2024
Adjuvant imatinib in high‐risk resected gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Merely delaying the inevitable?
Sutton T, Billingsley K, Johnson A, Corless C, Blanke C, Heinrich M, Mayo S. Adjuvant imatinib in high‐risk resected gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Merely delaying the inevitable? Journal Of Surgical Oncology 2024, 130: 40-46. PMID: 38924626, DOI: 10.1002/jso.27654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumorsRecurrence-free survivalGastrointestinal stromal tumorsResected gastrointestinal stromal tumorsAdjuvant imatinibOverall survivalStromal tumorsAdjuvant therapyDuration of adjuvant imatinibBenefit of adjuvant therapyMonths of postsurgical follow-upMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelPostsurgical follow-upKaplan-Meier analysisCox proportional hazards modelsProportional hazards modelRadiographic recurrenceImatinib resistanceReviewed patientsFollow-upImatinibOncological treatmentCytocidal effectCancer CenterPatients
2010
Techniques and results of portal vein/superior mesenteric vein reconstruction using femoral and saphenous vein during pancreaticoduodenectomy
Lee D, Mitchell E, Jones M, Landry G, Liem T, Sheppard B, Billingsley K, Moneta G. Techniques and results of portal vein/superior mesenteric vein reconstruction using femoral and saphenous vein during pancreaticoduodenectomy. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2010, 51: 662-666. PMID: 20080375, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.09.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaEdemaEndosonographyFemoral VeinGraft Occlusion, VascularHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMesenteric VeinsMiddle AgedNeoplasm InvasivenessPancreatic NeoplasmsPancreaticoduodenectomyPortal VeinRegistriesReoperationSaphenous VeinTime FactorsTissue and Organ HarvestingTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeUltrasonography, Doppler, DuplexVascular PatencyVascular Surgical ProceduresConceptsPV/SMV reconstructionLower extremity edemaLower extremity veinsPostoperative wound problemsLate mortalityExtremity edemaFemoral veinExtremity veinsSaphenous veinWound problemsPreoperative imagingPortal veinPV/SMV invasionSuperior mesenteric vein invasionPreoperative computed tomography (CT) imagingPV/SMVVein harvest siteLower extremity complicationsKaplan-Meier analysisGreat saphenous veinMinor operative proceduresEndoscopic ultrasound scanSuperior mesenteric vein reconstructionComputed tomography (CT) imagingPatent reconstruction