Long-term results of hemostatic gastric suture in the treatment of esophagogastric varices.

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:Understanding the lymphatic drainage route in gastric cancer is crucial for complete lymph node retrieval from sites susceptible to metastasis. However, the lymphatic stream of the stomach is complex and remains incompletely characterized. METHODS:Patients with small (<4 cm) serosa-negative gastric cancer w...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tokunaga M,Ohyama S,Hiki N,Fukunaga T,Yamada K,Sano T,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesosigmoidoplasty is a nonresective procedure for nongangrenous sigmoid volvulus. It aims to correct the main pathogenetic factor of this condition, the narrow but long mesosigmoid. Although it had been demonstrated by intraoperative measurements that this has indeed achieved its purpose, recurrent volvulus has been ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bach O,Rudloff U,Post S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most neoplasms arising in the parotid gland are benign. Patients with cancer of the parotid gland usually present with normal facial nerve function. In these patients, findings at the time of surgery will guide the management of the facial nerve, with most surgeons preserving the nerve unless it is adherent to, or imb...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Spiro JD,Spiro RH

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The retained knife blade is an unusual and spectacular injury. The aim of this study was to review our experience with the management of such injuries. METHODS:A retrospective chart review of patients with retained knife blades treated at Groote Schuur Hospital Trauma Centre from January 1996 to December 20...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sobnach S,Nicol A,Nathire H,Kahn D,Navsaria P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recently, more aggressive variants of so-called well-differentiated thyroid carcinomas have been identified such as the tall cell variant, columnar cell variant, diffuse sclerosing variant, insular carcinoma, and Hürthle cell (oncocytic, oxyphilic) carcinomas. METHODS:An evidence-based review was performe...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Carling T,Ocal IT,Udelsman R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this study were to investigate predictive factors for microscopic portal venous invasion (mPVI) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and whether anatomical liver resection (ALR) was useful in such cases. METHODS:We analyzed 852 patients with HCC without macroscopic portal venous invasion who were t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Shimada S,Kamiyama T,Yokoo H,Orimo T,Wakayama K,Einama T,Kakisaka T,Kamachi H,Taketomi A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence, pattern, and severity of sleep disturbance and cognitive dysfunction has not been well characterized for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). There is no agreement on the mechanism of the development or resolution of such symptoms, and in no previous study has cerebral activity be...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Perrier ND,Coker LH,Rorie KD,Burbank NS,Kirkland KA,Passmore LV,Tembreull T,Stump DA,Laurienti PJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 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:Segmentectomy for radiologically pure solid tumors is still controversial because these tumors are more aggressive in malignancy than those with ground-glass opacity. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of intentional segmentectomy for pure solid small-sized lung cancer. METHODS:We retrospectively...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tsubokawa N,Tsutani Y,Miyata Y,Handa Y,Misumi K,Hanaki H,Hida E,Okada M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of outcomes to evaluate surgical quality implies the need for detailed risk adjustment. The physiological and operative severity score for the enumeration of mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) is a generally applicable risk adjustment model suitable for pancreatic surgery. A pancreaticoduodenectomy (...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ansorge C,Lindström P,Strömmer L,Blomberg J,Lundell L,Andrén-Sandberg A,Del Chiaro M,Segersvärd R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic resection of posterosuperior (PS) tumors of the liver is more difficult than that of anterolateral (AL) tumors, owing to the narrow surgical field in the PS location. In this retrospective cohort study, our aim was to determine if port insertion through the intercostal space would lead to improv...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hirokawa F,Hayashi M,Asakuma M,Shimizu T,Inoue Y,Uchiyama K

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) among living kidney donors (LKDs) is seldom included in evaluations of patients' outcomes. Potential risk factors and new criteria for estimating the glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) indexed for body surface area (BSA) were investigated with a view to prev...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tsai SF,Shu KH,Wu MJ,Ho HC,Wen MC,Su CK,Lian JD,Chen CH

更新日期：2013-04-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral therapy (ART) live longer and now require surgery for indications similar to those described for the general population. They have been previously reported to carry higher mortality and complication rates, especially septic complications. The aim of this study was to ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Chichom-Mefire A,Azabji-Kenfack M,Atashili J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The skin is closed in open appendectomy traditionally with few interrupted nonabsorbable sutures. The use of this old method is based on a suggestion that this technique decreases wound infections. In pediatric surgery, skin closure with running intradermal absorbable sutures has been found to be as safe as ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kotaluoto S,Pauniaho SL,Helminen M,Kuokkanen H,Rantanen T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, diagnostic criteria for malnutrition have been proposed by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN). This study aimed to investigate the utility of the ESPEN malnutrition criteria as a predictor for major complications following hepatectomy and pancreatectomy. METHODS:Dat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Fukami Y,Saito T,Arikawa T,Osawa T,Komatsu S,Kaneko K,Ishida Y,Maeda K,Mori N,Sano T

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was designed to assess the chronological change in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) following robot-assisted distal gastrectomy (RADG) for early gastric cancer (EGC) and to compare the HRQOL of the patients undergoing RADG with that of the general population. METHODS:Patients undergoing RADG f...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Park JY,Eom BW,Jo MJ,Yoon HM,Ryu KW,Kim YW,Nam BH,Lee JH

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few details of the clinical features of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) developing extrahepatic recurrence after a curative resection have been published. The purpose of this study was to clarify the clinicopathologic findings of patients with HCC who experienced extrahepatic metastases. METHODS:Clinicopatho...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tanaka K,Shimada H,Matsuo K,Takeda K,Nagano Y,Togo S

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are scant studies that have analyzed the prognostic factors for malignant nonfunctioning endocrine tumors of the pancreas. We identified the predictive factors associated with long-term survival after surgical resection for malignant nonfunctioning endocrine tumors. METHODS:Among the 25 patients seen ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Chung JC,Choi DW,Jo SH,Heo JS,Choi SH,Kim YI

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a proven relationship between obesity and several cancers including breast, endometrium, colorectal, and esophagus. With the increasing incidence of both obesity and thyroid cancer, we designed the present study to investigate a causal relationship between leptin, which is one of the well known adip...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Rehem RA,Elwafa WA,Elwafa RA,Abdel-Aziz TE

更新日期：2014-10-01 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:This is a baseline assessment of surgical capacity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in preparation for the creation of a National Surgical, Obstetric, Anesthesia, and Nursing Plan. METHODS:In October 2017, all 10 of the 11 secondary hospitals in FCT that provide surgical and/or obstetric care were su...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Anderson JE,Ndajiwo AB,Nuhu SA,Lawal OA,Amedu JO,Ameh EA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known of the oncological outcomes after adjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy in patients with stage III colon cancer showing microsatellite instability high (MSI-H). In the present study we investigated the prognostic impact of MSI-H in patients with stage III colon cancer receiving FOLFOX chemotherapy. M...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Oh SY,Kim DY,Kim YB,Suh KW

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strictures at the pharyngoesophageal junction represent a subgroup of corrosive esophageal strictures requiring a specialized management approach. Non-dilatable cricopharyngeal strictures need surgical intervention. We report the use of the sternocleidomastoid muscle myocutaneous inlay flap (SCMMIF) for reco...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ananthakrishnan N,Parthasarathy G,Maroju NK,Kate V

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article surveys in an interdisciplinary fashion the evolution of ancient Greek medicine and traumatology in particular. In sounding out the key methods and themes of Greek medicine, we cite a range of medical treatises and correlate them to the rich evidence of ancient Greek art (iconography), which often is expl...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Pikoulis EA,Petropoulos JC,Tsigris C,Pikoulis N,Leppäniemi AK,Pavlakis E,Gavrielatou E,Burris D,Bastounis E,Rich NM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is debate regarding use of the stereotactic core-needle biopsy (SCNB) for highly suspicious mammographic lesions. This study compares a serial group of mammography-detected breast cancer patients treated before and after the use of SCNB. We studied 113 consecutive nonpalpable breast cancers between 1994 and 1996...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kaufman CS,Delbecq R,Jacobson L

更新日期：1998-10-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Roux-en-Y anastomosis is the standard of care for biliary reconstruction. Yet, a direct bilio-biliary anastomosis preserves the normal sphincter mechanism and endoscopic access to the biliary tree for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction is widely used in liver transplanta...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Memeo R,Belli A,Kluger MD,Tayar C,Laurent A,Cherqui D

更新日期：2012-01-01 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