The Department of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Pediatrics

Recent Publications

2010

  1. Harting MT, Lally KP, Andrassy RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Cox CS Jr, Hayes-Jordan A, Blakely ML. Age as a prognostic factor for patients with osteosarcoma: an analysis of 438 patients. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2010 Apr;136(4):561-70.
  2. Tsao K, Allison ND, Harting MT, Lally PA, Lally KP. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia in the preterm infant. Surgery. 2010 May 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20471048.
  3. Kao LS, Lew DF, Doyle PD, Carrick MM, Jordan VS, Thomas EJ, Lally KP. A tale of 2 hospitals: A staggered cohort study of targeted interventions to improve compliance with antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines. Surgery. 2010 May 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20494387.
  4. Meeks DW, Lally KP, Carrick MM, Lew DF, Thomas EJ, Doyle PD, Kao LS. Compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections: As simple as 1-2-3? Am J Surg. 2010 Jun 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20573335.
  5. Uray KS, Shah SK, Radhakrishnan RS, Jimenez F, Walker PA, Stewart RH, Laine GA, Cox CS Jr. Sodium hydrogen exchanger as a mediator of hydrostatic edema-induced intestinal contractile dysfunction. Surgery. 2010 May 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20553904.
  6. Shah SK, Jimenez F, Walker PA, Aroom KR, Xue H, Feeley TD, Uray KS, Norbury KC, Stewart RH, Laine GA, Cox CS Jr. A novel mechanism for neutrophil priming in trauma: Potential role of peritoneal fluid. Surgery. 2010 May 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20466401.
  7. Shah SK, Jimenez F, Walker PA, Xue H, Uray KS, Aroom KR, Fischer UM, Laine GA, Stewart RH, Norbury KC, Cox CS Jr. A novel physiologic model for the study of abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS). J Trauma. 2010 Mar;68(3):682-9.
  8. Uray KS, Wright Z, Kislitsyna K, Xue H, Cox CS Jr. Nuclear factor-kappaB activation by edema inhibits intestinal contractile activity. Crit Care Med. 2010 Mar;38(3):861-70.
  9. Shah SK, Fogle LN, Aroom KR, Gill BS, Moore-Olufemi SD, Jimenez F, Uray KS, Walker PA, Stewart RH, Laine GA, Cox CS Jr. Hydrostatic intestinal edema induced signaling pathways: potential role of mechanical forces. Surgery. 2010 Jun;147(6):772-9.
  10. Walker PA, Jimenez F, Cox CS Jr. Progenitor cell therapy for traumatic brain injury: effect of serum osmolarity on cell viability and cytokine production. Regen Med. 2010 Jan;5(1):65-71.
  11. Shah SK, Uray KS, Stewart RH, Laine GA, Cox CS Jr. Resuscitation-Induced Intestinal Edema and Related Dysfunction: State of the Science. J Surg Res. 2009 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 19959186.
  12. Shah SK, Khan AM, Cox CS Jr. Pulmonary hypertensive crisis requiring ECMO associated with re-warming from whole body hypothermia for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: clinical observations from a case series. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2010 May;20(3):205-6.
  13. Moore-Olufemi SD, Olufemi SE, Lott S, Sato N, Kozar RA, Moore FA, Radhakrishnan RS, Shah S, Jimenez F, Kone BC, Cox CS Jr. Intestinal ischemic preconditioning after ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat intestine: profiling global gene expression patterns. Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Jul;55(7):1866-77.
  14. Walker PA, Harting MT, Jimenez F, Shah SK, Pati S, Dash PK, Cox CS Jr. Direct intrathecal implantation of mesenchymal stromal cells leads to enhanced neuroprotection via an NFkappaB-mediated increase in interleukin-6 production. Stem Cells Dev. 2010 Jun;19(6):867-76.
  15. Brenneman M, Sharma S, Harting M, Strong R, Cox CS Jr, Aronowski J, Grotta JC, Savitz SI. Autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells enhance recovery after acute ischemic stroke in young and middle-aged rats. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2010 Jan;30(1):140-9.
  16. Wang Y, Mandal D, Wang S, Kleinerman ES, Pollock RE, Lev D, Hayes-Jordan A. Platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta inhibition increases tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) sensitivity: imatinib and TRAIL dual therapy. Cancer. 2010 May 24. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 20564078.
  17. Hayes-Jordan A, Green H, Fitzgerald N, Xiao L, Anderson P. Novel treatment for desmoplastic small round cell tumor: hyperthermic intraperitoneal perfusion. J Pediatr Surg. 2010 May;45(5):1000-6.
  18. Wang YX, Mandal D, Wang S, Hughes D, Pollock RE, Lev D, Kleinerman E, Hayes-Jordan A. Inhibiting platelet-derived growth factor beta reduces Ewing's sarcoma growth and metastasis in a novel orthotopic human xenograft model. In Vivo. 2009 Nov-Dec;23(6):903-9.
  19. Wang S, Ren W, Liu J, Lahat G, Torres K, Lopez G, Lazar AJ, Hayes-Jordan A, Liu K, Bankson J, Hazle JD, Lev D. TRAIL and doxorubicin combination induces proapoptotic and antiangiogenic effects in soft tissue sarcoma in vivo. Clin Cancer Res. 2010 May 1;16(9):2591-604.

2009

  1. Allison ND, Anderson CM, Shah SK, Lally KP, Hayes-Jordan A, Tsao KJ, Andrassy RJ, Cox CS Jr. Outcomes of truncal vascular injuries in children. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Oct;44(10):1958-64.
  2. Harting MT, Lally KP, Andrassy RJ, Vaporciyan AA, Cox CS Jr, Hayes-Jordan A, Blakely ML. Age as a prognostic factor for patients with osteosarcoma: an analysis of 438 patients. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2010 Apr;136(4):561-70.
  3. Kao LS, Meeks D, Moyer VA, Lally KP. Peri-operative glycaemic control regimens for preventing surgical site infections in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Jul 8;(3):CD006806.
  4. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group, Bryner BS, West BT, Hirschl RB, Drongowski RA, Lally KP, Lally P, Mychaliska GB. Congenital diaphragmatic hernia requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: does timing of repair matter? J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Jun;44(6):1165-71; discussion 1171-2.
  5. Kao LS, Lally KP, Thomas EJ, Tyson JE. Improving quality improvement: a methodologic framework for evaluating effectiveness of surgical quality
    improvement. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Apr;208(4):621-6.
  6. Stevens TP, van Wijngaarden E, Ackerman KG, Lally PA, Lally KP; Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group. Timing of delivery and survival rates for infants with prenatal diagnoses of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatrics. 2009 Feb;123(2):494-502.
  7. Walker PA, Shah SK, Harting MT, Cox CS. Progenitor cell therapies for traumatic brain injury: barriers and opportunities in translation. Dis Model Mech. 2009 Jan;2(1-2):23-38.
  8. Yang D, Wang S, Brooks C, Dong Z, Schoenlein PV, Kumar V, Ouyang X, Xiong H, Lahat G, Hayes-Jordan A, Lazar A, Pollock R, Lev D, Liu K. IFN regulatory factor 8 sensitizes soft tissue sarcoma cells to death receptor-initiated apoptosis via repression of FLICE-like protein expression. Cancer Res. 2009 Feb 1;69(3):1080-8.
  9. Radhakrishnan RS, Shah SK, Lance SH, Radhakrishnan HR, Xue H, Radhakrishnan GL, Ramaswamy US, Walker PA, Uray KS, Laine GA, Stewart RH, Cox CS Jr. Hypertonic saline alters hydraulic conductivity and up-regulates mucosal/submucosal aquaporin 4 in resuscitation-induced intestinal edema. Crit Care Med. 2009 Nov;37(11):2946-52.
  10. Walker PA, Harting MT, Baumgartner JE, Fletcher S, Strobel N, Cox CS Jr. Modern approaches to pediatric brain injury therapy. J Trauma. 2009 Aug;67(2 Suppl):S120-7. Review.
  11. Walker PA, Aroom KR, Jimenez F, Shah SK, Harting MT, Gill BS, Cox CS Jr. Advances in progenitor cell therapy using scaffolding constructs for central nervous system injury. Stem Cell Rev. 2009 Sep;5(3):283-300.
  12. Moore-Olufemi SD, Padalecki J, Olufemi SE, Xue H, Oliver DH, Radhakrishnan RS, Allen SJ, Moore FA, Stewart R, Laine GA, Cox CS Jr. Intestinal edema: effect of enteral feeding on motility and gene expression. J Surg Res. 2009 Aug;155(2):283-92.
  13. Harting MT, Smith CT, Radhakrishnan RS, Aroom KR, Dash PK, Gill B, Cox CS Jr. Regional differences in cerebral edema after traumatic brain injury identified by impedance analysis. J Surg Res. 2010 Mar;159(1):557-64.
  14. Fischer UM, Harting MT, Jimenez F, Monzon-Posadas WO, Xue H, Savitz SI, Laine GA, Cox CS Jr. Pulmonary passage is a major obstacle for intravenous stem cell delivery: the pulmonary first-pass effect. Stem Cells Dev. 2009 Jun;18(5):683-92.
  15. Aroom KR, Harting MT, Cox CS Jr, Radharkrishnan RS, Smith C, Gill BS. Bioimpedance analysis: a guide to simple design and implementation. J Surg Res. 2009 May 1;153(1):23-30.
  16. Harting MT, Sloan LE, Jimenez F, Baumgartner J, Cox CS Jr. Subacute neural stem cell therapy for traumatic brain injury. J Surg Res. 2009 May
    15;153(2):188-94.
  17. Fischer UM, Radhakrishnan RS, Uray KS, Xue H, Cox CS Jr. Myocardial function after gut ischemia/reperfusion: does NF kappaB play a role? J Surg Res. 2009 Apr;152(2):264-70.
  18. Harting MT, Jimenez F, Cox CS Jr. Isolation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from green fluorescent protein positive (GFP+) transgenic rodents: the grass is not always green(er). Stem Cells Dev. 2009 Jan-Feb;18(1):127-35.
  19. Ponsky TA, Rothenberg SS, Tsao K, Ostlie DJ, St Peter SD, Holcomb GW 3rd. Thoracoscopy in children: is a chest tube necessary? J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2009 Apr;19 Suppl 1:S23-5.
  20. Valusek PA, Tsao K, Ostlie DJ. Traumatic lumbar hernia in a child. J Trauma. 2009 Oct;67(4):E102-3.
  21. Yoder SM, Rothenberg S, Tsao K, Wulkan ML, Ponsky TA, St Peter SD, Ostlie DJ, Kane TD. Laparoscopic treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts in children. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2009 Apr;19 Suppl 1:S37-40.
  22. Shah SK, Tieu KK, Tsao K. Intestinal complications of magnet ingestion in children from the pediatric surgery perspective. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Oct;19(5):334-7. Review.
  23. St Peter SD, Tsao K, Spilde TL, Keckler SJ, Harrison C, Jackson MA, Sharp SW, Andrews WS, Rivard DC, Morello FP, Holcomb GW 3rd, Ostlie DJ. Thoracoscopic decortication vs tube thoracostomy with fibrinolysis for empyema in children: a prospective, randomized trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Jan;44(1):106-11; discussion 111. Erratum in: J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Sep;44(9):1865. Rivard, Doug C [added]; Morello, Frank P [added].

2008

  1. Tsao K, Lally KP. The Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Study Group: a voluntary international registry. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2008 May;17(2):90-7.
  2. Harting MT, Blakely ML, Cox CS Jr, Lantin-Hermoso R, Andrassy RJ, Lally KP. Acute hemodynamic decompensation following patent ductus arteriosus ligation in premature infants. J Invest Surg. 2008 May-Jun;21(3):133-8.
  3. Blakely ML, Gupta H, Lally KP.Surgical management of necrotizing enterocolitis and isolated intestinal perforation in premature neonates.Semin Perinatol. 2008 Apr;32(2):122-6.
  4. American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery; American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus and Newborn, Lally KP, Engle W. Postdischarge follow-up of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.Pediatrics. 2008 Mar;121(3):627-32.
  5. Kao LS, Tyson JE, Blakely ML, Lally KP.Clinical research methodology I: introduction to randomized trials.J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Feb;206(2):361-9. Review. No abstract available.
  6. Stewart RH, Uray K, Cox CS, Laine GA.Myocardial fluid balance in dogs with naturally acquired heartworm infection.Am J Vet Res. 2008 Mar;69(3):356-61.
  7. Harting MT, Baumgartner JE, Worth LL, Ewing-Cobbs L, Gee AP, Day MC, Cox CS Jr.Cell therapies for traumatic brain injury.Neurosurg Focus. 2008;24(3-4):E18.
  8. Mi T, Abbasi S, Zhang H, Uray K, Chunn JL, Xia LW, Molina JG, Weisbrodt NW, Kellems RE, Blackburn MR, Xia Y.Excess adenosine in murine penile erectile tissues contributes to priapism via A(2B) adenosine receptor signaling.J Clin Invest. 2008 Apr;118(4):1491-501.
  9. Xia JJ, Kennedy KA, Teichgraeber JF, Wu KQ, Baumgartner JB, Gateno J. Nonsurgical treatment of deformational plagiocephaly: a systematic review. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Aug;162(8):719-27.
  10. Lee RP, Teichgraeber JF, Baumgartner JE, Waller AL, English JD, Lasky RE, Miller CC, Gateno J, Xia JJ. Long-term treatment effectiveness of molding helmet therapy in the correction of posterior deformational plagiocephaly: a five-year follow-up. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2008 May;45(3):240-5. Epub 2007 Jul 17.
  11. Aguilera D, Hayes-Jordan A, Anderson P, Woo S, Pearson M, Green H. Outpatient and home chemotherapy with novel local control strategies in desmoplastic small round cell tumor. Sarcoma. 2008;2008:261589.
  12. Hayes-Jordan A, Stoner JA, Anderson JR, Rodeberg D, Weiner G, Meyer WH, Hawkins DS, Arndt CA, Paidas C; Children's Oncology Group. The impact of surgical excision in chest wall rhabdomyosarcoma: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. J Pediatr Surg. 2008 May;43(5):831-6.