Modification of mesosigmoidoplasty for nongangrenous sigmoid volvulus.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The stapled hemorrhoidopexy is reported to have a low recurrence while treating the major hemorrhoidal symptoms of bleeding and prolapse. The aim of this study is to obtain long-term results on the outcome of the stapled hemorrhoidopexy. METHODS:All patients with a hemorrhoidal disease grade III, who underw...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Schneider R,Jäger P,Ommer A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past three decades Canada has developed an exemplary system of universal health care. However, current financial constraints threaten to undermine the very foundation of the system that represents Canada's respect for social justice. The first of these two articles (Part 1) discusses the unique characteristic...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Cohen AH,Cohen R,Taylor BR,Reznick RK

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last decade, robotic video-assisted thoracic surgery (R-VATS) has grown significantly and consolidated as an alternative to video-assisted thoracic surgery. The objective of this study is to present the implementation as well as the experience with R-VATS accumulated by 2 Brazilian groups. We also com...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Terra RM,Haddad R,de Campos JRM,de Araújo PHXN,Lima CET,Braga F,Bibas BJ,Trindade JM,Lauricella LL,Pêgo-Fernandes PM

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Management of critically ill patients is challenging in a low-resource setting. In Rwanda, peritonitis is a common surgical condition where patients often present late, with advanced disease. We aim to describe critical care management of patients with peritonitis in Rwanda. METHODS:Data were collected at a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Rickard J,Ngarambe C,Ndayizeye L,Smart B,Riviello R,Majyambere JP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of how factors related to esophageal cancer resection affect long-term quality of life after surgery is scarce, and no population-based studies are available. Therefore, we conducted a Swedish nationwide, prospective, population-based study of how esophageal surgery-related factors influence quality of life ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Viklund P,Lindblad M,Lagergren J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We aimed to describe the pattern of solid organ injuries (SOIs) and analyze the characteristics, management and outcomes based on the multiplicity of SOIs. METHODS:A retrospective study in a Level 1 trauma center was conducted and included patients admitted with blunt abdominal trauma between 2011 and 2014....

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： El-Menyar A,Abdelrahman H,Al-Hassani A,Peralta R,AbdelAziz H,Latifi R,Al-Thani H

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thoracoscopic repair of esophageal atresia is considered to be one of the more advanced pediatric surgical procedures, and it undoubtedly has a learning curve. This is a single-center study that was designed to determine the learning curve of thoracoscopic repair of esophageal atresia. METHODS:The study inv...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： van der Zee DC,Tytgat SH,Zwaveling S,van Herwaarden MY,Vieira-Travassos D

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraperitoneal forgotten foreign bodies are prone to create adhesions and to encapsulate, or to provoke an exudative response, with or without accompanying bacterial infection. Often a process of self-extrusion is initiated. This is also true for gossypibomas, retained surgical sponges. Presentation is possible as a ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lauwers PR,Van Hee RH

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical treatment of groin hernias continues to undergo technical modifications. The introduction of minimally invasive surgery had added a possible new dimension, replacing an inguinal approach by laparoscopy. Conceived some 15 years ago, the thesis was subjected to a clinical trial where coincidental abdominal ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ger R,Mishrick A,Hurwitz J,Romero C,Oddsen R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that there are two subgroups of patients with different types of biliary bile acid output after relief of obstructive jaundice by percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD). The reason for two groups is not clear but is possibly the difference in hepatic reserve function. The aim...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Chijiiwa K,Mizuta A,Ueda J,Takamatsu Y,Nakamura K,Watanabe M,Kuroki S,Tanaka M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare and aggressive malignancy with poor prognosis, as a majority of patients present with advanced disease. Current adjuvant strategies for metastatic patients include mitotane or other cytotoxic agents and carry a significant morbidity as well as a low (<10 %) 5-year sur...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Subramanian C,Zhang H,Gallagher R,Hammer G,Timmermann B,Cohen M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A recent analysis found bradycardia during laparoscopy as a potential early warning sign of cardiac arrest. Knowledge regarding bradycardia frequency and its consequences during laparoscopy is limited. METHODS:Using the computerized record database, files of 9915 patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery, be...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Dabush-Elisha I,Goren O,Herscovici A,Matot I

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Roux-en-Y anastomosis is the standard of care for biliary reconstruction. Yet, a direct bilio-biliary anastomosis preserves the normal sphincter mechanism and endoscopic access to the biliary tree for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction is widely used in liver transplanta...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Memeo R,Belli A,Kluger MD,Tayar C,Laurent A,Cherqui D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common and poorly understood movement disorder that leads to unpleasant leg sensations. Although RLS can be idiopathic, secondary etiologies such as iron deficiency and renal failure are common. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate whether RLS is a common...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Schneider R,Karakas E,Bartsch DK,Schlosser K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The well-known poor prognosis of proximal bile duct cancer is due to its unfortunate anatomical location and its late diagnosis. Successful tumor resection, which is considered to be optimal treatment, depends on many factors. Eighty-eight patients suffering from proximal bile duct cancer underwent surgical exploratio...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Puhalla H,Gruenberger T,Pokorny H,Soliman T,Wrba F,Sponer U,Winkler T,Ploner M,Raderer M,Steininger R,Mühlbacher F,Laengle F

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraabdominal bleeding, the most life-threatening complication following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), most often is associated with failure of a pancreaticojejunostomy anastomosis or with intraabdominal infection. We investigated whether placement of an omental flap around the splanchnic vessels in PD could reduce t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Maeda A,Ebata T,Kanemoto H,Matsunaga K,Bando E,Yamaguchi S,Uesaka K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax is widely treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) bullectomy and pleurodesis. Treatment of postoperative pain with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is controversial as many surgeons believe that it reduces the efficacy of pleurodesis and increases the pne...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ben-Nun A,Golan N,Faibishenko I,Simansky D,Soudack M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding has been expanded from a purely diagnostic role to a therapeutic role in many patients. In addition to controlling active bleeding, it is an option in a patient who is clinically at a high risk of rebleeding, or in patients who have peptic ulcers with visible ve...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Steffes CP,Sugawa C

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate presurgical assessment is important to anticipate postoperative complications, especially in the growing proportion of elderly cancer patients. We designed a study to define which comorbid conditions at the time of diagnosis predict complications after surgery for colorectal cancer. PATIENTS:A rand...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lemmens VE,Janssen-Heijnen ML,Houterman S,Verheij KD,Martijn H,van de Poll-Franse L,Coebergh JW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) has gained widespread popularity in recent years. Nonetheless, patient selection, technical consideration and oncological safety of its extension to breast cancer treatment remain uncertain. Few publications have reviewed the application of NSM in Asian populations. METHODS:W...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Chan YH,Yau WM,Cheung PS

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of conventional traumatic injuries and radiation exposure has synergistic consequences, the full extent of which may take days to weeks to become apparent. Our understanding of such is derived from a variety of laboratory and clinical scenarios involving both therapeutic and accidental exposures. When ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hirsch EF,Bowers GJ

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although seemingly straightforward, tube thoracostomy (TT) has been associated with complication rates as high as 30 %. A lack of a standardized nomenclature for reporting TT complications makes comparison and evaluation of reports impossible. We aim to develop a classification method in order to standardi...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Aho JM,Ruparel RK,Rowse PG,Brahmbhatt RD,Jenkins D,Rivera M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The association between socioeconomic status (SES) and relative survival of rectal cancer is little investigated. We hypothesized that the impact on risk of death by SES would be much smaller when differences in background mortality (comorbidity, lifestyle factors) were taken into account, i.e. in modellin...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Olsson LI,Granstrom F

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The recent development and spread of ultrasonography and ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) has facilitated the detection of small papillary microcarcinomas of the thyroid measuring 1 cm or less (PMC). The marked difference in prevalence between clinical thyroid carcinoma and PMC det...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ito Y,Miyauchi A,Inoue H,Fukushima M,Kihara M,Higashiyama T,Tomoda C,Takamura Y,Kobayashi K,Miya A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic management of polypoid early colonic cancer (malignant polyps and polypoid carcinomas) is no longer controversial. When the endoscopist is satisfied that excision is complete and histology is "favorable" (a resection margin of 2 mm and well or moderately well differentiated tumor), surgery is unnecessary. W...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Williams CB,Saunders BP,Talbot IC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is difficult to evaluate precisely the effects of one individual on an entire discipline such as surgery. Indeed, it is impossible to do so when such a discipline spans so vast a country as the United States of America. Nevertheless, as a mountain peak can be seen from afar, so may one perceive the influence of man...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Modlin IM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the original article, the units indicated on the y-axes of Fig. 3 are incorrectly labelled. The correct label is pg/mL. Following is the corrected Fig. 3. ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bradley M,Dente C,Khatri V,Schobel S,Lisboa F,Shi A,Hensman H,Kirk A,Buchman TG,Elster E

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of screening programs for cancer is considered. Initial evaluation has to be in terms of mortality, but increasing importance should be attached to measures which evaluate the interaction of early detection with the disease process. These include the degree to which diagnosis is advanced, both in time a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Day NE

更新日期：1989-01-01 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

authors： Zhang Y,Zhou H,Chai Y,Cao C,Jin K,Hu Z

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strong evidence has confirmed the benefit of laparoscopy in colorectal cancer resection but remains a challenging procedure. It is not clear that such promising results in selected patients translate into a favorable risk-benefit balance in real practice. We conducted a multicenter national observational reg...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Huscher CG,Bretagnol F,Corcione F

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00