Surgical management of Menetrier's disease with protein-losing gastropathy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the short-term results of the radiofrequency treatment of the gastroesophageal junction known as the Stretta procedure versus laparoscopic fundoplication (LF) in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The Stretta procedure has been shown to be safe, well tole...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Richards WO,Houston HL,Torquati A,Khaitan L,Holzman MD,Sharp KW

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the first decade of experience with minimal access surgery, with particular attention to issues of training surgeons already in practice, and to provide a set of recommendations to improve technical training for surgeons in practice. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Concerns about the adequacy of training ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rogers DA,Elstein AS,Bordage G

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether translocation of bacteria or endotoxin occurred into the thoracic duct in patients with multiple organ failure (MOF). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Translocation of bacteria or endotoxin has been proposed as a causative factor for MOF in patients without an infectious focus, although it has ra...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lemaire LC,van Lanschot JB,Stoutenbeek CP,van Deventer SJ,Dankert J,Oosting H,Gouma DJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retroperitoneal sarcomas (RPS) are rare tumors composed of several well defined histologic subtypes. The aim of this study was to analyze patterns of recurrence and treatment variations in a large population of patients, treated at reference centers. METHODS:All consecutive patients with primary RPS treated...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gronchi A,Strauss DC,Miceli R,Bonvalot S,Swallow CJ,Hohenberger P,Van Coevorden F,Rutkowski P,Callegaro D,Hayes AJ,Honoré C,Fairweather M,Cannell A,Jakob J,Haas RL,Szacht M,Fiore M,Casali PG,Pollock RE,Raut CP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to evaluate the short-term outcomes and long-term survival of laparoscopic rectal cancer resection at a single institution with 579 cases over a 15-year period. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The use of laparoscopic resection for colon cancer has been shown to be safe with comparable oncolo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ng KH,Ng DC,Cheung HY,Wong JC,Yau KK,Chung CC,Li MK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 29-month trial, 65 patients with acute gallstone pancreatitis were randomly selected for biliary tract explorations either within 73 hours of admission (36 patients) or at three months following remission with nonoperative measures (29 patients, with five others awaiting elective operation). The details of su...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Stone HH,Fabian TC,Dunlop WE

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients frequently voice concerns regarding wait times for cancer treatment; however, little is known about the length of wait times from diagnosis to surgery in the United States. Our objectives were (1) to assess changes in wait times over the past decade and (2) to identify patient, tumor, and hospital f...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bilimoria KY,Ko CY,Tomlinson JS,Stewart AK,Talamonti MS,Hynes DL,Winchester DP,Bentrem DJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of intra-abdominal abscess by radiographic means often relies on combining the results of several different imaging modalities. Computed tomography (CT) has been shown to be a safe, accurate and rapid diagnostic method of diagnosing these abscesses. Five patients with a variety of intra-abdominal abscess...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Daffner RH,Halber MD,Morgan CL,Trought WS,Thompson WM,Rice RP

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is reported whose symptoms and clinical features were interpreted as pulmonary embolism. However, the ultimate diagnosis was malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the pulmonary artery, which was made evident at operation. Although extremely rare in the early medical literature, primary sarcoma of the pulmonary a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Van Damme H,Vaneerdeweg W,Schoofs E

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors assessed the impact of gastrinoma resection on the subsequent development of hepatic metastases in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The symptoms of acid hypersecretion can be controlled medically in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome with high-dose pharmacologic therapy. The current ro...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Fraker DL,Norton JA,Alexander HR,Venzon DJ,Jensen RT

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Segmental hepatectomy is appealing for several reasons including preservation of liver parenchyma, reduction of intraoperative blood loss, and blood replacement by dividing tissues along the anatomic planes. A simple technique guided by intraoperative ultrasound is described here using radio-frequency energy to create...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Curro G,Bartolotta M,Barbera A,Jiao L,Habib N,Navarra G

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate information transfer and communication (ITC) across the surgical care pathway with the use of Information Transfer and Communication Assessment Tool for Surgery (ITCAS). BACKGROUND:Communication failures are the leading cause of surgical errors and adverse events. It is vital to assess the ITC ac...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nagpal K,Vats A,Ahmed K,Vincent C,Moorthy K

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the physiologic effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) pneumoperitoneum in the morbidly obese. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The number of laparoscopic bariatric operations performed in the United States has increased dramatically over the past several years. Laparoscopic bariatric surgery requires abdominal in...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nguyen NT,Wolfe BM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred seventeen carotid endarterectomies performed on 240 consecutive patients in four Charleston hospitals were reviewed. The overall incidence of stroke was 10.7% and the mortality 3.2%. From these 317 operations a standardized series of 253 operations performed on neurologically stable patients was analyzed...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Prioleau WH Jr,Alken AF,Hairston P

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that higher hospital volume decreases endoscopic and surgical re-intervention rates after antireflux surgery. BACKGROUND:Antireflux surgery for gastro-esophageal reflux disease is followed by varying rates of re-interventions. Whether hospital volume influences re-intervention rates is...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Markar S,Santoni G,Maret-Ouda J,Artama M,Färkkilä M,Lynge E,Pukkala E,Ness-Jensen E,von Euler-Chelpin M,Lagergren J

更新日期：2020-01-06 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：:All patients who underwent isolated myocardial revascularization procedures from 1967-70 (n = 741) were compared with the first 1,000 patients who received similar elective operations each year from 1971 through 1978. Data from these eight years were processed through a computerized cardiovascular information registry...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Loop FD,Cosgrove DM,Lytle BW,Thurer RL,Simpfendorfer C,Taylor PC,Proudfit WL

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resting energy expenditure (REE), nutritional parameters, and substrate levels were measured using a technique to minimize artifacts in 11 control patients, nine patients with localized, and four patients with diffuse neoplastic disease. Patients with diffuse disease had significantly increased percentage preillness w...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Arbeit JM,Lees DE,Corsey R,Brennan MF

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to elucidate the significance and limitations of serum amylase levels in the diagnosis of blunt injury to the pancreas. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Several recently published reports of analyses of patients with blunt abdominal trauma have indicated that determination of the serum...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Takishima T,Sugimoto K,Hirata M,Asari Y,Ohwada T,Kakita A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the decreased incidence of surgical complications after pancreas transplantation in recent times. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Compared with other abdominal transplants, pancreas transplants have historically had the highest incidence of surgical complications. However, over the past few years, the au...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Humar A,Kandaswamy R,Granger D,Gruessner RW,Gruessner AC,Sutherland DE

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article describes a preliminary work on virtual reality applied to liver surgery and discusses the repercussions of assisted surgical strategy and surgical simulation on tomorrow's surgery. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Liver surgery is considered difficult because of the complexity and variability of the org...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Marescaux J,Clément JM,Tassetti V,Koehl C,Cotin S,Russier Y,Mutter D,Delingette H,Ayache N

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one infants less than a year of age underwent surgery for correction of pernicious gastroesophageal reflux. Severe growth retardation from persistent vomiting was the single most important indication for surgery (25 patients). Recurrent aspiration penumonitis was another serious sequella of reflux and necessita...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Randolph JG,Lilly JR,Anderson KD

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the suitable combination ratio of low-residue diet (LRD) and parenteral nutrition (PN) for nutritional support of surgical patients. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Bacterial translocation (BT) is a severe complication of total parenteral nutrition (TPN). However, it is sometimes impossible to supply ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Omura K,Hirano K,Kanehira E,Kaito K,Tamura M,Nishida S,Kawakami K,Watanabe Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventral anomalies of accessory pulmonary tissue have been classified as "bronchopulmonary foregut malformations." Between July 1, 1981, and May 31, 1985, 10 children with bronchopulmonary malformations have been cared for on the Pediatric Surgical Service at the University of Virginia. Six patients had bronchogenic cy...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rodgers BM,Harman PK,Johnson AM

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the natural history of, and treatment strategy for, blunt traumatic internal carotid artery (ICA) pseudoaneurysms. BACKGROUND:The natural history and management of traumatic ICA pseudoaneurysms is controversial. METHODS:We retrospectively identified all traumatic ICA pseudoaneurysms diagnosed on h...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Morton RP,Levitt MR,Emerson S,Ghodke BV,Hallam DK,Sekhar LN,Kim LJ,Chesnut RM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare the hand-sewn and stapled methods in esophagogastric anastomosis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:After esophageal resection for cancer, the relative merits of the hand-sewn and the stapled methods of esophagogastric anastomosis, especially regarding leakage and stricture r...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Law S,Fok M,Chu KM,Wong J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staging laparotomy (multiple liver and lymph node biopsies and splenectomy) was performed at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in 123 patients with Hodgkin's disease. There were no deaths. Wound, pulmonary, intra-abdominal or urinary tract complications developed in 17 patients. Of those complications, one case each...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sterchi JM,Myers RT

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Results of the first prospective randomized clinical trial comparing partial and total portacaval shunt for variceal hemorrhage are reported. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Total portacaval shunts produce subnormal portal pressures, completely diverting hepatic portal flow. Partial shunts maintain higher pressures ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sarfeh IJ,Rypins EB

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in inflammation-related genes in the development of infections following esophagectomy. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Genetic polymorphisms for immunoregulatory cytokines may explain individual variation in response to trauma. Esophagectomy is as...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Azim K,McManus R,Brophy K,Ryan A,Kelleher D,Reynolds JV

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of pH on the tensile properties of eight commonly used 2-0 suture materials--plain catgut, Dexon, Vicryl, silk, Nurolon, Ethilon, Mersilene, and Prolene--were examined. The pH level ranged from 3.0 to 10.0. In general, absorbable suture materials were more sensitive to pH than non-absorbable suture materia...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chu CC,Moncrief G

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00