Congenital short colon.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Parathyroid cysts are rare but clinically significant lesions. They can be functional, mistaken for a thyroid cyst, and/or managed nonoperatively on occasion. METHODS:We identified seven patients (1 male, 6 females) with the diagnosis of parathyroid cyst from 1998 to 2003. RESULTS:Altogether, 33% of the ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ujiki MB,Nayar R,Sturgeon C,Angelos P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parathyroid cancer is rare. Differentiating parathyroid carcinoma from degenerative changes at histopathology can be difficult and studies investigating the value of single immunohistochemical markers have had variable results. In this study we aimed to investigate whether a panel of immunohistochemistry mar...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Truran PP,Johnson SJ,Bliss RD,Lennard TW,Aspinall SR

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to evaluate the recurrence rates, timings, locations, and risk factors, and survival in patients with lymph node-negative superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (ESCCs). METHODS:We investigated 167 patients with pathological T1 thoracic ESCC who underwent curative esophagectomy wit...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ozawa Y,Kamei T,Nakano T,Taniyama Y,Miyagi S,Ohuchi N

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study compares survival in patients with the rare subtypes of follicular (FTmC) and Hurthle cell (HCmC) microcarcinoma compared to that of papillary thyroid (PTmC) microcarcinoma. METHODS:Patients with FTmC and HCmC were selected from the National Cancer Database 2004-2015 and compared with PTmC. Patie...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Khokar AM,Holoubek SA,Kuchta KM,Winchester DJ,Prinz RA,Moo-Young TA

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, gallbladder perforation has been reported, leading to bile leak and spillage of gallstones into the peritoneum. Because the consequences can be dangerous, conversion to laparotomy as an instant management for gallstone spillage is one of the topics of current discussion in laparosc...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tumer AR,Yüksek YN,Yasti AC,Gözalan U,Kama NA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selective nonoperative management (SNOM) of penetrating neck injuries (PNI) has steadily gained favor, but indications for surgery and adjunctive diagnostic studies remain debated. The purpose of the present study is to validate a protocol of SNOM of PNI based on physical examination, which further dictates ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Thoma M,Navsaria PH,Edu S,Nicol AJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:Multiple organ failure (MOF) is considered to be the leading cause of death after severe trauma. Although there is extensive literature on MOF, little is known about the pattern, sequence, and onset of this clinical syndrome. The first goal of this clinical study was to define MOF; the second was to assess the typical...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Regel G,Grotz M,Weltner T,Sturm JA,Tscherne H

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Utilization of breast reconstruction (BR) is low in many jurisdictions. We studied the geographical and surgical workforce factors that contribute to access and use of BR using a small area analysis approach with a geographical unit of analysis. METHODS:We linked administrative data from Ontario Canada to c...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Platt J,Zhong T,Moineddin R,Booth GL,Easson AM,Fernandes K,Gozdyra P,Baxter NN

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Frailty is a customized marker of biological age that helps to gauge an individual's functional physiologic reserve and ability to react to stress and is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. In order to mitigate frailty preoperatively, the concept of prehabilitation has entered th...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Baimas-George M,Watson M,Elhage S,Parala-Metz A,Vrochides D,Davis BR

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study assesses the incidence of missed pelvic injuries in the pre-hospital setting. METHODS:All blunt trauma patients (ISS ≥ 9) with pre-hospital suspicion of and/or radiologically proven pelvic fracture documented in the TraumaRegister DGU® (TR-DGU) of the German Trauma Society DGU (2002-2011) were ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lustenberger T,Walcher F,Lefering R,Schweigkofler U,Wyen H,Marzi I,Wutzler S,TraumaRegister DGU.

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left untreated, aneurysmal disease of the abdominal aorta is a highly lethal condition. Standard transabdominal repair of aortic aneurysm, although successful and durable, continues to be plagued by significant morbidity, mortality, and cost. Placement of an endovascular graft through a femoral arteriotomy is a new te...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Colburn MD,Moore WS

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical treatment of amiodarone-associated thyrotoxicosis (AAT) is effective although fewer than 100 cases have been reported world wide. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed 14 patients treated with total thyroidectomy by a single surgeon from 1998 to 2005. RESULTS:There were 11 male and 3 female patients w...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Gough J,Gough IR

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：PURPOSE:Management of anal fistula represents a balance between curing the condition and maintaining anal continence. Recent reports of the results of the porcine anal fistula plug have demonstrated excellent fistula healing rates without reporting significant complications. METHODS:The outcome of patients who underwe...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lawes DA,Efron JE,Abbas M,Heppell J,Young-Fadok TM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appropriate role for additional radiotherapy in patients with resectable rectal cancer is not yet settled. Irradiation has been considered by surgeons and radiotherapists as superfluous since no effect on survival has been shown. However, numerous trials have demonstrated that peri-operative radiotherapy decreases...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Påhlman L,Glimelius B

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：:Mass screening for the purpose of detecting thyroid cancer at its earliest stage may not be recommended at the present time, but screening focused on certain risk groups is advocated. Familial nonmedullary thyroid carcinoma (FNMTC) is a distinct clinical entity with a high incidence of multifocality and association wi...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Uchino S,Noguchi S,Yamashita H,Murakami T,Watanabe S,Ogawa T,Tsuno A,Shuto S

更新日期：2004-11-01 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 aim of this study was to determine if intrabiliary rupture (IBR), an evolutive complication of hepatic echinococcosis (HE), is a risk factor for developing postoperative morbidity (POM). METHODS:This was a concurrent cohort study that included patients operated on for HE between 1996 and 2006 and who ha...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Manterola C,Vial M,Sanhueza A,Contreras J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although various complications after hepatectomy have been reported, there have been no large studies on postoperative portal vein thrombosis (PVT) as a complication. This study evaluated the incidence, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of PVT after hepatectomy. METHODS:The preoperative and postoperative ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Yoshiya S,Shirabe K,Nakagawara H,Soejima Y,Yoshizumi T,Ikegami T,Yamashita Y,Harimoto N,Nishie A,Yamanaka T,Maehara Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Over the past three decades Canada has developed an exemplary system of universal health care. However, current financial constraints threaten to undermine the very foundation of the system that represents Canada's respect for social justice. The first of these two articles (Part 1) discusses the unique characteristic...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Cohen AH,Cohen R,Taylor BR,Reznick RK

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:The Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) scoring system was developed to aid the diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis and guide management [1]. AIM:To validate the LRINEC score and identify clinical predictors to develop a refined diagnostic scoring tool for the diagnosis of necrotizin...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Cribb BI,Wang MTM,Kulasegaran S,Gamble GD,MacCormick AD

更新日期：2019-10-01 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:Nodal involvement of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) commonly occurs in the paratracheal region and the internal jugular chain. Lymph node metastasis in the parapharyngeal space (PPS) is rare. In this report, we describe our experience and surgical outcomes of patients with PPS metastasis of PTC. METHODS:...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Moritani S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical innovation relies on patient safety and quality of life, which require a drastic iatrogenic impact reduction. A parallel development toward less invasive approaches has occurred in the field of surgery, interventional radiology, and endoscopy. Minimally invasive techniques provide unquestionable benefits to p...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Marescaux J,Diana M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite careful selection of cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver resection remains associated with a greater risk than in patients without underlying liver disease. In this study we assessed by multivariate analysis parameters associated with in-hospital mortality and morbidity in a selected ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Noun R,Jagot P,Farges O,Sauvanet A,Belghiti J

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood papillary thyroid carcinoma is associated with more locally aggressive and more frequent distant disease than its adult counterpart. Recurrence rates tend to be higher in children, but cause-specific mortality remains low. Optimal initial treatment of childhood papillary thyroid carcinoma should include tota...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Thompson GB,Hay ID

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00