The effect of renin angiotensin system genetic variants in acute pancreatitis.

abstract：:Arterial blood flow was measured in dogs simultaneously with electromagnetic flow probes and with ultrasonic "flow probes." The ultrasonic probes were used to determine transcutaneously the mean velocity of arterial flow and the cross-sectional area of the blood vessel. A 10 MHz probe was used for blood vessels 1 cm d...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kasulke RJ,Lichti EA,Kapsch DN,Silver D

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile colitis (CDC) in a subset of patients admitted specifically to a surgical service. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:CDC is an increasingly prevalent nosocomial infection that can prolong hospitalization and adversely affect patient outcome. Although this disease h...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kent KC,Rubin MS,Wroblewski L,Hanff PA,Silen W

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether subclassification of microscopic vascular invasion (MiVI) affects the long-term outcome after curative surgical resection or liver transplantation (LT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:The most important factor for TNM staging in HCC is MiVI, ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kang I,Jang M,Lee JG,Han DH,Joo DJ,Kim KS,Kim MS,Choi JS,Kim SI,Park YN,Choi GH

更新日期：2020-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred sixty-three patients undergoing reoperative parathyroidectomy were evaluated before and after operation to determine the incidence of, risk factors for, and morbidity of vocal cord paralysis. These patients were compared to 77 patients undergoing initial parathyroid operation, only one of whom had vocal co...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Patow CA,Norton JA,Brennan MF

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop, validate, and implement a competency assessment tool (CAT) for technical surgical performance in the context of a summative assessment process for the National Training Programme in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (NTP). BACKGROUND:The NTP is an educational initiative by the National Cancer Acti...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Miskovic D,Ni M,Wyles SM,Kennedy RH,Francis NK,Parvaiz A,Cunningham C,Rockall TA,Gudgeon AM,Coleman MG,Hanna GB,National Training Programme in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in England.

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery is the criterion standard for the treatment of severe burns and of late sequels after ingestion of corrosive agents, but long-term outcome is unknown. METHODS:Patients who underwent surgery between 1987 and 2006, for the treatment of severe caustic burns (group I, n = 268) or of late sequels (group ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chirica M,Resche-Rigon M,Bongrand NM,Zohar S,Halimi B,Gornet JM,Sarfati E,Cattan P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was performed on 358 patients to examine the diagnosis, management, and natural history of fish bone ingestion. All patients admitted with the complaint had a thorough oral examination. Flexible endoscopy under local pharyngeal anesthesia would be performed on patients with negative findings. Of 11...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ngan JH,Fok PJ,Lai EC,Branicki FJ,Wong J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:To analyze the effects of a treatment program of intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy (IOERT) and external beam radiation therapy and chemotherapy on the outcome of patients with unresectable or locally advanced pancreatic cancer. METHODS:From 1978 to 2001, 150 patients with unresecta...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Willett CG,Del Castillo CF,Shih HA,Goldberg S,Biggs P,Clark JW,Lauwers G,Ryan DP,Zhu AX,Warshaw AL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency portacaval shunt for variceal bleeding is associated with a high operative mortality, particularly if used as a last resort. Because of this, a strong case has been made against emergency shunt. This report describes an experience with emergency portacaval shunt for the treatment of variceal bleeding when us...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Villeneuve JP,Pomier-Layrargues G,Duguay L,Lapointe R,Tanguay S,Marleau D,Willems B,Huet PM,Infante-Rivard C,Lavoie P

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the distant metastatic potential of duodeno-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (DP-NETs) in patients with MEN1, according to functional status and size. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:DP-NETs, with their numerous lesions and endocrine secretion-related symptoms, continue to be a medical challenge; unfortuna...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Vinault S,Mariet AS,Le Bras M,Mirallié E,Cardot-Bauters C,Pattou F,Ruszniewski P,Sauvanet A,Chanson P,Baudin E,Elias D,Menegaux F,Gaujoux S,Borson-Chazot F,Lifante JC,Caron P,Carrère N,Tabarin A,Laurent C,Klein M,

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our experience with omental flap transposition in the treatment of deep sternal wound infections is reviewed here with an emphasis on efficacy, risk factors for in-hospital mortality rates, and long-term results. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Even with improvements in muscle and omental flap transposition, the tim...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Yasuura K,Okamoto H,Morita S,Ogawa Y,Sawazaki M,Seki A,Masumoto H,Matsuura A,Maseki T,Torii S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define and test "Textbook Outcome" (TO)-a composite measure for healthcare quality-among Medicare patients undergoing hepatopancreatic resections. Hospital variation in TO and Medicare payments were analyzed. BACKGROUND:Composite measures of quality may be superior to individual measures for the analysis ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Merath K,Chen Q,Bagante F,Beal E,Akgul O,Dillhoff M,Cloyd JM,Pawlik TM

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether pregnancy is associated with increased risk for small bowel obstruction after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. BACKGROUND:Small bowel obstruction is a common and feared long-term complication to laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery that may be more common during pregnancy. It is unclea...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Stenberg E,Chen R,Hildén K,Fall K

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was the purpose of this research to define the progression over several days of changes in pulmonary function and structure and to document the phases of recovery following transfusions to dogs of sublethal quantities of stored blood containing microaggregates. Ten dogs underwent partial exchange transfusions avera...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Brown C,Dhurandhar HN,Barrett J,Litwin MS

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two patients developed one or more aortoenteric fistulae following aortic reconstruction with a dacron graft. Endoscopy was performed on 11 of these patients on 17 occasions and a preoperative diagnosis was made in eight patients. Fistulous communication was most common between the aorta and duodenum (60%), and...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Champion MC,Sullivan SN,Coles JC,Goldbach M,Watson WC

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To isolate heat exposure as a cause of cognitive impairment and increased subjective workload in burns surgical teams. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Raising ambient temperature of the operating room can improve burns patient outcomes, but risks increased cognitive impairment and workload of surgical team members. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ward MK,Yam CMH,Palejwala Z,Wallman K,Taggart SM,Wood FM,Parker SK

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to define the patterns of myoelectric activity that occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract during normal recovery from laparotomy. Electrodes were placed on the stomach, jejunum, and transverse colon of 44 patients undergoing laparotomy. Basal electric rhythms in all areas showed n...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Waldhausen JH,Shaffrey ME,Skenderis BS 2nd,Jones RS,Schirmer BD

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experimental models were utilized to study the efficacy of intraperitoneal povidone-iodine in an established peritonitis. In both models, there was a 100% mortality in the povidone-iodine treated group. In laboratories which have reported favorable results, the animals were treated before peritonitis was allowed t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lagarde MC,Bolton JS,Cohn I Jr

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delivery of cardioplegic (CP) solutions to all regions of the myocardium is critical for optimal myocardial protection during cardiac surgery. However, there are little data regarding the effects of CP agents upon coronary vascular resistance (CVR) and CP delivery. Accordingly, we evaluated blood CP (Hct 30) delivery ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Leicher FG,Magrassi P,LaRaia PJ,Derkac WM,Buckley MJ,Austen WG

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the authors' initial hypothesis-generating observation that eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) protein elevation predicts a higher cancer recurrence rate in patients with stage 1 to 3 breast cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Tumor size and nodal status continue to be the two most important ind...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Li BD,Gruner JS,Abreo F,Johnson LW,Yu H,Nawas S,McDonald JC,DeBenedetti A

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:Transcutaneous tissue oxygen tension (PtcO2) was evaluated as a noninvasive diagnostic test for peripheral arterial insufficiency; PtcO2 was measured at rest, during exercise, and following exercise at three leg sites in 36 controls and 138 patients with exercise-induced leg pain. Resting foot PtcO2 differed significa...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Byrne P,Provan JL,Ameli FM,Jones DP

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to determine whether the severity of inhalation injury evokes an immune response measurable at the systemic level and to further characterize the balance of systemic pro- and anti-inflammation early after burn and inhalation injury. BACKGROUND:Previously, we reported that the pulmonary inflammatory ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Davis CS,Janus SE,Mosier MJ,Carter SR,Gibbs JT,Ramirez L,Gamelli RL,Kovacs EJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:During the past five decades, significant improvements have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) secondary to sports activities, breast implants, or median sternotomy. METHODS, RESULTS, AND CONCLUSIONS:Of more than 15,000 patients evaluated for TOS, 3914 un...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Urschel HC Jr,Razzuk MA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:EVAR for abdominal aortic aneurysm has an initial survival advantage over OR, but more frequent complications increase costs and long-term aneurysm-related mortality. Randomized controlled trials of EVAR versus OR have shown EVAR is not cost-effective over a patient's lifetime. However, in the EVAR-1 trial, ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kim LG,Sweeting MJ,Epstein D,Venermo M,Rohlffs FEV,Greenhalgh RM

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess and report on surgeons' ability to identify and manage incidences of harassment. BACKGROUND:The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is committed to driving out discrimination, bullying, harassment, and sexual harassment from surgical training and practice, through changing the culture of the wor...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gostlow H,Vega CV,Marlow N,Babidge W,Maddern G

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to emphasize the importance of a subclassification in the TNM staging system of rectal cancer. BACKGROUND:The clinical significance of the mesorectal extension of rectal cancer is unclear. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Data from 463 consecutive patients with stage IIa disease (T3N0) undergo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Shirouzu K,Akagi Y,Fujita S,Ueno H,Takii Y,Komori K,Ito M,Sugihara K,Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) on Clinical Significance of the Mesorectal Extension of Rectal Cancer.

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic injuries to the upper abdominal vasculature pose difficult management problems related to both exposure and associated injuries. Among those injuries that are more difficult to manage are those involving the portal vein. While occurring rarely, portal vein injuries require specific therapeutic considerations...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Mattox KL,Espada R,Beall AR Jr

更新日期：1975-05-01 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：: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