Postoperative quality of life after laparoscopy-assisted pylorus-preserving gastrectomy compared With laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy: A cross-sectional postal questionnaire survey.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the surgical management of lower gastrointestinal tract peritonitis (LGTP), drainage of the peritoneal cavity is often recommended. The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of drainage of the abdominal cavity during management of LGTP. METHODS:From January 2009 to January 2012, patients unde...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rebibo L,Ebosse I,Iederan C,Mahjoub Y,Dupont H,Cosse C,Regimbeau JM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have confirmed earlier findings that treatment with allopurinol offers some protection to the kidney from ischemic damage caused by total interruption of renal circulation. With this evidence, a clinical trial is warranted, particularly when periods of warm ischemia are unavoidable. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Chatterjee SN,Berne TV

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports of minimally invasive antireflux surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have been small, short-term series utilizing only a laparoscopic approach. We conducted a retrospective review and report our 66-month experience with more than 1,000 laparoscopic and thoracoscopic antireflux...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McKernan JB,Champion JK

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The appropriate surgical approach of a pancreatic multifocal disease that skips the body of the gland remains unknown. We sought to analyze a parenchyma-sparing surgical technique consisting of a middle-preserving pancreatectomy (MPP) evaluating feasibility, safety, and oncological and functional outcomes. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Partelli S,Boninsegna L,Salvia R,Bassi C,Pederzoli P,Falconi M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hanging has become the second most common method of attempted suicide among adolescents, but there is little relevant epidemiologic or outcome data in the trauma literature. Additionally, there are no studies examining the degree of functional disability among survivors of hanging injury. METHODS:The National ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Martin MJ,Weng J,Demetriades D,Salim A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic malignancies of the hand are rare and usually develop from lung, breast, or kidney tumors. Metastases from tumors and sarcomas of the gastrointestinal system are even more uncommon. The authors report a case of differentiated adenocarcinoma of the colon in a 76-year-old man who presented with distal phalang...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Anoop TM,George S,Divya KP,Jabbar PK

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative merits of the anterior and posterior approaches to the adrenal gland were assessed in a series of 103 patients with bilateral cortical hyperplasia or unilateral cortical adenoma (less than 25 g). In none of the patients was additional concomitant surgery planned. Sixty-four patients were operated on throu...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Russell CF,Hamberger B,van Heerden JA,Edis AJ,Ilstrup DM

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adaptable on-line computer system for entry, retrieval, and analysis of medical discharge summaries has been developed and applied in the Trauma Service of a busy city hospital. Each summary occupied 5 to 10 minutes of the physician's time and compared favorably in cost to the standard dictated summary. While the a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Stillman RM,Mitchell WG,Shaftan GW,Sawyer PN,Kountz SL

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal infarction is a condition with a high rate of mortality. Progress in the fields of anesthesia, maintenance of electrolyte balance, and intensive postoperative care has made survival possible in a number of patients subjected to extensive resection of the small intestine. Many of these patients, however, lat...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Camprodon R,Guerrero JA,Salva JA,Jornet J

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From February 1, 1980, to May 1, 1989, 462 patients underwent the Greenville gastric bypass at the East Carolina University School of Medicine. The operation effectively maintained satisfactory weight loss after 9 years (mean weight preoperatively, 293 lbs; at 24 months, 179 lbs; at 96 months, 194 lbs). The gastric by...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Waters GS,Pories WJ,Swanson MS,Meelheim HD,Flickinger EG,May HJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients with a discharging perineal sinus that developed after proctectomy were treated with a new fibrin adhesive system in order to close the sinus. Four of the patients also had a fistula that extended from the sinus to the vagina. Treatment was unsuccessful in two patients: one had retained foreign bodies in ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kirkegaard P,Madsen PV

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with radiographically-identified traumatic brain injury are often transferred to our regional trauma center for neurosurgical evaluation, yet few injuries require neurosurgical intervention. Transfer is costly, inconvenient, and potentially risky in inclement weather. We propose that previously-publ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Capron GK,Voights MB,Moore HR 3rd,Wall DB

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to drug treatment is a well-known problem in the management of patients with amebic liver abscesses. We undertook a comparison of the various modalities of treatment currently used for such cases on a prospective, randomized basis. Fifty patients with 56 amebic liver abscesses found to be resistant to drug ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Singh JP,Kashyap A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the period from 1976 through 1986, 62 procedures were performed. Of these, 42 were posterior flap hemipelvectomies, 5 anterior flap hemipelvectomies, and 15 internal hemipelvectomies. The median duration of these procedures was 6.5 hours, and the median blood loss was 2,541 ml. Postoperatively, there were no wound ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Karakousis CP,Emrich LJ,Driscoll DL

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pathophysiology of adrenal insufficiency, common in surgical intensive care units, has not been fully elucidated. METHODS:Patients at risk (age > 55 years, in the surgical intensive care unit >1 week, baseline cortisol < 20 μg/dL) were enrolled. After measuring cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone (...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schuster KM,Macleod JB,Fernandez JB,Kumar M,Barquist ES

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between hospital volume and patient outcomes remains controversial for rectal cancer. METHODS:This is a population-based database study. Patients treated with surgery for a stage I to III rectal adenocarcinoma from 2003 to 2009 were identified. High-volume hospitals (HVH) were those centers...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McColl RJ,McGahan CE,Cai E,Olson R,Cheung WY,Raval MJ,Phang PT,Karimuddin AA,Brown CJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2.5 kg thoracopagus (Siamese) twin and a 0.73 kg premature newborn developed systemic candidiasis and were treated with intravenous miconazole. The conjoined twin was in a state of severe metabolic acidosis, respiratory distress, jaundice, anuria, abdominal distension, and shock. The 0.73 kg premature infant was als...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sung JP,Rajani K,Chopra DR,Grendahl JG,Haws EB

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the introduction of the laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy in 1995, attempts have been made to depart from the total laparoscopic approach to the hand-assisted approach to decrease surgical time and complications. We present our 6-year experience with the total laparoscopic approach. METHODS:Between ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hawasli A,Berri R,Meguid A,Le K,Oh H

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose response curves for acid and pepsin output to increasing intravenous doses of pentagastrin (0.01, 0.02, 2, 8, and 16 micrograms/kg per hour) were determined in six male patients with duodenal ulcer and six with type 1 corporeal gastric ulcer before and 3 to 6 months after selective proximal vagotomy and excis...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Emås S,Aly A

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many cases of acute adhesive small-bowel obstruction (SBO) can be successfully treated with intestinal tube decompression. There is considerable controversy, however, regarding whether a short nasogastric tube (NGT) or a long nasointestinal tube (LT) is the best method of intestinal tube decompression. PATI...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Fleshner PR,Siegman MG,Slater GI,Brolin RE,Chandler JC,Aufses AH Jr

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of surgical risk is a major problem in general surgical practice and many studies have attempted to predict postoperative outcome. Clinical judgment is still a fundamental skill with which the experienced surgeon can estimate the risk of postoperative infectious morbidity. Predictive scores based on ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Christou NV

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred twenty-six patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy were separated by reviewing those 81 (15%) patients with an occluded contralateral carotid artery and those 445 (85%) with nonocclusion. The population characteristics and surgical indications were similar between the occluded and nonoccluded groups...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McCarthy WJ,Wang R,Pearce WH,Flinn WR,Yao JS

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients presented with pathologic interactions between the gastrointestinal tract and aortic grafts. Seventeen patients were managed by excision of the graft and axillobifemoral bypass. Six patients died. four deaths were due to disruption of the proximal aortic stump after initial therapy that appeared su...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Buchbinder D,Leather R,Shah D,Karmody A

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An eighteen month study of the incidence of nosocomial infections was conducted at a 436 bed general army hospital. The overall rate of nosocomial infection was 1.48 per cent, with a monthly range of 0.42 to 2.30 per cent. Gynecology had the highest rate of 5.8 per cent. Escherichia coli, klebsiella, and Staphylococcu...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： John JF Jr

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HIV and AIDS continues to be a significant health problem with many patients requiring the attention of a general surgeon. METHOD:A retrospective case note review over a two-year period was undertaken. RESULTS:237 patients underwent invasive procedures. The majority 100 patients (145 procedures) were for v...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wastell C,Corless D,Keeling N

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allergy to metal implants is under study at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center using in vitro examination of white blood cell migration. Retrospective data from 121 patients confirm that allergic responses do occur. Prospective data are being gathered to investigate the incidence, prevalence and relation to morbid...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mayor MB,Merritt K,Brown SA

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to identify stage II colon cancer patients with a high risk of recurrence. METHODS:All patients who underwent surgery for stage II colon cancer (CC) were retrospectively enrolled and sub-grouped according to TNM staging (IIa-b-c) and stage IIa in high (IIaHR) and low risk (IIaLR) a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Santullo F,Biondi A,Cananzi FCM,Fico V,Tirelli F,Ricci R,Rizzo G,Coco C,Mattana C,D'Ugo D,Persiani R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When learning multiple tasks, blocked or random training schedules may be used. We assessed the effects of blocked and random schedules on the acquisition and retention of laparoscopic skills. METHODS:Thirty-six laparoscopic novices were randomized to practice laparoscopic tasks using blocked, random, or no...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rivard JD,Vergis AS,Unger BJ,Gillman LM,Hardy KM,Park J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish criteria for laparotomy, the records of 224 patients admitted with an acute pelvic fracture were reviewed. Forty-four patients underwent laparotomy; 2 had no intraabdominal injury. The mechanisms of injury was blunt trauma in 31 patients and gunshot wound in 13. All four patients who died had blunt trauma...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Zannis VJ,Wood M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:When sentinel node dissection reveals breast cancer metastasis, completion axillary lymph node dissection is ideally performed during the same operation. Intraoperative histologic techniques have low and variable sensitivity. A new intraoperative molecular assay (GeneSearch BLN Assay; Veridex, LLC, Warren, N...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Blumencranz P,Whitworth PW,Deck K,Rosenberg A,Reintgen D,Beitsch P,Chagpar A,Julian T,Saha S,Mamounas E,Giuliano A,Simmons R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00