Appendectomy by residents is safe and not associated with a higher incidence of complications: a retrospective cohort study.

abstract：:Thin melanomas can metastasize and be lethal. The purpose of this review was to identify negative risk factors in patients with melanomas less than 0.76 mm thick. Six hundred and eighty-one (681) such patients are reviewed in this study. Of those referred without metastatic disease (583 patients), metastases developed...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Slingluff CL Jr,Vollmer RT,Reintgen DS,Seigler HF

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) is affected by molecular features of primary breast cancer and the use of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-targeted agents. BACKGROUND:Improved understanding of factors affecting th...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Moon HG,Han W,Ahn SK,Cho N,Moon WK,Im SA,Park IA,Noh DY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred twenty-eight patients with chronic renal failure and secondary hyperparathyroidism underwent total parathyroidectomy with forearm autograft. Postoperative clinical improvement was remarkable. In all cases, the grafted tissue functioned well, and reimplantation of the cryopreserved parathyroid tissues was u...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Takagi H,Tominaga Y,Tanaka Y,Uchida K,Orihara A,Yamada N,Kawai M,Hayashi S,Taira N,Kano T

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The outcome of pelvic exenteration was compared in patients with locally advanced primary (LAP) cancer and recurrent rectal cancer (RRC). BACKGROUND:There are few reports comparing the results of pelvic exenteration for primary advanced rectal cancer and RRC. METHODS:Consecutive patients undergoing pelvic e...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bhangu A,Ali SM,Brown G,Nicholls RJ,Tekkis P

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare surgical versus medical treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remission and comorbidities in patients with a body mass index (BMI) less than 35 kg/m2. BACKGROUND:Obesity surgery can achieve remission of T2DM and its comorbidities. Metabolic surgery has been proposed as a treatment option fo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Müller-Stich BP,Senft JD,Warschkow R,Kenngott HG,Billeter AT,Vit G,Helfert S,Diener MK,Fischer L,Büchler MW,Nawroth PP

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：PURPOSE:Though histological grade is known to have a major prognostic impact in metastatic mucinous appendiceal adenocarcinomas, the prognostic impact of grade in localized disease, and the validity of the American Joint Committee on Cancer AJCC Staging Manual 7th edition's decision to combine moderately and poorly dif...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Overman MJ,Fournier K,Hu CY,Eng C,Taggart M,Royal R,Mansfield P,Chang GJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three methods of closing bronchial stumps were evaluated in 90 dogs undergoing left pneumonectomy:interrupted 3-0 silk sutures, interrupted 3-0 nylon sutures, and stapling with an automatic device. The dogs were sacrificed at 24 hours, 3, 5, 7, 10, and 14 days after pneumonectomy. Brochial stump leakage pressures and ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Scott RN,Faraci RP,Hough A,Chretien PB

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology and mechanisms by which severe trauma or sepsis induce hepatic failure are unknown. Previously we showed that Kupffer cells (KC), the fixed macrophages of the liver, induce a profound decrease in hepatocyte (HC) total-protein synthesis when exposed to endotoxin. Furthermore we demonstrated that endotoxin-...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Curran RD,Billiar TR,Stuehr DJ,Ochoa JB,Harbrecht BG,Flint SG,Simmons RL

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to determine whether trainee involvement in esophageal cancer resection is associated with adverse patient outcomes. BACKGROUND:Operative experience for surgical trainees is under threat. A number of factors have been implicated in this leading to fewer hours for training. Es...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Phillips AW,Dent B,Navidi M,Immanuel A,Griffin SM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate 2- and 12-month outcomes after ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT) in Crohn's disease (CD). BACKGROUND:Surgical approaches to perianal fistulas in CD are frequently ineffective and hampered by concerns over adequate wound healing and sphincter injury. The efficacy of LIFT in CD ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gingold DS,Murrell ZA,Fleshner PR

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrin deposition in response to bacterial peritonitis appears to predispose to residual infection in the peritoneal cavity. Our previous studies have demonstrated that intraperitoneal fibrinolysis using human recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) prevented abscess formation in a rat intra-abdominal sepsis m...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Houston KA,McRitchie DI,Rotstein OD

更新日期：1990-02-01 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:To assess our outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Esophagectomy has traditionally been performed by open methods. Results from most series include mortality rates in excess of 5% and hospital stays frequently greater than 10 days. MIE has the potential to improve th...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Luketich JD,Alvelo-Rivera M,Buenaventura PO,Christie NA,McCaughan JS,Litle VR,Schauer PR,Close JM,Fernando HC

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All patients who underwent isolated myocardial revascularization procedures from 1967-70 (n = 741) were compared with the first 1,000 patients who received similar elective operations each year from 1971 through 1978. Data from these eight years were processed through a computerized cardiovascular information registry...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Loop FD,Cosgrove DM,Lytle BW,Thurer RL,Simpfendorfer C,Taylor PC,Proudfit WL

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively characterize changes in body weight, satiety, and postprandial gut hormone profiles following esophagectomy. BACKGROUND:With improved oncologic outcomes in esophageal cancer, there is an increasing focus on functional status and health-related quality of life in survivorship. Early satiety a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Elliott JA,Docherty NG,Eckhardt HG,Doyle SL,Guinan EM,Ravi N,Reynolds JV,Roux CWL

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand whether racial disparities in surgery for lower-extremity arterial disease are minimized by high-quality providers, or instead, differential treatment of otherwise similar patients pervades all settings. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Black patients are substantially more likely than whites to undergo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Regenbogen SE,Gawande AA,Lipsitz SR,Greenberg CC,Jha AK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric carcinoma following operation for benign peptic ulcer disease has been considered rare but nine patients have been seen during the past five years. All were male patients, the average time interval from prior ulcer operation to development of cancer was 17 years, but was a short as ten years. The symptoms of c...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Eberlein TJ,Lorenzo FV,Webster MW

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 178 patients with sclerosing cholangitis treated since 1950, 88 patients had associated inflammatory bowel disease, 72 had no such history, and 18 had iatrogenic injury or stone disease. A total of 233 biliary operations were performed, with a 75% rate of temporary improvement after initial operation. Subsequent op...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Martin FM,Rossi RL,Nugent FW,Scholz FJ,Jenkins RL,Lewis WD,Gagner M,Foley E,Braasch JW

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of autologous platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) versus human albumin on incisional wound breaking strength and subcutaneous collagen deposition in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a randomized trial. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Platelet peptidic growth factors may stimulate colla...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Danielsen PL,Agren MS,Jorgensen LN

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There were 2 objectives: first, to investigate how many patients were excluded from surgery on the basis of the radiological extent of the peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) or the clinical examination; and second, to develop a score based primarily on serum tumor markers (STMs) that could predict short cancer-sp...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Cashin PH,Graf W,Nygren P,Mahteme H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimal immunosuppression (IS) is desirable in organ transplantation to reduce side effects and to promote the process of tolerance induction. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Between February 2000 and September 2004, 156 adults (>15 years old) receiving a primary liver graft were enrolled in a prospective, randomized,...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lerut J,Mathys J,Verbaandert C,Talpe S,Ciccarelli O,Lemaire J,Bonaccorsi-Riani E,Vanthuyne V,Hetsch N,Roggen F,Reyck CD,Goffette P,Latinne D,Orlando G,Rahier J,Sempoux C,Wallemacq P,Laterre PF,Gianello P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombosis of the portal vein with or without patency of its tributaries used to be a contraindication to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTX) until quite recently. Rapid progress in the surgical technique of OLTX in the last few years has demonstrated that most patients with portal vein thrombosis can be safely an...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Stieber AC,Zetti G,Todo S,Tzakis AG,Fung JJ,Marino I,Casavilla A,Selby RR,Starzl TE

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary microembolism of microaggregates associated with massive blood transfusion may be a cause of post-traumatic pulmonary embolism. The purpose of this study was to investigate in the dog the influence on certain physiologic parameters of transfusion of blood containing platelet: white blood cell: fibrin (PWF) a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Dawidson I,Barrett JA,Miller E,Litwin MS

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infected (mycotic) aortic aneurysms are infrequent and, without surgical intervention, usually lead to uncontrolled sepsis or catastrophic hemorrhage. Symptoms are frequently absent or non-specific during the early stages, and a high index of suspicion is essential to make the diagnosis. Surgery performed after ruptur...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gomes MN,Choyke PL,Wallace RB

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the study was to identify determinants of disease recurrence after potentially curative resection of colorectal cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The identification of patients at increased risk of disease recurrence is currently based on pathological factors. Recently, there has been consider...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Richards CH,Platt JJ,Anderson JH,McKee RF,Horgan PG,McMillan DC

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal scintiphotography with (131)I-hippurate was the primary diagnostic procedure in evaluating renal failure and complications in over 500 transplant patients. This diagnostic test has become our principal method of evaluation and followup of renal transplants, especially in the early post-transplant period. It has ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Salvatierra O Jr,Powell MR,Price DC,Kountz SL,Belzer FO

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study compares the quality of valve replacement and repair performed through minimally invasive incisions as compared to the standard operation for aortic and mitral valve replacement. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:With the advent of minimally invasive laparoscopic approaches to orthopedic surgery, urology, g...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Cohn LH,Adams DH,Couper GS,Bichell DP,Rosborough DM,Sears SP,Aranki SF

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of preoperative transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for resectable large hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Resection of HCC is potentially curative, but local recurrence is very common. There is currently no effective neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy. METHODS:F...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Zhou WP,Lai EC,Li AJ,Fu SY,Zhou JP,Pan ZY,Lau WY,Wu MC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A four year experience with the adaptation of the flexible fiberoptic endoscope to the intraoperative environment is presented in 30 patients. The technique of intraoperative endoscopy was utilized in a wide variety of difficult gastrointestinal surgical problems to include the location of the site and cause of bleedi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bowden TA Jr,Hooks VH 3rd,Mansberger AR Jr

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00