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Alessandro Fichera

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Mukta K Krane; Michele A Rubin; Konstantin Umanskiy; Anthony Villa; Marco Zoccali; Marco E Allaix; Roger D Hurst; Alessandro Fichera
Does morbid obesity change outcomes after laparoscopic surgery for inflammatory bowel disease? Review of 626 consecutive cases.
Mukta K Krane; Michele A Rubin; Konstantin Umanskiy; Anthony Villa; Marco Zoccali; Marco E Allaix; Roger D Hurst; Alessandro Fichera
Preoperative infliximab therapy does not increase morbidity and mortality after laparoscopic resection for inflammatory bowel disease.
Joel Pekow; Nanda Venu; Maria Westerhoff; Greg Cohen; Urszula Dougherty; Alessandro Fichera; Edward Gometz; Stephen B Hanauer; John Hart; Yong Huang; Roger D Hurst; Loren J Joseph; Masha Kocherginsky; Shawn Levy; Qiang Liu; Jeff Nathanson; Amy Noffsinger; Marc Bissonnette
Gene signature distinguishes patients with chronic ulcerative colitis harboring remote neoplastic lesions.

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2013: Mukta K Krane; Michele A Rubin; Konstantin Umanskiy; Anthony Villa; Marco Zoccali; Marco E Allaix; Roger D Hurst; Alessandro Fichera
Does morbid obesity change outcomes after laparoscopic surgery for inflammatory bowel disease? Review of 626 consecutive cases.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2013;216(5):986-96.
2013: Mukta K Krane; Michele A Rubin; Konstantin Umanskiy; Anthony Villa; Marco Zoccali; Marco E Allaix; Roger D Hurst; Alessandro Fichera
Preoperative infliximab therapy does not increase morbidity and mortality after laparoscopic resection for inflammatory bowel disease.
Diseases of the colon and rectum 2013;56(4):449-57.
2013: Joel Pekow; Nanda Venu; Maria Westerhoff; Greg Cohen; Urszula Dougherty; Alessandro Fichera; Edward Gometz; Stephen B Hanauer; John Hart; Yong Huang; Roger D Hurst; Loren J Joseph; Masha Kocherginsky; Shawn Levy; Qiang Liu; Jeff Nathanson; Amy Noffsinger; Marc Bissonnette
Gene signature distinguishes patients with chronic ulcerative colitis harboring remote neoplastic lesions.
Inflammatory bowel diseases 2013;19(3):461-70.
2012: Marco Zoccali; Alessandro Fichera
Minimally invasive approaches for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.
World journal of gastroenterology : WJG 2012;18(46):6756-63.
2012: Mukta K Krane; Alessandro Fichera
Laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery: where do we stand?
World journal of gastroenterology : WJG 2012;18(46):6747-55.
2012: Reba Mustafi; Hardik Shah; David Threadgill; Jiang Wu; Hongyan Zhu; Hooman Dehghan; Caroline Dive; Urszula Dougherty; Alessandro Fichera; Ariel Gliksberg; John Hart; Loren Joseph; Marc Bissonnette
Both stromal cell and colonocyte epidermal growth factor receptors control HCT116 colon cancer cell growth in tumor xenografts.
Carcinogenesis 2012;33(10):1930-9.
2012: Alessandro Fichera; Marco Zoccali; Toru Kono
Antimesenteric functional end-to-end handsewn (Kono-S) anastomosis.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2012;16(7):1412-6.
2012: Jennifer Holder-Murray; Roger D Hurst; Michele Rubin; Konstantin Umanskiy; Marco Zoccali; Alessandro Fichera
Totally laparoscopic total proctocolectomy: a safe alternative to open surgery in inflammatory bowel disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases 2012;18(5):863-8.
2012: Aaron T Miller; Michele Rubin; Julia R Berian; Alessandro Fichera; Roger D Hurst; Konstantin Umanskiy
Robotic-assisted proctectomy for inflammatory bowel disease: a case-matched comparison of laparoscopic and robotic technique.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2012;16(3):587-94.
2012: Alessandro Fichera; Marco Zoccali
Single-incision laparoscopic total abdominal colectomy for refractory ulcerative colitis.
Surgical endoscopy 2012;26(3):862-8.
2011: Roberto Gullo; Christopher Skelly; Marco Zoccali; David M Frim; Alessandro Fichera
A large pelvic mass in a 39-year-old man.
Updates in surgery 2011;63(4):293-6.
2011: Alessandro Fichera; Carla Felice; Marco Zoccali; David T Rubin
Total abdominal colectomy for refractory ulcerative colitis. Surgical treatment in evolution.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2011;15(11):1909-16.
2011: Marco Zoccali; Jerrold R Turner; Nicole Cipriani; Alessandro Fichera; Mukta Krane
Acute appendicitis secondary to a granular cell tumor of the appendix in a 19-year-old male.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2011;15(8):1482-5.
2011: Hongyan Zhu; Urszula Dougherty; Alessandro Fichera; Kathleen Goss; John Hart; Loren Joseph; Sonia Kupfer; Yan-Chun Li; Reba Mustafi; Joel Pekow; Victoria Robinson; Marc Bissonnette
EGFR signals downregulate tumor suppressors miR-143 and miR-145 in Western diet-promoted murine colon cancer: role of G1 regulators.
Molecular cancer research : MCR 2011;9(7):960-75.
2011: Alessandro Fichera
Laparoscopic treatment of Crohn's disease.
World journal of surgery 2011;35(7):1500-4.
2011: Alessandro Fichera; Marco Zoccali; Roberto Gullo
Single incision ("scarless") laparoscopic total abdominal colectomy with end ileostomy for ulcerative colitis.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2011;15(7):1247-51.
2011: Sushil Pandey; Gaurav Luther; Konstantin Umanskiy; Gautham Malhotra; Michele A Rubin; Roger D Hurst; Alessandro Fichera
Minimally invasive pouch surgery for ulcerative colitis: is there a benefit in staging?
Diseases of the colon and rectum 2011;54(3):306-10.
2010: Konstantin Umanskiy; Alessandro Fichera
Health related quality of life in inflammatory bowel disease: the impact of surgical therapy.
World journal of gastroenterology : WJG 2010;16(40):5024-34.
2010: Konstantin Umanskiy; Gautam Malhotra; Ayana Chase; Michele A Rubin; Roger D Hurst; Alessandro Fichera
Laparoscopic colectomy for Crohn's colitis. A large prospective comparative study.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2010;14(4):658-63.
2009: Urszula Dougherty; Dario Cerasi; Ieva Taylor; Masha Kocherginsky; Ummuhan Tekin; Shamiram Badal; Lata Aluri; Amikar Sehdev; Sonia Cerda; Reba Mustafi; Jorge Delgado; Loren Joseph; Hongyan Zhu; John Hart; David Threadgill; Alessandro Fichera; Marc Bissonnette
Epidermal growth factor receptor is required for colonic tumor promotion by dietary fat in the azoxymethane/dextran sulfate sodium model: roles of transforming growth factor-{alpha} and PTGS2.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2009;15(22):6780-9.
2009: Michelle C Roughton; Michael Millis; Giuliano Testa; Alessandro Fichera
Laparoscopic en bloc resection of locally advanced colon cancer with involvement of the liver, small bowel, omentum, and abdominal wall.
Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques 2009;19(2):e38-40.
2009: Alessandro Fichera; Mark T Silvestri; Roger D Hurst; Michele A Rubin; Fabrizio Michelassi
Laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis: a comparative observational study on long-term functional results.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2009;13(3):526-32.
2008: Jorge-Shmuel Delgado; Reba Mustafi; Jason Yee; Sonia Cerda; Anusara Chumsangsri; Urszula Dougherty; Lev Lichtenstein; Alessandro Fichera; Marc Bissonnette
Sorafenib triggers antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic signals in human esophageal adenocarcinoma cells.
Digestive diseases and sciences 2008;53(12):3055-64.
2008: Mark T Silvestri; Roger D Hurst; Michele A Rubin; Fabrizio Michelassi; Alessandro Fichera
Chronic inflammatory changes in the anal transition zone after stapled ileal pouch-anal anastomosis: is mucosectomy a superior alternative?
Surgery 2008;144(4):533-7; discussion 537-9.
2008: Urszula Dougherty; Amikar Sehdev; Sonia Cerda; Reba Mustafi; Nathaniel Little; Weihua Yuan; Sujatha Jagadeeswaran; Anusara Chumsangsri; Jorge Delgado; Maria Tretiakova; Loren Joseph; John Hart; Ezra E W Cohen; Lata Aluri; Alessandro Fichera; Marc Bissonnette
Epidermal growth factor receptor controls flat dysplastic aberrant crypt foci development and colon cancer progression in the rat azoxymethane model.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 2008;14(8):2253-62.
2008: Sun-Mi Park; Tharinda W Rajapaksha; Manling Zhang; Husain A Sattar; Alessandro Fichera; Philip G Ashton-Rickardt; Marcus E Peter
CD95 signaling deficient mice with a wild-type hematopoietic system are prone to hepatic neoplasia.
Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death 2008;13(1):41-51.
2007: Alessandro Fichera; Laura Ragauskaite; Mark T Silvestri; Nicholas M Elisseou; Michele A Rubin; Roger D Hurst; Fabrizio Michelassi
Preservation of the anal transition zone in ulcerative colitis. Long-term effects on defecatory function.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2007;11(12):1647-52; discussion 1652-3.
2007: Alessandro Fichera; Stephanie L Peng; Nicholas M Elisseou; Michele A Rubin; Roger D Hurst
Laparoscopy or conventional open surgery for patients with ileocolonic Crohn's disease? A prospective study.
Surgery 2007;142(4):566-71; discussion 571.e1.
2007: Alessandro Fichera; Nathaniel Little; Urszula Dougherty; Reba Mustafi; Sonia Cerda; chen yunzi; Jorge-Shmuel Delgado; Amrita Arora; Lucas K Campbell; Loren Joseph; John Hart; Amy Noffsinger; Marc Bissonnette
A vitamin D analogue inhibits colonic carcinogenesis in the AOM/DSS model.
The Journal of surgical research 2007;142(2):239-45.
2007: Joyce Aycock; Alessandro Fichera; Janice C Colwell; DAVID SONG
Parastomal hernia repair with acellular dermal matrix.
Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society / WOCN 2007;34(5):521-3.
2007: Alessandro Fichera; Fabrizio Michelassi
Surgical treatment of Crohn's disease.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2007;11(6):791-803.
2007: Marcovalerio Melis; Eugene A Choi; Robert A Anders; Peter A Christiansen; Alessandro Fichera
Synchronous colorectal adenocarcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).
International journal of colorectal disease 2007;22(2):109-14.
2007: Alessandro Fichera; Nathaniel Little; Sujatha Jagadeeswaran; Urszula Dougherty; Amikar Sehdev; Reba Mustafi; Sonia Cerda; Weihua Yuan; Sharad Khare; Maria Tretiakova; Can Gong; Michael Tallerico; Greg Cohen; Loren Joseph; John Hart; Jerrold R Turner; Marc Bissonnette
Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling is required for microadenoma formation in the mouse azoxymethane model of colonic carcinogenesis.
Cancer research 2007;67(2):827-35.
2006: Alessandro Fichera; Stefano Lovadina; Michele Rubin; Fabrizio Cimino; Roger D Hurst; Fabrizio Michelassi
Patterns and operative treatment of recurrent Crohn's disease: a prospective longitudinal study.
Surgery 2006;140(4):649-54.
2006: Reba Mustafi; Sonia Cerda; Anusara Chumsangsri; Alessandro Fichera; Marc Bissonnette
Protein Kinase-zeta inhibits collagen I-dependent and anchorage-independent growth and enhances apoptosis of human Caco-2 cells.
Molecular cancer research : MCR 2006;4(9):683-94.
2006: Marcovalerio Melis; Alessandro Fichera; Mark K Ferguson
Bowel necrosis associated with early jejunal tube feeding: A complication of postoperative enteral nutrition.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2006;141(7):701-4.
2006: M V Katdare; Alessandro Fichera; Tomas M Heimann
Familial rectal carcinoid: report of two first-degree relatives with rectal carcinoid and review of the literature.
Techniques in coloproctology 2006;10(2):143-6.
2006: Greg Cohen; Reba Mustafi; Anusara Chumsangsri; Nathaniel Little; Jeff Nathanson; Sonia Cerda; Sujatha Jagadeeswaran; Urszula Dougherty; Loren Joseph; John Hart; Lisa M Yerian; Maria Tretiakova; Weihua Yuan; Piotr Obara; Sharad Khare; Frank A Sinicrope; Alessandro Fichera; Gerry R Boss; Robert E Carroll; Marc Bissonnette
Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling is up-regulated in human colonic aberrant crypt foci.
Cancer research 2006;66(11):5656-64.
2005: Alan S Rosman; M Melis; Alessandro Fichera
Metaanalysis of trials comparing laparoscopic and open surgery for Crohn's disease.
Surgical endoscopy 2005;19(12):1549-55.
2005: Janice C Colwell; Alessandro Fichera
Care of the obese patient with an ostomy.
Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society / WOCN 2005;32(6):378-83; quiz 384-5.
2005: James Mezhir; Kerrington D Smith; Alessandro Fichera; John Hart; Mitchell C Posner; Roger D Hurst
Presence of distal intramural spread after preoperative combined-modality therapy for adenocarcinoma of the rectum: what is now the appropriate distal resection margin?
Surgery 2005;138(4):658-63; discussion 663-4.
2005: Alessandro Fichera
How accurate is the Cleveland Clinic Foundation model in predicting operative risk in colorectal cancer patients?
Nature clinical practice. Oncology 2005;2(7):258-9.
2005: Alessandro Fichera
How accurate is the Cleveland Clinic Foundation model in predicting operative risk in colorectal cancer patients?
Nature clinical practice. Gastroenterology & hepatology 2005;2(6):258-9.
2005: Alessandro Fichera; Richard McCormack; Michelle A Rubin; Roger D Hurst; Fabrizio Michelassi
Long-term outcome of surgically treated Crohn's colitis: a prospective study.
Diseases of the colon and rectum 2005;48(5):963-9.
2005: Alessandro Fichera; Vivek N Prachand; Sari Kives; Ronald Levine; Harrith M Hasson
Physical reality simulation for training of laparoscopists in the 21st century. A multispecialty, multi-institutional study.
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons / Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 2005;9(2):125-9.
2003: Fabrizio Michelassi; John Lee; Michele Rubin; Alessandro Fichera; Kristen Kasza; Theodore Karrison; Roger D Hurst
Long-term functional results after ileal pouch anal restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis: a prospective observational study.
Annals of surgery 2003;238(3):433-41; discussion 442-5.
2003: Alessandro Fichera; Lawrence A Cicchiello; David S Mendelson; Adrian J Greenstein; Tomas M Heimann
Superior mesenteric vein thrombosis after colectomy for inflammatory bowel disease: a not uncommon cause of postoperative acute abdominal pain.
Diseases of the colon and rectum 2003;46(5):643-8.
2003: Alessandro Fichera; Roger D Hurst; Fabrizio Michelassi
Current methods of bowel-sparing surgery in Crohn's disease.
Advances in surgery 2003;37():231-51.
2001: Alessandro Fichera; Fabrizio Michelassi
Long-term prospective assessment of functional results after proctectomy with coloanal anastomosis.
Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2001;5(2):153-7.
1998: Alessandro Fichera; Fabrizio Michelassi; Richard B Arenas
Selective expression of carcinoembryonic antigen promoter in cancer cell lines: targeting strategy for gene therapy in colorectal cancer.
Diseases of the colon and rectum 1998;41(6):747-54.
1998: Richard B Arenas; Alessandro Fichera; DA Mhoon; Fabrizio Michelassi
Total mesenteric excision in the surgical treatment of rectal cancer: a prospective study.
Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1998;133(6):608-11; discussion 611-2.
1997: Richard B Arenas; Alessandro Fichera; DA Mhoon; Fabrizio Michelassi
Incidence and therapeutic implications of synchronous colonic pathology in colorectal adenocarcinoma.
Surgery 1997;122(4):706-9; discussion 709-10.
1997: Alessandro Fichera; Yuee Guo; L Romero; Fabrizio Michelassi; Richard B Arenas
Quantitation of in vivo gene delivery by restriction enzyme PCR generated polymorphism.
The Journal of surgical research 1997;69(1):188-92.
1996: Richard B Arenas; Alessandro Fichera; P Mok; M C Blanco; Fabrizio Michelassi
Introduction of human adenomatous polyposis coli gene into Min mice via cationic liposomes.
Surgery 1996;120(4):712-7; discussion 717-8.