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:This paper reports an unusual case of orthopedic trauma in a 29-year-old man who experienced concomitant bilateral anterior shoulder fracture dislocation with associated brachial plexus and axillary artery injury. We also highlight the mechanism underlying this rare workplace injury related to use of a forklift.
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Int Surgjournal_title
International surgeryauthors
Lin CY,Chen SJ,Yu CT,Chang ILsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-03-01 00:00:00pages
89-92issue
2eissn
0020-8868issn
2520-2456journal_volume
92pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Benign tracheal stenosis is responsible for considerable morbidity, and it is difficult to treat. Our objective is to present the results of surgical treatment. This was a retrospective chart review from the tertiary care center on Head and Neck Surgery in Hospital Ana Costa. We performed a retrospective review of 19 ...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Seventy-seven colostomies were performed in 74 patients: 35 for high anorectal agenesis, 34 for Hirschsprung's disease, 2 for necrotizing enterocolitis, 2 for small left colon syndrome, and 1 for volvulus neonatorum with perforation. There were 55 boys and 19 girls with a mean age of 0.8 years. The different types of ...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::For many years, treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) has been a matter of debate. Since the introduction of videothoracoscopy, videothoracoscopic procedures have replaced thoracotomy as the ultimate procedure for treatment of complicated cases of SP in many institutes. However, the place of (video) thoracoscopy ...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The prophylactic use of the antifibrinolytic drug, PAMBA, in a small intravenous dose preoperatively, combined with local irrigation postoperatively, effectively reduces blood loss. The drug is safe and relatively free of adverse side effects, but attentive postoperative care is warranted. ...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1979-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The purpose of this study was to clarify the rate and characteristics of conscious disorder without intracranial hemorrhagic injury in polytrauma patients. The medical records of polytrauma patients with conscious disorder without intracranial hemorrhagic injury were reviewed. Fifty-five patients (35.3% of 156 polytra...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a group of 82 women with congenital or acquired uterine malformation (such as intrauterine adhesions or uterus myomatosus), cerclage was successfully performed according to the McDonald method. The percentage of term deliveries increased from 29.8% to 69.2% and the percentage of spontaneous abortions decreased from...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1977-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Proximal gastrectomy (PG) has been introduced for patients who are preoperatively diagnosed with early gastric cancer located in the upper third of the stomach. In the present study, we compared the prognosis of patients who underwent PG with that of patients who underwent total gastrectomy (TG). Between 1997 and 2006...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.9738/CC150.1
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Total parenteral nutrition or elemental diet has frequently replaced the use of a proximal stoma. Since 1969, data on patients receiving these non-residue nutritional methods have been collated daily; there were 63 patients where the surgeon believed that a proximal stoma would otherwise have been indicated. In 35 pat...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas with elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is presented. The diagnosis was reached using histopathological techniques. AFP was positive in the tumor specimen, immunohistochemically. Serum AFP had fallen temporarily after surgery and chemotherapy. The patient survived 6....
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1984-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Between April 1989 and November 1991, 500 consecutive patients (393 women and 107 men, aged 17 to 87 years) underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at our institution. The most common indication for surgery was chronic calculous cholecystitis. Twelve (2.4%) patients underwent emergency surgery, and the rest had electiv...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Mechanical trauma, thermal injury, tissue ischemia during the operation, postoperative infections, and foreign body reactions are important factors for adhesion formation. Bleeding and bile leakage after liver resections can also cause intra-abdominal adhesions. We aimed to evaluate the intra-abdominal adhesions after...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::This retrospective study investigated the clinicopathologic characteristics and clinical outcomes of esophageal basaloid squamous carcinoma (BSC). Among 190 patients with esophageal carcinoma treated surgically between 1998 and 2011, we identified 9 (4.7%) with BSC. All of the patients were male, with a median age of ...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.9738/CC195
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A new classification of proximal bile duct tumors mainly based on endo- and exobiliary neoplastic invasion, indicating radical or palliative surgery is proposed. Fifty-eight patients underwent radical (12) or palliative (46) surgery. The 5-year survival rate of patients treated radically is 40% compared to 0% in patie...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The spleen in newborns, infants, and children is rarely involved in a variety of pathological processes. These processes may involve an isolated splenic disease or may be a part of a systemic illness. Renal vein thrombosis in infants of diabetic mothers has been reported. We report a case of a newborn with intestinal ...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We studied all the 70 cases of liver cancer referred to us in 1988. Sixty (85.71%) were primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the other 10 (14.29%) were metastatic liver cancer. Of the 60 HCC, 48 were males and 12 females. Peak age incidence was between 20-40 years. Forty-five (75%) had tumours in both lobes. Of the...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Two hundred and thirty patients, treated by resection for bronchial carcinoma, were analysed. The histological examination showed in 80% a squamous cell carcinoma, in 11.3% an adenocarcinoma, in 5.3% a large cell and in 3.4% a small cell carcinoma. There was a great difference between preoperative and postsurgical TNM...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Thirty four patients with funnel chest were operated on using the Zimmer plate and/or U shaped rod. There were no recurrences of the chest deformity and 78.6% were satisfied with the result. The low % VC significantly improved after the operation. Five cases had one of the following complications, massive bleeding fro...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A subcutaneously placed afferent jejunl loop pexis, which is often performed during a hepaticojejunostomy, opens a route to the biliary tract, through which appropriate instruments can be passed should postoperative complications arise, requiring a choledochoscopy, the removal of calculi, and for the dilatation of the...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::An 89-year-old woman presented with a chief complaint of induration in the left breast persisting for 1 month. Core needle biopsy of the lesion showed invasive breast cancer. Therefore, we diagnosed the lesion as left breast cancer and performed a modified mastectomy. On the immunohistochemical study, the tumor was po...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Benign nonparasitic cysts of the spleen are a rare entity. Surgical treatment is indicated when they become symptomatic. Splenic conservative techniques are preferred, given the important immunologic role of the spleen. Laparoscopy has been used in the treatment of different splenic diseases with favorable results in ...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::This preliminary study included five patients with a history of haematemesis resulting from rupture of oesophageal varices complicating schistosomal hepatic fibrosis. Simultaneous measurements were taken of the endoscopic variceal pressure (EVP) and the free portal pressure (FPP) obtained by the cannulation of a mesen...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fifty-four patients with tracheal stenosis due to benign stricture and malignancy underwent airway reconstruction with a molded Silicone prosthesis (Neville Prosthesis). In 40 patients, the trachea was reconstructed with a straight prosthesis; of these 29 had a postintubation stricture and 11 a malignancy. In the form...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1982-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper presents thermography as a useful method for the determination of regional thermal variations, during the pre- and postoperative periods, in the surgery and pathology of the hand. This method can give, directly or indirectly, very valuable information for both diagnosis and prognosis, and at times, can give...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1984-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A free jejunal autograft reconstruction after debulking high stage larynx and hypopharynx tumors has become a popular method in our 10-year experience. We retrospectively studied the efficacy and outcome. Nine patients (M/F, 8/1) underwent a total of 10 free jejunal autograft reconstructions. The median age was 58.6 y...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nine primary intra-abdominal or retroperitoneal liposarcomas, of which eight were recurrent tumors, were surgically resected and enrolled in this study. Histopathological examination of primary tumors revealed that the number of well-differentiated, pleomorphic and myxoid type was two, four and three, respectively. In...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::From 1969 through 1984, 304 case of early gastric cancer (EGC) were resected. Nodal status was studied in 272 cases in which lymph node dissection was performed. The lymph nodes were negative for metastasis in 90% of the cases. In 7%, metastasis was noted in the Group 1 lymph nodes alone and in 3%, as far as the Group...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1986-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Laparoscopic surgery for malignant diseases is associated with a risk for port site recurrence (PSR), and this problem remains to be resolved. This study was performed to evaluate the role that Seprafilm and Interseed (TC7) play in the prevention of PSR, using a nude mouse model of PSR. Nude mice with 2-mm port sites ...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A total of 52 patients with different grades of liver injuries were treated in a 1 year period: 32 patients had penetrating injuries and in 20 patients injuries resulted from blunt trauma. Blunt trauma victims were frequently associated with chest and head injuries and with skeletal fractures. A 4-fold incidence of as...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cases with concurrent pheochromocytoma and renal artery stenosis, two "surgically curable" hypertensive disorders, are rare. The stenosis is generally secondary to direct compression or stretching of the renal artery by the tumor. Five such cases are reported. Sometimes the tumor and the renal artery stenosis occur in...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1985-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Free microvascular grafts have many advantages over conventional bone grafts. Above all they do not undergo creeping substitution and live on their own vessels, thus being able to heal quickly and fight infection. Research in rabbits has been done with radiographic, scintigraphic and light and fluorescence histologic ...
journal_title:International surgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00