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  1. Dossa F, Baxter NN. Reducing gender bias in surgery. Br J Surg. 2018 Dec;105(13):1707-1709.
  2. Acuna SA, Wood T, Chesney TR, Dossa F, Wexner SD, Quereshy FA, Chadi SA, Baxter NN. Operative strategies for perforated diverticulitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2018 Dec;61(12)1442-1453. Free Article.
  3. Kennedy ED, Borowiec AM, Schmocker S, Cho C, Brierley J, Li S, Victor JC, Baxter NN. Patient and physician preferences for nonoperative management for low rectal cancer: is it a reasonable treatment option? Dis Colon Rectum. 2018 Nov: 61(11): 1281-1289. Free Article.
  4. Daly C, Micic S, Facey M, Speller B, Yee S, Kennedy ED, Corter AL, Baxter NN.  A review of factors affecting patient fertility preservation discussions & decision-making from the perspecives of patients and providers.  Eur J Cancer Care (Eng). 2018 Oct 30:e12945
  5. Llovet D, Serenity M, Conn LG, Bravo CA, McCurdy BR, Dube C, Baxter NN, Paszat L, Rabeneck L, Peters A, Tinmouth J. Reasons For Lack of Follow-up Colonoscopy Among Persons With A Positive Fecal Occult Blood Test Result: A Qualitative Study. Am J Gastroenterol. Epub 2018 Oct 25.
  6. Corter AL, Quan ML, Wright FL, Kennedy ED, Simunovic MR, Shao J, Baxter NN. Scoping clinicians' perspectives on pre-treatment multidisciplinary care for young women with breast cancer.  J Multidiscipl Healthc. 2018 Oct 9;11:547-555. Free Article.
  7. Palter VN, Baker NA, Rabeneck L, Tinmouth J, Gagliardi AR, Kennedy ED, Carroll JC, Gallinger S, Baxter NN. A Framework to build capacity for a reflex-testing program for Lynch Syndrome.  Genet Med. 2018. Epub Oct 22.  
  8. Acuna SA*, Chesney TR, Ramjist JK, Shah PS, Kennedy ED, Baxter NN. Laparoscopic Versus Open Resection for Rectal Cancer: A Noninferiority Meta-analysis of Quality of Surgical Resection Outcomes. Ann Surg. Epub Oct 17. (Trainee Publication)
  9. Palter VN, Baker NA, Pollett A, Daly C, Rotenberg C, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN. Learning by Example: An International Perspective on Reflex-Testing for Lynch Syndrome. Ann Surg Oncol. Epub 2018 Oct 1.  
  10. O’Brien MA, Lofters A, Wall B, Pinto AD, Elliot R, Pietrusiak MA, Snider C, Riordan B, Grunfeld E, Makuwaza T, Manca D, Sopcak N, Donnelly P, Selby P, Kyle R, Baxter NN, Rabeneck L, Cornacchi S, Paszat. Better Health Durham: Community Engagement in a Cluster RCT of a Prevention Practitioner Intervention in Low-Income Neighborhoods. JGO. 2018 Oct: 4supp2
  11. Dossa F*, Morris AM, Wilson AR, Baxter NN. Life after surgery: Surgeons' assessments of quality of life among patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2018 Oct: 61(10):1217-1222 (Trainee Publication) Free Article.
  12. Lega IC, Pole JD, Austin PC, Lau C, Nathan PC, Baxter NN. Diabetes risk in childhood cancer survivors: A population-based study.  Can J Diabetes. 2018 Oct: 42(5): 533-539.
  13. Acuna SA*, Chesney TR, Amarasekera ST, Baxter NN. Defining non-inferiority margins for quality of surgical resection for rectal cancer: A Delphi consensus study.  Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Oct: 25(11): 3171-3178. (Trainee Publication)
  14. Acuna SA*, Dossa F*, Baxter NN. Frequency of misinterpretation of inconclusive noninferiority trials: The case of laparoscopic vs. open resection for rectal cancer trials. JAMA Surg. Epub 2018 Sept 26. (Trainee Publication) Free Article.
  15. Ramjsit JK*, Dossa F*, Stukel TA, Urbach DR, Fu L, Baxter NN. Reoperation for inguinal hernia recurrence in Ontario: a population-based study. Hernia. Epub 2018 Sept 22. (Trainee Publication)
  16. Kennedy ED, Borowiec AM, Schmocker S, Cho C, Brierley J, Li S, Victor JC, Baxter NN. Patient and physician preferences for nonoperative management for low rectal cancer: is it a reasonable treatment option? Dis Colon Rectum. Epub 2018 Sept 19. Free Article.
  17. Dossa F*, Cusimano MC, Sutradhar R, Metcalfe K, Little T, Lerner-Ellis J, Eisen A, Meschino WS, Baxter NN. Real-world health services utilization and outcomes after BRCA1 and BRCA 2 testing in Ontario, Canada: the What Comes Next Cohort Study protocol. BMJ Open. 2018 Sept: 8(9): 1-8. (Trainee Publication) Free Article.
  18. Tinmouth J, Sutradhar R, Liu N, Baxter NN, Paszat L, Rabeneck L.  Validation of 5 key colonoscopy-related data elements from Ontario health administrative databases compared to the clinical record: a cross-sectional study. CMAJ Open 2018 Aug 13: 6(3): e330-e338. Free Article.
  19. Dossa F*, Baxter NN.  Prophylactic mesh for the prevention of parastomal hernias: Need for a deep dive. Ann Surg 2018 Aug;268(2)e29.(Trainee Publication) Free Article.
  20. Dossa F*, Acuna SA, Rickles AS, Berho M, Wexner SD, Quereshy FA, Baxter NN, Chadi SA. Association Between Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Overall Survival in Patients with Rectal Cancer and Pathological Complete Response After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Resection. JAMA Oncol. 2018 July: 4(7): 930-937. (Trainee Publication) Free Article.
  21. Acuna SA*, Sutradhar R, Kim SJ,Baxter NN. Solid organ transplantation in patients with preexisting malignancies in remission: A propensity score matched cohort study. Transplant. 2018 July: 102 (7): 1156-1164.(Trainee Publication) Free Article.
  22. Bombard Y, Clausen M, Mighton C, Carlsson L, Casalino S, Glogowski E, Schrader K, Evans M, Scheer A, Baxter NN, Hamilton JG, Lerner-Ellis J, Offit K, Robson M, Laupacis A. The Genomics ADvISER: development and usability testing of a decision aid for the selection of incidental sequencing results. Eur J Human Genet. 2018 July: 26(7): 984-995.  
  23. Zhang DDQ*, Dossa F, Baxter NN. How to combat the opioid epidemic, 1 nudge at a time. JAMA Surg.  Epub 2018 July. (Trainee Publication) Free Article. 
  24. Chan AW, Fung K, Austin PC, Kim SJ, Singer LG, Baxter NN, Alhusayen R, Rochon PA. Improved keratinocyte carcinoma outcomes with annual dermatology assessment after solid organ transplantation: Population-based cohort study. Am J Transplant.  Epub 2018 June. 
  25. Merchant SJ, Brogly SB, Goldie C, Booth CM, Nanji S, Patel SV, Lajkosz K, Baxter NN. Palliative Care is Associated with Reduced Aggressive End-of-Life Care in Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 June: 25(6): 1478-1487.
  26. Gupta S, Nathan PC, Baxter NN, Lau C, Daly C, Pole JD. Validity of administrative data in identifying cancer-related events in adolescents and young adults: A population-based study using the IMPACT cohort. Med Care. 2018 June: 56(6): e32-38. 
  27. Dossa F*, Josse J, Acuna SA, Baxter NN. Health state utility values for ileostomies and colostomies: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2018 May: 22(5):894-905. (Trainee Publication) 
  28. Battersby NJ, Perez RO, Baxter NN, Moran B, Brown G. Session 4: Trying to augment response with chemotherapy: a triumph of hope over experience? Colorectal Dis. May 2018: 20(S1): 100-102. Free Article.
  29. Ramjist JK*, Coburn N, Urbach DR, Govindarajan A, Armstrong KA, Scott AL, Baxter NN. Disposal of paper records containing personal information in hospitals. JAMA. 2018 Mar;319(11):1162–1163. (Trainee Publication) Free Article.
  30. Baxter NN, Fischer HD, Richardson D, Urbach DR, Bell CM, Rochon P, Brade A, Earle CC. A population-based study of complications after colorectal surgery in patients who have received Bevacizumab. Dis Colon Rectum. 2018 Mar: 61(3): 306-313. Free Article.
  31. Look Hong NJ, Cheng SY, Baxter NN, Wright FC. Melanoma patterns of care in Ontario: A call for a strategic alignment of multidisciplinary care. J Surg Oncol. 2018 Mar: 117(4):597-614.
  32. Hart TL, Charles ST, Gunaratne M, Baxter NN, Cotterchio M, Cohen Z, Gallinger S. Symptom severity and quality of life among long-term colorectal cancer survivors compared with matched control subjects: A population-based study. Dis Colon Rectum. 2018 Mar: 61(3):355-363. 
  33. Catomeris P, Baxter NN, Boss SC, Paszat LF, Rabeneck L, Randell E, Serenity ML, Sutradhar R, Tinmouth J. Effect of temperature and time on fecal hemoglobin stability in 5 fecal immunochemical test methods and one guaiac method. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2018 Jan: 142(1): 75-82. Free Article
  34. Acuna SA*, Lam W, Daly C, Kim SJ, Baxter NN. Cancer Evaluation in the Assessment of Solid Organ Transplant Candidates: A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines. Transplant Rev. 2018 Jan: 32(1): 29-35. (Trainee Publication) Free Article. 
  35. Dossa F*, Morris AM, Wilson AR, Baxter NN. Life after surgery: Surgeons’ assessments of quality of life among patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2017. (Trainee Publication) 
  36. Merchant SJ, Lajkosz K, Brogly SB, Booth CM, Nanjii S, Patel SV, Baxter NN. The final 30 days of life: A study of patients with gastrointestinal cancer in Ontario, Canada. J Palliat Care. 2017 Nov: 32(3): 92-100.
  37. Simpson AN*, Garbens A, Dossa F, Coyte PC, Baxter NN, McDermott CD. A cost-utility analysis of non-surgical treatments for stress urinary incontinence in women. FPMRS. 2017 Oct. Epub 2017. (Trainee Publication) 
  38. Acuna SA*, Huang JW, Dossa F, Shah PS, Kim SJ, Baxter NN. Cancer recurrence after solid organ transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Transplant Rev (Orlando). 2017 October: 31(4): 240-248. (Trainee Publication)   Free Article.
  39. Paszat L, Sutradhar R, O’Brien MA, Lofters A, Pinto A, Selby P, Baxter NN, Donnelly PD, Elliott R, Glazier RH, Kyle R, Manca D, Pietrusiak MA, Rabeneck L, Sopcak N, Tinmouth J, Wall B, Grunfeld E. BETTER HEALTH: Durham- protocol for a cluster randomized trial of BETTER in community and public health settings. BMC Public Health. 2017 September 29. 17(1). Free Article.
  40. Paszat L, Sutradhar R, Baxter NN, Tinmouth J, Rabeneck L. Repeat colonoscopy within 6 months after initial outpatient colonoscopy in Ontario: A population-based cross-sectional study. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2017 Sept 7. Epub 2017. Free Article.
  41. James PD, Rabeneck L, Yun L, Paszat L, Baxter NN, Govindarajan A, Antonova L, Tinmouth JM. Repeated faecal occult blood testing is associated with decreased advanced colorectal cancer risk: A population-based study. J Med Screen. Epup 2017 Sept 1. Free Article 
  42. Dossa F*, Josse J, Acuna SA, Baxter NN. Watch-and-wait approach for rectal cancer: concepts of a subject-specific method- Authors’ Reply. Lancet Gastroenterol and Hepatol. 2017 Sept: 2(9): 627-628. (Trainee Publication) 
  43. Acuna SA*, Sutradhar R, Camacho X, Daly C, Del Giudice M, Kim JS, Baxter NN. Uptake of cancer screening tests among recipients of solid organ transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 2017 Sep;17(9):2434-244. (Trainee Publication) ​
  44. Bendzsak AM, Baxter NN, Darling GE, Austin PC, Urbach DR. Regionalization and outcomes of lung cancer surgery in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2017 Aug 20;35(24):2772-2780.
  45. Paszat L, Sutradhar R, Liu Y, Baxter NN, Tinmouth J,Rabeneck L. Risk of colorectal cancer among immigrants to Ontario, Canada. BMC Gastroenterol, 2017 July: 17(1): 85.
  46. Dossa F*, Chesney TR, Acuna SA, Baxter NN. A watch-and-wait approach for locally advanced rectal cancer after a clinical complete response following neoadjuvant chemoradiation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2017 July: 2(7): 501-513 (Trainee publication).
  47. Bombard Y, Rozmovits L, Sorvari A, Daly C, Carroll JC, Kennedy E, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN. Universal tumor screening for Lynch Syndrome: Health care providers’ perspectives’. Genetics in Medicine. 2017 May: 19(5):568-574. Impact Factor 7.71.
  48. Burnstein HJ, Krilov L, Argon-Ching JB, Baxter NN, Chiorean EG, Chow WA, De Groot JF, Devine SM, DuBois SG, El-Diery WS, Epstein AS, Heymach J, Jones JA, Mayer DK, Miksad RA, Pennell NA, Sabel MS, Schilsky RL, Schuchter LM, Tung N, Winkfield KM, Wirth LJ, Dizon DS. Clinical Care Advances 2017: Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer From the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2017 Apr 20;35(12):1341-1367.
  49. Baxter NN, Daly C, Sutradhar R, Li Q, Honein-AbouHaidar, Richardson D, Del Giudice L, Tinmouth J, Paszat L, Rabeneck L. Do primary care provider strategies improve patient participation in colorectal cancer screening? American Journal of Gastroenterology. 2017 Apr;112(4):622-632.
  50. Acuna SA*, Huang JW*, Daly CA, Kim SJ, Shah PS, Baxter NN. Outcomes of solid organ transplant recipients with pre-existing malignancies in remission: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Transplantation. 2017 Mar 20;101(3):471-481. (Trainee publication)
  51. White V, Daly C, Anazoda A, Bibby H, Orme L, Pinkerton R, Pole J, Thompson K, Nathan PC, Baxter NN, Gupta S. The Australian-Canadian Adolescent and Young Adult Collaborative Cohort Initiative: Initial meeting report. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2017 Mar;6(1):1-5. Impact Factor 1.111.
  52. Lofters AK, Schuler A, Slater M, Baxter NN, Persaud N, Pinto AD, Kucharski E, Davie S, Nisenbaum R, Kiran T. Using self-reported data on the social determinants of health in primary care to identify cancer screening disparities: Opportunities and Challenges. BMC Family Practice. 2017 Feb 28;18(1). Impact Factor 1.641. Free Article.
  53. Quan ML, Paszat LF, Fernandes KA, Sutradhar R, McCready DR, Rakovitch E, Warner E, Wright FC, Hodgson N, Brackstone M, Baxter NN. The effect of surgery type on survival and recurrence in very young women with breast cancer. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2017 Feb 1;115(2):122-130. Impact Factor 3.224.
  54. Stock D, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN, Paszat LF, Sutradhar R, Yun L, Tinmouth J. A centrally generated primary care physician audit report does not improve colonoscopy uptake after a positive FOBT result in Ontario’s ColonCancerCheck Program. Current Oncology. 2017 Feb;24(1):47-51. Impact Factor 1.785. Free Article.
  55. Mascarenhas A, Moore JE, Tricco A, Hamid J, Daly C, Bain J, Jassemi S, Kiran T, Baxter NN, Straus S. Perceptions and experiences of a gender gap at a Canadian research institute and potential strategies to mitigate this gap, a mixed-methods study. CMAJ Open.2017 Jan-Mar; 5(1): E144–E151. Free Article.
  56. Acuna SA*, Huang JW*, Scott AL, Micic S, Daly C, Bresden-Masley C, Kim SJ, Baxter NN. Cancer screening recommendations for solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines. American Journal Transplantation. 2017 Jan;17(1):103-114.  (Trainee publication). Free Article
  57. Baxter NN. Understanding postcolonoscopy colorectal cancers: The next frontier. Gastroenterology. 2016 Nov;151(5);793-795. Primary Author.
  58. Webster F, Patel J, Rice K, Baxter NN, Paszat L, Rabeneck L, Tinmouth J. How to Make Feedback More Effective? Qualitative Findings from Pilot Testing of an Audit and Feedback Report for Endoscopists. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2016 Sep 8; 2016. Free Article.
  59. Lowery J, Ahnen D, Schroy P, Hampel H, Baxter N, Boland R, Burt R, Butterly LF, Doerr M, Doroshenk M, Feero G, Henrikson N, Ladabaum U, Lieberman D, McFarland B, Peterson S, Raymond M, Samadder J, Syngal S, Weber TK, Zauber A, Smith R. Understanding the Contribution of Family History to Colorectal Cancer Risk and Its Clinical Implications: A State-of-the-Science Review. Cancer. 2016 Jun 1. Free Article
  60. Tinmouth J, Vella ET, Baxter NN, Dube C, Gould M, Hey A, Ismaila N, McCurdy BR, Paszat L.  Colorectal cancer screening in average risk populations: evidence summary.  Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016;20162878149.  Epub 2016 Aug 14. Free Article.
  61. Paszat L, Sutradhar R, Tinmouth J, Baxter NN, Rabeneck L. Interval colorectal cancers following guaiac Fecal Occult Blood Testing in the Ontario ColonCancerCheck Program. Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2016 Jul 23; 2016.  Free Article.
  62. Borowiec AM, Wang CS, Yong E. Law C, Coburn N, Sutradhar R, Baxter NN, Paszat L, Tinmouth J.  Colonic stents for colorectal cancer are seldom used and mainly for palliation of obstruction:  A population-based study.  Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol.  2015 Aug:pii16972.
  63. Webster F, Rice K, Christian J, Seemann N, Baxter NN, Moulton CA, Cil T. The erasure of gender in academic surgery: a qualitative study. American Journal of Surgery. 2016 Jul 18; 212(6):559-565. 
  64. Glasgow SC, Morris AM, Baxter NN, Fleshman JW, Alavi KS, Luchtefeld MA, Monson JR, Chang GJ, Temple LK.  Development of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons' Rectal Cancer Surgery Checklist.  Dis Colon Rectum. 2016 Jul;59(7):601-6. Free Article.
  65. Govindarajan A,  Rabeneck L, Yun L, Tinmouth J, Pazat L, Baxter NN. Population-based assessment of the outcomes in patients with post-colonoscopy colorectal cancers. Gut. 2016 Jun;65(6):971-6.
  66. Goodman KA, Patton CE, Fisher GA, Hoffe SE, Haddock MG, Parikh PJ, Kim J, Baxter NN, Czito BG, Hong TS, Herman JM, Crane CH, Hoffman KE. Appropriate customization of radiation therapy for stage II and III rectal cancer: Executive summary of an ASTRO Clinical Practice Statement using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2016 May:6(3): 166-175. Free Article.
  67. Honein-AbouHaidar GN, Kastner M, Vuong V, Perrier L, Daly C, Rabeneck L, Straus S, Baxter NN.  Systematic review and meta-study synthesis of qualitative studies evaluating facilitators and barriers to participation in colorectal cancer screening. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2016 Jun;25(5):907-17. Free Article.
  68. Li D, Baxter NN, McLeod RS, Moineddin R, Nathens AB. The Decline of Elective Colectomy Following Diverticulitis: A Population-Based Analysis.
    Dis Colon Rectum. 2016 Apr;59(4):332-9.
  69. Acuna SA*, Fernandes KA, Daly C*, Hicks LK, Sutradhar R, Kim J, Baxter NN. Cancer Mortality among Recipients of Solid Organ Transplant in Ontario. JAMA Oncology. 2016 Jan 7;2(4):1-8 
  70. Seemann N, Webster F, Holden A, Moulton CAE, Baxter NN, Desjardins C, Cil T. Women in Academic Surgery: Why is the Playing Field Still Not Level? American Journal of Surgery. 2016 Feb: 211(2): 343-349. 
  71. Sutradhar R, Baxter NN, Austin P.  Terminating observation within matched pairs of subjects in a matched cohort analysis:  A Monte Carlo simulation study.  Statistics in Medicine.  Stat Med. 2016 Jan 30;35(2):294-304.
  72. Maass SWMC, Bagher S, Hofer SOP, Baxter NN, Zhong T. Systematic Review: Aesthetic Assessment of Breast Reconstruction Outcomes by Healthcare Professionals. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2015 Dec;22(13):4305-4316.
  73. Hoeflok J, Jaramillo M, Li T, Baxter NN. Health-Related Quality of Life in Community-Dwelling Persons Living With Enterocutaneous Fistulas. Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing. 2015 Nov;42(6):607-613. 
  74. Fernandes KA, Sutradhar R, Borkhoff CM, Baxter N, Lofters A, Rabeneck L, Tinmouth J, Paszat L; on behalf of the investigators of the Ontario Cancer Screening Research Network. Small-area variation in screening for cancer, glucose and cholesterol in Ontario: a cross-sectional study. CMAJ Open. 2015 Oct 28;3(4):E373-E381. Free Article.
  75. Roberts A*, Baxter NN, Camacho X, Lau C, Zhong T. Once is Rarely Enough: A Population-Based Study of Reoperations after Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2015 Oct:22(10): 3302-3307.
  76. Daly C, Urbach DR. Stukel TA, Nathan PC, Deitel W, Paszat LF, Wilton AS, Baxter NN.  Patterns of diagnostic imaging and associated radiation exposure among long-term survivors of young adult cancer:  A population-based cohort study.  BMC Cancer. 2015 Sep;15(1):612. Free Article. 
  77. Richardson DP, Sutradhar R, Daly C, Paszat LF, Wilton AS, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN. Hospitalization rates among survivors of young adult malignancies. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Aug 20;33(24):2655-9. Free Article.
  78. Platt J, Zhong T, Booth G, Easson AE, Fernandes F, Gozdyra P, Moineddin R, Baxter NN. Geographic variation immediate and delayed breast reconstruction utilization in Ontario, Canada and Plastic Surgeon availability: A population-based observational study. World Journal of Surgery. 2015 Aug 15;39(8):1909-1921.
  79. Govindarajan A, Urbach D, Kumar M, Murray B, Juurlink D, Kennedy E, Gagliardi A, Sutradhar R, Li Q, Baxter NN. Outcomes of daytime elective procedures performed by physicians after providing overnight medical services. New England Journal of Medicine. 2015 Aug;373(9):845-53. Free Article.
  80. Leon-Carlyle M, Schmocker S, Victor JS, Maier BA, O'Connor BI, Baxter NN, McLeod RS, Kennedy ED.  Prevalence of physiologic sexual dysfunction is high following treatment for rectal cancer:  But is it the only thing that matters?   Dis Colon Rectum 2015 Aug;58(8):736-42.
  81. Hol L, Sutradhar R, Gu S, Baxter NN, Rabeneck L, Tinmouth JM, Paszat LF. Repeat colonoscopy after a colonoscopy with a negative result in Ontario: a population-based cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2015 Jun;3(2):E244-E250. Free Article.
  82. Causarano N, Platt J, Baxter NN, Bagher S, Jones J, Metcalfe K, Hofer S. O. P, O’Neill A, Cheng T, Starenkyj E, Zhong T. Pre-consultation educational group intervention to improve shared decision making for postmastectomy breast reconstruction: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Support Care Cancer. 2015 May;23(5):1365-75.
  83. Kirkpatrick Aw, Ball CG, Douchesne J, Pavenski K; CAGS/ACS Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group. CAGS and ACS evidence based reviews in surgery. Is early transfusion of plasma and platelets in higher ratios associated with decrease in-hospital mortality and bleeding in patients? Can J Surg. 2014 Oct;57(5):358-60.
  84. Correia A, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN, Paszat L, Sutradhar R, Yun L,Tinmouth J. Lack of follow-up colonoscopy after positive FOBT in an organized colorectal cancer screening program is associated with modifiable health care practices. Preventive Medicine. 2015 Apr;76:115-122. 
  85. Ahmed A, Baxter NN, Bouchard A, Brierley J, Brown C, Brown G, Kanthan S, Cohen Z, Cummings B, Datta I, Deobald R, Drolet S, D’Assise F; Feinberg S, Fenech D, Gill D, Hochman D, Jhaveri K, Kennedy E, Kirsch R, Kopek N, Kundapur V, Leung E. QuickSilver: A phase II study using magnetic resonance imaging criteria to identify “Good Prognosis” rectal cancer patients eligible for primary surgery. JMIR Res Protoc. 2015 Mar;4(2).
  86. Platt J, Baxter N, McLaughlan J, Semple J. Does breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer affect overall survival?  Long-term follow-up of a retrospective population-based cohort. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Mar;135(3):468e-476e. 
  87. Tinmouth J, Patel J, Austin PC, Baxter NN, Brouwers MC, Earle C, Levitt C, Lu Y, Mackinnon M, Paszat L, Rabeneck L. Increasing participation in colorectal cancer screening: Results from a cluster randomized trial of directly mailed gFOBT kits to previous nonresponders. Int J Cancer. 2015 Mar 15;136(6):E697-703. Free Article.
  88. Stock D, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN, Paszat LF, Sutradhar R, Yun L and Tinmouth J. Mailed participant reminders are associated with improved colonoscopy uptake after a positive FOBT result in Ontario’s ColonCancerCheck program. Implementation Science. 2015 Mar;13(10(1)):35. Free Article.
  89. Covelli AM, Baxter NN, Fitch MI, McCready DR, Wright FC.'Taking Control of Cancer': Understanding Women's Choice for Mastectomy. Ann Surg Oncol. 2015 Feb;22(2):383-91. 
  90. Pawlik TM, Devon KM, Fields CA, Hinshaw DB; Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery Group.  What are patients’ expectations about the effects of chemotherapy for advanced cancer? J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Sep;219(3):588-90.
  91. Kao LS, Dimick JB, Porter GA; Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery Group. How do administrative data compare with a clinical registry for identifying 30-day postoperative complications? J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Dec;219(6):1187-91. 
  92. Chaudhury PK, Jeschke MG, Monson JR; Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group. What is the diagnostic value of C-reactive protein for the prediction and the exclusion of postoperative infectious complication after colorectal surgery? Can J Surg. 2014 Dec;57(6):417-9.
  93. Li D, Baxter NN, McLeod RS, Moineddin R, Wilton AS, Nathens AB. Evolving practice patterns in the management of acute colonic diverticulitis: a population-based analysis. Dis Colon Rectum. 2014 Dec;57(12):1397-405. 
  94. Baxter NN, Daly C, Gupta S, Pole JD, Sutradhar R, Greenberg ML, Nathan PC. The Initiative to Maximize Progress in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Therapy (IMPACT) Cohort Study: a population-based cohort of young Canadians with cancer. BMC Cancer. 2014 Nov 3;14:805. 
  95. Gagliardi AR, Webster F, Brouwers MC, Baxter NN, Finelli A, Gallinger S. How does context influence collaborative decision-making for health services planning, delivery and evaluation? BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Nov 19;14:545. Free Article.
  96. Covelli AM, Baxter NN, Fitch MI, Wright FC. Increasing mastectomy rates-the effect of environmental factors on the choice for mastectomy: a comparative analysis between Canada and the United States. Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Oct;21(10):3173-84. 
  97. Li D, de Mestral C, Baxter NN, McLeod RS, Moineddin R, Wilton AS, Nathens AB. Risk of readmission and emergency surgery following nonoperative management of colonic diverticulitis: a population-based analysis. Ann Surg. 2014 Sep;260(3):423-30.
  98. Zhong T, Fernandes KA, Saskin R, Sutradhar R, Platt J, Beber BA, Novak CB, McCready DR, Hofer SO, Irish JC, Baxter NN. Barriers to immediate breast reconstruction in the Canadian universal health care system. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Jul 10;32(20):2133-41.
  99. Brown CJ, Boutros M, Morris A, Divino CM; CAGS/ACS Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group. Is a diverting loop ileostomy and colonic lavage an alternative to colectomy for treatment of severe clostridium difficile-associated disease? Can J Surg 2014 Jul 10;32(20):2133-41.
  100. Henteleff HJ, Parry NG, Burlew CC; CAGS/ACS Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group. What is the comparative efficacy of negative-pressure wound therapy vs alternate temporary abdominal closure techniques in open abdominal wounds? J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Jun;218(6):1251-3.
  101. Tinmouth J, Henry P, Hsieh E, Baxter NN, Hilsden RJ, Elizabeth McGregor S, Paszat LF, Ruco A, Saskin R, Schell AJ, Torlakovic EE, Rabeneck L. Sessile serrated polyps at screening colonoscopy: have they been under diagnosed? Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov;109(11):1698-704.
  102. Honein-AbouHaidar GN, Rabeneck L, Paszat LF, Sutradhar R, Tinmouth J, Baxter NN. Evaluating the impact of public health initiatives on trends in fecal occult blood test participation in Ontario. BMC Cancer. 2014 Jul 25;14:537. Free article.
  103. Wei AC, Urbach DR, Devitt KS, Wiebe M, Bathe OF, McLeod RS, Kennedy ED, Baxter NN. Improving quality through process change: a scoping review of process improvement tools in cancer surgery. BMC Surg. 2014 Jul 19;14:45. 
  104. Tinmouth J, Kennedy EB, Baron D, Burke M, Feinberg S, Gould M, Baxter N, Lewis N. Colonoscopy quality assurance in Ontario: Systematic review and clinical practice guideline. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 May;28(5):251-74. Free Article.
  105. Urbach DR, Govindarajan A, Saskin R, Wilton AS, Baxter NN. Adoption of surgical safety checklists in Ontario, Canada: overpromised or underdelivered? Healthc Q. 2014;17(4):10-2.  Free Article.
  106. Urbach DR, Govindarajan A, Saskin R, Wilton AS, Baxter NN. Introduction of surgical safety checklists in Ontario, Canada. N Engl J Med. 2014 Mar 13;370(11):1029-38. Free Article. 
  107. Urbach DR, Govindarajan A, Baxter NN.Surgical safety checklists in Ontario, Canada. Author reply. N Engl J Med. 2014 Jun 12;370(24):2351; discussion 2351-2.  Free Article. 
  108. Rabeneck L, Paszat LF, Hilsden RJ, McGregor SE, Hsieh E, M Tinmouth J, Baxter NN, Saskin R, Ruco A, Stock D.Advanced proximal neoplasia of the colon in average-risk adults. Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Oct;80(4):660-7. 
  109. Rabeneck L, Tinmouth JM, Paszat LF, Baxter NN, Marrett LD, Ruco A, Lewis N, Gao J. Ontario's ColonCancerCheck: results from Canada's first province-wide colorectal cancer screening program. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Mar;23(3):508-15. Free Article.
  110. Tinmouth J, Baxter NN, Paszat LF, Rabeneck L, Sutradhar R, Yun L.Using physician-linked mailed invitations in an organised colorectal cancer screening programme: effectiveness and factors associated with response. BMJ Open. 2014 Mar 12;4(3):e004494. Free Article.
  111. Honein-Abouhaidar GN, Kastner M, Vuong V, Perrier L, Rabeneck L, Tinmouth J, Straus S, Baxter NN. Benefits and barriers to participation in colorectal cancer screening: a protocol for a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies. BMJ Open. 2014 Feb 27;4(2):e004508. Free Article. 
  112. Dixon E, Buie WD, Heise CP; Members of the Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery Group.  What is the preferred surgery for perforated left-sided diverticulitis? J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Mar;218(3):495-7. Coauthor or Collaborator.
  113. Wasserman M, Baxter NN, Rosen B, Burnstein M, Halverson AL. Systematic review of internet patient information on colorectal cancer surgery. Dis Colon Rectum. 2014 Jan;57(1):64-9. 
  114. Honein-AbouHaidar GN, Baxter NN, Moineddin R, Urbach DR, Rabeneck L, Bierman AS. Trends and inequities in colorectal cancer screening participation in Ontario, Canada, 2005-2011. Cancer Epidemiol. 2013 Dec;37(6):946-56.
  115. Simunovic M, Baxter NN, Sutradhar R, Liu N, Cadeddu M, Urbach D. Uptake and patient outcomes of laparoscopic colon and rectal cancer surgery in a publicly funded system and following financial incentives. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013 Nov;20(12):3740-6. 
  116. Zhong T, Temple-Oberle C, Hofer S, Beber B, Semple J, Brown M, Macadam S, Lennox P, Panzarella T, McCarthy C, Baxter N; MCCAT Study Group Trials.  The Multi Centre Canadian Acellular Dermal Matrix Trial (MCCAT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in implant-based breast reconstruction. 2013 Oct 28;14:356. Free Article. 
  117. Wiebe ME, Sandhu L, Takata JL, Kennedy ED, Baxter NN, Gagliardi AR, Urbach DR, Wei AC. Quality of narrative operative reports in pancreatic surgery. Can J Surg. 2013 Oct;56(5):E121-7. Free Article.
  118. Platt J, Baxter N, Jones J, Metcalfe K, Causarano N, Hofer SO, O'Neill A, Cheng T, Starenkyj E, Zhong T. Pre-consultation educational group intervention to improve shared decision-making in postmastectomy breast reconstruction: study protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Trials. 2013 Jul 6;14:199. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-199.  Free Article. 
  119. Borkhoff CM, Saskin R, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN, Liu Y, Tinmouth J, Paszat LF. Disparities in receipt of screening tests for cancer, diabetes and high cholesterol in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study using area-based methods. Can J Public Health. 2013 Jun 21;104(4):e284-90.
  120. Wei AC, Sandhu L, Devitt KS, Gagliardi AR, Kennedy ED, Urbach DR, Gallinger S, Baxter NN. Practice patterns for the management of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: a mixed methods analysis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013 May;20(5):1567-74. 
  121. Jacob BJ, Sutradhar R, Moineddin R, Baxter NN, Urbach DR. Methodological approaches to population based research of screening procedures in the presence of selection bias and exposure measurement error: colonoscopy and colorectal cancer outcomes in Ontario. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2013 Apr 24;13:59. Free Article.
  122. Johnston CF, Tomlinson G, Temple LK, Baxter NN. The management of patients with T1 adenocarcinoma of the low rectum: a decision analysis.Dis Colon Rectum. 2013 Apr;56(4):400-7. 
  123. Baxter NN, Sutradhar R, DelGuidice ME, Forbes S, Paszat LF, Wilton AS, Urbach D, Rabeneck L. A population-based study of rates of childbirth in recurrence-free female young adult survivors of non-gynecologic malignancies. BMC Cancer. 2013 Jan 23;13:30.  Free Article.
  124. Spiegle G, Al-Sukhni E, Schmocker S, Gagliardi AR, Victor JC, Baxter NN, Kennedy ED. Patient decision aids for cancer treatment: are there any alternatives? Cancer. 2013 Jan 1;119(1):189-200. Free Article.
  125. Sutradhar R, Forbes S, Urbach DR, Paszat L, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN. Multistate models for comparing trends in hospitalizations among young adult survivors of colorectal cancer and matched controls. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012 Oct 9;12:353.  Free Article.
  126. Baxter NN, Warren JL, Barrett MJ, Stukel TA, Doria-Rose VP. Association between colonoscopy and colorectal cancer mortality in a US cohort according to site of cancer and colonoscopist specialty. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Jul 20;30(21):2664-9. Free Article
  127. Jacob BJ, Moineddin R, Sutradhar R, Baxter NN, Urbach DR. Effect of colonoscopy on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality: an instrumental variable analysis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2012 Aug;76(2):355-64.e1. 
  128. O'Riordan JM, Datta I, Johnston C, Baxter NN. A systematic review of the anal fistula plug for patients with Crohn's and non-Crohn's related fistula-in-ano. Dis Colon Rectum. 2012 Mar;55(3):351-8. 
  129. Stukel TA, Fisher ES, Alter DA, Guttmann A, Ko DT, Fung K, Wodchis WP, Baxter NN, Earle CC, Lee DS. Association of hospital spending intensity with mortality and readmission rates in Ontario hospitals. JAMA. 2012 Mar 14;307(10):1037-45.  Free Article.
  130. Platt J, Baxter N, Zhong T.Breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer. CMAJ. 2011 Dec 13;183(18):2109-16. Free Article.
  131. Ricciardi R, Roberts PL, Read TE, Baxter NN, Marcello PW, Schoetz DJ. Who performs proctectomy for rectal cancer in the United States? Dis Colon Rectum. 2011 Oct;54(10):1210-5.
  132. Jacob BJ, Baxter NN, Moineddin R, Sutradhar R, Del Giudice L, Urbach DR. Social disparities in the use of colonoscopy by primary care physicians in Ontario. BMC Gastroenterol. 2011 Sep 28;11:102.  Free Article. 
  133. van Walraven C, Fergusson D, Earle C, Baxter NN, Alibhai S, MacDonald B, Forster AJ, Cagiannos I. Association of diagnostic radiation exposure and second abdominal-pelvic malignancies after testicular cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jul 20;29(21):2883-8.  Free Article.
  134. Kennedy ED, Schmocker S, Victor C, Baxter NN, Kim J, Brierley J, McLeod RS. Do patients consider preoperative chemoradiation for primary rectal cancer worthwhile? Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;117(13):2853-62.  Free Article. 
  135. Dubcenco E, Grantcharov T, Streutker CJ, Jiang D, Baxter NN, Baker JP. Feasibility and safety of adhesiolysis using transgastric NOTES approach: a pilot survival study in a porcine model. Surg Innov. 2011 Jun;18(2):106-13.
  136. Ricciardi R, Roberts PL, Read TE, Baxter NN, Marcello PW, Schoetz DJ. Mortality rate after nonelective hospital admission. Arch Surg. 2011 May;146(5):545-51. 
  137. Saleem AM, Paulus JK, Shapter AP, Baxter NN, Roberts PL, Ricciardi R. Risk of anal cancer in a cohort with human papillomavirus-related gynecologic neoplasm. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Mar;117(3):643-9.
  138. Baxter NN, Sutradhar R, Forbes SS, Paszat LF, Saskin R, Rabeneck L. Analysis of administrative data finds endoscopist quality measures associated with postcolonoscopy colorectal cancer. Gastroenterology. 2011 Jan;140(1):65-72.
  139. Ricciardi R, Roberts PL, Read TE, Baxter NN, Marcello PW, Schoetz DJ. Presence of specialty surgeons reduces the likelihood of colostomy after proctectomy for rectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum. 2011 Feb;54(2):207-13. 
  140. Zhong T, Hofer SO, McCready DR, Jacks LM, Cook FE, Baxter N. A comparison of surgical complications between immediate breast reconstruction and mastectomy: the impact on delivery of chemotherapy--an analysis of 391 procedures. Ann Surg Oncol. 2012 Feb;19(2):560-6. 
  141. Sandroussi C, Brace C, Kennedy ED, Baxter NN, Gallinger S, Wei AC. Sociodemographics and comorbidities influence decisions to undergo pancreatic resection for neoplastic lesions. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010 Sep;14(9):1401-8. 
  142. Sharma B, Baxter NN, Grantcharov T. Outcomes after laparoscopic techniques in major gastrointestinal surgery. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2010 Aug;16(4):371-6. 
  143. Forbes SS, Sutradhar R, Paszat LF, Rabeneck L, Urbach DR, Baxter NN. Long-term survival in young adults with colorectal cancer: a population-based study. Dis Colon Rectum. 2010 Jul;53(7):973-8. 
  144. Ricciardi R, Roberts PL, Read TE, Marcello PW, Schoetz DJ, Baxter NN. Variability in reconstructive procedures following rectal cancer surgery in the United States. Dis Colon Rectum. 2010 Jun;53(6):874-80.   
  145. Baxter NN, Ricciardi R, Simunovic M, Urbach DR, Virnig BA. An evaluation of the relationship between lymph node number and staging in pT3 colon cancer using population-based data. Dis Colon Rectum. 2010 Jan;53(1):65-70. 
  146. Simunovic M, Urbach D, Major D, Sutradhar R, Baxter NN, To T, Brown A, Davis D, Levine MN. Assessing the volume-outcome hypothesis and region-level quality improvement interventions: pancreas cancer surgery in two Canadian Provinces. Ann Surg Oncol. 2010 Oct;17(10):2537-44. 
  147. Ricciardi R, Baxter NN, Read TE, Marcello PW, Schoetz DJ, Roberts PL. Surgeon involvement in the care of patients deemed to have "preventable" conditions. J Am Coll Surg. 2009 Dec;209(6):707-11. 
  148. Ricciardi R, Baxter NN, Read TE, Marcello PW, Hall J, Roberts PL. Is the decline in the surgical treatment for diverticulitis associated with an increase in complicated diverticulitis? Dis Colon Rectum. 2009 Sep;52(9):1558-63. 
  149. Simunovic M, Rempel E, Thériault ME, Baxter NN, Virnig BA, Meropol NJ, Levine MN. Influence of delays to nonemergent colon cancer surgery on operative mortality, disease-specific survival and overall survival. Can J Surg. 2009 Aug;52(4):E79-E86. PMID: 19680502. Free Article 
  150. Burt CG, Cima RR, Koltun WA, Littlejohn CE, Ricciardi R, Temple LK, Rothenberger DA, Baxter NN. Developing a research agenda for the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons: results of a delphi approach. Dis Colon Rectum. 2009 May;52(5):898-905. 
  151. Baxter N, Rabeneck L. New findings about the risks and limitations of colonoscopy used in the early detection of colorectal cancer. Healthc Q. 2009;12(2):24-5. PMID: 19369808. Free Article.
  152. Baxter NN, Durham SB, Phillips KA, Habermann EB, Virning BA. Risk of dementia in older breast cancer survivors: a population-based cohort study of the association with adjuvant chemotherapy. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Mar;57(3):403-11. 
  153. Ricciardi R, Ogilvie JW Jr, Roberts PL, Marcello PW, Concannon TW, Baxter NN. Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile colitis in hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. Dis Colon Rectum. 2009 Jan;52(1):40-5. 
  154. Baxter NN, Goldwasser MA, Paszat LF, Saskin R, Urbach DR, Rabeneck L. Association of colonoscopy and death from colorectal cancer. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jan 6;150(1):1-8.  
  155. Virnig BA, Baxter NN, Habermann EB, Feldman RD, Bradley CJ. A matter of race: early-versus late-stage cancer diagnosis. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Jan-Feb;28(1):160-8.  Free Article.
  156. Dubcenco E, Grantcharov T, Eng FC, Streutker CJ, Baxter NN, Rotstein OD, Baker JP. Video. "No scar" small bowel resection in a survival porcine model using transcolonic NOTES(®) and transabdominal approach. Surg Endosc. 2011 Mar;25(3):930-4. 
  157. Dubcenco E, Grantcharov T, Streutker CJ, Rotstein OD, Baxter NN, Jeejeebhoy KN, Baker JP. The development of a novel intracolonic occlusion balloon for transcolonic natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: description of the technique and early experience in a porcine model (with videos). Gastrointest Endosc. 2008 Oct;68(4):760-6. 
  158. Ricciardi R, Selker HP, Baxter NN, Marcello PW, Roberts PL, Virnig BA. Disparate use of minimally invasive surgery in benign surgical conditions. Surg Endosc. 2008 Sep;22(9):1977-86. 
  159. Habermann EB, Virnig BA, Durham SB, Baxter NN. Managed care enrollment and chronically disabled women with breast cancer. Am J Manag Care. 2008 Aug;14(8):514-20. Free Article.
  160. Govindarajan A, Baxter NN. Lymph node evaluation in early-stage colon cancer. Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2008 Jul;7(4):240-6. 
  161. Bordeianou L, Rockwood T, Baxter N, Lowry A, Mellgren A, Parker S. Does incontinence severity correlate with quality of life? Prospective analysis of 502 consecutive patients. Colorectal Dis. 2008 Mar;10(3):273-9. 
  162. Ogilvie JW Jr, Goetz L, Baxter NN, Park J, Minami S, Madoff RD. Female sexual dysfunction after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. Br J Surg. 2008 Jul;95(7):887-92. 
  163. Ricciardi R, Harriman K, Baxter NN, Hartman LK, Town RJ, Virnig BA. Predictors of Clostridium difficile colitis infections in hospitals. Epidemiol Infect. 2008 Jul;136(7):913-21. 
  164. Ricciardi R, Virnig BA, Ogilvie JW Jr, Dahlberg PS, Selker HP, Baxter NN. Volume-outcome relationship for coronary artery bypass grafting in an era of decreasing volume. Arch Surg. 2008 Apr;143(4):338-44.
  165. Coburn NG, Guller U, Baxter NN, Kiss A, Ringash J, Swallow CJ, Law CH. Adjuvant therapy for resected gastric cancer--rapid, yet incomplete adoption following results of intergroup 0116 trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Mar 15;70(4):1073-80. 
  166. Tan JC, Coburn NG, Baxter NN, Kiss A, Law CH. Surgical management of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma--a population-based study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Feb;15(2):600-8. 
  167. Coburn NG, Govindarajan A, Law CH, Guller U, Kiss A, Ringash J, Swallow CJ, Baxter NN. Stage-specific effect of adjuvant therapy following gastric cancer resection: a population-based analysis of 4,041 patients. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Feb;15(2):500-7.  
  168. Govindarajan A, Tan JC, Baxter NN, Coburn NG, Law CH. Variations in surgical treatment and outcomes of patients with pancreatic cancer: a population-based study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2008 Jan;15(1):175-85. 
  169. Bordeianou L, Lee KY, Rockwood T, Baxter NN, Lowry A, Mellgren A, Parker S. Anal resting pressures at manometry correlate with the Fecal Incontinence Severity Index and with presence of sphincter defects on ultrasound.  Dis Colon Rectum. 2008 Jul;51(7):1010-4. 
  170. Snell L, Baxter NN, Semple JL. A survey of attitudes of Ontario plastic surgeons leading up to the return of silicone implants. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Nov;122(5):148e-149e. 
  171. Ricciardi R*, Rothenberger DA, Madoff RD, Virnig BA, Baxter NN. The status of radical proctectomy and sphincter-sparing surgery in the United States. Dis Colon Rectum. 2007 Aug; 50(8):1119-27. 
  172. You YN, Baxter NN, Stewart A, Nelson H. Is the increasing rate of local excision for stage I rectal cancer in the United States justified? A nationwide cohort study from the National Cancer Database. Ann Surg 2007 May;245(4): 553-9. Free Article.
  173. Habermann EB, Virnig BA, Riley GF, Baxter NN.The impact of a change in Medicare reimbursement policy and HEDIS measures on stage at diagnosis among Medicare HMO and fee-for-service female breast cancer patients. Med Care. 2007 Aug;45(8):761-6. 
  174. Ricciardi R*, Rothenberger DA, Madoff RD, Baxter NN. Increasing prevalence and severity of clostridium difficile colitis in hospitalized patients in United States. Arch Surg. 2007 Jul; 142(7):624-31. Free Article.
  175. You N, Baxter NN, Stewart A, Nelson H. Is the increasing rate of local excision for stage I rectal cancer in the United States justified? A nationwide cohort study from the National Cancer Database. Ann Surg. 2007 May; 245(5):726-33. Free Article.
  176. Baxter NN, Hartman LK, Tepper JE, Ricciardi R*, Durham SB, Virnig BA. Postoperative irradiation for rectal cancer increases the risk of small bowel obstruction after surgery. Ann Surg. 2007 Apr; 245(4):553-9. Free Article.
  177. Baxter NN, Whitson BA, Tuttle TM. Trends in the treatment and outcome of pancreatic cancer in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Apr;14(4):1320-6. Impact Factor 4.12. Principal Author.
  178. Baxter NN, Garcia-Aguilar, J. Organ preservation for rectal cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Mar;25(8):1014-20
  179. Urbach DR, Horvath KD, Baxter NN, Jobe BA, Madan AK, Pryor AD, Khaitan L, Torquati A, Brower ST, Trus TL, Schwaitzberg S. A research agenda for gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery. Surg Endosc. 2007 Sep;21(9):1518-25.
  180. Ricciardi R*, Rothenberger DA, Madoff R, Baxter NN. Population-based analysis of lymph node metastases in colorectal cancer. Clin Gastroenter Hepatol. 2006 Dec; 4(12):1522-7. 
  181. Ricciardi R*, Town RH, Kellogg TA, Ikramuddin S, Baxter NN. Outcomes after open versus laparoscopic gastric bypass. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2006 Oct; 16(5):317-20.
  182. Johnson PM, Porter GA, Ricciardi R*, Baxter NN. Increasing negative lymph node count is independently associated with improved long-term survival in Stage IIIB and IIIC colon cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Aug; 24(22):3570-5. Free Article.
  183. Maykel JA, Hagerman G, Mellgren AF, Li SY, Alavi K, Baxter NN, Madoff RD. Crohn’s colitis: the incidence of dysplasia and adenocarcinoma in surgical patients. Dis Colon Rectum. 2006 Jul 1; 49(7):950-7
  184. Ricciardi R*, Mellgren A, Madoff RD, Baxter NN, Karulf R, Parker SC. The Utility of Pudendal Nerve Terminal Motor Latencies in Idiopathic Incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum. 2006 Jun; 49(6):852-7
  185. Baxter NN, Goodwin PJ, McLeod RS, Dion R, Devins G, Bombardier C. The reliability and validity of the body image after breast cancer questionnaire. Breast J. 2006 May; 12(3):221-232
  186. Judson PL, Habermann EB, Baxter NN, Durham SB, Virnig BA. Trends in the Incidence of Invasive and In Situ Vulvar Carcinoma. Obstet Gynecol. 2006 May; 107(5):1018-1022. 
  187. JJ, Baxter NN, Madoff RD, Finne CO. Endorectal ultrasound-directed biopsy: A useful technique to detect local recurrence of rectal cancer. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2006 Apr; 21(3):258-64. 
  188. Porter G, Baxter NN, Pisters P. Retroperitoneal sarcoma: A population-based analysis of epidemiology, surgery, and radiotherapy. Cancer. 2006 Apr; 106(7):1610-6. Free Article.
  189. Hjern F, Johansson C, Mellgren A, Baxter NN, Hjern A. Diverticular disease and migration. The influence of acculturation to a Western lifestyle on diverticular disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Mar; 23(6):797-805. Free Article.
  190. Baxter NN, Novotny PJ, Jacobson T, Maidl LJ, Sloan J, Young-Fadok TM. A stoma quality of life scale (SQOLS). Dis Colon Rectum. 2006 Feb; 49(2):205-12. 
  191. Goldberg HJ, Hertz MI, Ricciardi R*, Madoff RD, Baxter NN, Bullard KM. Colon and rectal complications after heart and lung transplantation. J Am Coll Surg. 2006 Jan; 202(1):55-61.
  192. Baxter NN, Tuttle TM. Inadequacy of Lymph Node Staging in Gastric Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study. Ann Surg Onc. 2005 Dec; 12(12):981-7. 
  193. Bullard KM, Trudel JL, Baxter NN, Rothenberger DA. Primary perineal wound closure after preoperative radiotherapy and abdominoperineal resection has a high incidence of wound failure. Dis Colon Rectum. 2005 Mar;48(3):438-43. 
  194. Baxter NN, Morris AM, Rothenberger DA, Tepper JE. The impact of preoperative radiation for rectal cancer on subsequent lymph node evaluation: A population-based analysis. Int J Radiation Oncology Biol Phys. 2005 Feb;61(2):426-31. 
  195. Baxter NN, Rothenberger DA, Morris AM, Bullard KM. Adjuvant Radiation for Rectal Cancer: Do We Measure Up to the Standard of Care? An epidemiologic analysis of trends over 25 years in the United States. Dis Colon and Rectum. 2005 Jan; 48(1):9-15. Free Article.
  196. Baxter NN, Virnig DJ, Rothenberger DA, Morris AM, Jessurun J, Virnig BA. Lymph Node Evaluation in Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Population-based Study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005; 97(3):219-25. Free Article.
  197. Baxter NN, Durham SB, Tepper J, Virnig BA. Increased risk of rectal cancer after prostate radiation: a population-based study. Gastroenterology. 2005;128(4):819-24. Free Article.
  198. Baxter NN, Habermann E, Tepper JE, Durham SB, Virnig BA. Risk of Pelvic Fracture in Older Women following Pelvic Irradiation. JAMA. 2005; 294(20):2587-93. Free Article.
  199. Baxter NN, Goel V, Semple JL. Utilization and regional variation of breast reconstruction in Canada. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2005; 115:338-9.
  200. Rotherberger DA, Akbari R, Baxter NN. Are we overtreating some patients with rectal cancer? Oncology. 2004 Dec; 18(14):1789-96. Free Article.
  201. Baxter NN. Emergency management of diverticulitis. Clin Colon Rectal Surg. 2004 Aug;17(3):177-182. Free Article. 
  202. Bravo-Gutierrez A, Madoff RD, Lowry AC, Congilosi CP, Buie WD, Baxter NN. Long-term results of anterior sphincteroplasty. Dis Colon Rectum. 2004 May;47(5):727-32. 
  203. Baxter NN, Virnig BA, Durham SB, Tuttle TM. Trends in the treatment of Ductal Carcinoma in situ of the breast. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2004 Mar; 96(6):443-8. 
  204. Urbach DR, Baxter NN. Does it matter what a hospital is “high volume” for? The specificity of hospital volume-outcome associations for surgical procedures. BMJ. 2004 Mar; 328(7442):737-40. Free Article.
  205. Morris AM, Billingsley KG, Baxter NN, Baldwin LM. Racial disparities in rectal cancer treatment: a population-based analysis.  Arch Surg. 2004 Feb;139(2):151-5.  Free Article.
  206. Baxter NN, Urbach DR. Misclassification of hospital volume in surgical volume-outcome analyses of persons aged 65 years and older: Potential limitations of Medicare data. Evidence-Based Surgery. 2004;1:49-55.
  207. Baxter NN, Rothenberger DA, Lowry AC. Measuring fecal incontinence. Dis Colon Rectum. 2003 Dec;46(12):1591-605.
  208. Baxter NN, Noel A, Cherry K, Wolff G. Management of patients with colorectal cancer and concomitant abdominal aortic aneurysm. Dis Colon Rectum. 2002 Feb;45(2):165-70.  
  209. Andrade WN, Baxter NN, Semple JL. Clinical determinants of patient satisfaction with breast reconstruction. Plastic Recon Surg. 2001; 107:46-54. Free Article.
  210. Baxter NN, with The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Preventive health care update: Should we routinely teach breast self-examination to screen for breast cancer. Can Med Assc J. 2001; 164: 1837-1847. Free Article.
  211. Simunovic M, To T, Baxter NN, Balshem A, Ross E, Cohen Z et al. Hospital procedure volume and teaching status do not influence treatment and outcome measures of rectal cancer surgery in a large general population. J GI Surg. 2000;4(3):324-30. 
  212. McLeod R, Baxter NN. Quality of life of patients with inflammatory bowel disease after surgery. World J Surgery. 1998 Apr;22(4):375-381. 
  213. Philosophe B, Greig P, Hemming A, Cattral M, Wanless I, Rasul I, Baxter NN, Taylor B, Langer B. Surgical management of hepatocellular carcinoma: Resection or Transplantation? J Gastrointest Surg. 1998;2:21-27. 
  214. Baxter NN, McCready D, Chapman J, Fish E, Kahn H, Hanna W, Trudeau M, Lickley H. The clinical behaviour of untreated axillary nodes following local treatment for primary breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 1996;3:235-240.
  215. Baxter NN, Cohen R, McLeod R. The impact of gender on the choice of surgery as a career. American Journal of Surgery. 1996; 172:373-376. 
  216. Baxter NN, Greyson G and Bell R. Comparative value of CT and bone scanning in the staging of soft tissue sarcoma. University Toronto Med J. 1989; 66:10-14.