Molecular genetics of parathyroid disease.

abstract：:The lack of sufficient suitable human donor lungs for the many patients requiring pulmonary transplantation as life-saving therapy for end-stage lung diseases has generated extensive interest in cross-species lung transplantation. Ethical concerns and those of animal rights advocates have prompted studies of nonprimat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kamholz SL,Brewer RJ,Grijalva G,Burack J,Del Rio MJ,Vaynblatt M,Lawson N,Squinto S,Fodor WL,Norin AJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 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: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:Vibrio vulnificus infection can progress rapidly in skin or soft tissue, and it is potentially life-threatening. The purpose of the present study was to explore the predictors of mortality in patients with V. vulnificus infections of skin or soft tissue. METHODS:The medical records of 119 consecutive patien...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kuo Chou TN,Chao WN,Yang C,Wong RH,Ueng KC,Chen SC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization has a standardized tool to assess surgical capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), but it is often resource- and time-intensive. There currently exists no simple, evidence-based measure of surgical capacity in these settings. The proportion of cesarean deliveries i...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hughes CD,McClain CD,Hagander L,Pierre JH,Groen RS,Kushner AL,Meara JG

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although mortality after liver resection has declined, posthepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) remains a major cause of operative mortality. To date there is not consensus on a definition for PHLF. However, there have been many efforts to define PHLF causing operative mortality. In the present study we sought t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kim SH,Kang DR,Lee JG,Kim DY,Ahn SH,Han KH,Chon CY,Kim KS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among burn patients, research is conflicted, but may suggest that females are at increased risk of mortality, despite the opposite being true in non-burn trauma. Our objective was to determine whether sex-based differences in burn mortality exist, and assess whether patient demographics, comorbid conditions,...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Williams FN,Strassle PD,Knowlin L,Napravnik S,van Duin D,Charles A,Nizamani R,Jones SW,Cairns BA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of recent therapeutic advances, severe overt secondary hyperparathyroidism due to chronic renal failure necessitates parathyroidectomy and recurrent hyperparathyroidism is one of the most significant problems in this patient population. In the present study, the incidence of recurrent hyperparathyroidism was ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tominaga Y,Tanaka Y,Sato K,Numano M,Uchida K,Falkmer U,Grimelius L,Johansson H,Takagi H

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnitine, an important carrier of free fatty acid that is transported into mitochondria for beta-oxidation, was thought to be one of the key factors in the regulation of liver regeneration. If the carnitine content is insufficient in the hepatocyte, it might impair the energy substrate's transport and the energy char...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lai HS,Chen Y,Chen WJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In uremic patients, metabolism of 1-84 parathyroid hormone (PTH) and fragments are delayed, and in these patients, the usefulness of intraoperative PTH assay may be problematic. We evaluated the usefulness of the QuiCk-IntraOperative Bio-Intact PTH (QPTH) assay for uremic patients with secondary hyperparathy...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Matsuoka S,Tominaga Y,Sato T,Uno N,Goto N,Katayama A,Uchida K,Takami H

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cardiovascular dysfunction (CVD) is a well-recognized complication in patients with hyperthyroidism and is the major cause of mortality. Very few studies have compared the outcome of CVD following different treatment modalities. In this study we intended to compare treatment modalities (antithyroid drugs v...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Muthukumar S,Ravikumar K,Dhalapathy S,Gomathy T,Umadevi S,Maruthupandian D

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of preoperative physiological status is crucial for optimizing clinical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for esophageal carcinoma (EC). We aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of pulmonary dysfunctions and their relationships with other physiological factors, especially sarcopenia, in EC...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sugawara K,Mori K,Okumura Y,Yagi K,Aikou S,Uemura Y,Yamashita H,Seto Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been no reports on the impact of preoperative biliary MRSA infection on the outcome of major hepatectomy. The aim of this study was to review the surgical outcome of patients who underwent hepatobiliary resection after biliary drainage and to evaluate the impact of preoperative biliary MRSA infect...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Takara D,Sugawara G,Ebata T,Yokoyama Y,Igami T,Nagino M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for worse outcomes after emergency abdominal surgery (EAS). However, it is unclear if the type of diabetes treatment (insulin or oral agents) has any effect on outcomes after EAS. METHODS:Matched cohort study utilizing the ACS NSQIP database. Patients with DM un...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Haltmeier T,Benjamin E,Beale E,Inaba K,Demetriades D

更新日期：2016-07-01 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

authors： O'Brien BM,Kumar PA

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past four decades, especially in recent years, various active adjuvant therapies combined with surgery have improved the outcome in cases of cancer of the esophagus. However, no optimum adjuvant therapy has been determined. From 1981 to 1992, 341 patients with regional and distant node metastasis who underw...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Nishihira T,Nakano T,Mori S

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Surgical care is not uniformly available worldwide. Inequities in surgical care and access may also vary within countries, and the present study aimed to explore these disparities in Pakistan. METHODS:The National Health Survey of Pakistan was analyzed. The proportion of people with a history of abdominal s...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Zafar SN,Fatmi Z,Iqbal A,Channa R,Haider AH

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：: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

authors： Mizuguchi T,Katsuramaki T,Nobuoka T,Kawamoto M,Oshima H,Kawasaki H,Kikuchi H,Shibata C,Hirata K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer, causing approximately 660,000 deaths worldwide annually. The preferred treatment of HCC is surgical resection or orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for patients meeting specific criteria. For patients outside these criteria, options ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Harring TR,Guiteau JJ,Nguyen NT,Cotton RT,Gingras MC,Wheeler DA,O'Mahony CA,Gibbs RA,Brunicardi FC,Goss JA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study was designed to evaluate the impact of the tyrosine kinase ligands VEGF-A/C/D, PDGF-A/B on tumor dissemination and survival in gastric cancer. This is the first study analyzing all these parameters in a homogeneous patient population undergoing surgery. METHODS:The expression pattern of VE...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Schimanski CC,Schlaegel F,Jordan M,Moehler M,Sgourakis G,Drescher DG,Galle PR,Lang H,Gockel I

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells with mutant (m) p53 protein histologically, we examined 68 main nodules and 20 accessory lesions of 72 patients with HCC who underwent hepatic resection between October 1990 and September 1993. Some sections were fixed in periodate-lysine-paraformaldehyde, embedded ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Okuda T,Hirohashi K,Kinoshita H,Wakasa K,Sakurai M

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) originates from calcitonin-producing cells of the thyroid. In 2009, we published our first report on the biological characteristics and prognosis of 118 MTC patients. Herein, we enrolled a larger number of patients with longer follow-up periods to further study the biologica...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ito Y,Miyauchi A,Kihara M,Higashiiyama T,Fukushima M,Miya A

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:Papillary thyroid carcinoma is a frequent thyroid cancer. Many factors have been reported to be of prognostic importance, but the significance of biologic factors suggesting aggressiveness and proliferating activity has not been sufficiently documented. Conventional prognostic factors such as age, extrathyroidal invas...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kurozumi K,Nakao K,Nishida T,Nakahara M,Ogino N,Tsujimoto M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred years ago, Edoardo Bassini said: "L'ernia é una malattia meccanica." Before that, Ambroise Paré (1598) and Joseph-Pierre Desault (1798) asserted the mechanical nature of strangulation. Beside strangulation, the most serious of all complications even today, I have studied huge hernias, which are natural com...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Stoppa RE

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left untreated, aneurysmal disease of the abdominal aorta is a highly lethal condition. Standard transabdominal repair of aortic aneurysm, although successful and durable, continues to be plagued by significant morbidity, mortality, and cost. Placement of an endovascular graft through a femoral arteriotomy is a new te...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Colburn MD,Moore WS

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite wide acknowledgement of the importance of sarcopenia and prognostic markers such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, the impact on cancer patient survival of the timing of sarcopenia's emergence and its severity is not well understood, nor is the association between sarcopenia and prognostic marke...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kawakita Y,Motoyama S,Sato Y,Wakita A,Nagaki Y,Imai K,Minamiya Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to describe the perioperative and long-term results of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients aged 60 or less and compare them to patients of more advanced age in a retrospective single-centre case-control study. METHODS:From January 1996 to December 2014, 5893 consecutive CEAs wer...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Dorigo W,Fargion A,Giacomelli E,Bassoli G,Pulli R,Pratesi G,Piffaretti G,Pratesi C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00