Abstract：
:This study compares the findings of conventional computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US) imaging in the preoperative evaluation of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). It also assesses the impact of preoperative CT-derived information on operative strategy. A prospective study was conducted of 96 patients who were considered for aortic aneurysm surgery, and the operative notes and US and CT reports were analyzed to assess correlation of findings and influence of CT on operative tactics. Agreement between CT and US in sizing the aneurysm was generally good. CT was more accurate than US for defining the upper and lower extent of the aneurysm (75% and 83%, respectively, with CT, compared to 47% and 41% with US), although it had a high false positive rate (48%) for juxtarenal disease. Its advantage over US in regard to showing other intraabdominal pathology was only marginal, and it predicted an inflammatory reaction in only two of the five cases. Its influence on operative strategy was minimal: Of the 25 cases where a juxtarenal aneurysm was predicted by CT, only 2 patients did not have surgery as a result. CT is a relatively expensive and time-consuming procedure, and its ionizing radiation, however small, and potential side effects from contrast material hypersensitivity cannot be ignored. In light of the above findings, we suggest that CT scanning need not be routinely employed in the preoperative workup of elective aortic aneurysm repair but should be used only in selected cases.
journal_name
World J Surgjournal_title
World journal of surgeryauthors
Lamah M,Darke Sdoi
10.1007/s002689900626keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
1999-10-01 00:00:00pages
1076-80; discussion 1080-1issue
10eissn
0364-2313issn
1432-2323pii
5027journal_volume
23pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:The moral dilemmas faced by surgeons worldwide who treat patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be viewed against the background of experience in sub-Saharan countries, where the community prevalence is in excess of 25% (90% of hospital inpatients). When seeking consent for an HIV test befor...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-003-7101-x
更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The rectal electrical activity recorded by electrorectogram (ERG) was studied in 22 chronically constipated subjects and 16 healthy volunteers. The latter had a mean (+/- SD) age of 42.6 +/- 8.5 years; 10 were men and 6 women. Of the 22 constipated patients, 14 had inertia-type constipation (IC; age 44.6 +/- 10.2 year...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF00295930
更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the collagen matrix in recurrent inguinal hernias. Total ribonucleic acid (RNA) was extracted from skin fibroblasts of three groups (control group I = healthy skin; control group II = plain skin scar; recurrent inguinal hernia group = skin of recurrent inguinal hernias; each n ...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-001-0239-5
更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The open abdomen (OA) is commonly utilized as a technique during damage control laparotomy (DCL). We propose that a selected group of these OA patients can be extubated prior to abdominal closure to decrease ventilator days and risk of pneumonia. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performed at a Level...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-018-4610-1
更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A marked change toward a more conservative approach in the treatment of abdominal trauma has been noted, especially during the last decade. This change in regimen was first seen in the handling of splenic trauma, initiated by pediatric surgeons. Later, the concept of conservative management was also introduced among a...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/BF01658672
更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:The role for diverting ostomy as a method to help reduce morbidity and mortality has been well established in the combat trauma population. However, factors that influence the type of ostomy used and which ostomies become permanent are poorly studied. We examine patterns of ostomy usage and reversal in a l...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-018-4759-7
更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with negative sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), axillary dissection (AD) can be avoided to reduce morbidities. However, there is only limited data on the rate of positive non-SLN (NSLN) in those who have micrometastasis and isolated tumor cells (ITC) in the literature. METHODS:We did a retrospe...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-015-2984-x
更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Few guidelines exist for the initial management of wounds in disaster settings. As wounds sustained are often contaminated, there is a high risk of further complications from infection, both local and systemic. Healthcare workers with little to no surgical training often provide early wound care, and where r...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00268-014-2663-3
更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Abdominal infections are treated by resuscitation, abdominal drainage, control of the source of infection, and antimicrobial agents. Ideally, antimicrobial therapy is active against expected pathogens, safe and effective in clinical trials, inexpensive, and unlikely to promote drug resistance. Numerous single-agent an...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s002689900363
更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of outcomes to evaluate surgical quality implies the need for detailed risk adjustment. The physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) is a generally applicable risk adjustment model suitable for pancreatic surgery. A pancreaticoduodenectomy (...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-014-2554-7
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this work was to study the impact of anemia on surgical outcomes and the impact of instituting appropriate workup and treatment of anemia on surgical outcomes. METHODS:We conducted a case-control retrospective chart review of all hernia repair, hydrocele repair, and hysterectomy cases at the SEAR...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-012-1615-z
更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:The venous vascular anatomy of the caudate lobe is exceptional. The purpose of this study was to assess portal inflow and venous outflow volumes of the caudate lobe. METHODS:Extrahepatic (provided by the first-order branches) versus intrahepatic (provided by the second- to third-order branches) portal inflow...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-016-3791-8
更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been thirty years since Bianchi introduced the technique that made intestinal lengthening possible. The last three decades have seen lengthening procedures established as vital components of intestinal rehabilitation programs. The goal of the present study was to use a systematic literature review to ...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00268-012-1879-3
更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We evaluated the morbidity associated with primary closure by interrupted subcuticular absorbable sutures following emergency appendectomy. In a prospective clinical trial over a 12-month period, 216 children who underwent emergency appendectomy had skin closure using subcuticular interrupted absorbable polyglactin 4-...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s002689900007
更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies in the literature have reported recovery data for different types of recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries (RLNIs). This study is the first attempt to classify RLNIs and rank them by severity. METHODS:This prospective clinical study analyzed 281 RLNIs in which a true loss of signal was identified b...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-016-3415-3
更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) has been increasingly performed recently. Although it seems plausible that SILC will be associated with less pain compared to standard 4-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), there is currently no conclusive comparative study on the postoperative pain iss...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-010-0842-4
更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The serum hyaluronate (HA) level reflects sinusoidal endothelial cell function correlated with liver function. We have reviewed multiple liver function indicators from 37 patients who underwent hepatectomy for various liver diseases. The serum HA level was well correlated with the indocyanine green retention rate at 1...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-004-7389-1
更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The development of microsurgical techniques has supplied plastic surgery with a new chance to transfer tissue to nearly any recipient site of the body. Classical methods still have their value but also their limits in many circumstances. Free tissue transfer has proved its advantages, especially in covering defects in...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/BF01670525
更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Most neoplasms arising in the parotid gland are benign. Patients with cancer of the parotid gland usually present with normal facial nerve function. In these patients, findings at the time of surgery will guide the management of the facial nerve, with most surgeons preserving the nerve unless it is adherent to, or imb...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s00268-003-7112-7
更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:To illustrate how the high incidence of arrow wounds provided a major stimulus for the development of surgery until a century ago, we conducted a literature search. Our research shows that archaic peoples developed considerable surgical skill for extraction of arrows, including thoracotomy and trephination. A classica...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-001-0168-3
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of locally advanced breast cancer. It can be diagnosed based on a clinical or pathologic basis. We evaluated the usefulness of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scans for diagnosing and staging IBC. We retrospectively reviewed t...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-003-6893-z
更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic resection of posterosuperior (PS) tumors of the liver is more difficult than that of anterolateral (AL) tumors, owing to the narrow surgical field in the PS location. In this retrospective cohort study, our aim was to determine if port insertion through the intercostal space would lead to improv...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-016-3867-5
更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma (LCNEC) is pathologically classified as non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but its clinical behavior is more aggressive than other types of NSCLC. Accordingly, the optimal treatment strategy for LCNEC, including the indication of adjuvant treatment, remains cont...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-017-3908-8
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Significant barriers limit the safe and timely provision of surgical and anaesthetic care in low- and middle-income countries. Nearly one-half of Mongolia's population resides in rural areas where the austere geography makes travel for adequate surgical care very difficult. Our goal was to characterize the a...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-010-0904-7
更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The technical complexity of pancreatic resection has made it a specialized procedure performed in high-volume centers. It has been shown that patients operated on in high-volume pancreatobiliary centers have fewer complications and better survival. The purpose of this study was to share our experience with a...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-014-2644-6
更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs are designed to reduce hospital length of stay by shortening the postoperative recovery period. The intended effect of an accelerated recovery on the length of stay may be frustrated by a delayed discharge. This study was designed to assess the influence of an ...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-007-9404-9
更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Transsphenoidal pituitary surgery has radically modified the management of pituitary-dependent hypercortisolism (Cushing's disease). Bilateral adrenalectomy may, however, represent the ultimate treatment in some cases of hypercortisolism. In the present study we report our experience of bilateral adrenalectomy in 82 p...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s002689900118
更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic incisional and ventral hernia repair (LIVHR) is an alternative approach to conventional open incisional and ventral hernia repair (OIVHR). A consensus on outcomes of LIVHR when compared with OIVHR has not been reached. METHODS:As the basis for the present study, we performed a systematic review...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi：10.1007/s00268-014-2578-z
更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Alternative methods to overcome limitations of electromyogram (EMG) tube applied for intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) during thyroidectomy have been introduced. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of adhesive skin electrodes for IONM of RLN in patients who unde...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-019-05208-3
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound (US) and sestamibi (MIBI) are traditionally considered positive or negative. The purpose of this study was to define and test a new scoring system for MIBI and US and to determine whether this can improve their accuracy for primary hyperparathyroidism. METHODS:This is a prospective study of 200 c...
journal_title：World journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00268-012-1666-1
更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00
