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  1. Wang J, Tozzi F, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Feng J, Calthorpe L, Castro M, Davis G, Withers J, Zhou C, Chaudhary Z, Adam M, Berrevoet F, Alseidi A, Rashidian N. Machine learning improves prediction of postoperative outcomes after gastrointestinal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Mar 12. View in PubMed
  2. Yin H, Ganjouei AA, Wang JJ, Romero-Hernandez F, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA. Robotic-assisted endoluminal gastric leiomyoma resection: a novel surgical technique for benign gastroesophageal junction tumors. Chin Clin Oncol. 2024 Feb; 13(1):6. View in PubMed
  3. Pikoulis E, Papaconstantinou D, Pikouli A, Pararas N, Buettner S, Wang J, Stasinos G, Belias M, Dellaportas D, Pozios I, Antoniou E, Beyer K, Kreis ME, Pawlik TM, Margonis GA. Is Precision Surgery Applicable to Colorectal Liver Metastases? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Studies that Investigate the Association of Surgical Technique with Outcomes in the Context of Distinct Tumor Biology. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Mar; 31(3):1823-1832. View in PubMed
  4. Sathe TS, Sorrentino TA, Wang K, Yap A, Wang JJ, Matthys M, Yin R, Alseidi A, Lee H, Gandhi S. Instrument and Supply Variability: An Opportunity to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of the Operating Room. J Surg Res. 2024 Mar; 295:732-739. View in PubMed
  5. Gudmundsdottir H, Fiorentini G, Essaji Y, D'Souza D, Torres-Ruiz T, Geller DA, Helton WS, Hogg ME, Iannitti DA, Kamath AS, Onkendi EO, Serrano PE, Simo KA, Sucandy I, Warner SG, Alseidi A, Cleary SP, AMILES Group. Circumstances and implications of conversion from minimally invasive to open liver resection: a multi-center analysis from the AMILES registry. Surg Endosc. 2023 12; 37(12):9201-9207. View in PubMed
  6. Romero-Hernandez F, Wang JJ, Nakamura Y, Chern H, Sarin A. Transanal excision of rectal lesions using the single port robotic platform: A video vignette. Colorectal Dis. 2023 11; 25(11):2275-2279. View in PubMed
  7. Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Conroy PC, Miller PN, Calthorpe L, Wang JJ, Lin JJ, Feng J, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Sarin A, Adam MA. A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Predict Textbook Outcome in Colectomy. Dis Colon Rectum. 2024 Feb 01; 67(2):322-332. View in PubMed
  8. El-Sabrout H, Barnes K, Gosnell J, Lin M, Wang J. Global Surgical Education. Surgery Clerkship Shelf Performance: Evaluating the Impact of Required Didactic Hours on Exam Scores. 2023; 2(97). View in PubMed
  9. Bertsimas D, Margonis GA, Tang S, Koulouras A, Antonescu CR, Brennan MF, Martin-Broto J, Rutkowski P, Stasinos G, Wang J, Pikoulis E, Bylina E, Sobczuk P, Gutierrez A, Jadeja B, Tap WD, Chi P, Singer S. An interpretable AI model for recurrence prediction after surgery in gastrointestinal stromal tumour: an observational cohort study. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 Oct; 64:102200. View in PubMed
  10. Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Wang JJ, Casey M, Frye W, Hoffman D, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Maker AV, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA. A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using Only Preoperatively Known Data. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Nov; 30(12):7738-7747. View in PubMed
  11. Lluís N, Asbun D, Wang JJ, Cao HST, Jimenez RE, Alseidi A, Asbun H. Lymph Node Dissection in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: a Critical and Updated Review of the Literature. J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Dec; 27(12):3001-3013. View in PubMed
  12. Wang JJ, Feng J, Gomes C, Calthorpe L, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Benedetti Cacciaguerra A, Hibi T, Adam MA, Alseidi A, Abu Hilal M, Rashidian N, International Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure Study Group. Development and Validation of Prediction Models and Risk Calculators for Posthepatectomy Liver Failure and Postoperative Complications Using a Diverse International Cohort of Major Hepatectomies. Ann Surg. 2023 12 01; 278(6):976-984. View in PubMed
  13. Fiorentini G, Essaji Y, Geller DA, Iannitti DA, Baker EH, Warner SG, Sucandy I, Serrano PE, Onkendi E, Helton WS, Alseidi A, Cleary SP, AMILES Group. Textbook outcomes and benchmarks of minimally invasive left lateral sectionectomy across North America. Surg Endosc. 2023 04; 37(4):2980-2986. View in PubMed
  14. Margonis GA, Boerner T, Bachet JB, Buettner S, Moretto R, Andreatos N, Sartore-Bianchi A, Wang J, Kamphues C, Gagniere J, Lonardi S, Løes IM, Wagner D, Spallanzani A, Sasaki K, Burkhart R, Pietrantonio F, Pikoulis E, Pawlik TM, Truant S, Orlandi A, Pikouli A, Pella N, Beyer K, Poultsides G, Seeliger H, Aucejo FN, Kornprat P, Kaczirek K, Lønning PE, Kreis ME, Wolfgang CL, Weiss MJ, Cremolini C, Benoist S, D'Angelica M. Demystifying BRAF Mutation Status in Colorectal Liver Metastases : A Multi-institutional, Collaborative Approach to 6 Open Clinical Questions. Ann Surg. 2023 09 01; 278(3):e540-e548. View in PubMed
  15. Kamphues C, Lefevre JH, Wang J, Amini N, Beaugerie L, Kuehn F, Park SH, Andreatos N, Lauscher JC, Enea D, Lehmann KS, Peru N, Weixler B, Kirchgesner J, Degro CE, Pozios I, van Beekum CJ, Schölch S, Zambonin D, Schineis C, Loch FN, Geka D, Theoxari M, Wu B, Wang PP, Antoniou E, Pikoulis E, Moussata D, Theodoropoulos G, Ouaissi M, Seeliger H, Inaba Y, Scaringi S, Reißfelder C, Vilz TO, Lin C, Yang SK, Beyer K, Renz BW, Sasaki K, Margonis GA, Svrcek M, Kreis ME. Prognostic value of primary tumor sidedness in patients with non-metastatic IBD related CRC - Is it the exception to the rule? Surg Oncol. 2022 Dec; 45:101874. View in PubMed
  16. Brian R, Wang JJ, Park KM, Karimzada M, Sequeira N, O'Sullivan P, Alseidi A. Virtual Interviews: Assessing How Expectations Meet Reality. J Surg Educ. 2023 02; 80(2):200-207. View in PubMed
  17. Wang PP, Lin C, Wang J, Margonis GA, Wu B. BRAF Mutations in Colorectal Liver Metastases: Prognostic Implications and Potential Therapeutic Strategies. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Aug 23; 14(17). View in PubMed
  18. Bertsimas D, Margonis GA, Sujichantararat S, Boerner T, Ma Y, Wang J, Kamphues C, Sasaki K, Tang S, Gagniere J, Dupré A, Løes IM, Wagner D, Stasinos G, Macher-Beer A, Burkhart R, Morioka D, Imai K, Ardiles V, O'Connor JM, Pawlik TM, Poultsides G, Seeliger H, Beyer K, Kaczirek K, Kornprat P, Aucejo FN, de Santibañes E, Baba H, Endo I, Lønning PE, Kreis ME, Weiss MJ, Wolfgang CL, D'Angelica M. Using Artificial Intelligence to Find the Optimal Margin Width in Hepatectomy for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases. JAMA Surg. 2022 08 01; 157(8):e221819. View in PubMed
  19. Olthof PB, Buettner S, Andreatos N, Wang J, Løes IM, Wagner D, Sasaki K, Macher-Beer A, Kamphues C, Pozios I, Seeliger H, Morioka D, Imai K, Kaczirek K, Pawlik TM, Poultsides G, Burkhart R, Endo I, Baba H, Kornprat P, Aucejo FN, Lønning PE, Beyer K, Weiss MJ, Wolfgang CL, Kreis ME, Margonis GA. KRAS alterations in colorectal liver metastases: shifting to exon, codon, and point mutations. Br J Surg. 2022 08 16; 109(9):804-807. View in PubMed
  20. Calthorpe LM, Wang J, Cacciaguerra AB, Conroy PC, Hibi T, Abu Hilal M, Hoffman D, Park KM, Rashidian N, Adam MA, Alseidi A. Demystifying post-hepatectomy enzyme kinetics for the surgical learner: an analysis of 989 major hepatectomies. Global Surgical Education. 2022; 8(1). View in PubMed
  21. Margonis GA, Andreatos N, Wang J, Weiss MJ, Wolfgang CL. Lessons learned from hepatocellular carcinoma may cause a paradigm shift in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms: a narrative review and discussion of conceptual similarities in tumor progression and recurrence. Journal of Pancreatology. 2022; 1(5):36-40. View in PubMed
  22. Sasaki K, Margonis GA, Moro A, Wang J, Wagner D, Gagnière J, Shin JK, D'Silva M, Sahara K, Miyata T, Kusakabe J, Beyer K, Dupré A, Kamphues C, Imai K, Baba H, Endo I, Taura K, Cho JY, Aucejo F, Kornprat P, Kreis ME, Kim JM, Burkhart R, David Kwon CH, Pawlik TM. Nontumor related risk score: A new tool to improve prediction of prognosis after hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases. Surgery. 2022 06; 171(6):1580-1587. View in PubMed
  23. Belias M, Sasaki K, Wang J, Andreatos N, Kamphues C, Kyriakos G, Seeliger H, Beyer K, Kreis ME, Margonis GA. Is Laterality Prognostic in Resected KRAS-Mutated Colorectal Liver Metastases? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Feb 04; 14(3). View in PubMed
  24. Calthorpe L, Rashidian N, Cacciaguerra AB, Conroy PC, Hibi T, Hilal MA, Hoffman D, Park KM, Wang J, Adam MA, Alseidi A, International Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure Study Group. Using the Comprehensive Complication Index to Rethink the ISGLS Criteria for Post-hepatectomy Liver Failure in an International Cohort of Major Hepatectomies. Ann Surg. 2023 03 01; 277(3):e592-e596. View in PubMed
  25. Margonis GA, Pulvirenti A, Morales-Oyarvide V, Buettner S, Andreatos N, Kamphues C, Beyer K, Wang J, Kreis ME, Cameron JL, Weiss MJ, Soares K, Fernández-Del Castillo C, Allen PJ, Wolfgang CL. Performance of the 7 th and 8 th Editions of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging System in Patients with Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm-Associated PDAC : A Multi-institutional Analysis. Ann Surg. 2023 04 01; 277(4):681-688. View in PubMed
  26. Amini N, Andreatos N, Margonis GA, Buettner S, Wang J, Galjart B, Wagner D, Sasaki K, Angelou A, Sun J, Kamphues C, Beer A, Morioka D, Løes IM, Antoniou E, Imai K, Pikoulis E, He J, Kaczirek K, Poultsides G, Verhoef C, Lønning PE, Endo I, Baba H, Kornprat P, NAucejo F, Kreis ME, Christopher WL, Weiss MJ, Safar B, Burkhart RA. Mutant KRAS as a prognostic biomarker after hepatectomy for rectal cancer metastases: Does the primary disease site matter? J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2022 Apr; 29(4):417-427. View in PubMed
  27. Pikouli A, Papaconstantinou D, Wang J, Kavezou F, Pararas N, Nastos C, Pikoulis E, Margonis GA. Reevaluating the prognostic role of BRAF mutation in colorectal cancer liver metastases. Am J Surg. 2022 05; 223(5):879-883. View in PubMed
  28. Pikoulis E, Papaconstantinou D, Pikouli A, Wang J, Theodoridis C, Margonis GA. Reevaluating the prognostic value of RAS mutation status in patients with resected liver metastases from colorectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2021 Aug; 28(8):637-647. View in PubMed
  29. Decker H, Schwab ME, Wang J, Rosser ML, Petersen V, Berger M, Stein DM, Bongiovanni T. Designing an Intimate Partner Violence Screening Program for Surgical Residents in Trauma. Journal of Surgical Research. 2021. View in PubMed
  30. Sasaki K, Gagnière J, Dupré A, Ardiles V, O'Connor JM, Wang J, Moro A, Morioka D, Buettner S, Gau L, Ribeiro M, Wagner D, Andreatos N, Løes IM, Fitschek F, Kaczirek K, Lønning PE, Kornprat P, Poultsides G, Kamphues C, Imai K, Baba H, Endo I, Kwon CHD, Aucejo FN, de Santibañes E, Kreis ME, Margonis GA. Performance of two prognostic scores that incorporate genetic information to predict long-term outcomes following resection of colorectal cancer liver metastases: An external validation of the MD Anderson and JHH-MSK scores. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2021 Jul; 28(7):581-592. View in PubMed
  31. Kamphues C, Andreatos N, Kruppa J, Buettner S, Wang J, Sasaki K, Wagner D, Morioka D, Fitschek F, Løes IM, Imai K, Sun J, Poultsides G, Kaczirek K, Lønning PE, Endo I, Baba H, Kornprat P, Aucejo FN, Wolfgang CL, Kreis ME, Weiss MJ, Margonis GA. The optimal cut-off values for tumor size, number of lesions, and CEA levels in patients with surgically treated colorectal cancer liver metastases: An international, multi-institutional study. J Surg Oncol. 2021 Mar; 123(4):939-948. View in PubMed
  32. Kamphues C, Kadowaki S, Amini N, van den Berg I, Wang J, Andreatos N, Sakamoto Y, Ogura T, Kakuta M, Pikouli A, Geka D, Daitoku N, Theochari M, Buettner S, Akiyama T, Antoniou E, Pikoulis E, Theodoropoulos G, Imai K, Ijzermans JNM, Margonis GA, Akagi K, Kreis ME. The interplay of KRAS mutational status with tumor laterality in non-metastatic colorectal cancer: An international, multi-institutional study in patients with known KRAS, BRAF, and MSI status. J Surg Oncol. 2021 Mar; 123(4):1005-1014. View in PubMed
  33. Margonis GA, Kreis ME, Wang JJ, Kamphues C, Wolfgang CL, Weiss MJ. Impact and clinical usefulness of genetic data in the surgical management of colorectal cancer liver metastasis: a narrative review. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2020 Dec; 9(6):705-716. View in PubMed
  34. Angelou A, Papalois AE, Antoniou E, Wang J, Amini N, Pikouli A, Andreatos N, Buettner S, Munir M, Theodoropoulos G, Zografos GC, Sarantis P, Pulvirenti A, Kamphues C, Theocharis S, Pikoulis E, Margonis GA. The Interplay Between Innate Immunity (TLR-4) and sCD40L in the Context of an Animal Model of Colitis-associated Cancer. Anticancer Res. 2020 Oct; 40(10):5457-5462. View in PubMed
  35. Katsunori I, Margonis GA, Wang J, Wolfgang C, Hideo B, Weiss MJ. Liver metastases from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: is there a place for surgery in the modern era?. Journal of Pancreatology. 2020; 2(3):81-85. View in PubMed
  36. Katsunori I, Margonis GA, Wang J, Wolfgang C, Hideo B, Weiss MJ. Liver metastases from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: is there a place for surgery in the modern era?. Journal of Pancreatology. 2020; 2(3):81-85. View in PubMed
  37. Wang JJ, Burger P, Taube J, Soni A, Chaichana K, Sheu M, Belcaid Z, Jackson C, Lim M. PD-L1, PD-1, LAG-3, and TIM-3 in Melanoma: Expression in Brain Metastases Compared to Corresponding Extracranial Tumors. Cureus. 2019 Dec 11; 11(12):e6352. View in PubMed
  38. Margonis GA, Kreis ME, Wang J, Kamphues C, Wolfgang CL, Weiss MJ. Impact and Clinical Usefulness of Genetic Data in the Surgical Management of Colorectal Liver Metastasis. Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition. 2019. View in PubMed
  39. Margonis GA, Amini N, Buettner S, Kim Y, Wang J, Andreatos N, Wagner D, Sasaki K, Beer A, Kamphues C, Morioka D, Løes IM, Imai K, He J, Pawlik TM, Kaczirek K, Poultsides G, Lønning PE, Burkhart R, Endo I, Baba H, Mischinger HJ, Aucejo FN, Kreis ME, Wolfgang CL, Weiss MJ. The Prognostic Impact of Primary Tumor Site Differs According to the KRAS Mutational Status: A Study By the International Genetic Consortium for Colorectal Liver Metastasis. Ann Surg. 2021 06 01; 273(6):1165-1172. View in PubMed
  40. Angelou A, Antoniou E, Pikouli A, Wang J, Ventin M, Buettner S, Faateh M, Theodoropoulos G, Zografos GC, Theocharis S, Papalois AE, Pikoulis E, Margonis GA. Platelet Depletion/Transfusion as a Lethal Factor in a Colitis-associated Cancer Mouse Model. Anticancer Res. 2019 May; 39(5):2443-2446. View in PubMed
  41. Margonis GA, Amini N, Andreatos N, Sasaki K, McVey J, Mirza MB, Warner S, Buettner S, Barbon C, Wang J, Pulvirenti A, Angelou A, Kamphues C, Antoniou E, Pikoulis E, Pawlik TM, Kaczirek K, Poultsides G, Wagner D, Endo I, Imai K, Aucejo F, Kreis ME, Wolfgang CL, Weiss MJ. KRAS mutational status impacts pathologic response to pre-hepatectomy chemotherapy: a study from the International Genetic Consortium for Liver Metastases. HPB (Oxford). 2019 11; 21(11):1527-1534. View in PubMed
  42. Masuda T, Margonis GA, Andreatos N, Wang J, Warner S, Mirza MB, Angelou A, Damaskos C, Garmpis N, Sasaki K, He J, Imai K, Yamashita YI, Wolfgang CL, Baba H, Weiss MJ. Combined Hepatic Resection and Radio-frequency Ablation for Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis: A Viable Option for Patients with a Large Number of Tumors. Anticancer Res. 2018 Nov; 38(11):6353-6360. View in PubMed
  43. Margonis GA, Sergentanis TN, Ntanasis-Stathopoulos I, Andreatos N, Tzanninis IG, Sasaki K, Psaltopoulou T, Wang J, Buettner S, Papalois ?E, He J, Wolfgang CL, Pawlik TM, Weiss MJ. Impact of Surgical Margin Width on Recurrence and Overall Survival Following R0 Hepatic Resection of Colorectal Metastases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Ann Surg. 2018 06; 267(6):1047-1055. View in PubMed
  44. Deshwar A, Margonis GA, Andreatos N, Barbon C, Wang J, Buettner S, Wagner D, Sasaki K, Beer A, Løes IM, Pikoulis E, Damaskos C, Garmpis N, Kamphues K, He J, Kaczirek K, Poultsides G, Lønning PE, Mischinger HJ, Aucejo FN, Kreis ME, Wolfgang CL, Weiss MJ. Double KRAS and BRAF Mutations in Surgically Treated Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: An International, Multi-institutional Case Series. Anticancer Res. 2018 05; 38(5):2891-2895. View in PubMed
  45. Wang J, Margonis GA, Amini N, Andreatos N, Yuan C, Damaskos C, Antoniou E, Garmpis N, Buettner S, Barbon C, Deshwar A, He J, Burkhart R, Pawlik TM, Wolfgang CL, Weiss MJ. The Prognostic Value of Varying Definitions of Positive Resection Margin in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases. J Gastrointest Surg. 2018 08; 22(8):1350-1357. View in PubMed
  46. Antoniou E, Andreatos N, Margonis GA, Papalois A, Wang J, Damaskos C, Garmpis N, Buettner S, Deshwar A, Pappas V, Weiss MJ, Pawlik TM, Pikoulis E. Systemic treatment and primary tumor location in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. J BUON. 2017 Nov-Dec; 22(6):1447-1456. View in PubMed
  47. Margonis GA, Buettner S, Andreatos N, Sasaki K, Pour MZ, Deshwar A, Wang J, Ghasebeh MA, Damaskos C, Rezaee N, Pawlik TM, Wolfgang CL, Kamel IR, Weiss MJ. Preoperative bevacizumab and volumetric recovery after resection of colorectal liver metastases. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Dec; 116(8):1150-1158. View in PubMed
  48. Sasaki K, Margonis GA, Maitani K, Andreatos N, Wang J, Pikoulis E, He J, Wolfgang CL, Weiss M, Pawlik TM. The Prognostic Impact of Determining Resection Margin Status for Multiple Colorectal Metastases According to the Margin of the Largest Lesion. Ann Surg Oncol. 2017 Sep; 24(9):2438-2446. View in PubMed
  49. Sasaki K, Margonis GA, Andreatos N, Zhang XF, Buettner S, Wang J, Deshwar A, He J, Wolfgang CL, Weiss M, Pawlik TM. The prognostic utility of the "Tumor Burden Score" based on preoperative radiographic features of colorectal liver metastases. J Surg Oncol. 2017 Sep; 116(4):515-523. View in PubMed
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