Total thyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease: is it really worthwhile?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An analysis of the injuries and treatment of the first 100 patients from the Syrian civil war was conducted to monitor quality of care and outcome. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:As reports of the collapse of health care systems in regions within Syria reach the media, patients find themselves crossing the border i...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Biswas S,Waksman I,Baron S,Fuchs D,Rechnitzer H,Dally N,Kassis S,Hadary A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to determine the best provocative test for the diagnosis of gastrinoma, ten normal subjects, 13 patients with known gastrinoma, and one patient with presumed gastrinoma were administered four regimens: (1) rapid calcium infusion (2 mg Ca++/kg/min), (2) secretin (2 clinical units (CU)/kg/bolus), (3) long ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Romanus ME,Neal JA,Dilley WG,Leight GS,Linehan WM,Santen RJ,Farndon JR,Jones RS,Wells SA Jr

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:High rate of complications has been reported following revascularization for acute limb ischemia (ALI). No adjuvant pharmacologic treatment, apart from anticoagulation and standard perioperative care, has been shown clinically effective. OBJECTIVE:Aim of this study was to evaluate the effects o...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： de Donato G,Gussoni G,de Donato G,Andreozzi GM,Bonizzoni E,Mazzone A,Odero A,Paroni G,Setacci C,Settembrini P,Veglia F,Martini R,Setacci F,Palombo D

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of 584 operations for recurrent inguinal hernia was made in an attempt to determine the cause of the recurrence based on the anatomic findings. The recurrence was indirect in 300, direct in 241, and various other in 43 operations. The causes of the indirect recurrences appeared to be an unrecognized hernia...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Postlethwait RW

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contraction of the gallbladder by ultrasonography and release of cholecystokinin (CCK) by specific radioimmunoassay in response to the ingestion of oral fatty meal before and 1 month after gastrectomy in five patients with early gastric cancer was studied. Before gastrectomy, basal concentrations of CCK (13.4 +/- ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Inoue K,Fuchigami A,Hosotani R,Kogire M,Huang YS,Miyashita T,Suzuki T,Tsuda K,Seino Y,Rayford PL

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy (PRA) is a minimally invasive approach to removal of the adrenal gland. This anatomically direct approach, popularized by Walz, minimizes dissection and affords early access to the adrenal vein. We report the largest experience to date of PRA in the United States. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Perrier ND,Kennamer DL,Bao R,Jimenez C,Grubbs EG,Lee JE,Evans DB

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate whether individualized deliberate practice on a virtual reality (VR) simulator results in improved technical performance in the operating room. BACKGROUND:Training on VR simulators has been shown to improve technical performance in the operating room (OR). Current...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Palter VN,Grantcharov TP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen (ER), progesterone (PgR), and androgen (AR) receptors were measured in two simultaneous or subsequent specimens taken each from 259 patients with breast cancer. We studied in 182 patients results from receptor assays, either from one tumor or from the primary tumor, and a lymph node metastasis, and in 77 sequ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Jakesz R,Dittrich C,Hanusch J,Kolb R,Lenzhofer R,Moser K,Rainer H,Reiner G,Schemper M,Spona J

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty patients with extremity soft tissue tumors were prospectively evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans with subsequent anatomic correlation of surgical findings. MRI and CT had a similar percentage of accuracy in assessing tumor relationship with major neurovascular (80...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chang AE,Matory YL,Dwyer AJ,Hill SC,Girton ME,Steinberg SM,Knop RH,Frank JA,Hyams D,Doppman JL

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to prevent portoprival malcirculation after distal splenorenal shunt (DSRS), a splenic hilar renal shunt (HRS) with proximal flush ligation of splenic vein was designed. To accomplish this procedure, two methods were compared: HRS alone (Group A) and HRS plus proximal flush ligation of the splenic vein (...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Inokuchi K,Beppu K,Koyanagi N,Nagamine K,Hashizume M,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal transfusion threshold after surgery in children is unknown. We analyzed the general surgery subgroup of the TRIPICU (Transfusion Requirements in Pediatric Intensive Care Units) study to determine the impact of a restrictive versus a liberal transfusion strategy on new or progressive multiple orga...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rouette J,Trottier H,Ducruet T,Beaunoyer M,Lacroix J,Tucci M,Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.,PALISI Network.

更新日期：2010-03-01 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 determine prevalence of documented preoperative code status discussions and post-operative outcomes (specifically mortality, readmission and discharge disposition) of patients with completed Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments (MOLST) forms before surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A MOLST form...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tanious M,Lindvall C,Cooper Z,Tukan N,Peters S,Streid J,Fields K,Bader A

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether increasing distance between helicopter ambulance airbase and either home residence or referring facility is associated with an increased risk of injury-related mortality. BACKGROUND:A dramatic increase in the absolute number and utilization of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services transp...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rhinehart ZJ,Guyette FX,Sperry JL,Forsythe RM,Murdock A,Alarcon LH,Peitzman AB,Rosengart MR

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the feasibility and outcomes of video-based peer feedback through social networking to facilitate robotic surgical skill acquisition. BACKGROUND:The acquisition of surgical skills may be challenging for novel techniques and/or those with prolonged learning curves. METHODS:Randomized controlled tr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Carter SC,Chiang A,Shah G,Kwan L,Montgomery JS,Karam A,Tarnay C,Guru KA,Hu JC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the founding of the American Medical Association's Section on Surgery in 1859 and how it represented, on a national basis, the beginnings of organized surgery and the formal start of the professionalization and specialization of surgery in the United States. BACKGROUND:The broad social process of ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rutkow I

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the existence of a pathway between intraluminal products and the muscularis leukocytic infiltrate. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Mild intestinal manipulation or lipopolysaccharide initiates an intense inflammatory response within the intestinal muscularis, resulting in paralytic ileus. A major poten...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Schwarz NT,Beer-Stolz D,Simmons RL,Bauer AJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the disease-free survival (DFS) and recurrence after the treatment of patients with rectal cancer with open (OPEN) or laparoscopic (LAP) resection. BACKGROUND:This randomized clinical trial (ACOSOG [Alliance] Z6051), performed between 2008 and 2013, compared LAP and OPEN resection of stage II/II...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Fleshman J,Branda ME,Sargent DJ,Boller AM,George VV,Abbas MA,Peters WR Jr,Maun DC,Chang GJ,Herline A,Fichera A,Mutch MG,Wexner SD,Whiteford MH,Marks J,Birnbaum E,Margolin DA,Larson DW,Marcello PW,Posner MC,Read TE

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, manometric trial of anal fissure treated by subcutaneous lateral internal sphincterotomy (SLIS) was designed to elucidate the pathophysiology of this condition. Anorectal manometry with a closed, precalibrated, water-filled microballoon using the station pull-through technique was performed on 13 patien...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： McNamara MJ,Percy JP,Fielding IR

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the outcomes and risks of split-liver transplantation (SLT) for two adult recipients to determine the feasibility of more widespread use of this procedure to increase the graft pool for adults. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The shortage of cadaver liver grafts for adults is increasing. Using livers fro...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Azoulay D,Castaing D,Adam R,Savier E,Delvart V,Karam V,Ming BY,Dannaoui M,Krissat J,Bismuth H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A retrospective review was performed to determine the results after surgical reconstruction for chronic dysfunction of ileal pouch-anal procedures for ulcerative colitis and familial colonic polyposis at a university medical center. METHODS:During the 20-year period from 1978 to 1998, 601 patients underwent ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Fonkalsrud EW,Bustorff-Silva J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:For patients with gastroparesis, temporary pyloric disruption has been shown to improve symptoms and gastric emptying. Per-oral pyloromyotomy (POP) is an innovative endoscopic procedure to divide the pylorus from within a submucosal tunnel, as a corollary to surgical pyloromyotomy. Here we evaluate subjective...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rodriguez J,Strong AT,Haskins IN,Landreneau JP,Allemang MT,El-Hayek K,Villamere J,Tu C,Cline MS,Kroh M,Ponsky JL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to use a comprehensive whole-mount pathologic analysis to characterize microscopic patterns of residual disease, as well as circumferential and distal resection margins, in rectal cancer treated with preoperative CMT; and to identify clinicopathologic factors associated with residu...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Guillem JG,Chessin DB,Shia J,Suriawinata A,Riedel E,Moore HG,Minsky BD,Wong WD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred patients with intraabdominal infections were assigned randomly in double-blind fashion to receive either the combination of tobramycin plus clindamycin (TM/C) or moxalactam (MOX) alone. Fifty patients comprised each group, but one patient in each group died of infection before 48 hours treatment. In the re...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Schentag JJ,Wels PB,Reitberg DP,Walczak P,Van Tyle JH,Lascola RJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and vacuum-assisted core biopsy (VACB) in assessing the presence of residual cancer in the breast after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Pathologic complete response (pCR) rates after NST have improved dramatically, suggesti...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kuerer HM,Rauch GM,Krishnamurthy S,Adrada BE,Caudle AS,DeSnyder SM,Black DM,Santiago L,Hobbs BP,Lucci A Jr,Gilcrease M,Hwang RF,Candelaria RP,Chavez-MacGregor M,Smith BD,Arribas E,Moseley T,Teshome M,Miggins MV,Vale

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The impact of co-morbid conditions on early and late clinical outcomes after endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was assessed in concurrent cohorts of patients stratified with respect to risk for intervention. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:As a minimally invasive strategy for the treatment of...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chaikof EL,Lin PH,Brinkman WT,Dodson TF,Weiss VJ,Lumsden AB,Terramani TT,Najibi S,Bush RL,Salam AA,Smith RB 3rd

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) develops in virtually all patients affected with multiple endocrine neoplasia type II (MEN II), a disease inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. The thyroid tumor cells secrete calcitonin (CT) and the detection of elevated plasma levels (>300 pg/ml) of this hormone in MEN II kindre...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wells SA Jr,Baylin SB,Gann DS,Farrell RE,Dilley WG,Preissig SH,Linehan WM,Cooper CW

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze long-term weight loss, changes in comorbidities and quality of life, and late complications after laparoscopic and open gastric bypass. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Early results from our prospective randomized trial comparing the outcome of laparoscopic versus open gastric bypass demonstrated less pos...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Puzziferri N,Austrheim-Smith IT,Wolfe BM,Wilson SE,Nguyen NT

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CLINICAL AND LABORATORY STUDIES OF AFP PRODUCING HEPATOMAS DEMONSTRATED THAT: 1) serum AFP levels correlated directly with tumor growth; 2) circulating AFP could be cleared by passive administration of an. excess of anti-AFP; and 3) highly specific anti-AFP functioned as a carrier to localize diagnostic and possibly t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Parks LC,Baer AN,Pollack M,Williams GM

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The advice to individuals with identified CDH1 mutations is generally to undertake prophylactic total gastrectomy (PTG). This study evaluated the effect of PTG on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in asymptomatic individuals with identified CDH1 mutations at high risk for gastric cancer. METHODS:Individ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Worster E,Liu X,Richardson S,Hardwick RH,Dwerryhouse S,Caldas C,Fitzgerald RC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00