2022
Do Cultures From Percutaneously Drained Intra-abdominal Abscesses Change Treatment? A Retrospective Review
Esposito A, Zhang Y, Nagarkatti N, Laird W, Coppersmith N, Reddy V, Leeds I, Mongiu A, Longo W, Hao R, Pantel H. Do Cultures From Percutaneously Drained Intra-abdominal Abscesses Change Treatment? A Retrospective Review. Diseases Of The Colon & Rectum 2022, 66: 451-457. PMID: 36538708, DOI: 10.1097/dcr.0000000000002644.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntra-abdominal abscessPercutaneous drainAntimicrobial therapyLos pacientesAbdominal abscessSingle university-affiliated institutionRetrospective medical record reviewEmpiric antibiotic regimensSolid organ transplantsMedical record reviewUniversity-affiliated institutionCulture dataAntibiotic coursesAbdominal infectionAntibiotic regimensActive smokersMedian ageActive chemotherapyRecord reviewEvidence-based practiceMedian lengthUtility of cultureFemale sexIntraoperative culturesInclusion criteria
2010
Reconstruction of late‐onset transplant ureteral stricture disease
Helfand BT, Newman JP, Mongiu AK, Modi P, Meeks JJ, Gonzalez CM. Reconstruction of late‐onset transplant ureteral stricture disease. BJU International 2010, 107: 982-987. PMID: 20825404, DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2010.09559.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransplant ureteral stricturesUreteral strictureGraft failureImmunosuppressive drug regimenKidney-pancreas transplantationStable allograft functionBaseline clinical characteristicsSerum creatinine levelsUrinary tract infectionLarge patient cohortUreteral stricture diseaseTime of reconstructionAllograft functionPostoperative complicationsRenal transplantationClinical characteristicsCreatinine levelsDrug regimenTract infectionsBalloon dilationMedian ageRepeat dilationStricture recurrenceSurgical managementOpen reconstruction