The prevalence and prognostic value of BRAF mutation in thyroid cancer.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Marked variations in sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) technique have been identified, and definitive qualifications for SLND performance remain controversial. Based on previous reports and expert opinion, we predicted that 20 to 30 cases of SLND with axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) would enable sur...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Posther KE,McCall LM,Blumencranz PW,Burak WE Jr,Beitsch PD,Hansen NM,Morrow M,Wilke LG,Herndon JE 2nd,Hunt KK,Giuliano AE

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clinical outcomes of multivisceral transplantation (MVT) in the setting of diffuse thrombosis of the portomesenteric venous system. BACKGROUND:Liver transplantation (LT) in the face of cirrhosis and diffuse portomesenteric thrombosis (PMT) is controversial and contraindicated in many transpla...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Vianna RM,Mangus RS,Kubal C,Fridell JA,Beduschi T,Tector AJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of two levels of protein intake on protein metabolism in six severely burned adult patients were studied (means of 70% BSA burned). A crossover experimental design enabled the authors to study each patient at the end of two three-day dietary regimens. All diets were isocaloric and provided approximately 25...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wolfe RR,Goodenough RD,Burke JF,Wolfe MH

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1982 to June 1986, 444 patients had localization of 500 nonpalpable mammographically suspicious lesions using the Kopans hook wire technique. Four hundred ninety-nine biopsies were performed in 443 patients. Cancer was identified in 12% of the biopsies performed for a suspicious mass or density and in 20%...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Symmonds RE Jr,Roberts JW

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 10-year period, 94 surgical resections for adenocarcinoma of the cardia (75 "curative" and 19 palliative) were performed using three primary approaches: Group I (46 curative, 14 palliative), esophagogastrectomy performed through a left thoracotomy or left thoraco-abdominal incision; Group II (17 curative, 4 p...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Molina JE,Lawton BR,Myers WO,Humphrey EW

更新日期：1982-02-01 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:Create and validate diverticulitis surgical site infection prediction scale. BACKGROUND:Surgical site infections cause significant morbidity after colorectal surgery. An infection prediction scale could target infection prevention bundles to high-risk patients. METHODS:Prospectively collected National Surgi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bordeianou L,Cauley CE,Patel R,Bleday R,Mahmood S,Kennedy K,Ahmed KF,Yokoe D,Hooper D,Rubin M,Partners Colorectal Collaborative.

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study compares the quality of valve replacement and repair performed through minimally invasive incisions as compared to the standard operation for aortic and mitral valve replacement. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:With the advent of minimally invasive laparoscopic approaches to orthopedic surgery, urology, g...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Cohn LH,Adams DH,Couper GS,Bichell DP,Rosborough DM,Sears SP,Aranki SF

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Computer-assisted robotic surgery allows complex resections and anastomotic reconstructions to be performed with nearly identical standards to open surgery. We applied this technology to a variety of pancreatic resections to assess the safety, feasibility, versatility, and reliability of this ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Zureikat AH,Moser AJ,Boone BA,Bartlett DL,Zenati M,Zeh HJ 3rd

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic changes in six severely affected tetanus patients suffering from characteristic labile hypertension (maximum systolic blood pressure greater than 200 mmHG, maximum diurnal change in systolic pressure greater than 100 mmHg) were investigated. Daily urinary excretion of urea nitrogen increased gradually from t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hiraide A,Katayama M,Sugimoto H,Yoshioka T,Sugimoto T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to obtain feedback from key stakeholders and end users to identify program strengths and weaknesses to plan for wider dissemination and implementation of the Virtual Acute Care for Elders (Virtual ACE) program, a novel intervention that improves outcomes for older surgical patients. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Balentine CJ,Morris M,Knight SJ,Turan JM,Flood KL,Gutierrez-Meza D,Macdonald CL,Bhatia S,Brown CJ

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Total hemolytic complement (CH50), conversion of C3 by inulin and cobra venom factor (CoVF), and immunochemical levels of Clq, C4, C2, C3, C5, factor B, properdin, C3b inactivator (KAF), and immunoglobulins (Igs) G, A, and M were measured in the sera of ten patients with abdominal trauma and ten medical patients with ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bjornson AB,Altemeier WA,Bjornson HS

更新日期：1978-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:The presence and number of nodal metastasis significantly impact colon cancer prognosis. Similarly, the number of resected/evaluated nodes impacts staging accuracy. This ratio of metastatic to examined nodes or lymph node ratio (LNR) may have independent prognostic value in colon carcinoma. PURPOSE:: To eva...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chen SL,Steele SR,Eberhardt J,Zhu K,Bilchik A,Stojadinovic A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To familiarize surgeons with the specific complications of cutaneous, gastrointestinal, inhalation, and systemic infection with Bacillus Anthracis, which may require surgical treatment. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The recent cases of intentional exposure to Bacillus Anthracis in the United States make familiarit...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Binkley CE,Cinti S,Simeone DM,Colletti LM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the gene expression signature of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in relation to the gross morphology. BACKGROUND:Eggel's nodular type of HCC is morphologically subclassified into the single nodular (SN) type, the single nodular type with extranodular growth (SNEG), and the confluent multinodular (...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Murakata A,Tanaka S,Mogushi K,Yasen M,Noguchi N,Irie T,Kudo A,Nakamura N,Tanaka H,Arii S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate differences in the quality, confidence, and consistency of intraoperative surgical decision making (DM) and using functional neuroimaging expose decision systems that operators use. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Novices are hypothesized to use conscious analysis (effortful DM) leading to activation ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Leff DR,Yongue G,Vlaev I,Orihuela-Espina F,James D,Taylor MJ,Athanasiou T,Dolan R,Yang GZ,Darzi A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of mesh fixation with fibrin sealant (FS) in laparoscopic preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair and to compare it with stapled fixation. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Laparoscopic hernia repair involves the fixation of the prosthetic mesh in the preperitoneal space with staples to avoid dis...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Katkhouda N,Mavor E,Friedlander MH,Mason RJ,Kiyabu M,Grant SW,Achanta K,Kirkman EL,Narayanan K,Essani R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric carcinoma following operation for benign peptic ulcer disease has been considered rare but nine patients have been seen during the past five years. All were male patients, the average time interval from prior ulcer operation to development of cancer was 17 years, but was a short as ten years. The symptoms of c...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Eberlein TJ,Lorenzo FV,Webster MW

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one adult patients were referred for surgical treatment during the time period from July 1980 to November 1985. The average age was 59 +/- 6 years (19-70 years). All patients had symptomatic ventricular tachycardia that was refractory to standard or experimental drug therapy. On the basis of patient condition, s...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hammon JW Jr,Echt DS,Merrill WH,Primm KR,Woosley RL,Smith RF,Roden DM,Bender HW Jr

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of impaired respiratory gas exchange in patients with nonuniform posttraumatic and septic adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) contains its own therapeutic paradox, since the need for volume-controlled ventilation and PEEP in the lung with the most reduced compliance increases pulmonary barotrauma...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Siegel JH,Stoklosa JC,Borg U,Wiles CE 3rd,Sganga G,Geisler FH,Belzberg H,Wedel S,Blevins S,Goh KC

更新日期：1985-10-01 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：:After attaching appropriate monitoring devices enabling the measurement of the slope of the left ventricular function curve, left atrial pressure, mean aortic pressure, peak left ventricular pressure, and tension time index, three groups of ten dogs were subjected to varying periods of hemorrhagic shock until a slope ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Proctor HJ,Hsiao H,Fry J,Ebert C

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the influence of esophageal cancer surgeon volume upon mortality from upper gastrointestinal emergencies. BACKGROUND:Volume-outcome relationships led to the centralization of esophageal cancer surgery. METHODS:Hospital Episode Statistics data were used to identify patients admitted to hospitals wit...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Markar SR,Mackenzie H,Askari A,Faiz O,Hanna GB

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of radiotherapy (RT) on sexual function in patients undergoing oncologic resection for rectal cancer, and to develop a mathematical model for quantifying the risk of sexual dysfunction through time for this group of patients. METHODS:Data were prospec...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Heriot AG,Tekkis PP,Fazio VW,Neary P,Lavery IC

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of artesunate on organ injury and dysfunction associated with hemorrhagic shock (HS) in the rat. BACKGROUND:HS is still a common cause of death in severely injured patients and is characterized by impairment of organ perfusion, systemic inflammatory response, and multiple organ failur...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sordi R,Nandra KK,Chiazza F,Johnson FL,Cabrera CP,Torrance HD,Yamada N,Patel NS,Barnes MR,Brohi K,Collino M,Thiemermann C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients frequently voice concerns regarding wait times for cancer treatment; however, little is known about the length of wait times from diagnosis to surgery in the United States. Our objectives were (1) to assess changes in wait times over the past decade and (2) to identify patient, tumor, and hospital f...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bilimoria KY,Ko CY,Tomlinson JS,Stewart AK,Talamonti MS,Hynes DL,Winchester DP,Bentrem DJ

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of supplemental fresh frozen plasma (FFP) therapy after massive packed red cell (PRBC) replacement for hemorrhagic shock was studied in 22 conditioned dogs. Ten dogs were randomized to received FFP, balanced electrolyte solution (BES), and PRBC, while 12 dogs received BES and PRBC. Coagulation factor acti...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Martin DJ,Lucas CE,Ledgerwood AM,Hoschner J,McGonigal MD,Grabow D

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of penetrating colon injury has been frequently debated in the literature, yet few reports have evaluated primary closure versus diverting colostomy in similarly injured patients. Diverting colostomy is the standard of care when mucosal penetration is present, but primary closure in civilian practice ha...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nelken N,Lewis F

更新日期：1989-04-01 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