Reduction of polymorphonuclear leukocyte accumulations by inhibition of cyclooxygenase and thromboxane syntase in the rabbit.

abstract：:The records of patients with carcinoma of the extrahepatic bile ducts, including the ampulla of Vater, operated on at the University of Rochester Medical Center between 1960 and 1980 were reviewed. All 47 patients had similar manifestations and laboratory findings; percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and endosco...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Rodgers CM,Adams JT,Schwartz SI

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The management of low-risk micropapillary thyroid cancer <1 cm in size has come into question, because recent data have shown that nonoperative active surveillance of micropapillary thyroid cancer is a viable alternative to hemithyroidectomy. We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis to help decide between ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Venkatesh S,Pasternak JD,Beninato T,Drake FT,Kluijfhout WP,Liu C,Gosnell JE,Shen WT,Clark OH,Duh QY,Suh I

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medullary thyroid cancer portends poor survival once liver metastasis occurs. We hypothesize that Notch3 overexpression in medullary thyroid cancer liver metastasis will decrease proliferation and growth of the tumor. METHODS:TT cells were modified genetically to overexpress Notch3 in the presence of doxycy...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Lou I,Odorico S,Yu XM,Harrison A,Jaskula-Sztul R,Chen H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We determined the effect of infusing the iron chelator deferoxamine complexed to hetastarch on the degree of lung dysfunction and systemic abnormalities produced by a severe smoke exposure. METHODS:Adult sheep were given a smoke exposure under anesthesia that produced a peak carboxyhemoglobin between 40% an...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Demling R,LaLonde C,Ikegami K

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study a smooth muscle cell seeding technique was developed and evaluated in biodegradable vascular grafts in rats. Cultured smooth muscle cells (3.5 to 5 X 10(6) in 0.1 ml whole blood) were seeded by means of a one-step preclotting technique in microporous, compliant, biodegradable vascular grafts (internal di...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Yue X,van der Lei B,Schakenraad JM,van Oene GH,Kuit JH,Feijen J,Wildevuur CR

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apoptosis, a mechanism of cell death prominent in critical illnesses including disseminated inflammation and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome, is characterized by morphologic changes including cell shrinkage, condensation of organelles, blebbing, and chromatin fragmentation. These phenomena suggest substantia...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： DeMeester SL,Cobb JP,Hotchkiss RS,Osborne DF,Karl IE,Tinsley KW,Buchman TG

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary hyperparathyroidism is associated with an increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, mechanisms underlying this association are currently unclear. As there is clear evidence of the independent role of aldosterone on the cardiovascular system, the aim of this study was to evaluate aldo...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Brunaud L,Germain A,Zarnegar R,Rancier M,Alrasheedi S,Caillard C,Ayav A,Weryha G,Mirallie E,Bresler L

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model for the vascular steal phenomenon was designed and evaluated in 10 mongrel dogs in which the aortic bifurcation was used to represent a parent artery with two distal vascular beds. Right lower extremity flow was increased with a femoral arteriovenous fistula, and progressively greater stenoses were applied to ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Billet A,Queral LA,Polito WF,Dagher FJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of the lung to decrease blood flow to an atelectatic lobe and to increase flow to normal after reinflation was investigated with a model using left lower lobe atelectasis (LLLA) in the dog. The change in the shunt fraction QS/Qt with continuing LLLA was assumed to represent a change in blood flow to the LL...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Kersten TE,Mayer JE,Varco RL,Humphrey EW

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serious complications of local venous hypertension occur rarely in the upper extremity. These are most frequently the result of a dysfunctional arteriovenous fistula and may produce changes indistinguishable from those of chronic lower-extremity venous insufficiency. A combination of arterial and venous contrast imagi...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Davis RP,Lipsig LJ,Connolly MM,Flinn WR

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using software to transform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tomographic data into three-dimensional projections, we have produced "angiograms" of the abdominal aorta in 18 patients with occlusive (15) and aneurysmal (3) disease. This information may be displayed to demonstrate flow, cross-sectional diameter, or aorti...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Rapp JH,Pan XM,Hale J,Sheldon P,Feldman R,Krupski W,Sharokh Z,Kaufman L

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Policies that mandate colorectal screening coverage by private insurers are associated with increased use of screening procedures. We seek to understand whether such mandates have improved access to care and short-term operative outcomes for patients undergoing operations of the colon and rectum (OCR). ME...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Bansal N,Sonnenberg EM,Meise CK,Reinke CE,Karakousis GC,Bartlett EK,Mahmoud NN,Roses RE,Kelz RR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the effect of reverse electrical pacing on intestinal absorption and transit time in an enterostomy model. Twenty-five male Sprague-Dawley rats (148 to 208 gm) underwent division and anastomosis of the proximal jejunum to eliminate the proximal gastroduodenal pacemaker. A 30.0 cm loop ileostomy wa...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sawchuk A,Nogami W,Goto S,Yount J,Grosfeld JA,Lohmuller J,Grosfeld MD,Grosfeld JL

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endorectal ileoanal anastomosis with proximal interposition of an ileal reservoir was evaluated experimentally in dogs as an approach to retain sphincteric control of defecation after proctocolectomy. Two months after the operative procedure, eight animals with a reservoir had four to eight semisolid stools per day an...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Schraut WH,Block GE

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dynamic musculoplasty is increasingly being used to replace severely damaged muscle. Electrical stimulation induces a change in muscle composition from type II to type I muscle fibers. The aim of this study was to assess the optimal time to start stimulation and the beneficial effect of a vascular delay. ME...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Geerdes BP,Heineman E,Freling G,Keizer HA,Woloszko J,Baeten CG

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interaction of the CD11/CD18 complex on polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) and intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 on endothelium is a critical event in PMN-mediated tissue injury. In addition, increased expression of ICAM-1 on type I pneumocytes has been identified in a variety of pulmonary disorders...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Barnett CC,Moore EE,Moore FA,Biffl WL,Smith MF Jr,Carl VS

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large thyroid carcinomas extending into the anterior mediastinum were removed from six patients by a transsternal surgical approach (partial median sternotomy). Transcervical mediastinal dissection offers obscure exposure and therefore entails the risk of the operation not being radical. The transsternal procedure was...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Niederle B,Roka R,Fritsch A

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 24-year period from 1956 to 1980, 148 patients with aneurysms confined to the thoracic aortic segment, bounded above by the left subclavian artery and below the diaphragm, were treated with replacement therapy. From 1956 to 1967, 36 patients were treated by use of temporary bypass or shunts which carried a ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Crawford ES,Walker HS 3rd,Saleh SA,Normann NA

更新日期：1981-01-01 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：:Eleven patients with previous esophageal atresia repair (TEF) underwent esophageal motility studies and were compared to 10 normal patients. The upper sphincters (UES) in the two groups did not differ in resting pressure, contraction pressure, or coordination. UES relaxation, was 100% in normal patients and 83+/-8% in...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Duranceau A,Fisher SR,Flye M,Jones RS,Postlethwait RW,Sealy WC

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five years ago a follow-up study of first rib resections disclosed a recurrence rate of over 15%. Many patients were reexplored supraclavicularly, and in every case the anterior scalene muslce was found to be reattached to the bed of the first rib. Scalenectomy invariably was successful, which led to this study of sca...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sanders RJ,Monsour JW,Gerber WF,Adams WR,Thompson N

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outcomes of operative repair of intestinal-cutaneous fistulas vary widely throughout the literature. We aimed to investigate whether the modified frailty index-5 is a reliable tool to account for physiologic reserve and whether it serves as a predictor of Clavien-Dindo grade IV complications in those wit...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Alser O,Naar L,Christensen MA,Saillant N,Parks J,Mendoza A,Fagenholz P,King D,Kaafarani HMA,Velmahos GC,Fawley J

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) reduces the risk of stroke in selected patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid disease, but its beneficial influence on cognitive performance in the elderly remains debatable. This prospective study sought to determine early and long-term neurocognitive outcomes after ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Baracchini C,Mazzalai F,Gruppo M,Lorenzetti R,Ermani M,Ballotta E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-dose tacrolimus (FK506) monotherapy has significantly prolonged rat hindlimb allograft survival. With an eye toward direct clinical application, we used a large-animal extremity composite tissue allograft model to assess the antirejection efficacy and systemic toxicity of combination FK506-mycophenolate...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Jones JW Jr,Ustüner ET,Zdichavsky M,Edelstein J,Ren X,Maldonado C,Ray M,Jevans AW,Breidenbach WC,Gruber SA,Barker JH

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous fibrin glue was evaluated as a sealant of the common bile duct (CBD) with the use of experimental animal models. It proved to be highly effective. Since it is a safe product that can be easily obtained from the patient's own blood, it may find useful application in most biliary tract procedures, liver trans...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Couto J,Kroczek B,Requena R,Lerner R

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the timing of surgical removal of an estrogen-receptor-bearing mammary adenocarcinoma within the estrous cycle of the female C3HeB/FeJ mouse profoundly influences the frequency of subsequent tumor cell metastasis. In order to investigate the role of the immune response in this phenomenon,...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Gruber SA,Hoffman RA,Sothern RB,Lakatua D,Carlson A,Simmons RL,Hrushesky WJ

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discrimination of malignant proximal bile duct (PBD) stricture from a benign lesion is difficult with nonsurgical methods; indeed, 8% to 13% of PBD strictures prove to be benign after histologic examination of the surgically resected specimen. METHODS:In a 7-year period 178 patients with PBD stricture were ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Nakayama A,Imamura H,Shimada R,Miyagawa S,Makuuchi M,Kawasaki S

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is 90% sensitive in the detection of papillary carcinoma (PC) of the thyroid, its specificity has been reported as low as 52%. Consequently, patients who have an FNA suspicious for PC may undergo operation for a benign process. The ribonucleoprotein telomerase has been n...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Saji M,Westra WH,Chen H,Umbricht CB,Tuttle RM,Box MF,Udelsman R,Sukumar S,Zeiger MA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antigen injected subcutaneously (SQ) results in a strong systemic immune response, whereas antigen infused orally or by the portal vein tends to induce tolerance. Nontransgenic C57BL/6J (H-2(b)), or B6, mice and transgenic 2C mice (that express a cytotoxic T cell receptor against major histocompatibility com...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Margenthaler JA,Flye MW

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Right portal vein embolization has become popular in preparation for right hepatic lobectomy. However, right trisegment portal vein embolization (R3PE) is not well established. METHODS:We performed R3PE in 15 patients with biliary tract carcinoma and 1 patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis. We used 2 ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Nagino M,Kamiya J,Kanai M,Uesaka K,Sano T,Yamamoto H,Hayakawa N,Nimura Y

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00