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Georges R Azzie, MD

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Adjunct Professor of Surgery
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Selected Publications

e1 Bedada AG, Hsiao M, Azzie G: HIV infection: Its impact on patients with appendicitis in Botswana. World Journal of Surgery 43(9): 2131-2136, Sept. 2019.

 129 Fahy AS, Jamal L, Carrillo B, Gerstle JT, Nasr A, Azzie G: Refining how we define laparoscopic expertise. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques Part A 29(3): 396-401, Mar. 2019 Notes: Epub Jan. 16, 2019.

 1c3 Breaud Jean, Talon Isabelle, Fourcade Laurent, Podevin Guillaume, Rod Julien, Audry Georges, Dohin Bruno, Lecompte Jean-Francois, Bensaid Ronny, Rampal Virginie, Azzie Georges: The National Pediatric Surgery Simulation Program in France: A tool to develop resident training in pediatric surgery. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 54(3): 582-586, Mar. 2019 Notes: Epub Sept. 21, 2018.

 22f GlobalSurg Collaborative; Writing group; Patient representatives; Statistical analysis; Protocol development and project steering; National leads (GlobalSurg‐1); National leads (GlobalSurg‐2); Local collaborators (GlobalSurg‐1); Local collaborators (GlobalSurg‐2); Data validators (GlobalSurg‐2); Protocol translators (GlobalSurg‐2): Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left-sided colorectal resection. BJS Open 3(3): 403-414, Feb. 28 2019.

 143 GlobalSurg Collaborative: Pooled analysis of WHO Surgical Safety Checklist use and mortality after emergency laparotomy. The British journal of surgery 106(2): e103-e112, Jan. 2019 Notes: Dr. Azzie is a member of the GlobalSurg Collaborative.

 10f Fok K-H, Duong S, Carrillo B, Gerstle JT, Azzie G, Farcas MA: Analysis of forces in laparoscopy: The deconstruction of an intracorporeal suturing task. Journal of Urology 201(4 Suppl 1): e510, 2019.

 198 Fahy Aodhnait S, Fok Kai-Ho, Gavrilovic Bojan, Farcas Monica, Carrillo Brian, Gerstle Justin T, Azzie Georges: Refinement in the analysis of motion within low-cost laparoscopic simulators of differing size: Implications on assessing technical skills. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 53(12): 2480-2487, Dec. 2018 Notes: Epub Sept. 3, 2018.

 1ab Fahy Aodhnait S, Jamal Luai, Gavrilovic Bojan, Carillo Brian, Gerstle Justin T, Nasr Ahmed, Azzie Georges: The impact of simulator size on forces generated in the performance of a defined intracorporeal suturing task: A pilot study. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques Part A 28(12): 1520-1524, Dec. 2018 Notes: Epub July 13, 2018.

 195 Gavrilovic Bojan, Fahy Aodhnait S, Carrillo Brian, Nasr Ahmed, Gerstle Justin T, Azzie Georges: Development of an open-source laparoscopic simulator capable of motion and force assessment: High tech at low cost. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques Part A 28(10): 1253-1260, Oct. 2018 Notes: Epub July 3, 2018.

 16a GlobalSurg Collaborative: Laparoscopy in management of appendicitis in high-, middle-, and low-income countries: A multicenter, prospective, cohort study. Surgical Endoscopy 32(8): 3450-3466, Aug. 2018 Notes: Dr. Azzie is a member of the GlobalSurg Collaborative; Epub Apr. 5, 2018.

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