Labour Market Participation After Emergency Laparotomy: A Nationwide Cohort Study with Long-Term Follow-Up.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The manifestations associated with non-survival after multiple trauma may vary importantly between countries and institutions. The aim of the present study was to assess the quality of performance by comparing actual mortality rates to the literature. METHODS:The study involved evaluation of a prospective c...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Füglistaler-Montali I,Attenberger C,Füglistaler P,Jacob AL,Amsler F,Gross T

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The imaging characteristics of diagnostic ultrasound (US) are determined by the ultrasonic properties of tissue. The velocity of propagation of US and the attenuation are the 2 most important parameters. These determine the frequency with which the tissues may be imaged, which in turn sets a fundamental limit on the a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kossoff G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A PubMed search of the biomedical literature was carried out to systematically review the role of laparoscopy in colonic diverticular disease. All original reports comparing elective laparoscopic, hand-assisted, and open colon resection for diverticular disease of the colon, as well as original reports evalu...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Gaertner WB,Kwaan MR,Madoff RD,Willis D,Belzer GE,Rothenberger DA,Melton GB

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of preoperative imaging and the usability of different imaging modalities is highly variable and controversial in reduction mammaplasty patients. Our study describes the imaging process in a single center in regard to modality selection, age and timing, and of the association between imaging and his...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Merkkola-von Schantz PA,Kauhanen SMC,Jahkola TA,Krogerus LA,Hukkinen KS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The implementation of programs to improve patient safety remains challenging in low- and middle-income countries. The goal of our study was to define the barriers and facilitators to implementation of a perioperative patient safety program in Guatemala. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We conducted semi-structured inte...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sico IP,Hall BJ,Aguilar-González A,Orozco M,Ramirez C,Baumgartner JN,Boyd D,Bolaños J,Calgua E,Lou-Meda R,Rice HE

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid carcinoma is a rare cause of primary hyperparathyroidism. However, to our best knowledge, at least 163 cases of functioning parathyroid carcinoma appeared in the English literature from 1981 to 1989. We summarize the available information obtained from the reports of those patients and compare it with prev...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Obara T,Fujimoto Y

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study described the various components of access to care for resectable colorectal cancer, and correlated the timeliness of these components with patient satisfaction. With a prospective/retrospective cohort design, all patients undergoing surgical resection for primary colorectal cancer from 2/1/01 to 15/12/01, ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Porter GA,Inglis KM,Wood LA,Veugelers PJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Binding of the lectin Helix pomatia agglutinin (HPA) has been shown to be associated with poor prognosis in many human cancers, but not in thyroid cancer. The aims of the present study were to assess alteration in cellular glycosylation, detected by HPA binding, in thyroid tumors; to determine if such altere...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Parameswaran R,Sadler G,Brooks S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a slow decline in the incidence of gastric cancer over the last 90 years, we can still expect to see over 100,000 patients die of this disease each decade in England and Wales. The 5-year survival rate has not improved during this century, which is largely due to the stage at diagnosis being unchanged. There a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Harrison JD,Fielding JW

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:To pursue a suitable central airway replacement, we conducted central airway reconstruction using autologous pulmonary tissue flaps lined with alloy stents in five patients after extensive tracheal resection. Preoperative and postoperative arterial blood gas analysis and pulmonary function tests were used to evaluate ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Zhang S,Liu Z

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty patients undergoing cholecystectomy were either assigned deliberately (n = 30) or randomized (n = 50) to drainage (n = 38) or nondrainage (n = 42). Subhepatic collections were seen on ultrasonography (US) after 48 to 72 hours in 12 of 35 patients with drainage and 24 of 42 patients without drainage (p < 0.05). ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kapoor VK,Ibrarullah M,Baijal SS,Kulshreshtha A,Mittal BR,Saxena R,Das BK,Kaushik SP

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal (GI) tract perforation during endoscopy is a rare but severe complication. The aim of this study was to determine predictors of morbidity and mortality after iatrogenic endoscopic perforation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:All cases with iatrogenic endoscopic perforation receiving surgery at a tert...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Holmer C,Mallmann CA,Musch MA,Kreis ME,Gröne J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophagectomy carries high morbidity, mainly respiratory. Minimally invasive surgery has been demonstrated to improve postoperative outcome in digestive surgery, without impairment of oncological results. A prospective study was conducted to evaluate feasibility, postoperative outcome, and mid-term oncologic...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Godiris-Petit G,Munoz-Bongrand N,Honigman I,Cattan P,Sarfati E

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Central pancreatectomy is an uncommonly performed procedure that may be particularly useful for the removal of benign and low malignant potential lesions in the neck and body of the pancreas. This procedure may have fewer major complications and better preserve endocrine and exocrine function than the more commonly pe...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Christein JD,Kim AW,Golshan MA,Maxhimer J,Deziel DJ,Prinz RA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among burn patients, research is conflicted, but may suggest that females are at increased risk of mortality, despite the opposite being true in non-burn trauma. Our objective was to determine whether sex-based differences in burn mortality exist, and assess whether patient demographics, comorbid conditions,...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Williams FN,Strassle PD,Knowlin L,Napravnik S,van Duin D,Charles A,Nizamani R,Jones SW,Cairns BA

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the results of surgical treatment for Graves' disease in our hospital and examined the relationship between the values of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor antibodies and postoperative thyroid function. From 1983 to 1988, subtotal thyroidectomy was performed in 313 patients with Graves' di...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Mori Y,Matoba N,Miura S,Sakai N,Taira Y

更新日期：1992-07-01 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:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and gallstones are reported to be strongly associated because both diseases are frequently part of a metabolic syndrome. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has become the standard treatment for gallbladder disease around the world. Cardiovascular disease is considered as an absolu...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Liu YY,Yeh CN,Lee HL,Chu PH,Jan YY,Chen MF

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：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：INTRODUCTION:In India, half of the annual 200,000 road traffic deaths occur in hospitals, but the exact in-hospital trauma mortality rate remains unknown. A research consortium of universities, with a mandate to reduce trauma mortality, measured the baseline 30-day in-hospital mortality rate. METHODS:Between September...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Roy N,Gerdin M,Ghosh S,Gupta A,Kumar V,Khajanchi M,Schneider EB,Gruen R,Tomson G,von Schreeb J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most important problem in pancreatic fistula is whether one can distinguish clinical pancreatic fistula, grade B + C fistula by the International Study Group on Pancreatic Fistula (ISGPF), from transient pancreatic fistula (grade A), in the early period after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). It remains uncl...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kawai M,Tani M,Hirono S,Ina S,Miyazawa M,Yamaue H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January, 1972 to June, 1989, 51 patients with liver hemangiomas (32 females and 19 males, mean age 35 years) were evaluated for surgical treatment. Diameters of the masses were 5 cm to 20 cm (median 8.5 cm). Nine of the patients had already been treated for cancer. Twenty-two (43.1%) of the 51 patients were sympt...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lise M,Feltrin G,Da Pian PP,Miotto D,Pilati PL,Rubaltelli L,Zane D

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood loss during liver transection and ischemia-reperfusion injury associated with hepatic inflow occlusion are significant drawbacks during liver surgery. Sixteen patients underwent liver resection using the Monopolar Floating Ball (FB) plus LigaSure (LS) diathermy without occlusion of the hepatoduodenal ligament (g...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sakamoto Y,Yamamoto J,Kokudo N,Seki M,Kosuge T,Yamaguchi T,Muto T,Makuuchi M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The previous finding of an increased risk of premature death in a consecutive series of 896 patients operated on for primary hyperparathyroidism between 1953 and 1982 [1] raised the question of the role that surgery plays in relation to the risk of death. In the present study, undertaken to examine that issue, 3 facto...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hedbäck G,Odén A,Tisell LE

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) is a recent change in management of acute general surgical patients in hospitals worldwide. In contrast to traditional management of acute surgical presentations by a rotating on-call system, ASUs are shown to deliver improved efficiency and patient outcomes. This study investig...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lancashire JF,Steele M,Parker D,Puhalla H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Three decades of internal conflict in the North and East of Sri Lanka have taken a toll on the health care system in that area. METHODS:We proposed to quantify the current status of capacity to deliver emergency, anesthesia, and surgical interventions in the conflict affected areas of Sri Lanka. The World H...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Taira BR,Cherian MN,Yakandawala H,Kesavan R,Samarage SM,DeSilva M

更新日期：2010-03-01 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