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Cornelius A. Thiels, D.O., M.B.A.

  1. Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgeon
  2. Surgical Oncologist
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Publications

  1. Lohani KR, Sonani H, Buckarma E, Lee HE, Vierkant RA, Thiels CA, Grotz TE. Risk stratification of surveillance for low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Nov; 28 (11):1906-1911 Epub 2024 Aug 29
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  2. Pereyra D, Mandorfer M, Santol J, Gregory L, Koeditz C, Ortmayr G, Schuetz C, Rumpf B, Ammon D, Laengle J, Schwarz C, Jonas JP, Pinter M, Lindenlaub F, Tamandl D, Thiels C, Warner S, Smoot R, Truty M, Kendrick M, Nagorney D, Cleary S, Gruenberger T, Reiberger T, Starlinger P. Von Willebrand Factor Antigen Improves Risk Stratification for Patients with a Diagnosis of Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct; 31 (10):6526-6536 Epub 2024 June 19
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  3. Fiorentini G, Bingener J, Hanson KT, Starlinger P, Smoot RL, Warner SG, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Thiels CA. Failed recovery after pancreatoduodenectomy: A significant problem even without surgical complications. Surgery. 2024 Oct; 176 (4):992-998 Epub 2024 May 21
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  4. Sawma T, Sultan A, Abdulmoneim S, Grotz T, Rosen CB, Taner T, Heimbach JK, Warner SG, Siontis BL, Ho TP, Robinson SI, Thiels CA. Management and Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma. J Surg Oncol. 2024 Sep 24 Epub 2024 Sept 24
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  5. Steadman JA, Sultan A, Day CN, Parish MA, Warner SG, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ, Jin Z, Thiels CA. Impact of proton pump inhibitors on pathologic response rates following fluoropyrimidine-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer patients. J Surg Oncol. 2024 Sep 11 Epub 2024 Sept 11
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  6. Muaddi H, Zironda A, Zhang C, Day C, Starlinger PP, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Kendrick ML, Cleary SP, Truty MJ, Thiels CA. Financial Toxicity of Long-Term Survivors Who Underwent Pancreatoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. J Surg Oncol. 2024 Sep 5 Epub 2024 Sept 05
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  7. Zhang C, Hallbeck MS, Salehinejad H, Thiels C. The integration of artificial intelligence in robotic surgery: A narrative review. Surgery. 2024 Sep; 176 (3):552-557 Epub 2024 Mar 12
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  8. Sample JW, Solanki MH, Thiels C, Bingener J. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced small bowel strictures (diaphragm disease) - an under-recognized cause of small bowel obstruction. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Sep; 28 (9):1430-1435 Epub 2024 June 11
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  9. Gudmundsdottir H, Fogliati A, Grotz TE, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Nagorney DM, Halfdanarson TR, Cleary SP, Starlinger P. Value of Surgical Cytoreduction in Patients with Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors Metastatic to the Liver and Peritoneum. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug; 31 (8):5370-5376 Epub 2024 Apr 30
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  10. Ammann M, Gudmundsdottir H, Hackl H, Antwi SKA, Santol J, Habermann EB, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Smoot RL, Nagorney DM, Cleary SP, Halfdanarson TR, Starlinger PP. Neuroendocrine Tumors of Unknown Primary in the Setting of Cytoreductive Hepatectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Aug; 31 (8):4931-4941 Epub 2024 May 08
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  11. Salehinejad H, Muaddi H, Ubl DS, Sharma V, Thiels CA. Deep learning predicts postoperative opioids refills in a multi-institutional cohort of surgical patients. Surgery. 2024 Aug; 176 (2):246-251 Epub 2024 May 25
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  12. Zhang C, Bews K, Klemen ND, Etzioni D, Habermann EB, Thiels C. Thrombotic and Hemorrhagic Outcomes After Elective Surgery in Preoperatively Anticoagulated Patients. Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 Jul; 99 (7):1038-1045
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  13. O'Donnell CDJ, Naleid N, Siripoon T, Zablonski KG, Storandt MH, Selfridge JE, Hallemeier CL, Conces ML, Jethwa KR, Bajor DL, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Starlinger PP, Atwell TD, Mitchell JL, Mahipal A, Jin Z. Circulating Tumor DNA Predicts Early Recurrence Following Locoregional Therapy for Oligometastatic Colorectal Cancer. Cancers (Basel). 2024 Jun 29; 16 (13) Epub 2024 June 29
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  14. Muaddi H, Salehinejad H, Thiels CA. Persistent challenges in pancreatic surgery: Postoperative pancreatic fistula prediction in the machine learning era-Response to: Machine learning versus logistic regression for the prediction of complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Surgery 2024 May; 175 (5):1466-1467 Epub 2023 Nov 30
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  15. Zhang C, Zironda A, Vierkant RA, Starlinger P, Warner S, Smoot R, Kendrick M, Cleary S, Truty M, Thiels C. Quality of Life and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Long-term Survivors of Pancreatic Cancer Following Pancreatoduodenectomy. Ann Surg. 2024 May 1; 279 (5):842-849 Epub 2023 July 27
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  16. Kirby JW, Horst KK, Boyum JH, Thiels CA, Froemming AT, Khandelwal A. The Acute Abdomen: A Case-based Survival Guide to What the Surgeon Wants to Know. Radiographics. 2024 May; 44 (5):e230161
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  17. Fiorentini G, Zironda A, Fogliati A, Warner S, Cleary S, Smoot R, Truty M, Kendrick M, Nagorney D, Thiels C, Starlinger P. The "double-fired" gastro-jejunostomy as a form of improved efficiency during Whipple procedure. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Apr; 26 (4):512-520 Epub 2023 Dec 13
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  18. Fogliati A, Zironda A, Fiorentini G, Adjei S, Amro A, Starlinger PP, Grotz TE, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Thiels CA, Kendrick ML, Cleary SP, Truty MJ. Outcomes of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Invasive Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Compared with de Novo Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Apr; 31 (4):2632-2639 Epub 2024 Feb 06
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  19. Rengers TA, Thiels CA, Salehinejad H. Academic Surgery in the Era of Large Language Models: A Review. JAMA Surg. 2024 Apr 1; 159 (4):445-450
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  20. Zhang C, Shariq O, Bews K, Poruk K, Mrdutt MM, Foster T, Etzioni DA, Habermann EB, Thiels C. Outpatient surgery benchmarks and practice variation patterns: Case controlled study. Int J Surg. 2024 Mar 25; 110 (10):6297-305 [Epub ahead of print]
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  21. Zhang C, Thiels CA. Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump Chemotherapy for Colorectal Liver Metastases: What Does the Colorectal Surgeon Need to Know? Dis Colon Rectum. 2024 Feb 1; 67 (2):200-204 Epub 2023 Nov 16
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  22. Rengers T, Ubl D, Habermann E, Cleary SP, Thiels CA, Warner SG. Supply and demand of hepatopancreatobiliary surgeons in the United States. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Feb; 26 (2):299-309 Epub 2023 Nov 08
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  23. Emiloju OE, Storandt M, Zemla T, Tran N, Jethwa K, Mahipal A, Mitchell J, Thiels C, Mathis K, McWilliams R, Hubbard J, Sinicrope F, Shi Q, Jin Z. Tumor-Informed Circulating Tumor DNA for Minimal Residual Disease Detection in the Management of Colorectal Cancer. JCO Precis Oncol. 2024 Jan; 8:e2300127
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  24. Zironda A, Zhang C, Day C, McWilliams RR, Starlinger P, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Cleary SP, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ, Thiels CA. Early vs conventional onset pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: analysis of surgical and oncologic outcomes in patients undergoing curative intent resection. HPB (Oxford). 2024 Jan; 26 (1):145-153 Epub 2023 Sept 11
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  25. Buckarma E, Thiels CA, Jin Z, Grotz TE. Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Paclitaxel and Cisplatin for Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Metastasis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Jan; 31 (1):622-629 Epub 2023 Oct 26
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  26. Zhang C, Gudmundsdottir H, Takahashi H, Day C, Glasgow A, Wasif N, Starlinger P, Warner S, Grotz T, Smoot R, Truty M, Cleary S, Kendrick M, Nagorney D, Navin P, Halfdanarson TR, Thiels C. Accuracy of DOTATATE PET imaging in the preoperative planning of small bowel neuroendocrine tumor resection. J Surg Oncol. 2023 Dec; 128 (7):1072-1079 Epub 2023 Aug 02
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  27. Lund S, MacArthur T, Watkins R, Alva-Ruiz R, Thiels CA, Smoot RL, Cleary SP, Warner SG. Checking Our Blind Spots: Examining Characteristics of Interviewees Versus Matriculants to a Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgical Fellowship Program. J Surg Educ. 2023 Nov; 80 (11):1582-1591 Epub 2023 May 12
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  28. Gudmundsdottir H, Yonkus JA, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Cleary SP, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ, Grotz TE. Oncologic Outcomes of Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Highly Selected Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Nov; 30 (12):7833-7839 Epub 2023 Aug 19
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  29. Santol J, Kim S, Gregory LA, Baumgartner R, Murtha-Lemekhova A, Birgin E, Gloor S, Braunwarth E, Ammann M, Starlinger J, Pereyra D, Ammon D, Ninkovic M, Kern AE, Rumpf B, Ortmayr G, Herrmann Y, Dong Y, Huber FX, Weninger J, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Nagorney DN, Cleary SP, Beldi G, Rahbari NN, Hoffmann K, Gilg S, Assinger A, Gruenberger T, Hackl H, Starlinger P. An APRI+ALBI Based Multivariable Model as Preoperative Predictor for Posthepatectomy Liver Failure. Ann Surg. 2023 Oct 20 [Epub ahead of print]
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  30. Gudmundsdottir H, Ubl DS, Yost KJ, Gazelka HM, Habermann EB, Thiels CA. Finding the Balance Between Reduced Opioid Prescribing and Patient-reported Pain Management Among General Surgery Patients. Ann Surg. 2023 Aug 1; 278 (2):208-215 Epub 2022 Aug 26
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  31. Gudmundsdottir H, Habermann EB, Vierkant RA, Starlinger P, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Halfdanarson TR, Nagorney DM, Cleary SP. Survival and Symptomatic Relief After Cytoreductive Hepatectomy for Neuroendocrine Tumor Liver Metastases: Long-Term Follow-up Evaluation of More Than 500 Patients. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Aug; 30 (8):4840-4851 Epub 2023 May 19
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  32. Gudmundsdottir H, Yonkus JA, Alva-Ruiz R, Kendrick ML, Smoot RL, Warner SG, Starlinger P, Thiels CA, Nagorney DM, Cleary SP, Grotz TE, Truty MJ. Yield of Staging Laparoscopy for Pancreatic Cancer in the Modern Era: Analysis of More than 1,000 Consecutive Patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 Jul 1; 237 (1):49-57 Epub 2023 Apr 07
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  33. Gudmundsdottir H, Glasgow AE, Bews KA, Ruddy KJ, Thiels CA, Shenoy CC. Underutilization of pretreatment fertility preservation counseling in reproductive-age women with gastrointestinal cancer. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2023 Mar; 49 (3):667-672 Epub 2023 Feb 02
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  34. Pery R, Gudmundsdottir H, Nagorney DM, Pencovich N, Smoot RL, Thiels CA, Truty MJ, Vierkant RA, Warner SG, Kendrick ML, Cleary SP. Laparoscopic versus open liver resections for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer: the Mayo clinic experience. HPB (Oxford). 2023 Mar; 25 (3):339-346 Epub 2022 Dec 31
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  35. Shariq OA, Bews KA, Etzioni DA, Kendrick ML, Habermann EB, Thiels CA. Performance of General Surgical Procedures in Outpatient Settings Before and After Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1; 6 (3):e231198 Epub 2023 Mar 01
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  36. Zironda A, Grotz TE, Folpe AL, Thiels CA. Gastrointestinal Glomus Tumors: A Single Institution, 20-Year Retrospective Study. J Surg Res. 2023 Mar; 283:982-991 Epub 2022 Dec 10
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  37. Grotz TE, Yonkus JA, Thiels CA, Warner SG, McWilliams RR, Mahipal A, Bekaii-Saab TS, Cleary SP, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ. Cytoreduction with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemoperfusion for Pancreatic Cancer with Low-Volume Peritoneal Metastasis: Results from a Prospective Pilot Study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jan; 30 (1):395-403 Epub 2022 Aug 16
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  38. Pery R, Smoot RL, Thiels CA, Cleary SP, Vierkant RA, Ilyas SI, Gores GJ, Nagorney DM. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic resection for cholangiocarcinoma in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis. Br J Surg. 2022 Oct 14; 109 (11):1032-1035
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  39. Gudmundsdottir H, Pery R, Graham RP, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Truty MJ, Kendrick ML, Halfdanarson TR, Habermann EB, Nagorney DM, Cleary SP. Safety and Outcomes of Combined Pancreatic and Hepatic Resections for Metastatic Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Oct; 29 (11):6949-6957 Epub 2022 June 22
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  40. Hanson KT, Thiels CA, Habermann EB. Impact of Preoperative Pain on the Patient Experience. Am Surg. 2022 Sep; 88 (9):2397-2399 Epub 2020 Sept 10
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  41. Abdelrahman AM, Goenka AH, Alva-Ruiz R, Yonkus JA, Leiting JL, Graham RP, Merrell KW, Thiels CA, Hallemeier CL, Warner SG, Haddock MG, Grotz TE, Tran NH, Smoot RL, Ma WW, Cleary SP, McWilliams RR, Nagorney DM, Halfdanarson TR, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ. FDG-PET Predicts Neoadjuvant Therapy Response and Survival in Borderline Resectable/Locally Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2022 Sep; 20 (9):1023-1032.e3
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  42. Gudmundsdottir H, Tomlinson JL, Graham RP, Thiels CA, Warner SG, Smoot RL, Kendrick ML, Nagorney DM, Halfdanarson TR, Habermann EB, Truty MJ, Cleary SP. Outcomes of pancreatectomy with portomesenteric venous resection and reconstruction for locally advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. HPB (Oxford). 2022 Jul; 24 (7):1186-1193 Epub 2021 Dec 31
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  43. Bergquist JR, Thiels CA, Shubert CR, Ivanics T, Habermann EB, Vege SS, Grotz TE, Cleary SP, Smoot RL, Kendrick ML, Nagorney DM, Truty MJ. Perception versus reality: A National Cohort Analysis of the surgery-first approach for resectable pancreatic cancer. Cancer Med. 2021 Sep; 10 (17):5925-5935 Epub 2021 July 21
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  44. Wyles CC, Thiels CA, Hevesi M, Ubl DS, Gazelka HM, Turner NS 3rd, Trousdale RT, Pagnano MW, Mabry TM, Habermann EB. Patient Opioid Requirements Are Often Far Less Than Their Discharge Prescription After Orthopaedic Surgery: the Results of a Prospective Multicenter Survey. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2021 Apr 1; 29 (7):e345-e353
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  45. 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
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  46. Yonkus JA, Thiels CA, Skaran P, Mathis KL, Bingener J. The effect of pre-operative diagnosis on patient reported outcomes in patients undergoing colorectal operations: A prospective study. Am J Surg. 2020 Dec; 220 (6):1388-1392 Epub 2020 Aug 27
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  47. Holst KA, Dearani JA, Schaff HV, Hanson KT, Thiels CA, Erdman MK, Pham S, Landolofo K, DeValeria PA, Habermann EB. What Drives Opioid Prescriptions After Cardiac Surgery: Practice or Patient? Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Oct; 110 (4):1201-1208 Epub 2020 Mar 02
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  48. Ramel CL, Habermann EB, Thiels CA, Dierkhising RA, Cunningham JL. Provision of a Drug Deactivation System for Unused Opioid Disposal at Surgical Dismissal: Opportunity to Reduce Community Opioid Supply. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2020 Aug; 4 (4):357-361 Epub 2020 Aug 05
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  49. Driedger MR, Puig CA, Thiels CA, Bergquist JR, Ubl DS, Habermann EB, Grotz TE, Smoot RL, Nagorney DM, Cleary SP, Kendrick ML, Truty MJ. Emergent pancreatectomy for neoplastic disease: outcomes analysis of 534 ACS-NSQIP patients. BMC Surg. 2020 Jul 27; 20 (1):169 Epub 2020 July 27
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  50. Buckarma E, Thiels CA, Habermann EB, Glasgow A, Grotz TE, Cleary SP, Smoot RL, Kendrick ML, Nagorney DM, Truty MJ. Preoperative opioid use is associated with increased length of stay after pancreaticoduodenectomy. HPB (Oxford). 2020 Jul; 22 (7):1074-1081 Epub 2019 Dec 12
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  51. Thiels CA, D'Angelica MI. Hepatic artery infusion pumps. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Jul; 122 (1):70-77 Epub 2020 Mar 25
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  52. Thiels CA, Hanson KT, Mathis KL, Novotny PJ, Truty MJ, Sloan JA, Bingener J. Prospective longitudinal cohort study of patient recovery after major gastrointestinal surgery: is there a difference between minimally invasive and open approaches? Surg Endosc. 2020 Jul; 34 (7):3126-3134 Epub 2019 Oct 04
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  53. Robinson KA, Thiels CA, Stokes S, Duncan S, Feranil M, Fleishman A, Cook CH, Nathanson LA, Huang LC, Habermann EB, Brat GA. Comparing Clinician Consensus Recommendations to Patient-reported Opioid Use Across Multiple Hospital Systems. Ann Surg. 2020 Jun 24 Epub 2020 June 24
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  54. Holst KA, Thiels CA, Ubl DS, Blackmon SH, Cassivi SD, Nichols FC 3rd, Shen KR, Wigle DA, Thomas M, Makey IA, Beamer SE, Jaroszewski DE, Allen MS, Habermann EB. Postoperative Opioid Consumption in Thoracic Surgery Patients: How Much Is Actually Used? Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Apr; 109 (4):1033-1039 Epub 2019 Nov 02
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  55. Thiels CA, Hanson KT, Habermann EB, Boughey JC, Grotz TE. Integrated cancer networks improve compliance with national guidelines and outcomes for resectable gastric cancer. Cancer. 2020 Mar 15; 126 (6):1283-1294 Epub 2019 Dec 10
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  56. Chen CL, Jeffery MM, Krebs EE, Thiels CA, Schumacher MA, Schwartz AJ, Thombley R, Finlayson E, Rodriguez-Monguio R, Ward D, Dudley RA. Long-Term Trends in Postoperative Opioid Prescribing, 1994 to 2014. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2020 Jan; 4 (1) Epub 2020 Jan 07
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  57. Sada A, Ubl DS, Thiels CA, Cronin PA, Dy BM, Lyden ML, Thompson GB, McKenzie TJ, Habermann EB. Optimizing Opioid-Prescribing Practices After Parathyroidectomy. J Surg Res. 2020 Jan; 245:107-114 Epub 2019 Aug 12
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  58. Knight AW, Habermann EB, Ubl DS, Zielinski MD, Thiels CA. Opioid utilization in minimally invasive versus open inguinal hernia repair. Surgery. 2019 Nov; 166 (5):752-757 Epub 2019 June 20
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  59. Rocco R, Thiels CA, Ubl DS, Moyer AM, Habermann EB, Cassivi SD. Use of pharmacogenetic data to guide individualized opioid prescribing after surgery. Surgery. 2019 Oct; 166 (4):476-482 Epub 2019 July 15
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  60. Murphy BL, Thiels CA, Hanson KT, McLaughlin S, Jakub JW, Gray RJ, Ubl DS, Habermann EB. Pain and opioid prescriptions vary by procedure after breast surgery. J Surg Oncol. 2019 Sep; 120 (4):593-602 Epub 2019 July 11
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  61. Lowndes BR, Abdelrahman AM, Thiels CA, Mohamed AO, McConico AL, Bingener J, Hallbeck MS. Surgical team workload comparison for 4-port and single-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedures. Appl Ergon. 2019 Jul; 78:277-285 Epub 2018 June 28
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  62. Sada A, Thiels CA, Britain MK, Dudakovic A, Bergquist WJ, Nickel SR, Moran MJ, Martinez-Jorge J, Jakub JW. Optimizing Discharge Opioid Prescribing Practices After Mastectomy With Immediate Reconstruction. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2019 Jun; 3 (2):183-188 Epub 2019 May 27
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  63. Thiels CA, Habermann EB, Hooten WM, Jeffery MM. Chronic use of tramadol after acute pain episode: cohort study. BMJ. 2019 May 14; 365:l1849
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  64. Grass F, Spindler BA, Naik ND, Thiels CA, Dozois EJ, Larson DW, Mathis KL. Oncological outcome of peripartum colorectal carcinoma-a single-center experience. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2019 May; 34 (5):899-904 Epub 2019 Mar 26
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  65. Helder MRK, Schaff HV, Hanson KT, Thiels CA, Dearani JA, Daly RC, Maltais S, Habermann EB. Patient Experience After Cardiac Surgery: Identifying Areas for Improvement. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Mar; 107 (3):780-786 Epub 2018 Nov 08
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  66. Thiels CA, Zielinski MD, Glasgow AE, Habermann EB. The Relative Lack of Data Regarding Firearms Injuries in the United States. Ann Surg 2018 Dec; 268 (6):e55-e56
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  67. Habermann EB, Thiels CA. Response: "Comment on 'Wide Variation and Overprescription of Opioids After Elective Surgery' '. Ann Surg 2018 Dec; 268 (6):e65-e66
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  68. Abdelhamid MO, Thiels CA, Bingener J. Is functional gallbladder disease truly increasing? Results from the Rochester Epidemiology Project. Am J Surg. 2018 Nov; 216 (5):932-934 Epub 2018 Apr 17
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  69. Thiels CA, Ubl DS, Yost KJ, Dowdy SC, Mabry TM, Gazelka HM, Cima RR, Habermann EB. Results of a Prospective, Multicenter Initiative Aimed at Developing Opioid-prescribing Guidelines After Surgery. Ann Surg. 2018 Sep; 268 (3):457-468
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  70. Hanson KT, Thiels CA, Polites SF, Gazelka HM, Ray-Zack MD, Zielinski MD, Habermann EB. The opioid epidemic in acute care surgery-Characteristics of overprescribing following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Jul; 85 (1):62-70
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  71. Thiels CA, Ikoma N, Fournier K, Das P, Blum M, Estrella JS, Minsky BD, Ajani J, Mansfield P, Badgwell BD. Repeat staging laparoscopy for gastric cancer after preoperative therapy. J Surg Oncol. 2018 Jul; 118 (1):61-67 Epub 2018 June 07
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  72. Hanson KT, Zalewski NL, Hocker SE, Caselli RJ, Habermann EB, Thiels CA. At the Intersection of Patient Experience Data, Outcomes Research, and Practice: Analysis of HCAHPS Scores in Neurology Patients. Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes. 2018 Jun; 2 (2):137-147 Epub 2018 May 24
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  73. Hernandez MC, Reisenauer JS, Aho JM, Zeb M, Thiels CA, Cross WW 3rd, Schiller HJ, Kim BD. Bone Autograft Coupled with Locking Plates Repairs Symptomatic Rib Fracture Nonunions. Am Surg. 2018 Jun 1; 84 (6):844-850
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  74. Thiels CA, Habermann EB, Zielinski MD. Surgical Residents and Medical Malpractice-Reply. JAMA Surg 2018 Apr 1; 153 (4):395
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  75. Bergquist JR, Thiels CA, Hyder JA, Zielinski MD. Greater Mortality After Emergency Laparotomy in the United Kingdom Compared With United States: A Window Into the Quality of Acute Care Surgery in the United States. Ann Surg 2018 Apr; 267 (4):e76-e78
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  76. Thiels CA, Hanson KT, Cima RR, Habermann EB. From Data to Practice: Increasing Awareness of Opioid Prescribing Data Changes Practice. Ann Surg. 2018 Mar; 267 (3):e46-e47
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  77. Thiels CA, Choudhry AJ, Ray-Zack MD, Lindor RA, Bergquist JR, Habermann EB, Zielinski MD. Medical Malpractice Lawsuits Involving Surgical Residents. JAMA Surg. 2018 Jan 1; 153 (1):8-13
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  78. Naik ND, Abbott EF, Aho JM, Pandian TK, Thiels CA, Heller SF, Farley DR. The ACGME Case Log System May Not Accurately Represent Operative Experience Among General Surgery Interns. J Surg Educ. 2017 Nov - Dec; 74 (6):e106-e110 Epub 2017 Oct 18
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  79. Parker ME, Khasawneh MA, Thiels CA, Berns KS, Stubbs JR, Jenkins DH, Zietlow SP, Zielinski MD. Prehospital Transfusion for Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Air Med J. 2017 Nov - Dec; 36 (6):315-319 Epub 2017 Aug 02
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  80. Thiels CA, Anderson SS, Ubl DS, Hanson KT, Bergquist WJ, Gray RJ, Gazelka HM, Cima RR, Habermann EB. Wide Variation and Overprescription of Opioids After Elective Surgery. Ann Surg. 2017 Oct; 266 (4):564-573
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  81. Hernandez MC, Thiels CA, Aho JM, Habermann EB, Zielinski MD, Stubbs JA, Jenkins DH, Zietlow SP. Prehospital plasma resuscitation associated with improved neurologic outcomes after traumatic brain injury. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Sep; 83 (3):398-405
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  82. 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
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  83. Cima RR, Bergquist JR, Hanson KT, Thiels CA, Habermann EB. Outcomes are Local: Patient, Disease, and Procedure-Specific Risk Factors for Colorectal Surgical Site Infections from a Single Institution. J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 Jul; 21 (7):1142-1152 Epub 2017 May 03
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  84. Spindler BA, Bergquist JR, Thiels CA, Habermann EB, Kelley SR, Larson DW, Mathis KL. Incorporation of CEA Improves Risk Stratification in Stage II Colon Cancer. J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 May; 21 (5):770-777 Epub 2017 Mar 13
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  85. Hernandez MC, Vogelsang D, Anderson JR, Thiels CA, Beilman G, Zielinski MD, Aho JM. Visually guided tube thoracostomy insertion comparison to standard of care in a large animal model. Injury. 2017 Apr; 48 (4):849-853 Epub 2017 Feb 20
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  86. Thiels CA, Holst KA, Ubl DS, McKenzie TJ, Zielinski MD, Farley DR, Habermann EB, Bingener J. Gender disparities in the utilization of laparoscopic groin hernia repair. J Surg Res. 2017 Apr; 210:59-68 Epub 2016 Nov 05
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  87. Thompson SM, Thiels CA, Aho JM. Novel Device For Removal of Blot Clot Obstructions in Drainage Tubes. J Med Device. 2017 Mar; 11 (1):0145041-145043 Epub 2016 Dec 21
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  88. Thiels CA, Bergquist JR, Krajewski AC, Lee HE, Nelson H, Mathis KL, Habermann EB, Cima RR. Outcomes of Primary Colorectal Sarcoma: A National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) Review. J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 Mar; 21 (3):560-568 Epub 2017 Jan 17
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  89. Choudhry AJ, Haddad NN, Martin M, Thiels CA, Habermann EB, Zielinski MD. Medical Malpractice in Bariatric Surgery: a Review of 140 Medicolegal Claims. J Gastrointest Surg. 2017 Jan; 21 (1):146-154 Epub 2016 Oct 11
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  90. Laan DV, Thiels CA, Glasgow A, Wise KB, Thompson GB, Richards ML, Farley DR, Truty MJ, McKenzie TJ. Adrenocortical carcinoma with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus. Surgery. 2017 Jan; 161 (1):240-248 Epub 2016 Nov 17
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  91. Thiels CA, Yu D, Abdelrahman AM, Habermann EB, Hallbeck S, Pasupathy KS, Bingener J. The use of patient factors to improve the prediction of operative duration using laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc. 2017 Jan; 31 (1):333-340 Epub 2016 July 06
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  101. Thiels CA, Gonzalez AB, Gray RJ, Jakub JW. Isolated limb perfusion in Merkel cell carcinoma offers high rate of complete response and durable local-regional control: Systematic review and institutional experience. J Surg Oncol. 2016 Aug; 114 (2):187-92 Epub 2016 May 18
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  104. Thiels CA, Hernandez MC, Zielinski MD, Aho JM. Injury patterns and outcomes of ice-fishing in the United States. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jul; 34 (7):1258-61 Epub 2016 Apr 02
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  116. Nickerson TP, Thiels CA, Kim BD, Zielinski MD, Jenkins DH, Schiller HJ. Outcomes of Complete Versus Partial Surgical Stabilization of Flail Chest. World J Surg. 2016 Jan; 40 (1):236-41
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  120. Aho JM, Thiels CA, AlJamal YN, Ruparel RK, Rowse PG, Heller SF, Farley DR. Every surgical resident should know how to perform a cricothyrotomy: an inexpensive cricothyrotomy task trainer for teaching and assessing surgical trainees. J Surg Educ. 2015 Jul-Aug; 72 (4):658-61 Epub 2015 Feb 18
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  122. Aho JM, Schaff MS, Thiels CA, Darling RA, Koerner MN, Schaff HV. A history of innovation: cardiac surgery in Minnesota. Minn Med. 2015 Jan; 98(1):32-5.
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