Operative management of rib fractures in the setting of flail chest: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Computer-assisted robotic surgery allows complex resections and anastomotic reconstructions to be performed with nearly identical standards to open surgery. We applied this technology to a variety of pancreatic resections to assess the safety, feasibility, versatility, and reliability of this ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Zureikat AH,Moser AJ,Boone BA,Bartlett DL,Zenati M,Zeh HJ 3rd

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:PORTAS-3 was designed to compare the frequency of pneumothorax or haemothorax in a primary open versus closed strategy for port implantation. BACKGROUND DATA:The implantation strategy for totally implantable venous access ports with the optimal benefit/risk ratio remains unclear. METHODS:PORTAS-3 was a mul...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hüttner FJ,Bruckner T,Hackbusch M,Weitz J,Bork U,Kotschenreuther P,Heupel O,Kümmel S,Schlitt HJ,Mattulat M,Pintér L,Seiler CM,Gutt CN,Nottberg HS,Pohl A,Ghanem F,Meyer T,Imdahl A,Neudecker J,Müller VA,Gehrig T,R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE(S):To define the evolving role of integrative surgical management including transplantation for patients gut failure (GF). METHODS:A total of 500 patients with total parenteral nutrition-dependent catastrophic and chronic GF were referred for surgical intervention particularly transplantation and comprised t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Abu-Elmagd KM,Armanyous SR,Fujiki M,Parekh NR,Osman M,Scalish M,Newhouse E,Fouda Y,Lennon E,Shatnawei A,Kirby D,Steiger E,Khanna A,Radhakrishnan K,Quintini C,Hashimoto K,Barnes J,Costa G

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess our long-term complications from complete axillary lymph node dissection (AXLND) in patients with breast cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Complete AXLND as part of the surgical therapy for breast cancer has come under increased scrutiny due the use of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy technique t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Silberman AW,McVay C,Cohen JS,Altura JF,Brackert S,Sarna GP,Palmer D,Ko A,Memsic L

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of modest endotoxemia on postoperative antithrombin deficiency and cholestasis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:It has not been determined whether endotoxin translocation in small amounts is a physiological phenomenon or whether it is a potential health hazard. METHODS:Blood endotoxin, ant...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Fujita T,Imai T,Anazawa S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the fate of patients who attempted to donate organs after circulatory death (DCD) using a standardized DCD protocol. BACKGROUND:Successful donation is not always possible after attempted DCD. METHODS:Data were collected for all DCD donors between 1/2011 and 9/201...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Scalea JR,Redfield RR,Rizzari MD,Bennett R,Anderson ME,Anderson JE,Kaufman DB,Sollinger HW,Fernandez LA,D'Alessandro AM,Mezrich J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multivariate analysis of 30 preoperative risk factors was undertaken in 248 patients who underwent surgery alone for common bile duct (CBD) stones and in 190 patients who had endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES), 77 of whom subsequently also had surgery. Independently significant risk factors in those undergoing surgery w...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Neoptolemos JP,Shaw DE,Carr-Locke DL

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This investigation aimed at exploring the prospects of a cure for persistent medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) stratified by basal calcitonin levels before reoperation and the number of lymph node metastases previously removed at outside facilities. BACKGROUND:There is no evidence-based information supporting t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Machens A,Dralle H

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with aortic abdominal aneurysms in association with horseshoe kidney are presented, making a total of 34 cases recorded in the literature. In 29 patients, the aneurysm was resected and five patients were non-resectable. Because of the abnormalities in vascular supply to the abnormal kidney, it is importan...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bietz DS,Merendino KA

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new approach for preventing and treating sepsis due to central venous catheter (CVC) has been devised at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan. A prospective protocol has been developed that includes the weekly exchange of the CVC via a guidewire as well as its exchange when a CVC-related sepsis is suspected. Growt...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bozzetti F,Terno G,Bonfanti G,Scarpa D,Scotti A,Ammatuna M,Bonalumi MG

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a 23-year follow-up of the separation of ischiopagus tetrapus conjoined twins reported in Annals of Surgery in December 1966. One twin died of septicemia at age 2 years after bilateral pelvic osteotomies for the treatment of her marked pelvic diastasis. The surviving twin has done reasonably well, ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hoyle RM,Thomas CG Jr

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute abdominal pain is the most common indication for surgical admission. Nonspecific abdominal pain (NSAP) may account for up to 40% of cases. There has been no published prospective study in which adult patients presenting with acute abdominal pain are investigated for celiac disease. AIMS:We aimed to as...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sanders DS,Hopper AD,Azmy IA,Rahman N,Hurlstone DP,Leeds JS,George RR,Bhala N

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a five-year period, 34 patients had persistence or recurrence of abnormal hemodynamic measurements in limbs after arterial reconstruction depsite graft patency documented by arteriography. Initial operations included aortofemoral (four), femorofemoral (ten), femoropopliteal (18), and femorotibial (two) bypass. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： O'Mara CS,Flinn WR,Johnson ND,Bergan JJ,Yao JS

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients after vagotomy and Jaboulay gastroduodenostomy had their gastroduodenostomy closed to treat dumping and diarrhea. Eight gastroduodenostomies were closed once and four were closed twice, a total of 12 procedures. Of these, ten were "simple" closures (direct suture of the opening into the duodenum via a g...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hoffmann J,Fischer A,Jensen HE

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors evaluated the protective effect of hypothermic circulatory arrest for patients with bilateral carotid artery disease who underwent cardiac surgical procedures. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Severe bilateral carotid artery disease coexisting with cardiac disease that requires surgical treatment is assoc...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kouchoukos NT,Daily BB,Wareing TH,Murphy SF

更新日期：1994-06-01 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：:Release from platelets of a factor mitogenic for smooth muscle cells is a postulated mechanism for the pathogenesis of vascular intimal hyperplasia. In this study the effect of antiplatelet therapy was evaluated. Aspirin (165 mg twice daily) and dipyridamole (25 mg twice daily) were administered to six rhesus monkeys ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： McCann RL,Hagen PO,Fuchs JC

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether intravascular volume expansion would improve renal blood flow and function during prolonged CO2 pneumoperitoneum. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although laparoscopic living donor nephrectomies have a considerably reduced risk of complications for the donors, significant concerns exist regarding...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： London ET,Ho HS,Neuhaus AM,Wolfe BM,Rudich SM,Perez RV

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of amputation in extremity soft tissue sarcoma has been decreasing at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) over the last 15 years. In an attempt to define the efficacy and future role of amputation in extremity soft tissue sarcoma, a prospective sarcoma database compiled at MSKCC from July 1982 to Ja...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Williard WC,Hajdu SI,Casper ES,Brennan MF

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to compare in dogs the effects of massive infusion of Ringer's lactate, 5% dextrose in water, and whole blood. Special interest centered upon lung function, central venous pressure, and dilutional effects upon the blood components. Three groups of 5 healthy dogs each received respecti...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hardy JD,Hardy KP,Turner MD

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the results of liver resection for patients with bilateral hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer. We aimed to assess the evolution of the technical approach over time and correlations with morbidity, mortality, and oncologic outcome. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gold JS,Are C,Kornprat P,Jarnagin WR,Gönen M,Fong Y,DeMatteo RP,Blumgart LH,D'Angelica M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The management and outcome of 138 abdominal shotgun wounds were examined over a 5-year period. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:It has been proposed that exploratory laparotomy may be unnecessary and even overused in a subset of patients with abdominal shotgun wounds. METHODS:Data on shotgun wound patients from Octo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Cairns BA,Oller DW,Meyer AA,Napolitano LM,Rutledge R,Baker CC

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:The efficacy of three gastric restriction operations were compared in a prospective randomized study of 310 morbidly obese subjects. The median patient age was 34 years (range, 18 to 62 years). They were predominantly female (13:1) and had a median pre-operative weight that was 198% of their ideal weight (range, 160% ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hall JC,Watts JM,O'Brien PE,Dunstan RE,Walsh JF,Slavotinek AH,Elmslie RG

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and prioritize hazards in surgical wards and recommend interventions. BACKGROUND:Retrospective and prospective studies report the frequency and severity of surgical adverse events, but not in sufficient detail to allow interventions to be recommended in surgical wards. METHODS:Seventy hours of o...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Anderson O,Brodie A,Vincent CA,Hanna GB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Using a prospective randomized study to assess postoperative morbidity and pancreatic function after pancreaticoduodenectomy with pancreaticojejunostomy and duct occlusion without pancreaticojejunostomy. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Postoperative complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy are largely due to leak...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tran K,Van Eijck C,Di Carlo V,Hop WC,Zerbi A,Balzano G,Jeekel H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred fifty-five adult patients with "operable" soft part sarcomas including rhabdomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, leiomyosarcoma and fibrosarcoma of the trunk and extremities are reviewed. Local recurrences of 93% and 60% occurred after local and wide excisions of the primary tumor. In this series of patients, amputat...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gerner RE,Moore GE,Pickren JW

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is an increasingly recognized syndrome in which patients usually present with an acute or chronic history suggestive of intestinal obstruction, although no obstructing lesion is found at surgery. The diagnosis can be suspected in most cases from the clinical presentatio...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Schuffler MD,Deitch EA

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report and review of the literature regarding multiple primary melanomas, and a discussion of the histologic differentiation between cutaneous primary melanomas and dermal metastases are presented. This report concerns a patient who, following wide surgical resection of a 1.3 mm thick primary melanoma with sate...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Unger SW,Wanebo HJ,Cooper PH

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00