Prospective, randomized, multicenter, controlled trial of a bioartificial liver in treating acute liver failure.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review retrospectively a 4-year experience with pediatric surgical networking at a major academic medical center in the Midwest. BACKGROUND:The growth of managed care in the United States during the past decade has had a major impact on the practice of medicine in general, but especially on academic medic...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Coran AG,Blackman PM,Sikina C,Harmon CM,Lelli JL Jr,Geiger JD,Hirschl RB,Teitelbaum DH,Polley TZ Jr,Golladay ES,Austin E,Adelman SH

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The lower esophageal sphincter (LES) in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease often has a low resting pressure and a short abdominal length. The mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. We hypothesize that gastric distension causes progressive effacement of the abdominal portion of the LES...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ayazi S,Tamhankar A,DeMeester SR,Zehetner J,Wu C,Lipham JC,Hagen JA,DeMeester TR

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the minimum amount of weight loss required to see a reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). BACKGROUND:Although obesity is an established risk factor for morbidity and mortality, the minimum amount of weight loss to have a meaningful impact on cardiovas...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Aminian A,Zajichek A,Tu C,Wolski KE,Brethauer SA,Schauer PR,Kattan MW,Nissen SE

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven patients with postoperative enterocutaneous fistulas were treated with parenteral nutrition and SMS 201-995 (100 micrograms/8 hours, subcutaneously), a long half-life somatostatin analogue. At the time SMS 201-995 was started, 11 patients had low output fistulas (less than 1000 ml/48 hours), 11 patients h...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nubiola P,Badia JM,Martinez-Rodenas F,Gil MJ,Segura M,Sancho J,Sitges-Serra A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report defines the incidence of variations in the renal vascular pedicle in a group of patients with normal renal function as determined by standard laboratory criteria. The study group consisted of 166 patients undergoing renal arteriography as potential renal allograft donors. Ninety-seven patients were male an...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Harrison LH Jr,Flye MW,Seigler HF

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Advances in molecular biology have led to the identification of potential markers of prognostic and therapeutic importance in human cancers. HER-2 testing and targeted therapy now represents a critical cornerstone in the management of breast cancer. The objectives of the current study were to determine the...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chiu CG,Masoudi H,Leung S,Voduc DK,Gilks B,Huntsman DG,Wiseman SM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pylorus resection on postoperative delayed gastric emptying (DGE) after partial pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). BACKGROUND:PD is the standard treatment for tumors of the pancreatic head. Preservation of the pylorus has been widely accepted as standard proce...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hackert T,Probst P,Knebel P,Doerr-Harim C,Bruckner T,Klaiber U,Werner J,Schneider L,Michalski CW,Strobel O,Ulrich A,Diener MK,Büchler MW

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe causes of death in the first year after esophagectomy and determine the time frame that should be used for measurement of quality of surgery. A case-mix adjustment model was developed for the comparison between hospitals. BACKGROUND:The time period in which postoperative mortality should be measu...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Talsma AK,Lingsma HF,Steyerberg EW,Wijnhoven BP,Van Lanschot JJ

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to determine whether the severity of inhalation injury evokes an immune response measurable at the systemic level and to further characterize the balance of systemic pro- and anti-inflammation early after burn and inhalation injury. BACKGROUND:Previously, we reported that the pulmonary inflammatory ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Davis CS,Janus SE,Mosier MJ,Carter SR,Gibbs JT,Ramirez L,Gamelli RL,Kovacs EJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the authors' initial hypothesis-generating observation that eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) protein elevation predicts a higher cancer recurrence rate in patients with stage 1 to 3 breast cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Tumor size and nodal status continue to be the two most important ind...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Li BD,Gruner JS,Abreo F,Johnson LW,Yu H,Nawas S,McDonald JC,DeBenedetti A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We have previously demonstrated that P. aeruginosa can have profound effects on the intestinal epithelial barrier via one of its virulence factors, the PA-I lectin/adhesin. The aims of the present study were to further characterize the interaction of P. aeruginosa and the intestinal epithelium using both in v...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wu L,Holbrook C,Zaborina O,Ploplys E,Rocha F,Pelham D,Chang E,Musch M,Alverdy J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaraldehyde treated human umbilical veins (Dardik Biograft) were used to bypass short segments of the femoral artery in 15 dogs and were compared to autogenous jugular veins placed in the contralateral femoral artery of each animal. All 15 autogenous jugular veins remained patent for the four month period of observ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Oblath RW,Buckley FO Jr,Donnelly WA,Green RM,Deweese JA

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of autologous platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) versus human albumin on incisional wound breaking strength and subcutaneous collagen deposition in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a randomized trial. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Platelet peptidic growth factors may stimulate colla...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Danielsen PL,Agren MS,Jorgensen LN

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:We investigated the clinical posttransplant effect of allopurinol on preserved kidneys. Thirty-four paired kidneys from brain-dead cadavers were preserved by hypothermic pulsatile perfusion with silica gel fraction in separate cassettes. Allopurinol was added to one perfusate and omitted from the other in a randomized...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Toledo-Pereyra LH,Simmons RL,Olson LC,Najarian JS

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the influence of surgeon age and other factors on proficiency in laparoscopic or open hernia repair. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:In a multicenter, randomized trial comparing open and laparoscopic herniorrhaphies, conducted in Veterans Administration hospitals (CSP 456), we reported significant diffe...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Neumayer LA,Gawande AA,Wang J,Giobbie-Hurder A,Itani KM,Fitzgibbons RJ Jr,Reda D,Jonasson O,CSP #456 Investigators.

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report and review of the literature regarding multiple primary melanomas, and a discussion of the histologic differentiation between cutaneous primary melanomas and dermal metastases are presented. This report concerns a patient who, following wide surgical resection of a 1.3 mm thick primary melanoma with sate...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Unger SW,Wanebo HJ,Cooper PH

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ileosigmoid fistula complicating Crohn's disease of the small bowel has been considered a perplexing entity, but in practice does not pose a serious operative problem. The presence of such a fistula does not signify that the sigmoid colon is a primary site of Crohn's disease. The operative treatment of this entity ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Block GE,Schraut WH

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enterococcus has been relegated to a position of unimportance in the pathogenesis of surgical infections. However the increasing prevalence and virulence of these bacteria prompt reconsideration of this view, particularly because the surgical patient has become increasingly vulnerable to infectious morbidity due t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Barie PS,Christou NV,Dellinger EP,Rout WR,Stone HH,Waymack JP

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine characteristics of the most cited publications in the history of the American Surgical Association (ASA). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The Annals of Surgery has served as the journal of record for the ASA since 1928, with a special issue each year dedicated to papers present...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Landreneau JP,Weaver M,Delaney CP,Aminian A,Dimick JB,Lillemoe KD,Schauer PR

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 531 patients admitted to the Duke Coronary Care Unit with unstable angina (UA) from June 1981 to September 1982, 100 had persistent angina despite optimal medical therapy of nitrates, propranolol, and nifedipine. At catheterization, 70% of the refractory patients had left main (LM) or three-vessel disease (TVD), 68...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rankin JS,Newton JR Jr,Califf RM,Jones RH,Wechsler AS,Oldham HN Jr,Wolfe WG,Lowe JE

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver resection is performed for many types of malignancies. Few reports document actual long-term survival. METHODS:Long-term follow-up of a series of 548 liver resections performed between 1970 and 1992 was performed and is presented. RESULTS:All patients were followed for at least 15 years after surgery...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Fortner JG,Fong Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology and mechanisms by which severe trauma or sepsis induce hepatic failure are unknown. Previously we showed that Kupffer cells (KC), the fixed macrophages of the liver, induce a profound decrease in hepatocyte (HC) total-protein synthesis when exposed to endotoxin. Furthermore we demonstrated that endotoxin-...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Curran RD,Billiar TR,Stuehr DJ,Ochoa JB,Harbrecht BG,Flint SG,Simmons RL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurologic events following carotid reconstructive surgery for symptomatic cerebral occlusive disease are generally reported to be one to two per cent. One of the events leading to this incidence is thrombosis of the endarterectomized internal carotid artery (ICA) after surgery. Since antiplatelet drugs have been foun...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Edwards WH,Edwards WH Jr,Mulherin JL Jr,Jenkins JM

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess a technique for simultaneous recovery of the intestine, pancreas, and liver from the same donor. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:With the more frequent use of pancreatic and intestinal transplantation, a procurement procedure is needed that permits retrieval of both organs as well as the liver from the sam...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Abu-Elmagd K,Fung J,Bueno J,Martin D,Madariaga JR,Mazariegos G,Bond G,Molmenti E,Corry RJ,Starzl TE,Reyes J

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of experience with chronic bleeding peptic ulcer in 504 patients, admitted from 1960 to 1971, shows a hospital mortality of 12%. This retrospective review suggested that early endoscopic diagnosis, adequate resuscitation and a policy of early selective surgery was necessary if mortality was to be reduced. Wit...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hunt PS

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acquired aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva, associated with severe coronary atherosclerosis and successfully treated surgically, is reported. The unusual features of the case are the presenting symptom (angina pectoris) and the cause of the aneurysm (severe coronary atherosclerosis). ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Debakey ME,Lawrie GM

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-plane angiography and direct segmental pressure measurements in the femoral and popliteal arteries and indirectly on the arm and ankle were performed in 101 limbs seeking to establish a relationship between angiographic assessment of the patency of the popliteal artery and the trifurcation vessels and the poplitea...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Agerskov K,Faris I,Tønnesen KH,Kristensen P,Christensen SC

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We hypothesized that distinct sets of functional trajectories can be identified in the year before and after major surgery, with unique transition probabilities from pre to postsurgical functional trajectories, and that outcomes would be better among participants undergoing elective versus nonelective surger...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Stabenau HF,Becher RD,Gahbauer EA,Leo-Summers L,Allore HG,Gill TM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00