Meng Xu, MS

  • Senior Biostatistician
  • Department of Quantitative Health Sciences/Wb4
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • 363 Chester Conference Center
  • 9500 Euclid Avenue
  • Cleveland, Ohio 44195
  • mxu@bio.ri.ccf.org

Current Activities

Meng is currently a Senior Biostatistician on the Alpha-Beta Team in the Biostatistics section of the Department of Quantitaive Health Science within the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. She joined CCF in Sept. 2001.

The majority of her current research is with the Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Anethesia and also collaborates with 50 other departments. She also reviews manuscripts for The Annual of Thoracic Sugery.

Publications

Statistical Methodology

  • Assessing production quality with nonstandard measurement errors. JQT Vol. 36 No. 2 April 2004. Wilson A., Hamada, M., Xu M

Collaborative Applications

  • Tunneled Epidural Catheter Infections in Noncancer Pain: Increased Risk in Patients With Neuropathic Pain/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Clin J Pain. 2006 Jan;22(1):82-89. Hayek SM, Pagie B, Girgis G, Kapural L, Fattouh M, Xu M, Stanton-Hicks, Mekhail NA
  • Flap-induced and laser-induced ocular aberrations in a two-step LASIK procedure. J Refract Surg. 2005 Jul-Aug;21(4):346-52 Waheed S, Chalita MR, Xu M, Krueger RR
  • Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for cystic masses. J Urol. 2005 Aug;174(2):614-9 Spaliviero M, Herts BR, Magi-Galluzzi C, Xu M, Kaouk JH, Tucker K, Steinberg AP, Gill IS
  • Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: trends assessment in tumor selection and outcomes in 300 cases J Urol 173 (suppl) A835, p. 227, 2005 Spaliviero M., Finelli A., Moinzadeh A., Xu M., Lane B.R., Ukimura O., Rubinstein M., Desai M.M., Kaouk J.H., Novick A.C., Gill I.S
  • Laparoscopic nephron-sparing surgery for cystic tumor J Urol 173 (suppl) A1334, p. 362, 2005 Spaliviero M., Herts B.R., Magi-Galluzzi C., Xu M., Lane B.R., Tucker K.M., Desai M.M., Kaouk J.H.,Gill I.S.:
  • A randomized prospective trial comparing unsedated esophagoscopy via transnasal and transoral routes using a 4-mm video endoscope with conventional endoscopy with sedation. Endoscopy. 2005 Jun;37(6):559-65 Thota PN, Zuccaro G Jr, Vargo JJ 2nd, Conwell DL, Dumot JA, Xu M
  • Incontinence after a lateral internal sphincterotomy: are we underestimating it? Dis Colon Rectum. 2005 Jun;48(6):1193-9 Casillas S, Hull TL, Zutshi M, Tizcinski R, Bast JF, Xu M
  • Occult papillary thyroid carcinoma in postmortem species: prevalence at autopsy. Am J Otolaryngol. 2005 Mar-Apr;26(2):87-90 Solares CA, Penalonzo MA, Xu M, Orellana E
  • Improved hemostasis during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy using gelatin matrix thrombin sealant. Urology. 2005 Mar;65(3):463-6 Gill IS, Ramani AP, Spaliviero M, Xu M, Finelli A, Kaouk JH, Desai MM
  • Safety and efficacy of powered intracapsular tonsillectomy in children: a multi-center retrospective case series. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2005 Jan;69(1):21-6. Epub 2004 Nov 5 Solares CA, Koempel JA, Hirose K, Abelson TI, Reilly JS, Cook SP, April MM, Ward RF, Bent JP 3rd, Xu M, Koltai PJ.
  • The effect of epidural vs intravenous analgesia for posterior spinal fusion surgery. Paediatr Anaesth. 2004 Dec;14(12):1009-15. O'Hara JF Jr, Cywinski JB, Tetzlaff JE, Xu M, Gurd AR, Andrish JT.
  • A comparison of postoperative pain control in patients after right lobe donor hepatectomy and major hepatic resection for tumor. Anesth Analg. 2004 Dec;99(6):1747-52 Cywinski JB, Parker BM, Xu M, Irefin SA.
  • Alcon CustomCornea wavefront-guided retreatments after laser in situ keratomileusis. Journal of Refractive Surgery 2004 Sep;20(5):S624-S630. Chalita MR, Xu M, Krueger RR.
  • Bioadhesive (Floseal) in Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: Impact on Learning Curve J Urol 171 (suppl) 1298, p. 342, 2004 Spaliviero M., Ramani A., Xu M., Hasan W., Desai M., Singh D., Kaouk J., Gill I
  • LADARWave wavefront measurement in normal eyes. J Refract Surg. 2004 Mar-Apr;20(2):132-8 Chalita MR, Finkenthal J, Xu M, Drueger RR
  • Wavefront analysis in post-LASIK eyes and its correlation with visual symptoms, refraction, and topography Ophthalmology. 2004 Mar;111(3):447-53 Chalita MR, Chavala S, Xu M, Krueger RR
  • Correlation of aberrations with visual symptoms using wavefront analysis in eyes after laser in situ keratomileusis. J Refract Surg. 2003 Nov-Dec;19(6):S682-6 Chalita MR, Xu M, Drueger RR
  • Long-term outcomes for patients discharged from a long-term hospital-based weaning unit. Chest. 2003 Nov;124(5):1892-9 Stoller Jk, Xu M, Mascha E, Rice R
  • Intracapsular tonsillar reduction partial tonsillectomy: reviving a historical procedure for obstructive sleep disordered breathing in children. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003 Nov;129(5):532-8 Koltai PJ, Solares CA, Koempel JA, Hirose K, Abelson TI, Drakovita PR, Chan J, Xu M, Mascha EJ
  • Intracapsular Partial tonsillectomy for tonsillar hypertrophy in children Laryngoscope. 2002 Aug; 112 (8 Pt 2 Suppl 100: 17-9 Koltai PJ, Solares CA, Mascha EJ, Xu M