Fiberoptic intraoperative illumination of the stomach as an aid in the management of acute gastric hemorrhage.

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：:(1) Carcinoma of the lip occurs predominantly in men in their seventh and eighth decades of life. (2) Epidermoid carcinoma is the most common malignant lip tumor. (3) Metastases to cervical lymph nodes are uncommon. (4) Elective neck dissection is not indicated. (5) Therapeutic radical neck dissection can benefit the ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Heller KS,Shah JP

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Professionalism and ethics are Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competencies, but there is little evidence regarding the effectiveness of ethics education. METHODS:General surgery residents at the University of Pittsburgh completed questionnaires measuring attitudes and know...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Thirunavukarasu P,Brewster LP,Pecora SM,Hall DE

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This prospective study was performed to ascertain the added benefit of lymphoscintigraphy to a standard method of intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer. METHODS:Patients with invasive breast cancer were injected with 99mTc sulfur colloid prior to sentinel node biopsy; p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Burak WE Jr,Walker MJ,Yee LD,Kim JA,Saha S,Hinkle G,Olsen JO,Pozderac R,Farrar WB

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical safety and quality initiatives have now moved to the front of the agenda for contemporary surgery. METHODS:Sixty-two surgical specialists began to study quality and cost control in 1998, and those efforts grew into a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-funded pilot study of the Surgical Care...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Polk HC Jr,Tyson MB,Galandiuk S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of various upper and lower gastrointestinal disorders is still under investigation. However, a variety of laparoscopic procedures may be applied in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We present our initial results of lapa...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Reissman P,Salky BA,Pfeifer J,Edye M,Jagelman DG,Wexner SD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Native Americans (NA) form a unique cohort of colon cancer (CC) patients among whom the variability in demographics and cancer characteristics remains unclear. METHODS:We abstracted the national estimates for NA with CC using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) database. Trend analysis o...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Thuraisingam R,Jandova J,Pandit V,Michailidou M,Nfonsam VN

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of hernia accident for inguinal hernias in men who are minimally symptomatic is sufficiently low that watchful waiting is an acceptable alternative to routine repair. Our aim was to determine whether a delay in hernia surgery affects short- and long-term outcomes. METHODS:Patients from a multi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Thompson JS,Gibbs JO,Reda DJ,McCarthy M Jr,Wei Y,Giobbie-Hurder A,Fitzgibbons RJ Jr

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of small bowel transplantation using a variety of animal models and immunosuppressive regimens have failed to demonstrate consistently prolonged survival of bowel allografts capable of maintaining a normal nutritional state. In the present study, total orthotopic small bowel transplantation was perfor...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lee KK,Schraut WH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDCs) are common in children but also present in adults. This study evaluates the preoperative management and postoperative outcomes in patients with a resected TGDC. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was performed on patients with a surgically treated TGDC. Clinicopathologic variab...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bhama AR,Smith RJ,Robinson RA,Weigel RJ,Sugg SL,Howe JR,Lal G

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical schools are undergoing major curricular reform, partly in attempts to increase the number of graduates pursuing careers in the generalist disciplines. These reforms have often resulted in a shortening of the surgery clerkship, decreasing students' experiences in several domains important to the gener...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Neumayer LA,Sachdeva AK,Hebert JC,Lang NP

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saline-linked electric cautery (SLC) is introduced as an effective device to reduce blood loss in liver surgery. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a 2-surgeon technique using SLC and the Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA; Valleylab, Boulder, CO) in living dono...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Takatsuki M,Eguchi S,Yamanouchi K,Tokai H,Hidaka M,Soyama A,Miyazaki K,Hamasaki K,Tajima Y,Kanematsu T

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The teaching of surgical skills is based mostly on the traditional "see one, do one, teach one" resident-to-resident method. Surgical skills laboratories provide a new environment for teaching skills but their effectiveness has not been adequately tested. Cognitive task analysis is an innovative method to te...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Velmahos GC,Toutouzas KG,Sillin LF,Chan L,Clark RE,Theodorou D,Maupin F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research suggests an ostomy worsens health-related quality of life (HR-QOL), but comorbidities also can affect HR-QOL. METHODS:Eligible patients had abdominal operation with ostomy (cases) or similar procedure without ostomy (controls). Patients were recruited for this case-control study from 3 Vet...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jain S,McGory ML,Ko CY,Sverdlik A,Tomlinson JS,Wendel CS,Coons SJ,Rawl SM,Schmidt CM,Grant M,McCorkle R,Mohler MJ,Baldwin CM,Krouse RS

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Management of the open abdomen with polyglactin 910 mesh followed by split-thickness skin grafts allows safe, early closure of abdominal wounds. This technique can be modified to manage enteroatmospheric fistulae. Staged ventral hernia is performed in a less inflamed surgical field. METHODS:A retrospective ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cheesborough JE,Park E,Souza JM,Dumanian GA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Local custom, rather than evidence-based medicine, dictates how a surgeon closes abdominal wounds. Closures might be more secure if grounded on statistical data. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A meta-analysis of 12,249 patients with abdominal wound closures was made. Infections, hernias, and dehiscences were compare...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Weiland DE,Bay RC,Del Sordi S

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Radioguided surgery can also be used for the simultaneous guidance to a nonpalpable primary tumor and sentinel lymph nodes. METHODS:Retrospective review of a prospective database. The surgeon used a gamma probe for guidance to an iodine-125 labeled titanium seed at the primary lesion and technetium-99 label...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Gray RJ,Giuliano R,Dauway EL,Cox CE,Reintgen DS

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous "blind" surgical intervention for recurrent, sustained ventricular tachycardia has been disappointing. Successful surgical intervention requires that a local arrhythmia circuit be interrupted, ablated, or disengaged from the adjacent healthy myocardium while incurring minimal injury to the remaining functiona...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Harken AH,Josephson ME

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cyclosporin A on the regenerating liver were studied in rats after partial hepatectomy and were compared with those of conventional immunosuppressants such as methylprednisolone and azathioprine. In Group I, a standard hepatectomy removing two thirds of the organ was performed. In Group II, an oral dose...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kim YI,Salvini P,Auxilia F,Calne RY

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perforated appendicitis and patient with diabetes using a population-based data set. METHODS:This study used data from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005 in Taiwan. We identified 4,806 patients hospitalized with acute appendi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wei PL,Lin HC,Kao LT,Chen YH,Lee CZ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to evaluate the intestinal mucosal permeability in patients with acute pancreatitis. The lactulose:mannitol (L:M) ratio was used to assess permeability. It is an inexpensive and quite reliable method. The intestinal permeability was increased in patients with acute pancreatitis compared with the contro...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Nagpal K,Minocha VR,Agrawal V,Kapur S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of postoperative wound complications and early cancer recurrence was studied in 289 patients who had mastectomy alone and in 113 patients who underwent immediate reconstruction following mastectomy. Patients undergoing immediate reconstruction were younger and had less advanced disease than patients who ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： O'Brien W,Hasselgren PO,Hummel RP,Coith R,Hyams D,Kurtzman L,Neale HW

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesocaval graft for portal decompression is applicable in infants and children with portal hypertension secondary to extrahepatic or intrahepatic causes. It is recommended in patients in whom extensive previous surgery in the portahepatis (Kasai procedure) would make dissection of the portal vein difficult and end...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Altman RP,Potter BM

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical therapy for advanced-stage pressure ulcers recalcitrant to healing is a widely accepted practice. The present study examined the incidence of wound recurrence after reconstruction with fasciocutaneous versus combined (biplanar) muscle and fasciocutaneous flaps. METHODS:A retrospective review identi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mehta A,Baker TA,Shoup M,Brownson K,Amde S,Doren E,Shah S,Kuo P,Angelats J

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of barium enema examination in diagnosing acute appendicitis in patients with equivocal findings has been confirmed by our experience with five patients. Cecal spasm, extrinsic compression of the cecum, nonvisualization of the appendix, and partial visualization of the appendix appear to be useful roentgenog...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Smith DE,Kirchmer NA,Stewart DR

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past 15 years of war, eligible U.S. military members donated organs overseas in Germany. Our hypothesis was that outcomes at a military treatment facility were comparable to a civilian cohort. METHODS:Military donors were matched 1:3 with a donor cohort from the U.S. United Network for Organ Sharin...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Oh JS,Malinoski D,Martin KD,De La Cruz JS,Zonies D

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Performance feedback or debriefing in surgery is increasingly recognized as an essential means to optimize learning in the operating room (OR). However, there is a lack of evidence regarding the current practice and barriers to debriefing in the OR. METHODS:Phase 1 consisted of semistructured interviews wit...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ahmed M,Sevdalis N,Vincent C,Arora S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded Medicaid eligibility to persons with income up to 138% of the federal poverty line. We investigated how Medicaid expansion (ME) impacted the access to cancer-specific surgical care in the US. METHODS:We used a nationwide population-based database (SEER) to identify p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mesquita-Neto JWB,Cmorej P,Mouzaihem H,Weaver D,Kim S,Macedo FI

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The social, economic and political challenges accompanying our rapidly transforming global health environments have created unique social challenges that demand cross-sector solutions. Four cross-sector partnerships are reviewed with a special focus on sector roles, change management, phases of partnership development...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Magee M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Currently, the management strategy of pancreatic cyst (PC) remains controversial because of the inability to diagnose this type of cyst accurately and the limited knowledge of its natural history. Previously, many clinicians have advocated an aggressive resectional policy. This approach is no longer appropri...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Goh BK,Tan YM,Chung YF,Chow PK,Cheow PC,Thng CH,Mesenas S,Wong WK,Ooi LL

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00