Long-term outcome of treatment of early carcinoma of the lip with Nd:YAG laser.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to compare the influence of either general (GA) or local (LA) anesthesia on the postoperative neurocognitive outcome in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in a randomized study. Therefore, we performed a subgroup analysis of the multicenter GALA study. METHODS:A total...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Weber CF,Friedl H,Hueppe M,Hintereder G,Schmitz-Rixen T,Zwissler B,Meininger D

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is emerging evidence indicating that distractions in the operating room (OR) are prevalent. Studies have shown a negative impact of distractions, but they have been conducted mostly with residents in simulated environments. We tested the hypothesis that intraoperative distractions are associated with d...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sevdalis N,Undre S,McDermott J,Giddie J,Diner L,Smith G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of lymphatic involvement in patients with colorectal cancer is important in surgery and in the postoperative decision-making process. Fifty-eight patients with recurrent colorectal cancer underwent operation with the RIGS/(Radioimmunoguided Surgery) technology. Preoperatively, patients were injected with 1 m...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Schneebaum S,Troitsa A,Haddad R,Avital S,Kashtan H,Baratz M,Brazovsky E,Papo J,Skornick Y

更新日期：2001-12-01 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

authors： Dionigi G,Wu CW,Kim HY,Rausei S,Boni L,Chiang FY

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critical illness disproportionately affects people in low-income countries (LICs). Efforts to improve critical care in LICs must account for differences in demographics and infrastructure compared to high-income settings. Part of this effort includes the development and validation of intensive care unit (ICU...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Prin M,Pan S,Kadyaudzu C,Li G,Charles A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our aim was to evaluate the advantages and limitations of delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in a tertiary center. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis of all patients admitted to our institution with acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) between January 2003 and December of 2012 was performe...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Yuval JB,Mizrahi I,Mazeh H,Weiss DJ,Almogy G,Bala M,Kuchuk E,Siam B,Simanovsky N,Eid A,Pikarsky AJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of acute limb ischemia (ALI) has barely changed over the last years. However, the progressive implementation of anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents or statins within the population might have modified the profile and prognosis of patients suffering an ALI. The aim of this study was to evaluate ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Seguí N,Ruiz-Carmona C,Velescu A,Mateos E,Elosua R,Clará A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The morbidity and mortality of anastomotic complications after esophagectomy have gradually decreased in recent years. However, swallowing difficulties and reflux continue to burden patients jeopardizing their quality of life. In the present study we performed endoscopic evaluation of the outcomes of esophag...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kim HK,Choi YH,Shim JH,Cho YH,Baek MJ,Sohn YS,Kim HJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the changes in prognostic factors after adjuvant S-1 monotherapy has become widespread as a standard of care for patients with gastric cancer (GC) in East Asia. The present study compared prognostic factors of patients with stage II/III GC treated with or without S-1 adjuvant to formula...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tsutsuyama M,Kanda M,Ito S,Mochizuki Y,Teramoto H,Ishigure K,Murai T,Asada T,Ishiyama A,Matsushita H,Tanaka C,Kobayashi D,Fujiwara M,Murotani K,Kodera Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent hepatectomy often developed an intrahepatic recurrence, even though it was a curative one. The relationship between surgery-induced liver damage and the recurrence of HCC has not been described. This study evaluated whether posthepatectomy liver fail...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Iguchi K,Hatano E,Yamanaka K,Tanaka S,Taura K,Uemoto S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although widely practiced, laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) has not met with universal approval. Several controlled trials have been conducted, some in favor, others not. The goal of this review was to ascertain (1) if laparoscopy was capable of improving the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties encountered during op...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Fingerhut A,Millat B,Borrie F

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretin is a stimulator of both endocrine and exocrine secretions of the pancreas, and we aimed to evaluate its effects on splanchnic blood flow in rats with a microsphere technique. Anesthetized rats were infused with secretin (0.5 or 2.0 micrograms/kg body weight/hr) for 10 minutes. Some animals were normoglycemic,...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Carlsson PO,Jansson L

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pepsinogen C is a proteolytic enzyme involved in the digestion of proteins in the stomach; it is also synthesized by a significant percentage of female breast carcinomas. In addition, it has been demonstrated that pepsinogen C is one of the few proteins induced by androgens in breast carcinoma cells. Here we evaluate ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Serra Díaz C,Vizoso F,Rodríguez JC,Merino AM,González LO,Baltasar A,Pérez-Vázquez MT,Medrano J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the present study was to develop and validate a multidimensional, surgery-specific workload measure (the SURG-TLX), and to determine its utility in providing diagnostic information about the impact of various sources of stress on the perceived demands of trained surgical operators. As a wide r...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wilson MR,Poolton JM,Malhotra N,Ngo K,Bright E,Masters RS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Variously described as Courvoisier's law, sign, or even gallbladder, this eponymous "law" has been taught to medical students since the publication of Courvoisier's treatise in 1890. METHODS:We reviewed Courvoisier's original "law," the modern misconceptions surrounding it, and the contemporary evidence sup...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Fitzgerald JE,White MJ,Lobo DN

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:A variety of minimally invasive techniques have been proposed to replace open surgery for the treatment of infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN). In this study, we evaluate the feasibility and safety of the stent-assisted percutaneous endoscopic necrosectomy (SAPEN) procedure. METHODS:Data were collec...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ke L,Mao W,Zhou J,Ye B,Li G,Zhang J,Wang P,Tong Z,Windsor J,Li W

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to determine the prevalence and predictive factors for recurrence after sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and for sentinel lymph node positivity by SLNB in our population. METHODS:We followed up all SLNBs performed between 2002 and 2010 and analyzed data by R (version2.10.1), considering p <...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bernardi S,Bertozzi S,Londero AP,Giacomuzzi F,Angione V,Dri C,Carbone A,Petri R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) seropositivity in patients undergoing bariatric surgery with that of the general population. METHODS:H. pylori serologies, tested by ELISA, were collected on 240 morbidly obese patients seen at the Cleveland Clinic Florida...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Erim T,Cruz-Correa MR,Szomstein S,Velis E,Rosenthal R

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH) requires invasive measures to prevent rupture and bleeding of esophagogastric varices. However, the long-term results of shunt surgery for IPH have not been reported. In particular, the pros and cons of surgery that preserves the spleen and its long-term hematologic effects have no...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hase R,Hirano S,Kondo S,Okushiba S,Morikawa T,Katoh H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The selection of the type of fundoplication or the necessity for an added fundoplication after esophagomyotomy (Heller's operation) for the treatment of achalasia remains controversial. The present retrospective study was designed to compare the long-term results of total and partial fundoplication on the my...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Zhu ZJ,Chen LQ,Duranceau A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recently, more aggressive variants of so-called well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas have been identified such as the tall cell variant, columnar cell variant, diffuse sclerosing variant, insular carcinoma, and Hürthle cell (oncocytic, oxyphilic) carcinomas. METHODS:An evidence-based review was performe...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Carling T,Ocal IT,Udelsman R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinicopathological characteristics relevant to prognosis after surgical treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) remain unclear. In this study, the clinicopathological features of 19 patients with mass-forming ICC, the most common form of the disease, were reviewed to analyze prognostic determinants. Tw...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Suzuki S,Sakaguchi T,Yokoi Y,Okamoto K,Kurachi K,Tsuchiya Y,Okumura T,Konno H,Baba S,Nakamura S

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite its wide use, catheter tract recurrence after percutaneous biliary drainage (PBD) is rarely reported. However, one recent large-scale study reported a catheter tract recurrence rate as high as 5.2 % in patients with perihilar or distal bile duct cancer. We report on our 20 years of experience with ca...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kang MJ,Choi YS,Jang JY,Han IW,Kim SW

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skeletal muscle depletion, referred to as sarcopenia, has been shown to be an independent predictor of lower disease-free and overall survivals in various kinds of diseases. The quality of skeletal muscle has recently attracted much attention as a new parameter of sarcopenia, but its impact on surgical compl...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hamaguchi Y,Kaido T,Okumura S,Kobayashi A,Fujimoto Y,Ogawa K,Mori A,Hammad A,Hatano E,Uemoto S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) disseminates early to lymph nodes (LN). There is no pre- or intraoperative marker to exclude LN involvement and thereby avoid lateral neck dissection in LN-negative patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study was intended to verify the observation that patients with MTC lacking...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Scheuba C,Kaserer K,Kaczirek K,Asari R,Niederle B

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a consensus on the indication of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) for early gastric cancer that needs D1 + alpha or D1 + beta lymph node dissection. However, many gastrointestinal surgeons consider D2 lymph node dissection in LADG to be difficult, therefore, only a few medical institut...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kawamura H,Homma S,Yokota R,Yokota K,Watarai H,Hagiwara M,Sato M,Noguchi K,Ueki S,Kondo Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 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:Duct-to-mucosa pancreatojejunostomy after pancreatoduodenectomy can be technically difficult, particularly in cases with a non-dilated pancreatic duct. We devised a novel procedure employing a pancreatic duct holder and mucosa squeeze-out technique facilitating duct-to-mucosa anastomosis. We compared the per...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sugiyama M,Suzuki Y,Nakazato T,Yokoyama M,Kogure M,Abe N

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is a common disease, and the surgical management is continually evolving. The objective of this study was to describe the current breast cancer practice patterns among Canadian surgeons. All active General Surgeons (n=1172), as accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, were se...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Porter GA,McMulkin-Tait H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to compare the perioperative outcomes when using a micropuncture access set (MS) to those when using a conventional puncture set (CS) for implantation of totally implantable venous access device (TAVID). METHODS:A total of 314 patients undergoing chemotherapy for colorectal cancer ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lee CS,Yoon SH,Lee SM,Lee IK,Kim JY,Cho HM,Kim MK

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00