Neutrophil CR3 induction by platelet supernatants is due to platelet-derived growth factor.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with esophageal cancer and a history of gastric surgery, colonic interposition is the treatment of choice. Our aim was to review our experience with this technique and to identify possible predictors of the clinical outcome. METHODS:Between 1986 and 2006, 43 patients underwent esophageal reconst...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Klink CD,Binnebösel M,Schneider M,Ophoff K,Schumpelick V,Jansen M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diaphragm pacing (DP) can replace mechanical ventilation in tetraplegics and in trials has assisted respiration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. This report describes results of DP in patients with cardiac pacemakers. METHODS:Prospective, single-center and multicenter, nonrandomized, controlled, i...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Onders RP,Khansarinia S,Weiser T,Chin C,Hungness E,Soper N,Dehoyos A,Cole T,Ducko C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An assessment was made of operative risk and outcome after parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted in a single center university hospital in Switzerland. The 173 patients (130 women and 43 men) ranged from 17 to 89 years of age (mean, 62.0 years). No ro...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Oertli D,Richter M,Kraenzlin M,Staub JJ,Oberholzer M,Haas HG,Harder F

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Corticosteroid use continues to rise nationally. Studies have evaluated the impact of chronic steroid use on surgical outcomes in smaller populations. This study investigated the impact of chronic steroid use on perioperative surgical outcomes in a surgical cohort of more than 5 million surgical patients, us...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Chouairi F,Torabi SJ,Mercier MR,Gabrick KS,Alperovich M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the relative importance of cardiac versus peripheral vascular failure in patients dying of septic shock, a series of 42 patients with documented septic shock was retrospectively evaluated. Patients were included in the study if serial hemodynamic and metabolic studies had been performed: the first one within...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Groeneveld AB,Bronsveld W,Thijs LG

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed 37 patients who underwent hepatic resection between 1970 and 1989 to evaluate the role of cytoreductive hepatic surgery in patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (carcinoid, 24; islet cell, 13). Seventeen resections were curative (no gross residual tumor); nine patients had symptoma...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： McEntee GP,Nagorney DM,Kvols LK,Moertel CG,Grant CS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that low computed tomography (CT) attenuation values can be used to differentiate benign adrenal adenomas from non-adenomas. We examined the utility of non-enhanced CT attenuation values of

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Nwariaku FE,Champine J,Kim LT,Burkey S,O'keefe G,Snyder WH 3rd

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 11 years we have operated on three patients with "tiny" parathyroid adenomas (less than 60 mg). Two of these adenomas were virtually indistinguishable visually from the normal glands. (The third adenoma was found only after fixation and permanent sections.) Despite frozen-section diagnoses of "probable hyp...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Liechty RD,Teter A,Suba EJ

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Somatostatin analogues inhibit peptide release and cell growth through multiple postreceptor signal transduction mechanisms (PRSTM), including G proteins (GP), cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), calcium, protein kinase C (PKC), and tyrosine phosphatase (TP). Octreotide acetate (OA), a somatostatin analog...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Patel PC,Barrie R,Hill N,Landeck S,Kurozawa D,Woltering EA

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1979 to 1990, 33 children required operative treatment for pancreatitis. Causes included ductal abnormalities (12 children), trauma (10 children), idiopathic (four children), gallstones (three children), drug-induced (three children), and tumor (one child). This study reviews the characteristics and outcome of th...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Tagge EP,Smith SD,Raschbaum GR,Newman B,Wiener ES

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome of 29 patients who underwent lung resection for treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma from January 1976 to November 1988 was studied. Twenty-two patients underwent total resection for cure of all apparent metastatic disease, whereas seven patients did not undergo total resection. Of the 22 patients wh...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Karp NS,Boyd A,DePan HJ,Harris MN,Roses DF

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although somatostatin is recognized as an inhibitor of neuroendocrine cell secretion, its effect on cell proliferation has not been well defined. Generation of low acid and hypergastrinemia through irreversible H2-receptor blockade (loxtidine) in the African rodent mastomys results in gastric carcinoids (ECL...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Borin JF,Tang LH,Kidd M,Miu K,Borteçen KH,Sandor A,Modlin IM

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our ability to predict respiratory compromise during general anesthesia in a child with an anterior mediastinal mass is limited. Two prior reports have found a correlation between adequacy of ventilation during general anesthesia and the tracheal cross-sectional area obtained from computed tomograms (compute...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Shamberger RC,Holzman RS,Griscom NT,Tarbell NJ,Weinstein HJ,Wohl ME

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year experience with a computerized in vitro assay of leukocyte adherence inhibition (LAI) indicated that patients with cancer of either the colorectum, stomach, pancreas, breast, or lung expressed antitumor immunity to an organ-type specific neoantigen. About 1% of the 1,299 control subjects with benign or malign...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Ayeni RO,Tataryn DN,MacFarlane JK,Thomson DM,Schwartz R

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increasing success of renal transplantation is paralleled by the increased size of the waiting list. Efforts to increase the donor pool have included the use of living-unrelated kidney donors (LURDs). METHODS:During a 12-year period our center performed 309 transplantation from living donors; 279 patien...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Lowell JA,Brennan DC,Shenoy S,Hagerty D,Miller S,Ceriotti C,Cole B,Howard TK

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Data from a US multicenter longitudinal study of bariatric surgery were used to compare weight change (primary outcome) and comorbidities (secondary outcome) in patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. METHODS:This study includes participants who underwent sleeve gastrectom...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Ahmed B,King WC,Gourash W,Belle SH,Hinerman A,Pomp A,Dakin G,Courcoulas AP

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin 12 (IL-12) p70 is a heterodimeric protein (p35, p40 subunits) that promotes T-helper TH1-type cytokine response. In critically ill patients, after severe trauma or sepsis, IL-12 production is markedly impaired. We tested the hypothesis that deficiency of the transcription factor c-fos will increa...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Roy S,Charboneau R,Cain K,DeTurris S,Melnyk D,Barke RA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Guidelines for the current National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommend radical cholecystectomy, including hepatic resection and portal lymph node (LN) dissection, for patients with early stage gallbladder (GB) cancer. We sought to determine the survival benefit conferred by adequate LN evaluation. METHO...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Jensen EH,Abraham A,Jarosek S,Habermann EB,Al-Refaie WB,Vickers SA,Virnig BA,Tuttle TM

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine whether intraoperative parathyroid hormone (IOPTH) assay improved results of reoperations. METHODS:One hundred two patients with persistent/recurrent sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism underwent 108 reoperations (1996-2002). IOPTH was not used (n=58) from 1996-19...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sebag F,Shen W,Brunaud L,Kebebew E,Duh QY,Clark OH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been shown that vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) can affect body mass. The aim of this study was to evaluate effect of VNS on body mass, body composition, metabolic rate, and plasma leptin and IGF-I levels. METHODS:Eight female pigs were included in the study. Under general anesthesia, a bipolar electro...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sobocki J,Fourtanier G,Estany J,Otal P

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The observed to expected (O:E) mortality based on Injury Severity Scores (ISS) has been used to assess quality of trauma center (TC) care. Injuries in the elderly have increased, and these patients often have advanced directives, on occasion limiting aggressive care even for potentially survivable injuries; ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Franklin GA,Cannon RW,Smith JW,Harbrecht BG,Miller FB,Richardson JD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Limited data exist regarding the downstream effects of surgical transitional care programs. We explored the impact of such programs on patient satisfaction and fiscal metrics. METHODS:A telephone-based surgical transitional care program enrolled patients undergoing complex abdominal surgery between 2015 to ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Schreiter NA,Fisher A,Barrett JR,Acher A,Sell L,Edwards D,Leverson G,Joachim A,Weber SM,Abbott DE

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare disease in which recurrence after surgery is common. Mitotane is the primary systemic treatment for recurrent ACC; data are limited regarding the impact of mitotane on recurrent ACC. METHODS:We reviewed the records of all patients who underwent surgery for ACC eval...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Gonzalez RJ,Tamm EP,Ng C,Phan AT,Vassilopoulou-Sellin R,Perrier ND,Evans DB,Lee JE

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cholecystosteatosis is the accumulation of gallbladder wall fats leading to decreased gallbladder emptying. Ezetimibe inhibits intestinal fat absorption and prevents murine gallstone formation. However, the influence of ezetimibe on gallbladder emptying and cholecystosteatosis has not been studied. Therefore...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Mathur A,Walker JJ,Al-Azzawi HH,Lu D,Swartz-Basile DA,Nakeeb A,Pitt HA

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activated factor X (FXa) is involved in hemostasis, thrombogenesis, inflammation, and cellular immune response. Tissue factor (TF) is an initiator of blood coagulation. We investigated whether FXa induces TF expression in human peripheral monocytes and whether treatment with FXa inhibitor reduces TF expressi...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Akahane K,Okamoto K,Kikuchi M,Todoroki H,Higure A,Ohuchida T,Kitahara K,Takeda S,Itoh H,Ohsato K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Major operative injury initiates immunologic changes that may result in a systemic inflammatory response, leading to organ dysfunction/sepsis. Catecholamines seem to be key mediators. The effects of beta(2) receptor blockade in vitro and in vivo before and after operative injury were studied to clarify their...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Rough J,Engdahl R,Opperman K,Yerrum S,Monroy MA,Daly JM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular endothelial growth factor-D (VEGF-D), the activating ligand for vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-3 (VEGFR-3), has been identified as an important endogenic tumor-associated lymphangiogenic factors which can promote lymphatic metastasis from primary tumor. Lymphatic metastasis, which is th...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Deng J,Liang H,Sun D,Pan Y,Wang B,Guo Y

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the price hospitals charge for operations has broad financial implications, hospital pricing is not subject to regulation. We sought to characterize national variation in hospital price markup for major cardiothoracic and gastrointestinal operations and to evaluate perioperative outcomes of hospital...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Gani F,Ejaz A,Makary MA,Pawlik TM

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. In 2007, the National Cancer Institute recommended The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC) as a means of improving the accuracy of thyroid cytopathology. Our objective was to determine the e...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Rabaglia JL,Kabbani W,Wallace L,Holt S,Watumull L,Pruitt J,Snyder WH,Nwariaku FE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The risk of invasive cancer in resected intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm with main pancreatic duct involvement is 33%-60%. Most guidelines, therefore, advise resection of main duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm and mixed type intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm in surgically fit patients...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Scholten L,van Huijgevoort NCM,Bruno MJ,Fernandez-Del Castillo C,Satoi S,Sauvanet A,Wolfgang C,Fockens P,Chari ST,Del Chiaro M,van Hooft JE,Besselink MG,European Study Group on Cystic Tumours of the Pancreas and the International

更新日期：2018-05-16 00:00:00