The utility of routine preoperative computed tomography scanning in the management of veterans with colon cancer.

abstract：:A stainless steel wire mesh prosthesis was used as a primary mandibular replacement in 102 patients after resection of malignant neoplasms arising in the head and neck. In sixty-seven patients the prosthesis was considered successful. Failure of the host to tolerate the prosthesis was associated with a history of prev...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Terz JJ,Bear SE,Brown PW,Watkins J,Lawrence W Jr

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of an injury of the laryngeal recurrent nerve is an important issue during any surgical procedure in the lower neck. METHODS:Based on our experience with the transcervical-subxiphoid bilateral videothoracoscopic maximal thymectomies, we developed an original technique of visualization for both of t...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Zieliński M,Kuzdzał J,Szlubowski A,Soja J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of subcarinal dissection on short-term outcomes and survival after esophagectomy in patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. METHODS:Patients without subcarinal dissection were matched randomly to patients with subcarinal dissection i...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hu W,Liang Y,Zhang S,Hu Y,Liu J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to establish a relationship between critical ischemia of the lower limb and kidney dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS:At rest, urine samples were collected from three groups: group A, 16 patients with critical ischemia; group B, 22 patients with stable intermittent claudication; and...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Morsey H,Aslam M,Standfield N

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemorrhage during hepatectomy remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality associated with this surgery. Traditionally, a Pringle technique is employed to reduce vascular inflow during parenchymal transection. METHODS:This paper describes a simple method to achieve unilateral vascular control during h...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Horgan PG,Leen E

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tension-free hernioplasty as introduced by Lichtenstein has gained increasing acceptance during the last decade although the technique has not been evaluated in a randomized trial. METHODS:This randomized study compares the 2-year follow-up results after 102 tension-free hernioplasties with implantation...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Friis E,Lindahl F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-two rats had truncal vagotomy either with or without pyloroplasty. After 2 or 4 weeks, respectively, the pancreas was excised and weighed. Measurements of amylase, trypsin, lipase, total protein, and DNA were obtained from the homogenated pancreatic tissue. Isolated pancreatic lobules were incubated with and wi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Büchler M,Malfertheiner P,Glasbrenner B,Beger HG

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the period from 1976 through 1986, 62 procedures were performed. Of these, 42 were posterior flap hemipelvectomies, 5 anterior flap hemipelvectomies, and 15 internal hemipelvectomies. The median duration of these procedures was 6.5 hours, and the median blood loss was 2,541 ml. Postoperatively, there were no wound ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Karakousis CP,Emrich LJ,Driscoll DL

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multifocal breast cancers (MFBCs) present a challenge to surgeons. Although its feasibility is still controversial, breast-conserving surgery (BCS) is not contraindicated for MFBCs. The investigators retrospectively evaluated the feasibility of BCS and reviewed histopathologic findings in patients with MFBC....

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kadioğlu H,Yücel S,Yildiz S,Bozkurt S,Ersoy YE,Sağlam E,Müslümanoğlu M

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of axillary node dissection on breast cancer survival is unclear. Limited axillary surgery has been proposed but may increase regional recurrence rates. Optimal management for axillary recurrence is poorly understood. METHODS:Axillary recurrences were initial treatment failure sites in 44 of 4,25...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Newman LA,Hunt KK,Buchholz T,Kuerer HM,Vlastos G,Mirza N,Ames FC,Ross MI,Singletary SE

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysts of the mesothelial investment of the round ligament are rare and occur in women in their late third or fourth decades. They are relatively painless, mobile, may be perceived to be reducible, and should be included in the differential diagnosis of groin masses in women. Differentiation of these cysts from a small...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Harper GB Jr,Awbrey BJ,Thomas CG Jr,Askin FB

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposed bone, even in conjunction with a fracture, will cover spontaneously with granulation tissue followed by epithelium, or will sequestrate and then cover, providing there is adequate circulation at the wound site. The healing process is lengthy but need not interfere with the reestablishment of function of the wo...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brown PW

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that the mortality rate was no greater in patients with necrotizing enterocolitis complicated by perforation compared with the rate in those with other causes of perforation in similar weight classes. Iatrogenic injuries had a 50 percent mortality rate in all gestational age and birth weight categories and, t...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Borzotta AP,Groff DB

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for obesity resulting in both sustained weight loss and reduction in obesity-related comorbidities. It is uncertain how sociodemographic factors affect postoperative outcomes. METHODS:The National Inpatient Sample was queried for patients undergoing Roux-en-Y ga...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Guerra ME,Jean RA,Chiu AS,Johnson DC

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The operative approach for esophageal cancer varies from simple palliative resection to extended esophagectomy with 3-field lymph-node dissection or en-bloc esophagectomy (EBE) depending on tumor and patient status and surgical strategy of the surgeon. The merits and demerits of such EBE are yet to be determ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Tachibana M,Kinugasa S,Yoshimura H,Shibakita M,Tonomoto Y,Dhar DK,Tabara H,Nagasue N

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the purpose of facilitating liver biopsy during upper abdominal procedures, an adaptation of the percutaneous one-second needle biopsy technic is proposed. A simple device, consisting of a three-way deviator, allows the utilization of the standard needles for percutaneous biopsy. The entire procedure requires fro...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Menghini G,Antonini R,Bruschelli P

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma is usually unresectable at the time of diagnosis. Only few patients are candidates for a potential curative treatment. For those patients, prognosis is strongly related to negative resection margin and lymph node status. Thus, a certain benchmark of lymph node count is necessary ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kambakamba P,Linecker M,Slankamenac K,DeOliveira ML

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the current practice and opinions held by surgeons performing colorectal surgery in Washington regarding laparoscopic colorectal surgery. METHODS:After attempting to identify all surgeons with hospital privileges in colorectal surgery in Washington, a survey was sent to 303 surgeons. The survey ask...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lauter DM,Serna S

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For 173 patients undergoing major leg amputations, the operative mortality was 13 per cent. The ratio of below-knee (BK) to above-knee (AK) amputations was approximately unity. Of the 150 patients who survived amputation, 93 were given prostheses. Amoung the latter group, 76 per cent of the unilateral AK amputees and ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Couch NP,David JK,Tilney NL,Crane C

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair can be technically challenging. We herein present a simplified technique of laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair. METHODS:This technique entails fixation of the rolled mesh to the anterior abdominal wall before unfolding it, each side of the mesh is unfolded and fixed ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Saber AA,Rao AJ,Rao CA,Elgamal MH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miliary tuberculosis is the most lethal form of tubercular disease. If dissemination of tubercle bacilli occurs without therapy, death is almost certain. The importance of establishing an etiologic diagnosis as promptly as possible in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy is self-explanatory. The presence of a ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rattazzi LC,Simmons RL,Spanos PK,Bradford DS,Najarian JS

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to compare middle authorships between male and female general surgeons in the United States. METHODS:A stratified random sample of American College of Surgeons general surgery fellows was identified. Relevant author demographic, affiliation, and publication metrics were colle...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Caturegli I,Caturegli G,Hays N,Laird C,Malik R,Rasko Y,Bafford AC

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with a discharging perineal sinus that developed after proctectomy were treated with a new fibrin adhesive system in order to close the sinus. Four of the patients also had a fistula that extended from the sinus to the vagina. Treatment was unsuccessful in two patients: one had retained foreign bodies in ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kirkegaard P,Madsen PV

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of primary varicose veins is evolving. Recovery time, cost, recurrence rate, and cosmesis are critical determinants. Classic "high ligation" and ankle-to-groin stripping is expensive, results in a long convalescence, and may produce unacceptable scarring and possible permanent nerve injury. This report ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Goren G,Yellin AE

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feeding gastrostomy can be troublesome, inconvenient and painful to the patient, especially if the catheter is redundant, thereby causing deformity of the opening ad leakage of gastric juice and food around the tube. A skin level permanent feeding gastrostomy was fashioned in four patients with neurologic disease. The...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cohen OM,Donner Y,Berlatzky Y

更新日期：1981-03-01 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:We previously reported that a particular type of visual-spatial ability, mental rotation of visual forms, correlates with surgical performance in residents. In the current study, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify patterns of cortical activation associated with mental rotation a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wanzel KR,Anastakis DJ,McAndrews MP,Grober ED,Sidhu RS,Taylor K,Mikulis DJ,Hamstra SJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This pilot project involved the development of a structured, experiential, educational module using a bench model technical skills simulation and standardized patients. It integrated teaching and assessment of clinical, technical, and interpersonal skills, as well as professionalism within the context of an ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brewster LP,Risucci DA,Joehl RJ,Littooy FN,Temeck BK,Blair PG,Sachdeva AK

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although few trauma patients sustain fatal pulmonary embolism, a large population is at risk from nonfatal embolism due to unrecognized deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Thirty-eight of 39 immobilized trauma patients at bed rest for 10 days or longer had venographic study of their lower extremities to evaluate for the prese...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kudsk KA,Fabian TC,Baum S,Gold RE,Mangiante E,Voeller G

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intragastric illumination using a flexible light source is described as a technical aid in the management of gastric bleeding. The flexible light source can be recommended for illumination of the proximal intragastric area to facilitate surgical control of bleeding from Mallory-Weiss lacerations, ulcers, varices, and ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Delany HM,Moss CM

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00