Outcomes after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study determined the association between proximal gastrointestinal (GI) colonization and the development of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection and multiple organ failure (MOF) in a population of critically ill surgical patients. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:ICU-acquired infection in association wit...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Marshall JC,Christou NV,Meakins JL

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with major burns and an animal model of burn injury were studied to determine the mechanism of depressed interleukin-2 (IL-2) production after thermal injury and to determine the effect of such injury on IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) expression and function. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Major burn injury is know...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Horgan AF,Mendez MV,O'Riordain DS,Holzheimer RG,Mannick JA,Rodrick ML

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A randomized, controlled, multicenter trial was undertaken in 102 patients with objective evidence of severe acute pancreatitis to evaluate whether selective decontamination reduces mortality. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Secondary pancreatic infection is the major cause of death in patients with acute necrotizin...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Luiten EJ,Hop WC,Lange JF,Bruining HA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the global features of postoperative adverse outcomes for surgical patients with schizophrenia. BACKGROUND:Patients with schizophrenia were known to have a higher risk of complications during hospitalization. Quality of care has become the key factor in reducing their potential mortality afterwar...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Liao CC,Shen WW,Chang CC,Chang H,Chen TL

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven consecutively presenting myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with generalized weakness were treated according to a standardized prospective protocol. All patients underwent a sternal splitting "total" thymectomy. Medical status before surgery was optimized by plasmapheresis without immunosuppression. Medicatio...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Olanow CW,Wechsler AS,Roses AD

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare clinical outcomes after laparoscopic lavage (LL) or colonic resection (CR) for purulent diverticulitis. BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic lavage has been suggested as an alternative treatment for traditional CR. Comparative studies to date have shown conflicting results. METHODS:Electronic searches of Emba...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Penna M,Markar SR,Mackenzie H,Hompes R,Cunningham C

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hospital records of 41 patients with a diagnosis of early postoperative small bowel obstruction were reviewed in an attempt to identify criteria which could be used to separate those patients who would require an operation to resolve their obstruction, from those who would resolve with nonoperative therapy. The us...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Quatromoni JC,Rosoff L Sr,Halls JM,Yellin AE

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new system for long-term, 24-hour, ambulatory dual gastroduodenal pH monitoring is described. Eighteen patients with active duodenal ulcers and ten healthy subjects were studied. Simultaneous gastric and duodenal bulb pH were measured during fasting, the ingestion of a solid meal, and for the remainder of the 24-hou...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Eriksen CA,Sadek SA,Cuschieri A

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Individualized risk assessment in patients with UICC stage II colon cancer based on a panel of molecular genetic alterations. BACKGROUND:Risk assessment in patients with colon cancer and localized disease (UICC stage II) is not sufficiently reliable. Development of metachronous metastasis is assumed to be g...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nitsche U,Rosenberg R,Balmert A,Schuster T,Slotta-Huspenina J,Herrmann P,Bader FG,Friess H,Schlag PM,Stein U,Janssen KP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical outcome of simultaneous bilateral endoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernioplasty (TEP) using fibrin sealant (FS) and mechanical stapling for prosthetic mesh fixation. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Similar efficacy of FS and mechanical stapling for mesh fixation has been demonstrat...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lau H

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurologic events following carotid reconstructive surgery for symptomatic cerebral occlusive disease are generally reported to be one to two per cent. One of the events leading to this incidence is thrombosis of the endarterectomized internal carotid artery (ICA) after surgery. Since antiplatelet drugs have been foun...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Edwards WH,Edwards WH Jr,Mulherin JL Jr,Jenkins JM

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this systematic review was to assess the impact of surgical safety checklists on the quality of teamwork and communication in the operating room (OR). BACKGROUND:Safety checklists have been shown to impact positively on patient morbidity and mortality following surgery, but it is unclear whether ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Russ S,Rout S,Sevdalis N,Moorthy K,Darzi A,Vincent C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to show the safety and feasibility of single-port laparoscopic surgery (SPLS) by comparing its short-term outcomes with those following conventional laparoscopic surgery. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Single-port laparoscopic surgery maximizes the advantages of laparoscopic surgery, and t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kim SJ,Ryu GO,Choi BJ,Kim JG,Lee KJ,Lee SC,Oh ST

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors determined whether a recombinant herpes simplex virus (HSV) vector could destroy human colon carcinoma cells in vitro and whether the vector would selectively replicate in colon carcinoma liver metastases but not surrounding hepatocytes in vivo. BACKGROUND:The HSV vector hrR3 is defective in the ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Carroll NM,Chiocca EA,Takahashi K,Tanabe KK

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the antibacterial properties of cultured composite keratinocyte grafts can be enhanced by cytokines that stimulate the innate immune response. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Use of composite grafts of cultured keratinocytes has been limited because of their susceptibility to burn wound microorg...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Erdag G,Morgan JR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of extended criteria donors (ECDs) could minimize shortage of suitable donor livers for transplantation. In 3 years, the aggressive use of ECD livers has reduced the wait list at our center from 257 to 30 patients with a median wait time of 18 days without using living donors. This study compares t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tector AJ,Mangus RS,Chestovich P,Vianna R,Fridell JA,Milgrom ML,Sanders C,Kwo PY

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study of 112 patients suspected of periampullary cancer endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was successfully performed in 87 patients (78%). Technical failures were due to gastric outlet obstruction in four patients and inability to cannulate the ampulla of Vater in 21 patients. Succ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hall TJ,Blackstone MO,Cooper MJ,Hughes RG,Moossa AR

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether older adults are at higher risk of lasting functional and cognitive decline after surgery, and the impact of decline on survival and healthcare use. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Patient-centered outcomes after surgery are poorly characterized. METHODS:Using data fro...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Suwanabol PA,Li Y,Abrahamse P,De Roo AC,Vu JV,Silveira MJ,Mody L,Dimick JB

更新日期：2020-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A historical review of work bearing on the rationale for hepatic artery ligation in the treatment of malignant disease in the liver is presented, particularly the early work showing that malignant disease of the liver is supplied primarily by the arterial circulation and not by the portal. A review is presented of som...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： McDermott WV Jr,Hensle TW

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the perioperative morbidity and mortality of patients with COVID-19 who undergo urgent and emergent surgery. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although COVID-19 infection is usually associated with mild disease, it can lead to severe respiratory complications. Little is known about the perioperative outcom...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Knisely A,Zhou ZN,Wu J,Huang Y,Holcomb K,Melamed A,Advincula AP,Lalwani A,Khoury-Collado F,Tergas AI,St Clair CM,Hou JY,Hershman DL,D'Alton ME,Huang YY,Wright JD

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To discuss the difficulties in dealing with infected or exposed ventral hernia mesh, and to illustrate one solution using an autogenous abdominal wall reconstruction technique. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The definitive treatment for any infected prosthetic material in the body is removal and substitution. When ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Szczerba SR,Dumanian GA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether insulinlike growth factor-I (IGF-I) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) cooperate to induce migration and invasion of human colorectal carcinoma (CRC) cells and whether the effects of IGF-I and/or HGF are mediated through activation of the urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA)/uPA receptor...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bauer TW,Fan F,Liu W,Johnson M,Parikh NU,Parry GC,Callahan J,Mazar AP,Gallick GE,Ellis LM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of a prospective randomized study of patients treated conservatively or with thymectomy, a computer-assisted retrospective matches study was devised. Of 563 patients treated for myasthenia gravis without thymoma up to 1965, 104 had thymectomy. With computer assistance, each surgical patient was matched ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Buckingham JM,Howard FM Jr,Bernatz PE,Payne WS,Harrison EG Jr,O'Brien PC,Weiland LH

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 37 consecutive, hemodynamically stable patients (16 adults, 21 children) who had splenic injuries diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) scan to compare the CT evaluation with operative assessment of injury and eventual treatment. Computed tomographic scans and operative findings were graded by a splenic in...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Malangoni MA,Cué JI,Fallat ME,Willing SJ,Richardson JD

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was conducted to evaluate those factors associated with popliteal artery injury that influence amputation, with emphasis placed on those that the surgeon can control. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Generally accepted factors impacting amputation after popliteal artery injury include blunt trauma, prolong...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Melton SM,Croce MA,Patton JH Jr,Pritchard FE,Minard G,Kudsk KA,Fabian TC

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to determine whether the severity of inhalation injury evokes an immune response measurable at the systemic level and to further characterize the balance of systemic pro- and anti-inflammation early after burn and inhalation injury. BACKGROUND:Previously, we reported that the pulmonary inflammatory ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Davis CS,Janus SE,Mosier MJ,Carter SR,Gibbs JT,Ramirez L,Gamelli RL,Kovacs EJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this prospective, nonrandomized study was to evaluate the immediate and long-term results of first-line chemotherapy and possible surgery in locally advanced, presumably T4 squamous cell esophageal cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Locally advanced esophageal cancer is rarely operable and has ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ancona E,Ruol A,Castoro C,Chiarion-Sileni V,Merigliano S,Santi S,Bonavina L,Peracchia A

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors' aim was to determine the requirement for an active interleukin (IL)-1 receptor during the development and progression of acute pancreatitis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Interleukin-1 is a pro- inflammatory cytokine that has been shown to be produced during acute pancreatitis. Earlier animal studi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Norman JG,Fink G,Franz M,Guffey J,Carter G,Davison B,Sexton C,Glaccum M

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to determine the unbiased mortality rates for pancreatic surgery procedures at the national level through a comprehensive analysis of every inpatient case in Germany. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Several studies have proclaimed a general improvement of perioperative outcomes following pancreatic surge...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nimptsch U,Krautz C,Weber GF,Mansky T,Grützmann R

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify patient characteristics associated with the development of local recurrence and the effect of local recurrence on subsequent morbidity and mortality in patients with intermediate- to high-grade extremity soft tissue sarcomas. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Numerous studies on extremity soft tissue sarco...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Eilber FC,Rosen G,Nelson SD,Selch M,Dorey F,Eckardt J,Eilber FR

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00