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Publications
Steven M. Yood, M.D., M.P.H.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

BOOK CHAPTERS AND PERIODICALS:

Yood SM and Litwin DEM. Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair: Trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal approach (TAPP) in Therapeutic Laparoscopy for Digestive Disease. Edited by Bruce MacFadyen, Jr.: Springer-Verlag, New York: in press. Yood SM and Litwin DEM.  Laparoscopic Approaches to Gastric Cancer in Minimally Invasive Cancer Management. Edited by Frederick L. Greene and B. Todd Heniford: Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001: 107-122  Kelly JJ, Puyana JC, Callery MP, Yood SM, Litwin DEM. The Feasibility and Accuracy of Diagnostic Laparoscopy in the Septic ICU Patient. Surg Endosc. 2000; 14(7): 617-621. Arous EJ, Nelson PR, Yood SM, et al. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Aortobifemoral bypass Grafting. J Vasc Surg 2000; 31(6): 1142-1148. Litwin DEM, Darzi A, Jakimowicz J, et al. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) with the HandPort System: Initial experience with 68 patients. Ann Surg. 2000; 231(5): 715-723. Litwin DEM, Novitski Y, Kercher KW, et al. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery in Surgical Technology International IX. Litwin DEM, Novitski Y, Kercher KW, et al. New Device for Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery in Surgical Technology International IX. Southern Surgeons’ Club Study Group.  Handoscopic Surgery: A Prospective Multicenter Trial of a Minimally Invasive Technique for Complex Abdominal Surgery. Arch Surg. 1999; 134(5): 477-485. Kelly JJ, Dunn R, Sandor A, Yood SM, Litwin DEM. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Omental Flap Elevation: A Case Report. Surg Endosc. 1999; 13(S1): S47. Yood SM, Kelly JJ, Sandor A, Saltzman JR, Litwin DEM Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Gastrectomy. SAGES Video Library. Yood SM, Sandor A, Kelly JJ, Dahl DM, Litwin DEM Laparoscopic Unroofing of Symptomatic Polycystic Kidney Disease. SAGES Video Library. Sandor A, Kelly JJ, Yood SM, Litwin DEM. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Splenectomy. SAGES Video Library. Berman I, Ulcickas M, Yood SM, Grant RL.  Cancer Trends Unique to Georgia. Journal of the Medical Association of Georgia. 1993; 82:29-33.

PRESENTATIONS:

Giant Splenic Hemangioma. Presented at the Southern Connecticut Institute of Laparoscopy Quarterly Meeting. New Haven, CT; June, 2000. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy Decreases Warm Ischemia Time. Presented at the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting. New York, NY; December, 1999. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Aortobifemoral Bypass Grafting.  Presented at the Frederick Coller Society Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA; October, 1999. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Gastrectomy.  Presented at SAGES Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX; March 1999. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Splenectomy. Presented at SAGES Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX;  March 1999. Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy.  Presented at the New England Laparoscopic Institute Quarterly Conference. Waltham, MA; April 1999. Laparoscopic Splenectomy. Presented at the New England Laparoscopic Institute Quarterly Conference. Waltham, MA; December 1998. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS).  Presented at the 4th International Congress on New Technology in Surgery: Surgery Meets High-Tech in the Information Age. Munich, December 1998. Hormone Replacement Therapy and Colorectal Cancer.  Presented at the American College of Epidemiology Annual Meeting. Boston, MA; September 1997. The Role of C-Reactive Protein in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis.  Presented at the Frederick Coller Society Annual Meeting. Colorado Springs, CO; October 1996. C-Reactive Protein and Acute Appendicitis.  Presented at the Michigan Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting. Ann Arbor, MI; May 1996

COURSE FACULTY:

Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) with HandPort: a New Hand-Assist Device, UMass EndoSurgery Center; June 11, 1999. Laparoscopic Solid Organ: Spleen, Adrenal, Kidney, Pancreas, UMass EndoSurgery Center; May 21, 1999. Endoscopic Lumbar Spinal Fusion, UMass EndoSurgery Center; April 30, 1999. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) with HandPort: a New Hand-Assist Device, UMass EndoSurgery Center; April 16, 1999. Ergonomics and Laparoscopic Instrumentation, UMass EndoSurgery Center; April 15, 1999. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication, UMass EndoSurgery Center; April 9, 1999. Laparoscopic Common Bile Duce Exploration, UMass EndoSurgery Center; March 19, 1999. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) with HandPort: a New Hand-Assist Device, UMass EndoSurgery Center; March 5, 1999. OR Set-up and Visual Perception, UMass EndoSurgery Center; February 11, 1999. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) with HandPort: a New Hand-Assist Device, UMass EndoSurgery Center; January 29, 1999. Advanced Laparoscopic Suturing, UMass EndoSurgery Center; January 22, 1999. Endoscopic Lumbar Spinal Fusion, UMass EndoSurgery Center; November 20, 1998. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication, UMass EndoSurgery Center; November 13, 1998.