Is Physician Work in Procedure and Test Codes More Highly Valued Than That in Evaluation and Management Codes?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study provided an objective survey by an outside auditing group of a large, complete patient population undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomies, determined the frequency of complications, especially bile duct injuries, and presented a system for classifying and comparing the severity of bile duct injur...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wherry DC,Rob CG,Marohn MR,Rich NM

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1979 to 1983, 1726 carotid endarterectomies were performed at the Cleveland Clinic. During this period, 39 men (mean age, 60 years) and 22 women (mean age, 63 years) required 65 reoperations (3.8%) for correction of recurrent carotid stenosis occurring 3 to 194 months (mean, 42 months) after previous endarterecto...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Das MB,Hertzer NR,Ratliff NB,O'Hara PJ,Beven EG

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy exists concerning the proper therapy for bleeding gastroesophageal varices secondary to noncirrhotic portal vein thrombosis. Disparity of opinion exists regarding the significance of hepatic portal blood flow and the consequences of total portal-systemic shunts in this condition. One patient is presented w...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Warren WD,Millikan WJ Jr,Smith RB 3rd,Rypins EB,Henderson JM,Salam AA,Hersh T,Galambos JT,Faraj BA

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To specifically target tumor angiogenesis by linking transgene expression of engineered mesenchymal stem cells to angiopoietin-1-induced differentiation. BACKGROUND:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been used to deliver therapeutic genes into solid tumors. These strategies rely on their homing mechanisms on...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Conrad C,Hüsemann Y,Niess H,von Luettichau I,Huss R,Bauer C,Jauch KW,Klein CA,Bruns C,Nelson PJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role for neoadjuvant systemic therapy in resectable pancreas adenocarcinoma remains undefined. OBJECTIVE:We evaluated the efficacy of gemcitabine and oxaliplatin administered as preoperative therapy in patients with resectable pancreas adenocarcinoma. METHODS:Eligible patients were screened using compu...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： OʼReilly EM,Perelshteyn A,Jarnagin WR,Schattner M,Gerdes H,Capanu M,Tang LH,LaValle J,Winston C,DeMatteo RP,DʼAngelica M,Kurtz RC,Abou-Alfa GK,Klimstra DS,Lowery MA,Brennan MF,Coit DG,Reidy DL,Kingham TP,Allen PJ

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventral anomalies of accessory pulmonary tissue have been classified as "bronchopulmonary foregut malformations." Between July 1, 1981, and May 31, 1985, 10 children with bronchopulmonary malformations have been cared for on the Pediatric Surgical Service at the University of Virginia. Six patients had bronchogenic cy...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rodgers BM,Harman PK,Johnson AM

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the survival benefit of additional resection of an intraoperative positive proximal bile duct margin (BD(Marg)) in patients undergoing hepatectomy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCCA). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Intraoperative evidence of invasive cancer at the proximal (BD(Marg)) is associated with a ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ribero D,Amisano M,Lo Tesoriere R,Rosso S,Ferrero A,Capussotti L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the expression of interferon regulatory factors 1 and 2 (IRF-1 and IRF-2) in human breast cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Interferon regulatory factors 1 and 2 are transcription factors in the interferon gamma signal transduction pathway. IRF-1 acts as the effector arm of the interferon gamma ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Doherty GM,Boucher L,Sorenson K,Lowney J

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the risk factors of morbidity after surgery for ileocolonic Crohn disease (CD). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The risk factors of morbidity after surgery for CD, particularly the role of anti-TNF therapy, remain controversial and have not been evaluated in a large prospective cohort study. METHODS:Fr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Brouquet A,Maggiori L,Zerbib P,Lefevre JH,Denost Q,Germain A,Cotte E,Beyer-Berjot L,Munoz-Bongrand N,Desfourneaux V,Rahili A,Duffas JP,Pautrat K,Denet C,Bridoux V,Meurette G,Faucheron JL,Loriau J,Guillon F,Vicaut E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one infants less than a year of age underwent surgery for correction of pernicious gastroesophageal reflux. Severe growth retardation from persistent vomiting was the single most important indication for surgery (25 patients). Recurrent aspiration penumonitis was another serious sequella of reflux and necessita...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Randolph JG,Lilly JR,Anderson KD

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and validate a preoperative frailty index (pFI) for use in population-based health administrative (HA) data. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Frailty is a robust predictor of adverse postoperative outcomes. Population-level frailty measures used in surgical studies have significant methodological limitatio...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： McIsaac DI,Wong CA,Huang A,Moloo H,van Walraven C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Individualized risk assessment in patients with UICC stage II colon cancer based on a panel of molecular genetic alterations. BACKGROUND:Risk assessment in patients with colon cancer and localized disease (UICC stage II) is not sufficiently reliable. Development of metachronous metastasis is assumed to be g...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nitsche U,Rosenberg R,Balmert A,Schuster T,Slotta-Huspenina J,Herrmann P,Bader FG,Friess H,Schlag PM,Stein U,Janssen KP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mycophenolate mofetil (MM) is a new immunosuppressive agent that reversibly inhibits guanine nucleotide synthesis and DNA replication. Its activity is highly selective for T and B lymphocytes. Two open-label multicenter trials of MM in renal transplantation have been performed. This report summarizes the resu...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Deierhoi MH,Kauffman RS,Hudson SL,Barber WH,Curtis JJ,Julian BA,Gaston RS,Laskow DA,Diethelm AG

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The lower esophageal sphincter (LES) in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease often has a low resting pressure and a short abdominal length. The mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. We hypothesize that gastric distension causes progressive effacement of the abdominal portion of the LES...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ayazi S,Tamhankar A,DeMeester SR,Zehetner J,Wu C,Lipham JC,Hagen JA,DeMeester TR

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Verapamil administered before treatment, but not after treatment, had a beneficial effect on a 90-minute warm ischemia-reperfusion rat liver injury model. The possible activation of proteases converting the xanthine dehydrogenase to xanthine oxidase, the significant mitochondrial calcium loading during the ischemic pe...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nauta RJ,Tsimoyiannis E,Uribe M,Walsh DB,Miller D,Butterfield A

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：:Twelve prognostic features of melanoma were examined in a series of 185 patients with nodal metastases (Stage II), who underwent surgical treatment at our institution during the past 20 years. Forty-four per cent of the patients presented with synchronous nodal metastases (substage IIA), 44% of the patients had delaye...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Balch CM,Soong SJ,Murad TM,Ingalls AL,Maddox WA

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of 103 cases of acute occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery is presented. The relation of site of occlusion to etiology, extent of infarction, and survival following resection and revascularization is described. Included is an analysis of the technical factors contributing to successful revascularization...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ottinger LW

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the association between anesthetic management before and after graft reperfusion and early graft regeneration in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). BACKGROUND:Sufficient graft regeneration is essential for the success of LDLT. Diverse signals start to trigger liver regeneration immediatel...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Han S,Park HW,Song JH,Gwak MS,Lee WJ,Kim G,Lee SK,Ko JS

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether elective colon and rectal surgery can be safely performed without preoperative mechanical bowel preparation. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Mechanical bowel preparation is routinely done before colon and rectal surgery, aimed at reducing the risk of postoperative infectious complications. However,...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Zmora O,Mahajna A,Bar-Zakai B,Rosin D,Hershko D,Shabtai M,Krausz MM,Ayalon A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine inguinal hernia recurrence rates 5 years after endoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair when either lightweight or heavyweight mesh was used. BACKGROUND:Recurrence is an important complication of inguinal hernia surgery. Higher recurrence rates of...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Roos MM,Bakker WJ,Schouten N,Voorbrood CEH,Clevers GJ,Verleisdonk EJ,Davids PH,Burgmans JP

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients with primary duodenal carcinoid were analysed retrospectively, and eight of the tumors were immunocytochemically examined. One tumor contained somatostatin, two tumors gastrin, two tumors both these peptides, and one tumor contained serotonin. In two tumors no peptide or amine could be demonstrated. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lasson A,Alwmark A,Nobin A,Sundler F

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the extent of lymphadenectomy (number of recovered lymph nodes) was associated with long-term outcome in patients operated on for stage B and C colon cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Lymphatic spreading is the main prognostic indicator in colon cancer patients, although the optimal extent of l...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Prandi M,Lionetto R,Bini A,Francioni G,Accarpio G,Anfossi A,Ballario E,Becchi G,Bonilauri S,Carobbi A,Cavaliere P,Garcea D,Giuliani L,Morziani E,Mosca F,Mussa A,Pasqualini M,Poddie D,Tonetti F,Zardo L,Rosso R

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: Since their discovery, neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been implicated in a broad array of functions, both beneficial and detrimental to the host. Indeed, NETs have roles in infection, sepsis, wound healing, thrombotic disease, and cancer propagation, all of which are directly implicated in the care of su...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Eustache JH,Tohme S,Milette S,Rayes RF,Tsung A,Spicer JD

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare safety and healthcare utilization after sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a national Medicare cohort. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Though bariatric surgery is increasing among Medicare beneficiaries, no long-term, national studies examining comparative effectiveness between procedur...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chao GF,Chhabra KR,Yang J,Thumma JR,Arterburn DE,Ryan AM,Telem DA,Dimick JB

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A right axillary to left brachial arterial bypass (saphenous vein) was used in the treatment of a left subclavian artery obstruction secondary to radical mastectomy and irradiation 28 years previously. The axillary bypass was chosen over other surgical approaches because of its simplicity and efficacy. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Jacobson JH 2nd,Baron MG

更新日期：1974-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate Fas and FasL expression in pancreatic tissues and cultured pancreatic cancer cell lines, and to assess the ability of anti-Fas antibodies to induce apoptosis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Activation of the Fas receptor by Fas-ligand (FasL) results in apoptosis, and dysregulation of this pathway may...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kornmann M,Ishiwata T,Kleeff J,Beger HG,Korc M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A retrospective review was performed to determine the results after surgical reconstruction for chronic dysfunction of ileal pouch-anal procedures for ulcerative colitis and familial colonic polyposis at a university medical center. METHODS:During the 20-year period from 1978 to 1998, 601 patients underwent ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Fonkalsrud EW,Bustorff-Silva J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the effects of intraoperative goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT) with conventional fluid therapy, and determine whether there was a difference in outcome between studies that did and did not use Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols. METHODS:Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rollins KE,Lobo DN

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00