2024
Practice Patterns and Trends in the Surgical Management of Mismatch Repair Deficient Colon Cancer
Gupta P, Zhan P, Leeds I, Mongiu A, Reddy V, Pantel H. Practice Patterns and Trends in the Surgical Management of Mismatch Repair Deficient Colon Cancer. Journal Of Surgical Research 2024, 304: 371-382. PMID: 39615154, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.10.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLynch syndromePractice patternsCancers associated with Lynch syndromeColorectal cancerColon cancerNonmetastatic colorectal cancerDiagnosed CRC patientsMismatch repairDetect mismatch repairSurgical managementMMR-DMMR testingCRC patientsSurgical practice patternsAssociated with decreased ratesBlack raceRate of extended resectionDNA mismatch repairMismatch repair-proficient tumorsNational Cancer DatabaseNonmetastatic CRC patientsColon cancer patientsGermline mutationsCancer patientsTreatment decisions
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