פרופ' ניר וסרברג

Wasserberg Nir M.D           

Rabin Medical Center

Director proctology and rectal surgery service, Surgery B

Belinson Campus

LIST OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (2008-2013)

1.Nir Wasserberg, Sharon Lee, Patrizio Petrone, Jason Rosca, R. Rick Selby, Adrian Ortega, Howard S. Kaufman. The prevalence of colorectal neoplasia in patients with end stage renal disease: a case control study. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2008 Jan;23(1):47-51.

2.Sullivan ME, Ortega A, Wasserberg N, Kaufman H, Nyquist J, Clark R.Assessing the teaching of procedural skills: can cognitive task analysis add to our traditional teaching methods? Am J Surg. 2008 Jan;195(1):20-3.

(SURGERY, 27/139. IF-2.3)

3. Wasserberg N, Haney M, Petrone P, Crookes P, Rosca J, Ritter M, Kaufman HS.

             Fecal incontinence among morbid obese women seeking for weight loss surgery: an

             underappreciated association with adverse impact on quality of life.

Int J Colorectal Dis. 2008 May;23(5):493-7

4.      Nunoo-Mensah JW, Kaiser AM, Wasserberg N, Saedi H, Quek ML, Beart RW. Management of acquired rectourinary fistulas: how often and when is permanent fecal or urinary diversion necessary? Dis Colon Rectum. 2008 Jul;51(7):1049-54.

5.Spector R, Liphshitz I, Barchana M, Kundel Y, Wasserberg N, Lelcuk S, Sulkes A, Brenner B.High incidence of non-upper aerodigestive primary tumors in patients with esophageal cancer. Dis Esophagus.

6.Wasserberg N, Hamoui N, Petrone P, Crookes PF, Kaufman HS. Bowel Habits after Gastric Bypass Versus the Duodenal Switch Operation. Obes Surg. 2008 Dec;18(12):1563-6.

7.      Nunoo-Mensah JW, Rosen M, Chan LS,Wasserberg N, Beart RW.

      Prevalence of intra-abdominal surgery: what is an individual's lifetime risk?

South Med J. 2009 Jan;102(1):25-9.

(MEDICINE' GENERAL&INTERNAL ,62/100. IF-0.99)

8.N.Wasserberg , P.Petrone , M.Haney , P.Crookes , , H.S. Kaufman. The Effect of Surgically Induced Weight Loss on Pelvic Floor Disorders in Morbidly Obese Women. Ann Surg. 2009 Jan;249(1):72-6.

( SURGERY ,1/139. IF-7.4)

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10.Wasserberg N, Mazaheri A, Petrone P, Tulchinsky H, Kaufman HS. 3D endoanal

          ultrasonography of external anal sphincter defects in patients with faecal

          incontinence: Correlation with symptoms and manometry. Colorectal Dis. 2010 Jan

11.Tulchinsky H, Kashtan H, Rabau M, Wasserberg N. Evaluation of the NiTi Shape

         Memory BioDynamix ColonRing in colorectal anastomosis: first in human

         multi-center study. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2010 Jun 17.

 12.Spector R, Bard S, Wasserberg N. [Hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy

      (HALC)]. Harefuah. 2011 Jul;150(7):568-71, 618

        13. Margel D, Baniel J, Wasserberg N, Bar-Chana M, Yossepowitch O. Radiation

               therapy for prostate cancer increases the risk of subsequent rectal cancer. Ann

         Surg. 2011 Dec;254(6):947-50.

14.elamed N, Gavish O, Eisner M, Wiznitzer A, Wasserberg N, Yogev Y. Third- and

F ourth-degree perineal tears--incidence and risk factors. J Matern Fetal Neonatal

      Med. 2013 May;26(7):660-4. doi: 10.3109/14767058.2012.

15.Kopelman D, Kopelman Y, Peled D, Willenz U, Zmora O, Wasserberg N. Healing of

              Ileocolic Nitinol Compression Anastomosis: A Novel Porcine Model of Subtotal

               Colectomy. Surg Innov. 2013 Apr 10.

16.Asa Z, Greenberg R, Ghinea R, Inbar R, Wasserberg N, Avital S. Grading of

               complications and risk factor evaluation in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Surg

               Endosc. 2013 May 1.

17.Niv G, Grinberg T, Dickman R, Wasserberg N, Niv Y. Perforation and mortality

               after cleansing enema for acute constipation are not rare but are preventable.

               Int J Gen Med. 2013 Apr 26;6:323-8. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S44417.

18.Yogev Y, Hiersch L, Maresky L, Wasserberg N, Wiznitzer A, Melamed N. Third and

               fourth degree perineal tears - the risk of recurrence in subsequent pregnancy. J

               Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2013 Jun 14.

19.Sadot E, Wasserberg N, Shapiro R, Keidar A, Oberman B, Sadetzki S. Acute

               Appendicitis in the Twenty-First Century: Should We Modify the Management

               Protocol? J Gastrointest Surg. 2013 May 24.

          Case Reports Published

1. Wasserberg N, Feinmesser M, Schachter J, Fenig E, Gutman H. Sentinel-node guided lymph-node dissection for merkel cell carcinoma. Eur J Surg Oncol. 1999 Aug; 25(4):444-6.

1. Hershkovitz D, Wasserberg N.

           Large bowel obstruction due to Ascaris lumbricoides.

           Isr Med Assoc J. 2004 Feb;6(2):115-6.

1. Wasserberg N, Gal E, Fuko Z, Niv Y, Lelcuk S, Rubin M.

            Surgical clip found in duodenal ulcer after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

            Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2003 Dec;13(6):387-8.

1. Nunoo-Mensah JW, Ritter MP, Wasserberg N, Ortega A, Harrell D.

     Pseudoaneurysm of the inferior gluteal artery: an unusual complication after

     abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer. Report of a case.

     Dis Colon Rectum. 2007 Jan;50(1):115-7.

            REVIEW ARTICLES

1. Wasserberg N, Kaufman HS. Palliation of colorectal cancer. Surg Oncol. 2007 Dec;16(4):299-310. Epub 2007 Oct 29.

1. Wasserberg N, Gutman H.

             Resection margins in modern rectal cancer surgery.

             J Surg Oncol. 2008 Dec 15;98 (8):611-5.

3.Wasserberg N. Laparoscopic colectomy for colorectal cancer. Isr Med Assoc J.

2010 Sep;12(9):572-6.

     CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

1. Kaufman HS and Wasserberg N. Hemorrhoids. In Bayless TM and Diehl AM (eds),              Advanced Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, 5th ed., BC Decker, 2004.

1. Wasserberg N and kaufman HS . Lumbar and Pelvic Hernias in Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 6^th edition Elsevier, 2006

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