography.
Wren SM,
Ralls PW, Stain SC, Kasiraman A, Carpenter CL, Parekh D.
Arch Surg.
1996;
131
(8):
812-7; discussion 817-8
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Selective management of hepatic adenomas.
Ault GT,
Wren SM, Ralls PW, Reynolds TB, Stain SC.
Am Surg.
1996;
62
(10):
825-9
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The role of anticoagulation in pylephlebitis.
Baril N,
Wren S, Radin R, Ralls P, Stain S.
Am J Surg.
1996;
172
(5):
449-52; discussion 452-3
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A nonlethal conditioning approach to achieve durable multilineage mixed chimerism and tolerance across major, minor, and hematopoietic histocompatibility barriers.
Colson YL,
Wren SM, Schuchert MJ, Patrene KD, Johnson PC, Boggs SS, Ildstad ST.
J Immunol.
1995;
155
(9):
4179-88
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Individual assessment of visual perception by surgeons observing the same laparoscopic organs with various imaging systems.
Berci G,
Wren SM, Stain SC, Peters J, Paz-Partlow M.
Surg Endosc.
1995;
9
(9):
967-73
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Phenotypic characterization of a novel bone marrow-derived cell that facilitates engraftment of allogeneic bone marrow stem cells.
Kaufman CL,
Colson YL, Wren SM, Watkins S, Simmons RL, Ildstad ST.
Blood.
1994;
84
(8):
2436-46
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CD4+ T cells, but not CD8+ T cells, mediate the breaking of tolerance in mixed allogeneic chimeras (B10 + B10.BR-->B10).
Wren SM,
Hronakes ML, Ildstad ST.
Transplantation.
1993;
55
(6):
1382-9
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Characterization of maturation and function of natural killer cells in xenogeneic (rat-->mouse) bone marrow chimeras. Evidence that rat NK cells are present and functional in a xenogeneic environment.
Van den Brink MR,
French SW, Beck TP, Hronakes ML, Wren SM, Ildstad ST.
Transplantation.
1993;
55
(2):
355-61
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Characterization of the immunosuppressive effects of nitric oxide in graft vs host disease.
Hoffman RA,
Langrehr JM, Wren SM, Dull KE, Ildstad ST, McCarthy SA, Simmons RL.
J Immunol.
1993;
151
(3):
1508-18
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Evidence for early Th 2 T cell predominance in xenoreactivity.
Wren SM,
Wang SC, Thai NL, Conrad B, Hoffman RA, Fung JJ, Simmons RL, Ildstad ST.
Transplantation.
1993;
56
(4):
905-11
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Xenoreactivity in mouse + rat-->mouse chimeras.
Conrad BG,
Wren SM, Thai NL, Wang SC, Ricordi C, Fung JJ, Perry FE, Ildstad ST.
Transplant Proc.
1993;
25
(1 Pt 1):
455-6
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Cross-species transplantation tolerance: rat bone marrow-derived cells can contribute to the ligand for negative selection of mouse T cell receptor V beta in chimeras tolerant to xenogeneic antigens (mouse + rat----mouse).
Ildstad ST,
Vacchio MS, Markus PM, Hronakes ML, Wren SM, Hodes RJ.
J Exp Med.
1992;
175
(1):
147-55
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Cross-species transplantation: NK cell number and function are normal in fully xenogeneic chimeras (rat----mouse).
French SN,
Wren SM, Hronakes ML, Ildstad ST.
J Pediatr Surg.
1992;
27
(3):
307-10; discussion 311
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Evidence for thymic maturation of both rat and mouse T cells in mixed xenogeneic chimeras (B10 mouse+F344 rat----B10 mouse).
Abou el-Ezz AY,
Schuchert MJ, Wren SM, Hronakes ML, Beck TP, Ildstad ST.
Transplant Proc.
1992;
24
(2):
501-2
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Evidence that indefinite survival of small bowel allografts achieved by a brief course of cyclosporine or FK506 is not due to systemic hyporesponsiveness.
Langrehr JM,
Hoffman RA, Demetris AJ, Lee KK, Neuhaus P, Wren SM, Ildstad ST, Schraut WH.
Transplantation.
1992;
54
(3):
505-10
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Long-term survival of donor-specific pancreatic islet xenografts in fully xenogeneic chimeras.
Zeng Y,
Ildstad ST, Wren SM, Rilo HL, Bereiter DR, Carroll PB, Tzakis AG, Starzl TE, Ricordi C.
Transplant Proc.
1992;
24
(3):
985
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Mixed xenogeneic chimeras (rat + mouse to mouse). Evidence of rat stem cell engraftment, strain-specific transplantation tolerance, and skin-specific antigens.
Ildstad ST,
Boggs SS, Vecchini F, Wren SM, Hronakes ML, Johnson PC, Van den Brink MR.
Transplantation.
1992;
53
(4):
815-22
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Preferential development of NKR-P1-expressing cells in the spleen versus thymus and bone marrow of fully xenogeneic (rat-->mouse) chimeras.
Kaufman CL,
Chambers WH, Wren SM, Abou el-Ezz AY, Ildstad ST.
Transplant Proc.
1992;
24
(6):
2887-8
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Sublethal irradiation: a nonlethal method to achieve cross-species chimerism (rat-->mouse).
el-Ezz AY,
Wren SM, Kaufman CL, Ricordi C, Haluszczak C, Ildstad ST.
Transplant Proc.
1992;
24
(6):
2866-7
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T-cell mitogenic responses in fully xenogeneic chimeras (WF rat----B10 mouse) are restored by blocking the L-arginine-dependent nitric oxide pathway.
Wren SM,
Hoffman RA, Billiar TR, Abou el Ezz A, Hronakes ML, Ildstad ST.
Transplant Proc.
1992;
24
(2):
499-500
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The requirement for allogeneic chimerism for second transfer of tolerance from mixed allogeneic chimeras (A+B-->A) to secondary recipients.
Wren SM,
Hronakes ML, Ildstad ST.
Transplantation.
1992;
54
(6):
1031-40
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Cross-species bone marrow transplantation: evidence for recognition of skin-specific antigens across a species barrier (rat----mouse).
Ildstad ST,
Wren SM, Hronakes ML.
J Surg Res.
1991;
51
(5):
372-6
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Cross-species bone marrow transplantation: evidence for tolerance induction, stem cell engraftment, and maturation of T lymphocytes in a xenogeneic stromal environment (rat----mouse).
Ildstad ST,
Wren SM, Boggs SS, Hronakes ML, Vecchini F, Van den Brink MR.
J Exp Med.
1991;
174
(2):
467-78
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Cross-species mixed chimerism (mouse + rat----mouse): facilitated engraftment of rat stem cells with untreated rat bone marrow.
van den Brink MR,
Wren SM, French SW, Hronakes ML, Ildstad ST.
Transplant Proc.
1991;
23
(1 Pt 1):
807-8
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Kinetics of early T-cell repopulation in fully xenogeneic chimeras (F344 rat----B10 mouse): evidence for rat T-cell maturation in a xenogeneic mouse thymus.
Wren SM,
Hronakes ML, Ildstad ST.
Surgery.
1991;
110
(2):
238-45; discussion 245-6
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Mixed allogeneic reconstitution (A+B----A) to induce donor-specific transplantation tolerance. Permanent acceptance of a simultaneous donor skin graft.
Ildstad ST,
Wren SM, Oh E, Hronakes ML.
Transplantation.
1991;
51
(6):
1262-7
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Mixed chimerism to induce tolerance for solid organ transplantation.
Wren SM,
Nalesnik M, Hronakes ML, Oh E, Ildstad ST.
J Pediatr Surg.
1991;
26
(4):
439-43
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Successful transfer of donor-specific transplantation tolerance by adoptive transfer of fully allogeneic chimeric bone marrow.
Wren SM,
Hronakes ML, Ildstad ST.
Transplant Proc.
1991;
23
(1 Pt 1):
735-6
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Effect of selective T cell depletion of host and/or donor bone marrow on lymphopoietic repopulation, tolerance, and graft-vs-host disease in mixed allogeneic chimeras (B10 + B10.D2----B10).
Ildstad ST,
Wren SM, Bluestone JA, Barbieri SA, Stephany D, Sachs DH.
J Immunol.
1986;
136
(1):
28-33
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Effect of selective T cell depletions in mixed xenogeneic reconstitution on specific hyporeactivity to transplantation across a species barrier.
Ildstad ST,
Wren SM, Stephany D, Sachs DH.
Transplantation.
1986;
41
(3):
372-6
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Characterization of mixed allogeneic chimeras. Immunocompetence, in vitro reactivity, and genetic specificity of tolerance.
Ildstad ST,
Wren SM, Bluestone JA, Barbieri SA, Sachs DH.
J Exp Med.
1985;
162
(1):
231-44
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In vivo and in vitro characterization of specific hyporeactivity to skin xenografts in mixed xenogeneically reconstituted mice (B10 + F344 rat----B10).
Ildstad ST,
Wren SM, Sharrow SO, Stephany D, Sachs DH.
J Exp Med.
1984;
160
(6):
1820-35
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Inhibition of the graft-versus-host response by BCGcw-induced suppressor cells or prostaglandin E1.
Wren SM,
Wepsic HT, Larson CH, De Silva MA, Mizushima Y.
Cell Immunol.
1983;
76
(2):
361-71
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