Cancer-associated venous thrombosis in the surgical setting.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to compare the hand-sewn and stapled methods in esophagogastric anastomosis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:After esophageal resection for cancer, the relative merits of the hand-sewn and the stapled methods of esophagogastric anastomosis, especially regarding leakage and stricture r...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Law S,Fok M,Chu KM,Wong J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the accuracy of physical examination, ultrasonography, and mammography in predicting residual size of breast tumors following neoadjuvant chemotherapy. BACKGROUND:Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is an accepted part of the management of stage II and III breast cancer. Accurate prediction of residual pathol...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chagpar AB,Middleton LP,Sahin AA,Dempsey P,Buzdar AU,Mirza AN,Ames FC,Babiera GV,Feig BW,Hunt KK,Kuerer HM,Meric-Bernstam F,Ross MI,Singletary SE

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients with vascular deformities of the lower extremity were studied and were classified into three groups based on their clinical and angiographic findings. 1) The Klippel or Venous Dysplasia Group (n = 8) demonstrated: cutaneous nevi of metameric distribution, congenital varices (many of which were anomal...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： O'Donnell TF Jr

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective, block-randomized, multicenter study, the safety and efficacy of cefoxitin in preoperative prophylaxis were studied. 1735 patients undergoing appendectomy were evaluable, and half of these patients received 2 g of cefoxitin before undergoing operation. The patients were divided into three groups: pati...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bauer T,Vennits B,Holm B,Hahn-Pedersen J,Lysen D,Galatius H,Kristensen ES,Graversen P,Wilhelmsen F,Skjoldborg H

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the patency of PTFE (Gore-tex) as a femoropopliteal bypass, a prospective randomized trial was performed between PTFE and saphenous vein. Forty-nine consecutive patients with intermittent claudication, rest pain, or tissue loss due to an occlusion of the superficial femoral artery entered the study. Random...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tilanus HW,Obertop H,Van Urk H

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of factors predisposing to infection in badly injured patients has disclosed: the dominant roles of two specific parameters: monocyte antigen presenting capacity, and opsonic capacity of diluted serum; the potential value of further assessment of: the predictive value of plots of activated T-cells/...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Polk HC Jr,George CD,Wellhausen SR,Cost K,Davidson PR,Regan MP,Borzotta AP

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental model was developed in dogs to correlate radioisotope scan findings of iatrogenic, in vivo, splenic injury with the natural history of the injury as determined by the clinical course and both gross and microscopic observations. It was found that small subcapsular injuries do not appear as discrete foca...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Washburn ME,Balk MW,Mazat BA,Zurlo JA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical coding is the translation of clinical activity into a coded language. Coded data drive hospital reimbursement and are used for audit and research, and benchmarking and outcomes management purposes. METHODS:We undertook a 2-center audit of coding accuracy across surgery. Clinician-auditor multidisci...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nouraei SA,Hudovsky A,Frampton AE,Mufti U,White NB,Wathen CG,Sandhu GS,Darzi A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to compare outcomes of a restrictive to a liberal red cell transfusion strategy in 20% or more total body surface area (TBSA) burn patients. We hypothesized that the restrictive group would have less blood stream infection (BSI), organ dysfunction, and mortality. BACKGROUND:Patients with ma...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Palmieri TL,Holmes JH 4th,Arnoldo B,Peck M,Potenza B,Cochran A,King BT,Dominic W,Cartotto R,Bhavsar D,Kemalyan N,Tredget E,Stapelberg F,Mozingo D,Friedman B,Greenhalgh DG,Taylor SL,Pollock BH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to minimize the nutritional complications that follow resection of the pancreas for severe chronic pancreatitis, the authors have performed a duodenum-preserving total pancreatectomy in eight patients for severe unremitting pain requiring large doses of opiate analgesia. Good relief of pain was obtained i...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Easter DW,Cuschieri A

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occurence of gastroenteric fistulae in non-surgically treated peptic ulcer disease is rare as suggested by only 26 cases published in the literature so far. We had the opportunity to care for 3 patients with this problem in a period of one year. At our institution, a search of the medical records dating back to 1955 y...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kumar GK,Razzaque MA,Naidu VG,Barbour EM

更新日期：1976-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The authors determined whether a recombinant herpes simplex virus (HSV) vector could destroy human colon carcinoma cells in vitro and whether the vector would selectively replicate in colon carcinoma liver metastases but not surrounding hepatocytes in vivo. BACKGROUND:The HSV vector hrR3 is defective in the ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Carroll NM,Chiocca EA,Takahashi K,Tanabe KK

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine which factors most influence late survival after the coronary bypass procedure, a review was made of the initial experience of one surgeon who performed 792 operations between 1968 and 1972. The initial 250 patients were compared with the subsequent 542 patients. The two groups were of similar ag...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lawrie GM,Morris GC Jr

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reservoir and ileostomies were performed in 54 patients between 1972 and 1975. Primary colonic pathology included chronic ulcerative colitis in 47 patients, Crohn's colitis in one, familial polyposes in 5 and Gardner's Syndrome in one. Followup is complete and varies from 6 months to three years. All but three patient...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gelernt IM,Bauer JJ,Kreel I

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the methodology employed in surgical mortality studies to control for potential confounders. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Nationwide hospital data are increasingly used to investigate surgical outcomes. However, poor data granularity and coding inaccuracies may lead to flawed findings. METHODS:We condu...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Payet C,Lifante JC,Carty MJ,Rabilloud M,Duclos A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical program in liver transplantation was begun at UCLA in 1984 after a period of laboratory investigation. The first 100 orthotopic liver transplants (OLT) were performed in 83 patients (43 adults and 40 children) between February 1, 1984 and November 1, 1986. Donors and recipients were matched only for size an...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Busuttil RW,Colonna JO 2nd,Hiatt JR,Brems JJ,el Khoury G,Goldstein LI,Quinones-Baldrich WJ,Abdul-Rasool IH,Ramming KP

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of extended criteria donors (ECDs) could minimize shortage of suitable donor livers for transplantation. In 3 years, the aggressive use of ECD livers has reduced the wait list at our center from 257 to 30 patients with a median wait time of 18 days without using living donors. This study compares t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tector AJ,Mangus RS,Chestovich P,Vianna R,Fridell JA,Milgrom ML,Sanders C,Kwo PY

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred thirty-four patients with extensive ulcerative colitis from the city of Göteborg, Sweden have been followed up and the cumulative risk of development of cancer of the large bowel was estimated. These patients constitute all persons in this region who developed an extensive ulcerative colitis between 1951 a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kewenter J,Ahlman H,Hultén L

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether parastomal hernia (PSH) rate can be reduced by using synthetic mesh in the sublay position when constructing permanent end colostomy. The secondary aim was to investigate possible side-effects of the mesh. BACKGROUND:Prevention of PSH is important as it often ca...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Odensten C,Strigård K,Rutegård J,Dahlberg M,Ståhle U,Gunnarsson U,Näsvall P

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the therapeutic effects of dietary supplementation on Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). BACKGROUND:With limited treatment options, the rise of C. difficile-associated disease has spurred on the search for novel therapies. Recent data define a role for the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Julliard W,De Wolfe TJ,Fechner JH,Safdar N,Agni R,Mezrich JD

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prognostic influence of residual tumor at or within 1 mm of the mobilization margins (R1Mobilization) compared with transection margins (R1Transection) following pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). BACKGROUND:The prognostic strength of R1 status increases wit...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Jamieson NB,Foulis AK,Oien KA,Going JJ,Glen P,Dickson EJ,Imrie CW,McKay CJ,Carter R

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the evolution of visceral transplantation in the milieu of surgical technical modifications, new immunosuppressive protocols, and other management strategies. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:With the clinical feasibility of intestinal and multivisceral transplantation in 1990, multifaceted innovative tacti...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Abu-Elmagd KM,Costa G,Bond GJ,Soltys K,Sindhi R,Wu T,Koritsky DA,Schuster B,Martin L,Cruz RJ,Murase N,Zeevi A,Irish W,Ayyash MO,Matarese L,Humar A,Mazariegos G

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study determined the association between proximal gastrointestinal (GI) colonization and the development of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection and multiple organ failure (MOF) in a population of critically ill surgical patients. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:ICU-acquired infection in association wit...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Marshall JC,Christou NV,Meakins JL

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients with Marfan's syndrome have cardiovascular manifestations and complications of these abnormalities lead to death in 50% of patients by the age of 32. This report is concerned with the performance of 79 operations to control these problems in 41 patients during a 16-year period. There were 3 early deaths ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Crawford ES

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to: (1) measure the rate of failure to provide defect-free postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) chemoprophylaxis, (2) identify reasons for failure to provide defect-free VTE chemoprophylaxis, and (3) examine patient- and hospital-level factors associated with failure. SUMMA...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Yang AD,Hewitt DB,Blay E Jr,Kreutzer LJ,Quinn CM,Cradock KA,Prachand V,Bilimoria KY,Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement Collaborative (ISQIC).

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grafting the circumflex coronary artery has been more difficult technically than the right or anterior descending because of its posterior location and the angles of its marginal branches. However, grafting this artery has been substantially simplified by a method wherein the graft is passed directly through the trans...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hudspeth AS

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The extent of hepatectomies is limited by the functional reserve of the remnant liver. The introduction of preoperative portal vein occlusion techniques to induce a preoperative hyperplasia of the future liver remnant has reduced the risk of postoperative liver failure. However, it has remained ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wilms C,Mueller L,Lenk C,Wittkugel O,Helmke K,Krupski-Berdien G,Rogiers X,Broering DC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations (ACOs) on hospital readmission after common surgical procedures. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Hospital readmissions following surgery lead to worse patient outcomes and wasteful spending. ACOs, and their associated hospitals,...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Borza T,Oerline MK,Skolarus TA,Norton EC,Dimick JB,Jacobs BL,Herrel LA,Ellimoottil C,Hollingsworth JM,Ryan AM,Miller DC,Shahinian VB,Hollenbeck BK

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients with primary duodenal carcinoid were analysed retrospectively, and eight of the tumors were immunocytochemically examined. One tumor contained somatostatin, two tumors gastrin, two tumors both these peptides, and one tumor contained serotonin. In two tumors no peptide or amine could be demonstrated. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lasson A,Alwmark A,Nobin A,Sundler F

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00