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Andras Sandor, M.D.
Resident in Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Massachusetts Medical School
ORIGINAL PAPERS:
  1. Sandor J, Besznyak I, Sandor A, Regöly-Mérei J, Balint A, Máté M, Oláh A. Highlights of Twentieth Century Surgery in Hungary. World J Surg 2004; 28:526-532
     
  2. Conlan AA, Sandor A. Total Thoracoscopic Pneumonectomy: Indications and Technical Considerations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:2083-5
     
  3. Sandor A, Litwin DEM. Internet and Intranet: A New Theatre for Surgical Practice. Min Invas Ther & Allied Technol 2002;11(2):67-72
     
  4. Litwin DEM, Novitsky, Kercher, Sandor A, Yood SM, Kelly JJ.  Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS).  Surgical Technology International IX  2000, Universal Medical Press, Inc., San Francisco, California, USA
     
  5. Litwin DEM, Kercher, Novitsky, Sandor A, Yood SM, Beane R, Ek S, Kelly JJ.  HandPort: A New Product for HALS.  Surgical Technology International IX  2000, Universal Medical Press, Inc., San Francisco, California, USA

  6. Szabo Z, Avery J, Sandor A, Litwin, DEM.  Suturing and knotting techniques for thoracoscopic cardiac surgery.  Surg Clin N Am  2000 Oct;80(5):1555-74

  7. Kelly JJ, Puyana JC, Callery MP, Yood SM, Sandor A, Litwin DE.  The feasibility and accuracy of diagnostic laparoscopy in the septic ICU patient.  Surg Endosc. 2000 Jul;14(7):617-21

  8. Arous EJ, Nelson PR, Yood SM, Kelly JJ, Sandor A, Litwin DE.  Hand-assisted laparoscopic aortobifemoral bypass grafting.   J Vasc Surg 2000 Jun;31(6):1142-1148

  9. Litwin DE, Darzi A, Jakimowicz J, Kelly JJ, Arvidsson D, Hansen P, Callery MP, Denis R, Fowler DL, Medich DS, O'Reilly MJ, Atlas H, Himpens JM, Swanstrom LL, Arous EJ, Pattyn P, Yood SM, Ricciardi R, Sandor A, Meyers WC.  Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) With the HandPort System: Initial Experience With 68 Patients.
    Ann Surg. 2000 May;231(5):715-723.

  10. Kelly JJ, Meyers WC, Sandor A, Litwin DEM.  Hand-assisted laparoscopic gastrectomy in the porcine model: our initial experience with a new device.  Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy  1999;9(1):49-52

  11. The Southern Surgeons’ Club Study Group.  Handoscopic Surgery:  A Prospective Multi-Center Trial of a Minimally Invasive Technique for Complex Abdominal Surgery.  Archives of Surgery  1999;134(5):477-85

  12. Sandor A, Modlin IM.  A Retrospective Analysis of 1570 Appendiceal Carcinoids.  Am J Gastroenterology,  1997; 93: 422-428

  13. Kidd M, Miu K, Tang LH, Perez-Perez GI, Blaser MJ, Sandor A, Modlin IM.  Helicobacter pylori Lipopolisaccharide Stimulates Histamine Release and DNA Synthesis in Purified Rat Enterochromaffin-Like Cells.  Gastroenterology, 1997; 113: 1110-1117

  14. Modlin IM, Kidd M, Sandor A.  The Influence of Kocher on American Surgeons.  Digestive Surgery,  1996; 14(6): 469-482.

  15. Modlin IM, Sandor A.  The Surgical Management of Acute Pancreatitis.  Digestive Diseases,  (In Press), 1997

  16. Modlin IM, Bortecen KH, Sandor A.  Solving the GORDian Knot.  Progress in Surgery,  1996; 23.

  17. Modlin IM, Sandor A, Kidd M, Tang LH.  A 40 Year Analysis of 265 Gastric Carcinoid Tumors.  Am J Gastroenterol,1997; 92: 633-638

  18. Modlin IM, Sandor A.  An Analysis of 8305 Cases of Carcinoid Tumors.  Cancer,  1997; 79: 813-829

  19. Borin JF, Tang LH, Kidd M, Miu K, Bortecen KH, Sandor A, Luque EA, Modlin IM.  Somatostatin Receptor (SSTR) Regulation of Gastric Enterochromaffin-Like (ECL) Cell Transformation to Gastric Carcinoid.  Surgery, 1996; 120: 1026-1032

  20. Kidd M, Tang LH, Miu K, Lawton GP, Sandor A, Modlin IM.  Autoregulation of Enterochromaffin-like Cell Histamine Secretion via the Histamine 3 Receptor Subtype.  The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 1996; 69: 9-19

  21. Begos DG, Sandor A, Modlin IM.  The Diagnosis and Management of Adult Intussusception.  Am J Surgery, 1996; 173: 88-94

  22. Modlin IM, Lawton GP, Miu K, Kidd M, Luque EA, Sandor A, Tang LH.  The Pathophysiology of the Fundic Enterochromaffin-like (ECL) Cell and Gastric Carcinoid Tumors.  Ann R Coll Surg Engl,  1996; 78: 133-138.

  23. Sandor A, Kidd M, Lawton GP, Miu K, Tang LH, Modlin IM.  Neurohormonal Modulation of Rat Enterochromaffin-Like Cell Histamine Secretion.  Gastroenterology  1996; 110: 1084-1092

  24. Sandor J, Sandor A, Modlin IM.  Eugene Polya: The Billroth of Budapest.  J Am Coll Surg  1995; 181: 352-362

  25. Sandor J, Sandor A, Zaborszky A, Megyaszai S, Benedek G, Szeberin Z.  Why Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Today?  Surg Today - Japanese J Surg  1996; 26: 556-560.

  26. Lendvai B, Sandor NT, Sandor A, Vizi ES.  Influence of Selective Opiate Antagonists on Striatal Acetylcholine and Dopamine Release.  Acta Physiologica Hungarica  1993; 81: 19-28

  27. Lendvai, B, Sandor NT, Sandor A.  Changes in the Interaction Between Endogenous Opioid and Acetylcholine Release in Rat Striatal Slices After 6-Hydroxydopamine Induced Lesion.  Pharmac Res  1992; 25 S2: 52-53.

  28. Sandor NT, Kiss J, Sandor A, Lendvai B, Vizi ES.  Naloxon Enhances Acetilcholine Release in the Striatum if Dopaminergic Input is Impaired.  Brain Research  1991; 552: 343-345.

 
BOOK CHAPTERS:

  1. Sandor A, Litwin DEM, Conlan AA.  Thoracoscopic Management of Pleural Disease.  in Surgical Laparoscopy 3rd 
    ed.      edited by Zucker KA.  Williams & Wilkins, (In Press)

  2.   Sandor A, Conlan AA, Rossi L, Litwin DEM.  Thoracoscopic Lung Resection.  in Surgical Laparoscopy 3rd ed.     edited by Zucker KA.  Williams & Wilkins, (In Press)

  3.   Kelly JJ, Sandor A, Litwin DEM.  Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Gastrectomy.  in Endosurgery for Cancer  edited   by Eubanks S, Cohen RV, Younes RN, Brody F.  Landes Bioscience, 1999

  4.   Sandor A, Sandor J.  Physiology of the Stomach.  in Digestive Surgery  edited by Welter R, Sackier J.    
          Euromultimedia S.A., 1998

  5.   Kidd M, Sandor A, Tang LH, Modlin IM.  Acid Secretion in Health and Disease.  in Molecular and Cellular 
      Pharmacology (Principles of Medical Biology, Vol 8)      edited by Bittar EE, Bittar N, JAI Press, Inc., 1997.

  6. Sandor A, Scarpignato C, Modlin IM.  The Angelchik Antireflux Prosthesis.  in Benign Esophageal Diseases edited by DeMeester TR, Scarpignato C, Modlin IM.  Karger Scientific Publications, 1995

  7.   Modlin IM, Kidd M, Sandor A.  Perspectives on Stem Cells and Gut Growth: Tales of a Crypt - From the Walrus to Wittgenstein.  in The Gut as a Model in Cell and Molecular Biology  edited by  Halter F, Winton D, Wright NA. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997

 
ABSTRACTS/PRESENTATIONS:

  1.  Sandor A, Yood SM,.  Surgery And the Internet – Great Medical and Surgical Internet Sites.  Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2001 Scientific Session, St. Louis, Missouri, April 18-21, 2001.

  2. Sandor A, Yood SM, Kelly JJ, Litwin DEM.  Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Splenomegaly.  Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 1999 Scientific Session, San Antonio, Texas, March 24-27, 1999.

  3. Kelly JJ, Dunn, R, Sandor A, Yood SM, Litwin DEM.  Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Omental Flap Elevation.  Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 1999 Scientific Session, San Antonio, Texas, March 24-27, 1999.

  4. Yood SM, Kelly JJ, Sandor A, Saltzman JR, Litwin DEM.  Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Partial Gastrectomy.  Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 1999 Scientific Session, San Antonio, Texas, March 24-27, 1999.

  5. Sandor A, Kelly JJ, Litwin, DEM.  Handoscopy.  New Frontiers in Laparoscopic Surgery?  Progress in Medicine – 30th Anniversary Scientific Symposium of the Hungarian Medical Association of America, Sarasota, Florida, October 25-30, 1998.  Paper #50.

  6. The Southern Surgeons’ Club Study Group.  Handoscopic Surgery:  A Prospective Multi-Center Trial of a Minimally Invasive Technique for Complex Abdominal Surgery.  79th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Toronto, Ontario, September 25-27, 1998

  7. Sandor A, Miu K, Tang LH, Kidd M, S.W. Schmid, Modlin IM.  Octreotide Inhibits TGFa and IGF-I Mediated Enterochromaffin-Like Cell Tumor Proliferation in Mastomys.  97th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association and Digestive Disease Week, Washington, D.C., USA,  May 11-14, 1997.  Gastroenterology 112 (4 SUPPL.). 1997.  A1184

  8. Sandor A, Modlin IM.  The Surgical Relevance of the Biology of Appendiceal Carcinoids:  An Analysis of 1570 Cases.  77th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, USA, September 27-29, 1996.  Paper #9.

  9. Modlin IM, Schmid SW, Sandor A, Bortecen KH, Buchler MW.  The GERDian Conundrum:  Placate, Plicate or pH regulate?  77th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, USA, September 27-29, 1996.  Paper #1.

  10. Miu K, Kidd M, Sandor A, Tang LH, Blaser MJ, Modlin IM.  H. pylori Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulates DNA synthesis and histamine release in purified rat enterochromaffin-like cells.  96th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association and Digestive Disease Week, San Francisco, California, USA, May 18-23, 1996.  Gastroenterology 110 (4 SUPPL.). 1996. A199.

  11. Borin J, Tang LH, Kidd M, Miu K, Sandor A, Luque EA, Modlin IM.  The pathophysiological relevance of somatostatin receptor-2 (SSTR2) in gastric carcinoids.  96th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association and Digestive Disease Week, San Francisco, California, USA, May 18-23, 1996.  Gastroenterology 110 (4 SUPPL.). 1996. A493.

  12. Modlin IM, Sandor A, Kidd M, Tang LH.  Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumors:  An Analysis of 8305 Cases.  96th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association and Digestive Disease Week, San Francisco, California, USA, May 18-23, 1996.  Gastroenterology 110 (4 SUPPL.). 1996. A30.

  13. Modlin IM, Tang LH, Borin J, Kidd M, Luque EA, Miu K, Sandor A.  Somatostatin Receptor Regulation of Gastric Enterochromaffin-Like (ECL) Cell Transformation to Gastric Carcinoid.  17th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Napa, California, USA, April 21-23, 1996

  14. Sandor A, Kidd M, Tang LH, Modlin IM.  The Analysis of 8305 Carcinoid Tumors with Special Reference to Gastric Carcinoids.  1995 Combined Annual Meeting of the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and the Connecticut Society of the American Board Surgeons, December 6, 1995, Cromwell, Connecticut
    (Award Winning Presentation in Annual Resident Competition)

  15. Sandor A, Kidd M, Lawton GP, Tang LH, O'Keefe SJD, Modlin IM.  Neurotransmitter regulation of ECL cell histamine secretion.  95th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association and Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, California, USA, May 14-17, 1995.  Gastroenterology 108 (4 SUPPL.). 1995. A682.

  16. Kidd M, Sandor A, Lawton GP, Tang LH, O'Keefe SJD, Modlin IM.  Acetylcholine mediated enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cell modulation of the cephalic phase of acid secretion.  95th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association and Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, California, USA, May 14-17, 1995.  Gastroenterology 108 (4 SUPPL.). 1995. A627

  17.   Kidd M, Sandor A, Lawton GP, Tang LH, O'Keefe SJD, Modlin IM.  The role of calcium channels in gastrin driven ECL cell histamine secretion.  95th Annual Meeting of the American Gastroenterological Association and Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, California, USA, May 14-17, 1995.  Gastroenterology 108 (4 SUPPL.). 1995. A627.

  18. Lawton GP, Tang LH, Miu K, Sandor A, Kidd M, Modlin IM.  The histamine and transforming growth factor-alpha contribution to the mucosal mitogenetic cascade induced by gastrin.  Association of VA Surgeons, Nineteenth Scientific Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA 1995.  

 

 

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