Dilation therapy of benign esophageal stenoses.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute appendicitis is the most common reason for abdominal surgery in young adults and children. Open appendectomy is still the treatment often chosen because it is simple, safe, and effective. Our aim was to study whether cosmetic results of appendectomy wounds are better after using continuous absorbable i...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Koskela A,Kotaluoto S,Kaartinen I,Pauniaho SL,Rantanen T,Kuokkanen H

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The open abdomen (OA) is commonly utilized as a technique during damage control laparotomy (DCL). We propose that a selected group of these OA patients can be extubated prior to abdominal closure to decrease ventilator days and risk of pneumonia. METHODS:A retrospective chart review was performed at a Level...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sujka JA,Safcsak K,Cheatham ML,Ibrahim JA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inguinal hernia is thought to be common in rural Ghana, though no recent data exist on hernia prevalence in the country. This information is needed to guide policy and increase access to safe hernia repair in Ghana and other low-resource settings. METHODS:Adult men randomly selected from the Barekese sub-di...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ohene-Yeboah M,Beard JH,Frimpong-Twumasi B,Koranteng A,Mensah S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) score was initially developed for assessing liver dysfunction severity and was suggested to have prognostic value in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of ALBI grade in patients with advanced gastric cancer (GC) after radical gastre...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kanda M,Tanaka C,Kobayashi D,Uda H,Inaoka K,Tanaka Y,Hayashi M,Iwata N,Yamada S,Fujii T,Sugimoto H,Murotani K,Fujiwara M,Kodera Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Mangled Extremity Severity Score (MESS) was constructed as an objective quantification criterion for limb trauma. A MESS of or greater than 7 was proposed as a cut-off point for primary limb amputation. Opinions concerning the predictive value of the MESS vary broadly in the literature. The aim of this s...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hohenberger GM,Konstantiniuk P,Cambiaso-Daniel J,Matzi V,Schwarz AM,Lumenta DB,Cohnert TU

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, there are no objective reports evaluating the quality of the South African surgical training. The aim of this study is to evaluate the current state of surgical training in South Africa from an external impartial point of view and to rate the experience of short-term supernumerary registrars and f...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Mantica G,Fransvea P,Virdis F,Hardcastle TC,Ackermann H,Terrone C,Costa G,Van der Merwe A,Balducci G,Steyn E

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trauma contributes more than ten percent of the global burden of disease. Initial assessment and resuscitation of trauma patients often requires rapid diagnosis and management of multiple concurrent complex conditions, and errors are common. We investigated whether implementing a trauma care checklist would ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lashoher A,Schneider EB,Juillard C,Stevens K,Colantuoni E,Berry WR,Bloem C,Chadbunchachai W,Dharap S,Dy SM,Dziekan G,Gruen RL,Henry JA,Huwer C,Joshipura M,Kelley E,Krug E,Kumar V,Kyamanywa P,Mefire AC,Musafir M,

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality of life is an important outcome measure following surgery for ulcerative colitis. Quality of life incorporates not only the physical or functional outcome; it also considers the emotional and social well-being of patients. Quality of life may be measured using disease-specific or generic quality of life measur...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： McLeod RS,Baxter NN

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trends are changing in the management of infants and children with indirect inguinal hernias. Advances in neonatal intensive care have resulted in the survival of many small premature infants who have a high incidence of inguinal hernia. The rate of incarceration, strangulation, and gonadal infarction in these babies ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Grosfeld JL

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：:We have previously demonstrated that in 95.6% of malignant thyroid tumors the enzyme thyroid peroxidase (TPO) presents antigenic changes detectable by a monoclonal antibody termed MoAb47. The aim of this study was to investigate the interest of TPO immunodetection for the diagnosis of malignancy on fine-needle aspirat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Henry JF,Denizot A,Porcelli A,Villafane M,Zoro P,Garcia S,De Micco C

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The 6th edition TNM staging (TNM-6) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been recommended. However, its superiority, in contrast to the previous 5th edition (TNM-5), has not been fully recognized. Besides, tumor differentiation was not included. The current study was designed to compare the value of these ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Zhou L,Rui JA,Ye DX,Wang SB,Chen SG,Qu Q

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical oncology is one of the most frequently studied surgical specialties with regard to disparities in quality of care. There is variation in the care received according to nonclinical factors such as age, race and ethnicity, education, income, and even geographic region. Differences exist with regard to who gets ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Greenberg CC,Weeks JC,Stain SC

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study reports our experience managing 78 patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction operated between January 1982 and December 1996. Altogether 18 patients presented with stage I and II disease, and 60 patients had stage III and IV disease at presentation; 56 patient...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Parshad R,Singh RK,Kumar A,Gupta SD,Chattopadhyay TK

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the implications of HER2 amplification in Asian women with small, node-negative breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMCs). METHODS:We reviewed the charts patients treated between 1989 and 2009 with breast conservation therapy for node-negative breast cancers measuring ≤ 2 cm. ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wong FY,Yip CS,Chua ET

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite curative resection, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has a high probability of recurrence. We validated the potential role of liver resection (LR) for recurrent HCC. METHODS:Patients with intrahepatic recurrence with up to three lesions were included. We compared survival times of patients undergoing ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Midorikawa Y,Takayama T,Moriguchi M,Yagi R,Yamagishi S,Nakayama H,Aramaki O,Yamazaki S,Tsuji S,Higaki T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that a dedicated collaborative transdisciplinary Geriatric Surgery Service (GSS) will improve care for elderly colorectal surgery patients. METHODS:Patients older than 75 years of age who underwent major colorectal surgery were included in this study. The Geriatric Surgery Service employed a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tan KY,Tan P,Tan L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1989-90, all 37 lung cancer patients scheduled for surgery underwent transesophageal endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) for pre-operative detection of hilar and mediastinal lymph node metastases. An electronic ultrasonic fiberscope with a linear array (EPB-503-FS, Machida-Toshiba) was used. Of 380 nodes surgically re...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lee N,Inoue K,Yamamoto R,Kinoshita H

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the clinicopathologic findings and surgical results of 140 patients with thoracic esophageal cancer treated at Shinshu University, Japan (Shinshu group), and compared them with those from 1164 patients treated at Hebei Medical College, China (Hebei group) to determine if the two groups showed any differen...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Adachi W,Koike S,Nimura Y,Koide N,Iida F,Du XQ,Ping YM,He M,Chen LQ,Zhang MD,Zhang HL

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess the safety and feasibility of performing robot-assisted pediatric surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System in a variety of surgical procedures. METHODS:A retrospective review of 144 robot-assisted pediatric surgical procedures performed in our institution between Ju...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Alqahtani A,Albassam A,Zamakhshary M,Shoukri M,Altokhais T,Aljazairi A,Alzahim A,Mallik M,Alshehri A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and preoperative prediction model in gastric cancer is controversial, while postoperative prognostic models are available. This study investigated NLR as a preoperative prognostic indicator in gastric cancer. METHODS:We reviewed patients with primary gastric ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Choi JH,Suh YS,Choi Y,Han J,Kim TH,Park SH,Kong SH,Lee HJ,Yang HK

更新日期：2018-08-01 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:Hepatic trisectionectomy is a challenge for surgeons. We describe a technique by combination of the Glisson pedicle method and anterior approach to perform hepatic trisectionectomy. METHODS:In this technique, the Glisson pedicles are isolated above the hilar plate without hilar dissection. After dividing th...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Xie KL,Zeng Y,Wu H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS) receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) have a high incidence of catheter-related sepsis, one of its major complications. The aim of this study was to correlate the length of remaining small bowel (RSB) with septic episodes related to the central venous catheter in a group o...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Terra RM,Plopper C,Waitzberg DL,Cukier C,Santoro S,Martins JR,Song RJ,Gama-Rodrigues J

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas (RSTS) are a rare and uncommon entity with a poor 5-year overall survival (OS) of approximately 50%, even though they rarely metastasize. The aim of the present study was to analyze the survival of patients with RSTS treated at our institution. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patie...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： García-Aceituno L,Villarreal-Garza C,Perfecto M,León-Rodríguez E

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative outcome prediction in elderly is based on preoperative physical status but its predictive value is uncertain. The goal was to evaluate the value of risk assessment performed perioperatively in predicting outcome in case of admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:A total of 108 posts...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Cuijpers ACM,Coolsen MME,Schnabel RM,van Santen S,Olde Damink SWM,van de Poll MCG

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loop ileostomy reduces the rates of morbidity due to colorectal anastomotic dehiscence. For its part, ileostomy closure is associated with low mortality (0-4%) but substantial morbidity (11-37%). Incisional surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most frequent complications (2-40%). METHODS:A single-cen...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Serracant A,Serra-Aracil X,Mora-López L,Pallisera-Lloveras A,Serra-Pla S,Zárate-Pinedo A,Navarro-Soto S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is now generally believed that regulatory T cells (Tregs) play an important role in peripheral tolerance, and a defect in Tregs is considered one of the most important factors in the induction of various kinds of autoimmune disease including ulcerative colitis (UC). Here, we examined the change in frequen...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Furihata M,Sawada T,Okada T,Ishizuka M,Horie T,Takagi K,Nagata H,Kubota K

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spleen-preserving procedures deserve every effort by surgeons to reduce the risk of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection. Partial splenectomy at hospitals with restricted sources remains technically demanding. We describe our method of partial splenectomy for benign splenic cysts with the aid of a Lin clam...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wu SC,Wang CC,Yong CC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of how factors related to esophageal cancer resection affect long-term quality of life after surgery is scarce, and no population-based studies are available. Therefore, we conducted a Swedish nationwide, prospective, population-based study of how esophageal surgery-related factors influence quality of life ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Viklund P,Lindblad M,Lagergren J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00