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abstract：:Over a 10 year period, 54 patients presented with pancreatic trauma. During the first 5 years of the study, when pancreatography was not utilized for the assessment of pancreatic duct injury, 55 percent of the patients had major pancreatic complications. During the subsequent 5 years, suspected proximal duct injury wa...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Berni GA,Bandyk DF,Oreskovich MR,Carrico CJ

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypocalcemia caused by transient or definitive hypoparathyroidism is the most frequent complication after thyroidectomy. We aimed to compare the impact of incidental parathyroidectomy and serum vitamin D(3) level on postoperative hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy (TT) or near total thyroidectomy (NTT). ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Erbil Y,Barbaros U,Temel B,Turkoglu U,Işsever H,Bozbora A,Ozarmağan S,Tezelman S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multicentric occurrence of tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract has been well described, with an incidence ranging from 5 to 16 percent. Detection of a synchronous primary tumor at the time of initial work-up is crucial both for management and final outcome. However, there is a diversity of opinions regarding t...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Shaha A,Hoover E,Marti J,Krespi Y

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tube pancreatostomy for complete external drainage of pancreatic juice following pancreatoduodenectomy and a subsequent second-stage pancreatojejunostomy were carried out in four high-risk patients without morbidity. This procedure avoids the fatal outcome associated with pancreatojejunal anastomotic leakage following...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Miyagawa S,Makuuchi M,Kawasaki S,Ogiwara M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV and AIDS continues to be a significant health problem with many patients requiring the attention of a general surgeon. METHOD:A retrospective case note review over a two-year period was undertaken. RESULTS:237 patients underwent invasive procedures. The majority 100 patients (145 procedures) were for v...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wastell C,Corless D,Keeling N

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mental skills training refers to the implementation of cognitive performance-enhancing strategies to promote optimal performance. We aimed to develop a surgery-specific mental skills curriculum (MSC) and obtain initial evidence of efficacy. METHODS:The developed MSC consisted of 8 proven performance-enhanci...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Stefanidis D,Anton NE,McRary G,Howley LD,Pimentel M,Davis C,Yurco AM,Sevdalis N,Brown C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advantages of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) such as less pain and short hospital stay make it the treatment of choice for cholelithiasis. There are limited data about LC under spinal anesthesia. This study was designed to evaluate LC under spinal anesthesia. METHODS:Twenty-nine patients underwent surger...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Yuksek YN,Akat AZ,Gozalan U,Daglar G,Pala Y,Canturk M,Tutuncu T,Kama NA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schatzki's ring is a distinct anatomical entity associated with hiatal hernia; however, its significance is unclear. Thirty-two patients with a radiologically demonstrated Schatzki's ring were compared with 32 patients with hiatal hernia and no Schatzki's ring. Schatzki's ring was confirmed on endoscopy in 59 percent ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jamieson J,Hinder RA,DeMeester TR,Litchfield D,Barlow A,Bailey RT Jr

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of an injury of the laryngeal recurrent nerve is an important issue during any surgical procedure in the lower neck. METHODS:Based on our experience with the transcervical-subxiphoid bilateral videothoracoscopic maximal thymectomies, we developed an original technique of visualization for both of t...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Zieliński M,Kuzdzał J,Szlubowski A,Soja J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer with limited effective therapeutic options. Melanoma research concentrates on maximizing the effect on cancer cells with minimal toxicity to normal cells. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an important regulator of cellular energy homeostasis and h...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kaushik G,Kwatra D,Subramaniam D,Jensen RA,Anant S,Mammen JM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to determine the number of patients with known breast cancer who were found to have an additional, mammographically occult lesion detected on breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI). METHODS:An institutional review board-approved review of all patients who underwent BSGI at Beth Israel Medical Center...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Killelea BK,Gillego A,Kirstein LJ,Asad J,Shpilko M,Shah A,Feldman S,Boolbol SK

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A method of augmenting host defenses against bacterial pathogens could result in a decrease in postoperative infections. Given its effects on leukocyte proliferation and function, it is possible that prophylactic granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) could reduce the incidence and severit...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Meropol NJ,Petrelli NJ,Lipman BJ,Rodriguez-Bigas M,Hicks W,Douglass HO Jr,Smith JL,Rasey M,Blumenson LE,Vaickus L,Hayes FA,Agosti JM

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:The use of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty as the primary treatment of renovascular stenosis in adults has recently been described. Previously, only three children have been reported to have undergone transluminal angioplasty for stenosis of the renal artery and hypertension. At our hospital, transluminal angiop...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Guzzetta PC,Potter BM,Kapur S,Ruley EJ,Randolph J

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new catheter has been developed that can be accurately and precisely positioned using duplex ultrasonography alone. A piezoelectric transducer that functions as a passive, omnidirectional receiver is attached to the mid-balloon region of an angioplasty catheter. Integration to a standard duplex imaging system allows...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cluley SR,Brener BJ,Hollier LH,Eisenbud DE,Ferrara-Ryan M,Villaneuva A,Parsonnet V,Vilkomerson D

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histologic material from 42 cases diagnosed as gastric lymphoma at Hartford Hospital was reviewed, confirming the diagnosis in 37. Three cases of pseudolymphoma were found. The incidence of gastric lymphoma has increased steadily over the past 50 years: 35 percent of cases occurred during the past decade. Most patient...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Orlando R 3rd,Pastuszak W,Preissler PL,Welch JP

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autotransfusable shed blood has been poorly characterized in trauma and may have similarities to whole blood with additional benefits. METHODS:This was a prospective descriptive study of adult patients from whom ≥50 mL of blood was drained within the first 4 hours after chest tube placement. Pleural and ven...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Salhanick M,Corneille M,Higgins R,Olson J,Michalek J,Harrison C,Stewart R,Dent D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the importance of the profunda femoris artery in maintenance of lower extremity integrity was recognized in the earliest days of modern vascular surgery, disappointment with the performance of primary profundaplasty has emerged fully only in recent years. During the 10 year period from 1977 to 1987, only 17 p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Harward TR,Bergan JJ,Yao JS,Flinn WR,McCarthy WJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past 15 years of war, eligible U.S. military members donated organs overseas in Germany. Our hypothesis was that outcomes at a military treatment facility were comparable to a civilian cohort. METHODS:Military donors were matched 1:3 with a donor cohort from the U.S. United Network for Organ Sharin...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Oh JS,Malinoski D,Martin KD,De La Cruz JS,Zonies D

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative gastric retention may be minimized by avoiding the use of the Billroth I reconstruction when a large duodenal ulcer must be retained. Postoperative gastric retention is more likely to remit with conservative therapy if the procedure was a Billroth I reconstruction with a vagotomy. In other instances wher...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ahmad W,Harbrecht PJ,Polk HC Jr

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Portal hypertension is frequently associated with secondary hypersplenism, two common clinical manifestations of which are leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. Surgical portosystemic shunts alleviate portal hypertension but their effect on hypersplenism remains unpredictable. Transjugular intrahepatic portosyste...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Pursnani KG,Sillin LF,Kaplan DS

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the current study was to identify predictors of pathologic complete response (pCR) following neoadjuvant therapy. METHODS:From 2000 to 2007, 518 breast cancer patients received neoadjuvant therapy. Data were compared using chi(2) and Fisher's exact tests and multivariate analysis of variance, as ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Tan MC,Al Mushawah F,Gao F,Aft RL,Gillanders WE,Eberlein TJ,Margenthaler JA

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Arterial base deficit (BD) is a commonly used marker of injury severity and endpoint of resuscitation but requires an arterial puncture and blood gas analysis. Serum bicarbonate (HCO3) is routinely obtained as part of the chemistry panel on most admissions. We hypothesized that serum HCO3 strongly correlates ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： FitzSullivan E,Salim A,Demetriades D,Asensio J,Martin MJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although common in Japan, early gastric cancer is rarely seen in Western countries and generally accounts for only 7 to 10 percent of all gastric malignancies. Eleven patients with early gastric cancer seen over a 10 year period have been reviewed for clinical and pathologic features, method of diagnosis, treatment, a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Traynor OJ,Lennon J,Dervan P,Corrigan T

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that wide-field brachytherapy (BRT) after margin negative excision would result in complication rates, local recurrence rates, and cosmesis scores equivalent to external beam radiotherapy (ERT). METHODS:Patients with T(is,1,2) tumors less than or equal to 4 cm, 0 to 3 positive axillary nodes...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： King TA,Bolton JS,Kuske RR,Fuhrman GM,Scroggins TG,Jiang XZ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blocking factors are small polypeptide molecules that may appear in the serum of patients with cancer. These factors block the transformation of lymphocytes in culture to nonspecific mitogens such as phytohemagglutinin or concanavalin A and, therefore, may reflect changes in the immunocompetence of the patient. Blocki...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Vetto RM,Burger DR,Vandenbark AA,Nolte J

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During liver transplantation, an oversized graft or active bleeding in the hepatic area can make performance of the suprahepatic caval anastomosis extremely difficult or even impossible. In other instances, a brief as possible warm ischemia is desired to provide a marginal graft with maximum chances of good ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Salizzoni M,Romagnoli R,Zamboni F

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute diverticulitis of the right colon is a rare condition with a higher incidence in Oriental populations than in Occidental populations. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective review was conducted between 1982 and 1993 on 22 surgically treated Chinese patients (14 men, 8 women; mean age 47 years) with docu...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lo CY,Chu KW

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhage is a major cause of trauma deaths. Coagulopathy exacerbates hemorrhage and is commonly seen during major trauma resuscitation, suggesting that current practice of coagulation factor transfusion is inadequate. Reversal of coagulopathy involves normalization of body temperature, elimination of the causes of d...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ho AM,Karmakar MK,Dion PW

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Typhlitis is a neutropenic enterocolitis of varying severity. Its incidence is increasing, particularly in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia undergoing high dose cytosine arabinoside chemotherapy. The onset is heralded by prodromal fever, watery or bloody diarrhea, abdominal distension, and nausea during the ph...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Moir CR,Scudamore CH,Benny WB

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00