Pulmonary microembolism associated with massive transfusion: I. Physiologic effects and comparison in vivo of standard and dacron wool (swank) blood transfusion filters in its prevention.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors determined whether untreated breast cancer patients have elevated plasma levels of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Increased plasma TGF-beta 1 levels recently were found after chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer. However, it currently is un...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kong FM,Anscher MS,Murase T,Abbott BD,Iglehart JD,Jirtle RL

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the DNA replication error (RER) status in young patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), and to compare the clinical and pathologic characteristics of RER-positive and RER-negative cases. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Recent studies suggest that patients with RER-positive CRC have an improved prognosis....

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lukish JR,Muro K,DeNobile J,Katz R,Williams J,Cruess DF,Drucker W,Kirsch I,Hamilton SR

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between September 1984 and August 1991, 265 whole pancreaticoduodenal transplants were done at our institution, with bladder drainage of exocrine secretions through a duodenocystostomy. Seventeen patients subsequently underwent conversion from bladder to enteric drainage at 2 to 64 months after transplant. Eight conve...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Stephanian E,Gruessner RW,Brayman KL,Gores P,Dunn DL,Najarian JS,Sutherland DE

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence of clinically significant decision conflict (CSDC) among patients undergoing cancer surgery and associations with postoperative physical activity, as measured through smartphone accelerometer data. BACKGROUND:Patients with cancer face challenging treatment decisions, which may lea...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Panda N,Solsky I,Cauley CE,Lipsitz S,Desai EV,Huang EJ,Benjamin EM,Lubitz CC,Onnela JP,Haynes AB

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of OP-41483, a stable prostacyclin (PGI2) analog, on ischemic acute renal failure (ARF) was investigated in dogs. Administration of OP-41483 for three days after ischemia significantly increased renal cortical blood flow (RCBF) when compared with dogs treated with the saline vehicle. In the OP-41483-treated...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tobimatsu M,Ueda Y,Saito S,Tsumagari T,Konomi K

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between two variables may be mathematically coupled if either one or both variables are derived and/or calculated, and this can lead to erroneous results and invalid conclusions. The purpose of this report is to identify four types of mathematic coupling of data. Type 1 coupling involves directional c...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Archie JP Jr

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven cancer patients were selected for study based on their candidacy for hyperalimentation. Each patient received selected skin test antigens intradermally in the forearm prior to the initiation of hyperalimentation, and at 7-day intervals throughout treatment with either chemotherapy, radiation therapy or sur...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Copeland EM,Fadyen BV Jr,Dudrick SJ

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether case managers affect patient evaluation/treatment/outcome and staffing requirements during Multiple Casualty Incidents (MCIs). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Multiple patient relocations during MCIs may contribute to chaos. One hospital changed its MCI patient relocation policy during a wave of M...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Einav S,Schecter WP,Matot I,Horn JK,Hersch M,Reissman P,Spira RM

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:A female patient with Gardner's syndrome was treated with delta1-testololactone (200 mg daily) because of growth of a large desmoid tumor in the pelvis and lower abdomen and a tumor in a scar from a previous laparotomy. There was also pain and swelling of the left leg. An immediate effect of the drug therapy was compl...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Waddell WR

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and prioritize hazards in surgical wards and recommend interventions. BACKGROUND:Retrospective and prospective studies report the frequency and severity of surgical adverse events, but not in sufficient detail to allow interventions to be recommended in surgical wards. METHODS:Seventy hours of o...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Anderson O,Brodie A,Vincent CA,Hanna GB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Verapamil administered before treatment, but not after treatment, had a beneficial effect on a 90-minute warm ischemia-reperfusion rat liver injury model. The possible activation of proteases converting the xanthine dehydrogenase to xanthine oxidase, the significant mitochondrial calcium loading during the ischemic pe...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nauta RJ,Tsimoyiannis E,Uribe M,Walsh DB,Miller D,Butterfield A

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In nonfunctioning islet cell tumors of the pancreas, hormone production is not clinically evident. This type of tumor constituted 15% of all islet cell tumors seen at the Mayo Clinic from 1960 through 1978. Although identical to functioning islet cell tumors embryologically and histologically, the nonfunctioning tumor...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kent RB 3rd,van Heerden JA,Weiland LH

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute abdominal pain is the most common indication for surgical admission. Nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) may account for up to 40% of cases. There has been no published prospective study in which adult patients presenting with acute abdominal pain are investigated for celiac disease. AIMS:We aimed to as...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sanders DS,Hopper AD,Azmy IA,Rahman N,Hurlstone DP,Leeds JS,George RR,Bhala N

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intrajejunal infusion of a fat solution on pentagastrin-stimulated (0.5 microgram/kg-hr) gastric acid secretion was studied in five duodenal ulcer patients before and three to five months after truncal vagotomy. Preoperatively mean acid output was reduced from 41 +/- 5.2 meq H+/hr to 15.4 +/- 1.3 meq H+/...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Christiansen J

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors evaluated the causal relationship between entrapment of the posterior tibial nerve and neuropathic pain and describe the results of nerve decompression in a selected group of patients with intractable pain. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Painful metabolic neuropathy has, until recently, been thought to ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wieman TJ,Patel VG

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of a laparoscopic approach on female fecundity in ileoanal pouch surgery. BACKGROUND:Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) is associated with tubal factor infertility in female patients. Different studies showed less adhesion formation after laparoscopic co...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bartels SA,DʼHoore A,Cuesta MA,Bensdorp AJ,Lucas C,Bemelman WA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA AND OBJECTIVE: Persistent pain affects everyday activities in 5% to 8% of patients after groin hernia repair. Because previous reports on the effect of neurectomy and/or mesh removal suffer from methodological problems we performed a detailed prospective trial of the effect of neurect...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Aasvang EK,Kehlet H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess safety and efficacy of pancreatic duct occlusion (PDO) with neoprene-based glue in selected patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) at high risk of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF). BACKGROUND DATA:PD is the reference standard approach for tumors of the pancr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Mazzaferro V,Virdis M,Sposito C,Cotsoglou C,Droz Dit Busset M,Bongini M,Flores M,Prinzi N,Coppa J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical program in liver transplantation was begun at UCLA in 1984 after a period of laboratory investigation. The first 100 orthotopic liver transplants (OLT) were performed in 83 patients (43 adults and 40 children) between February 1, 1984 and November 1, 1986. Donors and recipients were matched only for size an...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Busuttil RW,Colonna JO 2nd,Hiatt JR,Brems JJ,el Khoury G,Goldstein LI,Quinones-Baldrich WJ,Abdul-Rasool IH,Ramming KP

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the pathogenesis of water and sodium metabolism derangements in obstructive jaundice. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Obstructive jaundice is associated with hypodipsia, depletion of extracellular water, alterations of the water and sodium regulating hormones, and an increased incidence of re...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Pereira JA,Torregrosa MA,Martínez-Ródenas F,Clària J,Pallarés L,Gubern JM,Ruano-Gil D,Sitges-Serra A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Influence of sacral nerve modulation (SNM) on cerebral somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) was determined in patients with incontinence and constipation. BACKGROUND:Selection of patients with incontinence and constipation for SNM could be improved. METHODS:The latency (ms) of SEP induced by pudendal nerve...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Giani I,Novelli E,Martina S,Clerico G,Luc AR,Trompetto M,Malaguti S,Nicholls J,Ganio E

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to analyze the health care costs and savings associated with quality improvement (QI) interventions initiated and implemented utilizing NSQIP. BACKGROUND:Five acute care facilities of Alberta Health Services (AHS) adopted NSQIP in 2015 for a pilot project. METHODS:The cost-savings ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Thanh NX,Baron T,Litvinchuk S

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for gastric cancer bases N status on absolute number of metastatic nodes, regardless of the number of examined nodes. We examined a modified staging system utilizing node ratio (Nr), the ratio of metastatic to examined nodes. METHODS:A total of 18...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wang J,Dang P,Raut CP,Pandalai PK,Maduekwe UN,Rattner DW,Lauwers GY,Yoon SS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical pulmonary embolic disease was categorized into four classes according to hemodynamic and respiratory effects of the occlusion at the time of diagnosis. A new approach to management of massive embolization (Class III and IV) by transvenous catheter embolectomy was attempted in ten patients with initial success...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Greenfield LJ,Peyton MD,Brown PP,Elkins RC

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipocyte lipolysis and its adrenergic control were studied in vitro from normal patients and those with trauma and sepsis. The adrenergic receptors were studied in terms of their responsiveness, a measure of the postreceptor mechanism, and their sensitivity, a measure of the receptor number or affinity. With early tr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Forse RA,Leibel R,Askanazi J,Hirsch J,Kinney JM

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Thymic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are uncommon but malignant tumors of the thymus gland that are usually associated with systemic symptoms due to hypersecretion of biogenic amines from metastatic lesions. Due to the limited number of studies in the literature, very little is known about progress or trend...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gaur P,Leary C,Yao JC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The primary aim of this study was to delineate the role of computed tomography (CT) in patients undergoing NOM for AGSW. BACKGROUND:Nonoperative management (NOM) of abdominal gunshot wounds (AGSWs) remains controversial. METHODS:This prospective study included all patients with abdominal gunshot injuries ad...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Navsaria PH,Nicol AJ,Edu S,Gandhi R,Ball CG

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OF BACKGROUND DATA AND OBJECTIVES:Operating theatres are typically the most resource-intensive area of a hospital, 3-6 times more energy-intensive than the rest of the hospital and a major contributor of waste. The primary objective of this systematic review was to evaluate existing literature calculating the carbon fo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rizan C,Steinbach I,Nicholson R,Lillywhite R,Reed M,Bhutta MF

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00