Proximal stenosis of the bile ducts: results with a new surgical endoprosthesis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Typhoid fever incidence and complications, including intestinal perforation, have declined significantly in high-income countries, with mortality rates <1%. However, an estimated 10.9 million cases still occur annually, most in low- and middle-income countries. With the availability of a new typhoid conjugat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Birkhold M,Coulibaly Y,Coulibaly O,Dembélé P,Kim DS,Sow S,Neuzil KM

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary thyroid carcinoma is a frequent thyroid cancer. Many factors have been reported to be of prognostic importance, but the significance of biologic factors suggesting aggressiveness and proliferating activity has not been sufficiently documented. Conventional prognostic factors such as age, extrathyroidal invas...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kurozumi K,Nakao K,Nishida T,Nakahara M,Ogino N,Tsujimoto M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The angiogenic factor called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-D is a ligand for VEGF receptor-2 (VEGFR-2/KDR) and receptor-3 (VEGFR-3/Flt-4). It is implicated in the development of lymphatic vessels and promotion of lymphatic metastasis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic significance...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Shida A,Fujioka S,Ishibashi Y,Kobayashi K,Nimura H,Mitsumori N,Suzuki Y,Kawakami M,Urashima M,Yanaga K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic reoperative anti-reflux surgery (ARS) has a significantly higher morbidity than laparoscopic primary ARS; however, it is not known whether the same pattern exists within the robotic approach. We aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of robotic reoperative ARS in comparison with primary robot...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Elmously A,Gray KD,Ullmann TM,Fahey TJ 3rd,Afaneh C,Zarnegar R

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of lymphadenectomy in adrenocortical carcinoma resection is controversial. Therefore, we conducted a population-based study to assess the association between positive lymph nodes (LN) and survival. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results set of cancer registries were utilized. The a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sada A,Glasgow AE,Lyden ML,Thompson GB,Dy BM,McKenzie TJ,Habermann EB

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In gastric cancer, the recurrence rate is high even after curative surgery. A relevant issue is the identification of independent prognostic factors to select high-risk patients; such features can be used as predictive factors for tailored therapies. In this study we have investigated the role of epidermal g...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Galizia G,Lieto E,Orditura M,Castellano P,Mura AL,Imperatore V,Pinto M,Zamboli A,De Vita F,Ferraraccio F

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 2790 patients with gastric carcinoma who underwent surgery between January 1978 and December 1993, there were 224 who underwent a D2 resection for cancer of the proximal third of the stomach. Survival in these patients was retrospectively analyzed with special reference to the survival benefit of pancreaticospl...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kodera Y,Yamamura Y,Shimizu Y,Torii A,Hirai T,Yasui K,Morimoto T,Kato T,Kito T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancers of the distal rectum (less than 7.5 cm from the anal verge) that are freely mobile, moderately well or well differentiated, less than 4 cm in size, limited to the bowel wall, and without evidence of metastasis should be considered candidates for treatment with electrocoagulation for cure. Tumor cell ploidy and...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Eisenstat TE,Oliver GC

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1990 Scopinaro's technique of biliopancreatic diversion with distal gastrectomy (DG) and gastroileostomy was modified. A sleeve gastrectomy with duodenal switch (DS) was used instead of the distal gastrectomy; and the length of the common channel was made 100 cm instead of 50 cm. A questionnaire and a prescription ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Marceau P,Hould FS,Simard S,Lebel S,Bourque RA,Potvin M,Biron S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical 'never events' have serious adverse outcomes for patients. A never event can be defined as a serious, avoidable patient safety incident that would not occur if necessary preventative measures are implemented. The literature from South Africa on this topic is limited. This study aims to understand th...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wain H,Kong V,Bruce J,Laing G,Clarke D

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic surgery for malignant disease is highly controversial mainly due to the large number of abdominal wall metastases being reported. Previous experimental studies have particularly studied CO2 pneumoperitoneum and its effect on tumor development. The purpose of this study was to compare CO2- and air-induced ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lundberg O,Kristoffersson A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen consecutive patients receiving renal transplants underwent prospective evaluation of their calcium homeostasis for 1 year after transplantation to characterize indices of hyperparathyroidism (HPT) amelioration. All but one underwent dialysis, and six had vitamin D supplementation before grafting. The rapid fa...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Claesson K,Hellman P,Frödin L,Rastad J

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：INTRODUCTION:In recent years, surgical providers and advocates have engaged in a growing effort to establish metrics to estimate capacity for surgical services as well the burden of surgical diseases in resource-limited settings. The burden of disease (BoD) studies have established the disability-adjusted life year (DA...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Gosselin R,Ozgediz D,Poenaru D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We report three cases of isolated infrarenal aortic dissecting aneurysms managed with stent-graft. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Three patients, two men and one woman, with a mean age at diagnosis of 69 years were identified. In all cases, chest CT-A did not reveal evidence of thoracic aortic dissection. The mean m...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Caronno R,Piffaretti G,Tozzi M,Lomazzi C,Rivolta N,Laganà D,Carrafiello G,Cuffari S,Castelli P

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Superficial soft tissue sarcomas (sSTS) are an important and frequent subtype of soft tissue sarcoma (STS). A wider knowledge of this tumor type may lead to better strategies in tumor therapy. METHODS:An institutional review was performed on all patients with primary sSTS of the extremities and trunk operat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lachenmayer A,Yang Q,Eisenberger CF,Boelke E,Poremba C,Heinecke A,Ohmann C,Knoefel WT,Peiper M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE:In resource-limited settings, identification of successful and sustainable task-shifting interventions is important for improving care. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the training of lay people to take vital signs as trauma clerks is an effective and sustainable method to increase availability of vital sign...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Haac BE,Gallaher JR,Mabedi C,Geyer AJ,Charles AG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common cause of major morbidity after liver resection. This study aimed to identify the risk factors for incisional and organ/space SSIs after liver resection. METHODS:Our liver surgery database was retrospectively analyzed for patients treated between January 2009 and Nov...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kokudo T,Uldry E,Demartines N,Halkic N

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the rarity of adrenocortical carcinoma, survival rates and the prognosis for patients who have undergone operation are not well known. The purpose of the French Association of Endocrine Surgery was to evaluate these factors over an 18-year period. A trend study was associated to assess changes in the clinic...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Icard P,Goudet P,Charpenay C,Andreassian B,Carnaille B,Chapuis Y,Cougard P,Henry JF,Proye C

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been no reports on the impact of preoperative biliary MRSA infection on the outcome of major hepatectomy. The aim of this study was to review the surgical outcome of patients who underwent hepatobiliary resection after biliary drainage and to evaluate the impact of preoperative biliary MRSA infect...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Takara D,Sugawara G,Ebata T,Yokoyama Y,Igami T,Nagino M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pheochromocytoma with synchronous ipsilateral adrenal cortical adenoma (PSCA) may present with mixed clinical, biochemical, and radiological features characteristic to each neoplasm subtype. METHODS:All patients with a pathological diagnosis of pheochromocytoma were evaluated for an ipsilateral cortical ade...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hasassri ME,Pandian TK,Bobr AA,Bancos I,Young WF Jr,Richards ML,Farley DR,Thompson GB,McKenzie TJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:The objective of the present study was to identify logistic regression models with better survival prediction than the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) method in assessing blunt trauma (BT) victims in Japan and Thailand. An additional aim was to demonstrate the feasibility of probability of survival ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kimura A,Chadbunchachai W,Nakahara S

更新日期：2012-04-01 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:The treatment of acute limb ischemia (ALI) has barely changed over the last years. However, the progressive implementation of anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents or statins within the population might have modified the profile and prognosis of patients suffering an ALI. The aim of this study was to evaluate ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Seguí N,Ruiz-Carmona C,Velescu A,Mateos E,Elosua R,Clará A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Institute of Medicine has identified atrial fibrillation (AF) among national priorities for research. We examine the incidence of AF and its association with outcomes of patients undergoing abdominal surgery. METHODS:Patients ≥ 55 years who underwent abdominal surgery captured in a State Inpatient Datab...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kazaure HS,Roman SA,Tyler D,Sosa JA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of surgically induced weight loss on the metabolic profile and adipocytokine levels in premenopausal morbidly obese females. METHODS:Twenty premenopausal morbidly obese (MO) women with a median age of 34 years (range: 24-48 years) and a median body ma...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Marantos G,Daskalakis M,Karkavitsas N,Matalliotakis I,Papadakis JA,Melissas J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic anal fissure (CAF) is a linear split of the anoderm. The minimally invasive management of CAF such as botulinum toxin (BT) injection is recommended. However, the exact efficient dose of BT, number of injections per session and the injection sites are still debatable. The aim of this analysis was to a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bobkiewicz A,Francuzik W,Krokowicz L,Studniarek A,Ledwosiński W,Paszkowski J,Drews M,Banasiewicz T

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy remains regarding the best surgical approach for toxic multinodular goiter (MNG). The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of various thyroid operations for managing toxic MNG. A group of 100 patients with toxic MNG were divided into three groups and managed with total thyroidectomy (TT; group I, ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Alimoglu O,Akdag M,Sahin M,Korkut C,Okan I,Kurtulmus N

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium oxalate is a major component of renal stones, and its urinary concentration plays an important role in stone formation. Even a small increase in urinary oxalate has a significant impact on calcium oxalate saturation. Although primary hyperoxaluria is relatively uncommon, patients with calcium oxalate stones ha...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ogawa Y,Miyazato T,Hatano T

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00