Sebaceous cell carcinoma of the parotid gland.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated the effect of neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) on lymph node harvest in rectal cancer patients undergoing anatomic resection with curative intent. METHODS:A prospectively maintained database was retrospectively queried for rectal cancer cases from 1990 to 2010. Demographic data, NAT, and lymph node yi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Amajoyi R,Lee Y,Recio PJ,Kondylis PD

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer death in the United States. A screening protocol is needed to catch early-stage, resectable disease. This study suggests a protocol for high-risk individuals and assesses the cost in the context of the Affordable Care Act. METHODS:Medicare and national av...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bruenderman E,Martin RC 2nd

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognosis after resection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) remains unsatisfactory. There remains no effective therapy after recurrent ICC. OBJECTIVE:The current study sought to evaluate risk factors associated with recurrent ICC and possible therapies after resection. METHOD:A review of data from ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Saiura A,Yamamoto J,Kokudo N,Koga R,Seki M,Hiki N,Yamada K,Natori T,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:William Stewart Halsted and John Chalmers DaCosta are two of the most distinguished surgeons in the history of medicine in the United States. Although their personalities were completely opposite, they enjoyed a long and devoted friendship. During their relationship, a fairly continuous correspondence was maintained. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rutkow IM

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of the failing myocardium was primarily empirical for centuries, until Withering introduced foxglove (digitalis) in 1785 as an effective medication. Gradually, the medical treatment included, besides digitalis preparations, the use of diuretics to reduce excessive sodium and water retention; limiting sa...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brewer LA 3rd

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the importance of the profunda femoris artery in maintenance of lower extremity integrity was recognized in the earliest days of modern vascular surgery, disappointment with the performance of primary profundaplasty has emerged fully only in recent years. During the 10 year period from 1977 to 1987, only 17 p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Harward TR,Bergan JJ,Yao JS,Flinn WR,McCarthy WJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This laboratory study compared the biomechanical and biochemical healing of microvascular free skin flaps in irradiated and nonirradiated recipient areas. In the adult rat, the skin of the right groin region was exposed to a single fraction dose of 20 Gy, using a linear megavoltage accelerator. The left groin was shie...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Aitasalo K,Aro HT,Virolainen P,Virolainen E

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability of characteristics to predict first time performance in laparoscopic tasks is not well described. Videogame experience predicts positive performance in laparoscopic experiences but its mechanism and confounding-association with aptitude remains to be elucidated. This study sought to evaluate for ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Harrington CM,Bresler R,Ryan D,Dicker P,Traynor O,Kavanagh DO

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(1) Carcinoma of the lip occurs predominantly in men in their seventh and eighth decades of life. (2) Epidermoid carcinoma is the most common malignant lip tumor. (3) Metastases to cervical lymph nodes are uncommon. (4) Elective neck dissection is not indicated. (5) Therapeutic radical neck dissection can benefit the ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Heller KS,Shah JP

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical efficacy and safety of cefotetan was assessed in two multicenter clinical trials involving 335 evaluable patients hospitalized with obstetric and gynecologic infections. In Study I, cefotetan was compared with moxalactam and in Study II, cefotetan was compared with cefoxitin. The clinical response rate in...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sweet RL,Gall SA,Gibbs RS,Hemsell DL,Knuppel RA,Lane TW,Miller RD,Newton ER,Poindexter AN,Reguero W

更新日期：1988-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 400 patients with adenocarcinoma of the distal large bowel, anterior resection resulted in more anastomotic leaks, postoperative urinary retention and diarrhea when used for lesions of the mid-rectum than when used for lesions of the proximal rectum or sigmoid colon. However, the operative mortality, long-term m...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Akwari OE,Kelly KA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To perform a satisfaction/quality-of-life (QOL) survey of patients undergoing MammoSite brachytherapy (MBT; Hologic, Inc, Marlborough, MA). METHODS:We asked patients 15 questions regarding treatment decision-making, and experience on-therapy/post-treatment. RESULTS:A total of 52 patients responded (median fol...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Dragun AE,Harper JL,Taylor CE,Jenrette JM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examples of the use of endoscopic pancreatography in the preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow-up study of patients with pancreatic disease are presented and discussed. Six cases selected from a total experience of forty-eight patients have been summarized. The direct role of pancreatography in the manageme...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cooperman AM,Sivak MV,Sullivan BH Jr,Hermann RE

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic significance of noncurative gastrectomy for gastric cancer with liver metastasis was evaluated and the histologic characteristics of such cancer examined. The mean postoperative survival time of patients with liver metastasis limited to one lobe or a few scattered metastases to both lobes without perit...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Koga S,Kawaguchi H,Kishimoto H,Tanaka K,Miyano Y,Kimura O,Takeda R,Nishidoi H

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous "blind" surgical intervention for recurrent, sustained ventricular tachycardia has been disappointing. Successful surgical intervention requires that a local arrhythmia circuit be interrupted, ablated, or disengaged from the adjacent healthy myocardium while incurring minimal injury to the remaining functiona...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Harken AH,Josephson ME

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Retroperitoneal vascular injury remains one of the most frequent causes of death following abdominal trauma. A risk analysis of the association between potential outcome predictors and mortality following abdominal aorta and inferior vena cava injuries was performed. METHODS:Eighty-nine patients sustaining ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Coimbra R,Hoyt D,Winchell R,Simons R,Fortlage D,Garcia J

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study is to assess the clinical utility of routine preoperative computed tomography (CT) scanning in patients with cancer of the intraperitoneal colon. METHODS:From November 1997 to June 2001, all patients at VA Puget Sound Healthcare System with a diagnosis of colon cancer were referred for...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Barton JB,Langdale LA,Cummins JS,Stelzner M,Lynge DC,Mock CN,Nason KS,Billingsley KG

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish criteria for laparotomy, the records of 224 patients admitted with an acute pelvic fracture were reviewed. Forty-four patients underwent laparotomy; 2 had no intraabdominal injury. The mechanisms of injury was blunt trauma in 31 patients and gunshot wound in 13. All four patients who died had blunt trauma...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Zannis VJ,Wood M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic anal fissure is the main cause of anal pain and is very common. Many treatment modalities have been tried-none is ideal. Recently, topical nitric oxide releasing agents and botulin toxin injections have been used, trying to replace surgery. No long-term experience is available. Personal experience with 2,108 o...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Argov S,Levandovsky O

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False aneurysm formation in a twenty-nine year old black woman treated for renovascular hypertension secondary to fibromuscular hyperplasia by knitted Dacron prosthetic patch angioplasty is reported. Etiologic mechanisms are discussed. The most likely factors leading to false aneurysm formation in this patient are dis...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jarstfer BS,Rich NM

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results achieved by liver resection for metastatic cancer in more than 400 patients have been studied in a collected review. Certain conclusions seem justified: The liver is no longer the surgeon's "no-man's-land," and local excision of metastatic tumor can achieve clinical cure in some patients. The risk-benefit ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Foster JH

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Port placement injuries are a potentially devastating complication of laparoscopic surgery. Ultrasound assessment for visceral slide has the ability to preoperatively determine adhesion-free areas. The utility of this technique has not been studied when performed by surgeons. METHODS:Surgeons without expert...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Minaker S,MacPherson C,Hayashi A

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Open abdomen with temporary abdominal closure remains a controversial management strategy for surgical abdominal sepsis compared with primary abdominal closure (PAC) and on-demand laparotomy. The primary objective was to compare mortality between PAC and open abdomen with vacuum assisted closure (VAC). METH...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bleszynski MS,Chan T,Buczkowski AK

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraplegia or paraparesis after operations on the thoracic and abdominal aorta is a devastating event, both for the patient and the surgeon. While its incidence varies from under 1% with operations at the top and bottom of the aorta, its occurrence in the midportion of the aorta, just above the diaphragm, even in the ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Connolly JE

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resection of malignancies of the upper face and skull base may result in complex bone and soft tissue defects. To better define the optimal management of these defects, we conducted a retrospective review of 75 consecutive patients who underwent closure of 76 craniofacial defects after malignant tumor excision from 19...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wornom IL 3rd,Neifeld JP,Mehrhof AI Jr,Young HF,Chinchilli VM

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Academic institutions have increasingly focused on educating physicians and surgeons in concepts of value-based care, including quality improvement (QI). The extent to which QI curricular competencies are addressed in specialty surgical residency training is unclear. METHODS:A survey instrument was develope...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jacobs AC,Malhotra NR,Purnell SM,Lee YJ,Wolf L,Millar MM,Cartwright PC,Smith BK

更新日期：2020-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Most series dealing with external gastrointestinal fistulas cover experience of many years and include a heterogeneous sample of fistulas. We present our experience with 117 cases of postoperative external alimentary tract fistulas treated since 1980. Only fistulas caused by anastomotic leaks and operative injury to b...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schein M,Decker GA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1972 to 1987, 403 patients underwent a composite resection consisting of segmental mandibulectomy and neck dissection for the treatment of bucco-pharynx squamous cell carcinoma (303 patients had postoperative radiotherapy [XRT], 29 patients had preoperative XRT, and 100 patients had tissue salvage performed after...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lefebvre JL,Vankemmel B,Prevost B,Buisset E,Coche-Dequeant B,Van JT,Oszustowicz T

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a serious health problem in the United States today, and surgical treatment is recognized as long-term effective therapy. Minimally invasive techniques are becoming the "gold standard" approach to the treatment of disease, and robotic surgery has the potential to advance the use and development of minimally...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Moser F,Horgan S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal muscular contractions may have a protective influence against the development of indirect inguinal hernia. A portion of the transversus abdominus muscles acts on the internal inguinal rings and produces a closure mechanism during voluntary abdominal muscular activity. It follows, therefore, that injury or in...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Arnbjörnsson E

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00