Letter to Editor: Routine Pathology and Postoperative Follow-Up are Not Cost-Effective in Cholecystectomy for Benign Gallbladder Disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only few studies have compared laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (LTME) and open total mesorectal excision (OTME) for rectal cancer with follow-up longer than 5 years. The aim of this study was to compare 10-year oncologic outcomes after LTME and OTME for nonmetastatic rectal cancer. METHODS:We conduct...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Allaix ME,Giraudo G,Ferrarese A,Arezzo A,Rebecchi F,Morino M

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Large incisional hernias with loss of domain (LIHLD) of the abdominal wall remain a therapeutic challenge due to the difficulty of replacing the contents of the hernia sac into the peritoneal cavity. Preoperative progressive pneumoperitoneum (PPP) is a valuable option. The purpose of this study was to eval...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Alyami M,Passot G,Voiglio E,Lundberg PW,Valette PJ,Muller A,Caillot JL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The prognosis for stage III melanoma patients is mixed, and there is need for new prognostic factors to be incorporated into a revision of melanoma TNM staging. We analyzed the possible role of the timing of lymph node involvement as an important prognostic factor. METHODS:Among 249 melanoma patients who under...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Herman K,Wysocki WM,Skotnicki P,Tabor J,Luczyńska E,Komorowski AL

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Delayed recovery of gastrointestinal (GI) motility is a common complication following surgery. TZP-101/ulimorelin is a macrocyclic peptidomimetic ghrelin receptor agonist with GI promotility effects that significantly accelerates time to recovery of GI motility compared to placebo following partial colectomy...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bochicchio G,Charlton P,Pezzullo JC,Kosutic G,Senagore A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trauma is the third leading cause of death worldwide after cardiovascular and oncologic diseases. Predominant causes of trauma-related death (TD) are severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI), hemorrhagic shock, and multiple organ failure. An analysis of TD is required in order to review the quality of trauma car...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Schmidt U,Oramary D,Kamin K,Buschmann CT,Kleber C

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of preoperative enteral nutrition (EN) on postoperative complications and recurrence in Crohn's disease (CD) has not been investigated to date. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of preoperative exclusive EN on postoperative complications and recurrence after bowel resect...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wang H,Zuo L,Zhao J,Dong J,Li Y,Gu L,Gong J,Liu Q,Zhu W

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation is integral to the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). This study examines preoperative biomarkers of systemic inflammation in patients undergoing open repair of intact and ruptured AAA. METHODS:One-hundred twelve patients were entered into a prospective observational study. Preope...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tambyraja AL,Dawson R,Valenti D,Murie JA,Chalmers RT

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treacher Collins Syndrome is a rare bilateral congenital deformity occurring in 1 in 10,000 births. It is also known, in the European literature, as Franceschetti Syndrome, and is additionally known as mandibulofacial dysostosis. It is a syndrome with a very wide spectrum of manifestations characterized by distortions...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Argenta LC,Iacobucci JJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although mortality after liver resection has declined, posthepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) remains a major cause of operative mortality. To date there is not consensus on a definition for PHLF. However, there have been many efforts to define PHLF causing operative mortality. In the present study we sought t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kim SH,Kang DR,Lee JG,Kim DY,Ahn SH,Han KH,Chon CY,Kim KS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent hepatectomy often developed an intrahepatic recurrence, even though it was a curative one. The relationship between surgery-induced liver damage and the recurrence of HCC has not been described. This study evaluated whether posthepatectomy liver fail...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Iguchi K,Hatano E,Yamanaka K,Tanaka S,Taura K,Uemoto S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TraumAID is a computer-based decision aid that uses decision rules and logical deduction to generate management plans for the initial definitive management of injured patients; its use is currently confined to assessing penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries in nonpregnant adults. These management plans were compared t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Clarke JR,Hayward CZ,Santora TA,Wagner DK,Webber BL

更新日期：2002-05-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with renal hyperparathyroidism (RHPT) are susceptible to major electrolyte fluctuations following parathyroidectomy, which may predispose them to early readmission. The purpose of this study is to evaluate risk factors for readmission in patients undergoing parathyroidectomy for RHPT. METHODS:Patie...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lee JD,Kuo EJ,Du L,Yeh MW,Livhits MJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Five billion people lack access to surgery. Accurate and complete data have been identified as essential to the global scale-up of perioperative care. This study retrospectively validates the Mbarara Surgical Services Quality Assurance Database (SQUAD), an electronic outcomes database at a Ugandan secondary ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Drevin G,Albutt K,Baluku M,Tuhumwiire C,Deng H,Musinguzi N,Modest V,Ngonzi J,Ttendo S,Firth P

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS(®)) pathways have reduced morbidity and length of hospital stay (LOS) in orthopedics, bariatric, and colorectal surgery. New perioperative care protocols have been tested in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), with controversial results on morbidity. Incomp...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Braga M,Pecorelli N,Ariotti R,Capretti G,Greco M,Balzano G,Castoldi R,Beretta L

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of sialyl-Lewisx (sLex) antigen was studied immunohistochemically in 110 resected human gastric carcinomas using an anti-sLex monoclonal antibody. Lymph node, liver, and peritoneal metastases were clearly more prevalent in tumors expressing high levels of sLex than in those with no or low-level sLex express...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ura H,Denno R,Hirata K,Yamaguchi K,Yasoshima T,Shishido T

更新日期：1997-09-01 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：:The phrase "outcomes studies" is usually used to describe those studies where outcome is assessed in large cohorts of patients, often using data from administrative databases. They are used to determine the role and impact of variations in the structure and process of health care delivery play in routine practice. Opt...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Brenneman FD,Wright JG,Kennedy ED,McLeod RS

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical treatment of 30 cases of vascular thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) in 25 patients is presented. Patients included 17 women and 8 men with average age of 26.1 years. The causes of compression were cervical rib ( n = 16), soft tissue anomalies ( n = 12), and scar tissue after clavicle fracture ( n = 2). Ten s...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Davidovic LB,Kostic DM,Jakovljevic NS,Kuzmanovic IL,Simic TM

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been reported that the paraesophagogastric devascularization with esophageal transection procedure, also known as the modified Sugiura procedure, was effective in the treatment of variceal bleeding. However, it was not widely accepted by other surgeons because of the high rate of rebleeding, complicat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Zhang HY,Li WB,Ye H,Xiao ZY,Peng YR,Wang J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Finnmark County is the northernmost county in Norway. For several decades, the rate of mortality after injury in this sparsely inhabited region has remained above the national average. Following documentation of this discrepancy for the period 1991-1995, improvements to the trauma system were implemented. Th...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bakke HK,Wisborg T

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to describe the perioperative and long-term results of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients aged 60 or less and compare them to patients of more advanced age in a retrospective single-centre case-control study. METHODS:From January 1996 to December 2014, 5893 consecutive CEAs wer...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Dorigo W,Fargion A,Giacomelli E,Bassoli G,Pulli R,Pratesi G,Piffaretti G,Pratesi C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Lancet recently sponsored a commission examining the role of surgery in global health. There is a paucity of published information on the cost-effectiveness of surgery in low- and middle-income countries, a key metric in the prioritisation of limited resources. METHODS:All patients undergoing emergency ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Roberts G,Roberts C,Jamieson A,Grimes C,Conn G,Bleichrodt R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondrosarcomas of the head and neck are uncommon. Over a 35-year period (1950-1985) at our institution, 557 patients had an established diagnosis of chondrosarcoma. In 28 (5%) of these patients, the tumor was located in the head and neck region. A retrospective analysis was performed in an attempt to accurately defin...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ruark DS,Schlehaider UK,Shah JP

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have emerged as the useful reagents that epigenetically modulate the expression of various genes. In the present study, the effects of HDAC inhibitors on the expression of inflammation-related genes and lung injury during sepsis were investigated. METHODS:Mice were ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Zhang L,Jin S,Wang C,Jiang R,Wan J

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate whether the preoperative magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) can predict the risk of cerebral ischemia associated with the carotid endarterectomy (CEA). METHODS:Between January 2004 and December 2010, 382 consecutive patients (mean age: 56.6 years; range: 45-78 years) were identified to have un...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Shin S,Kwon TW,Cho YP,Shin JH,Yi A,Kim H,Kim GE

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rectus sheath hematoma is rare. It can present to physicians in many specialties, but invariably the surgeon is contacted regarding management. It is frequently difficult to diagnose, which can result in delay of treatment or unnecessary surgery. Its incidence is on the rise. METHODS:We present a series o...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Luhmann A,Williams EV

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We evaluated the effectiveness and safety of a transanal tube placed for the prevention of anastomotic leakage after rectal surgery. METHODS:Between 2007 and 2011, a total of 243 patients underwent anterior resection using the double stapling technique for rectal cancer at our institution. We excluded 67 patients ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Nishigori H,Ito M,Nishizawa Y,Nishizawa Y,Kobayashi A,Sugito M,Saito N

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00