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Is the decline in the surgical treatment for diverticulitis associated with an increase in complicated diverticulitis?

Ricciardi R, Baxter NN, Read TE, Marcello PW, Hall J, Roberts PL.

Dis Colon Rectum. 2009 Sep;52(9):1558-63.PMID: 19690482 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Influence of delays to nonemergent colon cancer surgery on operative mortality, disease-specific survival and overall survival.

Simunovic M, Rempel E, Thériault ME, Baxter NN, Virnig BA, Meropol NJ, Levine MN.

Can J Surg. 2009 Aug;52(4):E79-E86.PMID: 19680502 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articlesFree article

Developing a research agenda for the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons: results of a delphi approach.

Burt CG, Cima RR, Koltun WA, Littlejohn CE, Ricciardi R, Temple LK, Rothenberger DA, Baxter NN.

Dis Colon Rectum. 2009 May;52(5):898-905.PMID: 19502854 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Knowledge translation research: a review and new concepts from a surgical case study.

Simunovic M, Baxter NN.

Surgery. 2009 Jun;145(6):639-44. Epub 2009 Apr 28. No abstract available. PMID: 19486766 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk of dementia in older breast cancer survivors: a population-based cohort study of the association with adjuvant chemotherapy.

Baxter NN, Durham SB, Phillips KA, Habermann EB, Virning BA.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Mar;57(3):403-11.PMID: 19278395 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile colitis in hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.

Ricciardi R, Ogilvie JW Jr, Roberts PL, Marcello PW, Concannon TW, Baxter NN.

Dis Colon Rectum. 2009 Jan;52(1):40-5.PMID: 19273954 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A matter of race: early-versus late-stage cancer diagnosis.

Virnig BA, Baxter NN, Habermann EB, Feldman RD, Bradley CJ.

Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Jan-Feb;28(1):160-8.PMID: 19124866 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of colonoscopy and death from colorectal cancer.

Baxter NN, Goldwasser MA, Paszat LF, Saskin R, Urbach DR, Rabeneck L.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jan 6;150(1):1-8. Epub 2008 Dec 15.PMID: 19075198 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Is lymph node count an ideal quality indicator for cancer care?

Baxter NN.

J Surg Oncol. 2009 Mar 15;99(4):265-8. Review.PMID: 19025779 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The development of a novel intracolonic occlusion balloon for transcolonic natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: description of the technique and early experience in a porcine model (with videos).

Dubcenco E, Grantcharov T, Streutker CJ, Rotstein OD, Baxter NN, Jeejeebhoy KN, Baker JP.

Gastrointest Endosc. 2008 Oct;68(4):760-6.PMID: 18926184 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Managed care enrollment and chronically disabled women with breast cancer.

Habermann EB, Virnig BA, Durham SB, Baxter NN.

Am J Manag Care. 2008 Aug;14(8):514-20.PMID: 18690767 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Lymph node evaluation in early-stage colon cancer.

Govindarajan A, Baxter NN.

Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2008 Jul;7(4):240-6. Review.PMID: 18650192 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Disparate use of minimally invasive surgery in benign surgical conditions.

Ricciardi R, Selker HP, Baxter NN, Marcello PW, Roberts PL, Virnig BA.

Surg Endosc. 2008 Sep;22(9):1977-86. Epub 2008 Jul 2.PMID: 18594921 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Female sexual dysfunction after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis.

Ogilvie JW Jr, Goetz L, Baxter NN, Park J, Minami S, Madoff RD.

Br J Surg. 2008 Jul;95(7):887-92.PMID: 18551505 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Anal resting pressures at manometry correlate with the Fecal Incontinence Severity Index and with presence of sphincter defects on ultrasound.

Bordeianou L, Lee KY, Rockwood T, Baxter NN, Lowry A, Mellgren A, Parker S.

Dis Colon Rectum. 2008 Jul;51(7):1010-4. Epub 2008 Apr 25.PMID: 18437494 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Volume-outcome relationship for coronary artery bypass grafting in an era of decreasing volume.

Ricciardi R, Virnig BA, Ogilvie JW Jr, Dahlberg PS, Selker HP, Baxter NN.

Arch Surg. 2008 Apr;143(4):338-44; discussion 344.PMID: 18427020 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Stage-specific effect of adjuvant therapy following gastric cancer resection: a population-based analysis of 4,041 patients.

Coburn NG, Govindarajan A, Law CH, Guller U, Kiss A, Ringash J, Swallow CJ, Baxter NN.

Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Feb;15(2):500-7. Epub 2007 Nov 17.PMID: 18026800 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Equal for whom? Addressing disparities in the Canadian medical system must become a national priority.

Baxter NN.

CMAJ. 2007 Dec 4;177(12):1522-3. Epub 2007 Nov 14. No abstract available. PMID: 18003952 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Lymph node counts in colon cancer surgery: lessons for users of quality indicators.

Simunovic M, Baxter NN.

JAMA. 2007 Nov 14;298(18):2194-5. No abstract available. PMID: 18000205 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Surgical management of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma--a population-based study.

Tan JC, Coburn NG, Baxter NN, Kiss A, Law CH.

Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Feb;15(2):600-8. Epub 2007 Nov 7.PMID: 17987347 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Variations in surgical treatment and outcomes of patients with pancreatic cancer: a population-based study.

Govindarajan A, Tan JC, Baxter NN, Coburn NG, Law CH.

Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Jan;15(1):175-85. Epub 2007 Oct 2.PMID: 17909913 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adjuvant therapy for resected gastric cancer--rapid, yet incomplete adoption following results of intergroup 0116 trial.

Coburn NG, Guller U, Baxter NN, Kiss A, Ringash J, Swallow CJ, Law CH.

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Mar 15;70(4):1073-80. Epub 2007 Oct 1.PMID: 17905529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Predictors of Clostridium difficile colitis infections in hospitals.

Ricciardi R, Harriman K, Baxter NN, Hartman LK, Town RJ, Virnig BA.

Epidemiol Infect. 2008 Jul;136(7):913-21. Epub 2007 Aug 9.PMID: 17686193 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The impact of a change in Medicare reimbursement policy and HEDIS measures on stage at diagnosis among Medicare HMO and fee-for-service female breast cancer patients.

Habermann EB, Virnig BA, Riley GF, Baxter NN.

Med Care. 2007 Aug;45(8):761-6.PMID: 17667310 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increasing prevalence and severity of Clostridium difficile colitis in hospitalized patients in the United States.

Ricciardi R, Rothenberger DA, Madoff RD, Baxter NN.

Arch Surg. 2007 Jul;142(7):624-31; discussion 631.PMID: 17638799 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The status of radical proctectomy and sphincter-sparing surgery in the United States.

Ricciardi R, Virnig BA, Madoff RD, Rothenberger DA, Baxter NN.

Dis Colon Rectum. 2007 Aug;50(8):1119-27; discussion 1126-7.PMID: 17573548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is the increasing rate of local excision for stage I rectal cancer in the United States justified?: a nationwide cohort study from the National Cancer Database.

You YN, Baxter NN, Stewart A, Nelson H.

Ann Surg. 2007 May;245(5):726-33.PMID: 17457165 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Postoperative irradiation for rectal cancer increases the risk of small bowel obstruction after surgery.

Baxter NN, Hartman LK, Tepper JE, Ricciardi R, Durham SB, Virnig BA.

Ann Surg. 2007 Apr;245(4):553-9.PMID: 17414603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association versus causation versus quality improvement: setting benchmarks for lymph node evaluation in colon cancer.

Ricciardi R, Baxter NN.

J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Mar 21;99(6):414-5. No abstract available. PMID: 17374823 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Organ preservation for rectal cancer.

Baxter NN, Garcia-Aguilar J.

J Clin Oncol. 2007 Mar 10;25(8):1014-20. Review.PMID: 17350952 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A research agenda for gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery.

Urbach DR, Horvath KD, Baxter NN, Jobe BA, Madan AK, Pryor AD, Khaitan L, Torquati A, Brower ST, Trus TL, Schwaitzberg S.

Surg Endosc. 2007 Sep;21(9):1518-25. Epub 2007 Feb 8.PMID: 17287915 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trends in the treatment and outcome of pancreatic cancer in the United States.

Baxter NN, Whitson BA, Tuttle TM.

Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Apr;14(4):1320-6. Epub 2007 Jan 17.PMID: 17225980 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcomes after open versus laparoscopic gastric bypass.

Ricciardi R, Town RJ, Kellogg TA, Ikramuddin S, Baxter NN.

Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2006 Oct;16(5):317-20.PMID: 17057571 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Population-based analyses of lymph node metastases in colorectal cancer.

Ricciardi R, Madoff RD, Rothenberger DA, Baxter NN.

Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Dec;4(12):1522-7. Epub 2006 Sep 18.PMID: 16979956 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increasing negative lymph node count is independently associated with improved long-term survival in stage IIIB and IIIC colon cancer.

Johnson PM, Porter GA, Ricciardi R, Baxter NN.

J Clin Oncol. 2006 Aug 1;24(22):3570-5.PMID: 16877723 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Crohn's colitis: the incidence of dysplasia and adenocarcinoma in surgical patients.

Maykel JA, Hagerman G, Mellgren AF, Li SY, Alavi K, Baxter NN, Madoff RD.

Dis Colon Rectum. 2006 Jul;49(7):950-7.PMID: 16729218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reliability and validity of the body image after breast cancer questionnaire.

Baxter NN, Goodwin PJ, McLeod RS, Dion R, Devins G, Bombardier C.

Breast J. 2006 May-Jun;12(3):221-32.PMID: 16684320 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trends in the incidence of invasive and in situ vulvar carcinoma.

Judson PL, Habermann EB, Baxter NN, Durham SB, Virnig BA.

Obstet Gynecol. 2006 May;107(5):1018-22.PMID: 16648405 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The utility of pudendal nerve terminal motor latencies in idiopathic incontinence.

Ricciardi R, Mellgren AF, Madoff RD, Baxter NN, Karulf RE, Parker SC.

Dis Colon Rectum. 2006 Jun;49(6):852-7.PMID: 16598403 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diverticular disease and migration--the influence of acculturation to a Western lifestyle on diverticular disease.

Hjern F, Johansson C, Mellgren A, Baxter NN, Hjern A.

Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Mar 15;23(6):797-805.PMID: 16556182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Retroperitoneal sarcoma: a population-based analysis of epidemiology, surgery, and radiotherapy.

Porter GA, Baxter NN, Pisters PW.

Cancer. 2006 Apr 1;106(7):1610-6.PMID: 16518798 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A stoma quality of life scale.

Baxter NN, Novotny PJ, Jacobson T, Maidl LJ, Sloan J, Young-Fadok TM.

Dis Colon Rectum. 2006 Feb;49(2):205-12.PMID: 16392025 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Colon and rectal complications after heart and lung transplantation.

Goldberg HJ, Hertz MI, Ricciardi R, Madoff RD, Baxter NN, Bullard KM.

J Am Coll Surg. 2006 Jan;202(1):55-61. Epub 2005 Nov 2.PMID: 16377497 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk of pelvic fractures in older women following pelvic irradiation.

Baxter NN, Habermann EB, Tepper JE, Durham SB, Virnig BA.

JAMA. 2005 Nov 23;294(20):2587-93.PMID: 16304072 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Inadequacy of lymph node staging in gastric cancer patients: a population-based study.

Baxter NN, Tuttle TM.

Ann Surg Oncol. 2005 Dec;12(12):981-7. Epub 2005 Oct 25.PMID: 16244801 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reducing variation in surgical care.

Urbach DR, Baxter NN.

BMJ. 2005 Jun 18;330(7505):1401-2. No abstract available. PMID: 15961794 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Endorectal ultrasound-directed biopsy: a useful technique to detect local recurrence of rectal cancer.

Morken JJ, Baxter NN, Madoff RD, Finne CO 3rd.

Int J Colorectal Dis. 2006 Apr;21(3):258-64. Epub 2005 Jun 8.PMID: 15942740 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Monitoring surgical mortality.

Baxter NN.

BMJ. 2005 May 14;330(7500):1098-9. No abstract available. PMID: 15891209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Increased risk of rectal cancer after prostate radiation: a population-based study.

Baxter NN, Tepper JE, Durham SB, Rothenberger DA, Virnig BA.

Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr;128(4):819-24.PMID: 15825064 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Primary perineal wound closure after preoperative radiotherapy and abdominoperineal resection has a high incidence of wound failure.

Bullard KM, Trudel JL, Baxter NN, Rothenberger DA.

Dis Colon Rectum. 2005 Mar;48(3):438-43.PMID: 15719190 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles