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Aquina, Christopher, MD
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- Christopher T. Aquina, MD, MPH is an experienced surgeon with a special interest in advanced or metastatic cancers originating from the appendix, colon, rectum, small intestine, and peritoneal surface and is an expert in treatment methods such as cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross, Dr. Aquina earned his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He then completed a general surgery residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center where he also earned a Master's in Public Health degree and completed a clinical research fellowship at the Surgical Health Outcomes & Research Enterprise. He went on to complete a complex general surgical oncology fellowship at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and a colon and rectal surgery fellowship at AdventHealth Orlando. In addition to his clinical work, he is an accomplished researcher with a focus on variation in quality of cancer care delivery and outcomes. His work has resulted in numerous presentations at national and international research conferences, publications within prestigious peer-reviewed journals, and awards from multiple professional organizations, including the American College of Surgeons, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Society of Surgical Oncology, and the Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, running, hiking, and sports.
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Most Recent Publications
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2024From Clinical Trials to Practice: Anticipating and Overcoming Challenges in Implementing Watch-and-Wait for Rectal Cancer. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY.Full Text via DOI: 10.1200/JCO.23.01369 PMID: 38315943
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2024Practice Patterns for Organ Preservation in US Patients With Rectal Cancer, 2006-2020. JAMA ONCOLOGY. 10:79-86.Full Text via DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.4845 PMID: 37943566
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2023Impact of Incident Hospital-Acquired Geriatric Syndromes on Short-term Outcomes following Gastrointestinal Cancer Resection. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. S19-S20.
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2023Molecular Mechanism of Colorectal Peritoneal Metastasis: An Interesting TWIST. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. S28-S28.
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2022Social determinants of health Z-codes and postoperative outcomes after colorectal surgery: A national population-based study. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 224:1301-1307.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.06.012 PMID: 36031423
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2022Disparities in access to care among patients with appendiceal or colorectal cancer and peritoneal metastases: A medicare insurance-based study in the United States. FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 12.Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.970237 PMID: 36387266
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2022ASO Visual Abstract: Disparities in Care Access to Liver-Directed Therapy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-022-12652-4 PMID: 36220914
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2022Disparities in Care Access to Liver-Directed Therapy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-022-12513-0 PMID: 36149611
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2022An assessment of left-digit bias in the treatment of older patients with potentially curable rectal cancer. SURGERY. 172:851-858.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2022.04.038 PMID: 35843744
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2022Impact of Delay in Adjuvant Therapy for Gallbladder Adenocarcinoma.. Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.1190 PMID: 35666061
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2022Disparities in Care Access Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Appendiceal or Colorectal Cancer and Peritoneal Metastasis. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 517-518.
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2022Disparities in Care Access to Liver-directed Therapy Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 362-362.
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2022Liver-Directed Treatment Options Following Liver Tumor Recurrence: A Review of the Literature. FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY.Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.832405 PMID: 35174097
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2022A Scoping Review of the Classification, Diagnosis, and Management of Hepatic Adenomas. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-022-05246-8 PMID: 35083725
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2022Is robotic utilization associated with increased minimally invasive colorectal surgery rates? Surgeon-level evidence. SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00464-022-09023-1 PMID: 35024928
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2021Mediating Factors Between Race and Time to Treatment in Colorectal Cancer.. Diseases of the colon and rectum.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002214 PMID: 34933318
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2021Factors affecting short-term survival in patients older than 85 treated with resection for stage II and III colon cancer.. Surgery.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.10.020 PMID: 34838330
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2021Significant Variation in Blood Transfusion Practice Persists Following Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery. SPINE. 46:1588-1597.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004077 PMID: 33882540
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2021Is Textbook Oncologic Outcome a Valid Hospital-Quality Metric after High-Risk Surgical Oncology Procedures?. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 28:8028-8045.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-10478-0 PMID: 34392460
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2021Variation in outcomes across surgeons meeting the Leapfrog volume standard for complex oncologic surgery. CANCER. 127:4059-4071.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33766 PMID: 34292582
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2021National Trends in the Use of Neoadjuvant Therapy Before Cancer Surgery in the US From 2004 to 2016. JAMA NETWORK OPEN.Full Text via DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1031 PMID: 33688961
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2021The top 100 most disruptive publications in academic surgery journals: 1954-2014. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 614-617.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.07.037 PMID: 32829910
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2021One-year patient survival correlates with surgeon volume after elective open abdominal aortic surgery. JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY. 73:108-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.04.509 PMID: 32442607
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2020Cholangiocarcinoma: three different entities based on location. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE.Full Text via DOI: 10.21037/atm.2020.03.167 PMID: 32647663
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2020Variation in Adequate Lymph Node Yield for Gastric, Lung, and Bladder Cancer: Attributable to the Surgeon, Pathologist, or Hospital?. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 27:4093-4106.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-020-08509-3 PMID: 32378089
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2020ASO Author Reflections: Variation in Adequate Lymph Node Yield: Current Status and Where Do We Go from Here?. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 4107-4108.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-020-08545-z PMID: 32367499
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2020Centralizing Rectal Cancer Surgery: What Is the Impact of Travel on Patients?. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 63:319-325.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001581 PMID: 32045397
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2020Complications and Survivorship Trends After Primary Debulking Surgery for Ovarian Cancer. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH. 246:34-41.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.08.027 PMID: 31561176
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2020A Population-Based Study of 90-Day Hospital Cost and Utilization Associated With Robotic Surgery in Colon and Rectal Cancer. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH. 245:136-144.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.07.052 PMID: 31419638
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2020Allogeneic Leukocyte-Reduced Red Blood Cell Transfusion Is Associated with Postoperative Infectious Complications and Cancer Recurrence after Colon Cancer Resection. DIGESTIVE SURGERY. 37:163-170.Full Text via DOI: 10.1159/000498865 PMID: 30836367
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2020Do All Patients Require Resection After Successful Drainage of Diverticular Abscesses?. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 219-220.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-019-04396-6 PMID: 31529197
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2020Increasing Importance of Ethics in Surgical Decision Making.. Advances in surgery. 251-263.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2020.05.008 PMID: 32713434
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2020When a Patient Regrets Having Undergone a Carefully and Jointly Considered Treatment Plan, How Should Her Physician Respond?. AMA journal of ethics. E352-357.Full Text via DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.352 PMID: 32449649
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2019Hospital and surgeon variation in positive circumferential resection margin among rectal cancer patients. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 218:881-886.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.02.029 PMID: 30853095
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2019Treatments for Stage IV Colon Cancer and Overall Survival. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH. 242:47-54.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.04.034 PMID: 31071604
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2019Surgeon, Hospital, and Geographic Variation in Minimally Invasive Colectomy. ANNALS OF SURGERY. 269:1109-1116.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002694 PMID: 31082909
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2019Effect of care continuity on mortality of patients readmitted after colorectal surgery. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 106:636-644.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11078 PMID: 30706462
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2019Postoperative Mortality After Nonelective Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients in the Era of Biologics. ANNALS OF SURGERY. 269:686-691.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002628 PMID: 29232213
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2019Population-based study of outcomes following an initial acute diverticular abscess. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 106:467-476.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10982 PMID: 30335195
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2018Nationwide Heterogeneity in Hospital-Specific Probabilities of Rectal Cancer Understaging and Its Effects on Outcomes. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 25:2332-2339.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-018-6530-6 PMID: 29850952
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2018Extended-Duration Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Following Colorectal Surgery: Ready for Prime Time?. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 273-274.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001035 PMID: 29420420
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2018Reply to Letter to the Editor "30-day Readmission Following Operative Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction". ANNALS OF SURGERY. E57-E57.PMID: 28151794
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2018Patterns and Yearly Time Trends in the Use of Radiation Therapy During the Last 30 Days of Life Among Patients With Metastatic Rectal Cancer in the United States From 2004 to 2012. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE. 35:336-342.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1049909117706959 PMID: 28494653
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2018Who gets a pouch after colectomy in New York state and why?. SURGERY. 163:305-310.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.07.024 PMID: 29033223
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2018Trends in Surgeon-Level Utilization of Sacral Nerve Stimulator Implantation for Fecal Incontinence in New York State. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 61:107-114.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000941 PMID: 29215481
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2017Is the Distance Worth It? Patients With Rectal Cancer Traveling to High-Volume Centers Experience Improved Outcomes. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 60:1250-1259.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000924 PMID: 29112560
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2017ABO identical and washed blood transfusions as candidate strategies to reduce early mortality in acute promyelocytic leukemia. LEUKEMIA RESEARCH. 62:1-3.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2017.09.011 PMID: 28963906
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2017Long-term Deleterious Impact of Surgeon Care Fragmentation After Colorectal Surgery on Survival: Continuity of Care Continues to Count. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 60:1147-1154.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000919 PMID: 28991078
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2017Patient Perspectives on Transitions of Surgical Care: Examining the Complexities and Interdependencies of Care. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH. 27:1856-1869.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1049732317704406 PMID: 28936931
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2017Early and late outcomes with prolonged open chest management after cardiac surgery. JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. 154:915-922.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.03.143 PMID: 28579263
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2017Explaining variation in ventral and inguinal hernia repair outcomes: A population-based analysis. SURGERY. 162:628-639.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.03.013 PMID: 28528663
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2017A Comparison of Mortality Following Emergency Laparotomy Between Populations From New York State and England. ANNALS OF SURGERY. 266:280-286.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001964 PMID: 27548571
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2017A Population-Based Cohort Study of Emergency Appendectomy Performed in England and New York State. WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY. 41:1975-1984.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-3981-z PMID: 28299474
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2017Association Among Blood Transfusion, Sepsis, and Decreased Long-term Survival After Colon Cancer Resection. ANNALS OF SURGERY. 266:311-317.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001990 PMID: 27631770
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2017Outcomes for critical limb ischemia are driven by lower extremity revascularization volume, not distance to hospital. JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY. 66:476-+.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.01.062 PMID: 28408154
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2017Lymph node yield is an independent predictor of survival in rectal cancer regardless of receipt of neoadjuvant therapy. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY. 70:584-592.Full Text via DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2016-203995 PMID: 27932667
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2017Nonelective colon cancer resection: A continued public health concern. SURGERY. 161:1609-1618.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.01.001 PMID: 28237645
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2017Variation in Delayed Time to Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Disease-Specific Survival in Stage III Colon Cancer Patients. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 24:1610-1617.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-016-5622-4 PMID: 27738848
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2017Surgeon-, pathologist-, and hospital-level variation in suboptimal lymph node examination after colectomy: Compartmentalizing quality improvement strategies. SURGERY. 161:1299-1306.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.11.029 PMID: 28088321
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2017Emergent Colectomy Is Independently Associated with Decreased Long-Term Overall Survival in Colon Cancer Patients. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 21:543-553.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-017-3355-8 PMID: 28083841
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2017The impact of age on complications, survival, and cause of death following colon cancer surgery. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 116:389-397.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2016.421 PMID: 28056465
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2017Improved outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia patients treated with washed transfusions. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY. E8-E9.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24585 PMID: 27761917
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2017Poor Compliance With Adjuvant Chemotherapy Use Associated With Poorer Survival in Patients With Rectal Cancer: An NCDB Analysis. CANCER. 123:52-61.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30261 PMID: 27560162
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2017Who Should Manage Patients with Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction?. Advances in surgery. 125-140.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.yasu.2017.03.010 PMID: 28797335
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2016Variation in Hospital-Specific Rates of Suboptimal Lymphadenectomy and Survival in Colon Cancer: Evidence from the National Cancer Data Base. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 23:S674-S683.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-016-5551-2 PMID: 27613558
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2016The impact of surgeon volume on colostomy reversal outcomes after Hartmann's procedure for diverticulitis. SURGERY. 160:1309-1317.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.05.008 PMID: 27395762
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2016Blood Products in Elective Colorectal Surgery Reply. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. E436-E437.PMID: 27602935
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2016Preoperative Blood Ordering Protocol for Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Call to Adjust the Perioperative Blood Transfusion Reply. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. E440-E440.PMID: 27602941
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2016Patients With Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction Should Be Primarily Managed by a Surgical Team. ANNALS OF SURGERY. 264:437-447.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001861 PMID: 27433901
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2016Missed Opportunity: Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection Is Associated With Lower Incidence of Small Bowel Obstruction Compared to an Open Approach. ANNALS OF SURGERY. 264:127-134.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001389 PMID: 26421688
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2016Evaluating the Prognostic Role of Elevated Preoperative Carcinoembryonic Antigen Levels in Colon Cancer Patients: Results from the National Cancer Database. ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 23:1554-1561.Full Text via DOI: 10.1245/s10434-015-5014-1 PMID: 26759308
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2016Large Variation in Blood Transfusion Use After Colorectal Resection: A Call to Action. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 59:411-418.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000588 PMID: 27050603
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2016Readmissions After Colectomy: The Upstate New York Surgical Quality Initiative Experience. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 59:419-425.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000566 PMID: 27050604
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2016High Variability in Nosocomial Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Across Hospitals After Colorectal Resection. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 59:323-331.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000539 PMID: 26953991
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2016High volume improves outcomes: The argument for centralization of rectal cancer surgery. SURGERY. 159:736-748.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.09.021 PMID: 26576696
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2016Reply to: "Groin hernia repair, surgeon volume and patient reported outcome measures (PROMs)". SURGERY. 980-980.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.10.023 PMID: 26584853
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2016Risk Factors for Postdischarge Venothromboembolism After Colorectal Resection. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 59:224-229.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000529 PMID: 26855397
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2016Watch and Wait?-Elevated Pretreatment CEA Is Associated with Decreased Pathological Complete Response in Rectal Cancer. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 20:43-52.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-015-2987-9 PMID: 26546119
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2015Significant Variation in Blood Transfusion Practice Persists following Upper GI Cancer Resection. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 19:1927-1937.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-015-2903-3 PMID: 26264360
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2015Opportunity lost: Adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with stage III colon cancer remains underused. SURGERY. 158:692-699.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.057 PMID: 26032822
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2015The pitfalls of inguinal herniorrhaphy: Surgeon volume matters. SURGERY. 158:736-746.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.058 PMID: 26036880
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2015Extended Intervals after Neoadjuvant Therapy in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer: The Key to Improved Tumor Response and Potential Organ Preservation. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. 221:430-440.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.04.010 PMID: 26206642
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2015Timing of Discharge: a Key to Understanding the Reason for Readmission after Colorectal Surgery. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 19:418-427.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2718-7 PMID: 25519081
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2015Visceral Obesity, Not Elevated BMI, Is Strongly Associated With Incisional Hernia After Colorectal Surgery. DISEASES OF THE COLON & RECTUM. 58:220-227.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000261 PMID: 25585081
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2015Surgeon Volume Plays a Significant Role in Outcomes and Cost Following Open Incisional Hernia Repair. JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY. 19:100-110.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2627-9 PMID: 25118644
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2014Disease Severity, Not Operative Approach, Drives Organ Space Infection After Pediatric Appendectomy. ANNALS OF SURGERY. 260:466-473.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000874 PMID: 25115422
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2014Parastomal Hernia: A Growing Problem with New Solutions. DIGESTIVE SURGERY. 366-376.Full Text via DOI: 10.1159/000369279 PMID: 25531238
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2010Evaluating Degradation with Fragment Formation of Prehospital Succinylcholine by Mass Spectrometry. ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE. 17:631-637.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00766.x PMID: 20624143
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2009OxyContin (R) Abuse and Overdose. POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE. 121:163-167.PMID: 19332974
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2008Rhenium(I) compounds bound by tripodal ligands of pyridine and N-methylimidazole. DALTON TRANSACTIONS. 3605-3609.Full Text via DOI: 10.1039/b802170h PMID: 18594710
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- Christopher Aquina, MD
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- Research.Institute@AdventHealth.com