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Bashar Safar
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Publications - 103
Citations - 1587
Bashar Safar is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Colorectal cancer. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 90 publications receiving 1202 citations. Previous affiliations of Bashar Safar include Cleveland Clinic & Johns Hopkins University.
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Anal fistula plug: initial experience and outcomes.
Bashar Safar,Sanjay Jobanputra,Dana R. Sands,Eric G. Weiss,Juan J. Nogueras,Steven D. Wexner +5 more
TL;DR: The success rate for Surgisis® AFP™ anal fistula plug for the treatment of complex anal fistulas was (13.9 percent), which is much lower than previously described and needed to explain significant differences in outcomes.
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Emerging Trends in the Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Anastomotic Leakage.
S Chadi,S Chadi,S Chadi,Abe Fingerhut,Abe Fingerhut,Mariana Berho,Steven R. DeMeester,James W. Fleshman,Neil Hyman,David A. Margolin,Joseph Martz,Elisabeth C. McLemore,Daniela Molena,Martin I. Newman,Janice F. Rafferty,Bashar Safar,Anthony J. Senagore,Oded Zmora,Steven D. Wexner +18 more
TL;DR: The International Multispecialty Anastomotic Leak Global Improvement Exchange group was convened to establish a consensus on the definition of an anastomosis as well as to discuss the various diagnostic, preventative, and management measures currently available.
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The Pathogenic Role of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases of Both Mice and Humans
Ling Liu,Ling Liu,Ying Dong,Ying Dong,Mei Ye,Mei Ye,Shi Jin,Jianbo Yang,Maria E. Joosse,Yu Sun,Jennifer Zhang,Mark Lazarev,Steven R. Brant,Bashar Safar,Michael R. Marohn,Esteban Mezey,Xuhang Li +16 more
TL;DR: Abnormal activation of NLRP3 inflammasome plays a major pathogenic role in the development of chronic colitis in IL-10-/- mice and humans and Glyburide, an FDA-approved drug, may have great potential in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases.
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Five Fractions of Radiation Therapy Followed by 4 Cycles of FOLFOX Chemotherapy as Preoperative Treatment for Rectal Cancer
Robert J. Myerson,Benjamin R. Tan,Steven C. Hunt,Jeffrey R. Olsen,Elisa H. Birnbaum,James W. Fleshman,Feng Gao,Lannis Hall,Ira J. Kodner,A. Craig Lockhart,Matthew G. Mutch,Michael Naughton,Joel Picus,Caron Rigden,Bashar Safar,Steven Sorscher,Rama Suresh,Andrea Wang-Gillam,Parag J. Parikh +18 more
TL;DR: This regimen achieved response and morbidity rates that compare favorably with those of conventionally fractionated radiation Therapy and concurrent chemotherapy and avoids the morbidity of concurrent radiation therapy and multidrug chemotherapy.
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Conversion in laparoscopic surgery: does intraoperative complication influence outcome?
Chunkang Yang,Steven D. Wexner,Bashar Safar,Sanjay Jobanputra,Heiying Jin,Vicky Ka Ming Li,Juan J. Nogueras,Eric G. Weiss,Dana R. Sands +8 more
TL;DR: It appears preferable for the surgeon to have a low threshold for performing PC rather than awaiting the need for an RC, as this study found that preemptive conversion is associated with a better outcome than reactive conversion.