Neurokinin-2 receptor levels correlate with intensity, frequency, and duration of pain in chronic pancreatitis.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the literature with regard to outcome of surgical management for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumor). BACKGROUND:Hilar cholangiocarcinoma is a rare tumor with a poor prognosis. Surgical resection provides the only possibility for cure. Advances in hepatobiliary imaging and surgical strategies...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ito F,Cho CS,Rikkers LF,Weber SM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of adjunctive IPC to standard prophylaxis of postoperative VTE in patients at extremely high-risk. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The standard prophylaxis for postoperative VTE is insufficient in extremely high-risk patients. It is unclear whether an adjunctive use of IPC would result in a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lobastov K,Sautina E,Alencheva E,Bargandzhiya A,Schastlivtsev I,Barinov V,Laberko L,Rodoman G,Boyarintsev V

更新日期：2020-11-12 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the contribution of the hepatic artery, gastroduodenal artery, and portal vein to the microvascular blood flow in the common bile duct (CBD). BACKGROUND:Biliary complications are a common cause of graft loss after liver transplantation. The occurrence is, partly, attrib...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Slieker JC,Farid WR,van Eijck CH,Lange JF,van Bommel J,Metselaar HJ,de Jonge J,Kazemier G

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study provided an objective survey by an outside auditing group of a large, complete patient population undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomies, determined the frequency of complications, especially bile duct injuries, and presented a system for classifying and comparing the severity of bile duct injur...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wherry DC,Rob CG,Marohn MR,Rich NM

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of severe infection on luminal transport of amino acids and glucose by the small intestine were investigated. Studies were done in endotoxin-treated rats and in septic patients who underwent resection of otherwise normal small bowel. In rats the kinetics of the brush border glutamine transporter and the gl...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Salloum RM,Copeland EM,Souba WW

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate perioperative statin treatment, to explore the rapidly increasing body of literature on the pleiotropic effects of statins, and to suggest a rational strategy of perioperative risk reduction. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Vascular, cerebrovascular, and cardiovascular complications are all too common...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Williams TM,Harken AH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total hepatic protein synthesis was measured in vivo with a flooding-dose technique, and the production of total secreted proteins, albumin, complement component C3, and seromucoid fraction was measured in perfused livers of septic rats that received one of three different solutions infused intravenously; Group 1 rece...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Pedersen P,Li SJ,Hasselgren PO,LaFrance R,Fischer JE

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delivery of cardioplegic (CP) solutions to all regions of the myocardium is critical for optimal myocardial protection during cardiac surgery. However, there are little data regarding the effects of CP agents upon coronary vascular resistance (CVR) and CP delivery. Accordingly, we evaluated blood CP (Hct 30) delivery ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Leicher FG,Magrassi P,LaRaia PJ,Derkac WM,Buckley MJ,Austen WG

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resting energy expenditure (REE), nutritional parameters, and substrate levels were measured using a technique to minimize artifacts in 11 control patients, nine patients with localized, and four patients with diffuse neoplastic disease. Patients with diffuse disease had significantly increased percentage preillness w...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Arbeit JM,Lees DE,Corsey R,Brennan MF

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of the amylase--creatinine clearance ratio (ACCR) in the diagnosis of postoperative pancreatitis was prospectively assessed. In 77 patients undergoing operations known to have a significant incidence of postoperative pancreatitis (gastric, biliary or pancreatic) i.e. "high risk" group, the ACCR was abnormall...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Leckie PA,Ferreira P,Debas HT

更新日期：1980-08-01 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：:A prospective randomized trial was undertaken to evaluate effects of lumbar sympathectomy as an adjunct to reconstructive surgery of the lower limb. The objective of this study was to assess the early postoperative effect of these procedures on pedal vasomotor tone. A pedal arterial resistance index (PARI) at rest was...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Shanik GD,Ford J,Hayes AC,Baker WH,Barnes RW

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if an aggressive surgical approach, with an increase in R0 resections, has resulted in improved survival for patients with gallbladder cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Many physicians express a relatively nihilistic approach to the treatment of gallbladder cancer; consensus among surgeons regardi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Dixon E,Vollmer CM Jr,Sahajpal A,Cattral M,Grant D,Doig C,Hemming A,Taylor B,Langer B,Greig P,Gallinger S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Segments of rat inferior vena cava were modified by proteolytic digestion and dialdehyde starch tanning in an attempt to alter their antigenic nature and increase their tensile strength. These tissues were found to retain their ability to sensitize allogeneic recipients in both the intradermal and intra-aortic positio...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Perloff LJ,Rowlands DT,Barker CF

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Is colon cancer surgery justified in the very elderly from the standpoint of cost and 3-year survival rates? Two hundred eighty patients undergoing major surgery for colon cancer during 1981-1983 were divided into a group of 61 with ages greater than or equal to 80 (GE80) and 219 less than 80 (LT80). Although those GE...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hobler KE

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of cultured epidermal autografts (CEA) for closure of burn wounds in pediatric burn patients with full-thickness burns of more than 90% total body surface area. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Paucity of donor sites in massive burns makes the use of expanded skin of paramount importance. CEA t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Barret JP,Wolf SE,Desai MH,Herndon DN

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is a devastating disease that killed nearly 38,000 people in the United States this past year. OBJECTIVE:Treatment of PDA typically includes surgery and/or chemotherapy with gemcitabine. No reliable biomarker exists for prognosis or response to chemotherapy. Two previo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Richards NG,Rittenhouse DW,Freydin B,Cozzitorto JA,Grenda D,Rui H,Gonye G,Kennedy EP,Yeo CJ,Brody JR,Witkiewicz AK

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND:There is a high risk of relapse in stage IIIB/IIIC melanoma. The utility of 2-[fluorine-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography integrated with computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in these patients to evaluate response to treatment or for surveillance after treatment is currently not...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Beasley GM,Parsons C,Broadwater G,Selim MA,Marzban S,Abernethy AP,Salama AK,Eikman EA,Wong T,Zager JS,Tyler DS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case records of the Connecticut Tumor Registry were reviewed from 1952-1982. There were 37 cases of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast (ACC) from a total of 40,350 invasive breast tumors. Patient survival, complications, and pathologic sections were reviewed. Only 14 of 27 surgical pathology slides available f...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sumpio BE,Jennings TA,Merino MJ,Sullivan PD

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The value of laparoscopy in appendicitis is not established. Studies suffer from multiple limitations. Our aim is to compare the safety and benefits of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in a prospective randomized double blind study. METHODS:Two hundred forty-seven patients were analyzed fo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Katkhouda N,Mason RJ,Towfigh S,Gevorgyan A,Essani R

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-eight cases of carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater are presented. The diagnosis has been confirmed at laparatomy in all patients. Three operations were done, a pancreaticoduodenal resection in 23 patients, a biliary-enteric bypass in 7 patients and a biliary-enteric bypass plus excision of tumor in 8 patients. Th...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Makipour H,Cooperman A,Danzi JT,Farmer RG

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report survival, functional, and quality-of-life (QoL) outcomes after extended radical resection for advanced pelvic tumors with en bloc sciatic or femoral nerve resection. BACKGROUND:Advanced pelvic tumors involving the sciatic or femoral nerve have traditionally been considered inoperable. Small studies...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Brown KGM,Solomon MJ,Lau YC,Steffens D,Austin KKS,Lee PJ

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：OF BACKGROUND DATA:Unspecified kidney donation (UKD) describes living donation of a kidney to a stranger. The practice is playing an increasingly important role within the transplant programme in the United Kingdom, where these donors are commonly used to trigger a chain of transplants; thereby amplifying the benefit d...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Maple H,Draper H,Gogalniceanu P,Burnapp L,Chilcot J,Mamode N

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article outlines the formation of the Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) and describes its objectives, governance, functioning and challenges. BACKGROUND:A nationwide audit of surgical mortality provides an overview of the leading causes of death in patients who require surg...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Raju RS,Guy GS,Majid AJ,Babidge W,Maddern GJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of improved surgical management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) on the survival of patients with screened HCC. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:It is unclear whether the advent of new treatment modalities such as liver transplantation and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in recent years have imp...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chan AC,Poon RT,Ng KK,Lo CM,Fan ST,Wong J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Aggressive human melanomas express, C-X-C chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4), the receptor for the chemokine, stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha (SDF-1α). The CXCR4-SDF-1α axis has been postulated to increase melanoma invasiveness. We discovered that SDF-1α specifically upregulates E-selectin on endothelial cells,...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Liu ZJ,Tian R,Li Y,An W,Zhuge Y,Livingstone AS,Velazquez OC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five consecutive patients who sustained injuries to the duodenum were admitted to our hospital over a nine-year period. Nineteen blunt injuries and 56 penetrating injuries were encountered. Blunt injuries were usually the result of motor vehicle accidents and steering wheel impact was frequently implicated. Pe...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Flint LM Jr,McCoy M,Richardson JD,Polk HC Jr

更新日期：1980-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Surgical simulation has been shown to enhance the training of general surgery residents. Since catheter-based techniques have become an important part of the vascular surgeon's armamentarium, we explored whether simulation might impact the acquisition of catheter skills by surgical residents. METHODS:Twenty...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chaer RA,Derubertis BG,Lin SC,Bush HL,Karwowski JK,Birk D,Morrissey NJ,Faries PL,McKinsey JF,Kent KC

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00