Henry Anthony Pitt MD

PubMed

• 1 citations
  Estimating the Survival Impact of Curative-Intent Liver Therapies for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases.
  Vasileios Tsagkalidis, Elizabeth A Handorf, Benjamin A Bates, David G Brauer, Patrick M Boland
  Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025-09-01
• ASO Visual Abstract: Estimating the Survival Impact of Curative-Intent Liver Therapies for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases.
  Vasileios Tsagkalidis, Elizabeth A Handorf, Benjamin A Bates, David G Brauer, Patrick M Boland
  Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025-06-05
• 2 citations
  International differences in the selection and outcome of minimally invasive and open distal pancreatectomy: A transatlantic analysis.
  Karin U Johansen, Simone Augustinus, Ulrich F Wellner, Bodil Andersson, Joal D Beane
  Surgery. 2025-05-01

Journal Articles

• Tokyo Guidelines 2018: Antimicrobial Therapy for Acute Cholangitis and Cholecystitis  
  Henry A Pitt, Daniel J Deziel, Steven M Strasberg, Journal of Hepato‐Biliary‐Pancreatic Sciences
• Gentamicin levels in the human biliary tract.  
  Pitt HA, Johnson WD, Roberts RB, J Inf Dis 127(3): 229 302
• Factors influencing mortality in the treatment of pyogenic hepatic abscess.  
  Pitt HA, Zuidema GD, Surg Gynecol Obstet 140: 228 34
• Cardiovascular and metabolic manifestations of heat stroke and severe heat exhaustion.  
  Costrini AM, Pitt HA, Gustafson AB, Uddin DE, Am J Med 66: 296 302
• Vitamin C prophylaxis in marine recruits.  
  Pitt HA, Costrini AM, JAMA 241: 908¬-11
• Sodium chlorate dissolution of retained biliary stones: Mortality rate following intrahepatic infusion.  
  Pitt HA, Cameron JL, Surgery 85: 457 60
• Postoperative T tube cholangiography: Is antibiotic coverage necessary?  
  Pitt HA, Postier RG, Cameron JL, Ann Surg 192: 356 64
• Prophylactic antibiotics in vascular surgery: Topical, systemic, or both?  
  Pitt HA, Postier RG, MacGowan WAL, Frank LW, Surmak AG, Sitzmann JV, Bouchier¬Hayes D, Ann Surg 192: 356 64
• Altera¬tions in biliary tract motility during cholesterol gallstone formation.  
  Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, Kuchenbecker S, DenBesten L, Polarek JW, Surg Forum 31: 205 06
• Invited commentary: Pyogenic liver abscess.  
  Pitt HA, World J Surg 4: 376 78
• The diagnosis of jaundice.  
  Pitt HA, West J Med 133:504
• Factors affecting mortal¬ity in biliary tract surgery.  
  Pitt HA, Cameron JL, Postier RG, Gadacz TR, Am J Surg 141: 66 72
• The differing effect of early and chronic cholelithiasis on hepatic bile lithogenicity.  
  Roslyn JJ, Kuchenbecker SL, DenBesten L, Pitt HA, Polarek JW, Am J Surg 141: 34 39
• Invited commentary: The effect of vagotomy on exocrine pancrea¬tic and biliary secretion in man" by Smith RB, Johnson D.  
  Pitt HA, Am J Surg 141: 46
• Effects of cholecystokinin on gallbladder stasis and cholesterol gallstone formation.  
  Roslyn JJ, DenBesten L, Pitt HA, Kuchenbecker SL, Polarek JW, J Surg Res 30: 200 04
• The role of cystic duct resistance in the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones.  
  Pitt HA, Roslyn JJ, Kuchenbecker SL, Doty JE, DenBesten L, J Surg Res 30: 508 14
• The role of altered extra¬hepatic biliary function in the pathogenesis of gallstones following vagotomy.  
  Pitt HA, Doty JE, Roslyn JJ, DenBesten L, Surgery 90: 418 25
• The effect of gall¬bladder filling and cholecystokinin on the prairie dog sphincter of Oddi.  
  Doty JE, Pitt HA, Kuchenbecker SL, Denbesten L, Surg Forum 32: 148 50
• Salicylate prevents gallbladder stasis and cholesterol gallstones in the prairie dog.  
  Kuchenbecker SL, Doty JE, Pitt HA, DenBesten L, Surg Forum 32: 154 55
• The interaction of chenodeoxycholic acid and dietary cholesterol in the treatment of cholesterol gallstones.  
  Doty JE, DenBesten L, Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, Kuchenbecker SL, Porter Fink V, Am J Surg 143: 48 54
• Biliary bacteria: Significance and alterations after antibiotic therapy.  
  Pitt HA, Postier RG, Cameron JL, Arch Surg 117:445 49
• The role of topical antibiotics in "high risk" biliary surgery.  
  Pitt HA, Postier RG, Gadacz TR, Cameron JL, Surgery 91: 518 22
• Altered sphincter of Oddi phasic activity following truncal vagotomy.  
  Pitt HA, Doty JE, DenBesten L, Kuchenbecker SL, J Surg Res 32: 598¬-607
• Factors influencing outcome in postoperative biliary strictures.  
  Pitt HA, Miyamoto T, Parapatis SK, Tompkins RK, Longmire WP, Jr, Am J Surg 144: 14 21
• Invited commentary: Usefulness of diagnostic tests for biliary obstruction by Thomas MJ, Pellegrini CA, Way LW.  
  Pitt HA, Am J Surg 144: 107 08
• Primary sclerosing cholangi¬tis: A heterogenous disease.  
  Thompson HH, Pitt HA, Tompkins RK, Longmire WP, Jr, Ann Surg 196: 127 36
• Primary sclerosing cholangi¬tis: Results of an aggressive surgical approach.  
  Pitt HA, Thompson HH, Tompkins RK, Longmire WP, Jr, Ann Surg 196: 259 68
• Bullous pemphigoid and ulcera¬tive colitis.  
  Ahmed AR, Kaplan RP, Hardy D, Feldman E, Pitt HA, Int J Derm 21: 594 98
• Invited commentary: The effects of resection or bypass of the distal ileum on the lithogenicity of bile" by Bickerstaff KI, Moosa AR.  
  Pitt HA, Am J Surg 145: 39
• The role of mucus in the pathogenesis of cholesterol gallstones.  
  Doty JE, Pitt HA, Kuchenbecker SL, DenBesten L, Am J Surg 145: 54 61
• Increased risk of cholelithiasis with prolonged total parenteral nutrition.  
  Pitt HA, King W III, Mann LL, Roslyn JJ, Berquist WE, Ament Me, DenBesten L, Am J Surg 145: 106 12
• Gallbladder disease in patients on long term parenteral nutrition.  
  Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, Mann LL, Ament ME, DenBesten L, Gastroenter¬ology 84: 148 54
• Increased risk of gallstones in children receiving total parenteral nutrition.  
  Roslyn JJ, Berquist WE, Pitt HA, Mann LL, Kangarloo H, DenBesten L, Ament ME, Pediatrics 71: 784 89
• Consequences of preoperative cholan¬gitis and its treatment on the outcome of operation for choledocho¬lithiasis.  
  Pitt HA, Postier RG, Cameron JL, Surgery 94: 447 54
• Reply to Selected Summary "Cholelithiasis with TPN: A potential model for gallstone formation" by Fisher RS.  
  Pitt HA, Gastroenter¬ology 85: 975 76
• Increased cholesterol in gallblad¬der mucus gel during gallstone formation.  
  Pitt HA, Doty JE, Porter Fink V, DenBesten L, Surg Forum 34: 229-¬31
• Increased intragallbladder pressure response to cholecystokinin octapeptide following vagotomy and pyloro¬plasty.  
  Pitt HA, Doty JE, DenBesten L, J Surg Res 35: 325 31
• Percutan¬eous trans¬hepatic drainage: Risks and benefits.  
  Stambuck EC, Pitt HA, Pias SO, Mann LL, Gomes AS, Lois JF, Arch Surg 118: 1388-94
• Gallbladder blood flow in the cholesterol fed prairie dog.  
  Doty JE, Porter Fink V, Pitt HA, DenBesten L, Surg Gastroenterol 2: 125 30
• Invited commentary: "The surgical management of Crohn's disease involving the duodenum" by Murray JJ, Schoetz DJ, Nugent FW, Coller JA, Vieden¬heimer MC.  
  Pitt HA, Am J Surg 147: 64
• The cholecysto sphincter of Oddi reflex.  
  Muller EL, Lewinski MA, Pitt HA, J Surg Res 36: 377 83
• The effect of intrave¬nous fat and total parenteral nutrition on biliary physiology.  
  Doty JE, Pitt HA, Porter Fink V, DenBesten L, J Parent Ent Nutr 8: 263 68,
• Sclerosing cholangi¬tis and histiocytosis X.  
  Thompson HH, Pitt HA, Lewin KJ, Longmire WP, Jr, Gut 25: 526 30
• Parenteral nutrition-¬induced gallbladder disease: A reason for early cholecystec¬tomy.  
  Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, Mann LL, Fonkalsrud EW, DenBesten L, Am J Surg 148: 58 63
• Invited commentary: "Oriental cholangitis" by Carmona RH, Crass A, Lim RC, Jr, Trunkey DD.  
  Pitt HA, Am J Surg 184: 122 23
• Ileal resection-¬induced gallstones: Altered bilirubin or cholesterol metabo¬lism?  
  Pitt HA, Lewinski MA, Muller EL, Porter Fink V, DenBesten L, Surgery 96: 154 59
• Anatomy of the choledocho-panc¬reatic duct junction in primary sclerosing cholangitis.  
  Muller EL, Miyamoto T, Pitt HA, Longmire WP, Jr, Surgery 97: 21 27
• Invited commentary: "Exoendoprothesis in proximal biliary enteric anastomoses" by Voyles CR.  
  Pitt HA, Am J Surg 149: 82 83
• Invited commentary: "Antipyrine elimination in patients with obstruc¬tive jaundice" by McPherson GDA, Benjamin IS, Blumgart LH.  
  Pitt HA, Am J Surg 149: 142 43
• Cholecystokinin prophy¬laxis of parenteral nutrition induced gallbladder disease.  
  Doty JE, Pitt HA, Porter Fink V, DenBesten L, Ann Surg 201: 76 80
• Action of cholecystokinin on sphinc¬ter of Oddi phasic wave activity in the prairie dog.  
  Muller EL, Lewinski MA, Pitt HA, Curr Surg 42: 128 30
• Preoperative biliary tract drainage.  
  Pitt HA, West J Med 142: 541
• Experience with sphincteroplas¬ty and sphincterotomy in pancreatobiliary surgery.  
  Anderson TM, Pitt HA, Longmire WP, Jr, Ann Surg 201: 399-¬406
• Chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction managed with TPN and a "venting" enterostomy.  
  Pitt HA, Mann LL, Berquist WE, Ament ME, Fonkalsrud EW, DenBesten L, Arch Surg 120: 614 18
• Does preopera¬tive percutaneous biliary drainage reduce operative risk or increase hospital cost?  
  Pitt HA, Gomes AS, Lois JF, Mann LL, Deutsch LS, Longmire WP, Jr, Ann Surg 201: 545 52
• Invited commentary: “The source of oxygen derived free radicals in acute pancreatitis" by Sanfey H, Bulkley GB, Cameron JL.  
  Pitt HA, Ann Surg 201: 638
• Effect of pancreatic polypeptide on gallbladder filling.  
  Conter RL, Roslyn JJ, Muller EL, Pitt HA, Porter Fink V, DenBesten L, Taylor IL, J Surg Res 38: 461 67
• Effect of total parenteral nutrition on intestinal microflora of prairie dogs.  
  Prakash G, Wexler H, Muller EL, Grace PA, Pitt HA, Finegold SM, Microecology and Therapy 15: 305 10
• The effect of parenteral nutrition on biliary calcium and bilirubin.  
  Muller EL, Grace PA, Pitt HA, J Surg Res 40: 55 62
• Decreas¬ed morbid¬ity and mortality after pancreatoduodenectomy.  
  Grace PA, Pitt HA, Tompkins RK, DenBesten L, Longmire WP, Jr, Am J Surg 151: 141 49
• Differentiation of pyogenic from amebic hepatic abscesses.  
  Conter RL, Pitt HA, Tompkins KR, Longmire WP, Jr, Surg Gynecol & Obstet 162: 114-¬18
• Current concepts of antibio¬tics in biliary tract surgery.  
  Polk HC, Jr, Fry DE, Pitt HA, Smith JS, Contemporary Surgery 28: 113 44
• Proximal biliary carcino¬ma.  
  Cameron JL, Jones RS, Pitt HA, Tompkins RK, Contemporary Surgery 29:95 122
• Management of empyema of the gallbladder.  
  Doty JE, Pitt HA, Infec¬tions in Surgery 5: 270 97
• Carbohydrate diet induced calcium ¬bilirubinate sludge and pigment gallstones in the prairie dog.  
  Conter RL, Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, DenBesten L, J Surg Res 40: 580 87
• Enhanced gall¬bladder absorption during gallstone formation: The role of cholesterol saturated bile and stasis.  
  Roslyn JJ, Doty JE, Pitt HA, Muller EL, DenBesten L, Am J Med Sci 292: 75 80
• Pancreatoduodenectomy with pylorus preserva¬tion for adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas.  
  Grace PA, Pitt HA, Longmire WP, Jr, Br J Surg 73: 647 50
• The use of percutaneous decompression in the jaundiced patient.  
  Pitt HA, Curr Surg 43: 460 63
• Prairie dog model for antimicrobial agent induc¬ed Clostridium difficile diarrhea.  
  Muller EL, Pitt HA, George WL, Infect and Imm 55: 198¬200
• Agents for gallstone dissolution.  
  Pitt HA, McFadden D, Gadacz TR, Am J Surg 153: 233 46
• Risks of percutan¬eous trans¬hepatic drainage.  
  Lois JF, Gomes AS, Grace PA, Deutsch LS, Pitt HA, Am J Roentgenal 148: 367 71
• Percutaneous aspiration of peri-pancreatic fluid collections: A safe and effective technique.  
  Hiatt J, Fink A, King W III, Pitt HA, Surgery 101: 523 30
• Duodenal acidification alters sphincter of Oddi motility.  
  Grace PA, Romano PJ, Pitt HA, J Surg Res 43: 68-74
• Cholecystectomy alters the hormonal response of the sphincter of Oddi.  
  Grace PA, Pitt HA, Surgery 102: 186-94
• Antibiotics in infections of the biliary tract.  
  Muller El, Pitt HA, Thompson JE, Doty JE, Mann LL, Manchester B, Surg Gynecol & Obstet 165: 285-92
• The value of hepatobiliary scans in fasted patients receiving total parenteral nutrition.  
  Pitt HA, Surgery 102: 599-600
• Gastrojejunostomy: Is it helpful for patients with pancreatic cancer?  
  Pitt HA, Surgery 102:612
• Ketamine inhibits sphincter of Oddi phasic wave amplitude.  
  Grace PA, Webb TH, Romano PJ, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Curr Surg 44: 403-05
• Verapamil influences gallbladder trans¬mucosal calcium flux.  
  Lillemoe KD, Webb TH, Li L, Pitt HA, Surg Forum 38: 174-75
• The influence of motilin and cholecystokinin on sphincter of Oddi and duodenal pressures in the prairie dog.  
  Muller EL, Grace PA, Conter RC, Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, Am J Physiol 253: G679-83
• The gastro sphincter of Oddi reflex.  
  Webb TH, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Am J Surg 155: 193-98
• Resection of hepatic duct bifurcation and transhepatic stenting for sclerosing cholangitis.  
  Cameron JL, Pitt HA, Zinner MJ, Herlong HF, Kaufman SL, Boitnott JK, Coleman J, Ann Surg 207: 614-22
• Anatomy of the liver, biliary tree, and pancreas in the prairie dog.  
  Grace PA, McShane J, Pitt HA, Laboratory Animals 22: 326-29
• Addition of glucagon to total parenteral nutrition prevents hepatic steatosis in rats.  
  Pitt HA, Surgery 104: 356
• Peptide YY inhibits cholecystokinin ¬stimulated sphincter of Oddi activity in the prairie dog.  
  Grace PA, Couse NF, Taylor IL, Pitt HA, Surgery 104: 546-53
• Effect of total parenteral nutrition on hepatic histology.  
  Pitt HA, Arch Surg 123: 1090
• Estrogen alters biliary calcium metabolism and induces pigment sludge.  
  Magnuson TH, Lillemoe KD, Peoples GE, Li L, Pitt HA, Surg Forum 39: 154-56
• HIDA scan in the follow-up of the biliary-enteric anastomoses.  
  Pitt HA, HPB Surgery 1:33-34
• Pancreatic lymphoma: Is surgery mandatory for diagnosis or treatment?  
  Webb TH, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Jones RJ, Cameron JL, Ann Surg 209:25-30
• Ursodeoxycholate: Recent advance in the dissolution of gallstones.  
  Talamini MA, Pitt HA, Int Med for the Specialist 10:139-60
• The Ethicon-Society of University Surgeons Surgical Research Fellowship.  
  Pitt HA, Surgery 105:322-24
• Oral calcium promotes pigment gallstone formation.  
  Magnuson TH, Lillemoe KD, Peoples GE, Pitt HA, J Surg Res 46:286-91
• Overcoming early cyclosporin nephrotoxicity after liver transplantation.  
  Burdick JF, Colombani PM, Pitt HA, Perler BA, Merritt WT, Crandell BC, Mitchell MC, Herlong HF, Williams GM, Transplant Proc 21:2236-37
• Statement on Guidelines for Total Parenteral Nutrition.  
  Sitzmann JV, Pitt HA and the Patient Care Committee of the American Gastroenterological Association, Dig Dis Sci 34:489-96
• Liver abscess.  
  Webb TH, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Hospital Physician 25:46-59
• Acute cholecystitis: A complication of percutaneous transhepatic drainage.  
  Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Cameron JL, Surg Gynecol Obstet 168:348-54
• The role of bacteria in gallbladder and common duct stone formation.  
  Kaufman HS, Magnuson TH, Lillemoe KD, Frasca P, Pitt HA, Ann Surg 209:584-92
• Pancreatoduodenectomy with occlusion of residual stump by neoprene injection.  
  Pitt HA, World J Surg 13:110-12
• Caffeine prevents cholesterol gallstone formation.  
  Lillemoe KD, Magnuson TH, High RS, Peoples GE, Pitt HA, Surgery 106:400-07
• A preliminary trial of the programmable implantable medication system for insulin delivery.  
  Saudek CD, Selam JL, Pitt HA, Waxman K, Rubio M, Jeandidier N, Turner D, Fischell RE, Charles MA, N Engl J Med 321:574-79
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Books/Book Chapters

• Critical Surgical Illness. 
  Chapter: Suppurative cholangitis 
  Page 380 - 408Pitt HA, Longmire WP, JrEditors: Hardy JD.WB Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,
• Current Gastroenterology. 
  Chapter: Gastrointestinal Surgery 
  Page 291 - 464DenBesten L, Doty JE, Pitt HAEditors: Gitnick GL.Houghton Mifflin, BostonEdition 2nd,
• Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 
  Chapter: Antibiotics in colon surgery 
  Page 289 - 309Pitt HAEditors: Shackelford RT, Zuidema GD.WB Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,
• Current Problems in Surgery. 
  Chapter: Surgical management of benign lesions of the bile ducts 
  Page 322 - 400Tompkins, RK, Pitt HA
• Peripheral Arterial Diseases: Medical and Surgical Problems. 
  Chapter: Advances in the management of foot problems in patients with diabetes 
  Page 468 - 473Williams GM, Rolley RT, Pitt HAAcademic Press, London
• Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 
  Chapter: Hepatic abscess 
  Page 465 - 497Pitt HAEditors: Shackelford RT, Zuidema GD.WB Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,
• Surgical Practice News. 
  Chapter: The use of antibiotics in biliary tract surgery 
  Page 7 - 12Pitt HA
• Current Surgical Therapy. 
  Chapter: Antibiotic selection in biliary tract surgery 
  Page 224 - 232Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.BC Decker, Inc, Philadelphia
• Controversies in Gastroenterology. 
  Chapter: Is endoscopic sphincterotomy a safe and effective method for management of stones in the distal common bile duct? 
  Page 97 - 113Pitt HAEditors: Gitnick GL.Churchill Livingstone Inc, New York
• Current Diagnosis. 
  Chapter: Hepatic and perihepatic abscess 
  Page 718 - 725Pitt HA, Hiatt J, Thompson JE, JrEditors: Conn RB.WB Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 7th,
• Surgical Treatment of Digestive Disease. 
  Chapter: Cystic lesions of the liver and biliary tree 
  Page 359 - 374Doty JE, Pitt HAEditors: Moody FG.Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc, Chicago
• Surgical Treatment of Digestive Disease. 
  Chapter: Biliary sepsis and suppurative cholangitis 
  Page 359 - 374Cameron JL, Pitt HAEditors: Moody FG.Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc, Chicago
• Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 
  Chapter: Peritonitis, intra-abdominal abscess, and retroperitoneal abscess 
  Page 781 - 835Pitt HAEditors: Shackelford RT, Zuidema GD.WB Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,
• Current Surgical Therapy. 
  Chapter: Liver abscess 
  Page 153 - 156Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.BC Decker, Inc, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,
• Current Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease. 
  Chapter: Acute cholecystitis 
  Page 433 - 437Roslyn JJ, Pitt HAEditors: Bayless TM.BC Decker, Inc, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,
• Problems in General Surgery. 
  Chapter: The role of percutaneous and endoscopic biliary drainage 
  Page 157 - 169Grace PA, Pitt HAEditors: ReMine WH.JB Lippincott Co, Philadelphia
• Hepatic and Biliary Cancer: Surgical and Clinical Management. 
  Chapter: Surgical resection of bile duct cancer: The UCLA experience 
  Page 339 - 356Pitt HA, Roslyn JJ, Tompkins RKEditors: Wanebo JH.Marcel Decker, Inc, New York
• Current Therapy in Internal Medicine. 
  Chapter: Acute cholecystitis 
  Page 728 - 732Roslyn JJ, Pitt HAEditors: Bayless TM, Brain MC, Cherniack RM.BC Decker, Inc, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,
• Surgery of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts. 
  Chapter: Acute cholangitis 
  Page 295 - 314Pitt HA, Cameron JLEditors: Way LW, Pellegrini CA.WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia
• Advances in Surgery. 
  Chapter: Sclerosing cholangitis 
  Page 65 - 92Lillemoe KD, Pitt, HA, Cameron JLEditors: Tompkins RK.Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago
• The Physiologic Basis of Modern Surgical Care. 
  Chapter: The jaundiced patient 
  Page 479 - 498Muller EL, Pitt HAEditors: Miller TA, Rowlands BJ.CV Mosby Co, St. Louis
• Difficult Problems in General Surgery. 
  Chapter: Retained common bile duct stones 
  Page 155 - 176Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gadacz TREditors: Sawyers JL, Williams LF Jr.Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago
• Current Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 
  Chapter: Sclerosing cholangitis: Surgery for obstructive jaundice 
  Page 168 - 171Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Cameron JLEditors: Bayless TM.BC Decker, Inc, Philadelphia
• Current Surgical Therapy. 
  Chapter: Endoscopic and percutaneous biliary drainage in jaundice 
  Page 303 - 307Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.BC Decker, Inc, PhiladelphiaEdition 3rd,
• Current Surgical Therapy. 
  Chapter: Sclerosing cholangitis 
  Page 285 - 288Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.BC Decker, Inc, PhiladelphiaEdition 3rd,
• Scientific Foundations of Surgery. 
  Chapter: Gallbladder and extrahepatic biliary system 
  Page 444 - 454Lillemoe KD, Pitt HAEditors: Kyle J, Carey LC.Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc, Chicago
• Common Problems in Surgical Oncology. 
  Chapter: The jaundiced patient with a pancreatic mass 
  Page 116 - 124Pitt HAEditors: Wanebo HJ.Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago
• Surgical Treatment of Digestive Disease. 
  Chapter: Biliary sepsis and toxic cholangitis 
  Page 332 - 350Pitt HA, Couse NFEditors: Moody FG.Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc, ChicagoEdition 2nd,
• Current Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease. 
  Chapter: Biliary strictures and neoplasia 
  Page 526 - 530Pitt HAEditors: Bayless TM.BC Decker, Inc, PhiladelphiaEdition 3rd,
• Biliary Tract Surgery. 
  Chapter: Acute Cholangitis 
  Page 1297 - 1312Lipsett PA, Pitt HAEditors: Pitt, HA.Surg Clin N Amer
• Biliary Tract Surgery. 
  Chapter: Postoperative bile duct strictures 
  Page 1355 - 1380Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Cameron JLEditors: Pitt HA.Surg Clin N Amer
• Biliary Tract Surgery. 
  Chapter: Primary sclerosing cholangitis 
  Page 1381 - 1402Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Cameron JLEditors: Pitt HA.Surg Clin N Amer
• Biliary Tract Surgery. 
  Chapter: Cholangiocarcinoma 
  Page 1429 - 1448Yeo CJ, Pitt HA, Cameron JLEditors: Pitt HA.Surg Clin N Amer
• Perspectives in General Surgery. 
  Chapter: The changing role of preoperative biliary decompression 
  Page 13 - 25Pitt HAEditors: Levine BA.Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis
• Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 
  Chapter: Liver abscess 
  Page 443 - 465Pitt HAEditors: Zuidema GD.WB Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 3rd,
• Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 
  Chapter: Antibiotics in colon surgery 
  Page 152 - 159Pitt HAEditors: Zuidema GD.WB Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 3rd,
• Clinical Gastroenterology. 
  Chapter: Pylorus preserving resection of the pancreas 
  Page 917 - 930Pitt HA, Grace PAEditors: Neoptolemos JP.Beilliere Tindell, London
• Laparoscopic Procedures for the General Surgeon. 
  Chapter: Therapeutic options for gallstone disease 
  Page 115 - 142Lillemoe KD, Pitt HAEditors: Zucker KA.Quality Medical Publishing, Inc, St. Louis
• Advances in Surgery. 
  Chapter: Current management of benign bile duct strictures 
  Page 119 - 174Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA. Cameron JLEditors: Cameron JL.Mosby Year Book, Inc, Chicago
• Disorders of the Pancreas: Current Issues in Diagnosis and Management. 
  Chapter: The role of resection in the management of pancreatic cancer 
  Page 383 - 413Pitt HA, Grace PAEditors: Burns GP, Bank S, eds.McGraw-Hill, Inc, New York
• Current Surgical Therapy. 
  Chapter: Biliary cysts: Choledochal cysts and Caroli’s disease 
  Page 367 - 372Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.Mosby Year Book, St. LouisEdition 4th,
• Current Therapy in Oncology. 
  Chapter: Cholangiocarcinoma 
  Page 410 - 414Ahrendt SA, Pitt HAEditors: Niederhuber JE.Mosby Year Book, St. Louis
• Atlas of Surgical Oncology. 
  Chapter: Proximal bile duct cancer: Resection and palliation 
  Page 417 - 438Pitt HA, Sandone CEditors: Daly JM, Cady B.Mosby Year Book, Chicago
• Surgery of the Biliary Tract. 
  Chapter: Jaundice: Mechanisms and differential diagnosis 
  Page 49 - 58Lipsett PA, Pitt HAEditors: Toouli J.Churchill Livingstone, London
• Surgery of the Biliary Tract. 
  Chapter: Biliary infection: Prophylaxis and treatment 
  Page 45 - 70Lipsett PA, Pitt HAEditors: Toouli J.Churchill Livingstone, London
• Surgery of the Biliary Tract. 
  Chapter: Operations for stones in the gallbladder and common bile duct 
  Page 135 - 166Pitt HAEditors: Toouli J.Churchill Livingstone, London
• Basic Science Curriculum for Surgical Residents. 
  Chapter: Liver, biliary tract, and pancreas 
  Page 255 - 292Klein AS, Lillemoe KD, Yeo CJ, Pitt HAEditors: O’Leary JP.Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore
• Acute Pancreatitis: Principles and Practice. 
  Chapter: Indications for surgery in acute pseudocysts 
  Page 207 - 216Pitt HAEditors: Bradley EL.Raven Press, New York
• Motility Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract. 
  Chapter: Gallbladder motility: Physiology and pathophysiology 
  Page 1267 - 1290Tierney S, Pitt HA, Lillemoe KDEditors: Becker JM.Surg Clin N Amer
• Surgery of the Liver and Biliary Tract. 
  Chapter: Cholangitis: Non-toxic and toxic 
  Page 1081 - 1090Lipsett PA, Pitt HAEditors: Blumgart LH.Churchill Livingston, London
• Surgical Disease of the Biliary Tract and Pancreas. 
  Chapter: Classification, diagnosis, staging and preoperative preparation of pancreatic and periampullary neoplasms 
  Page 514 - 527Pitt HAEditors: Braasch JW, Tompkins RK.Mosby Year Book, Philadelphia
• Surgical Infectious Diseases. 
  Chapter: Biliary tract infections 
  Page 1011 - 1030Lipsett PA, Pitt HAEditors: Howard RJ, Simmons RL.Appleton and Lange, Norwalk
• Current Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease. 
  Chapter: Pancreatic and peripancreatic neoplasia 
  Page 660 - 663Ahrendt SA, Pitt HAEditors: Bayless TS.Mosby Year Book, Philadelphia
• Techniques in the Management of Gallstone Disease. 
  Chapter: Acute cholangitis 
  Page 125 - 135Lipsett PA, Pitt HAEditors: Darzi A, Pitt HA, Grace PA, Bouchier-Hayes D.Blackwell Scientific Publications, Ltd, Oxford
• Techniques in the Management of Gallstone Disease. 
  Chapter: Gallstone pathogenesis and management: Prospects for the future 
  Page 236 - 246Pitt HAEditors: Darzi A, Pitt HA, Grace PA, Bouchier-Hayes D.Blackwell Scientific Publications, Ltd, Oxford
• Hepatobiliary Malignancy: Its Multidisciplinary Management. 
  Chapter: Bile duct carcinoma 
  Page 387 - 415Yeo CH, Pitt HA, Cameron JLEditors: Terblanche J.Edward Arnold, Hadden & Stoughton, Kent
• Laparoscopic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Training surgeons in open biliary tract surgery 
  Page 923 - 930Pitt HAEditors: Rossi RL.Surg Clin N Amer
• General Surgery: Essentials of Practice. 
  Chapter: Benign disease of the biliary tract 
  Page 175 - 197Tierney S, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HAEditors: Ritchie WP, Steele G, Dean RH.J. B. Lippincott Co, Philadelphia
• Advances in Surgery. 
  Chapter: The current management of common duct stones 
  Page 271 - 299Tierney S, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.Mosby Year Book, Philadelphia
• Current Problems in Surgery. 
  Chapter: Malignancies of the biliary tract 
  Page 1 - 90Pitt HA, Dooley WC, Yeo CJ, Cameron JL
• Current Surgical Therapy. 
  Chapter: Liver Abscess 
  Page 260 - 265Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.Mosby Year Book, St. LouisEdition 5th,
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease: The Team Approach to Management. 
  Chapter: Biliary cysts 
  Page 173 - 184Lipsett PA, Kalloo AN, Savader SJ, Pitt HAEditors: Pitt HA, Carr-Locke DL, Ferrucci JT.Little, Brown and Company, Boston
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease: The Team Approach to Management. 
  Chapter: Cystic neoplasms 
  Page 451 - 462Talamini MA, Fishman EK, Hruban RH, Pitt HAEditors: Pitt HA, Carr-Locke DL, Ferruci JT.Little, Brown and Company, Boston
• Biliary Interventions. 
  Chapter: Surgical management of stones and strictures 
  Page 104 - 117Pitt HAEditors: La Berge JM, Venbrux AC.Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
• Pancreatic Neoplasms. 
  Chapter: Curative treatment for pancreatic neoplasms: Standard resection 
  Page 891 - 904Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.Surg Clin N Amer
• Basic Surgery. 
  Page 558 - 578Nakeeb A, Pitt HA: JaundiceEditors: Polk HC, Gardner B, Stone HH.Quality Medical Publishing, Inc, St. LouisEdition 5th,
• Digestive Tract Surgery. 
  Chapter: Choledocholithiasis and cholangitis 
  Page 407 - 431Tierney S, Pitt HAEditors: Bell RH, Rikkers LF, Mulholland MW.Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia
• Advances in Surgery. 
  Chapter: The current management of common duct stones 
  Page 271 - 299Tierney S, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.Mosby Year Book, Philadelphia
• Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 
  Chapter: Liver abscess 
  Page 541 - 563Pitt HAEditors: Zuidema GD.WB Saunders, PhiladelphiaEdition 4th,
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Liver cysts: non-parasitic 
  Page 93 - 100Pitt HAEditors: Carter DE, Russell RCG, Pitt HA, Bismuth H.Chapman and Hall, London
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Liver cysts: Hydatid disease 
  Page 101 - 109Pitt HAEditors: Carter DE, Russell RCG, Pitt HA, Bismuth H.Chapman and Hall, London
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Preoperative assessment and preparation for biliary tract surgery 
  Page 262 - 274Nakeeb A, Pitt HAEditors: Carter DE, Russell RCG, Pitt HA, Bismuth H.Chapman and Hall, London
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Benign biliary strictures 
  Page 370 - 381Pitt HAEditors: Carter DE, Russell RCG, Pitt HA, Bismuth H.Chapman and Hall, London
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Gallbladder cancer 
  Page 407 - 416Pitt HAEditors: Carter DE, Russell RCG, Pitt HA, Bismuth E.Chapman and Hall, London
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Bile duct cancer: Palliative management 
  Page 420 - 429Pitt HAEditors: Carter DE, Russell RCG, Pitt HA, Bismuth E.Chapman and Hall, London
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. 
  Chapter: Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Pylorus preserving 
  Page 528 - 543Pitt HAEditors: Carter DE, Russell RCG, Pitt HA, Bismuth E.Chapman and Hall, London
• Basic Science Curriculum for Surgical Residents. 
  Chapter: Liver, biliary tract, and pancreas 
  Page 441 - 478Klein AS, Lillemoe KD, Yeo CJ, Pitt HAEditors: O’Leary JP.Williams and Wilkens, BaltimoreEdition 2nd,
• Advances in Surgery. 
  Chapter: Current management of patients with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma 
  Page 427 - 452Ahrendt SA, Cameron JL, Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.Mosby, Chicago
• Surgery for Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach. 
  Chapter: Selection of therapy for bile duct cancer: A rational surgical approach 
  Page 557 - 564Magnuson TH, Cameron JL, Pitt HAEditors: Wanebo HJ.Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia
• Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology. 
  Chapter: Cancers of the biliary tree 
  Page 1114 - 1127Pitt HA, Grochow LB, Abrams RAEditors: DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA.Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia
• Modern Surgical Care. 
  Chapter: The jaundiced patient 
  Page 581 - 601Nakeeb A, Pitt, HAEditors: Miller TA, Rowlands BJ.Quality Medical Publishing, St. Louis
• Cancer of the Pancreas: Challenge of the Nineties. 
  Chapter: Cancer of the pancreas: Palliative surgery 
  Lillemoe KD, Pitt HAEditors: Wanebo HJ.J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia
• Current Surgical Therapy. 
  Chapter: Sclerosing cholangitis 
  Page 450 - 455Ahrendt SA, Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.Mosby, St. LouisEdition 6th,
• The Pancreas. 
  Chapter: Cancer of the distal bile duct: Surgical treatment and results 
  Page 1345 - 1353Pitt HA, Talamini MAEditors: Begar HG, Warshaw AL, Carr-Locke DL, Neoptolemas JP, Russell C, Sarr MG.Blackwell Science, London
• Surgical Diseases of the Pancreas. 
  Chapter: Resection of the distal pancreas for pancreatic cancer 
  Page 579 - 586Pitt HA, Nordback IHEditors: Howard JM, Idezuki Y, Ihse I, Prinz RA.Williams and Wilkens, Baltimore
• Schiff’s Diseases of the Liver. 
  Chapter: Pyogenic hepatic abscess 
  Page 1515 - 1526Pitt HAEditors: Schiff ER, Sorrell MF, Maddrey WC.Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven
• Crucial Controversies in Surgery. 
  Chapter: Obstructive jaundice-operative treatment 
  Page 83 - 96Nakeeb A, Pitt HEditors: Schein M. Wise L.Lippincott Williams & Wilkin, Philadelphia
• Principios Y Terpeutica Quirurgica. 
  Chapter: Pyogenic hepatic abscess 
  Page 417 - 421Pitt HAEditors: Barbnosa BB.Lima: Peditos
• Evidence- Based Surgery. 
  Chapter: Hepatobiliary surgery 
  Page 311 - 330Zeh HJ, Choti MA, Bowman Miller H, Pitt HAEditors: Gordon TA, Cameron JL.B.C. Decker, Hamilton
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Diseases. 
  Chapter: Cholangiocarcinoma 
  Page 725 - 754Ahrendt SA, Pitt HAEditors: Afdahl NH.Marcel Dekker, New York
• Oxford Textbook of Surgery. 
  Chapter: Malignant diseases of the biliary tract 
  Page 1699 - 1712Ahrendt SA, Pitt HAEditors: Morris RJ, Wood WC.Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Sabiston Textbook of Surgery 16th Edition. 
  Chapter: Biliary tract 
  Page 1076 - 1111Ahrendt SA, Pitt HAEditors: Townsend CM.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia
• Clinical Oncology. 
  Chapter: Tumors of the pancreas, gallbladder, and extrahepatic bile ducts 
  Page 373 - 394Redlich PN, Ahrendt SA, Pitt HAEditors: Eyre HJ, Lenhard RE.American Cancer Society, Atlanta
• Surgical Research. 
  Chapter: Biliary stone formation 
  Page 721 - 732Goldblatt MI, Nakeeb A, Pitt HAEditors: Souba WW, Wilmore D.Academic Press, San Diego
• Current Surgical Therapy. 
  Chapter: Hepatic abscess 
  Page 334 - 340Pitt HAEditors: Cameron JL.Mosby, LouisEdition 7th,
• Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 
  Chapter: Operative management of strictures and benign obstructive disorders of the bile duct 
  Page 247 - 262Yeo CJ, Lillemoe KD, Ahrendt SA, Pitt HAEditors: Zuidema GD and Yeo CJ.W.B. Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 5th,
• Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 
  Chapter: Liver abscess 
  Page 461 - 482Pitt HAEditors: Zuidema GD and Yeo CJ.W.B. Saunders Co, PhiladelphiaEdition 5th,
• The Practice of General Surgery. 
  Chapter: Primary sclerosing cholangitis 
  Page 689 - 695Ahrendt SA, Pitt HAEditors: Bland KI.W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia
• The Physiologic Basis of Surgery. 
  Chapter: Liver, biliary tract, and pancreas 
  Page 491 - 530Sharp KW, Chapman WC, Potts JR, Klein AS, Lillemoe KD, Yeo CJ, Pitt HAEditors: O’Leary FP.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
• Frontiers in Bioscience. 
  Chapter: Acute cholangitis 
  Lipsett PA, Pitt HAEditors: Abedin MZ.
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Abstracts/Posters

• Gentamicin levels in the human biliary tract.
  Pitt HA, Johnson WD, Roberts RB, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
• Postoperative T tube cholangiography: Is antibiotic coverage necessary?
  Pitt HA, Postier RG, Cameron JL, Surg Gynecol Obstet 151:146
• Factors influencing mortality in the treatment of pyogenic hepatic abscess.
  Pitt HA, Zuidema GD, Year Book of Surgery 418 20
• Vitamin C prophylaxis in marine recruits.
  Pitt HA, Costrini AM, Modern Medicine, p. 53
• Infectious agents in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): A status report.
  Cave D, Kirsner J, McLaren L, Strickland R, Phillips A, Auslander M, Sachar D, Janowitz H, Shorter R, Bartlett J, Pitt HA, Ferrari B, Jones M, Gitnick G, Gastroenterology 78:1158
• Cardiovascular and metabolic manifestations of heat stroke and severe heat exhaustion.
  Costrini AM, Pitt HA, Gustafson AB, Uddin DE, Year Book of Sports Medicine 127 29
• Alterations in gallbladder calcium and protein concentration during cholesterol gallstone formation.
  Doty JE, Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, Kuchenbecker SL, DenBesten L, Clin Res 29:31A
• New methods to quantify altered gallbladder function during cholesterol gallstone formation.
  Doty JE, Pitt HA, Kuchenbecker SL, DenBesten L, Am J Clin N 34:634
• Changes in bile salt pool size and biliary lipids following vagotomy.
  Pitt HA, Roslyn JJ, Doty JE, DenBesten L, Clin Res 29:628A
• Response to question regarding small bowel mesenteric fibrosis.
  Pitt HA, Corresp Soc Surg 4:4 5
• Cholesterol Saturated bile induced gallbladder stasis by altering extrahepatic biliary function.
  Doty JE, Pitt HA, Kuchenbecker SL, DenBesten L, Gastroenterology 80:1138
• Long term total parenteral nutrition induced gallbladder disease.
  Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, Mann LL, Ament ME, DenBesten L, Gastroenterology 80:1264
• The different effects of early and chronic cholelithiasis on hepatic bile lithogenicity.
  Roslyn JJ, Kuchenbecker SL, DenBesten L, Pitt HA, Polarek JW, Curr Surg 38:354
• Cholesterol saturated bile increases gallbladder blood flow.
  Doty JE, Porter Fink V, DenBesten L, Kuchenbecker SL, Pitt HA, Clin Res 30:34A
• Increased risk of gallstones in children on total parental nutrition.
  Berquist WE, Pitt HA, Mann LL, Roslyn JJ, Ament ME, Kangarloo H, Clin Res 30, 137A
• Factors affecting mortal¬ity in biliary tract surgery.
  Pitt HA, Postier RG, Cameron JL, Gadacz TR, Curr Surg 39:282
• The patho-physiology of gallbladder disease induced by total parenteral nutrition.
  Doty JE, Pitt HA, Porter Fink V, Kuchenbecker SL, DenBesten L, Gastroenterology 82:1046
• Prolonged parenteral nutrition induced calculus and acalculous chole-cystitis.
  Pitt HA, Mann LL, King W III, Roslyn JJ, Berquist WE, Ament ME, DenBesten L, Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the International Biliary Association
• Biliary bacteria: Significance and alterations after antibiotic therapy.
  Pitt HA, Postier RG, Cameron JL, Surg Gynecol Obstet 155:457 58
• The effect of different parenteral nutrition solutions on biliary physiology.
  Doty JE, Pitt HA, Porter Fink V, DenBesten L, JPEN 6:580
• Parenteral nutrition induces calcium bilirubinate sludge and gallstones in the prairie dog.
  Pitt HA, Doty JE, Lewinski MA, Porter Fink V, DenBesten L, Clin Res 31:243A
• Biliary bacteria: Significance and alterations after antibiotic therapy.
  Pitt HA, Postier RG, Cameron JL, Curr Surg 40:51 52
• Factors influencing outcome in postoperative biliary strictures.
  Pitt HA, Miyamoto T, Parapatis SK, Tompkins RK, Longmire WP, Jr, Surg Gynecol Obstet 156:118 19
• The effect of reticulo-endothelial system stimulation on the outcome of bile induced pancreatitis in dogs.
  Adham NF, Song MK, Scott S, Pitt HA, Haberfelde G, Gastroenterology 84:1088
• Bile salt pool determi¬nation: A new recovery method.
  Doty JE, Porter Fink V, Pitt HA, DenBesten L, Gastroenterology 84:1140
• Parenteral nutrition induces calcium bilirubinate gallstones.
  Pitt HA, Berquist We, Mann LL, Porter Fink V, Fonkalsrud EW, Ament ME, DenBesten L, Gastroenterology 84:1274
• Hyperalimentation: Are these patients at higher risk for cholelithiasis?
  Pitt HA, King W III, Mann LL, Roslyn JJ, Berquist WE, Ament ME, DenBesten L, Mod Med Can 38:1485 86
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis: A heterogenous disease.
  Thompson HH, Pitt HA, Tompkins RK, Longmire WP Jr, Curr Surg 40:485
• Cholecystokinin prophy¬laxis of parenteral nutrition induced gallbladder disease.
  Doty JE, Pitt HA, Porter Fink V, DenBesten L, Clin Res 32:26A
• Action of cholecystokinin on sphinc¬ter of Oddi phasic wave activity in the prairie dog.
  Muller EL, Lewinski MA, Pitt HA, Clin Res 32:27A
• Gallbladder disease in patients on long term parenteral nutrition.
  Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, Mann LL, Ament ME, DenBesten L, Curr Surg 41:63 64
• Decreased emptying precedes pigment gallstone formation in ileal resected prairie dogs.
  Muller EL, Pitt HA, Porter Fink F, DenBesten L, Gastroenterology 86:1190
• Increased gallbladder concentration of biliary lipids after ileal resection leads to bilirubin supersaturation.
  Muller EL, Pitt HA, Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Meeting of the International Biliary Association
• Increased risk of cholelithiasis with prolonged total parenteral nutrition.
  Pitt HA, King W III, Mann LL, Roslyn JJ, Berquist WE, Ament ME, DenBesten L, Curr Surg 41:145 46
• The influence of motilin and cholecystokinin on sphincter of Oddi and duodenal pressures in the prairie dog.
  Muller EL, Conter RL, Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, Clin Res 32:692A
• Enhanced gallbladder absorption during gallstone formation: The role of cholesterol saturated bile and stasis.
  Roslyn JJ, Doty JE, Pitt HA, Conter RL, Muller EL, DenBesten L, Clin Res 32:693A
• Consequences of preoperative cholan¬gitis and its treatment on the outcome of operation for choledocho¬lithiasis.
  Pitt HA, Postier RG, Cameron JL, Curr Surg 41:491 92
• Percutan¬eous transhepatic drainage: Risks and benefits.
  Stambuck EC, Pitt HA, Pias SO, Mann LL, Gomes AS, Lois JF, Mod Med Can
• Peptide YY inhibits sphincter of Oddi phasic wave activity in the prairie dog.
  Grace PA, Muller EL, Conter RL, Roslyn JJ, Taylor IA, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 88:1402
• Dyskinesia and impaired gallbladder emptying in patients with Chagas' disease.
  Campra JL, Caeiro T, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 88:1653
• The role of gallbladder water absorption in the pathogenesis of pigment gallstone formation following ileal resection.
  Muller EL, Conter RL, Grace PA, Roslyn JJ, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 88:1681
• Percutaneous aspiration of peri-pancreatic fluid collections: A safe and effective diagnostic technique.
  Hiatt J, Fink A, King W III, Pitt HA, Dig Dis and Sci 30:974
• Cefoxitin induced pseudomembranous cecitis in the prairie dog.
  Muller EL, Pitt HA, George WL, Clin Res 34:53
• Peptide YY (PYY) inhibits cholecystokinin (CCK) stimulated sphincter of Oddi activity in the prairie dog.
  Grace PA, Couse NF, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 90:1435
• Metronidazole ameliorates parenteral nutrition¬-induced liver disease.
  Muller E, Pitt H, Grace P, Prakash G, Wexler H, Dorney S, Arbuckle S, Ament M, Finegold S, Gastroenterology 90:1750
• Chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction.
  Pitt HA, Mann LL, Berquist WE, Ament ME, Fonkalsrud EW, DenBesten L, Curr Surg 43
• Does preoperative percutaneous biliary drainage reduce operative risk or increase hospital cost?
  Pitt HA, Gomes AS, Lois JF, Mann LL, Deutsch LS, Longmire WP Jr, Curr Surg 43
• Decreased morbidity and mortality after pancreatoduodenectomy.
  Grace PA, Pitt HA, Tompkins RK, DenBesten L, Longmire WP Jr, Curr Surg 44:531
• Differentiation of pyogenic from amebic hepatic abscess.
  Conter RL, Pitt HA, Tompkins RK, Longmire WP Jr, Curr Surg 44:264-65
• Intraduodenal fat inhibits resting and CCK stimulated sphincter of Oddi motility.
  Grace PA, Webb TH, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenter¬ology 92:1411
• Intraduodenal protein stimulates resting but inhibits CCK stimulated sphincter of Oddi motility.
  Webb TH, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 92:1687
• The programmable implantable medication system (PIMS): First human implantations.
  Saudek CD, Pitt HA, Dempsey M, Fischell RE, Rubio MS, Loman K, Wierski J, Diabetes 36:77A
• Management of hepatic echinococcosis in southern California.
  Pitt HA, Korzelius J, Tompkins RK, Year Book of Diagnostic Radiology
• Leucine-enkephalin increases prairie dog sphincter of Oddi activity.
  Magnuson TH, Webb TA, Lillemoe KD, Peoples GE, Kaufman HS, Watt PC, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 94:277
• Biliary glyco-proteins in patients with cholesterol stones, pigment stones, and no gallstones.
  D'Souza MP, Magnuson TH, Kaufman HS, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 94:536
• Oral calcium supplementation increases biliary calcium.
  Lillemoe KD, Magnuson TH, Peoples GE, Li L, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 94:563
• Verapamil causes gallbladder stasis.
  Magnuson TH, Lillemoe KD, Peoples GE, Li L, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 99:566
• Bilirubin monoglucuronide promotes cholesterol gallstone formation.
  Lillemoe KD, Magnuson TH, Webb TA, Kaufman HS, Watt PC, D'Souza MP, Pitt HA, Hepatology 8:1373
• Patients with gallstones acidify bile normally.
  Magnuson TH, Lillemoe KD, Zarkin BA, Pitt HA, Hepatology 8:1224
• Percutaneous aspiration of peripancreatic fluid collections: A safe method to detect infection.
  Hiatt JR, Fink AS, King W III, Pitt HA, Year Book of Diagnostic Radiology
• Treatment of Type I diabetes with an implatable insulin infusion pump: A two year report.
  Saudek CD, Selam JL, Pitt HA, Waxman K, Fischell RE, Charles MA, Clin Res 37:460
• The effect of stone characteristics on expected cost and utility of gallstone lithotripsy.
  Bass EB, Steinberg EP, Pitt HA, Lillemoe KD, Saba GP, Kafonek DR, Gadacz TR, Gordon TA, Gastroenterology 96:30
• Monoclonal antibodies against human biliary glycoproteins.
  D’Souza MP, Tox-Talbot K, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 96: 595
• Windowless energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis of gallstones.
  Kaufman HS, Magnuson TH, Lillemoe KD, Frasca PF, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 96:612
• Fish oil prevents cholesterol crystal nucleation and gallstone formation.
  Magnuson TH, Lillemoe KD, High RC, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 96:625
• Differences in human biliary glycoproteins affect nucleation time.
  Magnuson TH, Zarkin BA, D'Souza MP, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 96:626
• The relationship of clinical risk factors to gallstone composition.
  Magnuson TH, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Hepatology 10:738
• The influence of dietary fish oil on biliary nonmucin glycoproteins.
  Magnuson TH, D'Souza MP, Fox-Talbot K, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Hepatology 10:734
• Overcoming early cyclosporin nephrotoxicity after liver transplantation.
  Burdick J, Colombani P, Pitt HA, Perler B, Merritt W, Crandall B, Mitchell M, Herlong HF, Williamson GM, Trans Proc 21:2236
• Antibiotics in infections of the biliary tract.
  Muller EL, Pitt HA, Thompson JE, Doty JE, Mann LL, Manchester B, Curr Surg 46:69-70
• How many Americans will be eligible for biliary lithotripsy?
  Magnuson TH, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Curr Surg 47:380
• Benign postoperative biliary strictures: Operate or dilate?
  Pitt HA, Kaufman SL, Coleman J, White RI, Cameron JL, Curr Surg 47:464-65
• Somato-statin inhibits sphincter of Oddi motility.
  Ahrendt SA, McGuire GE, Lillemoe KD, Trias M, Kaloo A, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 98:242
• Hypercalcemia decreases bile flow and increases biliary calcium secretion.
  Ahrendt SA, McGuire GE, Pitt HA, Moore EW, Lillemoe KD, Gastroenterology 98:563
• The effect of oral calcium on human bile composition.
  Ahrendt SA, Kalloo AN, McGuire GE, Pitt HA, Lillemoe KD, Hepatology 12:1003
• Differences in bile composition in patients with black pigment gallstones with and without hemolysis.
  Magnuson TH, Ahrendt SA, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Hepatology 12:1006
• Octreotide inhibits and cholecystokinin stimulates prairie dog sphincter of Oddi motility via noncholinergic pathways.
  Ahrendt SA, Kaufman HS, Pitt HA, Lillemoe KD, Gastroenterology 100:307
• Differential effects of long-term octreotide on bile formation and gallbladder emptying.
  Ahrendt SA, McGuire GE, Pitt HA, Lillemoe KD, Gastroenterology 100:307
• How many Americans will be candidates for laparoscopic cholecystectomy?
  Lillemoe KD, Magnuson TH, Gadacz TR, Talamini MA, Yeo CJ, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 100:324
• The effect of dietary fish oil on cholesterol carriers in bile.
  Ahrendt SA, Fox-Talbot K, Kaufman HS, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 100:713
• Calcium salts differ among variably-sized cholesterol gallstones from individual patients.
  Kaufman HS, Lillemoe KD, Magnusion TH, Ahrendt SA, Frasca P, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 100:759
• Unique nonmucin glycoproteins are present in cholesterol and pigment gallstones.
  Lipsett PA, Kaufman HS, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 100:767
• Nonmucin glycoproteins are similar in hepatic and gallbladder bile in patients with cholesterol stones.
  Lipsett PA, Kaufman HS, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Hepatology 14:265
• Erythromycin stimulates contraction of the prairie dog gallbladder.
  Bshara I, Kaufman HS, Sostre S, Szabo Z, Lillemoe KD, Ahrendt SA, Rivera-Lana H, Camargo EE, Pitt HA, J Nucl Med 32:18-36
• Comparison of patient utilities for gallstone treatments and alated outcomes by rating scale and standard gamble techniques.
  Bass EB, Bergner M, Pitt HA, Lillemoe KD, Saba GP, Griffiths RI, Johns C, Steinberg EP, Med Decision Making 11:333
• Identification of a calcified protein skeleton in cholesterol gallstones.
  Kaufman HS, Lipsett PA, Ahrendt SA, Frasca P, Pitt HA, Lillemoe KD, Gastroenterology 102:317
• Differences in biliary nonmucin glycoproteins in patients with and without gallstones.
  Lipsett PA, D’Souza MP, Kaufman HS, Magnuson TH. Fox-Talbot MK, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 102:319
• Early appearance of biliary nonmucin glycoproteins in cholesterol-fed prairie dogs.
  Lipsett PA, Kaufman HS, Shermak MA, Fox-Talbot MK, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 102:320
• A novel cholesterol caries helps prevent crystal precipitation.
  Ahrendt SA, Fox-Talbot MK, Kaufman HS, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 102:772
• Pronucleating glycoproteins in gallstones are immunoglobulin fragments.
  Lipsett PA, Hildreth JE, Kaufman HS, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 102:884
• Calcium interacts with biliary proteins to induce cholesterol crystal nucleation.
  Shermak MA, Lipsett, PA, Kaufman HS, Fox-Talbot MK, Pitt HA, Lillemoe KD, Gastroenterology 102:941
• Environmental scanning electron microscopy of fresh human gallstones reveals new morphologies of precipitated calcium salts.
  Kaufman HS, Lillemoe KD, Mastovich JT, Pitt HA, Electron Microsc Soc Amer 1322-23
• Identification of a obiquitous CaCO3 inhibitory factor in human bile.
  Lipsett PA, Burrow CR, Fox-Talbot MK, Pitt HA, Lillemoe KD, Gastroenterology 104:368
• Fish oil reduces biliary cholesterol and prolongs nucleation of human gallstone bile.
  Tierney S, Ahrendt SA, Fox-Talbot MK, Booker ML, Pitt HA, LaMorte WW, Lillemoe KD, Gastroenterology 104:380
• Cholesterol-feeding alters nonmucin glycoproteins in gallbladder and hepatic bile.
  Lipsett PA, Falconer SD, Kaufman HS, Fox-Talbot MK, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 104:942
• Immunoglobulin-antigen complexes from gallstones are potent pronucleators of cholesterol.
  Lipsett PA, Falconer SD, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Gastroenterology 104:942
• Cholesterol and protein are linked in biliary lipid carriers.
  Samantary DK, Kolp R, Falconer SD, Fox-Talbot MK, Tam ML, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Lipsett PA, Gastroenterology 104:984
• Pronucleating proteins localize preferentially in biliary vesicles.
  Lipsett PA, Samantary DK, Falconer SD, Kolp R, Lillemoe KD, Pitt HA, Hepatology 18:96
• Bilirubin inhibits calcium carbonate precipitation.
  Tam ML, Pitt HA, Lillemoe KD, Lipsett PA, Hepatology 18:311
• Fish oil fatty acids are preferentially incorporated into micelles.
  Tierney S, Ahrendt SA, Booker ML, Fox-Talbot MK, Pitt HA, LaMorte WW, Lillemoe KD, Gastroenterology 106:362
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Other

• Frontiers in Bioscience. 
  Lipsett PA, Pitt HA, Acute cholangitis
  http://www.bioscience.org
• Up to Date Surgery. 
  Lavu H, Pitt HA, Biliary drainage procedures
  http://www.uptodate.com
• Resection of Type I choledochal cyst. 
  Pitt HA, American College of Surgeons
• Surgical management of stones and strictures. 
  Pitt HA, Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
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