Open lateral sphincterotomy is still the best treatment for chronic anal fissure.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Portal vein embolization (PVE), proposed to induce contralateral hepatic hypertrophy before major hepatectomy, carries some negative side effects since growth rate of metastases in the future remnant liver (RL) can be more rapid than that of nontumoral liver parenchyma. Therefore, metastases in the RL should...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jaeck D,Bachellier P,Nakano H,Oussoultzoglou E,Weber JC,Wolf P,Greget M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 13-month period (November 1988 to December 1989), we performed our first 104 laparoscopic cholecystectomies using an intracorporeal ultrasonic lithotripsy technique. The procedure in three of these patients was converted to an open operation because of hemorrhage with unexpected findings of cirrhosis in two pat...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Perissat J,Collet D,Vitale G,Belliard R,Sosso M

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying factors associated with resident autonomy may help improve training efficiency. This study evaluates resident and procedural factors associated with level of guidance needed in the operating room. METHODS:Intraoperative performance and yearly performance on Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hoops HE,Haley C,Cook MR,Lopez O,Dewey E,Brasel KJ,Spight D,Kiraly LN

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, the management strategy of pancreatic cyst (PC) remains controversial because of the inability to diagnose this type of cyst accurately and the limited knowledge of its natural history. Previously, many clinicians have advocated an aggressive resectional policy. This approach is no longer appropri...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Goh BK,Tan YM,Chung YF,Chow PK,Cheow PC,Thng CH,Mesenas S,Wong WK,Ooi LL

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite conventional neuromonitoring, the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is still at risk for damage during thyroid surgery. The feasibility of continuous RLN monitoring by vagal nerve (VN) stimulation with a new anchor electrode should be shown, and electromyographic signal alterations of stressed RLN were...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schneider R,Przybyl J,Pliquett U,Hermann M,Wehner M,Pietsch UC,König F,Hauss J,Jonas S,Leinung S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about postgastrectomy syndrome and quality of life (QOL after laparoscopy-assisted pylorus-preserving gastrectomy (LAPPG). The aim of this study was to assess postgastrectomy syndrome and QOL after LAPPG as compared with laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy with Billroth-I reconstruction (...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hosoda K,Yamashita K,Sakuramoto S,Katada N,Moriya H,Mieno H,Watanabe M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-four routine subclavian vein catheterizations in patients with abdominal surgical procedures were performed by the resident surgical staff at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital over a ten month period. This was done primarily to have ready access to large veins during surgery and to free the pati...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Voegele LD

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer, the results of standard definitive treatments of surgery, radiotherapy, or both were disappointing. The local and regional recurrence rates were high, despite adequate surgical resection with negative margins and postoperative radiotherapy to all known or possibl...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jacobs JR,Kish J,Ensley JF,Ahmad K,Weaver A,Crissman J,Al-Sarraf M

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation was designed to study the effects of home health care (HHC) on patients who have been hospitalized with peripheral vascular disease. For a patient to have HHC, the patient had to have a defined wound, educational needs, or both. Sixty patients, 30 with HHC and 30 without, were contacted approximatel...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hollier LH,Smith FI,Rice JC,Kliger CH,Kerstein MD

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Open and laparoscopic antireflux surgeries are standard for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The in-hospital outcomes of laparoscopic and open antireflux procedures were analyzed and compared at US academic medical centers. METHODS:Using International Classification of Diseases, Nint...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Varela JE,Hinojosa MW,Nguyen NT

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study compares NBME surgical clerkship scores of students who completed their medicine clerkship before their surgical clerkship with the performance of those who had not previously completed their medical clerkship. METHODS:The study included 815 New York University School of Medicine students from ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Adelsheimer A,Berman RS,Pachter HL,Hochberg MS

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two patients with ulcerative colitis and colorectal cancer undergoing colectomy at the Mount Sinai Hospital between 1973 and 1988 were studied retrospectively to determine the correlation of age, sex, duration of colitis, tumor location, number of cancers, tumor differentiation, colloid content, presence of sign...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Heimann TM,Oh SC,Martinelli G,Szporn A,Luppescu N,Lembo CA,Kurtz RJ,Fasy TM,Greenstein AJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Routine completion imaging after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has been advocated by many investigators to detect and repair unsuspected defects with the goal of reducing perioperative morbidity and residual disease. However, completion imaging has been performed rarely in our practice. Our carotid registry w...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ricotta JJ,O'Brien-Irr MS

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten cases of giant lung abscess were treated by one-stage closed tube drainage after initial medical therapy. Sepsis or hemorrhage was relieved in all patients. There were no operative deaths, serious complications, or late recurrences. Three patients have subsequently died from bronchogenic cancer. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lawrence GH,Rubin SL

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic value of traditional staging classification for colorectal cancer has changed little since Dukes created the first staging scheme. Some patients with known metastatic disease are long-term survivors, while other patients with local disease die early. New intraoperative cancer detection technol...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Arnold MW,Young DC,Hitchcock CL,Schneebaum S,Martin EW Jr

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lack of exposure to surgery in the preclinical years of medical school contributes to students' negative opinions of the field and to low application rates to categorical surgical programs. METHODS:Forty preclinical medical students attended a series of 16 seminars and practice sessions covering the gamut o...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Riboh J,Curet M,Krummel T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine if the distance from the skin to the seroma cavity, as measured with ultrasound (US) before catheter placement, correlated with the distance from skin to MammoSite balloon catheter as measured on computerized axial tomography (CAT) after catheter placement. METHODS:...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wilkinson JB,Boyle T,Song J,Kilbride K,Miltenburg D

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about care coordination and communication with outpatient endocrine surgery patients. This study evaluated phone calls between office nurses and surgical patients to identify common issues addressed and their effect on patient care. METHODS:Qualitative analysis of preoperative and postoperat...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brekke A,Elfenbein DM,Madkhali T,Schaefer SC,Shumway C,Chen H,Schneider DF,Sippel RS,Balentine C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although partial splenectomy is preferable to total splenectomy for maintaining an immune response, several techniques by which splenic parenchyma were divided in partial splenectomy have been controversial. METHODS:Partial splenectomy using a new and simple device that irradiates radiofrequency combined wi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Itamoto T,Fukuda S,Tashiro H,Ohdan H,Asahara T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with 37 patients with adult colovesical fistula over the past 19 years is reviewed. Specific guidelines for treatment of adult colovesical fistula are influenced by the location and cause of the fistula, the patient's general condition, the presence of a pelvic abscess and the presence of colonic obstructio...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McConnell DB,Sasaki TM,Vetto RM

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty as the primary treatment of renovascular stenosis in adults has recently been described. Previously, only three children have been reported to have undergone transluminal angioplasty for stenosis of the renal artery and hypertension. At our hospital, transluminal angiop...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Guzzetta PC,Potter BM,Kapur S,Ruley EJ,Randolph J

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) accounts for nearly 20% of new breast cancer diagnoses and ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion (DCIS-MI) is found in 5% to 10% of DCIS. Controversy exists regarding the appropriate local treatment as well as whether or not examination of the axilla should be performed ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Adamovich TL,Simmons RM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incisional hernias are common. Optimal repair is one of the most analyzed and debated topics; however, there is no consensus as to the appropriate surgical technique. METHODS:An Institutional Review Board-approved protocol was designed using an Internet-based survey site (www.surveymonkey.com) to assess pra...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Alder AC,Alder SC,Livingston EH,Bellows CF

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic study of hybrid Baltimore blacks in relation to the presence of cancer may be timely since the mortality rate in blacks compared with the mortality rate in whites has increased considerably. The appearance of white genes in black persons may provide some help in such a study. A positive relationship was not ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Miller JM,Miller JM

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This 17-year review was undertaken to examine clinical outcomes and the changing trends in resource utilization for lower extremity bypass grafts performed in a managed care setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 1979 and 1995, 338 bypasses in 276 patients (199 men, 77 women; 62% diabetics) were carried out ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Maini BS,Orr RK,O'Mara P,Hendershott T

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of 143 patients with 144 feeding jejunostomies was carried out. In the 129 patients in whom catheters were utilized, only 48 (45 percent) had no complications. Seventy-one patients (55 percent) suffered one or more catheter-related complications. Ten of these complications were life-threatening or fatal, incl...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Smith-Choban P,Max MH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate debt and other factors that help formulate the career paths of future surgical and primary care physicians, a survey was undertaken. METHODS:Surgical specialty (SS) and primary care (PC) residents were surveyed regarding demographics, factors influencing choice of specialty, methods of financing...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Woodworth PA,Chang FC,Helmer SD

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glass tables can break and cause traumatic injury. This public health issue is avoidable by adequate regulatory measures. We describe the burden and characteristics of these injuries using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) database and data from a level 1 trauma center. METHODS:NEIS...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Trivedi U,Chauhan D,Villegas C,Bueser R,Livingston D,Bonne S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal failure-associated liver disease (IFALD) can be treated with parenteral fish oil (FO) monotherapy, but practitioners have raised concerns about a potential bleeding risk. This study aims to describe the incidence of clinically significant post-procedural bleeding (CSPPB) in children receiving FO m...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Nandivada P,Anez-Bustillos L,O'Loughlin AA,Mitchell PD,Baker MA,Dao DT,Fell GL,Potemkin AK,Gura KM,Neufeld EJ,Puder M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fournier's gangrene is a fulminant and destructive inflammation of the scrotum, penis, and perineum. The objective of this study was to compare 2 different approaches to wound management after aggressive surgical debridement. METHODS:Data from 35 patients with Fournier's gangrene were prospectively collecte...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Czymek R,Schmidt A,Eckmann C,Bouchard R,Wulff B,Laubert T,Limmer S,Bruch HP,Kujath P

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00