Trauma management in ancient Greece: value of surgical principles through the years.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The prognosis of Fournier's gangrene (FG) depends on early diagnosis and management. In this study, our objective was to identify the distinct features of FG that may influence the clinical outcome. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performed in patients with a diagnosis of FG between January 1999 and...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Yanar H,Taviloglu K,Ertekin C,Guloglu R,Zorba U,Cabioglu N,Baspinar I

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A PubMed search of the biomedical literature was carried out to systematically review the role of laparoscopy in colonic diverticular disease. All original reports comparing elective laparoscopic, hand-assisted, and open colon resection for diverticular disease of the colon, as well as original reports evalu...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Gaertner WB,Kwaan MR,Madoff RD,Willis D,Belzer GE,Rothenberger DA,Melton GB

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, most patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in Switzerland are inpatients for 2-3 days. Due to a lack of available hospital beds, we asked whether day-case surgery would be an option for patients in central Switzerland. The questions of acceptability of outpatient LC and factors con...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Widjaja SP,Fischer H,Brunner AR,Honigmann P,Metzger J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric emptying times and symptoms were recorded in 18 patients after total gastrectomy and either a 15-cm J-pouch (n = 10) or a standard esophagojejunal anastomosis (n = 8). A solid test meal labeled with 99mTc was used to compare the emptying times. The postoperative symptoms and nutritional status were also assess...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： McAleese P,Calvert H,Ferguson WR,Laird J

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The decision to perform a relaparotomy in patients with secondary peritonitis is based on "clinical judgment" with inherent variability among surgeons. Our objective was to review the literature on prognostic variables for ongoing abdominal infection. Predictive variables for positive findings at relaparot...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lamme B,Mahler CW,van Ruler O,Gouma DJ,Reitsma JB,Boermeester MA

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) should be treated with complete surgical resection whenever possible. Incomplete resections do not cure, and the optimal pulmonary resection is anatomic lobectomy. Limited resections (wedge resection and segmentectomy) are associated with a threefold increas...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Korst RJ,Ginsberg RJ

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondrosarcomas of the head and neck are uncommon. Over a 35-year period (1950-1985) at our institution, 557 patients had an established diagnosis of chondrosarcoma. In 28 (5%) of these patients, the tumor was located in the head and neck region. A retrospective analysis was performed in an attempt to accurately defin...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ruark DS,Schlehaider UK,Shah JP

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trends are changing in the management of infants and children with indirect inguinal hernias. Advances in neonatal intensive care have resulted in the survival of many small premature infants who have a high incidence of inguinal hernia. The rate of incarceration, strangulation, and gonadal infarction in these babies ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Grosfeld JL

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of emergency general surgery conditions is high in sub-Saharan Africa, and poor access to surgical care leads to poor patient outcomes. We examined the trends in mortality in patients presenting with an acute abdomen to a referral hospital. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of the prospectively co...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Purcell LN,Robinson B,Msosa V,Gallaher J,Charles A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy is an established practice in our institution, with an experience of more than 800 cases. The present study is conducted to evaluate the contemporary outcomes of day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the setting of a major teaching hospital. A retrospective analysis of 200 pa...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lau H,Brooks DC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood loss during liver transection and ischemia-reperfusion injury associated with hepatic inflow occlusion are significant drawbacks during liver surgery. Sixteen patients underwent liver resection using the Monopolar Floating Ball (FB) plus LigaSure (LS) diathermy without occlusion of the hepatoduodenal ligament (g...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sakamoto Y,Yamamoto J,Kokudo N,Seki M,Kosuge T,Yamaguchi T,Muto T,Makuuchi M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dickkopf-3 (DKK3) may act as a tumor suppressor as it is down-regulated in various types of cancer. This study assessed the DKK3 protein expression in gastric cancer and its potential value as a prognostic marker. METHODS:DKK3 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry in 158 gastric cancer samples fr...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Park JM,Kim MK,Chi KC,Kim JH,Lee SH,Lee EJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incisional hernia is a serious postoperative complication of laparotomy. Selecting an appropriate suture material may lessen such morbidity. This study undertook a prospective, randomized comparison of early-absorbable polyglactin 910 suture versus late-absorbable polydioxanone loop suture for fascial closure after ab...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hsiao WC,Young KC,Wang ST,Lin PW

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A minority of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is at high-risk of developing recurrent disease and death. Risk group stratification as defined by age, metastases to distant site, extrathyroidal invasion, and tumor size (AMES) criteria is frequently employed to identify high-risk patients for aggressive ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lo CY,Chan WF,Lam KY,Wan KY

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Open surgical cricopharyngeal myotomy(CM) is considered standard of care for Zenker's diverticulum(ZD). Trans-oral CM has been described using a rigid stapling device for two decades; however, this remains problematic for severely kyphotic patients. This problem can be overcome with flexible endoscopy utiliz...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Jones D,Aloraini A,Gowing S,Cools-Lartigue J,Leimanis M,Tabah R,Ferri L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common cause of major morbidity after liver resection. This study aimed to identify the risk factors for incisional and organ/space SSIs after liver resection. METHODS:Our liver surgery database was retrospectively analyzed for patients treated between January 2009 and Nov...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kokudo T,Uldry E,Demartines N,Halkic N

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the rarity of adrenocortical carcinoma, survival rates and the prognosis for patients who have undergone operation are not well known. The purpose of the French Association of Endocrine Surgery was to evaluate these factors over an 18-year period. A trend study was associated to assess changes in the clinic...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Icard P,Goudet P,Charpenay C,Andreassian B,Carnaille B,Chapuis Y,Cougard P,Henry JF,Proye C

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated survival and tumor-related symptoms in the presence of mesenteric lymph node and liver metastases in relation to surgical procedures in 314 patients (148 women, mean age at diagnosis 61 years; 249 with liver metastases) treated for midgut carcinoid tumors. Of the operated patients, 46% presented with...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hellman P,Lundström T,Ohrvall U,Eriksson B,Skogseid B,Oberg K,Tiensuu Janson E,Akerström G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers of the distal rectum (less than 7.5 cm from the anal verge) that are freely mobile, moderately well or well differentiated, less than 4 cm in size, limited to the bowel wall, and without evidence of metastasis should be considered candidates for treatment with electrocoagulation for cure. Tumor cell ploidy and...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Eisenstat TE,Oliver GC

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principles of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy include the successful preoperative localization of a solitary adenoma, a targeted operative approach that does not disturb the normal parathyroid glands, and intraoperative confirmation of excision of all hypersecreting parathyroid tissue. By providing real-time ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Inabnet WB

更新日期：2004-12-01 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:Anal manometry is a useful tool for testing the effectiveness of surgical treatment. However, most techniques for anal pressure measurement are not easily available because of high cost. The aim of the present study was to introduce an easy and reproducible method for measuring anal pressures in testing the ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Günal O,Gürleyik E,Arikan Y,Pehlivan M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Jejunal diverticula are rare lesions, and when complications arise, they pose diagnostic difficulties. Perforation is a common complication resulting in an acute abdomen, although preoperative diagnosis is usually not possible. The "gold standard" for management for patients with complications is surgery. ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Palanivelu C,Rangarajan M,Rajapandian S,Maheshkumaar GS,Madankumar MV

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although pancreatectomy is still performed in a few patients with pancreatic cancer, and nearly all patients who develop pancreatic cancer eventually die of their disease, significant improvements have been made recently. Pancreatectomy is now safer, with major morbidity (hemorrhage, pancreatic anastomotic leak, intra...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tsiotos GG,Farnell MB,Sarr MG

更新日期：1999-09-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery showed that countries with surgeon, anesthetist, and obstetrician (SAO) densities of 20-40 SAO/100,000 population were associated with improved health outcomes and recommended a global surgical workforce scale-up by 2030. Whether countries would be able to achieve such...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Daniels KM,Riesel JN,Verguet S,Meara JG,Shrime MG

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is no standardized treatment for patients with chemo-resistant or recurrent advanced ovarian cancer. Locoregional treatments combining cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal chemohyperthermia (HIPEC) may improve survival for locoregional disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A prospective single center study ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Cotte E,Glehen O,Mohamed F,Lamy F,Falandry C,Golfier F,Gilly FN

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. However, to our best knowledge, at least 163 cases of functioning parathyroid carcinoma appeared in the English literature from 1981 to 1989. We summarize the available information obtained from the reports of those patients and compare it with prev...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Obara T,Fujimoto Y

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central venous catheters should be positioned at the cavoatrial junction or the right atrium. If catheters are inserted to a depth derived by adding the length between the needle insertion point and the clavicular notch and the length between the clavicular notch and the carina, the catheter tip can be place...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Mo H,Ahn S,Lee J,Cho S,Min SK

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed our experience with 34 patients with metastatic endocrine tumors (METs) who were treated by different modalities. Eight patients were treated by chemotherapy or chemoembolization because of stable disease or surgical contraindications. Seventeen patients underwent curative or cytoreductive surgical resecti...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Dousset B,Saint-Marc O,Pitre J,Soubrane O,Houssin D,Chapuis Y

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00