Publications Print Guler S, Hull NC, Arteta M, Allen-Rhoades W, Shahi M, Ishitani MB, Demirel N. An unusual case of metastatic trophoblastic neoplasm presenting with diffuse cystic lung disease and pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms in a teenager. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 May; 59 (5):1482-1486 Epub 2024 Feb 23 View PubMed Shahi M, Katsakhyan L, Hopkins M, Allen-Rhoades W, Cepress MK, Langstraat C, Ishitani MB, Vang R, Ronnett BM, Xing D. Ovarian non-gestational placental site trophoblastic tumor with lung metastasis: further evidence for a distinct category of trophoblastic neoplasm. Diagn Pathol. 2024 Jan 3; 19 (1):3 Epub 2024 Jan 03 View PubMed MacArthur TA, Traynor MD Jr, Klinkner DB, Polites SF, Arndt C, Ishitani MB. The Problematic PET: Using CT Albumin Tracer to Resect Suspicious Lymph Nodes Found on PET Scan in Pediatric Oncology Patients. J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Aug; 58 (8):1550-1554 Epub 2022 Dec 14 View PubMed MacArthur TA, Ongie LJ, Lanpher BC, Ishitani MB. Pediatric manifestations of Lynch Syndrome: A single center experience. J Pediatr Surg Case Rep. 2022 Nov; 86. Epub 2022 Aug 26. View PubMed Fayad L, Schweitzer M, Itani M, Farha J, Hedjoudje A, Badurdeen D, Kumbhari V. Does endoscopic mean safer? A comparison of the short-term safety of endoscopic versus laparoscopic bariatric therapies. Endosc Int Open. 2022 Apr; 10 (4):E307-E310 Epub 2022 Apr 14 View PubMed Traynor MD Jr, Watkins RD, Zielinski MD, Potter DD Jr, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Klinkner DB. Post-injury outcomes of children with behavioral health disorders. J Pediatr Surg. 2022 Mar; 57(3):462-468. Epub 2021 Apr 24. View PubMed Traynor MD Jr, Zielinski MD, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Klinkner DB, Bruce JL, Laing GL, Kong VY, Clarke DL. CT scans for pediatric injury in a middle-income country trauma center: Are we repeating past mistakes? J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec; 56 (12):2342-2347 Epub 2021 Jan 28 View PubMed Traynor MD, Brar GD, Bruno FP, Iyer G, Ishitani MB. Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Pediatric Patients: A Comparison of Open and Thoracoscopic Approaches. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2021 Nov 15 [Epub ahead of print] View PubMed Brown AD, Traynor MD Jr, Potter DD Jr, Ishitani MB, Moir CR, Galardy PJ, Klinkner DB. Evolution of pediatric gastrointestinal ulcer disease: Is acute surgical intervention relevant? J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Oct; 56(10):1870-1875. Epub 2021 Feb 16. View PubMed Traynor MD, Camazine MN, Potter DD, Moir CR, Klinkner DB, Ishitani MB. A Comparison of Single-Incision Versus Multiport Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Children. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2021 Jan; 31 (1):106-109 Epub 2020 Dec 01 View PubMed Fahy AS, Polites SF, Thiels CA, Parker M, Ishitani MB, Moir CR, Berns K, Zietlow SP, Jenkins DH, Zielinski MD. Early Hospital Discharge After Helicopter Transport of Pediatric Trauma Patients: Analysis of Rates of Over and Undertriage. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Dec; 36 (12):e709-e714 View PubMed Traynor MD Jr, McKenna NP, Habermann EB, Antiel RM, Moir CR, Klinkner DB, Ishitani MB, Potter DD Jr. Pouchogram Prior to Ileostomy Reversal after Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis in Pediatric Patients: Is it Useful in the Setting of Routine EUA? J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Aug; 55 (8):1499-1502 Epub 2019 Oct 26 View PubMed Dao D, Najor AJ, Sun PY, Farrokhyar F, Moir CR, Ishitani MB. Follow-up outcomes of pediatric patients who underwent surgical resection for lipoblastomas or lipoblastomatosis: a single-institution experience with a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Surg Int. 2020 Mar; 36 (3):341-355 Epub 2020 Jan 14 View PubMed Traynor MD Jr, Hernandez MC, Clarke DL, Kong VY, Habermann EB, Polites SF, Laing GL, Bruce JL, Zielinski MD, Ishitani MB, Moir CR. Utilization of age-adjusted shock index in a resource-strained setting. J Pediatr Surg. 2019 Dec; 54 (12):2621-2626 Epub 2019 Aug 30 View PubMed Traynor MD Jr, McKenna NP, Habermann EB, Yonkus J, Moir CR, Potter DD Jr, Ishitani MB, Klinkner DB. Utilization of Maneuvers to Increase Mesenteric Length Employed in Children Undergoing Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2019 Oct; 29(10):1285-1291. Epub 2019 Aug 29. View PubMed Polites SF, Fahy AS, Sunnock WA, Potter DD, Klinkner DB, Moir CR, Shen KR, Ishitani MB. Use of radiotracer labeling of pulmonary nodules to facilitate excisional biopsy and metastasectomy in children with solid tumors. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Jul; 53 (7):1369-1373 Epub 2017 June 27 View PubMed Abdelsattar ZM, Ishitani MB, Kim BD. Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures in a 6-Year-Old Child After Blunt Trauma. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Dec; 104 (6):e439-e441 View PubMed Polites SF, Potter DD, Glasgow AE, Klinkner DB, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Habermann EB. Rates and risk factors of unplanned 30-day readmission following general and thoracic pediatric surgical procedures. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Aug; 52 (8):1239-1244 Epub 2016 Dec 07 View PubMed Fahy AS, Thiels CA, Polites SF, Parker M, Ishitani MB, Moir CR, Berns K, Stubbs JR, Jenkins DH, Zietlow SP, Zielinski MD. Prehospital blood transfusions in pediatric trauma and nontrauma patients: a single-center review of safety and outcomes. Pediatr Surg Int. 2017 Jul; 33 (7):787-792 Epub 2017 May 25 View PubMed Pandian TK, Ubl DS, Habermann EB, Moir CR, Ishitani MB. Obesity Increases Operative Time in Children Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2017 Mar; 27 (3):322-327 Epub 2016 Nov 22 View PubMed Pandian TK, Aho JM, Ubl DS, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Habermann EB. The rising incidence of pediatric empyema with fistula. Pediatr Surg Int. 2016 Mar; 32 (3):215-20 Epub 2015 Oct 31 View PubMed Fahy AS, Antiel RM, Polites SF, Ishitani MB, Moir CR, Zielinski MD. Pretransfer computed tomography delays arrival to definitive care without affecting pediatric trauma outcomes. J Pediatr Surg. 2016 Feb; 51 (2):323-5 Epub 2015 Oct 31 View PubMed Pandian TK, Naik ND, Fahy AS, Arghami A, Farley DR, Ishitani MB, Moir CR. Laparoscopic esophagomyotomy for achalasia in children: A review. World J Gastrointest Endosc. 2016 Jan 25; 8 (2):56-66 View PubMed Hommeida S, Ishitani M, Absah I. Anal stenosis in York platelet syndrome: 2 children with constipation, a previously unreported symptom Consultant. 2016; 56(4):344-6. Epub 1900 Jan 01. Alemayehu H, Polites SF, Kats A, Ishitani MB, Moir CR, Iqbal CW. Granular cell tumors and congenital granular cell epulis in children: Similar entities. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 May; 50 (5):775-8 Epub 2015 Feb 20 View PubMed Polites SF, Habermann EB, Zarroug AE, Wagie AE, Cima RR, Wiskerchen R, Moir CR, Ishitani MB. A comparison of two quality measurement tools in pediatric surgery--the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatric versus the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Pediatric Quality Indicators. J Pediatr Surg. 2015 Apr; 50 (4):586-90 Epub 2014 Dec 06 View PubMed Taner T, Iqbal CW, Textor SC, Stegall MD, Ishitani MB. Compensatory hypertrophy of the remaining kidney in medically complex living kidney donors over the long term. Transplantation. 2015 Mar; 99 (3):555-9 View PubMed Warad D, Kohorst MA, Altaf S, Ishitani MB, Khan S, Rodriguez V, Nageswara Rao AA. Acute appendicitis in acute leukemia and the potential role of decitabine in the critically ill patient. Leuk Res Rep. 2015; 4 (1):21-3 Epub 2015 Mar 18 View PubMed Gibreel WO, Selcen D, Zeidan MM, Ishitani MB, Moir CR, Zarroug AE. Safety and yield of muscle biopsy in pediatric patients in the modern era. J Pediatr Surg. 2014 Sep; 49(9):1429-32. Epub 2014 Feb 26. View PubMed Polites SF, Mohamed MI, Habermann EB, Homme JL, Anderson JL, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Zarroug AE. A simple algorithm reduces computed tomography use in the diagnosis of appendicitis in children. Surgery. 2014 Aug; 156 (2):448-54 Epub 2014 June 19 View PubMed Zeidan MM, Pandian TK, Ibrahim KA, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Zarroug AE. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the pediatric population: a single-center experience. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2014 Jun; 24(3):248-50. View PubMed Polites SF, Sebastian AS, Habermann EB, Iqbal CW, Stuart MJ, Ishitani MB. Youth ice hockey injuries over 16 years at a pediatric trauma center. Pediatrics. 2014 Jun; 133(6):e1601-7. View PubMed Ruparel RK, Bogert JN, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Khan SP, Rodriguez V, Zarroug AE. Synchronous splenectomy during cholecystectomy for hereditary spherocytosis: is it really necessary? J Pediatr Surg. 2014 Mar; 49 (3):433-5 View PubMed Lillegard JB, Kennedy RD, Ishitani MB, Zarroug AE, Feltis B. Autologous blood patch for persistent air leak in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Sep; 48 (9):1862-6 View PubMed Pandian TK, Zeidan MM, Ibrahim KA, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Zarroug AE. Nodular fasciitis in the pediatric population: a single center experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2013 Jul; 48(7):1486-9. View PubMed Kennedy RD, Potter DD, Osborn JB, Zietlow S, Zarroug AE, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, McIntosh A. Childhood motocross truncal injuries: high-velocity, focal force to the chest and abdomen. BMJ Open. 2012; 2 (6) Epub 2012 Nov 19 View PubMed Zendejas B, Kuchena A, Onkendi EO, Lohse CM, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Potter DD, Potter DD, Farley DR, Zarroug AE. Fifty-three-year experience with pediatric umbilical hernia repairs. J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Nov; 46 (11):2151-6 View PubMed Ishitani M. Acute hepatic failure in a pediatric patient. Am J Transplant. 2011 Nov; 11 (11):2533-4; quiz 2535 View PubMed Iqbal CW, St Peter S, Ishitani MB. Pediatric dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: multi-institutional outcomes. J Surg Res. 2011 Sep; 170(1):69-72. Epub 2011 Feb 22. View PubMed Iqbal CW, Dean PG, Ishitani MB. Early-onset coronary artery disease after pediatric kidney transplantation: implicating the angiogenesis inhibitor, endostatin. Am Surg. 2011 Jun; 77(6):731-5. View PubMed Degertekin B, Han SH, Keeffe EB, Schiff ER, Luketic VA, Brown RS Jr, Emre S, Soldevila-Pico C, Reddy KR, Ishitani MB, Tran TT, Pruett TL, Lok AS, NIH HBV-OLT Study Group. Impact of virologic breakthrough and HBIG regimen on hepatitis B recurrence after liver transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2010 Aug; 10(8):1823-33. Epub 2010 Mar 23. View PubMed Iqbal CW, Jrebi NY, Zielinski MD, Benavente-Chenhalls LA, Cullinane DC, Zietlow SP, Moir CR, Ishitani MB. Patterns of accidental genital trauma in young girls and indications for operative management. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 May; 45(5):930-3. View PubMed McKenzie TJ, Lillegard JB, Grotz TE, Moir CR, Ishitani MB. Pyogenic liver abscess secondary to Streptococcus anginosus in an adolescent. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 May; 45(5):e15-7. View PubMed Said SM, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Zarroug AE. Successful thoracoscopic staged repair of bilateral congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 Apr; 45(4):E5-8. View PubMed Fryer J, DaRosa DA, Wang E, Han L, Axelrod D, Ishitani M, Baker T, Knight R, Sung R, Magee J, Pomfret EA, ASTS National Transplant Surgery Curriculum Committee. What defines a transplant surgeon? A needs assessment for curricular development in transplant surgery fellowship training. Am J Transplant. 2010 Mar; 10(3):664-74. Epub 2010 Jan 05. View PubMed Lillegard JB, Hanna AM, McKenzie TJ, Moir CR, Ishitani MB, Nagorney DM. A single-institution review of portosystemic shunts in children: an ongoing discussion. HPB Surg. 2010; 2010:964597 Epub 2010 May 06 View PubMed Iqbal CW, Baron TH, Moir CR, Ishitani MB. Post-ERCP pancreatitis in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2009 Oct; 49(4):430-4. View PubMed Hickson LJ, Gera M, Amer H, Iqbal CW, Moore TB, Milliner DS, Cosio FG, Larson TS, Stegall MD, Ishitani MB, Gloor JM, Griffin MD. Kidney transplantation for primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: outcomes and response to therapy for recurrence. Transplantation. 2009 Apr 27; 87 (8):1232-9 View PubMed Iqbal CW, Moir CR, Ishitani MB. Management of chronic pancreatitis in the pediatric patient: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography vs operative therapy. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Jan; 44(1):139-43; discussion 143. View PubMed Iqbal CW, Moir CR, Ishitani MB. Management of Chronic Pancreatitis in the Pedatric Patient: ERCP Versus Operative Therapy. J Ped Surg. 2009 Jan; 44:139-43. Iqbal CW, Kumar S, Iqbal AD, Ishitani MB. Perspectives on pediatric bariatric surgery: identifying barriers to referral. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2009 Jan-Feb; 5(1):88-93. Epub 2008 Sep 18. View PubMed Gaglio P, Singh S, Degertekin B, Ishitani M, Hussain M, Perrillo R, Lok AS, National Institutes of Health Hepatitis B Virus-Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Study Group. Impact of the hepatitis B virus genotype on pre- and post-liver transplantation outcomes. Liver Transpl. 2008 Oct; 14(10):1420-7. View PubMed Abraham SC, Freese DK, Ishitani MB, Krasinskas AM, Wu TT. Significance of central perivenulitis in pediatric liver transplantation. Am J Surg Pathol. 2008 Oct; 32(10):1479-88. View PubMed Iqbal CW, Krowka MJ, Pham TH, Freese DK, El Youssef M, Ishitani MB. Liver transplantation for pulmonary vascular complications of pediatric end-stage liver disease. J Pediatr Surg. 2008 Oct; 43: (10)1813-20. View PubMed Ishitani M, Monico C, Milliner. Primary hyperoxaluria: new directions for diagnosis and treatment. Paediatrics and Child Health. 2008 Sep; 18(S1):54-6. Iqbal CW, Askegard-Giesmann JR, Pham TH, Ishitani MB, Moir CR. Pediatric endoscopic injuries: incidence, management, and outcomes. J Pediatr Surg. 2008 May; 43(5):911-5. View PubMed Hickson LJ, Gera M, Amer H, Iqbal CW, Moore TB, Milliner DS, Cosio FG, Larson TS, Stegall MD, Ishitani MB, Gloor JM, Griffin MD. Kidney transplantation for primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: outcomes and response to therapy for recurrence. Transplantation. 2008 Apr 27; 87(8):1232-9. Osborn MK, Han SH, Regev A, Bzowej NH, Ishitani MB, Tran TT, Lok AS, NIH HBV-OLT Study Group. Outcomes of patients with hepatitis B who developed antiviral resistance while on the liver transplant waiting list. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Dec; 5(12):1454-61. Epub 2007 Oct 31. View PubMed Mantel HT, Rosen CB, Heimbach JK, Nyberg SL, Ishitani MB, Andrews JC, McKusick MA, Haddock MG, Alberts SR, Gores GJ. Vascular complications after orthotopic liver transplantation after neoadjuvant therapy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Liver Transpl. 2007 Oct; 13(10):1372-81. View PubMed Schwartz JJ, Ishitani MB, Weckwerth J, Morgenstern B, Milliner D, Stegall MD. Decreased incidence of acute rejection in adolescent kidney transplant recipients using antithymocyte induction and triple immunosuppression. Transplantation. 2007 Sep 27; 84(6):715-21. View PubMed Pham TH, Iqbal CW, Grams JM, Zarroug AE, Wall JC, Ishitani MB, Nagorney DM, Moir C. Outcomes of primary liver cancer in children: an appraisal of experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2007 May; 42(5):834-9. View PubMed Wong SN, Reddy KR, Keeffe EB, Han SH, Gagilo PJ, Perrillo RP, Tran TT, Pruett TL, Lok ASF, Bzowcj N, Devole N, Crumley A, Martin M, Chung RT, Tsuli D, Bihrle M, Ishitani M, Lairson L, Emre S, Karabicak I, Denham C, Supan D, Kim-Hong P, Peacock V, Soldevila-Pico C, Peter J, Regev A, Torres M, Reddy R, Kozin E, Pruett T, Gross M, Luketic VAC, McLeod S, Howell T, Harsh D, Randall-Ray A, Armstrong D, Hussain M, Imus J, Brown M. Comparison of clinical outcomes in chronic hepatitis B liver transplant candidates with and without hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver Transpl. 2007; 13(3):334-42. Heimbach JK, Gores GJ, Haddock MG, Alberts SR, Pedersen R, Kremers W, Nyberg SL, Ishitani MB, Rosen CB. Predictors of disease recurrence following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and liver transplantation for unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma. Transplantation. 2006 Dec 27; 82(12):1703-7. View PubMed Morse CR, Ishitani MB, Cassivi SD. Video-assisted resection of bilateral intralobar pulmonary sequestrations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Apr; 131: (4)917-8. View PubMed Larson TS, Dean PG, Stegall MD, Griffin MD, Textor SC, Schwab TR, Gloor JM, Cosio FG, Lund WJ, Kremers WK, Nyberg SL, Ishitani MB, Prieto M, Velosa JA. Complete avoidance of calcineurin inhibitors in renal transplantation: a randomized trial comparing sirolimus and tacrolimus. Am J Transplant. 2006 Mar; 6 (3):514-22 View PubMed Dickson RC, Terrault NA, Ishitani M, Reddy KR, Sheiner P, Luketic V, Soldevila-Pico C, Fried M, Jensen D, Brown RS Jr, Horwith G, Brundage R, Lok A. Protective antibody levels and dose requirements for IV 5% Nabi Hepatitis B immune globulin combined with lamivudine in liver transplantation for hepatitis B-induced end stage liver disease. Liver Transpl. 2006 Jan; 12: (1)124-33. View PubMed Ishitani MB, Milliner DS, Kim DY, Bohorquez HE, Heimbach JK, Sheedy PF 2nd, Morgenstern BZ, Gloor JM, Murphy JG, McBane RD, Bielak LF, Peyser PA, Stegall MD. Early subclinical coronary artery calcification in young adults who were pediatric kidney transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2005 Jul; 5 (7):1689-93 View PubMed Heimbach JK, Taler SJ, Prieto M, Cosio FG, Textor SC, Kudva YC, Chow GK, Ishitani MB, Larson TS, Stegall MD. Obesity in living kidney donors: clinical characteristics and outcomes in the era of laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Am J Transplant. 2005 May; 5 (5):1057-64 View PubMed Kollars J, Zarroug AE, van Heerden J, Lteif A, Stavlo P, Suarez L, Moir C, Ishitani M, Rodeberg D. Primary hyperparathyroidism in pediatric patients. Pediatrics. 2005 Apr; 115 (4):974-80 View PubMed Ensenauer R, Tuchman M, El-Youssef M, Kotagal S, Ishitani MB, Matern D, Babovic-Vuksanovic D. Management and outcome of neonatal-onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency following liver transplantation at 60 days of life. Mol Genet Metab. 2005 Apr; 84: (4)363-6. View PubMed Heimbach JK, Menon KVN, Ishitani MB, Nyberg SL, Jankowski CJ, Lindor KD, Rosen CB. Living donor liver transplantation using a right lobe graft in an adult with situs inversus. Liver Transpl. 2005 Jan; 11(1):111-3. View PubMed Kim DY, Cauduro SP, Bohorquez HE, Ishitani MB, Nyberg SL, Rosen CB. Routine use of livers from deceased donors older than 70: is it justified? Transpl Int. 2005 Jan; 18(1):73-7. View PubMed Kim DY, Stegall MD, Prieto M, Chow GK, Bohorquez HE, Covarrubias MA, Heimbach JK, Morgenstern BZ, Gloor JM, Milliner DS, Weckwerth JA, Weis KD, Ishitani MB. Hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy for pediatric kidney allograft recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2004 Oct; 8(5):460-3. View PubMed de la Vega LSP, Torres A, Bohorquez HE, Heimbach JK, Gloor JM, Schwab TR, Taler SJ, Nyberg SL, Ishitani MB, Prieto M, Velosa JA, Larson TS, Stegall MD, Cosio FG, Textor SC, Griffin MD. Patient and graft outcomes from older living kidney donors are similar to those from younger donors despite lower GFR. Kidney Int. 2004 Oct; 66(4):1654-61. View PubMed Heimbach JK, Haddock MG, Alberts SR, Nyberg SL, Ishitani MB, Rosen CB, Gores GJ. Transplantation for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Liver Transpl. 2004 Oct; 10(10 Suppl 2):S65-8. View PubMed Babovic-Vuksanovic D, Ensenauer R, Tuchman M, El-Youssef M, Kotagal S, Ishitani M, Matern D. Management and outcome of neonatal-onset ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency following liver transplantation at sixty days of life. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2004 Oct. Kim WR, Poterucha JJ, Kremers WK, Ishitani MB, Dickson ER. Outcome of liver transplantation for hepatitis B in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2004 Aug; 10 (8):968-74 View PubMed Textor SC, Taler SJ, Driscoll N, Larson TS, Gloor J, Griffin M, Cosio F, Schwab T, Prieto M, Nyberg S, Ishitani M, Stegall M. Blood pressure and renal function after kidney donation from hypertensive living donors. Transplantation. 2004 Jul 27; 78 (2):276-82 View PubMed Dean PG, Lund WJ, Larson TS, Prieto M, Nyberg SL, Ishitani MB, Kremers WK, Stegall MD. Wound-healing complications after kidney transplantation: a prospective, randomized comparison of sirolimus and tacrolimus. Transplantation. 2004 May 27; 77 (10):1555-61 View PubMed Heimbach JK, Gores GJ, Haddock MG, Alberts SR, Nyberg SL, Ishitani MB, Rosen CB. Liver transplantation for unresectable perihilar cholangiocarcinoma. Semin Liver Dis. 2004 May; 24(2):201-7. View PubMed Fidler ME, Gloor JM, Lager DJ, Larson TS, Griffin MD, Textor SC, Schwab TR, Prieto M, Nyberg SL, Ishitani MB, Grande JP, Kay PA, Stegall MD. Histologic findings of antibody-mediated rejection in ABO blood-group-incompatible living-donor kidney transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2004 Jan; 4 (1):101-7 View PubMed Nyberg SL, Matas AJ, Kremers WK, Thostenson JD, Larson TS, Prieto M, Ishitani MB, Sterioff S, Stegall MD. Improved scoring system to assess adult donors for cadaver renal transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2003 Jun; 3 (6):715-21 View PubMed Germer JJ, Charlton MR, Ishitani MB, Forehand CD, Patel R. Characterization of hepatitis B virus surface antigen and polymerase mutations in liver transplant recipients pre- and post-transplant. Am J Transplant. 2003 Jun; 3 (6):743-53 View PubMed Stegall MD, Larson TS, Prieto M, Gloor J, Textor S, Nyberg S, Sterioff S, Ishitani M, Griffin M, Kremers W, Lund W, Schwab T, Cosio F, Velosa J. Kidney transplantation without calcineurin inhibitors using sirolimus. Transplant Proc. 2003 May; 35 (3 Suppl):125S-127S View PubMed Feldstein AE, Razonable RR, Boyce TG, Freese DK, El-Youssef M, Perrault J, Paya CV, Ishitani MB. Prevalence and clinical significance of human herpesviruses 6 and 7 active infection in pediatric liver transplant patients. Pediatr Transplant. 2003 Apr; 7 (2):125-9 View PubMed Wiesner RH, Rakela J, Ishitani MB, Mulligan DC, Spivey JR, Steers JL, Krom RA. Recent advances in liver transplantation. Mayo Clin Proc. 2003 Feb; 78 (2):197-210 View PubMed Cauduro SKP, Petrovic LM, Sodeman TC, Ishitani MB, Menon KVN, Hay JE. Unsuspected primary hepatic angiosarcoma associated with portal vein thrombosis complicating cirrhosis. Liver Transpl. 2002 Nov; 8(11):1080-1. View PubMed Capitini CM, Herrero IA, Patel R, Ishitani MB, Boyce TG. Wound infection with Neisseria weaveri and a novel subspecies of pasteurella multocida in a child who sustained a tiger bite. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jun 15; 34(12):E74-6. Epub 2002 May 24. View PubMed Devarbhavi HC, Cohen AJ, Patel R, Wiesner RH, Dickson RC, Ishitani MB. Preliminary results: outcome of liver transplantation for hepatitis B virus varies by hepatitis B virus genotype. Liver Transpl. 2002 Jun; 8: (6)550-5. View PubMed Rodeberg DA, Zaheer S, Moir CR, Ishitani MB. Gastric diverticulum: a series of four pediatric patients. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2002 May; 34 (5):564-7 View PubMed Ishitani MB. Biliary atresia and the Kasai portoenterostomy: never say never? Liver Transpl. 2001 Sep; 7(9):831-2. View PubMed Nyberg SL, Matas AJ, Rogers M, Harmsen WS, Velosa JA, Larson TS, Prieto M, Ishitani MB, Sterioff S, Stegall MD. Donor scoring system for cadaveric renal transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2001 Jul; 1 (2):162-70 View PubMed Sylvestre PB, El-Youssef M, Freese DK, Ishitani MB. Caroli's syndrome in a 1-year-old child. Liver Transpl. 2001 Jan; 7(1):59. View PubMed Ishitani M. HBV vaccination and liver transplantation for hepatitis B: winning by recruiting from within? Liver Transpl. 2000 Sep; 6: (5)659-61. View PubMed Sylvestre PB, Gonzalez-Koch AR, Ishitani MB. Histoplasmosis in an explant liver with subsequent seeding of the liver allograft. Liver Transpl. 2000 Sep; 6(5):643. View PubMed Ishitani M, Isaacs R, Ishitani M, Norwood V, Nock S, Lobo P. Predictors of graft survival in pediatric living-related kidney transplant recipients. Transplantation. 2000 Jul 27; 70 (2):288-92 View PubMed Ishitani MB. Parts is parts: The evolution of pediatric liver transplantation. Minnesota Physician. 2000 Feb; p32 Pilcher JA, Ishitani MB, Rodgers BM. Left upper lobe bronchus reimplantation for nonpenetrating thoracic trauma. Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 Jan; 69(1):273-5. View PubMed Caras SD, Dickson RC, Lin Z, Ishitani MB, Caldwell SH, Chen JD. Gastric myoelectric activity in patients with end-stage liver disease. Scand J Gastroenterol. 1999 Sep; 34(9):883-8. View PubMed Ishitani M, Angle J, Bickston S, Caldwell S, Isaacs R, Pruett T. Liver transplantation: incidence and management of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary emboli. Transplant Proc. 1997 Nov; 29(7):2861-3. View PubMed Dickson RC, Everhart JE, Lake JR, Wei YL, Seaberg EC, Wiesner RH, Zetterman RK, Pruett TL, Ishitani MB, Hoofnagle JH, Detre KM, Demetris AJ, Lombardero M, Seaberg E, Lawlor S, Fitzgerald S, Haber J, Swanson GL, Wiesner R, Krom R, Porayko MK, Schwerman L, Groettum C, Shaw B, Taylor K, et al. Transmission of hepatitis B by transplantation of livers from donors positive for antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. Gastroenterology. 1997 Nov; 113(5):1668-1674. View PubMed Sears RJ, Ishitani MB, Bickston SJ. Endoscopic diagnosis and therapy of a case of bilhemia after percutaneous liver biopsy. Gastrointest Endosc. 1997 Sep; 46(3):276-9. View PubMed Ishitani M, McGory R, Dickson R, Caldwell S, Bickston S, McCullough C, Pruett T, Terrault N, Roberts J, Ascher N, Wright T, Lake J. Retransplantation of patients with severe posttransplant hepatitis B in the first allograft. Transplantation. 1997 Aug 15; 64(3):410-4. View PubMed Lanzino G, Cloft H, Hemstreet MK, West K, Alston S, Ishitani M. Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy following organ transplantation. Description of two cases. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1997 Aug; 99(3):222-6. View PubMed Dickson RC, Wright RM, Bacchetta MD, Bodily SE, Caldwell SH, Driscoll CJ, Pruett TL, Ishitani MB. Quality of life of hepatitis B and C patients after liver transplantation. Clin Transplant. 1997 Aug; 11(4):282-5. View PubMed Dickson RC, Gaffey MJ, Ishitani MB, Roarty TP, Driscoll CJ, Caldwell SH. The international autoimmune hepatitis score in chronic hepatitis C. J Viral Hepat. 1997 Mar; 4(2):121-8. View PubMed Gaffey MJ, Boyd JC, Traweek ST, Ali MA, Rezeig M, Caldwell SH, Iezzoni JC, McCullough C, Stevenson WC, Khuroo S, Nezamuddin N, Ishitani MB, Pruett TL. Predictive value of intraoperative biopsies and liver function tests for preservation injury in orthotopic liver transplantation. Hepatology. 1997 Jan; 25(1):184-9. View PubMed Ishitani MB. Pediatric liver transplantation. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 1997; 3(2):66-69. Ishitani MB. Liver transplant in children: new trends. Pediatric Perspectives. 1997. al-Hemsi B, McGory RW, Shepard B, Ishitani MB, Stevenson WC, McCullough C, Pruett TL. Liver transplantation for hepatitis B cirrhosis: clinical sequela of passive immunization. Clin Transplant. 1996 Dec; 10(6 Pt 2):668-75. View PubMed Caldwell SH, de Lange EE, Gaffey MJ, Sue M, Boyd JC, Dickson RC, Driscoll C, Stevenson WC, Ishitani MB, McCullough C, Pruett TL. Accuracy and significance of pretransplant liver volume measured by magnetic resonance imaging. Liver Transplantation & Surgery. 1996 Nov; 2(6):438-42. View PubMed Ishitani M, McGory R, Dickson R, Caldwell S, Bickston S, McCullough C, Pruett T. Successful retransplantation for recurrent posttransplant hepatitis B virus infection in the primary allograft. Transplant Proc. 1996 Jun; 28(3):1714-6. View PubMed Ishitani MB, Shaul DB, Padua EA, McAlpin CA. Choledocholithiasis in a premature neonate. J Pediatr. 1996 Jun; 128(6):853-5. View PubMed McGory RW, Ishitani MB, Oliveira WM, Stevenson WC, McCullough CS, Dickson RC, Caldwell SH, Pruett TL. Improved outcome of orthotopic liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis B cirrhosis with aggressive passive immunization. Transplantation. 1996 May 15; 61(9):1358-64. View PubMed Dickson RC, Caldwell SH, Ishitani MB, Lau JY, Driscoll CJ, Stevenson WC, McCullough CS, Pruett TL. Clinical and histologic patterns of early graft failure due to recurrnet hepatitis C in four patients after liver transplantation. Transplantation. 1996 Mar 15; 61(5):701-5. View PubMed Caldwell SH, Sue M, Bowden JH, Dickson RC, Driscoll CJ, Yeaton P, Stevenson WC, Ishitani MB, McCullough CS, Pruett TL, Lovell MA. Hepatitis C virus in body fluids after liver transplantation. Liver Transplantation & Surgery. 1996 Mar; 2(2):124-9. View PubMed McGory RW, Ishitani MB, Oliveira WM, Stevenson WC, Dickson RC, Caldwell SH, Pruett TL. Effects of fialuridine on hepatitis B immune globulin pharmacokinetics following orthotopic liver transplant for chronic hepatitis B viral- induced cirrhosis. Transplant Proc. 1995 Feb; 27(1):1213-4. View PubMed Stevenson W, Gaffey M, Ishitani M, McCullough C, Dickson R, Caldwell S, Lobo P, Pruett T. Clinical course of four patients receiving the experimental antiviral agent fialuridine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection. Transplant Proc. 1995 Feb; 27(1):1219-21. View PubMed Kiyasu PK, Ishitani MB, McGory RW, Gaffey MJ, Dickson RC, Caldwell SH, Stevenson WS, Pruett TL. Prevention of hepatitis B "recurrence" after a second liver transplant--the role of maintenance polyclonal HBIG therapy. Transplantation. 1994 Oct 27; 58(8):954-6. View PubMed Caldwell SH, Brantley K, Ishitani M, Dent J, Keeley RC, Pruett T, Angle JF, Gaffey M, Waldron P. The hepatopulmonary syndrome masquerading as pulmonary Langerhans-cell histiocytosis. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Study Group. Ann Intern Med. 1994 Jul 1; 121(1):34-6. View PubMed Ishitani MB, DeAngelis GA, Sistrom CL, Rodgers BM, Pruett TL. Laparoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of lymphoceles following renal transplantation. J Laparoendosc Surg. 1994 Feb; 4(1):61-4. View PubMed Ishitani M, Wilkowski M, Stevenson W, Pruett T. Outcome of patients requiring hemodialysis after liver transplantation. Transplant Proc. 1993 Apr; 25(2):1762-3. 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