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Robert W. Beart is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Surgery.

The main topics of their work include hernia repair and management, intestinal and peritoneal adhesions, body contouring and surgery, pelvic and acetabular injuries, abdominal surgery and complications, appendicitis diagnosis and management, and myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment.

They have published research in several venues, including:

  • The American Journal of Surgery
  • Hernia
  • International journal of abdominal wall and hernia surgery
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Mini-invasive Surgery

Notable recent papers by Robert W. Beart include:

  • Selected conditions associated with an increased incidence of incisional hernia: A review of molecular biology, 2020, The American Journal of Surgery
  • Staged complex abdominal wall hernia repair in morbidly obese patients, 2020, Hernia
  • Biomarkers and heterogeneous fibroblast phenotype associated with incisional hernia, 2021, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Current status of inguinal hernia management, 2022, International journal of abdominal wall and hernia surgery
  • Assessing the Quality of Rectal Cancer Pathology Reports in National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocol R-04/NRG Oncology, 2020, Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert W. Beart include:

  • Matthew J. Reilly
  • Nicholas K. Larsen
  • Swati Agrawal
  • Patrick J. McBee
  • Finosh G. Thankam

Their subfields of study include:

  • Surgery
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Oncology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine

Best Publications

  • A comparison of laparoscopically assisted and open colectomy for colon cancer.

    Heidi Nelson;Daniel J Sargent;H Sam Wieand

  • Effective surgical adjuvant therapy for high-risk rectal carcinoma.

    J E Krook;C G Moertel;L L Gunderson;H S Wieand

  • Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer is not inferior to open surgery based on 5-year data from the COST Study Group trial.

    James Fleshman;Daniel J. Sargent;Erin Green;Mehran Anvari

  • Simplified assessment of segmental colonic transit

    Amanda M. Metcalf;Sidney F. Phillips;Alan R. Zinsmeister;Robert L. MacCarty

  • Methylation of the 5′ CpG Island of the p16/CDKN2 Tumor Suppressor Gene in Normal and Transformed Human Tissues Correlates with Gene Silencing

    M. Gonzalez-Zulueta;C. M. Bender;A. S. Yang;Tudung Nguyen

  • Vascular Complications of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Robert W. Talbot;Jacques Heppell;Roger R. Dozois;Robert W. Beart

  • Diverticulitis in the United States: 1998-2005: changing patterns of disease and treatment.

    David A. Etzioni;Thomas M. Mack;Robert W. Beart;Andreas M. Kaiser

  • The management of complicated diverticulitis and the role of computed tomography.

    Andreas M Kaiser;Jeng-Kae Jiang;Jeffrey P Lake;Glenn Ault

  • Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for chronic ulcerative colitis. Long-term results.

    John H. Pemberton;Keith A. Kelly;Robert W. Beart;Roger R. Dozois

  • Carcinoma of the anal canal, a clinical and pathologic study of 188 cases

    Bruce M. Boman;Charles G. Moertel;Michael J. O'Connell;Mark Scott

  • Adult soft tissue sarcomas. A pattern of care survey of the American College of Surgeons.

    Walter Lawrence;William L. Donegan;Nachimuth Natarajan;Curtis Mettlin

  • Volvulus of the colon. Incidence and mortality.

    Garth H. Ballantyne;Michael D. Brandner;Robert w. Beart;Duane M. Ilstrup

  • Capecitabine and Oxaliplatin in the Preoperative Multimodality Treatment of Rectal Cancer: Surgical End Points From National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Trial R-04

    Michael J. O'Connell;Linda H. Colangelo;Robert W. Beart;Nicholas J. Petrelli

  • Laparoscopic colectomy: A critical appraisal

    P. M. Falk;R. W. Beart;S. D. Wexner;A. G. Thorson

  • Retrorectal tumors. Mayo Clinic experience, 1960-1979.

    Shu-Wen Jao;Robert W. Beart;Robert J. Spencer;Herbert M. Reiman

  • Reduction in Adhesive Small-Bowel Obstruction by Seprafilm® Adhesion Barrier After Intestinal Resection

    Victor W. Fazio;Zane Cohen;James W. Fleshman;Harry van Goor

  • The Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: Preliminary Results From a Prospective Analysis of 1194 Laparoscopic-Assisted Colectomies

    Bennett Cl;Stryker Sj;Ferreira Mr;Adams J

  • Care after colonic operation--is it evidence-based? Results from a multinational survey in Europe and the United States.

    Henrik Kehlet;Markus W. Büchler;Robert W. Beart;Richard P. Billingham

  • Prolonged Postoperative Ileus—Definition, Risk Factors, and Predictors after Surgery

    Avo Artinyan;Joseph W. Nunoo-Mensah;Swarna Balasubramaniam;Jim Gauderman

  • Neoadjuvant 5-FU or Capecitabine Plus Radiation With or Without Oxaliplatin in Rectal Cancer Patients: A Phase III Randomized Clinical Trial

    Carmen J. Allegra;Greg Yothers;Michael J. O’Connell;Robert W. Beart

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