Prediction of intestinal viability using Doppler ultrasound technics.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Selective shunting during carotid endarterectomy is associated with the lowest operative stroke rate; therefore, patient selection for carotid shunting is critical. Electroencephalography (EEG) can detect ischemic brain cell dysfunction before irreversible injury. The carotid stump back pressure (CSP) has be...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Harada RN,Comerota AJ,Good GM,Hashemi HA,Hulihan JF

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the impact of previous abdominal surgery (PAS) on single-port laparoscopic colectomy (SPLC). METHODS:We studied 429 consecutive patients who underwent SPLC in our department from May 2009 to December 2013. Patients were divided into 2 groups: those with PAS (PAS group) an...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Tei M,Wakasugi M,Omori T,Ueshima S,Tori M,Akamatsu H

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed the usefulness of revision for hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulae. METHODS:From 1985 to 1994, 287 arteriovenous fistulae were created at our facility. "Primary" patency was defined as the duration of fistula patency without revision, and "secondary" patency was defined as the duration of fistula p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Yasuhara H,Shigematsu H,Muto T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new technique has been described for the placement of an implantable percutaneous triple-lumen catheter. This procedure eliminates the need for a large bore introducer. It also provides a mechanism to change these catheters over a wire if necessary. This cannot be accomplished with the Hickman or Broviac catheters. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Geiss AC,Montefusco PP

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDCs) are common in children but also present in adults. This study evaluates the preoperative management and postoperative outcomes in patients with a resected TGDC. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed on patients with a surgically treated TGDC. Clinicopathologic variab...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bhama AR,Smith RJ,Robinson RA,Weigel RJ,Sugg SL,Howe JR,Lal G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity of the normal mature intestinal mucosal barrier to unaltered proteins was evaluated with tritiated bovine albumin in rats. Intact H3-BSA placed into either colon or small intestinal lumen regularly reached the bloodstream in quantities sufficient to be antigenic or toxigenic, although the fraction of H3-...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Warshaw AL,Bellini CA,Walker WA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one patients with significant pulmonary emboli were reviewed. The presence of heart disease and obesity was found with relatively constant frequency throughout the groups presented. Postoperative infections (wounds or abscess) were frequently associated with fatal or significant pulmonary embolism, particularly ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： West B,Garrison RN,Flint LM Jr

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Portal hypertension is frequently associated with secondary hypersplenism, two common clinical manifestations of which are leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Surgical portosystemic shunts alleviate portal hypertension but their effect on hypersplenism remains unpredictable. Transjugular intrahepatic portosyste...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Pursnani KG,Sillin LF,Kaplan DS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From April 1, 1990, to March 31, 1992, 8,899 patients who were 65 years of age and older underwent an anesthetic and surgical procedure in a 1,000-bed community hospital in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The hospital has been using a proprietary system called MedisGroups for assessing the severity of illness on a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Dunlop WE,Rosenblood L,Lawrason L,Birdsall L,Rusnak CH

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gallbladder inflammation and mucus hypersecretion are prominent features of cholesterol and pigment gallstones in humans and animals. The factors leading to inflammation and mucus hypersecretion are poorly understood. These studies examine the inflammatory potential of bile from dogs with pigment gallstones....

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rege RV,Prystowsky JB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent cognitive research in medicine has demonstrated that expert diagnosticians solve many clinical problems through "pattern recognition" rather than deductive reasoning strategies. Development of the ability to recognize and diagnose common surgical problems is a critical objective of undergraduate surgi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Dunn MM,Woolliscroft JO

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Estimation of Physiologic Ability and Surgical Stress (E-PASS) score was designed on the premise that the balance between the patient's physiologic reserve capacity and the surgical stress inflicted at operation was important in the occurrence of postoperative complications. The aim of this study was to ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Tang T,Walsh SR,Fanshawe TR,Gillard JH,Sadat U,Varty K,Gaunt ME,Boyle JR

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging of the population necessitates consideration of the increasing number of older adults requiring emergency care. The objective of this study was to compare outcomes and presentation of octogenarian and/or nonagenarian emergency general surgery (EGS) patients with younger adults. METHODS:Based on a stan...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Shah AA,Zafar SN,Kodadek LM,Zogg CK,Chapital AB,Iqbal A,Greene WR,Cornwell EE 3rd,Havens J,Nitzschke S,Cooper Z,Salim A,Haider AH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The successful excision of a renal cell carcinoma (RCC) invading the inferior vena cava (IVC) remains a technical intraoperative challenge and requires a careful preoperative surgical management planning. Although a radical operation remains the mainstay of the therapy for RCC, the optimal management of the ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kaplan S,Ekici S,Doğan R,Demircin M,Ozen H,Paşaoğlu I

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery is indicated for acute uncomplicated appendicitis but the optimal timing is controversial. Recent literature is conflicting on the effect of time to intervention. METHODS:We queried the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project dataset for patients undergoing laparos...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Fair BA,Kubasiak JC,Janssen I,Myers JA,Millikan KW,Deziel DJ,Luu MB

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of intraoperative autotransfusion utilizing the Haemonetics Cell Saver is described. This device separates and washes red blood cells removed from the surgical field. Advantages of this unit over others are (1) no systemic anticoagulation is required, (2) circulatory fibrin debris is removed, (3) plasma ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sharp WV,Stark M,Donovan DL

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of transthoracic esophageal transection in 100 patients with esophageal varices are described. There were 11 operative deaths in this series, and the majority of patients died from hepatic failure. Esophageal varices disappeared completely in 81 percent of the patients and faded in 18 percent. Post-transec...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Koyama K,Takagi Y,Ouchi K,Sato T

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Operative liver biopsy findings were reviewed in 164 consecutive, unselected patients with alcoholic cirrhosis who had bleeding from esophageal varices and underwent emergency portacaval shunt. The survival rate up to 10 years in 49 patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis and alcoholic cirrhosis was not significantly ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bell RH Jr,Miyai K,Orloff MJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14 year retrospective study of perigraft seroma, defined as an enlarging sterile fluid collection at the site of a prosthetic graft, revealed well-documented cases in 5 of 118 extraanatomical bypasses (4.2 percent), 3 of 248 aortic reconstructive procedures (1.2 percent), and 1 of 395 femoropopliteal bypasses (0.3 p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ahn SS,Machleder HI,Gupta R,Moore WS

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plan is advocated for the management of the dominant breast mass with use of local anesthesia in the outpatient setting as the primary diagnostic tool, but with selection of certain patients for immediate general anesthesia biopsy in the "conventional" manner. Experience with this plan in 2,492 patients during a per...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Knapp RW,Mullen JT

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one patients with melanoma of the head and neck received split-course radiation therapy (5,000 to 6,000 rads/30 fractions) for loco-regional disease. There was no difference in survival in patients with gross tumors versus patients with no clinical evidence of disease at the start of radiation therapy. The prog...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Creagan ET,Woods JE,Cupps RE,O'Fallon JR

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maximal anal pressures have been measured after proctoscopy in 145 patients with hemorrhoids, 48 patients with anal fissure, and 78 asymptomatic control subjects. Anal pressures in patients with hemorrhoids (106 +/- 40 cm H2O) and anal fissure (130 +/- 43 cm H2O) were very significantly higher than those of controls (...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Arabi Y,Alexander-Williams J,Keighley MR

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is performed less commonly for the axillary staging of elderly patients because it is felt to uncommonly alter therapy. Sentinel lymph node (SLN) dissection can accomplish axillary staging with less morbidity, but it is unclear if it alters subsequent therapy. METHODS:R...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McMahon LE,Gray RJ,Pockaj BA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The need for mechanical ventilation (MV) after spinal cord injury (SCI) is a risk factor for prolonged critical care. The "purpose" of this study was to identify the level of cervical SCI that requires MV, thereby defining candidates for tracheostomy. METHODS:Patients with cervical SCI over a 15-year period...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jones TS,Burlew CC,Johnson JL,Jones E,Kornblith LZ,Biffl WL,Stovall RT,Pieracci FM,Stahel PF,Moore EE

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypocalcemia caused by transient or definitive hypoparathyroidism is the most frequent complication after thyroidectomy. We aimed to compare the impact of incidental parathyroidectomy and serum vitamin D(3) level on postoperative hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy (TT) or near total thyroidectomy (NTT). ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Erbil Y,Barbaros U,Temel B,Turkoglu U,Işsever H,Bozbora A,Ozarmağan S,Tezelman S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Motility disturbances in the Roux loop can negatively influence the outcome of reflux gastritis; the uncut Roux loop does not have these disadvantages, but is less suitable for clinical application because of staple dehiscence. The reported "cut-closed-reconnected" Roux loop has the same physiological starti...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kummer EW,Gerritsen JJ,Brummelkamp WH

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 20 year period, 60 patients underwent 76 procedures for upper dorsal sympathectomy, usually with a transaxillary approach but occasionally with an anterior approach. Procedures in male patients and in those that were carried out on the right side were most frequent. There were few simultaneous procedures. The e...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Manart FD,Sadler TR Jr,Schmitt EA,Rainer WG

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic injuries during pregnancy are the leading cause of nonobstetric maternal mortality. We aimed to determine hospital charges for trauma activations during pregnancy. METHODS:We used the Illinois State Trauma Registry data from 1999 to 2003. Using STATA for bivariate and regression analyses, we compa...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Periyanayagam U,Crandall M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report here the results of combined coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair and the factors associated with higher mortality following this procedure. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective chart review of 26 patients who underwent combined CABG and AAA re...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Gade PV,Ascher E,Cunningham JN,Kallakuri S,Scheinman M,Scherer H,Robertazzi R,Hingorani A

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multivisceral resection is often required in the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancers. Such resections are relatively rare and oncologic outcomes, especially when sphincter preservation is performed, are not fully demonstrated. METHODS:A retrospective review was conducted of patients who underwent m...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Crawshaw BP,Augestad KM,Keller DS,Nobel T,Swendseid B,Champagne BJ,Stein SL,Delaney CP,Reynolds HL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00