Increased expression of alpha-1-antitrypsin, glutathione S-transferase pi and vascular endothelial growth factor in human pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

abstract：:The reported incidence of hypotension after carotid reconstruction ranges from 21 to 50 percent. To evaluate baroreceptor dysfunction, 283 carotid reconstructions were studied. During 181 consecutive reconstructions, a transcutaneous Teflon catheter was positioned intraoperatively at the carotid bifurcation for postop...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Pine R,Avellone JC,Hoffman M,Plecha FR,Swayngim DM Jr,Urban J

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about care coordination and communication with outpatient endocrine surgery patients. This study evaluated phone calls between office nurses and surgical patients to identify common issues addressed and their effect on patient care. METHODS:Qualitative analysis of preoperative and postoperat...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brekke A,Elfenbein DM,Madkhali T,Schaefer SC,Shumway C,Chen H,Schneider DF,Sippel RS,Balentine C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunologic changes after blood transfusions cannot be studied ethically in normal individuals. We therefore studied two comparable groups of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease who received similar drug treatment and experienced a similar degree of surgical trauma, except that one group received an a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Fernandez LA,MacSween JM,You CK,Gorelick M

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curettage of lymph nodes in 36 patients with cancer of the thoracic esophagus was performed in the bilateral supraclavicular, right intrathoracic and abdominal regions. The overall metastatic ratio in lymph nodes was 52.8 percent (19 of 36). It was particularly high in the right supraclavicular nodes (26.7 percent), t...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sannohe Y,Hiratsuka R,Doki K

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in octogenarians is controversial. Recent reports have examined this question in the general population, but little data exist on veterans. With the emergence of carotid artery stenting, we need to evaluate the role of CEA in treating elderly veterans with carotid...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lau D,Granke K,Olabisi R,Basson MD,Vouyouka A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using an original model, the Donor Rat Model, we showed that bile-pancreatic juice (BPJ) exclusion from gut exacerbates ligation-induced acute pancreatitis in rats. We also showed that muscarinic cholinergic M3 and CCK-A receptor expression is induced following duct ligation. Increased receptor number potent...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Samuel I,Zaheer A,Zaheer S,Fisher RA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure of tape-guided living donor left hepatectomy is described. A tape was placed along the anterior wall of the inferior vena cava for left liver with caudate lobe, and along Arantius' ligament for left liver without caudate lobe. The final step of liver transection was applied by dividing the liver parenchyma...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Takatsuki M,Kawashita Y,Eguchi S,Tajima Y,Kanematsu T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The US Food and Drug Administration recently approved a transcatheter aortic valve for patients for whom open heart surgery is prohibitively risky. METHODS:A multidisciplinary heart valve team partnered with administration to launch a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) program. Clinical registrie...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bakaeen FG,Kar B,Chu D,Cornwell LD,Blaustein A,Levine GN,Paniagua D,Jneid H,Jensen C,Atluri PV,Bechara CF,Kougias P,Pawlak C,Bozkurt B,Burdon TA,Carabello BA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine if there is any predictive factor indicating the risk of bile leakage before surgery for hepatic hydatid disease in clinically asymptomatic patients. METHODS:The data of 116 patients who underwent surgery for hepatic hydatid disease were reviewed retrospectively. There...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kilic M,Yoldas O,Koc M,Keskek M,Karakose N,Ertan T,Gocmen E,Tez M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic and rectal anastomotic strictures occur with an incidence ranging from 3% to 30%. Several factors, such as defunctionalization, anastomotic leak, ischemia, radiation, and neoplasms, have been implicated in their pathogenesis. Management of large bowel strictures is generally based on their cause, location, and...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McKee R,Pricolo VE

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Fifty men with hernias were operated on as outpatients: 42 went home the evening after surgery. The best results were obtained in patients with unilateral indirect hernias; those with direct hernias did not do quite as well. No patient required readmission to the hospital for complications. The cost was significantly ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rockwell E

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increased utilization of expanded criteria kidney donors has necessitated the reevaluation of multiple donor risk factors to insure the best outcome from this valuable resource. Reports of decreased graft survival in recipients of kidneys from donors with > or =20% glomerular sclerosis (GS) have led many...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lu AD,Desai D,Myers BD,Dafoe DC,Alfrey EJ

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of unicystic ameloblastoma of the mandible in a 10-year-old child is described. In addition to the mandibular swelling the patient also had a proliferative lesion over the alveolus that masqueraded as a neoplastic lesion. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Qureshi SS,Qureshi SS,Medhi SS,Kane SV

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Geriatric patients, age ≥65, frequently require no operation and only short observation after injury; yet many are prescribed opioids. We reviewed geriatric opioid prescriptions following a statewide outpatient prescribing limit. METHODS:Discharge and 30-day pain prescriptions were collected for geriatric p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Young BT,Zolin SJ,Ferre A,Ho VP,Harvey AR,Beel KT,Tseng ES,Conrad-Schnetz K,Claridge JA

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is widely accepted that mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery (BCS) with irradiation yield similar results, yet many women continue to receive mastectomy. This study evaluates factors contributing to surgical decision-making in breast cancer. Registry data were obtained on all patients treated at the S...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Moreland A,Zhang Y,Dissanaike S,Arya R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac decompensation is clearly the major complication of aortic reconstructive surgery that leads to morbidity. Major changes in intravascular volume, third spacing, and increased systemic vascular resistance are extremely stressful to the diseased heart. Hemodynamic monitoring is readily available to provide an ac...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cohen JL,Wender R,Maginot A,Cossman D,Treiman R,Foran R,Levin P,De Angelis J,Treiman G

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The OX-40 receptor (OX-40R/CD134) is expressed primarily on activated CD4(+) ("helper") T cells. We have previously reported the presence of OX-40(+) T cells in head and neck cancer and melanoma, where they appear to be restricted to tumor compartments (primary tumor infiltrating lymphocytes [TILs] and drain...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ramstad T,Lawnicki L,Vetto J,Weinberg A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of preventing intestinal regurgitation by means of a telescoped intestinal valve has been investigated in this study. Ten telescoped intestinal valves were uniformly created in dogs. A tolerance test to barium reflux was performed before the animals were sacrificed 16 weeks postoperatively, which yielded...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Yang Y,Kholoussy AM,Kuwano H,Takenaka K,Perez A,Matsumoto T

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we have described the surgical management of 23 patients with chronic intestinal ischemia. The patients presented most commonly with postprandial pain and weight loss. Diagnosis was confirmed by angiography, including lateral aortography. Surgery included bypass with Dacron being the most common graft material...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Baur GM,Millay DJ,Taylor LM Jr,Porter JM

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to evaluate the intestinal mucosal permeability in patients with acute pancreatitis. The lactulose:mannitol (L:M) ratio was used to assess permeability. It is an inexpensive and quite reliable method. The intestinal permeability was increased in patients with acute pancreatitis compared with the contro...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Nagpal K,Minocha VR,Agrawal V,Kapur S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with fifty-three femorofemoral grafts performed as the initial operation for iliac occlusive disease over a ten year period is reviewed. There was one operative death (2 per cent). There were two early and three late graft failures, for a five year cumulative graft patency rate of 80 per cent. Of the twenty...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mannick JA,Maini BS

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal obstruction (IO) is a common pediatric surgical emergency in sub-Saharan Africa with high morbidity and mortality, but little is known about its etiopathogenesis in Malawi. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of patients seen from February 2012 to June 2014 at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Mala...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Shah M,Gallaher J,Msiska N,McLean SE,Charles AG

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multivisceral resection is often required in the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancers. Such resections are relatively rare and oncologic outcomes, especially when sphincter preservation is performed, are not fully demonstrated. METHODS:A retrospective review was conducted of patients who underwent m...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Crawshaw BP,Augestad KM,Keller DS,Nobel T,Swendseid B,Champagne BJ,Stein SL,Delaney CP,Reynolds HL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biochemical analysis of mitochondrial metabolism was made on biopsy specimens of fifteen jaundiced patients. In all but three jaundiced patients the phosphorylative activity based on mitochondrial protein was within normal limits or higher. In nine jaundiced patients the concentrations of cytochrome a(+a3), as repre...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ozawa K,Honjo I

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is a textual record of the Presidential Address from the Association of Women Surgeons Annual Conference in 2020. This year (2020) has been a tumultuous year exposing inequities in Surgery and health care. Even during these challenging times, the ability to sculpt our future rests in our hands. We will do...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Stein SL

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Infection remains a major contributor to morbidity and mortality following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Selective bowel decontamination (SBD) in hospitalized patients is one strategy for prophylaxis. METHODS:A retrospective case-control study was performed using 18 consecutive hospitalized patien...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kuo PC,Bartlett ST,Lim JW,Plotkin JS,Wilson S,Johnson LB

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment for a contralateral breast cancer (CBC) presents a growing dilemma given the expanding number of long-term survivors. We hypothesize that there will be specific surgical treatment trends with demographic differences between the treatment groups. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Arrington AK,Voci A,Reparaz L,Fry W

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective randomized clinical trial was performed in order to evaluate the results of three surgical techniques for the treatment of gastric outlet obstruction secondary to duodenal ulcer. Ninety patients with clinical and laboratory evidence of gastric retention were enrolled. After laparotomy, patients underwent...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Csendes A,Maluenda F,Braghetto I,Schutte H,Burdiles P,Diaz JC

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimally invasive techniques are now often used to treat primary hyperparathyroidism but with uncertain conformity and some controversy. Endocrine surgery fellowships (ESFPs) have recently proliferated. METHODS:The directors of the 19 ESFPs recognized by the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons were ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wang TS,Pasieka JL,Carty SE

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00