Single administration of thrombopoietin prevents progression of liver fibrosis and promotes liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in cirrhotic rats.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the preoperative relationships of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in severe obesity and the effects of gastric bypass (GBP)-induced weight loss. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Severe obesity is associated with multiple comorbidities, particularly hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus, that may af...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sugerman HJ,Wolfe LG,Sica DA,Clore JN

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for gastric cancer bases N status on absolute number of metastatic nodes, regardless of the number of examined nodes. We examined a modified staging system utilizing node ratio (Nr), the ratio of metastatic to examined nodes. METHODS:A total of 18...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wang J,Dang P,Raut CP,Pandalai PK,Maduekwe UN,Rattner DW,Lauwers GY,Yoon SS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphologic characteristics of a scar may render it an "immunologically privileged site" providing fertile ground for tumor occurrence and growth. We sought to extend this concept and to determine the effect of different stages of wound healing on tumor occurrence. Syngeneic strain-2 guinea pigs and a methylcholan...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Pendergrast WJ Jr,Futrell JW

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the significance of proteolysis and delayed freezing of tumor samples on estrogen receptor levels, values from 19 of 31 biopsy specimens were compared with that in remaining tumor at the completion of mastectomy. There was a 15-100% decrease in receptor content. Time-decay studies on selected postmastecto...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Newsome JF,Avis FP,Hammond JE,Sherwood S

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From December 1985 to December 1989, 100 consecutive simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplants were performed at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Bladder drainage technique was used for all grafts. One- and three-year patient survival was 93% and 90%; kidney survival, 90% and 85%; and pancreas su...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sollinger HW,Knechtle SJ,Reed A,D'Alessandro AM,Kalayoglu M,Belzer FO,Pirsch J

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess clinical and surgical factors affecting local recurrence and survival in young breast cancer patients in the Prospective study of Outcomes in Sporadic versus Hereditary breast cancer (POSH). BACKGROUND:Emerging data suggest young age is a predictor of increased local recurrence. METHODS:POSH is a ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Maishman T,Cutress RI,Hernandez A,Gerty S,Copson ER,Durcan L,Eccles DM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the workup/treatment provided to pregnant motor vehicle accident (MVA) casualties in a mature trauma system. Adherence to recommendations was used to measure quality of care. BACKGROUND:MVAs affect approximately 3% of pregnant women. Trauma casualty outcome improves after implementation of gui...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sela HY,Weiniger CF,Hersch M,Smueloff A,Laufer N,Einav S

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-seven patients with a primary complaint of persistent cough, wheezing, and/or recurrent pneumonia were evaluated for the presence of occult gastroesophageal reflux disease. Fifty-four patients (70%) had increased esophageal acid exposure on 24-hour pH monitoring of the distal esophagus. In 28% of these patient...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： DeMeester TR,Bonavina L,Iascone C,Courtney JV,Skinner DB

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to objectively define the criteria for assessing the presence of lymphedema and to report the prevalence of lymphedema after inguinal and ilio-inguinal (inguinal and pelvic) lymph node dissection for metastatic melanoma. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Lymphedema of the lower limb is a common problem...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Spillane AJ,Saw RP,Tucker M,Byth K,Thompson JF

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To construct and validate a scoring system for evidence-based selection of bariatric and metabolic surgery procedures according to severity of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). BACKGROUND:Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) account for >95% of bariatric procedures in United States in patients w...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Aminian A,Brethauer SA,Andalib A,Nowacki AS,Jimenez A,Corcelles R,Hanipah ZN,Punchai S,Bhatt DL,Kashyap SR,Burguera B,Lacy AM,Vidal J,Schauer PR

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipocyte lipolysis and its adrenergic control were studied in vitro from normal patients and those with trauma and sepsis. The adrenergic receptors were studied in terms of their responsiveness, a measure of the postreceptor mechanism, and their sensitivity, a measure of the receptor number or affinity. With early tr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Forse RA,Leibel R,Askanazi J,Hirsch J,Kinney JM

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is reported whose symptoms and clinical features were interpreted as pulmonary embolism. However, the ultimate diagnosis was malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the pulmonary artery, which was made evident at operation. Although extremely rare in the early medical literature, primary sarcoma of the pulmonary a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Van Damme H,Vaneerdeweg W,Schoofs E

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study graft function and ischemia/reperfusion injury of porcine kidneys after preservation with the new Groningen Machine Perfusion (GMP) system versus static cold storage (CS). INTRODUCTION:The increasing proportion of marginal and nonheart beating donors necessitates better preservation methods to maint...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Maathuis MH,Manekeller S,van der Plaats A,Leuvenink HG,'t Hart NA,Lier AB,Rakhorst G,Ploeg RJ,Minor T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the feasibility and safety of Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) appendectomy, and to analyze separately the transvaginal appendectomy (TVAE) and the transgastric appendectomy (TGAE) procedures. BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic appendectomy has rare but relevant complications, namely i...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bulian DR,Kaehler G,Magdeburg R,Butters M,Burghardt J,Albrecht R,Bernhardt J,Heiss MM,Buhr HJ,Lehmann KS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the physiologic effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) pneumoperitoneum in the morbidly obese. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The number of laparoscopic bariatric operations performed in the United States has increased dramatically over the past several years. Laparoscopic bariatric surgery requires abdominal in...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nguyen NT,Wolfe BM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess long-term outcome and prognostic factors for extreme surgery by vascular and plastic surgical teamwork for leg salvage in patients with critically ischemic large tissue defects. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Combined vascular reconstruction and microvascular free-flap transfer has been used to improve di...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tukiainen E,Kallio M,Lepäntalo M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite antiviral treatment has been shown to reduce hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence after curative treatment for hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related HCC in patients with high preoperative HBV-DNA levels, it is still unclear whether antiviral therapy is useful in reducing recurrence in patients with lo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Huang G,Li PP,Lau WY,Pan ZY,Zhao LH,Wang ZG,Wang MC,Zhou WP

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of selective intramesenteric artery vasodilator infusion on intestinal viability in a rat model of acute segmental mesenteric vascular occlusion. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although intramesenteric arterial vasodilator infusion may be an effective treatment for nonocclusive mesenteric isc...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Meilahn JE,Morris JB,Ceppa EP,Bulkley GB

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the mechanistic role of group IIA phospholipase A2 (PLA2) in the process of local and distant organ injury after intestinal ischemia-reperfusion. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion produces lung injury by a mechanism that involves PLA2 activation, but it is unclear which isozym...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Koike K,Yamamoto Y,Hori Y,Ono T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The University of Rochester, Department of Surgery, in response to an experimental community-wide limit on hospital budgets, studied high-cost general surgical patients as a potential source of leverage for containment of hospital costs. It was found that a small number of patients impact significantly on hospital cos...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Drucker WR,Gavett JW,Kirshner R,Messick WJ,Ingersoll G

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the experience of three general surgeons performing 304 laparoscopic cholecystectomies in three private hospitals between October 1989 and November 1990. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy boasts two major advantages over the conventional procedure: the remarkable reduction in postoperative pain and econo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Graves HA Jr,Ballinger JF,Anderson WJ

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the widespread recognition of coartation of the aorta there are still many patients in whome the diagnosis is not made. A simple clinical test which is useful in making the diagnosis in infants and adults, is described. It depends upon the differential color changes between fingers and toes after releasing a m...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gerbode F

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to identify the survival of patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) and assess the effect of surgical resection after neoadjuvant therapy on patient outcomes. BACKGROUND:An increasing number of LAPC patients who respond favorably to neoadjuvant therapy undergo surgica...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gemenetzis G,Groot VP,Blair AB,Laheru DA,Zheng L,Narang AK,Fishman EK,Hruban RH,Yu J,Burkhart RA,Cameron JL,Weiss MJ,Wolfgang CL,He J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients, ages 7 and 17, with unresectable obstructions within the left ventricular cavity, have been managed by interposing a conduit bearing a porcine aortic valve between the apex of the left ventricle and the infra-renal abdominal aorta. The younger child had idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis (IHSS) r...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Dembitsky WP,Weldon CS

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study is to evaluate whether intra-operative induction with anti-lymphocytic serum (ALS) is superior to no induction in adult liver transplantation (LT). BACKGROUND:The efficacy of ALS induction remains inconclusive in LT, because of poorly designed trials. METHODS:A randomized controlled tri...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Iesari S,Ackenine K,Foguenne M,De Reyck C,Komuta M,Bonaccorsi Riani E,Ciccarelli O,Coubeau L,Lai Q,Gianello P,Lerut J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish criteria for venous reconstruction of middle hepatic vein (MHV) tributaries of the right liver graft in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:In adult LDLT using the right hemiliver, the MHV is usually separated from the graft, which results in potenti...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sano K,Makuuchi M,Miki K,Maema A,Sugawara Y,Imamura H,Matsunami H,Takayama T

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 20 months, 28 patients with symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux were treated with the Angelchik anti-reflux prosthesis. The patients ranged in age from 12 to 75 years, with symptoms present from one to 24 years. Vigorous medical management had failed with all patients prior to surgery. Before operation...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Starling JR,Reichelderfer MO,Pellett JR,Belzer FO

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe acute care length of stay (LOS) over all consecutive hospitalizations for the injury and according to level of care [intensive care unit (ICU), intermediate care, general ward], compare observed and expected LOS, and identify predictors of LOS. BACKGROUND:Prolonged LOS has important consequences ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Moore L,Stelfox HT,Turgeon AF,Nathens A,Bourgeois G,Lapointe J,Gagné M,Lavoie A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inclusion of vagotomy and pyloroplasty in the surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux associated with hiatal hernia has long been controversial. To evaluate the morbidity of vagotomy in the treatment of reflux esophagitis, a retrospective study of 311 patients treated by the Hill posterior gastropexy technique o...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Vansant JH,Baker JW Jr

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop evidence-based recommendations for safe, effective, and appropriate thyroidectomy. BACKGROUND:Surgical management of thyroid disease has evolved considerably over several decades leading to variability in rendered care. Over 100,000 thyroid operations are performed annually in the US. METHODS:The...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Patel KN,Yip L,Lubitz CC,Grubbs EG,Miller BS,Shen W,Angelos P,Chen H,Doherty GM,Fahey TJ 3rd,Kebebew E,Livolsi VA,Perrier ND,Sipos JA,Sosa JA,Steward D,Tufano RP,McHenry CR,Carty SE

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00