Risk factors of liver failure after right-sided hepatectomy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine whether differing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) regimens for HER2 positive breast cancer (HER2+ BC) are associated with differing surgical complications. Our goal was to evaluate postoperative complications in HER2+ BC patients receiving NAC with Herceptin (trastuzumab...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cullom ME,Amin AL,Balanoff CR,Wagner JL,Larson KE

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative embolization of highly vascular soft tissue tumors was performed in four patients. Selective catheterization of branch vessels supplying the tumors successfully avoided inadvertent embolization of adjacent normal tissue. Operative blood loss was significantly less than anticipated, permitting an easier, m...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kadir S,Ernst CB,Hamper U,White RI Jr

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergency hernia repairs comprise one of the most common procedures performed in elderly patients and also carry a high risk of mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study was to examine the factors that might have an influence on the outcome of emergency hernia repairs in elderly patients. METHODS:A rev...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kulah B,Duzgun AP,Moran M,Kulacoglu IH,Ozmen MM,Coskun F

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposed bone, even in conjunction with a fracture, will cover spontaneously with granulation tissue followed by epithelium, or will sequestrate and then cover, providing there is adequate circulation at the wound site. The healing process is lengthy but need not interfere with the reestablishment of function of the wo...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brown PW

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective clinical trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy of postoperative jejunostomy feedings using high (44 percent) and low (15 percent) branched-chain amino acid elemental diet formulations compared with no jejunostomy feedings in a homogeneous surgical population. Twenty-eight patients undergoing radica...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Daly JM,Bonau R,Stofberg P,Bloch A,Jeevanandam M,Morse M

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:How systemic inflammation-based prognostic scores such as the modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS) and neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio (NLR) differ across populations of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) remains unknown. The present study examined the mGPS and NLR in patients from United Kingdom (UK) and...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Park JH,Ishizuka M,McSorley ST,Kubota K,Roxburgh CSD,Nagata H,Takagi K,Iwasaki Y,Aoki T,Horgan PG,McMillan DC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplantation of adult kidneys into very small children is not performed in most centers because of concerns regarding the technical difficulty of the procedure. Advantages of the procedure include the possibility of living related donor transplantation and the increased availability of adult donor kidneys as compar...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Miller LC,Lum CT,Bock GH,Simmons RL,Najarian JS,Mauer SM

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The survival of 103 patients operated on for advanced carcinoma of the stomach other than the cardia was assessed. The median duration of survival for patients subjected to palliative partial gastrectomy, total gastrectomy, gastrojejunostomy, and biopsy only was 24, 22, 11, and 10 weeks, respectively. All of these pat...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Choi TK,Koo J,Wong J,Ong GB

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dual tracer nuclear scintiscan using technetium and thallium to localize enlarged or ectopic parathyroid tissue has been reported to be highly accurate and efficacious. Fourteen previous series reporting results of the technique have been compiled from the literature and analyzed. This analysis has revealed a tota...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hauty M,Swartz K,McClung M,Lowe DK

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic and rectal anastomotic strictures occur with an incidence ranging from 3% to 30%. Several factors, such as defunctionalization, anastomotic leak, ischemia, radiation, and neoplasms, have been implicated in their pathogenesis. Management of large bowel strictures is generally based on their cause, location, and...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McKee R,Pricolo VE

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer, the results of standard definitive treatments of surgery, radiotherapy, or both were disappointing. The local and regional recurrence rates were high, despite adequate surgical resection with negative margins and postoperative radiotherapy to all known or possibl...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jacobs JR,Kish J,Ensley JF,Ahmad K,Weaver A,Crissman J,Al-Sarraf M

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cusps of valve-bearing segments of canine cephalic, femoral, and jugular veins were completely divided and were used in interposition grafts in the femoral and carotid arteries in the nonreversed position. Three control grafts had intact valves in the reversed position, and one control graft in the reversed positi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Donovan TJ,Lowe R

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients with primary hyperparathyroidism undergo localization prior to operation with variable success. Therefore, in this study we investigated the safety of parathyroidectomy without imaging. METHODS:A prospective database of 2057 surgical patients with primary hyperparathyroidism from 2001 to 2019 ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Fazendin JM,Lindeman B,Chen H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Approximately 30% to 50% of appendicitis in children is already perforated at presentation. The optimal management of these children remains controversial. METHODS:Ninety-six children (aged 2 to 16 years) were treated for perforated appendicitis. Seventy-one underwent immediate appendectomy and drainage of ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Weber TR,Keller MA,Bower RJ,Spinner G,Vierling K

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although increasingly administered to patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the role of preoperative therapy for patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma is undefined. METHODS:All patients with distal cholangiocarcinoma who underwent pancreatoduodenectomy between 1999 and 2014 were retrospectively ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cloyd JM,Prakash L,Vauthey JN,Aloia TA,Chun YS,Tzeng CW,Kim MP,Lee JE,Katz MHG

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional wisdom teaches that small hernia defects are more likely to incarcerate. We aim to identify radiographic features of ventral hernias associated with increased risk of bowel incarceration. METHODS:We assessed all patients who underwent emergent ventral hernia repair for bowel complications from ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mueck KM,Holihan JL,Mo J,Flores-Gonzales JR,Ko TC,Kao LS,Liang MK

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study determined the degree to which ward evaluations, the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination (ABSITE), and an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) provide equivalent information about intern performance. METHODS:Twenty-two general surgery interns completed both the ABSITE an...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schwartz RW,Donnelly MB,Sloan DA,Johnson SB,Strodel WE

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Teletrauma programs allow rural patients access to advanced trauma and emergency medical services that are often limited to urban areas. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 59 teleconsults between 5 rural hospitals and a level I trauma center was performed. The objectives of this study were to report the in...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Latifi R,Hadeed GJ,Rhee P,O'Keeffe T,Friese RS,Wynne JL,Ziemba ML,Judkins D

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:Mediastinal tracheostomy has been associated with high morbidity and mortality, often due to skin necrosis, with resultant exposure of the great vessels and subsequent hemorrhage. During a 4 year period, 11 patients underwent mediastinal tracheostomy. Reconstruction included the use of a pectoralis major musculocutane...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Neifeld JP,Theogaraj SD,Mehrhof AI

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to test associations between perioperative blood transfusion and postoperative morbidity and mortality after major abdominal operations. METHODS:The 2014 ACS NSQIP dataset was queried for all patients who underwent one of the ten major abdominal operations. Separate multivariable regression ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Elwood NR,Martin AN,Turrentine FE,Jones RS,Zaydfudim VM

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that team communication with unmatched grammatical form and communicative intent (mixed mode communication) would correlate with worse trauma teamwork. METHODS:Interdisciplinary trauma simulations were conducted. Team performance was rated using the TEAM tool. Team communication was coded fo...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jung HS,Warner-Hillard C,Thompson R,Haines K,Moungey B,LeGare A,Shaffer DW,Pugh C,Agarwal S,Sullivan S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-four routine subclavian vein catheterizations in patients with abdominal surgical procedures were performed by the resident surgical staff at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital over a ten month period. This was done primarily to have ready access to large veins during surgery and to free the pati...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Voegele LD

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary laparoscopic repair of unilateral inguinal hernias has not achieved widespread recognition mainly because of concerns over safety. METHODS:Prospective cohort study using the American College of Surgeons National Surgery Quality Improvement Program between 2005 and 2010. Complications in patients und...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Saleh F,Okrainec A,D'Souza N,Kwong J,Jackson TD

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This 17-year review was undertaken to examine clinical outcomes and the changing trends in resource utilization for lower extremity bypass grafts performed in a managed care setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 1979 and 1995, 338 bypasses in 276 patients (199 men, 77 women; 62% diabetics) were carried out ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Maini BS,Orr RK,O'Mara P,Hendershott T

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:C-reactive protein (CRP) is a product synthesized in hepatocytes and has been reported to be upregulated by such proinflammatory cytokines as interleukin-1, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor. The significance of a preoperative serum elevation in CRP as a predictive indicator for the malignant potentia...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Nozoe T,Matsumata T,Kitamura M,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate whether total gastrectomy performed for gastric cancer leads to an increased risk of cholelithiasis and whether the method of reconstruction of the digestive tract influences that risk. A total of 102 patients who had undergone total gastrectomy for gastric cancer between 1980 and...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Pezzolla F,Lantone G,Guerra V,Misciagna G,Prete F,Giorgio I,Lorusso D

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential intraarterial chemotherapy using bleomycin and methotrexate followed by high dose radiation and surgery was evaluated in 10 patients with stage III and IV squamous carcinomas of the maxillary sinus. Seven of 10 patients had extensive tumor necrosis in the surgical specimen, and no evidence of residual tumor...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Moseley HS,Thomas LR,Everts EC,Stevens KR,Ireland KM

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hepatic mitochondrial response to oral glucose load (redox tolerance test) was evaluated as an indicator of hepatic functional reserve of patients with obstructive jaundice. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The redox tolerance test was performed in 29 patients with obstructive jaundice before percutaneous transhepatic bil...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Tsubono T,Tsukada K,Hatakeyama K

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), the specific kit-positive mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, are rarely found in the anorectum and account for only 0.1% of all colorectal tumors. The main stem of therapy remains surgical excision. The standard surgical approach for anorectal GISTs inc...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hellan M,Maker VK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00