aMichael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX
bMichael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
cDepartment of Statistics, Rice University, Houston, TX
dHouston VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, Houston, TX
eDepartment of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX
*Correspondence address: Mike K Liang, MD, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd, OCL (112), Houston, TX 77030.
email: [email protected]
Received May 24, 2013; Revised July 13, 2013; Accepted August 5, 2013.
Disclosure Information: Dr Liang is currently an investigator and receives grants from Lifecell and Acell. All other authors have nothing to disclose.
Dr Kao is a mentor for a resident grant from the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and does not receive any salary support from this grant.
Ms Berger and Dr Li contributed equally to this work.
Abstract presented at the Academic Surgical Congress and the Annual Meeting of the Surgical Infection Society, New Orleans, LA, February 2013.