The Global Incidence of Appendicitis: A Systematic Review of Population-based Studies.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze outcomes after open small-incision surgery (minilaparotomy) and laparoscopic surgery for gallstone disease in general surgical practice. METHODS:This study was a randomized, single-blind, multicenter trial comparing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) to minilaparotomy cholecystectomy (MC). Both ele...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ros A,Gustafsson L,Krook H,Nordgren CE,Thorell A,Wallin G,Nilsson E

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study hypothesized that tumor size, number of tumors, surgical approach, and tumor histology significantly affected microwave ablation (MWA) success and recurrence-free survival. BACKGROUND:Although many hepatobiliary centers have adopted MWA, the factors that influence local control are not well descri...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Groeschl RT,Pilgrim CH,Hanna EM,Simo KA,Swan RZ,Sindram D,Martinie JB,Iannitti DA,Bloomston M,Schmidt C,Khabiri H,Shirley LA,Martin RC,Tsai S,Turaga KK,Christians KK,Rilling WS,Gamblin TC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of esophageal classification for adenocarcinoma of the esophagogastric junction (AEJ) of the seventh American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM classification. BACKGROUND:The seventh AJCC TNM classification proposed the new classification for AEJ as a par...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Suh YS,Han DS,Kong SH,Lee HJ,Kim YT,Kim WH,Lee KU,Yang HK

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify prognostic factors and reasons for improved survival over time in patients with esophageal cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Management strategies for esophageal cancer have evolved with time. The impact of chemoradiation in the overall treatment results has not been adequately studied. METHODS:Fr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Law S,Kwong DL,Kwok KF,Wong KH,Chu KM,Sham JS,Wong J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of surgical treatment in 100 patients with intrahepatic gallstones are reported including follow-up on 61 patients who survived more than three years. Nine patients died in the follow-up period, and of the remainder, 44 showed complete rehabilitation (72%). The results of follow-up examinations were best s...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sato T,Suzuki N,Takahashi W,Uematsu I

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were performed to further investigate an abnormality of the alternative complement pathway associated with burn injury. C3 conversion by inulin and cobra venom factor was measured in serial serum samples from 18 burned patients and in the sera from 25 normal controls. C3 conversion by both activating substance...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bjornson AB,Bjornson HS,Altemeier WA

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report defines the incidence of variations in the renal vascular pedicle in a group of patients with normal renal function as determined by standard laboratory criteria. The study group consisted of 166 patients undergoing renal arteriography as potential renal allograft donors. Ninety-seven patients were male an...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Harrison LH Jr,Flye MW,Seigler HF

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of severe infection on luminal transport of amino acids and glucose by the small intestine were investigated. Studies were done in endotoxin-treated rats and in septic patients who underwent resection of otherwise normal small bowel. In rats the kinetics of the brush border glutamine transporter and the gl...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Salloum RM,Copeland EM,Souba WW

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated whether proteomic analysis of the low molecular weight region of the serum proteome could predict histologic response of locally advanced rectal cancer to neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy (RCT). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Proteomic analysis of serum is emerging as a powerful new modality in cancer,...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Smith FM,Gallagher WM,Fox E,Stephens RB,Rexhepaj E,Petricoin EF 3rd,Liotta L,Kennedy MJ,Reynolds JV

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the correlation between in-hospital surgical delay before appendectomy for suspected appendicitis and the finding of perforated appendicitis in children. METHODS:All children undergoing acute appendectomy for suspected acute appendicitis at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden fro...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Almström M,Svensson JF,Patkova B,Svenningsson A,Wester T

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphologic characteristics of a scar may render it an "immunologically privileged site" providing fertile ground for tumor occurrence and growth. We sought to extend this concept and to determine the effect of different stages of wound healing on tumor occurrence. Syngeneic strain-2 guinea pigs and a methylcholan...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Pendergrast WJ Jr,Futrell JW

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes 140 cases in which Linton splenorenal shunts were performed for the management of the complications of portal hypertension by a large number of surgeons in a single hospital. There was a history of variceal bleeding in 130. Using the Childs designation to reflect hepatic functional reserve, the o...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ottinger LW

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess what proportion of surgical malpractice claims might be prevented by the use of a surgical safety checklist. BACKGROUND:Surgical disciplines are overrepresented in the distribution of adverse events. The recently described multidisciplinary SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS) checklist covers ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： de Vries EN,Eikens-Jansen MP,Hamersma AM,Smorenburg SM,Gouma DJ,Boermeester MA

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staging laparotomy (multiple liver and lymph node biopsies and splenectomy) was performed at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in 123 patients with Hodgkin's disease. There were no deaths. Wound, pulmonary, intra-abdominal or urinary tract complications developed in 17 patients. Of those complications, one case each...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sterchi JM,Myers RT

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND:Our objective was to determine the fetal in vivo microRNA signature in hypoplastic lungs of human fetuses with severe isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and changes in tracheal and amniotic fluid of fetuses undergoing fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion (FETO) to reverse sever...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Pereira-Terra P,Deprest JA,Kholdebarin R,Khoshgoo N,DeKoninck P,Munck AA,Wang J,Zhu F,Rottier RJ,Iwasiow BM,Correia-Pinto J,Tibboel D,Post M,Keijzer R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the yield and rate of node metastases (pN1) for prophylactic central (CND) and lateral neck dissection (LND) for papillary thyroid carcinoma, the risk factors for pN1, and outcomes. BACKGROUND:Prophylactic CND and LND are not routinely employed. Adjuvant radioiodine treatment may be modulated, how...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hartl DM,Leboulleux S,Al Ghuzlan A,Baudin E,Chami L,Schlumberger M,Travagli JP

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past 2 decades, there has been an increase in opioid use and subsequently, opioid deaths. The amount of opioid prescribed to surgical patients has also increased. The aim of this systematic review was to determine postdischarge opioid consumption in surgical patients compared with the amount of opio...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Feinberg AE,Chesney TR,Srikandarajah S,Acuna SA,McLeod RS,Best Practice in Surgery Group.

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The lower esophageal sphincter (LES) in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease often has a low resting pressure and a short abdominal length. The mechanism by which this occurs is unknown. We hypothesize that gastric distension causes progressive effacement of the abdominal portion of the LES...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ayazi S,Tamhankar A,DeMeester SR,Zehetner J,Wu C,Lipham JC,Hagen JA,DeMeester TR

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ligation of the brachial artery in the antecubital fossa in children can be performed without limb loss, but the effect on subsequent limb growth is unknown. From 1969 to 1974, brachial artery ligation for insertion of a Scribner shunt was performed in 27 patients with a mean age of 8.4 years (range, 3 to 15 years). W...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lally KP,Foster CE 3rd,Chwals WJ,Brennan LP,Atkinson JB

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between bowel preparation and surgical site infections (SSIs), and also other postoperative complications, after elective colorectal surgery. BACKGROUND:SSI is a major source of postoperative morbidity/costs after colorectal surgery. The value of ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Koller SE,Bauer KW,Egleston BL,Smith R,Philp MM,Ross HM,Esnaola NF

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred forty-eight patients were treated with preoperative radiation therapy and surgery for resectable rectal adenocarcinoma at the University of Florida between 1975 and 1986. All patients had at least 5 years' follow-up; no patient was lost to follow-up. Three treatment protocols were used over the study perio...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Mendenhall WM,Bland KI,Copeland EM 3rd,Summers GE,Pfaff WW,Souba WW,Million RR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the outcome of technical variant liver transplant techniques relative to whole organ liver transplantation in pediatric liver transplant recipients. BACKGROUND:Technical variant liver transplant techniques comprising split, reduced, and live-donor liver transplantation evolved to address the need ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Diamond IR,Fecteau A,Millis JM,Losanoff JE,Ng V,Anand R,Song C,SPLIT Research Group.

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one children from the ages of 4 to 12 years old were treated for esophageal hemorrhage by distal splenorenal shunt (DSS). In four patients, thrombosis of the shunt occurred within the first 24 hours after operation. In the other 17 children, long-term shunt patency was verified. Only one thrombosis has occurred...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Maksoud JG,Mies S

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the therapeutic effects of dietary supplementation on Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). BACKGROUND:With limited treatment options, the rise of C. difficile-associated disease has spurred on the search for novel therapies. Recent data define a role for the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Julliard W,De Wolfe TJ,Fechner JH,Safdar N,Agni R,Mezrich JD

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between two variables may be mathematically coupled if either one or both variables are derived and/or calculated, and this can lead to erroneous results and invalid conclusions. The purpose of this report is to identify four types of mathematic coupling of data. Type 1 coupling involves directional c...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Archie JP Jr

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to elucidate plasma cholecystokinin (CCK) and pancreatic polypeptide (PP) response after pancreatoduodenectomy and to compare response of CCK and PP in patients who had pancreatoduodenectomy with Billroth I and Billroth II type of reconstruction. Basal levels of plasma CCK were significantly l...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Inoue K,Tobe T,Suzuki T,Hosotani R,Kogire M,Fuchigami A,Miyashita T,Tsuda K,Seino Y

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:During the past five decades, significant improvements have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) secondary to sports activities, breast implants, or median sternotomy. METHODS, RESULTS, AND CONCLUSIONS:Of more than 15,000 patients evaluated for TOS, 3914 un...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Urschel HC Jr,Razzuk MA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether intravascular volume expansion would improve renal blood flow and function during prolonged CO2 pneumoperitoneum. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although laparoscopic living donor nephrectomies have a considerably reduced risk of complications for the donors, significant concerns exist regarding...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： London ET,Ho HS,Neuhaus AM,Wolfe BM,Rudich SM,Perez RV

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the current state of fecal and urinary continence in an extensive group of adults after operative correction for high anorectal malformations and how they cope with their incontinence. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Normal fecal continence is hardly to be expected after correction for high a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hassink EA,Rieu PN,Severijnen RS,vd Staak FH,Festen C

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:FN present a management quandary as they are often benign but may also be aggressive TC. Consensus recommendations have historically advised thyroidectomy for definitive diagnosis. Although MT have robust benefit in hypothetical cost analyses, under current management guidelines a real-time study of their cli...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Carty SE,Ohori NP,Hilko DA,McCoy KL,French EK,Manroa P,Morariu E,Sridharan S,Seethala RR,Yip L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00