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Robert W. Thompson is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research contributions span the broad field of medicine, with a focus on surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, internal medicine, oncology, and emergency medical services.

The scientist's primary subfields of study are:

  • Surgery
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Internal Medicine
  • Oncology
  • Emergency Medical Services

The scope of topics in Thompson's work covers various medical conditions and treatments, notably:

  • Peripheral Nerve Disorders
  • Shoulder Injury and Treatment
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
  • Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis

Frequent collaborators of Thompson include:

  • J. Westley Ohman
  • Joep A.W. Teijink
  • Danita M. Goestenkors
  • Jens Goeteyn
  • Niels Pesser

Publications by Robert W. Thompson have appeared in various journals, with the most regular contributions in:

  • Journal of Vascular Surgery
  • Hand
  • Annals of Vascular Surgery
  • Genetics in Medicine Open
  • Gastroenterology

Recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Thompson include:

  • Computer-Aided Detection Improves Adenomas per Colonoscopy for Screening and Surveillance Colonoscopy: A Randomized Trial, 2022, Gastroenterology
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in the Overhead Athlete: Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations, 2020, Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
  • Evaluation and Management of Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, 2020, Thoracic surgery clinics/Thorac. surg. clin.
  • Venographic classification and long-term surgical treatment outcomes for axillary-subclavian vein thrombosis due to venous thoracic outlet syndrome (Paget-Schroetter syndrome), 2022, Journal of Vascular Surgery
  • Surgical approaches for thoracic outlet decompression in the treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome, 2023, Journal of Thoracic Disease

Best Publications

  • Targeted gene disruption of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (gelatinase B) suppresses development of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms

    Robert Pyo;Jason K. Lee;J. Michael Shipley;John A. Curci

  • Arginase-1–Expressing Macrophages Suppress Th2 Cytokine–Driven Inflammation and Fibrosis

    John T. Pesce;Thirumalai R. Ramalingam;Margaret M. Mentink-Kane;Mark S. Wilson

  • Long-term graft survival after penetrating keratoplasty.

    Robert W Thompson;Marianne O Price;Patrick J Bowers;Francis W Price

  • Toll-like receptor–induced arginase 1 in macrophages thwarts effective immunity against intracellular pathogens

    Karim C El Kasmi;Joseph E Qualls;John T Pesce;Amber M Smith

  • Immunopathology of schistosomiasis.

    Mark S Wilson;Margaret M Mentink-Kane;John T Pesce;Thirumalai R Ramalingam

  • Production and localization of 92-kilodalton gelatinase in abdominal aortic aneurysms. An elastolytic metalloproteinase expressed by aneurysm-infiltrating macrophages.

    R. W. Thompson;D. R. Holmes;R. A. Mertens;Shixiong Liao

  • Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Conference Writing Group III: Pathophysiology

    David P. Faxon;Valentin Fuster;Peter Libby;Joshua A. Beckman

  • TH2 and TH17 inflammatory pathways are reciprocally regulated in asthma

    David F. Choy;Kevin M. Hart;Lee A. Borthwick;Aarti Shikotra

  • Doxycycline inhibition of aneurysmal degeneration in an elastase-induced rat model of abdominal aortic aneurysm: Preservation of aortic elastin associated with suppressed production of 92 kD gelatinase

    Drazen Petrinec;Shixiong Liao;Dennis R. Holmes;Jeffrey M. Reilly

  • Immunopathogenesis of schistosomiasis

    Thomas A. Wynn;Robert W. Thompson;Allen W. Cheever;Margaret M. Mentink-Kane

  • Prolonged administration of doxycycline in patients with small asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms: report of a prospective (Phase II) multicenter study.

    B.Timothy Baxter;William H. Pearce;Eugene A. Waltke;Fred N. Littooy

  • Role of matrix metalloproteinases in abdominal aortic aneurysms

    Robert W. Thompson;William C. Parks

  • The IL-21 receptor augments Th2 effector function and alternative macrophage activation.

    John Pesce;Mallika Kaviratne;Thirumalai R. Ramalingam;Robert W. Thompson

  • Abdominal aortic aneurysms: basic mechanisms and clinical implications.

    Robert W. Thompson;Patrick J. Geraghty;Jason K. Lee

  • Pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms: A multidisciplinary research program supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute******

    Momtaz Wassef;B. Timothy Baxter;Rex L. Chisholm;Ronald L. Dalman

  • Spontaneous closure of selected iatrogenic pseudoaneurysms and arteriovenous fistulae

    Boulos Toursarkissian;Brent T. Allen;Drazen Petrinec;Robert W. Thompson

  • Preoperative treatment with doxycycline reduces aortic wall expression and activation of matrix metalloproteinases in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms.

    John A. Curci;Dongli Mao;Diane G. Bohner;Brent T. Allen

  • Doxycycline in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms and in mice: Comparison of serum levels and effect on aneurysm growth in mice

    Amy K. Prall;G.Matthew Longo;William G. Mayhan;Eugene A. Waltke

  • Neutrophil depletion inhibits experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm formation.

    Jonathan L. Eliason;Kevin K. Hannawa;Gorav Ailawadi;Indranil Sinha

  • Mast cells modulate the pathogenesis of elastase-induced abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice

    Jiusong Sun;Galina K. Sukhova;Min Yang;Paul J. Wolters

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Wynn
Thomas A. Wynn Pfizer (United States)
Allen W. Cheever
Allen W. Cheever National Institutes of Health
Gilbert R. Upchurch
Gilbert R. Upchurch University of Florida
William C. Parks
William C. Parks Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Joseph S. Coselli
Joseph S. Coselli Baylor College of Medicine
Galina K. Sukhova
Galina K. Sukhova Harvard Medical School
Scott A. LeMaire
Scott A. LeMaire Baylor College of Medicine
Joseph F. Urban
Joseph F. Urban United States Department of Agriculture
Peter Libby
Peter Libby Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter J. Murray
Peter J. Murray Max Planck Society

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