Brian D. Kim, M.D.
Acute Care Surgeon
General Surgeon
Mukherjee K, Schubl SD, Tominaga G, Cantrell S,
Kim B
, Haines KL, Kaups KL, Barraco R, Staudenmayer K, Knowlton LM, Shiroff AM, Bauman ZM, Brooks SE, Kaafarani H, Crandall M, Nirula R, Agarwal SK Jr, Como JJ, Haut ER, Kasotakis G. Non-surgical management and analgesia strategies for older adults with multiple rib fractures: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and joint practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma and the Chest Wall Injury Society. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Mar 1; 94 (3):398-407 Epub 2022 Nov 15
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Mikula AL, Ransom RC, Nesvick CL, Douse DM, Smith AJ, Maldonado G, Clements CM,
Kim BD
, Driscoll CL, Elder BD. Toothbrush Oropharyngeal Impalement With Spinal Canal Compromise: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2022 Dec 1; 23 (6):e377-e378 Epub 2022 Sept 26
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Mahony CR, Traynor MD Jr, Knight AW, Hughes JD, Hernandez MC, Finnesgard EJ, Musa J, Selby SL, Rivera M,
Kim BD
, Heller SF, Zielinski MD. Small bowel obstruction managed without hospital admission: A safe way to reduce both cost and time in the hospital? Surgery. 2022 Jun; 171 (6):1665-1670 Epub 2021 Nov 20
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Polycarpou A,
Kim BD
. Pediatric surgical rib fixation: A collected case series of a rare entity. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 Dec 1; 91 (6):947-950
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De la Cruz Ku G, Nelson E, Calderon R, Hemmati P,
Kim B
. Meckel's Enterolith Causing Small Bowel Obstruction: A Useful Solution to a Unique Problem. Cureus. 2021 Jun; 13 (6):e15934 Epub 2021 June 26
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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
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Trung Tran T, Bjarnason H, McDonald J, Skaga NO, Houghton DE,
Kim B
, Stavem K, Klow NE. Prophylactic placement of inferior vena cava filters and the risk of death or venous thromboembolism in severe trauma patients: a retrospective study comparing two hospitals with different approaches. Acta Radiol Open. 2021 Mar; 10 (3):2058460121999345 Epub 2021 Mar 09
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Doolittle DA, Hernandez MC, Baffour FI, Moynagh MR, Takahashi N, Froemming AT, Glazebrook KN,
Kim BD
. CT-derived sarcopenia should not preclude surgical stabilization of traumatic rib fractures. Eur Radiol Exp. 2021 Feb 16; 5 (1):9
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Tran TT, Bjarnason H, McDonald J, Goss B,
Kim B
, Houghton DE, Stavem K, Klow NE. Does prophylactic inferior vena cava filter reduce the hazard of pulmonary embolism and mortality in severe trauma? A single center retrospective comparative study. Eur J Radiol Open. 2021; 8:100299 Epub 2020 Dec 10
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Enayati M, Heaton H, Wang R, Marisamy G, Farahani NZ, Hellmich T, Pasupathy K,
Kim B
, Nestler D. Trauma Activation Responsiveness: An RFID-enabled trauma flowsheet. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2020 Jul; 2020:5718-5721.
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Robinson NL,
Kim B
. Outcomes in Obese Patients Undergoing Rib Stabilization at a Single Institution over 9 Years The Journal of Cardiothoracic Trauma. 2020; 5(1):29-32.
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
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Hernandez MC, Finnesgard EJ, Shariq OA, Knight A, Stephens D, Aho JM,
Kim BD
, Schiller HJ, Zielinski MD. Disease Severity and Cost in Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction. World J Surg. 2019 Dec; 43 (12):3027-3034
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Junker MS, Kurjatko A, Hernandez MC, Heller SF,
Kim BD
, Schiller HJ. Salvage of rib stabilization hardware with antibiotic beads. Am J Surg. 2019 Nov; 218 (5):869-875 Epub 2019 Feb 28
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Hernandez MC, Khasawneh M, Contreras-Peraza N, Lohse C, Stephens D,
Kim BD
, Zielinski MD. Vaccination and splenectomy in Olmsted County. Surgery. 2019 Oct; 166 (4):556-563 Epub 2019 Aug 01
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Strajina V,
Kim BD
, Zielinski MD. Small bowel obstruction in a virgin abdomen. Am J Surg. 2019 Sep; 218 (3):521-526 Epub 2019 Feb 12
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Bergquist JR, Morris JM, Matsumoto JM, Schiller HJ,
Kim BD
. 3D printed modeling contributes to reconstruction of complex chest wall instability. Trauma Case Rep. 2019 Aug; 22:100218 Epub 2019 June 19
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Hughes JD, Berning MJ, Hunt AS,
Kim BD
, Rivera M, Morris DS, Schiller HJ, Zielinski MD. Rib Fractures in Geriatric Patients: An Observational Study of Surgical Management The Journal of Cardiothoracic Trauma. 2019; 4(1):23-27.
Hernandez MC, Reisenauer JS, Aho JM, Zeb M, Thiels CA, Cross WW 3rd, Schiller HJ,
Kim BD
. Bone Autograft Coupled with Locking Plates Repairs Symptomatic Rib Fracture Nonunions. Am Surg. 2018 Jun 1; 84 (6):844-850
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Hernandez MC, Aho JM, Zielinski MD, Zietlow SP,
Kim BD
, Morris DS. Definitive airway management after pre-hospital supraglottic airway insertion: Outcomes and a management algorithm for trauma patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Jan; 36 (1):114-119 Epub 2017 Sept 18
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Abdelsattar ZM, Ishitani MB,
Kim BD
. Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures in a 6-Year-Old Child After Blunt Trauma. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Dec; 104 (6):e439-e441
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Laan DV, Pandian TK, Jenkins DH,
Kim BD
, Morris DS. Swallowing dysfunction in elderly trauma patients. J Crit Care. 2017 Dec; 42:324-327 Epub 2017 July 15
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Ruparel RK, Laack TA, Brahmbhatt RD, Rowse PG, Aho JM, AlJamal YN,
Kim BD
, Morris DS, Farley DR, Campbell RL. Securing a Chest Tube Properly: A Simple Framework for Teaching Emergency Medicine Residents and Assessing Their Technical Abilities. J Emerg Med. 2017 Jul; 53 (1):110-115 Epub 2017 Apr 11
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Thiels CA, Aho JM, Naik ND, Zielinski MD, Schiller HJ, Morris DS,
Kim BD
. Infected hardware after surgical stabilization of rib fractures: Outcomes and management experience. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2016 May; 80 (5):819-23
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Sawan TG, Nickerson TP, Thiels CA, Aho JM, Cross WW, Schiller HJ,
Kim BD
. Load sharing, not load bearing plates: lessons learned from failure of rib fracture stabilization American Surgeon. 2016 Jan; 82: (1)E15-7.
Nickerson TP, Thiels CA,
Kim BD
, Zielinski MD, Jenkins DH, Schiller HJ. Outcomes of Complete Versus Partial Surgical Stabilization of Flail Chest. World J Surg. 2016 Jan; 40 (1):236-41
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Nickerson TP,
Kim BD
, Zielinski MD, Jenkins D, Schiller HJ. Use of a 90 degrees drill and screwdriver for rib fracture stabilization. World J Surg. 2015 Mar; 39 (3):789-93
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Said SM, Goussous N, Zielinski MD, Schiller HJ,
Kim BD
. Surgical stabilization of flail chest: the impact on postoperative pulmonary function. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2014 Aug; 40 (4):501-5 Epub 2013 Oct 17
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Goussous N,
Kim BD
, Jenkins DH, Zielinski MD. Factors affecting primary fascial closure of the open abdomen in the nontrauma patient. Surgery. 2012 Oct; 152: (4)777-83; discussion 783-4.
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Kim BD
, Zielinski MD, Jenkins DH, Schiller HJ, Berns KS, Zietlow SP. The effects of prehospital plasma on patients with injury: a prehospital plasma resuscitation. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Aug; 73(2 Suppl 1):S49-53.
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Ehman EC, Kaplan KJ,
Kim BD
, Taner T. Multifocal inflammatory fibroid polyps of the ileum. Am Surg 2010 Dec; 76 (12):E227-9
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Zaydfudim V, Cotton BA,
Kim BD
. Pancreatic transection after a sports injury. J Trauma. 2010 Oct; 69: (4)E33.
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Kim BD
, Spinner RJ. Does pain in hand signal recurrent breast cancer? Contemp Surg. 2004 Oct; 60:476-81.
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