Kirk A. Ludwig, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Publications

• Lending a hand: The utility of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery in diverticulitis with fistula.

  (Drezdzon MK, Calata JF, Peterson CY, Otterson MF, Ludwig KA, Ridolfi TJ.) Surgery. 2024 Mar;175(3):776-781 PMID: 37867107 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174461267 10/23/2023

• Going for Broke: The Impact of Cost of Living on Surgery Resident Stipend Value.

  (Drezdzon MK, Cowley NJ, Sweeney DP, Peterson CY, Ridolfi TJ, Ludwig KA, Evans DB, Calata JF.) Ann Surg. 2023 Dec 01;278(6):1053-1059 PMID: 37226808 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176509408 05/25/2023

• Evaluation of the Rothman Index in Predicting Readmission after Colorectal Resection.

  (Peterson KJ, O'Donnell CM, Eastwood DC, Szabo A, Hu KY, Ridolfi TJ, Ludwig KA, Peterson CY.) Am J Med Qual. 2023 Nov 01;38(6):287-293 PMID: 37908031 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85175675759 11/01/2023

• Predicting Neoadjuvant Treatment Response in Rectal Cancer Using Machine Learning: Evaluation of MRI-Based Radiomic and Clinical Models.

  (Peterson KJ, Simpson MT, Drezdzon MK, Szabo A, Ausman RA, Nencka AS, Knechtges PM, Peterson CY, Ludwig KA, Ridolfi TJ.) J Gastrointest Surg. 2023 Jan;27(1):122-130 PMID: 36271199 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140356180 10/23/2022

• Disseminated Histoplasmosis: An Unusual Cause of Bowel Obstruction.

  (Peterson KJ, Rose MR, Davitt C, Ludwig KA.) WMJ. 2022 Dec;121(4):e66-e70 PMID: 36637849 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85146363886 01/14/2023

• Benchmarks in colorectal surgery: multinational study to define quality thresholds in high and low anterior resection.

  (Staiger RD, Rössler F, Kim MJ, Brown C, Trenti L, Sasaki T, Uluk D, Campana JP, Giacca M, Schiltz B, Bahadoer RR, Lee KY, Kupper BEC, Hu KY, Corcione F, Paredes SR, Spampati S, Ukegjini K, Jedrzejczak B, Langer D, Stakelum A, Park JW, Phang PT, Biondo S, Ito M, Aigner F, Vaccaro CA, Panis Y, Kartheuser A, Peeters KCMJ, Tan KK, Aguiar S, Ludwig K, Bracale U, Young CJ, Dziki A, Ryska M, Winter DC, Jenkins JT, Kennedy RH, Clavien PA, Puhan MA, Turina M.) Br J Surg. 2022 Nov 22;109(12):1274-1281 PMID: 36074702 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143552263 09/09/2022

• A Cautionary Note Regarding Obesity and Young Adult Rectal Cancer.

  (Peterson KJ, Blank JJ, Deshpande RR, Liu Y, Peterson CY, Ludwig KA, Ridolfi TJ.) J Gastrointest Surg. 2022 Apr;26(4):927-928 PMID: 34647224 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85117153577 10/15/2021

• Saddle block anesthetic technique for benign outpatient anorectal surgery.

  (Peterson KJ, Dyrud P, Johnson C, Blank JJ, Eastwood DC, Butterfield GE, Stekiel TA, Peterson CY, Ludwig KA, Ridolfi TJ.) Surgery. 2022 Mar;171(3):615-620 PMID: 34887088 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120816955 12/11/2021

• Long term clinical outcomes and associated predictors of progression free survival in anal canal cancer

  (Beltrán Ponce SE, Erickson BA, Hall WA, Bedi M, Martens MJ, Siker M, Thomas J, George B, Ludwig K, Peterson C, Ridolfi T, Longo JM.) Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. February 2022;13(1):185-196 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125562951 02/01/2022

• Sphincter-Sparing Resection for Rectal Cancer. Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2007;20:203-212.

  (Ludwig KA..) Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2007. 01/19/2022

• Impact of Auricular Neurostimulation in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery with an Enhanced Recovery Protocol: A Pilot Randomized, Controlled Trial.

  (Blank JJ, Liu Y, Yin Z, Spofford CM, Ridolfi TJ, Ludwig KA, Otterson MF, Peterson CY.) Dis Colon Rectum. 2021 Feb 01;64(2):225-233 PMID: 33417346 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85099721640 01/09/2021

• Mediocre Mountaineers: Who, How, Where, and Why?

  (Reynolds H, Ludwig KA.) Dis Colon Rectum. 2020 Oct;63(10):1350-1354 PMID: 32969875 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85091671930 09/25/2020