50 Landmark Papers Every Acute Care Surgeon Should Know

Stephen M. Cohn, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, Nutley, New Jersey, USA Peter Rhee, MD, MPH, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, USA

Section One: Esophageal, Gastri, and Duodenal. 1. Perforated Peptic Ulcer. 2. Paraesophageal Hernia. 3. Esophageal Perforation. Section Two: Intestinal. 4. Small Bowel Obstruction. 5. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. 6. Adult Intussupsception. 7. Enterocutaneous Fistulas. 8. Acute Mesenteric Ischemia. 9. Appendicitis. 10. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding. 11. Acute Diverticulitis. 12. Large Bowel Obstruction Management. 13. Ogilvie Syndrome or Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction. 14. Colonic Volvulus. 15. Clostridium difficile Infection. Section Three: Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic. 16. Acute Choleycystitis. 17. Acute Cholangitis. 18. Acute Panreatitis. 19. Pancreatic Pseudocyst. 20. Hepatic Abscess. 21. Cirrhosis in Surgery. Section Four: Anorectal. 22. Management of Internal Hemorrhoids. 23. Fissure-in-Ano and Fistula-in-Ano. 24. Anorectal Infections and Abscesses. 25. Pilonidal Abscess. Section Five: General Surgery Consultations. 26. Incarcerated Inguinal Hernias. 27. Incisioinal Hernias: When Do They Occur? 28. Emergency Abdominal Surgery in the Transplant Population. 29. Thoracic and Chest Disease. 30. Complications of Bariatric Surgery. 31. Burns. 32. Urologic or Gynecological Surgery. 33. Pregnancy. Section Six: Miscellaneous. 34. Cellulitis and Superficial Abscess. 35. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infection (NSTI). 36. Diabetic Foot Infection. 37. Surgical-Site Infections. 38. Snake Envenomation. 39. Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. 40. Global Surgery. Section Seven: Surgical Intensive Care Unit. 41. Early versus Late Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Adults. 42. Sepsis. 43. Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. 44. Delirium. 45. Prevention of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections. 46. A Comparison of Low-Dose Heparin with Low-Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH) as Prophylaxis against Venous Thromboembolism after Major Trauma. 47. Pulmonary Embolism. 48. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. 49. End-of-Life Issues. 50. Alcohol Withdrawal.