Ultrasonographic screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: analysis of surgical decisions for cost-effectiveness.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy and the indications of resection of synchronous or metachronous hepatic and pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC) are controversial. This study retrospectively reviewed the cases of CRC patients who underwent both liver and lung resection to define the appropriate indications for sur...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sakamoto Y,Sakaguchi Y,Oki E,Minami K,Toh Y,Okamura T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few clinical studies or randomized clinical trial results have reported the impact of fast-track surgery on human immunity. This study aimed to investigate the clinical and immune impact of fast-track surgery in colorectal cancer patients undergoing elective open surgery. METHODS:A controlled randomized cli...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Yang D,He W,Zhang S,Chen H,Zhang C,He Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 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:Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is first-line treatment for uncomplicated gallstone disease in high-income countries due to benefits such as shorter hospital stays, reduced morbidity, more rapid return to work, and lower mortality as well-being considered cost-effective. However, there persists a lack of uptake...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Silverstein A,Costas-Chavarri A,Gakwaya MR,Lule J,Mukhopadhyay S,Meara JG,Shrime MG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal emergency in clinical surgery. This study was designed to compare the diagnostic value of the Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) with that of the Alvarado score based on different time points in children with right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain. METHODS:...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wu HP,Yang WC,Wu KH,Chen CY,Fu YC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal life support has evolved considerably over the past two decades. Once considered as salvage or experimental therapy in adults, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is evolving into a mainstream treatment for adult critical care. This is especially true in trauma and high-risk surgical patients, wh...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Zonies D

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Covid-19 has had a significant impact on all aspects of health care. We aimed to characterise the trends in emergency general surgery at a district general hospital in Scotland. METHODS:A prospective cohort study was performed from 23/03/20 to 07/05/20. All emergency general surgery patients were included...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Dick L,Green J,Brown J,Kennedy E,Cassidy R,Othman S,Berlansky M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unquestionably, progress has been made in the early detection and early treatment of primary liver cancers (PLCs), although most remain unresectable, mainly because the cancer is advanced and coexists with liver cirrhosis, particularly in Oriental patients. Thanks to the progress of regional cancer therapy, a multidis...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tang ZY,Yu YQ,Zhou XD,Ma ZC,Yang BH,Lin ZY,Lu JZ,Liu KD,Fan Z,Zeng ZC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of parathyroid surgery is determined by the identification and removal of all parathyroid tumors. Parathyroid tumors accumulate and retain 2-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) labeled with technetium-99m. Intravenous injection of this radiopharmacon prior to parathyroid surgery allows identification of parat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bonjer HJ,Bruining HA,Pols HA,de Herder WW,Proye CA,Carnaille BM,Mohammedamin RS,Steyerberg EW,Breeman WA,Krenning EP

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma (FVPTC) is the most common histologic subtype of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). However, it is still controversial whether FVPTC should behave differently from classical PTC (CPTC). The present study aimed at evaluating any potential difference in c...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lang BH,Lo CY,Chan WF,Lam AK,Wan KY

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A small remnant liver volume is an important risk factor for posthepatectomy liver failure and can be predicted accurately by computed tomography (CT) volumetry using radiologic image analysis software. Unfortunately, this software is expensive and usually requires support by a radiologist. ImageJ is a freel...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Dello SA,van Dam RM,Slangen JJ,van de Poll MC,Bemelmans MH,Greve JW,Beets-Tan RG,Wigmore SJ,Dejong CH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schistosomiasis is a waterborne trematode with numerous subtypes affecting different areas of the body. Rob Ferreira Hospital is located in an endemic area for schistosomiasis in the Lowveld region of South Africa. We set out to determine the prevalence of Sch istosoma in appendicitis. METHODS:From 2009 to ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Botes SN,Ibirogba SB,McCallum AD,Kahn D

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complications are important indicators of immediate postoperative outcomes. The Clavien-Dindo classification (CDC) is a widely used index for the classification of surgical complications. More recently, the comprehensive complication index (CCI) has also been introduced for classifying postoperative complica...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kim SH,Hwang HK,Lee WJ,Kang CM

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past three decades Canada has developed an exemplary system of universal health care. However, current financial constraints threaten to undermine the very foundation of the system that represents Canada's respect for social justice. The first of these two articles (Part 1) discusses the unique characteristic...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Cohen AH,Cohen R,Taylor BR,Reznick RK

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent collective reviews have outlined when and how surgeons should treat patients with bile duct injuries after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). However, little is described about other injuries combined with bile duct injuries, for example, hepatic arterial injury and secondary biliary cirrhosis. Fifteen patients...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bachellier P,Nakano H,Weber JC,Lemarque P,Oussoultzoglou E,Candau C,Wolf P,Jaeck D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that one dimensional (1D) proton (1H) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can distinguish normal thyroid tissue from thyroid carcinoma using a spectral ratio of peak intensity at 1.7 ppm/0.9 ppm. Two dimensional (2D) 1H-MRS allows identification of specific molecules that have overlap...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Mackinnon WB,Delbridge L,Russell P,Lean CL,May GL,Doran S,Dowd S,Mountford CE

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Surgical Department of the University of Erlangen, 307 reconstructions in all areas of the arterial tree were performed with PTFE (GORE-TEX) grafts, of which 188 were performed in the femoral-popliteal and femoral-crural areas. Femoral-popliteal bypass grafts above the knee joint remained patent in 93% of the p...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Raithel D,Groitl H

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery is the main modality in the treatment of hepatic hydatid disease. In this report, a laparoscopic surgical method is described, and the results in the first 16 cases are presented. The method involves the use of an aspirator-grinder apparatus that achieves effective evacuation of viable cyst contents with the p...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Alper A,Emre A,Hazar H,Ozden I,Bilge O,Acarli K,Arioğul O

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound (US) and sestamibi (MIBI) are traditionally considered positive or negative. The purpose of this study was to define and test a new scoring system for MIBI and US and to determine whether this can improve their accuracy for primary hyperparathyroidism. METHODS:This is a prospective study of 200 c...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Agcaoglu O,Aliyev S,Heiden K,Neumann D,Milas M,Mitchell J,Siperstein AE,Berber E

更新日期：2012-10-01 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:Sepsis is common in surgical patients, and its presence influences the outcomes in those to undergo surgery. Factors such as advanced age, presence of comorbidities and many other conditions increase mortality in surgical patients with sepsis. The sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score simplified i...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Niyongombwa I,Sibomana I,Karenzi ID,Kiswezi A,Rickard J

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phrase "outcomes studies" is usually used to describe those studies where outcome is assessed in large cohorts of patients, often using data from administrative databases. They are used to determine the role and impact of variations in the structure and process of health care delivery play in routine practice. Opt...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Brenneman FD,Wright JG,Kennedy ED,McLeod RS

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parathyroid glands can mimic thyroid follicular lesions on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology and can lead to unnecessary or incorrect surgery. Newer molecular panel tests using next-generation sequencing (NGS) include analysis of cell type-specific gene expression profiles such as parathyroid. The study ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bo W,Schoedel KE,Carty SE,Radkay LA,Ohori NP,Nikiforov YE,Nikiforova MN,Yip L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1978 to 1989, 164 patients underwent hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma at our institution. The carcinoma was resected completely in 149 patients. Sixteen patients were excluded from this study because it was not known whether they were recurrent or disease free, or because death occurred as a result ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Nakajima Y,Ohmura T,Kimura J,Shimamura T,Misawa K,Matsushita M,Sato N,Une Y,Uchino J

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Billions of people worldwide lack access to safe affordable surgery. Surgical missions and non-governmental organisations (NGO) are vital in meeting this need, but long-term outcomes are rarely reported. Mercy Ships is a surgical NGO, and we aimed to measure disability-free survival, impact and patient satis...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： White M,Alcorn D,Randall K,Duncan S,Klassen H,Shrime M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to examine the frequency of the pheochromocytoma (pheo), defined as a "benign, intra-adrenal, hypertensive, sporadic, unilateral tumor." Three large series amounting to 310 subphrenic chromaffin tumors operated over periods of 17, 23, and 41 years, respectively, have been reviewed. Among those combined...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Proye CA,Vix M,Jansson S,Tisell LE,Dralle H,Hiller W

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical errors from communication failures are enormous during the perioperative period of cardiac surgical patients. As caregivers change shifts or surgical patients change location within the hospital, key information is lost or misconstrued. After a baseline cognitive study of information need and caregiver workflo...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Jordan D,Rose SE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trauma continues to be a major health problem worldwide, particularly in the developing world, with high mortality and morbidity. Yet most developing countries lack an organized trauma system. Furthermore, developing countries do not have in place any accreditation process for trauma centers; thus, no accept...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Latifi R,Ziemba M,Leppäniemi A,Dasho E,Dogjani A,Shatri Z,Kociraj A,Oldashi F,Shosha L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concurrent vitamin D(3) deficiency is common in primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). We aimed to examine the clinicopathologic features and short-term outcomes of vitamin D(3)-deficient patients after minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP). METHODS:Over 2-year period, 80 consecutive MIP patients had preo...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lang BH,Lo CY

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common endocrine disorder that predominantly affects patients >60 and is increasing in prevalence. Identifying risk factors for poor outcomes after parathyroidectomy in older adults will help tailor operative decision making. The impact of frailty on surgical outcomes ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Seib CD,Chomsky-Higgins K,Gosnell JE,Shen WT,Suh I,Duh QY,Finlayson E

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00