The rate-limiting step: the provision of safe anesthesia in low-income countries.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The utilization of laparoscopy in colorectal surgery is increasing. However, conversion to open surgery remains relatively high. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated (1) conversion rates in laparoscopic colorectal surgery; (2) the outcomes of converted cases compared with successful laparoscopic and open colorectal ope...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Masoomi H,Moghadamyeghaneh Z,Mills S,Carmichael JC,Pigazzi A,Stamos MJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our laboratory has previously shown that the levels of secreted prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), Thromboxane B(2) (TxB(2)), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) by aortic explant cultures were high in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). In the present study, we sought to examine the secretory levels of t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Cheuk BL,Cheng SW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) plays an essential role in the evaluation of lymph node (LN) metastasis status and the extent of LN dissection in gastric cancer. The aim of our study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis for corresponding identification rate and sensitivity of different SLNB...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Huang Y,Pan M,Chen B

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of fluid resuscitation in the burn patient is maintenance of vital organ function at the least immediate or delayed physiological cost. To optimize fluid resuscitation in severely burned patients, the amount of fluid should be just enough to maintain vital organ function without producing iatrogenic pathologi...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Warden GD

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common and poorly understood movement disorder that leads to unpleasant leg sensations. Although RLS can be idiopathic, secondary etiologies such as iron deficiency and renal failure are common. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate whether RLS is a common...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Schneider R,Karakas E,Bartsch DK,Schlosser K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most people would agree that successful parathyroidectomy depends on two important variables: the surgeon's recognition and excision of the abnormal parathyroid gland(s) and the pathologist's confirmation that the removed tissue is parathyroid tissue. Frozen section is usually employed to confirm the identity of parat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Perrier ND,Ituarte P,Kikuchi S,Siperstein AE,Duh QY,Clark OH,Gielow R,Hamill T

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conflicting findings have been reported concerning the survival of patients treated with limb salvage and amputation for osteosarcoma. This study aimed to identify predictors associated with surgery types and survival difference. METHODS:Patients with osteosarcoma were selected from the Surveillance Epidemi...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Qi L,Ren X,Liu Z,Li S,Zhang W,Chen R,Chen C,Tu C,Li Z

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Better prognostic markers are needed for pancreatic endocrine tumors. Survivin is an apoptosis inhibitor that is suggested to have a negative prognostic impact in several tumor types. Contradictory data exist, especially regarding the significance of a nuclear versus cytoplasmic location of survivin. The pro...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ekeblad S,Lejonklou MH,Stålberg P,Skogseid B

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Factors responsible for recurrence of esophageal cancer were investigated in 90 patients who underwent extended radical esophagectomy with three-field dissection for a squamous cell carcinoma in the thoracic esophagus. The initial tumor recurrence was grouped as either locoregional (site of the primary tumor, anastomo...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bhansali MS,Fujita H,Kakegawa T,Yamana H,Ono T,Hikita S,Toh Y,Fujii T,Tou U,Shirouzu K

更新日期：1997-03-01 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：:We reviewed our experience with 34 patients with metastatic endocrine tumors (METs) who were treated by different modalities. Eight patients were treated by chemotherapy or chemoembolization because of stable disease or surgical contraindications. Seventeen patients underwent curative or cytoreductive surgical resecti...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Dousset B,Saint-Marc O,Pitre J,Soubrane O,Houssin D,Chapuis Y

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Teamwork is fundamental to effective surgery, yet there are currently no measures of teamwork to guide training, evaluate team interventions or assess the impact of teamwork on outcomes. We report the first steps in the development of an observational assessment of teamwork and preliminary findings. METHOD:...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Undre S,Healey AN,Darzi A,Vincent CA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypervascular nature of carcinoid tumors and their metastases allows a more aggressive role by the radiologist in diagnosis and interventional management. Double-contrast gastrointestinal studies still best define the primary neoplasms. Appendiceal tumors, the most frequent site of carcinoids, frequently escape ra...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wallace S,Ajani JA,Charnsangavej C,DuBrow R,Yang DJ,Chuang VP,Carrasco CH,Dodd GD Jr

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diverticulitis is commonly diagnosed using ultrasound (US), followed by computed tomography (CT). Our aim was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of US compared with CT for patients with uncomplicated and complicated diverticulitis. METHODS:We reviewed medical records of 232 patients admitted with divertic...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Nielsen K,Richir MC,Stolk TT,van der Ploeg T,Moormann GR,Wiarda BM,Schreurs WH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 105 consecutive patients with venographically proved major acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) were randomized in an open prospective study to evaluate the comparative efficacy and safety of a fixed dose of subcutaneous low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and warfarin for the prevention of recurrent venous thr...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Das SK,Cohen AT,Edmondson RA,Melissari E,Kakkar VV

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the available resources for trauma care at health centers (HCs) and referral hospitals (RHs) in rural Cambodia and to examine whether the resources at HCs are allocated on the basis of actual need based on the referral distance and number of severely injured patients ref...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Nakahara S,Saint S,Sann S,Phy R,Ichikawa M,Kimura A,Eng L,Yoshida K

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anal manometry is a useful tool for testing the effectiveness of surgical treatment. However, most techniques for anal pressure measurement are not easily available because of high cost. The aim of the present study was to introduce an easy and reproducible method for measuring anal pressures in testing the ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Günal O,Gürleyik E,Arikan Y,Pehlivan M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NC) is standard therapy for patients with locally advanced breast cancer and is increasingly used for early-stage operable disease. Clinical and pathological responses are important prognostic parameters for NC, which aims to achieve a pathological complete response or tumor reducti...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Shien T,Akashi-Tanaka S,Miyakawa K,Hojo T,Shimizu C,Seki K,Ando M,Kohno T,Taira N,Doihara H,Katsumata N,Fujiwara Y,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Multiple organ failure (MOF) is considered to be the leading cause of death after severe trauma. Although there is extensive literature on MOF, little is known about the pattern, sequence, and onset of this clinical syndrome. The first goal of this clinical study was to define MOF; the second was to assess the typical...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Regel G,Grotz M,Weltner T,Sturm JA,Tscherne H

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is being increasingly used. Concerns have been raised as to its safety, especially when it is done at the bedside. A prospective evaluation was conducted of 100 consecutive, unselected critically ill patients with PDT. The mean intensive care unit (ICU) stay before PDT was ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Velmahos GC,Gomez H,Boicey CM,Demetriades D

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of the Harmonic Scalpel (HS) for cystic duct ligation began with little data about its efficacy or safety. On the other hand, there is not any literature available about the use of PlasmaKinetic Sealer (PK) for closing the cystic duct in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Therefore, this study was de...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kavlakoglu B,Pekcici R,Oral S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The technical complexity of pancreatic resection has made it a specialized procedure performed in high-volume centers. It has been shown that patients operated on in high-volume pancreatobiliary centers have fewer complications and better survival. The purpose of this study was to share our experience with a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bhatti AB,Yusuf MA,Kazmi SA,Syed AA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with obstructive jaundice (OJ) that requires surgery often have malnutrition associated with increased perioperative morbidity. This study investigated the factors influencing nutritional derangements in these patients. A series of 46 OJ patients were investigated prospectively (28 malignant tumors, 18 benign...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Padillo FJ,Andicoberry B,Muntane J,Lozano JM,Miño G,Sitges-Serra A,Pera-Madrazo C

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sub-Saharan Africa has a high surgical burden of disease but performs a disproportionately low volume of surgery. Closing this surgical gap will require increased surgical productivity of existing systems. We examined specific hospital management practices in three sub-Saharan African hospitals that are asso...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Funk LM,Conley DM,Berry WR,Gawande AA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuss described a minimally invasive technique for correcting pectus excavatum in children. A curved stainless-steel bar is inserted behind the sternum through the chest cavity with the convex surface face down, then rotated 180 degrees to elevate the sternum and correct the deformity. The procedure gained wide accepta...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Coln D,Gunning T,Ramsay M,Swygert T,Vera R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective study the clinical course of 40 patients with symptomatic persistent or recurrent parathyroid cancer was analyzed in order to assess the value of aggressive surgical intervention. Recurrence was diagnosed after a median period of 33 months (1-228 months). Twenty-two patients had locoregional disease...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sandelin K,Tullgren O,Farnebo LO

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was intended to compare the prognostic power of the number of positive lymph nodes with that of the lymph node ratio in patients with ampullary carcinoma. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was conducted of the medical records of 71 consecutive patients with ampullary carcinoma who underwent pancre...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sakata J,Shirai Y,Wakai T,Ajioka Y,Akazawa K,Hatakeyama K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frequently, several multiple abdominal reexplorations are needed in patients with acute necrotizing hemorrhagic pancreatitis (ANP) or with persistent intraabdominal sepsis (PIAS). Residual undrained necrotic and septic foci lead to multiple organ failure. To provide wide-open drainage of the abdominal cavity, since 19...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Cuesta MA,Doblas M,Castañeda L,Bengoechea E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00