Preoperative irradiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Does it improve five year survival or control figures?

abstract：:We performed a large single-center prospective randomized controlled study to assess the role of peritoneal drainage in simple elective cholecystectomy. In 248 patients, drains were omitted; 122 patients had closed suction drains and 124 had Penrose drains. There were no deaths, and no patient required reoperation or ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lewis RT,Goodall RG,Marien B,Park M,Lloyd-Smith W,Wiegand FM

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a serious health problem in the United States today, and surgical treatment is recognized as long-term effective therapy. Minimally invasive techniques are becoming the "gold standard" approach to the treatment of disease, and robotic surgery has the potential to advance the use and development of minimally...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Moser F,Horgan S

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:An improved technic for total thyroidectomy, utilizing magnification, is described. A method of preservation of the parathyroid glands with intact blood supply has been developed. The completeness of total thyroidectomy has been confirmed in 91 per cent of patients studied by postoperative radioactive iodine scan. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Attie JN,Khafif RA

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric restrictive surgery has evolved over the past decade as the treatment of choice for morbid obesity. We reviewed our experience with 289 patients who underwent gastric surgery for morbid obesity. Comorbid diseases included respiratory insufficiency in 19 percent of the patients, hypertension in 36 percent, diab...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Benotti PN,Hollingshead J,Mascioli EA,Bothe A Jr,Bistrian BR,Blackburn GL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that early use of external mechanical compression (EMC) reduces hemorrhage and mortality associated with pelvic fractures. METHODS:Patients with pelvic fractures and one of the following risk factors for hemorrhage were studied retrospectively: (1) unstable fracture pattern, or (2) any fract...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ghaemmaghami V,Sperry J,Gunst M,Friese R,Starr A,Frankel H,Gentilello LM,Shafi S

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following its introduction in 1993, the LAP-BAND (INAMED Health, Santa Barbara, CA) has been used extensively across the world for the treatment of obesity, and data on safety and effectiveness are now available. This review draws on the literature and our own clinical patient base to provide an overview of the early ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： O'Brien PE,Dixon JB

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After a biliary-enteric anastomosis, the development of cholangitis is usually assumed to be due to obstruction of the stoma. Six patients in whom this was not the case are described. Achlorhydria, duodenal diverticula, and foreign bodies are important predisposing factors. When bacterial contamination is severe in an...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Goldman LD,Steer ML,Silen W

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique is described for salvage of looped forearm polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) vascular access grafts that fail because of thrombosis due to cephalic vein outflow obstruction. It entails reversal of blood flow direction through the graft and construction of a new venous outflow in the medial upper arm. This pro...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schulak JA,Lukens ML,Mayes JT

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By means of intragastric instillation of meat extract, two groups of duodenal ulcer patients were identified--antral responders and antral nonresponders. Antral response was abolished ater vagotomy and drainage or vagotomy-antrectomy. The differentiation would allow for selective surgery for duodenal ulcer patients. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Perreault C,Coutsoftides T,Himal HS

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hanging has become the second most common method of attempted suicide among adolescents, but there is little relevant epidemiologic or outcome data in the trauma literature. Additionally, there are no studies examining the degree of functional disability among survivors of hanging injury. METHODS:The National ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Martin MJ,Weng J,Demetriades D,Salim A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Assessing endoscopic technical skills competency in a structured manner is a topical issue, in light of several workforce factors that may affect the training of future endoscopists. To date there has been little attempt to comprehensively assess both generic and specific technical skills in lower gastrointestinal...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sarker SK,Albrani T,Zaman A,Patel B

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Open abdomen with temporary abdominal closure remains a controversial management strategy for surgical abdominal sepsis compared with primary abdominal closure (PAC) and on-demand laparotomy. The primary objective was to compare mortality between PAC and open abdomen with vacuum assisted closure (VAC). METH...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bleszynski MS,Chan T,Buczkowski AK

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Native arterial venous fistulas (NAVF) are generally considered preferable to synthetic grafts for chronic dialysis access. As increasing numbers of diabetic and elderly patients are treated, adequate NAVFs become more difficult to establish. Vascular ultrasonography (US) prior to NAVF surgery has received l...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Parmley MC,Broughan TA,Jennings WC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Limberg flap (LF) procedure is widely performed for the treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus (SPS); however, recurrences continues to be observed. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between LF designs and the risk of SPS recurrence. METHODS:Sixty-one cases with recurrent disease...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kaplan M,Ozcan O,Bilgic E,Kaplan ET,Kaplan T,Kaplan FC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is a retrospective review of 18 patients treated from 1964 to 1990 with inguinal lymph node metastases from rectal adenocarcinoma. Statistical analyses were performed to determine the effects of sex, disease-free interval, extent of inguinal lymph node metastases, and the presence of extranodal disease upon...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mesko TW,Rodriguez-Bigas MA,Petrelli NJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review of the literature has revealed that isotonic fluids, such as 0.9 percent sodium chloride and Ringer's lactate, are effective plasma volume expanders. Despite the continued use of a variety of colloid solutions in resuscitation, there is no good evidence to document a benefit of these solutions over the cry...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Moss GS,Gould SA

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need to effectively manage hemostasis and tissue sealing during surgery has had a strong influence on the development of modern surgical techniques. A group of agents known as surgical tissue adhesives has been developed to promote hemostasis and tissue sealing during surgery, and these comprise both natural and s...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jackson MR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to characterize patients readmitted following inpatient general surgery procedures. We hypothesized that a decreased length of stay would increase risk for readmission. METHODS:We utilized our institutional National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database from 2006 to 2011. T...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kohlnhofer BM,Tevis SE,Weber SM,Kennedy GD

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 20 year period at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 17 patients were operated on for secondary aortoenteric fistula. The interval from initial operation to the onset of symptoms varied greatly and averaged 2.8 years. Symptoms included not only gastrointestinal bleeding but also sepsis and abdominal or b...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： O'Mara CS,Williams GM,Ernst CB

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal volunteers and patients were studied to determine the relative importance of NMTT and patient risk factors in the production of hypoprothrombinemia. The normal volunteers demonstrated in vivo NMTT production, but the order of magnitude (cefoperazone, moxalactam, and cefotetan in descending order) was different ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schentag JJ,Welage LS,Williams JS,Wilton JH,Adelman MH,Rigan D,Grasela TH

更新日期：1988-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery for Crohn's disease is not intended for cure, but rather to relieve symptoms and treat complications. Perioperative morbidity, the fear of creating short bowel syndrome, and the tendency of the disease to recur convinced many physicians to refer their Crohn's patients for surgery only when life-threa...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Nissan A,Zamir O,Spira RM,Seror D,Alweiss T,Beglaibter N,Eliakim R,Rachmilewitz D,Freund HR

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred twenty-six patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy were separated by reviewing those 81 (15%) patients with an occluded contralateral carotid artery and those 445 (85%) with nonocclusion. The population characteristics and surgical indications were similar between the occluded and nonoccluded groups...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McCarthy WJ,Wang R,Pearce WH,Flinn WR,Yao JS

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cusps of valve-bearing segments of canine cephalic, femoral, and jugular veins were completely divided and were used in interposition grafts in the femoral and carotid arteries in the nonreversed position. Three control grafts had intact valves in the reversed position, and one control graft in the reversed positi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Donovan TJ,Lowe R

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that the increasing body mass index of the population has affected general surgery malpractice claims. METHODS:We queried the Physician Insurers Association of America database from 1990 to 1999 (ie, period 1) and 2000 to 2009 (ie, period 2) for claims associated with obesity and morbid obes...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Weber CE,Talbot LJ,Geller JM,Kuo MC,Wai PY,Kuo PC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dual tracer nuclear scintiscan using technetium and thallium to localize enlarged or ectopic parathyroid tissue has been reported to be highly accurate and efficacious. Fourteen previous series reporting results of the technique have been compiled from the literature and analyzed. This analysis has revealed a tota...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hauty M,Swartz K,McClung M,Lowe DK

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant salvage of patients with a wide variety of cysts and benign tumors of the liver and of some patients with biliary strictures can be achieved by hepatic resection in carefully selected clinical situations with a low operative mortality rate and an acceptable postoperative complication rate. Still to be dete...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cady B,Bonneval M,Fender HR Jr

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The current trend in breast cancer treatment is toward breast conservation and selective use of axillary lymph node dissection. Patient eligibility criteria for treatment without axillary dissection are evolving. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed the tumor registry over a 10-year period at Naval Medical C...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Feigelson BJ,Acosta JA,Feigelson HS,Findley A,Saunders EL

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transduodenal sphincterotomy (TS) has fallen into disuse since endoscopists developed techniques to treat sphincter problems nonsurgically. However, some patients experience recurrent sphincter strictures after endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES), with the ampulla endoscopically inaccessible, and pancreas divisum...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Miccini M,Amore Bonapasta S,Gregori M,Bononi M,Fornasari V,Tocchi A

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We proposed to develop a novel virtual reality (VR) team training system. The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of creating a VR operating room to simulate a surgical crisis scenario and evaluate the simulator for construct and face validity. METHODS:We modified ICE STORM (Integrated ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Abelson JS,Silverman E,Banfelder J,Naides A,Costa R,Dakin G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00