A Study of Clinical Coding Accuracy in Surgery: Implications for the Use of Administrative Big Data for Outcomes Management.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of a laparoscopic approach on female fecundity in ileoanal pouch surgery. BACKGROUND:Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) is associated with tubal factor infertility in female patients. Different studies showed less adhesion formation after laparoscopic co...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bartels SA,DʼHoore A,Cuesta MA,Bensdorp AJ,Lucas C,Bemelman WA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to determine whether trainee involvement in esophageal cancer resection is associated with adverse patient outcomes. BACKGROUND:Operative experience for surgical trainees is under threat. A number of factors have been implicated in this leading to fewer hours for training. Es...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Phillips AW,Dent B,Navidi M,Immanuel A,Griffin SM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To summarize the current world position on laparoscopic liver surgery. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Multiple series have reported on the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic liver surgery. Small and medium sized procedures have become commonplace in many centers, while major laparoscopic liver resections have been...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Buell JF,Cherqui D,Geller DA,O'Rourke N,Iannitti D,Dagher I,Koffron AJ,Thomas M,Gayet B,Han HS,Wakabayashi G,Belli G,Kaneko H,Ker CG,Scatton O,Laurent A,Abdalla EK,Chaudhury P,Dutson E,Gamblin C,D'Angelica M,Nag

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:Twenty patients with extremity soft tissue tumors were prospectively evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans with subsequent anatomic correlation of surgical findings. MRI and CT had a similar percentage of accuracy in assessing tumor relationship with major neurovascular (80...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chang AE,Matory YL,Dwyer AJ,Hill SC,Girton ME,Steinberg SM,Knop RH,Frank JA,Hyams D,Doppman JL

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors determined which combination of computed tomography scans is most helpful for preoperative assessment of patients with liver tumors. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Multi-institutional studies have shown that the most important prognostic factors for selection of patients with metastatic colorectal cance...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Karl RC,Morse SS,Halpert RD,Clark RA

更新日期：1993-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Surgical management of incidental Meckel's diverticulum(MD) is a highly debated controversial issue that has never been discussed from the oncological standpoint. OBJECTIVE:To describe the epidemiology and risk of Meckel's diverticulum cancer (MDC) and compare it with other ileal malignancies. METHODS:Data...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Thirunavukarasu P,Sathaiah M,Sukumar S,Bartels CJ,Zeh H 3rd,Lee KK,Bartlett DL

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:Despite the widespread recognition of coartation of the aorta there are still many patients in whome the diagnosis is not made. A simple clinical test which is useful in making the diagnosis in infants and adults, is described. It depends upon the differential color changes between fingers and toes after releasing a m...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gerbode F

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to determine the unbiased mortality rates for pancreatic surgery procedures at the national level through a comprehensive analysis of every inpatient case in Germany. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Several studies have proclaimed a general improvement of perioperative outcomes following pancreatic surge...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nimptsch U,Krautz C,Weber GF,Mansky T,Grützmann R

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the feasibility and safety of Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) appendectomy, and to analyze separately the transvaginal appendectomy (TVAE) and the transgastric appendectomy (TGAE) procedures. BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic appendectomy has rare but relevant complications, namely i...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bulian DR,Kaehler G,Magdeburg R,Butters M,Burghardt J,Albrecht R,Bernhardt J,Heiss MM,Buhr HJ,Lehmann KS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the results of a vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneus (VRAM) flap after abdomino-perineal resection (APR) for anal cancer (AC). BACKGROUND DATA:APR is the only curative treatment for AC that recurs or persists after radiochemotherapy. To obtain a clear surgical margin, APR frequently includes a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lefevre JH,Parc Y,Kernéis S,Shields C,Touboul E,Chaouat M,Tiret E

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pylorus resection on postoperative delayed gastric emptying (DGE) after partial pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). BACKGROUND:PD is the standard treatment for tumors of the pancreatic head. Preservation of the pylorus has been widely accepted as standard proce...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hackert T,Probst P,Knebel P,Doerr-Harim C,Bruckner T,Klaiber U,Werner J,Schneider L,Michalski CW,Strobel O,Ulrich A,Diener MK,Büchler MW

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current performance and applicability of elective hepatic resection represents an impressive evolution. From removal of tumor-bearing, ill-defined portions of the liver, which is always threatened by the inability to control bleeding, surgery of the liver has progressed to hemostatically controlled dissection of a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Schwartz SI

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the outcomes of elderly patients with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status who undergo emergency general surgery and to improve understanding of the relationship between preoperative DNR status and postoperative mortality. BACKGROUND:Preoperative DNR status has previously been shown to predict increas...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Scarborough JE,Pappas TN,Bennett KM,Lagoo-Deenadayalan S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total hemolytic complement (CH50), conversion of C3 by inulin and cobra venom factor (CoVF), and immunochemical levels of Clq, C4, C2, C3, C5, factor B, properdin, C3b inactivator (KAF), and immunoglobulins (Igs) G, A, and M were measured in the sera of ten patients with abdominal trauma and ten medical patients with ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bjornson AB,Altemeier WA,Bjornson HS

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine factors influencing surgical research and assess the current state of training future surgical scientists. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The number of surgeons actively engaged in research seems to be decreasing. Training future surgical scientists to increase these numbers depends on a variety of facto...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Suliburk JW,Kao LS,Kozar RA,Mercer DW

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to define the prognostic significance of histologic subtype for extremity/truncal liposarcoma (LPS). BACKGROUND:LPS, the most common sarcoma, is comprised of 5 histologic subtypes. Despite their distinct behaviors, LPS outcomes are frequently reported as a single entity. METHODS:We analyzed data o...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bartlett EK,Curtin CE,Seier K,Qin LX,Hameed M,Yoon SS,Crago AM,Brennan MF,Singer S

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed circulating tumor cells (CTCs) with epithelial and mesenchymal phenotypes as a potential prognostic biomarker for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC). BACKGROUND:PDAC is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. There is an urgent need to develop biomarkers that pr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Poruk KE,Valero V 3rd,Saunders T,Blackford AL,Griffin JF,Poling J,Hruban RH,Anders RA,Herman J,Zheng L,Rasheed ZA,Laheru DA,Ahuja N,Weiss MJ,Cameron JL,Goggins M,Iacobuzio-Donahue CA,Wood LD,Wolfgang CL

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if an aggressive surgical approach, with an increase in R0 resections, has resulted in improved survival for patients with gallbladder cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Many physicians express a relatively nihilistic approach to the treatment of gallbladder cancer; consensus among surgeons regardi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Dixon E,Vollmer CM Jr,Sahajpal A,Cattral M,Grant D,Doig C,Hemming A,Taylor B,Langer B,Greig P,Gallinger S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) on organ protection after hemorrhagic shock/resuscitation (S/R) in a murine model. BACKGROUND:Ischemia/reperfusion resulting from S/R contributes to multiple organ dysfunction in trauma patients. We hypothesized that RIC before shock (remote isch...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Leung CH,Caldarone CA,Wang F,Venkateswaran S,Ailenberg M,Vadasz B,Wen XY,Rotstein OD

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work was undertaken to study the effects of various doses of locally applied epidermal growth factor (EGF) on developing granulation tissue in rats. Cylindrical hollow sponge implants were used as an inductive matrix for the growth of granulation tissue. In the test groups, the implants were injected daily with a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Laato M,Niinikoski J,Lebel L,Gerdin B

更新日期：1986-04-01 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：:Small intestinal morphologic and biochemical changes were studied following jejuno-ileal bypass for obesity after body weight stabilization had occurred. Four patients underwent biopsy of in-continuity and bypassed jejunal and ileal segments of the small intestine 11 to 22 months after the bypass operation. Microscopi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Dudrick SJ,Daly JM,Castro G,Akhtar M

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study tested the validity of the hypothesis that eradication of esophageal varices by repeated injection sclerotherapy would reduce recurrent variceal bleeding and death from bleeding varices in a high-risk cohort of alcoholic patients with cirrhosis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although banding of esophage...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Krige JE,Kotze UK,Bornman PC,Shaw JM,Klipin M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have increased risk on future cerebro- and cardiovascular events. Our aim was to examine whether carotid artery reactivity (CAR; a novel, simple procedure to examine endothelial function) predicts cardiovascular events in PAD patients. BACKGROUND:Increased risk...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： van Mil ACCM,Pouwels S,Wilbrink J,Warlé MC,Thijssen DHJ

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:Sixty patients with chronic alcohol-induced pancreatitis with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography evidence of common bile duct stenosis were studied to determine the clinical spectrum and natural history of this complication, as well as the indications for biliary bypass. In 17% of patients, common bile duc...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kalvaria I,Bornman PC,Marks IN,Girdwood AH,Bank L,Kottler RE

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of prostacyclin (PGI2) and thromboxane (Tx) medication of depressed cardiac performance during abdominal aortic aneurysm operative surgery was studied by contrasting the effects of 650 mg aspirin administered 12 hours before operation to that of a placebo. In 11 patients who received a placebo, the stab...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Utsunomiya T,Krausz MM,Dunham B,Mannick JA,Allen PD,Shepro D,Hechtman HB

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00