Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medications: efficient and safe treatment following video-assisted pleurodesis for spontaneous pneumothorax.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine if fat absorption is better after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (PPPD) or duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection (DPPHR) compared with that following pancreatoduodenectomy with gastrectomy (SPD), provided the patients have similar pancreatic exocrine function. F...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Miyakawa S,Hayakawa M,Horiguchi A,Mizuno K,Ishihara S,Niwamoto N,Miura K

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer in young women is uncommon, but when it does occur it has been reported to have aggressive biological characteristics. The incidence of breast cancer peaks at age 40 in Hong Kong Chinese women, earlier than in Caucasians. This study is the first to report the tumor characteristics and managemen...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kwong A,Cheung P,Chan S,Lau S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of locally advanced breast cancer. It can be diagnosed based on a clinical or pathologic basis. We evaluated the usefulness of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scans for diagnosing and staging IBC. We retrospectively reviewed t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Baslaim MM,Bakheet SM,Bakheet R,Ezzat A,El-Foudeh M,Tulbah A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) is a dominantly inherited multi-system syndrome. Although pheochromocytoma is the hallmark endocrine neoplasm, pancreatic lesions occur frequently, and their management can be complex. This report describes 26 patients from a single institution with pancreatic or adrenal les...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Delman KA,Shapiro SE,Jonasch EW,Lee JE,Curley SA,Evans DB,Perrier ND

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing interest in provision of essential surgical care as part of public health policy in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Relatively simple interventions have been shown to prevent death and disability. We reviewed the published literature to examine the cost-effectiveness of simple su...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Grimes CE,Henry JA,Maraka J,Mkandawire NC,Cotton M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malnutrition in its various forms is without doubt the commonest disease. Acute malnutrition resulting from a total lack of ingestion clearly shows that not only are water and electrolytes a priority for survival but also energy reserves. It also shows that the maximum wasting that the lean body mass can withstand is ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Mora RJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a long, unresolved debate regarding the operation of choice for well differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid. We therefore analyzed the feasibility, scope, sample size, and length of follow-up required to determine the optimal operation for papillary thyroid carcinoma. A statistical approach was used to...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Udelsman R,Lakatos E,Ladenson P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty is a customized marker of biological age that helps to gauge an individual's functional physiologic reserve and ability to react to stress and is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. In order to mitigate frailty preoperatively, the concept of prehabilitation has entered th...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Baimas-George M,Watson M,Elhage S,Parala-Metz A,Vrochides D,Davis BR

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute colonic diverticulitis is a common clinical condition. Severity of the disease is based on clinical, laboratory, and radiological investigations and dictates the need for medical or surgical intervention. Recent clinical trials have improved the understanding of the natural history of the disease resul...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Boermeester MA,Humes DJ,Velmahos GC,Søreide K

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study evaluated outcomes of patients undergoing proximal diversion using either a loop ileostomy or loop colostomy following distal colorectal resection for malignant and non-malignant disease. METHODS:A literature search of the Medline, Ovid, Embase and Cochrane databases was performed to ident...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tilney HS,Sains PS,Lovegrove RE,Reese GE,Heriot AG,Tekkis PP

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophilins are originally identified as cellular binding proteins for the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A. Many cyclophilins, including CypA, CypB, CypC, CypD, and Cyp40, have been discovered and shown to be ubiquitously distributed in many types of cells and organ systems. Recent investigations have uncovered ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Yao Q,Li M,Yang H,Chai H,Fisher W,Chen C

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, traffic deaths are 500,000 per year and growing. Four nations, China, India, Russia, and the United States of America, have reached levels of 45,000-50,000 traffic deaths per year, although the nature of the problem is quite different in fully motorized countries from what it is in motorizing countries. In ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Campbell BJ

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs are designed to reduce hospital length of stay by shortening the postoperative recovery period. The intended effect of an accelerated recovery on the length of stay may be frustrated by a delayed discharge. This study was designed to assess the influence of an ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Maessen JM,Dejong CH,Kessels AG,von Meyenfeldt MF,Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Group.

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no clear consensus on the efficacy and safety of hyaluronate-carboxymethylcellulose membrane (Seprafilm) for preventing postoperative abdominal adhesion. This study is a meta-analysis of the available evidence. METHODS:A search of the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library identified eight studi...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Zeng Q,Yu Z,You J,Zhang Q

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms are commonly reported in primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). Although a calcium-mediated cause-and-effect relationship has been suggested, it remains unknown if parathyroidectomy improves GERD symptoms. METHODS:Over a 22-month period, 1,175 (39%) of 3,000 conse...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Norman J,Politz D,Lopez J,Boone D,Stojadinovic A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 143 patients who underwent hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in our department were reviewed. The review was conducted for two periods: 1970-1982 (early period) and 1983-1990 (late period), that is, the periods before and after introduction of the hepatic surgical technique involving the use of...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Segawa T,Tsuchiya R,Furui J,Izawa K,Tsunoda T,Kanematsu T

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acid-base balance from the postoperative day (POD) 1 to POD 3 after cirrhotic liver resection was investigated in relation to operative outcome by conducting a retrospective study on the changes in arterial ketone body ratio (AKBR), which reflects the hepatic mitochondrial redox state, and arterial blood gas analy...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wada Y,Mori K,Sugano M,Fujii T,Shimahara Y,Yamaoka Y,Ozawa K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarizes the place of thoracic surgery in the management of hydatid disease. Although based on the author's 31-year personal experience, it draws on the experience of others where that of the author is deficient. The treatment of pulmonary, pleural, liver, and cardiac cysts is discussed. The importance of...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Aarons BJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent pain after hernia repair is common, although it is usually mild. In 3% of patients it is severe, however, and has significant effects on work and social activities. The purpose of this review was to examine factors that affect pain after hernia repair. Although the type of anaesthetic used, local or general...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： O'Dwyer PJ,Alani A,McConnachie A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (SFTP) represents a clinical entity rarely encountered, especially in giant forms. Complete surgical resection for giant tumor of pleura is a challenge. The aim of this article is to present five new cases of giant SFTP, and to discuss their clinical characteristics and t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Guo J,Chu X,Sun YE,Zhang L,Zhou N

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-one patients who were diagnosed with mucosal gastric cancer have been successfully treated with two laparoscopic techniques at our institute from March 1992 to March 1997. One is laparoscopic wedge resection of the stomach using a lesion-lifting method for lesions of the anterior wall, the lesser curvature, and ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ohgami M,Otani Y,Kumai K,Kubota T,Kim YI,Kitajima M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary breast cancers, mainly due to BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, account for only 5-10% of this disease. The threshold for genetic testing is a 10% likelihood of detecting a mutation, as determined by validated models such as BOADICEA and Manchester Scoring System. A 90-95% reduction in breast cancer risk can be ac...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Yip CH,Evans DG,Agarwal G,Buccimazza I,Kwong A,Morant R,Prakash I,Song CY,Taib NA,Tausch C,Ung O,Meterissian S

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:This prospective study was instituted to assess whether the use of the on-pump method or the off-pump method affects changes in health-related quality of life (QOL) as evaluated a year after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Data including preoperative risk factors and postoperative morbidity up to discharg...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Järvinen O,Saarinen T,Julkunen J,Laurikka J,Huhtala H,Tarkka MR

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small intestinal neuroendocrine neoplasms (SI-NEN) are rare, and only about 40% of patients are diagnosed without distant metastases. Aim of the study was to identify prognostic factors in patients with potentially curative resected locoregional SI-NEN. METHODS:Patients with curative resected locoregional S...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Evers M,Rinke A,Rütz J,Ramaswamy A,Maurer E,Bartsch DK

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In 141 patients with chronic pancreatitis and an inflammatory enlargement of the head of the pancreas, a duodenum-preserving resection of the head of the pancreas was performed within a 16-year period. The hospital mortality was 0.7%; the late mortality was 5%. Seventy-seven percent of the patients were completely fre...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Beger HG,Büchler M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass screening for the purpose of detecting thyroid cancer at its earliest stage may not be recommended at the present time, but screening focused on certain risk groups is advocated. Familial nonmedullary thyroid carcinoma (FNMTC) is a distinct clinical entity with a high incidence of multifocality and association wi...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Uchino S,Noguchi S,Yamashita H,Murakami T,Watanabe S,Ogawa T,Tsuno A,Shuto S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) patients is widely recommended because one-fifth succumb to malignant neoplasms. However, recommendations for screening modalities and intervals are based mostly on nonprospective data. METHODS:Thirty-five of 48 MEN-1 patients were evaluated at least ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Waldmann J,Fendrich V,Habbe N,Bartsch DK,Slater EP,Kann PH,Rothmund M,Langer P

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been a growing number of landmark randomized controlled trials published in the orthopedic literature over the past decade. These large-scale trials have had a substantial impact on informing clinical orthopedic practice globally. This review highlights a selected sample of such pivotal trials, across the s...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Akhter S,Mundi R,Bhandari M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate and investigate the complications of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and carotid artery stenting (CAS) by performing a meta-analysis based on prospective randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS:We performed a search of multiple electronic databases for RCTs containing...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Liu Z,Shi Z,Wang Y,Chen B,Zhu T,Si Y,Fu W

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00