Orthopedic surgery.

abstract：:The mechanism of preventing intestinal regurgitation by means of a telescoped intestinal valve has been investigated in this study. Ten telescoped intestinal valves were uniformly created in dogs. A tolerance test to barium reflux was performed before the animals were sacrificed 16 weeks postoperatively, which yielded...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Yang Y,Kholoussy AM,Kuwano H,Takenaka K,Perez A,Matsumoto T

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:in 2008, the Surgical Council on Resident Education selected 33 residency programs to pilot its General Surgery Resident Curriculum Website Portal. The portal aims to reduce program variability in curricula, align teaching and learning with essential content, and improve resident study and performance. METH...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schmitz CC,Risucci D,Plass J,Jones A,Darosa DA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cognitive skills such as decision-making are critical to developing operative autonomy. We explored resident decision-making using a recollection of specific examples, from the attending surgeon and resident, after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS:In a separate semi-structured interview, the attending ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hill KA,Dasari M,Littleton EB,Hamad GG

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trauma patients in rural areas usually have no access to regional trauma systems or designated trauma centers. Efforts to provide quality trauma care in small hospitals may seriously overextend local capabilities. The urban trauma center retains an important role in trauma care even when the initial care must be provi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cone JB

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated coronary angiography use among patients with coronary stents suffering postoperative myocardial infarction (MI) and the association with mortality. METHODS:Patients with prior coronary stenting who underwent inpatient noncardiac surgery in Veterans Affairs hospitals between 2000 and 2012 and ex...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hollis RH,Holcomb CN,Valle JA,Smith BP,DeRussy AJ,Graham LA,Richman JS,Itani KM,Maddox TM,Hawn MT

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred seventy-eight patients with hand burns (786 hands) were treated at the burn service of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Long-term evaluation showed that early incision and immediate autografting of deep second degree, mixed second and third degree, and third degree full-thickness hand burns resulted in...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Frist W,Ackroyd F,Burke J,Bondoc C

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bioethics education has been recommended as a formal component of surgical residency training. The best method for teaching bioethics to residents is unclear. We compared the effectiveness of a standardized patient (SP)-based seminar to a traditional seminar format for teaching bioethics to surgical resident...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Robb A,Etchells E,Cusimano MD,Cohen R,Singer PA,McKneally M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 104 patients with primary adenocarcinoma of the duodenum were reviewed. All patients were followed up to the date of this report, 91 for at least 5 years. Melena was an ominous preoperative finding. Survival was directly related to nodal status, the grade of the lesion, and the ability of the surgeon to...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Joesting DR,Beart RW Jr,van Heerden JA,Weiland LH

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine the axillary recurrence rate in breast cancer patients with a negative sentinel lymph node who did not have an axillary node dissection. METHODS:Sentinel lymphadenectomy for breast cancer patients, without axillary node dissection if the node was negative, was intr...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Chung MA,Steinhoff MM,Cady B

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tension-free hernioplasty as introduced by Lichtenstein has gained increasing acceptance during the last decade although the technique has not been evaluated in a randomized trial. METHODS:This randomized study compares the 2-year follow-up results after 102 tension-free hernioplasties with implantation...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Friis E,Lindahl F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lower extremity complications of 100 consecutive patients who required the placement of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) during a 3-year period were studied. Indications for the IABP included hypotension during cardiac catheterization (33%) or coronary angioplasty (13%), hemodynamic instability after open heart...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mackenzie DJ,Wagner WH,Kulber DA,Treiman RL,Cossman DV,Foran RF,Cohen JL,Levin PM

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Routine completion imaging after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has been advocated by many investigators to detect and repair unsuspected defects with the goal of reducing perioperative morbidity and residual disease. However, completion imaging has been performed rarely in our practice. Our carotid registry w...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ricotta JJ,O'Brien-Irr MS

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) can be associated with inadequate weight loss, insufficient resolution of co-morbidities and severe reflux. Conversion to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) is a potential solution. The aim of this study was to determine the common indications for conversion from SG to RYGB at our cent...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Yorke E,Sheppard C,Switzer NJ,Kim D,de Gara C,Karmali S,Kanji A,Birch D

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identifying factors associated with resident autonomy may help improve training efficiency. This study evaluates resident and procedural factors associated with level of guidance needed in the operating room. METHODS:Intraoperative performance and yearly performance on Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hoops HE,Haley C,Cook MR,Lopez O,Dewey E,Brasel KJ,Spight D,Kiraly LN

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Students report that their operating room experience during specialty clerkships has been less than satisfactory. To deal with this and other problems in a 1-week cardiothoracic clerkship, a video conference system was introduced. METHODS:Three teaching strategies were used: a seminar dealing with the disea...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Amiel GE,Cohen R,Amar R,Sarafov I,Safadi T,Saute M,Porat E,Sharony R,Bolotin G,Tann M,Uretzky G

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the thirty-three years from 1941 through 1973, forty-two children with ovarian teratomas were seen. The most common complaint was that of abdominal pain and the most common physical finding was palpable lower abdominal mass. Thirty-seven patients had ovarian teratomas with nature tissues only. Of these, two pat...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mahour GH,Wooley MM,Landing BH

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to evaluate the intestinal mucosal permeability in patients with acute pancreatitis. The lactulose:mannitol (L:M) ratio was used to assess permeability. It is an inexpensive and quite reliable method. The intestinal permeability was increased in patients with acute pancreatitis compared with the contro...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Nagpal K,Minocha VR,Agrawal V,Kapur S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The teaching of surgical skills is based mostly on the traditional "see one, do one, teach one" resident-to-resident method. Surgical skills laboratories provide a new environment for teaching skills but their effectiveness has not been adequately tested. Cognitive task analysis is an innovative method to te...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Velmahos GC,Toutouzas KG,Sillin LF,Chan L,Clark RE,Theodorou D,Maupin F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of systems analysis and flow charting technics to abdominal incision and closure allow a complete display of objectives and alternatives. A route of alternatives has been chosen and supported by the best available principles in the surgical literature. The choices include an unconventional large bite m...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Martyak SN,Curtis LE

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously reported on a pilot trauma multidisciplinary crisis resource course titled S.T.A.R.T.T. (Simulated Trauma and Resuscitative Team Training). Here, we study the course's evolution. METHODS:Satisfaction was evaluated by postcourse survey. Trauma teams were evaluated using the Ottawa global rating...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Gillman LM,Brindley P,Paton-Gay JD,Engels PT,Park J,Vergis A,Widder S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiating SBO that will resolve conservatively from those requiring surgery remains challenging. Water-soluble contrast administration may be diagnostic and therapeutic. Our study evaluated use of a WSC challenge protocol. We hypothesize that protocol use discriminates between surgical SBO and obstructions which...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Moskowitz E,Campion EM,Burlew CC,Helmkamp LJ,Peltz ED,Gansar BL,McIntyre RC

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury is a serious complication of thyroidectomy. The purpose of this study is to determine the predictors and consequences of RLN injury during thyroidectomy. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was conducted using the ACS-NSQIP 2016-2017 main and thyroidectomy targeted proced...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mahoney RC,Vossler JD,Murayama KM,Woodruff SL

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment failure and survival in 209 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the floor of the mouth treated with surgery as the single curative modality are reported. Fifty percent of the patients had stage III and IV disease. The primary tumor was excised with 1 to 2 cm margins and the mandible was resected in 73 p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Nason RW,Sako K,Beecroft WA,Razack MS,Bakamjian VY,Shedd DP

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a random double-blind trial monitored by 125I-fibrinogen leg scan, impedance plethysmography, and contrast phleobograms if impedance became abnormal, hydroxycholoroquine was shown to be no more effective than placebo for prevention of venous thrombosis after total hip replacement. Subsequently, the combination of h...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hume M,Bierbaum B,Kuriakose TX,Surprenant J

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the results of 133 bone scans and 63 liver scans (computed tomography, liver-spleen radionuclide scan, or ultrasonography) obtained for the preoperative evaluation of breast cancer patients. Information on the preoperative staging of breast cancer (TNM classification) was available in 131 of 133 patients. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brar HS,Sisley JF,Johnson RH Jr

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histopathology, clinical features, treatment, and results are reported in twenty-nine patients with thymoma. Benign and malignant thymomas are differentiated by their invasive characteristics. Surgical excision is recommended for benign lesions. Surgical excision and postoperative irradiation are recommended for m...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Gerein AN,Srivastava SP,Burgess J

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Native Americans (NA) form a unique cohort of colon cancer (CC) patients among whom the variability in demographics and cancer characteristics remains unclear. METHODS:We abstracted the national estimates for NA with CC using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) database. Trend analysis o...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Thuraisingam R,Jandova J,Pandit V,Michailidou M,Nfonsam VN

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonoscopic examination of the entire colon was performed on 146 patients for radiographically suspected benign polypoid disease. Of thirty-six patients who did not have a neoplastic lesion at the suspected site, seven (19 per cent) had unsuspected small benign polypoid adenomas elsewhere in the colon. Of the remaini...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Coller JA,Corman ML,Veidenheimer MC

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over 1 million healthcare providers have participated in the Advanced Trauma Life Support course. No studies have evaluated factors that predict course performance. This study aims to identify these predictors. METHODS:All participants taking the course at 2 centers over a 4-year period were identified. Dem...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mobily M,Branco BC,Joseph B,Hernandez N,Catalano RD,Judkins DG,Green DJ,Kulvatunyou N,Rhee P,Tang AL

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent rapid increases in the aging population have created an impending "Silver Tsunami" in advanced countries. The overall prevalence of gallstone disease and its related complications will soon increase, and there will be a larger demand for gallbladder surgery. METHODS:We examined the outcomes of cholec...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Matsui Y,Hirooka S,Yamaki S,Kotsuka M,Kosaka H,Yamamoto T,Satoi S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00