Axillary lymph node status, but not tumor size, predicts locoregional recurrence and overall survival after mastectomy for breast cancer.

abstract：:Although many factors may influence the choice of the operative incision, physiologic safety in terms of the degree of postoperative hypoxemia should be considered. No data currently exist to delineate in markedly obese patients the effect of the operative incision on the extent or duration of this hypoxemia. Fifty-f...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Vaughan RW,Wise L

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the correlation between in-hospital surgical delay before appendectomy for suspected appendicitis and the finding of perforated appendicitis in children. METHODS:All children undergoing acute appendectomy for suspected acute appendicitis at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden fro...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Almström M,Svensson JF,Patkova B,Svenningsson A,Wester T

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of amputation in extremity soft tissue sarcoma has been decreasing at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) over the last 15 years. In an attempt to define the efficacy and future role of amputation in extremity soft tissue sarcoma, a prospective sarcoma database compiled at MSKCC from July 1982 to Ja...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Williard WC,Hajdu SI,Casper ES,Brennan MF

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare patient outcomes between International Medical Graduate (IMG) versus US medical graduate (USMG) surgeons. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:One in 7 surgeons practicing in the US graduated from a foreign medical school. However, it remains unknown whether patient outcomes differ be...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tsugawa Y,Dimick JB,Jena AB,Maggard-Gibbons M,Blumenthal DM,Gross N,Jha AK

更新日期：2019-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with surgically treated Menetrier's disease are presented. Diffuse or focal cystic hyperplasia of mucous secreting epithelium of the fundus with antral sparing characterized the stomachs in all of these cases. In most instances the disorder was found during evaluation of non-specific complaints of pain, n...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Davis JM,Gray GF,Thorbjarnarson B

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary microembolism of microaggregates associated with massive blood transfusion may be a cause of post-traumatic pulmonary embolism. The purpose of this study was to investigate in the dog the influence on certain physiologic parameters of transfusion of blood containing platelet: white blood cell: fibrin (PWF) a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Dawidson I,Barrett JA,Miller E,Litwin MS

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Comparative analyses of survival and funding statistics in cancers with high mortality were performed to quantify discrepancies and identify areas for intervention. BACKGROUND:Discrepancies in research funding may contribute to stagnant survival rates in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). METHODS:The ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hall BR,Cannon A,Atri P,Wichman CS,Smith LM,Kumar S,Batra SK,Wang H,Ganti AK,Sasson AR,Are C

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report reviews the experience of the Hepatobiliary Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London with 16 patients having proximal extrahepatic bile duct malignancy who underwent resection and a comparable group of 15 patients who had surgical bypass. The purposes of the review were to eval...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Beazley RM,Hadjis N,Benjamin IS,Blumgart LH

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the outcomes of elderly patients with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status who undergo emergency general surgery and to improve understanding of the relationship between preoperative DNR status and postoperative mortality. BACKGROUND:Preoperative DNR status has previously been shown to predict increas...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Scarborough JE,Pappas TN,Bennett KM,Lagoo-Deenadayalan S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine pathologic features associated with recurrence and survival in patients with lymph node-negative gastric adenocarcinoma. STUDY DESIGN:Multi-institutional retrospective analysis. BACKGROUND:Lymph node status is among the most important predictors of recurrence after gastrectomy for gastric aden...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Jin LX,Moses LE,Squires MH 3rd,Poultsides GA,Votanopoulos K,Weber SM,Bloomston M,Pawlik TM,Hawkins WG,Linehan DC,Strasberg SM,Schmidt C,Worhunsky DJ,Acher AW,Cardona K,Cho CS,Kooby DA,Levine E,Winslow ER,Saunders ND

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of surgical treatment in 100 patients with intrahepatic gallstones are reported including follow-up on 61 patients who survived more than three years. Nine patients died in the follow-up period, and of the remainder, 44 showed complete rehabilitation (72%). The results of follow-up examinations were best s...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sato T,Suzuki N,Takahashi W,Uematsu I

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetus-in-fetu is an unusual cause of retroperitoneal abdominal mass in infants, which most likely arises from inclusion of a monozygotic, diamniotic twin. This entity is distinguished from teratoma by its embryological origin, its unusual location in the retroperitoneal space, its invariable benignity, and by the pres...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Grosfeld JL,Stepita DS,Nance WE,Palmer CG

更新日期：1974-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To review a single center's 10-year experience with liver transplantation (LTx) for the biliary atresia-polysplenia syndrome (BA-PS) and to define surgical and clinical guidelines for its management. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:BA is the most common indication for pediatric liver transplantation (LTx) and is ass...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Varela-Fascinetto G,Castaldo P,Fox IJ,Sudan D,Heffron TG,Shaw BW,Langnas AN

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility, safety, and outcome of laparoscopic liver resection for malignant liver tumors. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The precise role of laparoscopy in resection of liver malignancies (hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC] and liver metastases) remains controversial despite an increasing number of pub...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gigot JF,Glineur D,Santiago Azagra J,Goergen M,Ceuterick M,Morino M,Etienne J,Marescaux J,Mutter D,van Krunckelsven L,Descottes B,Valleix D,Lachachi F,Bertrand C,Mansvelt B,Hubens G,Saey JP,Schockmel R,Hepatobiliary a

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mycophenolate mofetil (MM) is a new immunosuppressive agent that reversibly inhibits guanine nucleotide synthesis and DNA replication. Its activity is highly selective for T and B lymphocytes. Two open-label multicenter trials of MM in renal transplantation have been performed. This report summarizes the resu...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Deierhoi MH,Kauffman RS,Hudson SL,Barber WH,Curtis JJ,Julian BA,Gaston RS,Laskow DA,Diethelm AG

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the potential additive effects of blood transfusion and sepsis on colon cancer disease-specific survival, cardiovascular disease-specific survival, and overall survival after colon cancer surgery. BACKGROUND:Perioperative blood transfusions are associated with infectious complications and incr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Aquina CT,Blumberg N,Becerra AZ,Boscoe FP,Schymura MJ,Noyes K,Monson JRT,Fleming FJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic sphincter preservation for low rectal cancer is challenging because of the high risk of positive circumferential resection margin. We hypothesized that perineal dissection of the distal rectum may improve quality of surgery, compared with the conventional abdominal dissection. METHODS:Between 2...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Denost Q,Adam JP,Rullier A,Buscail E,Laurent C,Rullier E

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we report the results obtained from 70 living donors in France. BACKGROUND:Left lateral sectionectomy for pediatric live donor liver transplantation is a well-standardized surgical procedure. Our team introduced the laparoscopic approach to live donation in 2002, and the reproducibility and sa...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Scatton O,Katsanos G,Boillot O,Goumard C,Bernard D,Stenard F,Perdigao F,Soubrane O

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven consecutively presenting myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with generalized weakness were treated according to a standardized prospective protocol. All patients underwent a sternal splitting "total" thymectomy. Medical status before surgery was optimized by plasmapheresis without immunosuppression. Medicatio...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Olanow CW,Wechsler AS,Roses AD

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the authors' hypothesis that with modern techniques, the current risks of repair for both complete and partial atrioventricular canal (AVC) are equal. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Repair of complete AVC in infancy has traditionally carried a substantial mortality. In contrast, partial AVC has been consi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Cope JT,Fraser GD,Kouretas PC,Kron IL

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one children from the ages of 4 to 12 years old were treated for esophageal hemorrhage by distal splenorenal shunt (DSS). In four patients, thrombosis of the shunt occurred within the first 24 hours after operation. In the other 17 children, long-term shunt patency was verified. Only one thrombosis has occurred...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Maksoud JG,Mies S

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors determined whether caloric restriction (CR) either acutely or chronically, alters heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) gene expression in the gut. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Caloric restriction prolongs the life span and delays age-related disease (e.g., cancer) in mammals; the mechanisms responsible for t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ehrenfried JA,Evers BM,Chu KU,Townsend CM Jr,Thompson JC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the independent prognostic ability of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tumor regression scores within pathologic stage II and III rectal cancers. BACKGROUND:Response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation (nCRT) has been debated as a biologic surrogate for tumor biology and prognosis in recta...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Karagkounis G,Thai L,Mace AG,Wiland H,Pai RK,Steele SR,Church JM,Kalady MF

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors review the general surgical complications of cardiopulmonary bypass, including newer procedures such as heart and lung transplantation, to identify patients at higher risk. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although rare, the general surgical complications of cardiopulmonary bypass are associated with high...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Spotnitz WD,Sanders RP,Hanks JB,Nolan SP,Tribble CG,Bergin JD,Zacour RK,Abbott RD,Kron IL

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine preoperative dietary influences on gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) cell number in the context of postoperative infectious complications. BACKGROUND:There is little clinical evidence regarding whether nutritional routes affect GALT size and/or phenotype. The influence of GALT atrophy on clini...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Okamoto K,Fukatsu K,Hashiguchi Y,Ueno H,Shinto E,Moriya T,Saitoh D,Yamamoto J,Hase K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the existence of a pathway between intraluminal products and the muscularis leukocytic infiltrate. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Mild intestinal manipulation or lipopolysaccharide initiates an intense inflammatory response within the intestinal muscularis, resulting in paralytic ileus. A major poten...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Schwarz NT,Beer-Stolz D,Simmons RL,Bauer AJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether weekday of esophagectomy impacts 30-day mortality, and short- and long-term oncologic outcomes in esophageal cancer. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Recent literature suggests a relationship between the weekday of esophagectomy and overall survival. This finding coul...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Visser E,van Rossum PSN,Verhoeven RHA,Ruurda JP,van Hillegersberg R

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize national trends in procedural management of renal trauma. BACKGROUND:Management of renal trauma has evolved to favor a more conservative approach. For patients requiring intervention, there is a paucity of information to characterize the nature of procedural therapy administered. METHODS:A r...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Colaco M,Navarrete RA,MacDonald SM,Stitzel JD,Terlecki RP

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to determine the long-term effect of the use of a hyaluronic acid-carboxymethylcellulose membrane (Seprafilm) on the incidence of adhesions and subsequent small-bowel obstruction and chronic abdominal complaints after colorectal surgery (Hartmann's procedure). BACKGROUND:Adhesi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： van der Wal JB,Iordens GI,Vrijland WW,van Veen RN,Lange J,Jeekel J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00