Publications by authors named "J D Ellenhorn"
We aim to investigate the correlation between perioperative blood transfusion and postoperative ileus in patients who have undergone minimally invasive elective colectomy for cancer. This is a retrospective study using the 2016-2020 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) database. Patients with colon cancer who underwent elective laparoscopic or robotic colectomy were selected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough the addition of an ileostomy to low anterior resection (LAR) may often be considered preventative of anastomotic leakage (AL), evidence that clearly demonstrates such benefit is lacking. This study aimed to identify the impact of adding an ileostomy upon AL and organ-space surgical site infection (SSI) rates in patients with lower, middle, or upper rectal cancer. This case-control study included rectal cancer patients who had undergone elective LAR in the American College of Surgeons-National Surgical Quality Improvement Program dataset between 2016 and 2022.
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- Mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) of the pancreas is characterized by ovarian-type stroma, and this study investigates clinical factors predicting malignant transformation prior to surgery.
- A meta-analysis reviewed 17 studies involving 1058 patients, revealing a mean patient age of 48.2 years, predominantly female (96%), with abdominal pain as the primary symptom in over half of the cases.
- Results indicated that the presence of mural nodules significantly increases the risk of invasive cancer, while factors like intramural calcifications or elevated serum CA 19-9 levels did not effectively predict malignancy.
Background And Objectives: It is unknown how patients with locally advanced rectal cancer with significant response to preoperative radiotherapy/chemoradiotherapy fare relative to patients with true pathologic 0-1 disease undergoing upfront surgery. We aimed to determine whether survival is improved in locally advanced rectal cancer downstaged to pathologic stage 0-1 disease compared to true pathologic stage 0-1 tumors.
Methods: A retrospective review of the National Cancer Database between 2004 and 2016 was conducted.