Fredric Pieracci, MD, MPH/MSPH

Publications

• Pieracci FM, Ali-Osman F, Mangram A, Majercik S, White TW, Doben AR. Re: Rib fractures fixation: Always worthwhile?. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Dec;85(6):1134-1135. PubMed PMID: 30461566
• Pieracci FM. Response to Letter to the Editor by Dr. Magnone (JT-D-18-08024). J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30376549
• Sollender GE, White TW, Pieracci FM. Fracture of the Costal Cartilage: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management. Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Oct 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30359588
• Moore HB, Moore EE, Chapman MP, McVaney K, Bryskiewicz G, Blechar R, Chin T, Burlew CC, Pieracci F, West FB, Fleming CD, Ghasabyan A, Chandler J, Silliman CC, Banerjee A, Sauaia A. Plasma-first resuscitation to treat haemorrhagic shock during emergency ground transportation in an urban area: a randomised trial. Lancet. 2018 Jul 28;392(10144):283-291. PubMed PMID: 30032977
• Kovar A, Moskowitz E, Sauaia A, Moore EE, Platnick KB, Coleman JJ, Campion EM, Lawless RA, Cohen MJ, Pieracci FM, Burlew CC. Trends in hematologic markers after blunt splenic trauma: Risk factor or Epiphenomenon?. Am J Surg. 2019 Dec 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31879019
• Pieracci FM, Leasia K, Bauman Z, Eriksson EA, Lottenberg L, Majercik S, Powell L, Sarani B, Semon G, Thomas B, Zhao F, Dyke C, Doben AR. A multicenter, prospective, controlled clinical trial of surgical stabilization of rib fractures in patients with severe, nonflail fracture patterns (Chest Wall Injury Society NONFLAIL). J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Feb;88(2):249-257. PubMed PMID: 31804414
• Moskowitz EE, Garabedian L, Harden K, Perkins-Pride E, Asfaw M, Preslaski C, Liasia KN, Lawless R, Burlew CC, Pieracci F. A double-blind, randomized controlled trial of gabapentin vs. placebo for acute pain management in critically ill patients with rib fractures. Injury. 2018 Sep;49(9):1693-1698. PubMed PMID: 29934099
• Hintzen C, Pieracci FM, Storfa A. Multiple Impacted Colonic Foreign Bodies Presenting Months After Ingestion. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31688830
• Edwards JG, Clarke P, Pieracci FM, Bemelman M, Black EA, Doben A, Gasparri M, Gross R, Jun W, Long WB, Lottenberg L, Majercik S, Marasco S, Mayberry J, Sarani B, Schulz-Drost S, Van Boerum D, Whitbeck S, White T. Taxonomy of multiple rib fractures: Results of the chest wall injury society international consensus survey. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Feb;88(2):e40-e45. PubMed PMID: 31590175
• Christian NT, Burlew CC, Moore EE, Geddes AE, Wagenaar AE, Fox CJ, Pieracci FM. The focused abdominal sonography for trauma examination can reliably identify patients with significant intra-abdominal hemorrhage in life-threatening pelvic fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Jun;84(6):924-928. PubMed PMID: 29794689
• Christian NT, Burlew CC, Moore EE, Geddes AE, Wagenaar AE, Fox CJ, Pieracci FM. The FAST Exam Can Reliably Identify Patients with Significant Intraabdominal Hemorrhage in Life Threatening Pelvic Fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Feb 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29443857
• Coleman JR, Kay AB, Moore EE, Moore HB, Gonzalez E, Majercik S, Cohen MJ, White T, Pieracci FM. It's sooner than you think: Blunt solid organ injury patients are already hypercoagulable upon hospital admission - Results of a bi-institutional, prospective study. Am J Surg. 2019 Dec;218(6):1065-1073. PubMed PMID: 31540685
• Sumislawski JJ, Moore HB, Moore EE, Swope ML, Pieracci FM, Fox CJ, Campion EM, Lawless RA, Platnick KB, Sauaia A, Cohen MJ, Burlew CC. Not all in your head (and neck): Stroke after blunt cerebrovascular injury is associated with systemic hypercoagulability. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Nov;87(5):1082-1087. PubMed PMID: 31453984
• Moskowitz EE, Burlew CC, Moore EE, Pieracci FM, Fox CJ, Campion EM, Lawless RA, Cohen MJ. Preperitoneal pelvic packing is effective for hemorrhage control in open pelvic fractures. Am J Surg. 2018 Apr;215(4):675-677. PubMed PMID: 29179908
• Hardin KS, Leasia KN, Haenel J, Moore EE, Burlew CC, Pieracci FM. The Sequential Clinical Assessment of Respiratory Function (SCARF) score: A dynamic pulmonary physiologic score that predicts adverse outcomes in critically ill rib fracture patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Dec;87(6):1260-1268. PubMed PMID: 31425473
• Stahel PF, Moore EE, Burlew CC, Henderson C, Peña AJ, Harry D, Pieracci FM. Preperitoneal Pelvic Packing Is Not Associated With an Increased Risk of Surgical Site Infections After Internal Anterior Pelvic Ring Fixation. J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Dec;33(12):601-607. PubMed PMID: 31356446
• Pieracci FM, Eustaquio M, Sholl B, Byyny R, Burlew CC. Challenges in acute care surgery: Zone III neck stab wound. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Aug;87(2):508-509. PubMed PMID: 31349353
• Pieracci FM. Completely thoracoscopic surgical stabilization of rib fractures: can it be done and is it worth it?. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May;11(Suppl 8):S1061-S1069. PubMed PMID: 31205763
• Pieracci FM, Leasia K, Whitbeck S. Barriers to conducting a multi-center randomized controlled trial of surgical stabilization of rib fractures (and how to overcome them). J Thorac Dis. 2019 May;11(Suppl 8):S1049-S1060. PubMed PMID: 31205762
• Moskowitz EE, Garabedian L, Harden K, Perkins-Pride E, Asfaw M, Preslaski C, Liasia KN, Lawless R, Burlew CC, Pieracci F. Corrigendum to "A double-blind, randomized controlled trial of gabapentin vs. placebo for acute pain management in critically ill patients with rib fractures" [Injury 49 (9) (2018) 1693-1698]. Injury. 2019 Jul;50(7):1406. PubMed PMID: 31196599
• Pieracci FM, Coleman J, Ali-Osman F, Mangram A, Majercik S, White TW, Jeremitsky E, Doben AR. A multicenter evaluation of the optimal timing of surgical stabilization of rib fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Jan;84(1):1-10. PubMed PMID: 29077677
• Sarani B, Allen R, Pieracci FM, Doben AR, Eriksson E, Bauman ZM, Gupta P, Semon G, Greiffenstein P, Chapman AJ, Kim BD, Lottenberg L, Gardner S, Marasco S, White T. Characteristics of hardware failure in patients undergoing surgical stabilization of rib fractures: A Chest Wall Injury Society multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Dec;87(6):1277-1281. PubMed PMID: 31107433
• Moore HB, Moore EE, Chapman MP, Hansen KC, Cohen MJ, Pieracci FM, Chandler J, Sauaia A. Does Tranexamic Acid Improve Clot Strength in Severely Injured Patients Who Have Elevated Fibrin Degradation Products and Low Fibrinolytic Activity, Measured by Thrombelastography?. J Am Coll Surg. 2019 Jul;229(1):92-101. PubMed PMID: 30936005
• Pieracci FM, Agarwal S, Doben A, Shiroff A, Lottenberg L, Whitbeck SA, White TW. Indications for surgical stabilization of rib fractures in patients without flail chest: surveyed opinions of members of the Chest Wall Injury Society. Int Orthop. 2018 Feb;42(2):401-408. PubMed PMID: 28852836
• Sollender GE, White TW, Pieracci FM. Fracture of the Costal Cartilage: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Management. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Apr;107(4):e267-e268. PubMed PMID: 30359588
• Hardin KS, Pieracci FM. Authors' Reply. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Nov;89(5):e152. PubMed PMID: 33105309
• Prins JTH, Van Lieshout EMM, Ali-Osman F, Bauman ZM, Caragounis EC, Choi J, Benjamin Christie D 3rd, Cole PA, DeVoe WB, Doben AR, Eriksson EA, Forrester JD, Fraser DR, Gontarz B, Hardman C, Hyatt DG, Kaye AJ, Ko HJ, Leasia KN, Leon S, Marasco SF, McNickle AG, Nowack T, Ogunleye TD, Priya P, Richman AP, Schlanser V, Semon GR, Su YH, Verhofstad MHJ, Whitis J, Pieracci FM, Wijffels MME. Outcome after surgical stabilization of rib fractures versus nonoperative treatment in patients with multiple rib fractures and moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (CWIS-TBI). J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Oct 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33093293
• Sarani B, Shiroff A, Pieracci FM, Gasparri M, White T, Whitbeck S, Gross R. Use of the Internet to Facilitate an Annual Scientific Meeting: A Report of the First Virtual Chest Wall Injury Society Summit. J Surg Educ. 2020 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33008764
• Schwed AC, Wagenaar A, Reppert AE, Gore AV, Pieracci FM, Platnick KB, Lawless RA, Campion EM, Coleman JJ, Cohen MJ, Moore EE, Burlew CC. Trust the FAST: Confirmation that the FAST examination is highly specific for intra-abdominal hemorrhage in over 1,200 patients with pelvic fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Jan 1;90(1):137-142. PubMed PMID: 32976327
• Leasia K, Douglas I, Lawless R, Burlew CC, Platnick KB, Moore EE, Pieracci FM. Validation of current procedural terminology codes for surgical stabilization of rib fractures. Injury. 2020 Nov;51(11):2500-2506. PubMed PMID: 32962828
• Heelan AA, Freedberg M, Moore EE, Platnick BK, Pieracci FM, Cohen MJ, Lawless R, Campion EM, Coleman JJ, Hoehn M, Burlew CC. Worth looking! venous thromboembolism in patients who undergo preperitoneal pelvic packing warrants screening duplex. Am J Surg. 2020 Dec;220(6):1395-1399. PubMed PMID: 32958159
• Gargur Assuncao A, Leasia K, White T, Majercik S, Gardner S, Mauffrey C, Parry J, Moore EE, Pieracci FM. Characterization and influence of ipsilateral scapula fractures among patients who undergo surgical stabilization of sub-scapular rib fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2020 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32909107
• Coleman JR, Leasia K, Douglas IS, Hosokawa P, Lawless RA, Moore EE, Pieracci F. Quantifying the expense of deferring surgical stabilization of rib fractures: Operative management of rib fractures is associated with significantly lower charges. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Dec;89(6):1032-1038. PubMed PMID: 32890348
• Coleman JR, Burlew CC, Platnick KB, Campion E, Pieracci F, Lawless R, Werner N, Coleman J, Hoehn M, Moore EE, Cohen MJ. Maintaining Trauma Care Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Urban, Level-1 Trauma Center's Experience. Ann Surg. 2020 Aug;272(2):e58-e60. PubMed PMID: 32675497
• Pieracci FM, Leasia K, Bauman Z, Eriksson EA, Lottenberg L, Majercik S, Powell L, Sarani B, Semon G, Thomas B, Zhao F, Dyke C, Doben AR. Authors' Response to letter by Elkbuli et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Oct;89(4):e123-e124. PubMed PMID: 32618966
• Campion EM, Cralley A, Robinson C, Sauaia A, Pieracci FM, Lawless RA, Platnick B, Robinson J, Edwards D, McVaney K, Moore EE, Cohen MJ, Coleman JJ, Fox C, Burlew CC. Prehospital end-tidal carbon dioxide predicts massive transfusion and death following trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Oct;89(4):703-707. PubMed PMID: 32590557
• Pieracci FM, Burlew CC, Spain D, Livingston DH, Bulger EM, Davis KA, Michetti C. Tube thoracostomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: guidance and recommendations from the AAST Acute Care Surgery and Critical Care Committees. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2020;5(1):e000498. PubMed PMID: 32411822
• Ho VP, Truong EI, Nisar S, May AK, Beilman GJ, Fry DE, Barie PS, Huston JM, Shupp JW, Pieracci FM. Pro-Con Perspectives on Ethics in Surgical Research: Update from the 39th Annual Surgical Infection Society Meeting. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2020 May;21(4):332-343. PubMed PMID: 32364879
• Pieracci FM, Shiroff A. Surgical stabilization of rib fractures during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Aug;89(2):272. PubMed PMID: 32345905
• Quan GE, Kendall JL, Bogseth MC, Ruygrok ML, Luoma KA, Louderback RZ, Pieracci F, Byyny RL. Predictors of False-Negative Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma Examination in Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 May;36(5):e274-e279. PubMed PMID: 32304524
• Kovar A, Moskowitz E, Sauaia A, Moore EE, Platnick KB, Coleman JJ, Campion EM, Lawless RA, Cohen MJ, Pieracci FM, Burlew CC. Trends in hematologic markers after blunt splenic trauma: Risk factor or Epiphenomenon?. Am J Surg. 2020 Aug;220(2):489-494. PubMed PMID: 31879019
• Pieracci FM, Leasia K, Bauman Z, Eriksson EA, Lottenberg L, Majercik S, Powell L, Sarani B, Semon G, Thomas B, Zhao F, Dyke C, Doben AR. A multicenter, prospective, controlled clinical trial of surgical stabilization of rib fractures in patients with severe, nonflail fracture patterns (Chest Wall Injury Society NONFLAIL). J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Feb;88(2):249-257. PubMed PMID: 31804414
• Edwards JG, Clarke P, Pieracci FM, Bemelman M, Black EA, Doben A, Gasparri M, Gross R, Jun W, Long WB, Lottenberg L, Majercik S, Marasco S, Mayberry J, Sarani B, Schulz-Drost S, Van Boerum D, Whitbeck S, White T. Taxonomy of multiple rib fractures: Results of the chest wall injury society international consensus survey. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Feb;88(2):e40-e45. PubMed PMID: 31590175
• Morton A, Cralley A, Brooke-Sanchez M, Pieracci FM. Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration by acute care surgeons saves time and money compared to ERCP. Am J Surg. 2022 Mar 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35351289
• Gergen AK, Robinson C, Pieracci FM, Burlew CC, Platnick KB, Campion E, Lawless R, Coleman JJ, Hoehn M, Moore EE, Cohen MJ, Werner NL. Assessment of Discharge Analgesic Prescription Patterns for Hospitalized Patients With Rib Fractures. J Surg Res. 2022 Mar 22;276:48-53. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35334383
• Meizoso JP, Moore EE, Pieracci FM, Saberi RA, Ghasabyan A, Chandler J, Namias N, Sauaia A. Role of Fibrinogen in Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Apr 1;234(4):465-473. PubMed PMID: 35290265
• Cralley AL, Hopman J, Leasia K, Robinson C, Morton A, Pieracci FM. Earlier liposomal bupivacaine blocks improve analgesia and decrease opioid requirements for bariatric surgery patients. Am J Surg. 2022 Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35219490
• Prins JTH, Van Lieshout EMM, Ali-Osman F, Bauman ZM, Caragounis EC, Choi J, Christie DB 3rd, Cole PA, DeVoe WB, Doben AR, Eriksson EA, Forrester JD, Fraser DR, Gontarz B, Hardman C, Hyatt DG, Kaye AJ, Ko HJ, Leasia KN, Leon S, Marasco SF, McNickle AG, Nowack T, Ogunleye TD, Priya P, Richman AP, Schlanser V, Semon GR, Su YH, Verhofstad MHJ, Whitis J, Pieracci FM, Wijffels MME. Surgical stabilization versus nonoperative treatment for flail and non-flail rib fracture patterns in patients with traumatic brain injury. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2022 Feb 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35192003
• Meizoso JP, Moore HB, Moore EE, Gilna GP, Ghasabyan A, Chandler J, Pieracci FM, Sauaia A. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PROVOKES LOW FIBRINOLYTIC ACTIVITY IN SEVERELY INJURED PATIENTS. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Feb 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35170585
• Prins JTH, Leasia K, Sauaia A, Burlew CC, Cohen MJ, Coleman JJ, Lawless RA, Platnick KB, Werner NL, Wijffels MME, Moore EE, Pieracci FM. A decade of surgical stabilization of rib fractures: the effect of study year on patient selection, operative characteristics, and in-hospital outcome. Injury. 2021 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34953578
• Prins JTH, Leasia K, Dull MB, Lawless RA, Platnick KB, Werner NL, Wijffels MME, Moore EE, Pieracci FM. Surgical Site Infection after Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures: Rare but Morbid. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2022 Feb;23(1):5-11. PubMed PMID: 34762547
• Prins JTH, Wijffels MME, Pieracci FM. What is the optimal timing to perform surgical stabilization of rib fractures?. J Thorac Dis. 2021 Aug;13(Suppl 1):S13-S25. PubMed PMID: 34447588
• Bensken WP, Ho VP, Pieracci FM. Basic Introduction to Statistics in Medicine, Part 2: Comparing Data. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2021 Aug;22(6):597-603. PubMed PMID: 34270362
• Bensken WP, Pieracci FM, Ho VP. Basic Introduction to Statistics in Medicine, Part 1: Describing Data. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2021 Aug;22(6):590-596. PubMed PMID: 34270357
• Sarode AL, Ho VP, Pieracci FM, Moorman ML, Towe CW. The financial burden of rib fractures: National estimates 2007 to 2016. Injury. 2021 Aug;52(8):2180-2187. PubMed PMID: 34059325
• Pieracci FM, Leasia K, Hernandez MC, Kim B, Cantrell E, Bauman Z, Gardner S, Majercik S, White T, Dieffenbaugher S, Eriksson E, Barns M, Benjamin Christie D 3rd, Lasso ET, Schubl S, Sauaia A, Doben AR. Surgical stabilization of rib fractures in octogenarians and beyond-what are the outcomes?. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Jun 1;90(6):1014-1021. PubMed PMID: 34016925
• Leasia KN, Ciarallo C, Prins JTH, Preslaski C, Perkins-Pride E, Hardin K, Cralley A, Burlew CC, Coleman JJ, Cohen MJ, Lawless R, Platnick KB, Moore EE, Pieracci FM. A randomized clinical trial of single dose liposomal bupivacaine versus indwelling analgesic catheter in patients undergoing surgical stabilization of rib fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Nov 1;91(5):872-878. PubMed PMID: 33951024
• Platnick C, Witt CE, Pieracci FM, Robinson CK, Lawless R, Burlew CC, Moore EE, Cohen M, Platnick KB. Beyond the tube: Can we reduce chest tube complications in trauma patients?. Am J Surg. 2021 Nov;222(5):1023-1028. PubMed PMID: 33941358
• Pieracci FM, Schubl S, Gasparri M, Delaplain P, Kirsch J, Towe C, White TW, Whitbeck S, Doben AR. The Chest Wall Injury Society Recommendations for Reporting Studies of Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures. Injury. 2021 Jun;52(6):1241-1250. PubMed PMID: 33795145
• Hadley JB, Coleman JR, Moore EE, Lawless R, Burlew CC, Platnick B, Pieracci FM, Hoehn MR, Coleman JJ, Campion EM, Cohen MJ, Cralley A, Eitel AP, Bartley M, Vigneshwar N, Sauaia A, Fox CJ. Strategies for successful implementation of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta in an urban Level I trauma center. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Aug 1;91(2):295-301. PubMed PMID: 33783417
• Barie PS, Ho VP, Hunter CJ, Kaufman EJ, Narayan M, Pieracci FM, Schubl SD, Heffernan DS, Huston JM. Surgical Infection Society Guidance for Restoration of Surgical Services during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2021 Oct;22(8):818-827. PubMed PMID: 33635145
• Mundo W, Platnick C, Rozwadowski J, Bruman W, Morton A, Pieracci FM. Providing access to affordable bariatric surgery for uninsured Denver County residents: description of a successful public health initiative. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2021 May;17(5):994-999. PubMed PMID: 33583733
• Prins JTH, Van Lieshout EMM, Ali-Osman F, Bauman ZM, Caragounis EC, Choi J, Christie DB 3rd, Cole PA, DeVoe WB, Doben AR, Eriksson EA, Forrester JD, Fraser DR, Gontarz B, Hardman C, Hyatt DG, Kaye AJ, Ko HJ, Leasia KN, Leon S, Marasco SF, McNickle AG, Nowack T, Ogunleye TD, Priya P, Richman AP, Schlanser V, Semon GR, Su YH, Verhofstad MHJ, Whitis J, Pieracci FM, Wijffels MME. Outcome after surgical stabilization of rib fractures versus nonoperative treatment in patients with multiple rib fractures and moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (CWIS-TBI). J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Mar 1;90(3):492-500. PubMed PMID: 33093293
• Sarani B, Shiroff A, Pieracci FM, Gasparri M, White T, Whitbeck S, Gross R. Use of the Internet to Facilitate an Annual Scientific Meeting: A Report of the First Virtual Chest Wall Injury Society Summit. J Surg Educ. 2021 May-Jun;78(3):889-895. PubMed PMID: 33008764
• Schwed AC, Wagenaar A, Reppert AE, Gore AV, Pieracci FM, Platnick KB, Lawless RA, Campion EM, Coleman JJ, Cohen MJ, Moore EE, Burlew CC. Trust the FAST: Confirmation that the FAST examination is highly specific for intra-abdominal hemorrhage in over 1,200 patients with pelvic fractures. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Jan 1;90(1):137-142. PubMed PMID: 32976327
• Gargur Assuncao A, Leasia K, White T, Majercik S, Gardner S, Mauffrey C, Parry J, Moore EE, Pieracci FM. Characterization and influence of ipsilateral scapula fractures among patients who undergo surgical stabilization of sub-scapular rib fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2021 Apr;31(3):429-434. PubMed PMID: 32909107
• Hintzen C, Pieracci FM, Storfa A. Multiple impacted colonic foreign bodies presenting months after ingestion. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Dec 1;91(6):e168-e170. PubMed PMID: 31688830
• Eitel AP, Moore EE, Sauaia A, Kelher MR, Vigneshwar NG, Bartley MG, Handley JB, Burlew CC, Campion EM, Fox CJ, Lawless RA, Pieracci FM, Platnick KB, Moore HB, Cohen MJ, Silliman CC. A Proposed Clinical Coagulation Score for Research in Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Feb 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36805626
• Frank M, Sargent B, Tay-Lasso E, Hovis G, Kincaid C, Grant W, Alaniz L, Yi J, Chin TL, Barrios C, Nahmias J, Pieracci F, Schubl S. Erratum to 'Educational assessment of intrathoracic and extrathoracic surgical stabilization of rib fractures' [Injury volume 54 issue 1 (2023) pages 63-69]. Injury. 2023 Jan 31. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36732149
• Meizoso JP, Sauaia A, Namias N, Manning RJ, Pieracci FM. Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for Early VAP Trial: Study Protocol for a Surgical Infection Society Multicenter, Pragmatic, Randomized Clinical Trial of Four versus Seven Days of Definitive Antibiotic Therapy for Early Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Surgical Patients. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2023 Feb 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36730717
• Tay-Lasso E, Alaniz L, Grant W, Hovis G, Frank M, Kincaid C, Brynn S, Pieracci FM, Nahmias J, Barrios C, Rockne W, Chin T, Swentek L, Schubl SD. PROSPECTIVE SINGLE CENTER PARADIGM SHIFT OF SURGICAL STABILIZATION OF RIB FRACTURES WITH DECREASED LENGTH OF STAY AND OPERATIVE TIME WITH AN INTRATHORACIC APPROACH. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36301075
• Cralley AL, Burlew CC, Fox CJ, Pieracci FM, Platnick KBK, Campion EM, Cohen MJ, Moore EE, Lawless RA. An Unencumbered Acute Care Surgeon Improves Delivery of Emergent Surgical Care for Cholecystectomy Patients. JSLS. 2022 Jul-Sep;26(3). PubMed PMID: 36212183
• Van Wijck SFM, Pieracci FM, Smith EF, Madden K, Moore EE, Wijffels MME, Werner NL. Rib fixation in patients with severe rib fractures and pulmonary contusions: Is it safe?. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Dec 1;93(6):721-726. PubMed PMID: 36121283
• Van Wijck SFM, Curran C, Sauaia A, Van Lieshout EMM, Whitbeck SS, Edwards JG, Pieracci FM, Wijffels MME. Interobserver agreement for the Chest Wall Injury Society taxonomy of rib fractures using computed tomography images. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Dec 1;93(6):736-742. PubMed PMID: 36042547
• Werner NL, Moore EE, Hoehn M, Lawless R, Coleman JR, Freedberg M, Heelan AA, Platnick KB, Cohen MJ, Coleman JJ, Campion EM, Fox CJ, Mauffrey C, Cralley A, Pieracci FM, Burlew CC. Inflate and pack! Pelvic packing combined with REBOA deployment prevents hemorrhage related deaths in unstable pelvic fractures. Injury. 2022 Oct;53(10):3365-3370. PubMed PMID: 36038388
• Gibson D, Watters A, Pieracci F, Reiss R, Mehler PS. Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Anorexia Nervosa. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2022 Sep;23(7):661-666. PubMed PMID: 35969259
• Werner NL, Cralley A, Lawless R, Platnick KB, Cohen MJ, Coleman JJ, Hoehn M, Campion E, Pieracci FM, Burlew CC. Time to Look for Another Infectious Source? White Blood Cell Trends during Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2022 Sep;23(7):656-660. PubMed PMID: 35930247
• Forrester JD, Bukur M, Dvorak JE, Faliks B, Hindin D, Kartiko S, Kheirbek T, Lin L, Manasa M, Martin TJ, Miskimins R, Patel B, Pieracci FM, Ritter KA, Schubl SD, Tung J, Huston JM. Surgical Infection Society: Chest Wall Injury Society Recommendations for Antibiotic Use during Surgical Stabilization of Traumatic Rib or Sternal Fractures to Reduce Risk of Implant Infection. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2022 May;23(4):321-331. PubMed PMID: 35522129
• Morton A, Cralley A, Brooke-Sanchez M, Pieracci FM. Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration by acute care surgeons saves time and money compared to ERCP. Am J Surg. 2022 Jul;224(1 Pt A):116-119. PubMed PMID: 35351289
• Gergen AK, Robinson C, Pieracci FM, Burlew CC, Platnick KB, Campion E, Lawless R, Coleman JJ, Hoehn M, Moore EE, Cohen MJ, Werner NL. Assessment of Discharge Analgesic Prescription Patterns for Hospitalized Patients With Rib Fractures. J Surg Res. 2022 Aug;276:48-53. PubMed PMID: 35334383
• Meizoso JP, Moore EE, Pieracci FM, Saberi RA, Ghasabyan A, Chandler J, Namias N, Sauaia A. Role of Fibrinogen in Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Apr 1;234(4):465-473. PubMed PMID: 35290265
• Cralley AL, Hopman J, Leasia K, Robinson C, Morton A, Pieracci FM. Earlier liposomal bupivacaine blocks improve analgesia and decrease opioid requirements for bariatric surgery patients. Am J Surg. 2022 Jul;224(1 Pt A):75-79. PubMed PMID: 35219490
• Prins JTH, Van Lieshout EMM, Ali-Osman F, Bauman ZM, Caragounis EC, Choi J, Christie DB 3rd, Cole PA, DeVoe WB, Doben AR, Eriksson EA, Forrester JD, Fraser DR, Gontarz B, Hardman C, Hyatt DG, Kaye AJ, Ko HJ, Leasia KN, Leon S, Marasco SF, McNickle AG, Nowack T, Ogunleye TD, Priya P, Richman AP, Schlanser V, Semon GR, Su YH, Verhofstad MHJ, Whitis J, Pieracci FM, Wijffels MME. Surgical stabilization versus nonoperative treatment for flail and non-flail rib fracture patterns in patients with traumatic brain injury. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2022 Aug;48(4):3327-3338. PubMed PMID: 35192003
• Meizoso JP, Moore HB, Moore EE, Gilna GP, Ghasabyan A, Chandler J, Pieracci FM, Sauaia A. Traumatic brain injury provokes low fibrinolytic activity in severely injured patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 Jul 1;93(1):8-12. PubMed PMID: 35170585
• Prins JTH, Leasia K, Sauaia A, Burlew CC, Cohen MJ, Coleman JJ, Lawless RA, Platnick KB, Werner NL, Wijffels MME, Moore EE, Pieracci FM. A decade of surgical stabilization of rib fractures: the effect of study year on patient selection, operative characteristics, and in-hospital outcome. Injury. 2022 May;53(5):1637-1644. PubMed PMID: 34953578
• Prins JTH, Leasia K, Dull MB, Lawless RA, Platnick KB, Werner NL, Wijffels MME, Moore EE, Pieracci FM. Surgical Site Infection after Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures: Rare but Morbid. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2022 Feb;23(1):5-11. PubMed PMID: 34762547
• Rodriguez IE, Saben JL, Moore EE, Knudson MM, Moore PK, Pieracci F, Sauaia A, Moore HB. Fibrinolysis Resistance After Injury Is a Risk Factor for a Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia-Like Disease Pattern. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2024 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38394296
• Moore HB, Barrett CD, Moore EE, Pieracci FM, Sauaia A. Differentiating Pathologic from Physiologic Fibrinolysis: Not as Simple as Conventional Thrombelastography. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Feb 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38299576
• Towe CW, Bachman KC, Ho VP, Pieracci F, Worrell SG, Moorman ML, Linden PA, Badrinathan A. Early Repair of Rib Fractures Is Associated with Superior Length of Stay and Total Hospital Cost: A Propensity Matched Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample. Medicina (Kaunas). 2024 Jan 14;60(1). PubMed PMID: 38256413
• Leasia K, Prins JTH, Lawless R, Burlew CC, Moore EE, Platnick B, Karamsetty L, Pieracci FM. Door to door in 24: factors that allow surgical stabilization of rib fractures within 24 hours of admission. J Thorac Dis. 2023 Nov 30;15(11):5922-5930. PubMed PMID: 38090313
• Eriksson EA, Waite A, Whitbeck SS, Bach JA, Bauman ZM, Cavlovic L, Dale K, DeVoe WB, Doben AR, Edwards JG, Forrester JD, Kaye AJ, Green J, Hsu J, Hufford A, Janowak C, Kartiko S, Moore EE, Patel B, Pieracci F, Sarani B, Schubl SD, Semon G, Thomas BW, Tung J, Van Lieshout EMM, White TW, Wijffels MME, Wullschleger ME. An initiative to assess and improve the resources and patient care processes used among Chest Wall Injury Society collaborative centers (CWIS-CC2). J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Oct 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37889926
• Kim YJ, Scott BL, Pieracci FM, Moore EE, Mauffrey C, Parry JA. Open Fixation After Preperitoneal Pelvic Packing Is Associated With a High Surgical Site Infection Rate. J Orthop Trauma. 2023 Nov 1;37(11):547-552. PubMed PMID: 37828686
• Nguyen J, Archer-Arroyo K, Gross JA, Steenburg SD, Sliker CW, Meyer CH, Nummela MT, Pieracci FM, Kaye AJ. Improved chest wall trauma taxonomy: an interdisciplinary CWIS and ASER collaboration. Emerg Radiol. 2023 Oct;30(5):637-645. PubMed PMID: 37700219
• Van Wijck SFM, Smith EF, Werner NL, Madden K, Moore EE, Wijffels MME, Pieracci FM. Evolution of Pulmonary Contusions in Patients With Severe Rib Fractures: Cause for Concern?. Am Surg. 2024 Feb;90(2):261-269. PubMed PMID: 37646136
• Jiang JG, Moore HB, Moore EE, Pieracci F, Sauaia A. Tissue plasminogen activator challenge thrombelastography is the most accurate assay in predicting the need for massive transfusion in hypotensive trauma patients. Am J Surg. 2023 Dec;226(6):778-783. PubMed PMID: 37301646
• Wang L, Zhao Y, Wu W, He W, Yang Y, Wang D, Xu E, Huang H, Zhang D, Jin L, Jing B, Wang M, Jin Z, Daemen JHT, de Loos ER, Greiffenstein P, Bertoglio P, Molnar TF, Pieracci FM. Development and validation of a pulmonary complications prediction model based on the Yang's index. J Thorac Dis. 2023 Apr 28;15(4):2213-2223. PubMed PMID: 37197487
• Ladhani HA, Harrell KN, Burlew CC, van Wijck SFM, Smith EF, Coleman JR, Horwood C, Werner NL, Lawless R, Platnick B, Campion E, Moore EE, VanDerPloeg D, Parry JA, Pieracci FM. Early Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures is Feasible in Patients With Non-Urgent Operative Pelvic Injuries. Am Surg. 2023 Dec;89(12):5813-5820. PubMed PMID: 37183169
• Stuart CM, Huey MG, Ghincea CV, Pieracci FM, Brooke M. Mirizzi syndrome complicated by type IV cholecystobiliary fistula to the right hepatic duct. J Minim Invasive Surg. 2023 Mar 15;26(1):35-39. PubMed PMID: 36936044
• Forrester JD, Eriksson EA, Pieracci FM. Additional Outcomes and Limitations in the Treatment of Acute Unstable Chest Wall Injuries. JAMA Surg. 2023 Jul 1;158(7):773-774. PubMed PMID: 36884228
• Eitel AP, Moore EE, Sauaia A, Kelher MR, Vigneshwar NG, Bartley MG, Hadley JB, Burlew CC, Campion EM, Fox CJ, Lawless RA, Pieracci FM, Platnick KB, Moore HB, Cohen MJ, Silliman CC. A proposed clinical coagulation score for research in trauma-induced coagulopathy. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Jun 1;94(6):798-802. PubMed PMID: 36805626
• Frank M, Sargent B, Tay-Lasso E, Hovis G, Kincaid C, Grant W, Alaniz L, Yi J, Chin TL, Barrios C, Nahmias J, Pieracci F, Schubl S. Erratum to 'Educational assessment of intrathoracic and extrathoracic surgical stabilization of rib fractures' [Injury volume 54 issue 1 (2023) pages 63-69]. Injury. 2023 Mar;54(3):1024. PubMed PMID: 36732149
• Meizoso JP, Sauaia A, Namias N, Manning RJ, Pieracci FM. Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for Early VAP Trial: Study Protocol for a Surgical Infection Society Multicenter, Pragmatic, Randomized Clinical Trial of Four versus Seven Days of Definitive Antibiotic Therapy for Early Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Surgical Patients. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2023 Mar;24(2):163-168. PubMed PMID: 36730717
• Tay-Lasso E, Alaniz L, Grant W, Hovis G, Frank M, Kincaid C, Brynn S, Pieracci FM, Nahmias J, Barrios C, Rockne W, Chin T, Swentek L, Schubl SD. Prospective single-center paradigm shift of surgical stabilization of rib fractures with decreased length of stay and operative time with an intrathoracic approach. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Apr 1;94(4):567-572. PubMed PMID: 36301075

Practice Locations

• Denver Health Medical Center

Specialty Information

• Surgery, Board Certification (2009, 2010)
• Preventive Medicine, Board Certification (2008, 2008)
• Bariatrics

• Critical Care
• Surgery - Adult General Thoracic Surgery
• Surgery - Trauma and Acute Care
• Surgery