Submissions from 2021
Differences in Clinical and Functional Outcomes Between Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation and Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation when Used in the Treatment of Focal Grade 3 and Grade 4 Articular Cartilage Defects, Daniel Abraham, Joseph Brutico, Kashyap Chauhan, Anant Dixit, Fotios Tjoumakaris, Brad Tucker, and Kevin Freedman
Health disparities among pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19 in Philadelphia, Vasundhara Acharya; Emily Oliver, MBBS; Danielle Tsevat, MD; Guillermo Gurza, MD; and Rupsa Boelig, MD
A Comparative Analysis of Anterior & Lateral Cranial Base CSF Leaks, Rahul Alapati; Glen D. Souza, MD; Prachi Patel; Chandala Chitguppi, MD; Rashiqah Syed; Tawfiq Khoury, MD; Mindy R. Rabinowitz, MD; Christopher J. Farrell, MD; Elina Toskala, MD, PhD; Marc R. Rosen, MD; James J. Evans, MD; and Gurston Nyquist, MD
Risk Factors and Effect of Acute Kidney Injury on Outcomes Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty, Zachary S. Aman, Michael Yayac, Alexander J. Rondon, Timothy L. Tan, P. Maxwell Courtney, and James J. Purtill
Incidence of marginal ulceration following primary versus revisional Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: A Multi-Center Retrospective, Brigitte Anderson; Talar Tatarian, MD; and Alec Beekley, MD
Evaluation of Arthroscopic Repair to Pan-Labral Lesions of the Glenoid: A Retrospective Review of Patient Outcomes Over a Ten-Year Period and Matched Cohort Analysis, Julien Aoyama; Joseph Schmitz; Christopher Hadley; Meghan Bishop, MD; Brandon Erickson, MD; and Sommer Hammoud, MD
The Prevalence of Orally Administered Glucocorticoids, Generalized Pustular Psoriasis and Erythrodermic Psoriasis in the Treatment of Adult Plaque Psoriasis Provided by U.S. Dermatologists, Katherine Awh, Kumar Nasham, Christian Albornoz, Steven Feldman, and Anthony Albornoz
Correlates of REM Sleep without Atonia in Dream Enactment Behavior Associated with Parkinson’s Disease, Nisha Bagchi, Ritu Grewal, Abigail Quintos, and Rohin Saroya
The Effect of Medical Nutrition Therapy on Weight Loss, Ayesha Baig, Hannah Kostan, and Cynthia Cheng
Deep Supratentorial Extension is Associated with Poor Clinical Outcomes After Glioblastoma Resection, Adam Barsouk, Michael P. Baldassari, Omaditya Khanna, Donald Ye, Erica Cunningham, Christopher Farrell, David Andrews, James Evans, and Kevin Judy
Characterizing the timeline of drug resistant epilepsy surgery., Nicole Belliard Martuscelli, Caio Matias, and Ashwini Sharan
Impact of COVID-19 on Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder’s access to Services and Substance use, Camryn Bernheimer and Lara Weinstein, MD
Characterizing the Anesthetic Management of Patients Undergoing Transradial Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Interventions: A Single-Institution Study, Steven Bieser, Somnath Das, Lohit Velagapudi, Heli Patel, Joshua Weinberg, Lisa Moss, Marguerite Davis, Nicholas Ruggiero, Pascal Jabbour, and Victor Romo
Does Prior Acromioplasty Increase the Incidence of Acromial Fracture Following Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty? A Retrospective Matched Cohort Analysis, Olivia Blaber; Brandon J. Erickson, MD; and Christopher Hadley
The Role of Toll-Like Receptor 4 in the Progression of Keloids, Madison Brandes, Nishi Srivastava, and Neda Nikbakht
Clinical Outcomes Following Lumbar Fusion in Patients With and Without a History of Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy, Jake Budlow, Ellina Hattar, Heli Patel, Thiago S. Montenegro, Glenn A. Gonzalez, Garrett Largoza, Christopher Elia, Caio M. Matias, Chengyuan Wu, Ashwini D. Sharan, and James S. Harrop
Likelihood of Germline Mutation with Solitary Unilateral Retinoblastoma Based on Patient Age at Presentation. A Real-World Analysis of 482 Consecutive Patients., Martin Calotti; Carol L. Shields, MD; Philip Dockery, MD, MPH; Megan Ruben; Antonio Yaghy, MD; Madalyne A. Sunday; Emily R. Duffner; Hannah J. Levin; Olivia S. Taylor; Sara E. Lally, MD; and Jerry A. Shields, MD
Predictors and Characteristics of Rib Fracture Following SBRT for Lung Tumors, Michael P. Carducci; Baskaran Sundaram, MD; Benjamin Greenberger, MD; Maria Werner-Wasik, MD; and Gregory C. Kane, MD
Appropriate ECMO Screening Protocols for Critically Ill Patients During COVID-19, Hudson Carter and Michael Baram, MD
Comparison of endovascular therapy versus medical therapy in the management of descending thoracic aortic dissection, Eli Cehelyk and Babak Abai, MD
Using SILAC-based proteomics to investigate pathogenic mechanisms in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy, Debotri Chatterjee
Effects of Intravenous Iron Versus Oral Iron for Treatment of Anemia in Pregnancy on Maternal and Fetal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Sarah Chen; Julia Burd, MD; and Rupsa Boelig, MD
Effect of Recipient Diabetes Status on Immune Rejection after Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty, Elliot Cherkas, Zeba Syed, and Michael Sulewski
Angiogram Negative Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Incidence, Outcomes, and Predisposition, Victoria Coaxum; Ahmad Sweid, MD; Julie Barbera; Nicolas Nelson; Grace Severance; Angelo d'Antonio-Bertagnolli; and Manan Parekh
Real-time baseline coagulation profiles using ROTEM in patients undergoing liver transplantation, Paul Del Prato and Uzung Yoon, MD
Celiac Disease: Clinical-Pathological Correlation in 100 Consecutive Patients, Michael J. DiMarino; Sidney Cohen, MD; Stephanie Moleski, MD; Christopher Cao, MD; Michael C. DiMarino, MD; and Anthony DiMarino, MD
The Use of Imiquimod for the Treatment of EMPD from the Patients’ Perspective, Darren D'Mello and Paul Chung, MD
Primary Care Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening, Benjamin Espenhorst; Grant Gillan; and Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
Reduced Recovery Times with Total Intravenous Anesthesia in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Leonard Estephan, Matthew Stewart, Maurits Boon, and Colin Huntley
Comparative Observational Study for Bifurcating aneurysm treatment; open versus endovascular approaches and classical versus new techniques., Samuel Fallon; Ahmad Sweid, MD; Nikolaos Mouchtouris, MD; Michael Reid Gooch, MD; and Pascal Jabbour, MD
Acute Depression and Anxiety Symptoms following Concussion in an Adolescent Outpatient Population, Ari M. Fish; Julia Vanni; Kristy Arbogast, PhD; Catherine C. McDonald, PhD, RN; and Christina Master, MD, CAQSM
Success of Preoperative Radiotherapy in Inflammatory Breast Cancer with Inadequate Response to Taxane-Based Chemotherapies, Paul Forrest; Christian Fernandez, MD; Ayesha Ali, MD; Ryan C. Miller, MD; Rebecca J. Jaslow, MD; Melissa A. Lazar, MD; Pramila R. Anne, MD; Adam C. Berger, MD; Massimo Cristofanilli, MD; and Nicole L Simone, MD
Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures in Patients Over 80 Years of Age: Functional Outcomes After Open Reduction and Internal Fixation versus Nonoperative Treatment, Robert Gallivan; Lili E. Schindelar, MD, MPH; Richard McEntee; and Pedro K. Beredjiklian, MD
Assessment of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Lymphoma, Christopher A. Gardner; Xiangyun Ye; Catherine Tucker, MD; Austin Redilla; Guldeep Uppal, MD; and Adam F. Binder
Return to Play Criteria Following Operative Management of Acromioclavicular Joint Separation: A Systematic Review, Richard J. Gawel; Taylor D'Amore, MD; Peters Otlans, MD; Somnath Rao; Steven B. Cohen, MD; and Michael G. Ciccotti, MD
The Use of Advanced Ultrasound Techniques for the Evaluation of Uterine Fibroids pre and post Uterine Artery Embolization, Kathleen Gillmore, Priscilla Machado, Alison Tan, Carin F Gonsalves, and Flemming Forsberg
A Virtual Educational Intervention Addressing Weight Bias in Medical Students, Gina Goldberg and Joseph Majdan, MD
Transradial approach for diagnostic cerebral angiograms in the elderly: a comparative observational study, Cannon Greco Hiranaka, Ahmad Sweid, Somnath Das, Joshua H. Weinberg, Kareem El Naamani, Julie Kim, Darcy Curtis, Daniel Joffe, Darshana Vijaywargiya, Chrissa Sioka, Mazen Oneissi, Abdel Hadi El Hajjar, Michael Reid Gooch, Nabeel Herial, Stavropoula I. Tjoumakaris, Robert H. Rosenwasswer, and Pascal Jabbour
Patient and renal allograft outcomes of anticoagulation therapy in kidney transplantation, Rachel Greene and Goni Katz-Greenberg, MD
Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on blood pressure in obstructive sleep apnea, Amy He; Dani Yellanki; Grace Severance; Peter Zhang; Zachary Feuer; Natali Salinas; and Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
Using RNA-seq to Identify Biomarkers for Guanylyl Cyclase C Activity, Gerard Hoeltzel and Scott Waldman, MD, PhD
Factors influencing efficacy and satisfaction in prenatal counseling for families with single ventricle heart disease, Taylor Hartzel Houlihan and Jack Rychik, MD
A Single Academic Center's Experience with Direct Access Colonoscopy, Rachel Israilevich; Mary White; Sophia Lam; Benjamin Chipkin; and David Kastenberg, MD
Translation of EphB2 in PKCgamma and Calretinin Interneuron Subpopulations After Spinal Cord Injury, David A. Jaffe, Nicolette Heinsinger, and Angelo Lepore
Outcomes of Surgical Treatment for Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Diana C. Jiminez; Thomas J. O'Malley, MD; Abhiraj Saxena; Matthew P. Weber; Louis E. Samuels; John W. Entwistle; T. Sloane Guy; H. Todd Massey; Rohinton Morris; and Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili
Evaluating the Efficacy of Telestroke Intervention on Stroke Care in a Large Hospital Network, Daniel Joffe, Ahmad Sweid, Daniel Moylan, Charles Morse, Michael Knapp, and Pascal Jabbour
Endovascular Intervention for Tracheo-Innominate Fistula: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Andrew M. Jordan, Thomas J. O'Malley, Kyle W. Prochno, Abhiraj Saxena, Elizabeth Maynes, Brandon Ferrell, T. Sloane Guy, John W. Entwistle, H. Todd Massey, Rohinton J. Morris, Babak Abai, and Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili
Adverse Events Following Screening Eye Examinations for Retinopathy of Prematurity in Premature Infants, Aditi Kale, Pedro Urday, and Zubair H. Aghai
Expanding the Whipple Accelerated Recovery Pathway (WARP) To All Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), Taylor R. Kavanagh, Clifford Yudkoff, Ava Torjani, Geoffrey W. Krampitz, Wilbur Bowne, Hamza Rshaidat, Cyrus J. Sholevar, Alexandra C. Leto, William Preston, Elwin Tham, Mandeep Shergill, Shawnna Cannaday, Theresa Yeo, Harish Lavu, and Charles J. Yeo
CNS derived Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers in Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Anshel Kenkare and Abdolmohamad Rostami
Investigation of the Reciprocal Relationship Between C7, TSP1, and TGF-β Activation in Normal Fibroblasts, Alicia Kenyon and Andrew South, PhD
Cryo vs RF p-wave Characteristics Comparative Analysis, Waleed Khan, Behzad Pavri, and John Schanz
Coronary Artery Disease and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Clinical Correlation Using CT Coronary Calcium Scans, Richard S. Kirby and Dina Halegoua-De Marzio
Anatomic location and mortality of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: A single institution study, Sophia Lam, Randi Zukas, Ida Micaily, and Atrayee Basu Mallick
Radiographic Results of Expandable Interbody Devices, Jonathan Ledesma; Mark Kurd, MD; Kris Radcliff, MD; and D. Greg Anderson, MD
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of SGLT-2 Inhibitors on Serum Electrolytes, Mark Leibensperger; Jingjing Zhang, MD, PhD; and Yonghong Huan, MD
Assessment of Hyperfibrinolysis in Liver Transplantation Surgery as Measured by Rotational Thromboelastometry, Ryan Madsen, Uzung Yoon, and Marc Torjman
Effect of Palmitic Acid on B2 Receptor Expression In Airway Smooth Muscle Cells, John Magagna, Deepak A. Deshpande, and Ajay P. Nayak
Antithrombotic Choice and Timing in Patients Presenting with Symptomatic Hemorrhagic Conversion of Ischemic Stroke, Joshua Margolis; Robin Dharia, MD; and Judy Diep, MD
Impact of Medical Nutrition Therapy on Blood Pressure, Connor McElwee; Jessica Vitale; and Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
Evaluation of Firearm Suicide among Patients Treated across the Jefferson Enterprise, Connor McPartland; Allegra Bermudez; and Stanton B. Miller, MD, MPH, FACS
Establishing the Relationship Between Mendelian NAFLD and Skin Pathology, Anthony Medvedev; Hassan Vahidnezhad, PhD; Leila Youssefian, PhD; and Jouni Uitto, MD, PhD
Impact of a multidisciplinary group on management of patent foramen ovale in cryptogenic stroke and outcome measures: A retrospective study, Laura Meissner and Diana L. Tzeng, MD
Assessment of Treatment Response of Keloid Patients, Mary Metkus; Rachel Zachian; John Bruckbauer; and Neda Nikbakht, MD, PhD
Evaluating the Effect of Telestroke Intervention on Patient Treatment and Outcomes, Charles Morse, Daniel Moylan, Daniel Joffe, Michael Knapp, and Ahmad Sweid
Evaluating the Efficacy of Telestroke Intervention in a Large Community Hospital Network, Daniel Moylan, Daniel Joffe, Charles Morse, Michael Knapp, Ahmad Sweid, and Pascal Jabbour
Assessing the utilization and effectiveness of pediatric order sets in HPV vaccine administration in a large urban family medicine practice, Lakshmi Narayanam and Krys Foster, MD, MPH
Procedural and Clinical Outcomes of Transitioning to High Power Short Duration Guided Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation, Zachary Pang; Sean J. Dikdan; Joey Junarta; Sairamya Bodempudi; Naman Upadhyay, MD; and Daniel R. Frisch
Effectiveness of Nutritional Counseling and VLCD (very low calorie diet) for Weight Loss and Metabolic Syndromeketav., Ketav Patel; Ayesha Baig; Connor McElwee; Jessica Vitale; and Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
Short term response to trigger finger injections, Neil Patel, Richard McEntee, and Daniel Seigerman
ABCD progression post crosslinking for Keratoconus, Sonali Patel, Neil Vadhar, and Zeba Syed
Role of IL-6 in Uremia-Induced Muscle Dysfunction, Taylor Penzel and Maria P. Martinez Cantarin
Evaluating the accuracy and use of continuous glucose monitoring in hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Caroline Purcell and Jeffrey I. Joseph, DO
Total Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Prior Meniscus Surgery: A Matched Case Control Study, Lasya Rangavajjula; Steven B. Cohen, MD; Meghan E. Bishop, MD; Shyam Brahmabhatt, MD; Michael G. Ciccotti, MD; Ashley Bassett, MD; and Christopher Hadley
Assessment of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Core Needle Biopsies in the Diagnosis of Lymphoma, Austin Redilla; George Ye; Catherine Tucker, MD; Christopher Gardner; Guldeep Uppal, MD; and Adam F. Binder, MD
Reliability of Surgical Margin Labels Using 3D Radiographic Software, Heather Ross; Raphael Banoub, MD; Brian Swendseid, MD; and Joseph Curry, MD
Tumor Doubling Time of Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors Measured by CT, Douglas Russ; Julie Barta, MD; Nathaniel R. Evans, MD; Robert T. Stapp, DO; and Gregory C. Kane, MD
Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Cardiovascular Risk in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Natali Salinas; Amy He; Dani Yellanki; Peter Zhang; Grace Severance; Zachary Feuer; and Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
Investigation of Medication Adherence and Rejection in Liver Transplant for Cystic Fibrosis (CF), Lucia Sanchez; Elizabeth Rand, MD; and Phoebe Wood
Assessing Patient Satisfaction and Confidence After Use of Educational Video to Augment Surgical Consent for Thyroid Surgery, Michelle Schafer, Katie Holland, Alexander Duffy, Kelley Yuan, Marisa Wu, Raphael Banoub, and Elizabeth Cottrill
NCCN Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer- Long-term Outcomes of Active Surveillance Compared to Active Treatment, A Population-Based Analysis, Adam Schneider, Thenappan Chandrasekar, Nicholas Bowler, Hanan Goldberg, James R. Mark, Edouard J. Trabulsi, Costas D. Lallas, and Leonard G. Gomella
Evaluating Barriers to Clinical Trial Enrollment in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, Gregory Schneider; Emily Sagalow; Kealan Hobelmann, MD; Richard Goldman, MD; David Cognetti, MD; Joseph M. Curry, MD; and Adam Luginbuhl, MD
Factors Influencing General Surgeons To Involve Urologists In Bladder Trauma Management, Joseph Schultz and Paul Chung, MD
Chronic Kidney Disease is Associated with Mortality from COVID-19 During Hospitalization in Male vs. Female Adults, Katherine Senter and Jingjing Zhang
Continuous positive airway pressure therapy effects on lipid and hepatic function test values, Grace Severance; Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD; Amy He; Peter Zhang; Dani Yellanki; Zachary Feuer; Olivia Taylor; and Natali Salinas
Outcomes Following Open Reduction and Internal Fixation for Distal Humerus Fracture: Does Handedness Matter?, Charlotte N. Shields; Joseph R. Johnson; Jack M. Haglin; Sanjit R. Konda, MD; and Kenneth A. Egol, MD
Timing of Preoperative Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prior to One-to-Three Level Elective Lumbar Fusion, Akash Singh; Gregory Schroeder, MD; Jose Canseco, MD; Alexander Vaccaro, MD; Parthik Patel, MD; and Ariana Reyes, MD
Identifying the Roadblocks to Successful Pediatric Imaging Without Sedation or Anesthesia, Iman Soliman; Ammie M. White, MD; J. Christopher Edgar, PhD; Laura Cadge, CCLS; Margaret Hamel-Daymon, CRNP; Sandra Saade-Lemus, MD; Rochelle Bagatell, MD; Elizabeth T. Drum, MD; and Lisa States, MD
Otologic opioid usage and pain control in the postoperative period, Matthew Stewart; Eric Mastrolonardo; Joann Butkus; Raphael Banoub, MD; Tingting Zhan, PhD; Sophia Dang, MD; David Cognetti, MD; Rebecca Chiffer, MD; and Thomas Wilcox, MD
Effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) sleep apnea treatment on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cardiovascular risk, Olivia Taylor and Cynthia Cheng, MD, PhD
Development of a method using retrograde neuronal tracers to neuroanatomically characterize respiratory neural circuitry, Samantha Thomas and Angelo Lepore
The Psychosocial Impact of Penile Implant Treatment, Taylor Tidwell and Paul Chung, MD
Expanding the Whipple Accelerated Recovery Pathway (WARP) to All Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), Ava Torjani, Clifford Yudkoff, Taylor R. Kavanagh, Wilbur Bowne, Geoffrey Krampitz, Hamza Rshaidat, Cyrus J. Sholevar, Alexandra C. Leto, William Preston, Elwin Tham, Mandeep Shergill, Shawnna Cannaday, Theresa Yeo, Harish Lavu, and Charles J. Yeo
Cardiac Arrest Clinical Outcomes in Patients Presenting with Opioid Overdose, Andrew Toron; Morgan Hutchinson, MD; and David Gaieski
IFN-γ/IL-27 axis induces PD-L1 expression in monocyte-derived dendritic cells and restores immune tolerance in CNS autoimmunity, Asrita Vattikonda, Giacomo Casella, Javad Rasouli, Rodolfo Thome, Hélène C. Descamps, Larissa Ishikawa, Alexandra Boehm, Daniel Hwang, Weifeng Zhang, Dan Xiao, Jeongho Park, Guang-Xian Zhang, Jorge I. Alvarez, Abdolmohamad Rostami, and Bogoljub Ciric
Contrast-Enhanced Endoscopic Ultrasound for Identification of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Esophageal Cancer, Bethanne Venkatesan; Ji-Bin Liu, MD; John R. Eisenbrey, PhD; Sriharsha Gummadi, MD; Thomas Kowalski, MD; Robert Coben, MD; Flemming Forsberg, PhD; Corinne Wessner; Priscilla Machado, MD; and David Loren, MD
Effectiveness of a Primary Care Nutrition Education/VLCD Diet Program, Jessica Vitale, Ayesha Baig, Steven Chang, Hannah Kostan, Connor McElwee, Ketav Patel, and Cindy Cheng
The Impact of Patient Characteristics on Quality of Life in Keloid Patients, Jonathan Wang, Romsin Zaya, Rachel Zachian, Mary Metkus, and Neda Nikbakht
Efficacy of an Appointment Specialist in Reducing Loss to Follow Up in a Retina Practice, Turner D. Wibbelsman; Michael Ammar, MD; Anthony Obeid, MD, MPH; and Jason Hsu, MD
Peri-Operative Urodynamic Assessment has Poor Predictive Value for Developing Post-Operative Urinary Retention, Baylor Wickes; Robert Pivec, MD; and Mathew S. Austin, MD
