Pedal vasomotor tone following aortofemoral reconstructions: a randomized study of concomitant lumbar sympathectomy.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze outcomes after open small-incision surgery (minilaparotomy) and laparoscopic surgery for gallstone disease in general surgical practice. METHODS:This study was a randomized, single-blind, multicenter trial comparing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) to minilaparotomy cholecystectomy (MC). Both ele...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ros A,Gustafsson L,Krook H,Nordgren CE,Thorell A,Wallin G,Nilsson E

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of 4 mm ID prostheses were studied in the carotid arteries of the dog. These were noncrimped polypropylene-supported filamentous velour knitted Dacron (PPSFV) and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE, Gore-Tex). Thrombus-"Free" Surface TFS) areas and patency rates were determined at the end of the implan...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kenny DA,Berger K,Walker MW,Robel SB,Boguslavsky L,Ray LI,Lischko MM,Sauvage LR

更新日期：1980-03-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to define appropriate criteria for assessing the presence of lymphedema, and to report the prevalence and risk factors for development of upper limb lymphedema after level I-III axillary dissection for melanoma. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The lack of a consistent and reliable ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Starritt EC,Joseph D,McKinnon JG,Lo SK,de Wilt JH,Thompson JF

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All cases of penetrating cardiac trauma in 1985 and 1986 in Jefferson County, Alabama, where patients dying of penetrating trauma received autopsies, were retrospectively reviewed. All hospitals in the county plus the single coroner's office provided the records of the 72 patients comprising this study. Incidents occu...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Naughton MJ,Brissie RM,Bessey PQ,McEachern MM,Donald JM Jr,Laws HL

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the English literature reveals a total of 1,337 patients with choledochal cysts. Improved diagnostic techniques to visualize the biliary system are demonstrating an increasing number of unsuspected choledochal cysts in adult patients. Either choledochal cysts remain clinically silent until adulthood or may...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Powell CS,Sawyers JL,Reynolds VH

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors analyzed patient care (1981-1995) and financial data (1991-1996) to determine if differential workloads existed at a major academic health center. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Academic health centers differ markedly from community-based medical centers, but they are required to compete with others who...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Zelenock GB,Stanley JC,More RA,Greenfield LJ,Shanley CJ,Jacobs LA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The obturator bypass graft operation can be performed in a moderately simplified manner by a technique that allows extension of indications for the procedure beyond situations in which sepsis is present in the groin. Long-term analysis of the results of the cases available for study indicates that the procedure may ve...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Pearce WH,Ricco JB,Yao JS,Flinn WR,Bergan JJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prognostic significance of histologic type/subtype in a large series of patients with primary resected retroperitoneal sarcoma. BACKGROUND:The histologic diversity and rarity of retroperitoneal sarcoma has hampered the ability to predict patient outcome. METHODS:From a single-institution, p...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tan MC,Brennan MF,Kuk D,Agaram NP,Antonescu CR,Qin LX,Moraco N,Crago AM,Singer S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine whether prolonged air leak (PAL) is associated with postoperative morbidity and mortality following pulmonary resection after adjusting for differences in baseline characteristics using propensity score analysis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Patients with PAL after lung resec...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Attaar A,Luketich JD,Schuchert MJ,Winger DG,Sarkaria IS,Nason KS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to identify the utility of "keyhole" thoracotomy approaches to single vessel coronary artery bypass surgery. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although minimally invasive surgery is efficacious in a wide variety of surgical disciplines, it has been slow to emerge in cardiac surgery. Amo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Landreneau RJ,Mack MJ,Magovern JA,Acuff TA,Benckart DH,Sakert TA,Fetterman LS,Griffith BP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess our outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Esophagectomy has traditionally been performed by open methods. Results from most series include mortality rates in excess of 5% and hospital stays frequently greater than 10 days. MIE has the potential to improve th...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Luketich JD,Alvelo-Rivera M,Buenaventura PO,Christie NA,McCaughan JS,Litle VR,Schauer PR,Close JM,Fernando HC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The authors determined the effect of complications on length of stay (LOS) in surgical patients. SETTING:From 1987 to 1990, in the Professional General Surgical Unit of Royal Victoria Hospital, a retrospective survey was conducted on 5128 consecutively admitted patients with 396 different diagnosis; 228 dif...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： McAleese P,Odling-Smee W

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether primary tumor resection in patients with metastatic pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma (PPG) is associated with longer overall survival (OS). BACKGROUND:Patients with metastatic PPG have poor survival outcomes. The impact of surgical resection of the primary tumor on OS is not known. MET...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Roman-Gonzalez A,Zhou S,Ayala-Ramirez M,Shen C,Waguespack SG,Habra MA,Karam JA,Perrier N,Wood CG,Jimenez C

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate 2- and 12-month outcomes after ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT) in Crohn's disease (CD). BACKGROUND:Surgical approaches to perianal fistulas in CD are frequently ineffective and hampered by concerns over adequate wound healing and sphincter injury. The efficacy of LIFT in CD ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gingold DS,Murrell ZA,Fleshner PR

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the temporal integration of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which has been shown to be present in wound fluid, with the putatively related processes of wound fluid oxygen content, wound angiogenesis, and granulation tissue formation. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:During cutaneous wound repair...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Howdieshell TR,Riegner C,Gupta V,Callaway D,Grembowicz K,Sathyanarayana,McNeil PL

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report on the long-term follow-up of a randomized clinical trial comparing pancreatic head resection according to Beger and limited pancreatic head excision combined with longitudinal pancreatico-jejunostomy according to Frey for surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Resectio...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Strate T,Taherpour Z,Bloechle C,Mann O,Bruhn JP,Schneider C,Kuechler T,Yekebas E,Izbicki JR

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External pneumatic calf compression is effective but imperfect for antithrombotic prophylaxis in surgical patients. In preliminary studies, sequential filling of multisegmented leggings with graded pressure decreasing from ankle to knee increased venous flow velocity and wall shear stress, decreased residual venous vo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Salzman EW,McManama GP,Shapiro AH,Robertson LK,Donovan AS,Blume HW,Sweeney J,Kamm RD,Johnson MC,Black PM

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This multicenter study sought to evaluate the accuracy of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program's (ACS-NSQIP) surgical risk calculator for predicting outcomes after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) and to determine whether incorporating other factors improves its predictive ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： McMillan MT,Allegrini V,Asbun HJ,Ball CG,Bassi C,Beane JD,Behrman SW,Berger AC,Bloomston M,Callery MP,Christein JD,Dickson E,Dixon E,Drebin JA,Fernandez-Del Castillo C,Fisher WE,Fong ZV,Haverick E,Hollis RH,House MG

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of abdominal ultrasonography (US) for screening and grading pediatric splenic injury. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The use of abdominal US has increased rapidly as a method of evaluating organ damage after blunt abdominal trauma. Despite US's increasing use, ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Krupnick AS,Teitelbaum DH,Geiger JD,Strouse PJ,Cox CS,Blane CE,Polley TZ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of anesthesia induced mild systemic hypothermia on hepatic injury in lean and obese rats during warm ischemia. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Hepatic warm ischemia during surgery remains a significant problem, particularly in organs with presumed baseline dysfunction. METHODS:The left and me...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Choi S,Noh J,Hirose R,Ferell L,Bedolli M,Roberts JP,Niemann CU

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that training to expert-derived levels of speed and motion will lead to improved learning and will translate to better operating room (OR) performance of novices than training to goals of speed or motion alone. BACKGROUND:Motion tracking has been suggested to be a more sensitive performance m...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Stefanidis D,Yonce TC,Korndorffer JR Jr,Phillips R,Coker A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study determined whether the neurotensin gene (NT/N) is expressed in the normal adult liver and focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) and confirmed NT/N expression in fibrolamellar carcinoma; whether NT/N or the neurotensin receptor is expressed in the fetal liver; and whether hepatic resection leads to expres...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ehrenfried JA,Zhou Z,Thompson JC,Evers BM

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the injuries to children by acts against civilian populations (AACP). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Only 2 articles have focused on the spectrum and severity of injuries to children by AACP. METHODS:A retrospective case study of children 0 to 18 years old who were entered into the Israel National ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Amir LD,Aharonson-Daniel L,Peleg K,Waisman Y,Israel Trauma Group.

更新日期：2005-04-01 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 evaluate the outcome of preoperative gemcitabine-based chemoradiation therapy (CRT) for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (BRPC), focusing on the associations among the tumor-vascular relationship, surgical outcomes, and pattern of recurrence. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Among the various multimodal tre...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Takahashi H,Akita H,Tomokuni A,Kobayashi S,Ohigashi H,Fijiwara Y,Yano M,Sakon M,Ishikawa O

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:EVAR for abdominal aortic aneurysm has an initial survival advantage over OR, but more frequent complications increase costs and long-term aneurysm-related mortality. Randomized controlled trials of EVAR versus OR have shown EVAR is not cost-effective over a patient's lifetime. However, in the EVAR-1 trial, ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kim LG,Sweeting MJ,Epstein D,Venermo M,Rohlffs FEV,Greenhalgh RM

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our goal was to describe contemporary management and in-hospital mortality associated with blunt thoracic aortic intimal tears (IT) within the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The evidence basis for nonoperative expectant management of traumatic IT of t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Jacob-Brassard J,Al-Omran M,Nathens AB,Forbes TL,de Mestral C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize factors predictive of improved survival following gastrectomy with additional organ resection for the treatment of gastric cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Recent large series have reported significant survival disadvantages to patients who have undergone gastrectomy with splenectomy or pancre...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Martin RC 2nd,Jaques DP,Brennan MF,Karpeh M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00