Effect of Vagus Nerve Injury on the Outcome of Antireflux Surgery: An Extensive Literature Review.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The extent of optimal gastric resection for proximal gastric cancer (PGC) continues to remain controversial, and a final consensus is yet to be met. The current study aimed to compare the perioperative outcomes, postoperative complications, and overall survival (OS) of proximal gastrectomy (PG) versus tota...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Zhao L,Ling R,Chen J,Shi A,Chai C,Ma F,Zhao D,Chen Y

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Intra-abdominal adhesions typically occur after surgically damaged tissues are situated in apposition, leading to fibrotic connections. The goal of this study was to demonstrate the in vivo efficacy of a cross-linked and insoluble hyaluronic acid (HA) film to reduce postsurgical adhesion in a rat model....

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Falabella CA,Chen W

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Graft failure is a critical complication associated with vascular occlusion in esophageal reconstruction with a free jejunal graft following pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy. In this study, we evaluated the usefulness of intramucosal pH (pHi) measurement using a tonometer to assess the graft viability. MET...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Kamiya K,Suzuki S,Mineta H,Konno H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Therapeutic strategies to prevent port site recurrences in laparoscopy surgery of malignancies have not been investigated until now. METHODS:The effects of taurolidine, heparin, and povidone iodine on the growth of rat and human colon adenocarcinoma as well as gallbladder carcinoma were investigated in vitr...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Jacobi CA,Peter FJ,Wenger FA,Ordemann J,Müller JM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the current management of achalasia, and the controversies regarding the different treatment options. METHODS:A review of the literature was performed. The key words used were esophageal achalasia, Heller myotomy, endoscopic balloon dilatation, laparoscopic Heller myotomy, and fundoplication. RESU...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Abir F,Modlin I,Kidd M,Bell R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal barrier function is considered to play an important role in protecting the penetration of luminal antigens, associated with the development of secondary infection and sepsis and the initiation of the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The intestinal mucosal barrier against luminal macromolecules and m...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Sun Z,Wang X,Andersson R

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mechanical stapling devices are widely used in all fields of surgery as they can cut and sew tissue in a quick and easy manner. However, complications like bleeding or leakage at the staple line are frequently encountered and can have devastating consequences. Recent developments have led to the introduction...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Yo LS,Consten EC,Quarles van Ufford HM,Gooszen HG,Gagner M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether total gastrectomy (TG) is always necessary for gastric cancer of the cardia. We therefore investigated whether cardiac cancers treated by TG would have been cured by proximal gastrectomy (PG). METHODS:Photocopies of the resected stomachs of 55 patients who had received TG for cardiac c...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Kobayashi T,Sugimura H,Kimura T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Predicting models of operative morbidity and mortality in the geriatric population are important in the prevention of adverse surgical outcomes. METHODS:A retrospective review of medical records was performed for patients over 80 years of age who underwent gastrointestinal surgery from 1998 to 2008. R...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Huang TS,Hu FC,Fan CW,Lee CH,Jwo SC,Chen HY

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction and widespread application of minimally invasive surgery has been one of the most important innovations that radically changed the practice of surgery during the last few decades. The application to pancreatic surgery of minimally invasive approach has only recently emerged: both laparoscopic distal p...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Nappo G,Perinel J,El Bechwaty M,Adham M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Systemic and/or local interleukin-6 (IL-6) reportedly plays an active role in the progression and prognosis of thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (TESCC). We assessed the associations between IL-6 and IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) genetic polymorphisms, tumoral IL-6 expression and survival rates following su...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Motoyama S,Nakatsu T,Miura M,Hinai Y,Minamiya Y,Ogawa J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Although the diagnostic value of fluorine-18 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-18-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (F-18-FDG-PET/CT) in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) has been reported, the association between the F-18-FDG uptake in metastatic lymph nodes (FDGLN) and clinicopatho...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Sasaki K,Kawasaki H,Sato M,Koyama K,Yoshimi F,Nagai H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gas in the mesenteric or portal veins (PVG) is an uncommon entity. It was first described only in patients with mesenteric ischemia and bowel gangrene. Later, several reports described other causes for PVG in which conservative treatment was successful. In the past, the diagnosis was made by vague signs in a...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Paran H,Epstein T,Gutman M,Shapiro Feinberg M,Zissin R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, detections of early gastric cancer (EGC) have been increasing, and the treatment strategies for gastric cancer have been changing. To demonstrate recent clinical experience of EGC in Japan and to assess modern strategies for the treatment of EGC, we investigated the English-language literature of t...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Adachi Y,Shiraishi N,Kitano S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Strictureplasty (SP) or miniresective 'bowel-sparing' techniques (MR) can prevent the risk of intestinal stomia and short bowel syndrome in patients affected by Crohn's disease (CD). The aim of this study was to analyze the perioperative morbidity and mortality in 104 of 138 consecutive patients treated...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Sampietro GM,Cristaldi M,Porretta T,Montecamozzo G,Danelli P,Taschieri AM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:It is generally advised to perform colonoscopy after conservatively treated diverticulitis because colon cancer may present itself with similar symptoms, laboratory and radiological results. With this study we investigated in what percentage of patients a malignancy was found by performing routine c...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Schout PJ,Spillenaar Bilgen EJ,Groenen MJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Curative treatment for gastric cancer (GC) comprising gastrectomy with systematic lymph node dissection can result in postoperative complications. Postoperative pneumonia is sometimes fatal, like surgery-related complications such as anastomotic leakage. In this retrospective study, we analyzed a multi-insti...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Shoka M,Kanda M,Ito S,Mochizuki Y,Teramoto H,Ishigure K,Murai T,Asada T,Ishiyama A,Matsushita H,Tanaka C,Kobayashi D,Fujiwara M,Murotani K,Kodera Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main reasons for the dismal prognosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is its late diagnosis. At the time of presentation, only approximately 15-20% of all patients with PDAC are considered resectable and around 30% are considered borderline resectable. A surgical approach, which is the only curat...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Kaufmann B,Hartmann D,D'Haese JG,Stupakov P,Radenkovic D,Gloor B,Friess H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of preoperative chemotherapy and to investigate the relationship between the histopathologic response and prognosis in patients with colorectal carcinoma. Thirty-six previously untreated patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma were consecutively enrolled in this stu...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Kumagai K,Shimizu K,Masuo K,Yamagata K,Tanaka T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal management approach to pancreatic serous cystic neoplasms (SCNs) is still evolving. METHODS:Consecutive patients with SCN managed at the Liverpool Pancreas Cancer Centre between 2000 and 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS:There were 64 patients consisting of 39 women (60.9%) and 25 men...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Gomatos IP,Halloran C,Ghaneh P,Raraty M,Polydoros F,Campbell F,Evans J,Sutton R,Garry J,Whelan P,Neoptolemos JP

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Proinflammatory cytokines like TNF-alpha and IL-8 have been thought to play a pivotal role in the propagation of severe acute pancreatitis (AP) and the development of its systemic complications, particularly acute lung injury. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of pretreatment with hydrocortisone on the p...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Osman MO,Jacobsen NO,Kristensen JU,Larsen CG,Jensen SL

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The conservative treatment of acute necrotizing pancreatitis has greatly improved due to broad antibiotic treatment and improved organ support in intensive care units. Nevertheless, infected necrosis or persistent multi-organ dysfunction are predictors of poor outcome. In these patients, there is still a nee...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Wenning AS,Angst E,Lechleiter A,Brugger JJ,Candinas D,Gloor B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysgerminomas of the ovary rarely metastasize to abdominal viscera and when they do, the involvement is a part of a disseminated disease. A 30-year-old woman developed isolated duodenopancreatic dysgerminoma 14 years after salpingo-oophorectomy. The clinical picture was complicated by the presence of tuberculous lesio...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Ramesh H,Philip M,Jacob G,Lekha V,Venugopal A,Mahadevan P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To compare the diagnostic value of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the differentiation of malignant from benign masses in the pancreatic head. METHODS:Within 14 months 95 prospective patients with masses in the pancreatic head were assigned for preoperative...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Glasbrenner B,Schwarz M,Pauls S,Preclik G,Beger HG,Adler G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine the early postoperative hematological changes after spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy (SpDP) with preservation of the splenic artery and vein (PSAV). METHODS:We reviewed 53 patients who underwent SpDP with PSAV (n = 21) or distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy (...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Tezuka K,Kimura W,Hirai I,Moriya T,Watanabe T,Yano M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The monocyte/macrophage plays a key role in the network of immune reactions. Dependent on activation, it is able to produce various cytokines which act on other cells of the immune system in the sense of upregulation or downregulation. In addition, it presents antigens by the HLA-DR molecule as an initial trigger of a...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Haupt W,Riese J,Mehler C,Weber K,Zowe M,Hohenberger W

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abdominal cocoon is a rare disease that is characterized by a total or partial encasement of the small bowel by a thick and fibrotic membrane. Thirty-five cases were reported since it was first described. It occurs primarily in females. Preoperative diagnosis is a matter of challenge and usually made at laparotomy...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Hamaloglu E,Altun H,Ozdemir A,Ozenc A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Public hospitals' long waiting lists make outpatient surgery in private facilities very attractive provided a standardized protocol is applied. The aim of this study was to assess this kind of innovative collaboration in abdominal surgery from a clinical and economical perspective. METHODS:All consecutive p...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Vuilleumier H,Coquelin G,Wasserfallen JB,Demartines N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate preoperative staging of gastrointestinal malignancies is of major importance in the decision for adequate stage-related therapy. There is evidence that laparoscopy in combination with laparoscopic ultrasound is more accurate in the detection of intra-abdominal metastases than conventional preoperative imaging...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Rau B,Hünerbein M,Schlag PM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A choice of retrosternal or orthotopic route for reconstruction exists after three-phase esophagectomy with cervical anastomosis. Whether the route of reconstruction affects postoperative morbidity, mortality and recurrence patterns remains controversial. STUDY DESIGN:Patients with cancer of the thoracic es...

journal_title：Digestive surgery

authors： Wong AC,Law S,Wong J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00