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<p><strong>A. Original Communications in Reviewed Journals:</strong></p>
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<p>1. Baciewicz FA, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Basilius D, Davis JT: Congenital Heart Disease in Down's Syndrome Patients: A Decade of Surgical Experience. Thorac Cardiovasc Surgeon. 37: 369-371, 1989.</p>
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<p>2.<strong> Melvin WS</strong>, Fitzpatrick JL: Injuries of the Thoracic Outlet. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 4(3): 223-233. July 1992.</p>
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<p>3. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Krasna MJ, McLaughlin JS: Thoracoscopic Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Chest. 102: 1875-76. 1992.</p>
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<p>4. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Wilkinson MA: Gastric Schwannoma, Clinical and Pathologic Considerations. American Surgeon. 59(5): 293-6. 1993.</p>
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<p>5. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Burak WE, Flowers JL, Gann DS: Reno-colic Fistula: A Complication of Primary Repair of the Colon. Journal of Trauma. 35(6): 956-957. 1993.</p>
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<p>6. Lefor AT, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Bailey RW, Flowers JL: Laparoscopic Splenectomy in the Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia Purpura. Surgery. 114(3): 613-8. 1993.</p>
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<p>7. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Johnson JA, Sparks J, Innes JT, Ellison EC: Long-term prognosis of Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome in Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia. Surgery. 114(6): 1183-8. 1993. </p>
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<p>8. Brusko G, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Fromkes J, Ellison EC. Pancreatic Tuberculosis. American Surgeon. 61(6): 513-15. 1995</p>
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<p>9. Schirmer WJ, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Rush RM, O'Dorisio TM, Pozderac RV, Olsen JO, Ellison EC: Indium Pentatreotide Scanning versus Conventional Imaging Techniques for the Localization of Gastrinoma. Surgery. 188(6): 1105-1110. 1995.</p>
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<p>10. Behrman SW, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Babb EM, Johnson JA, Ellison EC. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in the Geriatric Population. American Surgeon. 62(5): 386-390, 1996.</p>
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<p>11. Miller CA, <strong>Melvin WS:</strong> Duodenocaval Fistula Complicating Peptic Ulcer Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Surgery. 119(6): 718-719. 1996.</p>
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<p>12. Behrman SW, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Ellison EC. Pancreatic Pseudocysts Following Acute Pancreatitis. American Journal of Surgery, 172(3): 228-231.1996.</p>
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<p>13.<strong> Melvin WS</strong>, Johnson JA, Ellison EC: Laparoscopic Skills Enhancement. American Journal of Surgery. 172(4): 377-379, 1996.</p>
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<p>14. Bakalakos ET, Kirkpatrick RF, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Liver Abscess Secondary to Intrahepatic Perforation of the Gallbladder, Presenting as a Liver Mass. American Journal of Gastroenterology. 91(8): 1644-46, 1996.</p>
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<p>15. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>: Laparoscopic Resection of a Pelvic Schwannoma. Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy. 6(6): 489-491, 1996.</p>
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<p>16.<strong> Melvin WS</strong>, Bumgardner GL, Davies EA, Elkhammas EA, Henry ML, Ferguson RM. The Laparoscopic Management of Post-transplant Lymphoceles: A Critical Review. Surgical Endoscopy. 11:245-248, 1997.</p>
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<p>17. Miller CA, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Schirmer WJ, Johnson JA, Sparks J, Ellison EC. Preoperative Serum Gastrin Level: A Prognostic Indicator in Metastatic Gastrinoma. Current Surgery, 54(2): 102-106,1997.</p>
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<p>18. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Boros LG, Muscarella P, Brandes JL, Johnson JA, Schirmer WJ, Ellison EC. Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Inhibits Pancreatic Cancer Growth <em>In vitro</em> and <em>In vivo</em>. Surgery, 121(4): 392-397, 1997.</p>
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<p>19. Boros LG, Puigjaner J, Cascante M, Lee PWN, Brandes, Bassilian S, Yusuf FI, Williams RD, Muscarella P, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Schirmer WJ. Oxythiamine and Dehydroepiandrosterone Inhibit the Non Oxidative Synthesis of Ribose and Tumor Cell Proliferation. Cancer Research. 57(19): 4242-4248,1997.</p>
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<p>20. Skarda JA, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Current Management of Acute Pancreatitis. Medical Update for Psychiatrists. 2(5): 138-144, November, 1997.</p>
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<p>21. Ikramuddin S, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Chronic Pancreatitis: Current Diagnosis and Treatment. Medical Update for Psychiatrists. 3(1): 1-6, December, 1997.</p>
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<p>22. Boros LG, Brandes JL, Puigjaner J, Revesv E, Bray TM, Lee P, Cascante M, Muscarella P, Schirmer WJ, <strong>Melvin WS.</strong> Thiamine Supplementation to Cancer Patients: A Double Edged Sword. Anticancer Research. 18(1B): 595-602, 1998.</p>
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<p>23. Muscarella P, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Fisher WE, Foor J, Ellison EC, Herman JG, Schirmer WJ, Hitchcock CL, DeYoung BR, Weghorst CM. Genetic Alterations in Gastrinomas and Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: An Analysis of <em>p16/MTS1</em> Tumor Suppressor Gene Inactivation. Cancer Research, 58: 237-240, January, 1998.</p>
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<p>24. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Beukers KA, Johnson JA, Schirmer WS, Babb ME, Muscarella P, Ellison EC: Outcome Analysis of Long-Term Survivors Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2(1):72-78, 1998.</p>
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<p>25. Boros LG, Lee P, Brandes JL,Cascante M, Muscarella P, Schirmer WJ, <strong>Melvin WS, </strong>Ellison EC. Non-Oxidative Pentose Phosphate Pathways and their Direct Role in Ribose Synthesis in Tumors: Is Cancer a Disease of Cellular Glucose Metabolism? Medical Hypothesis, 50: 55-59, 1998.</p>
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<p>26.<strong> Melvin WS</strong>, Meier DJ, Elkhammas EA, Bumgardner GL, Davies EA, Henry ML, Pelletier R Ferguson RM. Prophylactic Cholecystectomy is not Indicated Following Renal Transplantation. American Journal of Surgery. 175:317-319, 1998.</p>
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<p>27. Muscarella P, Boros LG, Fisher WE, Brandes JL, Rink C, Ellison EC, Johnson JA, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Dehydroepiandrosterone Inhibits the Growth of Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells in Nude Mice. Journal of Surgical Research 79: 154-157, October, 1998.</p>
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<p>28<strong>.</strong> Ikramuddin S, Lucas J, Schirmer WS, Ellison EC,<strong> Melvin WS</strong>. Cellular Aerosolization During Laparoscopy. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 2(6): 581-584, November, 1998.</p>
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<p>29.Cook CH, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Groner J, Allen E, King DR. A Cost Effective Thoracoscopic Treatment Strategy for Pediatric Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Surgical Endoscopy, 13(12): 1208-1210. December, 1999.</p>
<p>30. Damore LJ, <strong>Melvin WS. </strong>SurgicalTechnique of Appendectomy by Laparotomy and Laparoscopy. Operative Techniques in Gynecologic Surgery, Vol 4, No 4, 1999: 215-220.</p>
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<p>31.Damore LJ, Johnson JA, Dixon RS, Iverson MA, Ellison EC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Transmission of Live Laparoscopic Surgery over the Internet 2. American Journal of Surgery, 178:415-417, 1999.</p>
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<p>32. Damore LJ, <strong> Melvin WS</strong>. Laparoscopic Postmortem Examination: A Minimally Invasive Approach to the Autopsy. Annals of Diagnostic Pathology, 4(2): 95-98, 2000.</p>
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<p>33. Damore LJ, Fernandez K, Cook CH, Cunningham J, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Ellison EC. Ultrasonography Incorrectly Diagnoses Gallbladder Polyps. Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques, 11(2): 88-91, 2001.</p>
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<p>34<strong>.</strong> CH Cook, PA Muscarella, AC Praba, <strong>WS Melvin</strong>, LC Martin. Reducing Over-Triage Without Compromising Outcomes in Trauma Patients, Archives of Surgery 136(7): 752-756, 2001.</p>
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<p>35.Muscarella P, Knobloch TJ, Ulrich AB, Casto BC, Moniaux N, Wittel UA, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Pour PM, Song H, Gold H, Batra SK, Weghorst CM. Identification and sequencing of the Syrian Golden Hamster (<em>Mesocricetus auratus</em>) p16<em><sup>INK4a</sup></em> and p15<em><sup>INK4b</sup></em> cDNAs and their Homozygous Gene Deletion in Cheek Pouch and Pancreatic Tumor Cell Lines. Gene, Oct 31;278 (1-2):235-43, 2001.</p>
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<p>36.<strong> Melvin WS</strong>, Needleman BJ, Krause KR, Schneider C, Ellison EC. Computer–Enhanced versus Standard Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 6(1): 11-16. 2002.</p>
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<p>37. Gould JC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Computer Assisted “Robotic” Antireflux Surgery. Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques 12(1): 26-29, 2002.</p>
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<p>38.<strong> Melvin WS</strong>, Krause KR, Needleman BJ, Wolf RW, Ellison EC. Computer Assisted “Robotic” Heller Myotomy: Initial Case Report. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2001 Aug;11(4):251-3</p>
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<p>39.<strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Krause KR, Needleman BJ, Wolf RK, Michler RM, Ellison EC. Computer Assisted “Robotic” Foregut Surgery, Initial Experience in North America. Surgical Endoscopy 16(12): 1790-1792, 2002</p>
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<p>40. Gould JC, Needleman BJ, Ellison EC, Muscarella P, Schneider C, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Evolution of Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery. Surgery 132: 565-72, 2002.</p>
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<p>41. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Krause KR, Needleman BJ, Ellison EC. “Robotic” Resection of A Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques 13(1):33-36, 2003.</p>
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<p>42. Li J, Qin D, Knobloch TJ, Tsai M, Weghorst CM, <strong>Melvin WS</strong> and Muscarella P. Expression and Characterization of Syrian Golden Hamster p16, a Homologue of Human Tumor Suppressor p16<sup>INK4A</sup>. <em>Biochem Bioph Res Com. </em>2003; 304:241-247.</p>
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<p>43. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Robots in Surgery: Advanced Gastrointestinal Applications and Credentialing. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2003; (4): 481-483.</p>
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<p>44. Talamini M, Chapman WC, Horgan S, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Evaluation of 211 “Robotic” Surgical Procedures. Surgical Endoscopy, 2003; 17: 1521-1524.</p>
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<p>45. Gould JC , <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Telerobotic Foregut and Esophageal Surgery. Surg Clin N Am. 83(2003), 1421-1427.</p>
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<p>46. Strayer MP, Krause KR, Dalstrom DJ, Stover EA, Cook CH, Needleman BJ, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Computer Enhanced Robotic Telesurgery versus Standard Laparoscopy: Training Improves Performance on Skills Testing. In Press, Surgical Endoscopy, February, 2003.</p>
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<p>47. Go MR, Muscarella P, Needleman BJ, Cook CH, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Endoscopic Management of Stomal Stenosis after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Surg Endosc. 2004 Jan;18(1):56-9. Epub 2003 Nov 21.</p>
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<p>48. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery. Am Journal of Surgery 186:274-278, 2003.</p>
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<p>49. Li J, Weghorst CM, Tsutsumi M, Poi MJ, Knobloch TJ, Casto BC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Tsai M, and Muscarella P. Frequent p16<sup>INK4A</sup>/CDKN2A Alterations in Chemically Induced Syrian Golden Hamster Pancreatic Tumors. <em>Carcinogenesis</em>. 2003; 25(1):1-6.</p>
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<p>50. Mcgrath V, Needleman BJ, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Evolution of Minimally Invasive Bariatric Surgery. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2003 Aug;13(4):221-7.</p>
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<p>51. McGrath V, Melvin WS. Robotic Surgery in the Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Problems in General Surgery 20(2):38-45, 2003.</p>
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<p>52. Li J, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Tsai MD, and Muscarella P. The Nuclear Protein p34SEI-1 Regulates the Kinase Activity of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 in a Concentration-Dependent Manner.</p>
<p>Biochemistry 2004, 43, 4394-4399.</p>
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<p>53. Roy S, Clark CJ, Mohebali K, Bhatt U, Wallace WA, Nahman S, Ellison EC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong> and Sen CK. Reactive Oxygen Species and EGR-1 Gene Expression in Surgical Postoperative Peritoneal Adhesions. World J Surg. 2004 Mar;28(3):316-20. Epub 2004 Feb 17</p>
<p>54. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Roux en Y Gastric Bypass is the Operation of Choice for Obesity. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2004 8(4): 398-400.</p>
<p>55. Newlin ME, <strong>Melvin W</strong>S. Initial experience with the four-arm computer-enhanced</p>
<p>telesurgery device in foregut surgery. J of Adv Laparoendosc Advanced Surg Tech 2004; 14, 121-124.</p>
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<p>56. Go MR, Dundon JM, Karlowicz DJ, Domingo C, Muscarella P, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Delivery of Radiofrequency Energy to the Lower Esophageal Sphincter (Stretta) Improves Symptoms of GERD. Surgery. 2004 Oct;136(4):786-94.</p>
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<p>57. Wright AS, Gould JC, <strong>MelvinWS</strong>. Computer-assisted robotic antireflux surgery. Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol 2004; 50: 253-60.</p>
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<p>58. Hazey J<strong>, Melvin WS</strong>. Robot-assisted General Surgery. Semin Laparosocpic Surgery. Jun;11(2):107-12. 2004.</p>
<p>59. Fries RB, Wallace WA, Roy S, Kuppusamy P, Bergdall V, Gordillo GA, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Sen CK. Dermal Excisional Wound Healing in Pigs Following Treatments with Topically Applied Pure Oxygen. Mutat Res. 2005 Nov 11;579(1-2):172-81. Epub 2005 Aug 18.</p>
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<p>60. Davis SS Jr., Mikami DJ, Needleman B, Larson T, Dundon J, Fries R, Barret M, Newlin M, Goldblatt MI, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Heating and Humidifying of Carbon Dioxide During Pneumoperitoneum is not Indicated: A Prospective Randomized Trial. Surgical Endoscopy(2006) 20: 153-158.</p>
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<p>61. Ergun K, Ober J, Berme N, <strong>Melvin WS. </strong> Eye Motion Paramaters Correlate with Level of Experience in Video-Assisted Surgery: Objective Testing of Three Tasks. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 2005 Dec;15(6)</p>
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<p>62.<strong> Melvin WS</strong>, Dundon JM, Talamini MA, Horgan S. Computer Enhanced Robotic Telesurgery Reduces Esophageal Perforation During Heller Myotomy. Surgery. 2005 Oct;138(4):553-8; discussion 558-9.</p>
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<p>63. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Invited Commentary, On: Robotic Splenectomy. World J Surg. 2005 Jun 30; [Epub ahead of print].</p>
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<p>64. Li J, Muscarella P, Joo SH , Knobloch J, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Weghorst CM, Tsai MD. Dissection of CDK4-Binding and Transactivation Activities of p34SEI-1 and Comparison between Functions of p34SEI-1 and p16INK4A. Biochemistry. 2005 Oct 11;44(40):13246-13256</p>
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<p>66.Dunkin BJ, Martinez J, Bejerano P, Smith CD, Chang K, Livingstone AS<strong>, Melvin WS</strong>. Thin-Layer Ablation of Human Esophageal Epithelium Using a Bipolar Radiofrequency Balloon Device. Surg Endosc (2006) 20: 125-130.</p>
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<p>67. Li J, Zhu J, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Bekaii-Saab TS, Chen CS, and Muscarella P. A Structurally Optimized Celecoxib Derivative Inhibits Human Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth. J Gastrointest Surg. 2006 Feb;10(2):207-214.</p>
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<p>68. Davis SS Jr., Goldblatt MI, Hazey JW, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Unexpected gastrointestinal tract conditions. Curr Probl Surg. 2006 Feb; 43(2):77-118</p>
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<p>69. Ellison EC, Sparks J, Verducci JS, Johnson JA, Muscarella P, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Fifty-Year Appraisal of Gastrinoma: Recommendations for Staging and Treatment. J Am Coll Surg 2006; 202:897-905.</p>
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<p>70. Smith CD, Bejarno P, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Patti M, Muthusamy R, Dunkin BJ. Endoscopic Ablation of Intestinal Metaplasia Containing High-Grade Dysplasia in Esophagectomy Patients Using a Balloon-Based Ablation System. Surg Endosc. 2007 Apr;21(4):560-9. Epub 2006 Dec 16.2006 Dec 16;</p>
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<p>71. Hazey JW, McCreary M, Guy G, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Efficacy of Percutaneous Treatment of Biliary Tract Calculi using the Holmium-YAG Laser. Surg Endosc. 2007 Jul;21(7):1180-3. Epub 2007 Feb 8.</p>
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<p>72. Hazey JW, Dunkin BJ, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Changing Attitudes Toward Endoluminal Therapy. Surg Endosc. 2007 Mar;21(3):445-8.</p>
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<p>73. Bloomston M, Ellison EC, Muscarella P, Al-Saif O, Martin EW, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Frankel WL.</p>
<p>Stromal osteonectin overexpression is associated with poor outcome in patients with ampullary cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Jan;14(1):211-7.</p>
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<p>74. Bloomstom M, Bekaii-Saab TS, Kosuri K, Cowgill SM, Ellison EC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Muscarella P. Preoperative carbohydrate antigen 19-9 is most predictive of malignancy in older jaundiced patients undergoing pancreatic resection. Pancreas. 2006 Oct;33(3):246-9.</p>
<p>75. Zervos EE, Tanner SM, Osborne DA, Bloomston M, Rosemurgy AS, Ellison EC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, de la Chappelle A. Differential gene expression in patients genetically predisposed to pancreatic cancer.<br /> J Surg Res. 2006 Oct;135(2):317-22. Epub 2006 Jun 30.</p>
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<p>76. Narula VK, Patel V, Hazey JW, Mikami D, Watson WC, Needleman BJ, Hinshaw K, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. A Computerized Analysis of Robotic versus Laparoscopic Task Performance. Surg Endosc 2007 Dec; 21(12): 2258-61.</p>
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<p>77. Reavis KR, Renton D, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Robotic Telesurgery for Achalasia. Journal of Robotic Surgery, (2007) 1:25-30.</p>
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<p>78. McGuire L, Heffner K, Glaser R, Needleman BJ, Malarkey W, Dickinson S, Lemeshow S, Cook CH, Muscarella P, Melvin WS, Ellison EC, Kiecolt-Glaser JK. Pain and wound healing in surgical patients. Ann Behav Med. 2006 Apr; 31(2):165-72.</p>
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<p>79. Emery CF, Fondow MDM, Schneider CM, Christofo FL, Hunt C, Busby AK, Needleman BJ, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Elsayed-Awad HM. Gastric bypass surgery is associated with reduced inflammation and less depression: A preliminary investigation. Obes Surg. 2007 Jun;17(6):759-63.</p>
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<p align="left">80. Hazey JW, Narula VK, Renton DR, Reavis DR, Paul CM , Hinshaw KE, Muscarella P, Ellison EC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery in Humans: Initial Clinical Trial. Surgical Endoscopy, 2008 Jan; 22(1): 16-20. Epub 2007, Aug 14.</p>
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<p>81. Cios TJ, Reavis KR, Renton DR, Hazey JW, Mikami DJ, Allemang MT, Davis SS,<strong> Melvin WS</strong>. Gastrotomy Closure Using Bioabsorbable Plugs in a Canine Model, Surg Endosc. 2008 Apr;22(4):961-6. Epub 2007 Aug 19.</p>
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<p>82. Narula VK, Hazey JW, Reavis KR, Renton DR, Paul CM, Hinshaw KE, Needleman BJ, Mikami DJ, Ellison EC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Transgastric Instrumentation and Bacterial Contamination of the Peritoneal Cavity. Surg Endosc. 2008 Mar;22(3):605-11. Epub 2007 Nov 20.</p>
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<p>83. Bergman S, <strong>MelvinWS</strong>. Operative and Nonperative Management of Pancreatic Pseudocysts. Surg Clin N Am 87 (2007); 1447-1460.</p>
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<p>84. Wunderlich JE, Needelman BJ, Chen Z, Yu JG, Wang YZ, Grants I, Mikami D, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Cooke HJ, Christofi FL. Dual Purinergic Synaptic Transmission in the Human Enteric Nervous System. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2008 Feb;294(2):G554-66. Epub 2007 Dec 13.</p>
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<p>85. Reavis KM, <strong>Melvin W</strong>S. Advanced Endoscopic Technology. Surg Endosc. Surg Endosc. 2008 Jun;22(6):1533-46. Epub 2008 Apr 10. Review</p>
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<p>86. Narula VK, Happel , Bergman S, Roland JC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Hazey JW. Transgastric Endoscopic Peritoneoscopy Does Not Require Decontamination of the Stomach in Humans. In Press, Surgical Endoscopy, April, 2008.</p>
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<p>87. Bergman S, Fix DJ, Volt K, Roland JC, Happel L, Reavis KM, Cios TJ, Ho V, Evans A, Narula VK, Hazey JW, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Do Gastrostomies Require Repair after Transgastric Peritoneoscopy: A Controlled Trial. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 71 (2010), pp. 1013-1017.</p>
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<p>88. Bergman, S, Mikami, DJ, Hazey, JW, Roland, JC, Dettorre, BA, <strong>Melvin, WS.</strong> Endolumenal Fundoplication With EsophyX: The Initial North American Experience. Surgical Innovation, (2008) 15: 3 166-70. </p>
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<p>89. Bergman S, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery. Surg Clin North Am. 2008 Oct;88 (5):1131-1148.</p>
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<p>90.Herron DM, Marohn M, <strong>Melvin WS</strong> (The SAGES-MIRA Robotic Surgery Consensus Group) A Consensus Document on Robotic Surgery. Surg Endosc (2008) 22:313-325.</p>
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<p>91. Narula VK, Mikami D, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Robotic and Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy, Initial Experience with a Hybrid Technique. Pancreas, March 1, 2010. 39(2).</p>
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<p>92. Dundon JM, Muscarella P, Narula VK, Davis SS, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Long term Follow up Radiofrequency Energy Delivery to the Gastroesophageal Junction for the Treatment of GERD. Surgical Innovation, 2008 Dec;15(4):297-301.</p>
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<p>93. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Narula VK, Hill J, Lehr A, Davis SS, Reavis, KM, Muscarella P and the Columbus Surgical Society. Surgical Management of Appendicitis: 50 Years of Progress? Submitted, 2008.</p>
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<p>94. Mikami D, Needleman BJ, Narula VK, Durant J, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Natural Orifice Surgery: Initial US Experience Utilizing the Stomaphyx Device to Reduce Gastric Pouches after Roux en Y Gastric Bypass. Surg Endosc. 2009 Jul 25. ePub ahead of Print.</p>
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<p>95. Dillhof M, Yates R, Wall K, Muscarella P, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Ellison EC, Bloomston M Intraoperative Assessment of Pancreatic Neck Margins at the Time of Pancreaticoduodenectomy increases likelihood of Margin negative resection in patients with Pancreatic Cancer. J Gastrointest Surg, 2009 Mar 10 (ePub ahead of Print)</p>
<p>96. Bloomston M, Kneile J, Butterfield M, Dillhoff M, Muscarella P, Ellison EC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Croce CM, Pichiorri F, Huebner K and Frankel WL. Coordinate loss of fragile gene expression in pancreatobiliary cancers: correlations among markers and clinical features<strong>. </strong>Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Aug;16(8):2331-8.</p>
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<p>97. Demyttenaere SV, Bergman S, Pham T, Anderson J, Dettorre R, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Mikami DJ Transoral incisionless fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease in an unselected patient population. Surg Endoscop<strong>: </strong>Volume 24, Issue 4 (2010), Page 854. Epub ahead of Print Sep 3, 2009.</p>
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<p>98. Demyttenaere SV, Nau P, Henn M, Beck C, Zaruby J, Primavera M, Kirsch D, Miller J, Liu JJ, Bellizzi A, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Barbed Suture for Gastrointestinal Closure: A Randomized Control Trial. Surgical Innovation. 2009. 16 (3):237-242.</p>
<p class="desc">99. Narula VK, Mikami DJ, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Robotic and laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy: a hybrid approach. Pancreas. 2010 Mar;39(2):160-4.</p>
<p class="desc">100. Nau P, Demyttenaere S, Muscarella P, Narula V, Hazey JW, Ellison EC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Pheochromocytoma does not increase risk in laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Surg Endosc. 2010 Nov;24(11):2760-4. Epub 2010 Apr 8.</p>
<p class="desc">101.Nau P, Ellison EC, Muscarella P Jr, Mikami D, Narula VK, Needleman B, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Hazey JW. A review of 130 humans enrolled in a transgastric NOTES protocols at a single institution. Surg Endosc. 2011 Apr;25(4):1004-11. Epub 2010 Oct 26. Review.</p>
<p class="desc">102.Abdel-Misih SR, Hatzaras I, Schmidt C, Saab TB, Klemanski D, Muscarella P, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Ellison EC, Bloomston M. Failure of normalization of CA19-9 following resection for pancreatic cancer is tantamount to metastatic disease. Ann Surg Oncol. 2011 Apr;18(4):1116-21. Epub 2010 Nov 2.</p>
<p class="desc">103.Sun X, Wang X, Wang GD, Xia Y, Liu S, Qu M, Needleman BJ, Mikami DJ, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Bohn LM, Ueno R, Wood JD. Lubiprostone reverses the inhibitory action of morphine on mucosal secretion in human small intestine. Dig Dis Sci. 2011 Feb;56(2):330-8. Epub 2010 Dec 23.</p>
<p class="desc">104.Nau P, Anderson J, Yuh B, Muscarella P Jr, Christopher Ellison E, Happel L, Narula VK, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Hazey JW. Diagnostic Transgastric Peritoneoscopy, extension of intial human trial for staging pancreatic head masses. Surg Endosc. 2010 Jun;24(6):1440-6. Epub 2010 Jan 7.</p>
<p class="desc">105. Nau P, Anderson J, Needleman B, Ellison EC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Hazey JW. Endoscopic transgastric insufflation and access: natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery. Gastrointest Endosc. 2010 Mar;71(3):485-9. Epub 2009 Dec 8.</p>
<p class="desc">106.Hatzaras I, Schmidt C, Klemanski D, Muscarella P, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Ellison EC, Bloomston M. Pancreatic Resection in the octogenarian: a safe option for pancreatic malignancy. J Am Coll Surg. 2011 Mar;212(3):373-7. Epub 2011 Jan 12.</p>
<p class="desc">107. Shah NR, Mikami DJ, Cook C, Manilchuk A, Hodges C, Memark VR, Volckmann ET, Hall CR, Steinberg S, Needleman B, Hazey JW, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Narula VK. A comparison of outcomes between open and laparoscopic surgical repair of recurrent inguinal hernias. Surg Endosc. 2011 Jul;25(7):2330-7. Epub 2011 Feb 7.</p>
<p class="desc">108. Memark VC, Anderson JB, Nau PN, Shah N, Needleman BJ, Mikami DJ, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Hazey JW. Transgastric endoscopic peritoneoscopy does not lead to increased risk of infectious complications. Surg Endosc. 2011 Jul;25(7):2186-91. Epub 2011 Feb 7.</p>
<p class="desc">109. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Renton D. Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair. World J Surg. 2011 Jul;35(7):1496-9.</p>
<p class="desc">110. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Modern Treatment for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Surgery vs Medication. Arch Surg. 2011 Sep;146(9):1093-4.</p>
<p class="desc">111.Nau P, Liu J, Ellison EC, Hazey JW, Henn M, Muscarella P, Narula VK, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Novel Reconstruction of the extrahepatic biliary tree with a biosynthetic graft. HPB (Oxford). 2011 Aug;13(8):573-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2011.00337.x. Epub 2011 Jun 27.</p>
<p>112. Nau P, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Narula VK, Bloomston M, Ellison EC, Muscarella P. Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy with splenic conservation: An operation without increased morbidity. Gastroenterology Research and Practice., Volume 2009, Article ID 846340.</p>
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<p class="rprtbody1">113. Hatzaras I, George N Predictors in survival in Periampullary cancers following Pancreaticoduodenectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Apr;17(4):991-7. Epub 2010 Jan 28</p>
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<p>114. Rattner DW, Hawes RH, Schwaitzberg S, Kochman ML, Swanstrom L, and the Joint Committee on Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (Ginsberg GG, Gostout CJ, Marohn M, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Rothstein R, Scott DJ, Talamini M, ThompsonCC.) The 2<sup>nd</sup> ASGE/SAGES White Paper on Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery – Five Years of Progress. Surg Endosc, 2011.</p>
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<p>115. Qin R, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Xu RX. Benchtop Validation of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound and Fluorescence Imaging in Video Guided Cholecystectomy. Submitted, Journal of Biomedical Optics. Dec. 2010.116.</p>
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<p>116. Qin R, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, MelvinWJ, Xu RX. Indocyanine Green loaded Microballoons for Biliary imaging in Cholecystectomy. Opt. 17 (11), 116025 (November 19, 2012); doi:</p>
<p>10.1117/1.JBO.17.11.116025</p>
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<p>117. Meyerson JM, Noria S, Melvin WS. A retained foreign body mimicking Cancer. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2012 Aug;22(4):e220-1</p>
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<p>118. Hazey JW, Marks JM, Mellinger JD, <strong> Melvin WS</strong>. Why FES? The fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery Taskforce Report. Surg Endosc. 2014 Mar;28(3):701-3.</p>
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<p class="desc">119<strong>. </strong>Wendling MR, Linn JG, Keplinger KM, Mikami DJ, Perry KA, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Needleman BJ.Omental patch repair effectively treats perforated marginal ulcer following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Endosc. 2013 Feb;27(2):384-9</p>
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<p class="desc">120<strong>. </strong>Schumer E, Perry K, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>.Minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: evolution and review.Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2012 Oct;22(5):383-6</p>
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<p class="desc">121<strong>. </strong>Perry KA, Banarjee A, Liu J, Shah N, Wendling MR, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>.</p>
<p>Gastric ischemic conditioning increases neovascularization and reduces inflammation and fibrosis during gastroesophageal anastomotic healing. Surg Endosc. 2013 Mar;27(3):753-60</p>
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<p>122.Ganz RA, Peters JH, Horgan S, Bemelman WA, Dunst CM, Edmundowicz SA, Lipham JC, Luketich JD, <strong>Melvin WS</strong> .Esophageal sphincter device for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Engl J Med. 2013 Feb 21;368 (8):719-27</p>
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<p class="desc">123<strong>. </strong>Perry KA, Linn JG, Eakin JL, Onders RP, Velanovich V, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Transoral incisionless fundoplication does not significantly increase morbidity of subsequent laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2013 May;23(5):456-8.</p>
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<p class="desc">124.Wendling MR, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Perry KA.Impact of transoral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) on subjective and objective GERD indices: a systematic review of the published literature.</p>
<p>Surg Endosc. 2013 Oct;27(10):3754-61.</p>
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<p class="desc">125.Matthews JB, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>.Current Concepts and Controversies in Foregut Motility: the 2012 Kelly and Carlos Pellegrini SSAT/SAGES Joint Symposium. J Gastrointest Surg. 2013 Sep;17(9):1545-6</p>
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<p class="desc">126.Funk LM, Perry KA, Narula VK, Mikami DJ, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>.Current national practice patterns for inpatient management of ventral abdominal wall hernia in the United States. Surg Endosc. 2013 Nov;27(11):4104-12</p>
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<p class="desc">127.Perry KA, Funk LM, Muscarella P, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy with antegrade esophageal inversion for high-grade dysplasia and invasive esophageal cancer. Surgery. 2013 Oct;154(4):901-7; discussion 907-8.</p>
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<p class="desc">128.Perry KA, Walker JP, Salazar M, Suzo A, Hazey JW, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Endoscopic management of high-grade dysplasia and intramucosal carcinoma: experience in a large academic medical center. Surg Endosc. 2014 Mar;28(3):777-82.</p>
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<p class="desc">129.Collins A, Hatzaras I, Schmidt C, Carruthers K, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Muscarella P, Ellison EC, Martin E, Bloomston M. Gastrectomy in advanced gastric cancer effectively palliates symptoms and may improve survival in select patients. J Gastrointest Surg. 2014 Mar;18(3):491-6.</p>
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<p class="desc">130.Hazey JW, Marks JM, Mellinger JD, Trus TL, Chand B, Delaney CP, Dunkin BJ, Fanelli RD, Fried GM, Martinez JM, Pearl JP, Poulose BK, Sillin LF, Vassiliou MC, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>.</p>
<p class="desc">Why fundamentals of endoscopic surgery (FES)? Surg Endosc. 2014 Mar;28(3):701-3.</p>
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<p><strong>B. Books, Chapters in Books, and Review Articles:</strong></p>
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<p>1<strong>. Melvin WS</strong>, Ellison EC: Pancreatitis in Pregnancy. Current Therapy in Obstetrics and Gynecology. ed Zuspan FP and Quilligan T. 4th Ed. Mosby Year Book. 268-272. 1994.</p>
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<p>2. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Ellison EC: Endoscopic Procedures for the Gastrointestinal Tract. Ambulatory Anesthesia and Surgery, ed. White PF. W. B. Saunders. 265-270. 1996.</p>
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<p>3. Ellison EC, <strong>Melvin WS, </strong>Moon SG: Current Applications of Lateral Choledochoduodenostomy and Transduodenal Sphincteroplasty. Mastery of Surgery, ed. Nyhus LM, Baker RJ, Fischer JE.Third Edition, Little-Brown, Boston. 1118-1126, 1996.</p>
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<p>4. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Flowers JL: Laparoscopic Surgery of Solid Organs: Liver, Spleen and Adrenal Gland. Resident Training Manual, Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, December,1995.</p>
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<p>5. <strong> Melvin WS</strong>, Ellison EC: Pancreatitis in Pregnancy. Current Therapy in Obstetrics and Gynecology. ed Zuspan FP and Quilligan T. 5th Ed. Mosby Year Book. 269-273. 1998.</p>
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<p>6. Muscarella P, Fisher W, Johnson JA, <strong>Melvin WS. </strong>Neoplastic Disorders of the Pancreas. Clinical Pathology of Pancreatic Disorders, ed. Lott JA. Humana Press, 125-162, 1997. </p>
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<p>7.Damore LJ II,<strong> Melvin WS</strong>. Surgical Technique of Appendectomy. Operative Techniques in Gynecologic Surgery, ed. Hewitt G, Gershenson DM.Vol. 4, (4). W.B.Saunders Co., 215-220, 1999. </p>
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<p>8. <strong>Melvin WS.</strong> Hand Assisted Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass. Atlas of Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery. ed. Gerhart CD. First Edition, 23-27. 2000.</p>
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<p>9. White LM, Roy S, Gordillo GM, Kallianene LK, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>, Ellison EC, Sen CK. Wound Healing and Regeneration, in Physiology and Maintenance, edited by Osmo Hanninen, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK, [<a href="http://www.eolss.net]/">http://www.eolss.net]</a></p>
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<p>10. Ellison EC, Melvin WS, Moon S.Current Applications of Lateral Choledochoduodensotomy and Transduodenal Sphinteroplasty. Mastery of Surgery. Ed. Baker RJ, Fischer JE. 4<sup>th</sup> edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadephia. p1171-1181, 2001</p>
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<p>11. Hazey JW, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Robot Assisted General Surgery. Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery. Ed Anvari M and Park AE. 11:2; June 2004. 107-113.</p>
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<p>12.Kirakopolous A, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Robotics in Surgery in The SAGES Manual: Fundamentals of Laparoscopy and GI Endoscopy, 2<sup>nd</sup> ed. Editor Scott-Connnor CEH. Springer-Verlag, NY. pp 96-106.</p>
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<p>13. Gould JC and <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Robotics in Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery. In Mastery of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery, 2ed. Editors. Soper N, Swanstrom L, Eubanks WS. Lipincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia. pp130-137, 2005.</p>
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<p>14<strong>. Melvin WS</strong> and Goldblatt MI. Prevention and Management of Complications in<br /> Minimally Invasive Esophageal Surgery. In Prevention and Management of Complications in Laparoendoscopic Surgery. 2<sup>nd</sup> ed. Editors, Wetter PA, Kavic MS, Levinson CJ and Kelley W. pp157-163, 2005.</p>
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<p>15. Davis SS and <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgery. In Prevention and Management of Complications in Laparoendoscopic Surgery. 2<sup>nd</sup> ed. Editors, Wetter PA, Kavic MS, Levinson CJ and Kelley W.pp 309-315, 2005. </p>
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<p>16. Newlin M and <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Laparoscopic Suites and Robotics in Bariatric Surgery. In Surgical Management of Obesity. Editors, Buchwald H, Cowan GSM, Pories WJ. Elsevier Science, Philadelphia. pp 441-446.2007.</p>
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<p>17. Narula VK and <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy. In Current Surgical Therapy, 9<sup>th</sup> edition. Editor, Cameron JL. Elsevier Science, 2007.</p>
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<p>18. Narula VK and <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Robotic Surgical Systems. In Robotic Urology Surgery. Editor, Vipul Patel. Springer-Verlag, London, pp. 5-15, 2007.</p>
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<p>19. Gould JG, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>., Advances and Controversies in Minimally Invasive Surgery. Guest Editor, Surgical Clinics of North America 88(5), 2008.</p>
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<p>20. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Commentary on: Robotics in Bariatric Surgery. In Atlas of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Editor, Daniel Jones. Cinemed, Waterbury, CT, USA. 2010.</p>
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<p>21. Eakin J, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Management of Achalasia. In Current Surgical Therapy, 10<sup>th</sup> edition. Editor, Cameron JL. Elsevier Science, 2010.</p>
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<p>22. Perry KA, <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Open repairs of Paraesophageal and Diaphragmatic Hernias. In Mastery of Surgery, 6<sup>th</sup> edition. eds, Fischer JE, et al. Wolters and Kluwer, p 260-274. 2011</p>
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<p>23. Demyttenaere S<strong>, Melvin WS</strong>. Laparoscopic Robotic Distal Pancreatectomy and Splenectomy. In American College of Surgeons Atlas of Surgery. Pancreas Surgery Volume, Eds Asbun HJ, Fuchshuber PR., American College of Surgeons, p 201-207, 2011.</p>
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<p>24. Melvin WS. Minimally Invasive Approaches to Pancreatic Surgery. Evidenced based Approach to Minimally Invasive Surgery. Eds. Murayama KM, Chand B, Kothari SN, Mikami D, Nagle A. Cine-Med, 2012. pp.285-294.</p>
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<p>25. <strong>Melvin WS</strong>. Endoluminal Treatment of Reflux, In Mastery of Surgery, 6<sup>th</sup> Edition, ed., Fischer, J. pp 870-875. 2012.</p>
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<p>26 Muscarella P, Melvin WS. Common Bile Duct Exploration. Up to Date, http://www.uptodate.com/contents/common-bile-duct-exploration ed. Ashley S. 2011.</p>
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<p>27. Goldblatt MI,<strong> Melvin WS</strong>. Prevention and Management of Complications in<br /> Minimally Invasive Esophageal Surgery. In Prevention and Management of Complications in Laparoendoscopic Surgery. 3rd ed. Editors, Wetter PA, Kavic MS, Levinson CJ and Kelley W. 2011.</p>
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<p>28.Hazey JE, Melvin WS. Common Endoscopic Complication: Recognition and Management. IN The SAGES Manual of Quality Outcomes and Patient Safety. Eds. Tichanzky DS, Morton J, Jones DB. Springer, 207-22. 2011.</p>
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<p>29. Renton DR, Melvin WS. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with and without Common Bile Duct Exploration, Master Techniques in General Surgery: Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surg<strong>ery </strong>ed. Drs. Lillemoe and Jarnagin. Lipincott, William&Wilkins, Philadelphia. 2013, 161-172</p>
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<p>30. Perry KA, Melvin WS. Endoscopic Antireflux Repair—EsophyX to the book Master Techniques in General Surgery: Foregut Surgery, ed. Luketich. Lippincott, William &Wilkins, pp. 109-120. 2015.</p>
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<p>31. Eakin J, Melvin WS. Endoluminal Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. <em>Principles of Flexible Endoscopy.</em>Ed. Marks, J, Dunkin B. Springer, 2013, pp. 157-166.</p>
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<p>32. Melvin WS, Funk L. The Minimally Invasive Approach to Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Operative Techniques in Surgery. Ed, Mulholland M. Wolters and Kluwer. pp201-212, 2015.</p>
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<p>33. Wendling MR, Melvin WS. Endoluminal Approaches to Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Current Surgical Therapy, 11<sup>th</sup> ed. Cameron JL. Elsevier Saunders, 2014. pp. 14-19.</p>
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