Impact of Surgical Quality Improvement on Payments in Medicare Patients.

abstract：:The costs for elective cholecystectomies were measured 1955, 1965 and 1975. The average length of stay decreased by 25% between 1955 and 1965 and with the same amount between 1965 and 1975. In spite of these marked reductions in the average length of stay there was only a significant decrease in costs between 1955 and...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lindgren B,Petersson BG,Sörbris R,Bengmark S

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the absence of a prospective randomized study of patients treated conservatively or with thymectomy, a computer-assisted retrospective matches study was devised. Of 563 patients treated for myasthenia gravis without thymoma up to 1965, 104 had thymectomy. With computer assistance, each surgical patient was matched ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Buckingham JM,Howard FM Jr,Bernatz PE,Payne WS,Harrison EG Jr,O'Brien PC,Weiland LH

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report reviews the experience of the Hepatobiliary Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London with 16 patients having proximal extrahepatic bile duct malignancy who underwent resection and a comparable group of 15 patients who had surgical bypass. The purposes of the review were to eval...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Beazley RM,Hadjis N,Benjamin IS,Blumgart LH

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential of postischemic intravenous infusion of the endogenous antioxidant glutathione (GSH) to protect the liver from reperfusion injury following prolonged warm ischemia. BACKGROUND DATA:The release of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by activated Kupffer cells (KC) and leukocytes causes rep...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Schauer RJ,Gerbes AL,Vonier D,Meissner H,Michl P,Leiderer R,Schildberg FW,Messmer K,Bilzer M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the association between pre- and perioperative factors and pouch-related septic complications (PRSC) in ulcerative colitis (UC) and in familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:For patients with UC and FAP, IPAA is the surgical therapy ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Heuschen UA,Hinz U,Allemeyer EH,Autschbach F,Stern J,Lucas M,Herfarth C,Heuschen G

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven patients with postoperative enterocutaneous fistulas were treated with parenteral nutrition and SMS 201-995 (100 micrograms/8 hours, subcutaneously), a long half-life somatostatin analogue. At the time SMS 201-995 was started, 11 patients had low output fistulas (less than 1000 ml/48 hours), 11 patients h...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nubiola P,Badia JM,Martinez-Rodenas F,Gil MJ,Segura M,Sancho J,Sitges-Serra A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contraction of the gallbladder by ultrasonography and release of cholecystokinin (CCK) by specific radioimmunoassay in response to the ingestion of oral fatty meal before and 1 month after gastrectomy in five patients with early gastric cancer was studied. Before gastrectomy, basal concentrations of CCK (13.4 +/- ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Inoue K,Fuchigami A,Hosotani R,Kogire M,Huang YS,Miyashita T,Suzuki T,Tsuda K,Seino Y,Rayford PL

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) using nonpulsatile flow (NPF) is advocated for refractory cardiac arrest. This study examined cerebral outcome after resuscitation with pulsatile flow (PF) versus NPF. Dogs arrested for 12.5 minute were reperfused with NPF (n = 11) using roller pump CPB or PF (n = 11) using mechanical bive...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Anstadt MP,Stonnington MJ,Tedder M,Crain BJ,Brothers MF,Hilleren DJ,Rahija RJ,Menius JA Jr,Lowe JE

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To follow up in prospective fashion patients with coronary artery anastomoses completed endoscopically with robotic assistance. The robotic system was evaluated for safety and its effectiveness in completing microsurgical coronary anastomoses. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Recently there has been an interest in us...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Prasad SM,Ducko CT,Stephenson ER,Chambers CE,Damiano RJ Jr

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study determined the association between proximal gastrointestinal (GI) colonization and the development of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infection and multiple organ failure (MOF) in a population of critically ill surgical patients. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:ICU-acquired infection in association wit...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Marshall JC,Christou NV,Meakins JL

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Based on development of stem cell technology, newborn tissue, even undergoing cryopreservation, possesses promising potential as a donor source in the field of organ transplantation. However, the precise regeneration processes remains unclear. This study was designed to investigate the regenerative potential ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tahara K,Murakami T,Fujishiro J,Takahashi M,Inoue S,Hashizume K,Matsuno K,Kobayashi E

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to examine the association between total number of resected nodes and survival in patients after esophagectomy with and without nCRT. BACKGROUND:Most studies concerning the potentially positive effect of extended lymphadenectomy on survival have been performed in patients who underwent surgery alon...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Koen Talsma A,Shapiro J,Looman CW,van Hagen P,Steyerberg EW,van der Gaast A,van Berge Henegouwen MI,Wijnhoven BP,van Lanschot JJ,CROSS Study Group.,Hulshof MC,van Laarhoven HW,Nieuwenhuijzen GA,Hospers GA,Bonenkamp JJ,Cuest

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this scoping review was to summarize the literature on facilitators and barriers to surgical practice change. This information can inform research to implement best practices and evaluate new surgical innovations. BACKGROUND:In an era of accelerated innovations, surgeons face the difficult decisi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Arroyo NA,Gessert T,Hitchcock M,Tao M,Smith CD,Greenberg C,Fernandes-Taylor S,Francis DO

更新日期：2020-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors assessed the impact of gastrinoma resection on the subsequent development of hepatic metastases in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The symptoms of acid hypersecretion can be controlled medically in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome with high-dose pharmacologic therapy. The current ro...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Fraker DL,Norton JA,Alexander HR,Venzon DJ,Jensen RT

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 24-year period, 411 partial hepatic resections were performed: 142 right or left trisegmentectomies, 158 lobectomies, 25 segmentectomies, and 86 local excisions. The operations were performed for benign lesions in 182 patients, for primary hepatic malignancies in 106, and for hepatic metastases in 123, includin...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Iwatsuki S,Starzl TE

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional status was investigated in 10 patients who had previously undergone total gastrectomy without evidence of malignancy. The ability of these patients to ingest and absorb adequate amounts of nutrients was examined. Metabolic balance studies were also performed to discover how effectively these patients coul...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bradley EL 3rd,Isaacs J,Hersh T,Davidson ED,Millikan W

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study objectives were to analyze the impact of the number of lymph nodes (LNs) reported as resected (NLNr) and the number of LNs invaded (NLNi) on the prognosis of esophageal cancer (EC) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. BACKGROUND:Pathological LN status is a major disease prognostic factor and marker...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Robb WB,Dahan L,Mornex F,Maillard E,Thomas PA,Meunier B,Boige V,Pezet D,Le Brun-Ly V,Bosset JF,Mabrut JY,Triboulet JP,Bedenne L,Seitz JF,Mariette C,Fédération Française de Cancérologie Digestive, Société Française de Radiot

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：:In nonfunctioning islet cell tumors of the pancreas, hormone production is not clinically evident. This type of tumor constituted 15% of all islet cell tumors seen at the Mayo Clinic from 1960 through 1978. Although identical to functioning islet cell tumors embryologically and histologically, the nonfunctioning tumor...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kent RB 3rd,van Heerden JA,Weiland LH

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors present an accurate and comprehensive snapshot of appendicitis and the practice of appendectomy in the 1990s. METHODS:Appendectomies were performed on 4950 patients in 147 Department of Defense hospitals worldwide over a 12-month period ending January 31, 1993. RESULTS:The median age was 23 year...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hale DA,Molloy M,Pearl RH,Schutt DC,Jaques DP

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess how thermal ablation of colorectal liver metastases affects the outgrowth of micrometastases in the transition zone (TZ) between ablated tissue and the unaffected reference zone (RZ) in 2 different murine models. BACKGROUND:Thermal destruction therapies of nonresectable co...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nijkamp MW,van der Bilt JD,de Bruijn MT,Molenaar IQ,Voest EE,van Diest PJ,Kranenburg O,Borel Rinkes IH

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine outcome in diabetic pancreas transplant recipients according to risk factors and the surgical techniques and immunosuppressive protocols that evolved during a 33-year period at a single institution. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is associated with a high incidence o...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sutherland DE,Gruessner RW,Dunn DL,Matas AJ,Humar A,Kandaswamy R,Mauer SM,Kennedy WR,Goetz FC,Robertson RP,Gruessner AC,Najarian JS

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-seven consecutively presenting myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with generalized weakness were treated according to a standardized prospective protocol. All patients underwent a sternal splitting "total" thymectomy. Medical status before surgery was optimized by plasmapheresis without immunosuppression. Medicatio...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Olanow CW,Wechsler AS,Roses AD

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine overall survival and disease-free survival in selected patients with nonresectable liver-only colorectal cancer receiving liver transplantation. BACKGROUND:Patients with nonresectable colorectal cancer receiving palliative chemotherapy has a 5-year overall survival of about 10%. Liver transplant...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Dueland S,Syversveen T,Solheim JM,Solberg S,Grut H,Bjørnbeth BA,Hagness M,Line PD

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred twenty-eight patients with chronic renal failure and secondary hyperparathyroidism underwent total parathyroidectomy with forearm autograft. Postoperative clinical improvement was remarkable. In all cases, the grafted tissue functioned well, and reimplantation of the cryopreserved parathyroid tissues was u...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Takagi H,Tominaga Y,Tanaka Y,Uchida K,Orihara A,Yamada N,Kawai M,Hayashi S,Taira N,Kano T

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to improve the 8th edition (8th) of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). BACKGROUND:The new 8th AJCC staging system for PDAC was released in October, 2016, and will be applied in clinical practice in 2018. METHODS...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Shi S,Hua J,Liang C,Meng Q,Liang D,Xu J,Ni Q,Yu X

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transhepatic bile drainage was performed in 13 patients with obstructive jaundice, using a combination of the PTC technique and a Seldinger angiography catheter. In 11 cases, the outflow of bile through the catheter was satisfactory and complications were few. Since the risk of the procedure is low and it...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Mori K,Misumi A,Sugiyama M,Okabe M,Matsuoka T

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates surgical procedures for Crohn's colitis. The risk of recurrence and how it interacts with future avoidance of permanent stoma and quality of life (QoL) is studied. BACKGROUND:Segmental and subtotal colectomy are widely used surgical options in isolated Crohn's colitis. It is not clear wh...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kiran RP,Nisar PJ,Church JM,Fazio VW

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our series of 101 patients with small bowel bypass for morbid obesity, nine developed biliary calculi postoperatively during a mean follow-up of 29.6 months. The development of gallstones depends in part on biliary cholesterol saturation and on the zeta potential of bile. In eight consecutive patients, the lithogen...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wise L,Stein T

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the clinicopathologic features and clonal relationship of multifocal intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the pancreas. BACKGROUND:Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms are increasingly diagnosed cystic precursor lesions of pancreatic cancer. Intraductal papillary mucinous neopla...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Matthaei H,Norris AL,Tsiatis AC,Olino K,Hong SM,dal Molin M,Goggins MG,Canto M,Horton KM,Jackson KD,Capelli P,Zamboni G,Bortesi L,Furukawa T,Egawa S,Ishida M,Ottomo S,Unno M,Motoi F,Wolfgang CL,Edil BH,Cameron J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00