The purpose of the Student Publications collection is to preserve and share the scholarship of the Kansas City University community. Here we showcase research done by current and former students while enrolled at KCU.
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Submissions from 2023
Gastric Cancer in the Pediatric Population, A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Analysis of Presentation and Coexisting Comorbidities, Thomas M. Attard, Omar Uraizee, Earl F. Glynn, Nicole Stoecklein, Shawn D. St. Peter, and Mike A. Thomson
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Early-Age Susceptibility and Initiation of Nicotine-Containing Product Use: A Twin-Pairs Study, Andrew Kochvar, Yadi Liu, Marcus Munafo, Zheng Xu, and Hongying Daisy Dai
Glenohumeral Superior Translation and Subacromial Contract Pressure Are Both Improved With Superior Capsular Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Biomechanical Investigations, Ronak J. Mahatme, Maxwell Modrak, Christopher Wilhelm, Michael S. Lee, Jade S. Owens, Stephen M. Gillinov, Scott Fong, Nicholas Pettinelli, Wasif Islam, and Andrew E. Jimenez
Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Meningioma Patients Based upon Tumor Location and Treatment Modality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Ali San, Raphia K. Rahman, Praveen Sanmugananthan, Michael D. Dubé, Nicholas Panico, Ogechukwu Ariwodo, Vidur Shah, and Randy S. D'Amico
Heart Break or Headache: A Case Report of Sumatriptan-Induced Takotsubo Syndrome, Michael J. Valentine, Hunter D. Kramer, James Kim, Nicholas Pettinelli, and Tom Hu
Hereditary Angioedema with Normal C1 Esterase Inhibitor Refractory to Long-Term Prophylaxis: A Case Report, Gavin Cobb and Celina C. Bernabe
Higher Expression of HSF1 Is Associated with Worse Outcome in Liver Cancer, Scott Lowe, Chenyu Sun, Yichu Wang, and Lin Han
Hirschsprung Disease: A Literacy Analysis of Patient Information, April L. Baum, Anh Nguyen, Michael J. Valentine, Larissa Vollin, Caleb McNab, and Carol E. Kirila
Histology, Corpus Albicans, Shelbie Kirkendoll and Dhouha Bacha
Hospital Outcomes Among Covid-19 Hospitalizations With Myocarditis: Results From California State Inpatient Database, Francisco Javier Jimenez Carcamo, Muni Rubens, Anshul Saxena, Juan Carlos Zevallos, Juan Ruiz Pelaez, Lauren Chi, Tea Delic, and Sandra Chaparro
How Should Complicated Cases of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura With Positive Coombs Test Be Treated?, Moutaz Ghrewati, Anas Mahmoud, Tala Beilani, Karam Zakharia, and Mehandar Kumar
Hyperbaric Treatment Deviations for U.S. Navy Divers: Spinal DCS, John DeMis, Brian Michael Keuski, and April Due
Inclusion of Non-English-Speaking Participants in Pediatric Health Research: A Review, Annie Chen, Sabrina Demaestri, Kelsey Schweiberger, Jaime Sidani, Riley Wolynn, Diego Chaves-Gnecco, Raquel Hernandez, Scott Rothenberger, Erin Mickievicz, John D. Cowden, and Maya I. Ragavan
Inflammation and Nutritional Status Indicators as Prognostic Indicators for Patients With Locally Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Treated With Neoadjuvant Imatinib, Ping'an Ding, Jiaxiang Wu, Haotian Wu, Chenyu Sun, Honghai Guo, Peigang Yang, Yuan Tian, Yang Liu, Lingjiao Meng, and Qun Zhao
Inflammation Modulates the Activation of Autophagy in C2C12 Myotubes, Robert S. Rogers, Parker G. Howe, Annemarie Hayes, Justin Yeung, and Jeff Staudinger
Internal Carotid Artery Position to Characterize Risk for Vessel Injury in Pediatric Intraoral Trauma, Paul Bryan Hankey, Emily Cramer, Meghan Tracy, Timothy P. Zinkus, and Jason R. Brown
Isolated Asymptomatic Colonic Plasmacytoma Presenting as a Polyp at Screening Colonoscopy, Christian Nassif, Matthew Crabtree, and Sheeja T. Pullarkat
Keratotic Papules on a Patient With Down Syndrome: Challenge, Rummit K. Dhillon, Tam H. Nguyen, Andrew Niemann, Laszlo Karai, and Stanley Skopit
Keratotic Papules on a Patient With Down Syndrome: Challenge Answer, Rummit K. Dhillon, Tam H. Nguyen, Andrew Niemann, Laszlo Karai, and Stanley Skopit
Laparoscopic vs. Robotic Gastrectomy in Patients with Situs Inversus Totalis: A Systematic Review, Anmol Multani, Simran Parmar, and Elijah Dixon
Letter: Addressing Barriers to Student Participation in Neurosurgical Conferences: Experiences From the Inaugural Early Career Neuroscience Virtual Research Symposium, Michael S. Rallo, Kyle E. Zappi, Gretchen M. Koller, Sergio W. Guadix, Michael W. Kortz, David S. Hersh, and Susan C. Pannullo
Levothyroxine Prescription Error: A Case Report, Michael J. Valentine, Hunter D. Kramer, James Kim, Nicholas Pettinelli, and Robert J. Beers
Localized argyria with pseudo-ochronosis: A Report of Two Cases Highlighting Involvement of Elastic Fibers, Abigale Clark, Grace Kosik, Andrew Desrosiers, B. Joel Tjarks, and Jacqueline M. Junkins-Hopkins
Local Tumor Destruction and Liver Resection Increase Overall Survival in Intermediate/Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients: Evidence From a Population-Based Study, Yang Zhang, Yi Zhang, Taiyu He, Guangliang Liu, Minjie Duan, Jian Huang, Christy Huang, Scott Lowe, Dazhi Ke, Xiaozhu Liu, and Junyi Cao
Long-Term Assessment of the Functional Independence Measure in Sports-Related Spinal Cord Injury, Michael Pozin, Daniel Najafali, Anant Naik, Bailey MacInnis, Natasha Subbarao, Scott L. Zuckerman, and Paul M. Arnold
Loperamide Cases Reported to United States Poison Centers, 2010-2022, Aaditya Patel, Natalie I. Rine, Henry A. Spiller, Hannah Hays, Jaahnavi Badeti, Motao Zhu, Kele Ding, and Gary A. Smith
Lower Back Pain Imaging: A Readability Analysis, Michael J. Valentine, Gannon Cottone, Hunter D. Kramer, Ankur Kayastha, James Kim, Nicholas Pettinelli, and Robert C. Kramer
Low-Grade Urachal Cystadenoma With Abundant Calcification Removed Using Robot-Assisted Laparoscopy: A Case Report, Andrew Kochvar, Grant Bednar, and Justin M. Albani
Lymphangiogenesis in Gastric Cancer: Function and Mechanism, Pengpeng Liu, Ping'an Ding, Chenyu Sun, Shuya Chen, Scott Lowe, Lingjiao Meng, and Qun Zhao
Management of Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors in the Pediatric Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Nithin Gupta, Nikhil Godbole, Praveen Sanmugananthan, Saket Gunda, Varun Kasula, Mia Baggett, Avi A. Gajjar, Romaric Waguia Kouam, Randy S. D'Amico, and Shaun Rodgers
Medical Students Benefit From Becoming Peer Reviewers, Ginger Chant, George Kalu, Morgan McBride, Celeste Murtha, Colleen Reed, Tamara Stojilkovic, Grace Thiel, Keanna Theobalt, and Miles Turk
Meningomyelocele Reconstruction: Comparison of Repair Methods via Systematic Review, Garrison A. Leach, Lacey R. Pflibsen, Alexis-Danielle Roberts, Madeline J. O'Connor, Ruth E. Bristol, Madeline K. Mabee, Diana Almader-Douglas, and Timothy A. Schaub
Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma to the Lungs and Virchow Node or Metachronous/Synchronous Tumors? A Case Report, Celine Talley, Melissa Zolnierz, Bradley A. Creamer, and Robert Hillard
Mipomersen, Mostafa Hamada and Khashayar Farzam
Morgagni Hernia Presenting as Constipation in the Postsurgical Patient: A Case Report, Thomas Cartwright, Patherica Charoenmins, Cole Nelson, Josiah Faustino, and Shaan Jamil Akhtar
Ollier Disease: A Case Report and Review of Treatment Options, Hunter D. Kramer, Michael J. Valentine, Nicholas Pettinelli, James Kim, and Robert C. Kramer
Online Medical Education: Utilization of Google Forms for Remote Active Learning Experiences in a Large Medical School Class During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Anna Stock and Pratima Singh
On My Oath, Regan Hill, Pratima Singh, David Sine, Lori A. Fitterling, and Gavin Cobb
Osteochondritis Dissecans, Daniel J. Wood, Donald D. Davis, and Kevin R. Carter
Over 50% of Studies Report Low Back Pain is Associated with Worse Outcomes After Hip Arthroscopy When Compared to a Control Group: A Systematic Review, Michael S. Lee, Ronak J. Mahatme, Jacquelyn Simington, Stephen M. Gillinov, David Nam-Woo Kim, Jay Moran, Wasif Islam, Scott Fong, Nicholas Pettinelli, Amy Y. Lee, and Andrew E. Jimenez
Oxidized Zirconium Bearing Surface Failure in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Unique Case Report of Isolated Medial Compartment with Catastrophic Results, Naem A. Mufarreh, Osaheni Amadasu, Cyril Abadir, Matias Matias, and Sarkis Bedikian
Patient Perspectives on the Lived Experience of Granuloma Annulare, Abigale Clark, Michael J. Murphy, Brett King, Jeffrey M. Cohen, Misha Rosenbach, John Barbieri, and William Damsky
Patients Perceptions of Opioid Use for Chronic Lower Back Pain in Rural Guatemala, Tiffany Ruan, Troy B. Puga, Jason Onwenu, Tafadzwa Amani, and Robert Tyler
Patients Undergoing Revision Hip Arthroscopy with Labral Reconstruction or Augmentation Demonstrate Favorable Patient Reported Outcomes: A Systematic Review, Michael S. Lee, Scott Fong, Amy Y. Lee, Mackenzie Norman, Ronak J. Mahatme, Nicholas Pettinelli, Nancy Park, Jack Gagné, Stephen M. Gillinov, Wasif Islam, and Andrew E. Jimenez
Perceived Racism and Discrimination and Youth Substance Use in the United States – Intersections with Sex and Ethnicity, Hongying Daisy Dai, Grace Thiel, and Dylan Hafer
Peritoneal Carcinoma Unveiling a Hidden Threat: A Case of Malignant Pericardial Effusion, Mohammed Abusuliman, Amr M. Mohamed, Anas Mahmoud, Tala Beilani, and Ibrahim M. Ismail-Sayed
Physiology, Gallbladder, Mark W. Jones, Kaitlynn Small, Sarang Kashyap, and Jeffrey Deepen
Physiology, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, Christian Casteel and Gurdeep Singh
Physiology, Peripheral Vascular Resistance, Claire Delong and Sandeep Sharma
Physiology, Progesterone, Jessie Cable and Michael Grider
Plasma Protein Profiling Analysis in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Before and After Three Different Ablation Techniques, Menglu Lin, Yangyang Bao, Zunhui Du, Yanting Zhou, Ning Zhang, Changjian Lin, Yinyin Xie, Ruihong Zhang, Qiheng Li, Jinwei Quan, Tingfang Zhu, Yuan Xie, Cathy Xu, Yun Xie, Yue Wei, Qingzhi Luo, Wenqi Pan, Lingjie Wang, Tianyou Ling, Qi Jin, Liqun Wu, Tong Yin, and Yucai Xie
Platelet Function Testing and Clinical Outcomes in Peripheral Arterial Disease: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis, Aman Kankaria, Monica Majumdar, Sonia Lee, Ryan P. Hall, Sasha P. Suarez Ferreira, Ivy Lee, Shiv Patel, Samuel Jessula, Mario Giovanni Gerardo D'Oria, and Anahita Dua
Post-kyphoplasty Myelopathy, an Unusual Presentation of Post-Operative Anterior Spinal Cord Infarct: A Case Report, Shuo Li, Jenessa B. Lemon, Mohamed Ibrahim, Kaitlyn Mi, Sierra Ferguson, Kermit Rust, and James Homan
Practice Profile of Practicing Plastic Surgeons: A 20-year Review of Plastic Surgery Statistics, Kristof S. Gutowski, Emily S. Chwa, Joshua P. Weissman, Stuti P. Garg, Christopher J. Simmons, Keith E. Brandt, and Arun K. Gosain
Prevalence and Factors Associated With Vaping Cannabidiol Among US Adolescents, Hongying Daisy Dai, Roma Subramanian, Avina Mahroke, and Ming Wang
Primary Cutaneous Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Back: A Case Report, Aimee H. Dubin, Qwynton Q. Johnson, and Joel Horowitz
Primary Lateral Sclerosis Plus Parkinsonism: A Case Report, Abhaya Moturu and Wade Welch
Primary Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphoma of the Parotid Gland in 32-Year-Old Male, a Case Report, Bianca M. Glass, Mira Al Jaberi, John H. Irlam, and Samir Dalia
Promoting Surgeon-Scientists in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery—From Bench to Bedside, Nikitha Kosaraju, Donald Keating III, Grace S. Kim, Lindsay S. Moore, and Konstantina M. Stankovic
Race/Ethnicity and Outcomes of Venous Ablation Procedures, Nikita Singh, Hason Khan, Ali Basil Ali, Pavel Kibrik, Tyler Santos, Michael Arustamyan, Jesse Chait, Natalie Marks, Anil Hingorani, and Enrico Ascher
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Biomarkers of Exposure and Potential Harm Among U.S. Adult Exclusive e-Cigarette Users: 2013–2019, Hongying Daisy Dai, Nikki Nollen, Stephen Rennard, Nicolas Guenzel, Hanh Pham, and Ali Khan
Radiation-Emitting Electronic Products, Nicholas Vollano
Rapid Recurrence of Stage IIB Non-Gestational Ovarian Choriocarcinoma with Minor Yolk Sac Tumor: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review, Edward K. Maybury, Nnamdi I. Gwacham, Charanjeet Singh, Susan Mondo, Sarfraz Ahmad, and Nathalie D. McKenzie
Rare Direct Locoregional Brain Metastasis and Recurrence in Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Moutaz Ghrewati, Anas Mahmoud, Tala Beilani, and Mehandar Kumar
Rectus Femoris Transfers With and Without a Hamstring Lengthening Will not Change Hip Kinematics in Children With Cerebral Palsy, Jason T. Rhodes, Alex Tagawa, Lucas Moore, Amy Tavenner, Patrick Carry, Austin Skinner, Scott Miller, Sayan De, and James Carollo
Recurrent Recanalization After Endovenous Thermal Ablation for Recanalized Varicose Veins, Ali Ali, Tyler Santos, Hason Khan, Nikita Singh, Pavel Kibrik, Jesse Chait, Michael Arustamyan, Natalie Marks, Enrico Ascher, and Anil Hingorani
Relationship Between Retropubic Vessels and Pelvic Bony Anatomy: Retropubic Midurethral-Sling Placement Considerations, Nawsin Baset, Sirai Ramirez, Nafis Deen, Larry Segars, Anthony Olinger, and Melanie Meister
Renal Abscess Drainage Using a Novel Transgastric Endoscopic Approach: A Case Report, Abby Wojtas, Kevin Kunitsky, Chase Cavayero, and Augustine Salami
Rescue Stenting for Posterior Circulation Strokes, Aaron D. Brake, Emmanuel Danso, Lane Fry, William Liu, Nathan Dougherty, Vince Galate, and Michael G. Abraham
Risk Factors for Penile Fracture after Intralesional Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum in Peyronie’s Disease, Isaac Zucker, Sirpi Nackeeran, Sahaam Mirza, and Thomas A. Masterson
Risk Of Life Threatening Hypoglycemia When Using U-100 Insulin Syringes To Administer R U-500 Insulin, Tehlil Rizwan, Marwah Alchalabi, Gunjan Arora, Ursula N. Qureshi, and Faisal Qureshi
Risk Reduction of Non-Hormonal Cancers Following Bariatric Surgery, Noura Jawhar, Hayato Nakanishi, Katie Marrero, Daniel Tomey, Nadine H. Alamy, Jamil Danaf, and Omar M. Ghanem
Robotics Planning in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Adult Degenerative Scoliosis: Illustrative Case, Zach Pennington, Nolan J. Brown, Saif Quadri, Seyedamirhossein Pishva, Cathleen C. Kuo, and Martin H. Pham
Scoping Review of Interventions and Experiences Increasing Medical Student Interest in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Drew H. Redepenning, Justin Chau, C. Scott Dorris, Victoria Bliznak, Daniel C. Persson, Ethan Wilson, Edward A. Pingenot III, and R. Samuel Mayer
Serotonergic Medication Error: A Case Report of Serotonin Syndrome, Anh Thu N. Nguyen, Riley G. Fisher, Michael J. Valentine, Ankur Kayastha, Hanh Pham, Alexander Phu, Saif A. Meimon, Takara R. Newsome-Cuby, Connor A. Parry, and Carol E. Kirila
Short Symptom Duration Is Associated With Superior Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Primary Hip Arthroscopy: A Systematic Review, David Nam-Woo Kim, Michael S. Lee, Ronak J. Mahatme, Stephen M. Gillinov, Wasif Islam, Scott Fong, Amy Y. Lee, Seyi Abu, Nicholas Pettinelli, Michael J. Medvecky, and Andrew E. Jimenez
Similar Perceptions on Continuous Glucose Monitor Use amongst Youth with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, Alexander Phu, Tyger Lin, Jacquelyn A. Manfredo, Elizabeth A. Brown, and Risa Wolf
Sleep, Nutrition, Hydration and Rest: The Equal Importance of External Factors Outside of Training and Practice for Sports Injury Prevention, Troy B. Puga, Rishabh M. Mazumder, Tiffany Ruan, Nicholas Scigliano, Grace Thiel, and Kevin Treffer
SmartWear Body Sensors for Neurological and Neurosurgical Patients: A Review of Current and Future Technologies, Nithin Gupta, Varun Kasula, Praveen Sanmugananthan, Nicholas Panico, Aimee H. Dubin, David A.W. Sykes, and Randy S. D'Amico
Sociodemographic Trends in Telemedicine Visit Completion in Spine Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Edwin Owolo, Zoey Pettit, Dana Rowe, Emily Luo, Brandon Bishop, Emily Poehlein, Cynthia L. Green, Chad Cook, C. Rory Goodwin, and Melissa Erickson
Streptococcus intermedius: From a Normal Oral Commensal to a Life-Threatening Organism, Anas Mahmoud, Tala Beilani, Nizar Alyassin, Karam Zakharia, Taha Basil, and David Poulad
Student Perceptions of Remote Versus On-Campus Gross Anatomy Laboratories During COVID-19, Alyssa Kendell, Kylie A. Limback, D. Kirk Lester, Robert S. Rogers, Bradley A. Creamer, and Jennifer F. Dennis
Subjective Attitudes Moderate the Social Connectedness in eSports Gaming During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study, Dan Shan, Jilai Xu, Tongyu Liu, Yanyi Zhang, Ziyun Dai, Yuandian Zheng, Chang Liu, Yuanning Wei, and Zhihao Dai
Superior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment Syndrome: Thought to Be Spondylolysis, Tiffany Ruan and Alvin C. Jones
Surgical Outcomes of Awake Craniotomy for Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations in Eloquent Cortex: A Systematic Review, Raphia K. Rahman, Neil Majmundar, Ali San, Praveen Sanmugananthan, Chandler Berke, Shih-Shan Lang, Ali Tayebi Meybodi, Avi A. Gajjar, and James K. Liu
Suspected Hyperkalemia-Induced Cardiac Arrest and Recovery Following Succinylcholine Use in a Trauma Patient, Anton Rogachov, Collin Kitzerow, John Peterson, and James Walker
Systematic Review of Clear Cell Hidradenoma, Suporn Sukpraprut-Braaten, Adam Kramer, Niritta Patel, Patricia Palanca, Pear Sukarom, Gursuraj Grewal, Jacob Glowacki, Jacob Hunter, and Charles Harper
Teaching Peer Reviewing to Medical Students Through Authentic Peer Reviews: How to Build the Next Generation of Scholars, Cindy Schmidt, Grace Thiel, and Celeste Murtha
The 2022 Monkeypox Epidemic and What Has Led to the Current State of the Disease in the US: A Systematic Review, Samriddh Chaudhari, Leah Treffeisen, Jaswinder Virk, Taral Parikh, Naveen Prasad Gopalakrishnan Ravikumar, Ashish M. Goti, Lokesh Goyal, and Kanica Yashi
The Anti-Liver Fibrosis Effect of Tibetan Medicine (Qiwei Tiexie Capsule) is Related to the Inhibition of NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation in Vivo and in Vitro, Shanshan Wang, Fei Ye, Qingjia Ren, Shengnan Sun, Weina Xia, Zhuwei Wang, Haolin Guo, Han Li, Shujing Zhang, Scott Lowe, Meng Chen, Qinghong Du, and Weihong Li
The Benefits and Burdens of Meat Consumption: A Historic Analysis, Cynthia Coyle and Ashley McKinstry
The Clinical Anatomy Fellowship: A Participants' Perspective, Grace Thiel, Celeste Murtha, Jennifer F. Dennis, and Mari Hopper
The Mediating Role of Positive Attitudes on the Relationship Between Esports Gaming Hours and Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Dan Shan, Zhihao Dai, FenFen Ge, Yanyi Zhang, Yuandian Zheng, XiaoYi Gao, and JunChu Han
The Midline Interlaminar Ligament of the Spine: An Anatomical Study, Alexandra C. Millhuff, Hannah Haddad, M. Scott Draper, Micaela Motzko, Edwin Glueck, Brandalynn Holland, and Barth Wright
The Necessary De-Stigmatization of Mental Health Promotion for Sports Injury Prevention and Performance, Troy B. Puga, Rishabh M. Mazumder, Tiffany Ruan, Grace Thiel, Nicholas Scigliano, and Kevin Treffer
The Novel Use of Rare Earth Magnets for the Extraction of Metallic Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies in Children, John T. Lukish, Kibileri Williams, Adil Shah, Rodrigo Mon, and Jeffrey R. Lukish
The Quality of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Videos on YouTube, Bradley M. Nus, Kylie Wu, Trey Sledge, Grant Torres, Sai Kamma, Sanjana Janumpally, Syed Gilani, and Scott Lick
Toward a Molecular Diagnosis: Looking Under the Skin at Allergic Contact Dermatitis, Ivan Bahamon, James P. Strassner, and Wei-Che C. Ko
Transient Rise in Medical Abortions at Michigan Clinic During SARS-CoV-2 “Stay-at-Home” Order, Rachel Steffes, Susanna Wang, and Jennifer F. Dennis
Treating Isotretinoin-Associated Cheilitis With Hydrocortisone-Containing Lip Balm, Brett C. Neill, Christopher D. Willis, John A. Neill, Cody Hanson, Anand Rajpara, and Daniel J. Aires
