System Factors Affecting Patient Safety in the OR: An Analysis of Safety Threats and Resiliency.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to examine the ability of Focused Assessment Using Sonography for Trauma (FAST) to discriminate between survivors and nonsurvivors undergoing resuscitative thoracotomy (RT). BACKGROUND:RT is a high-risk, low-salvage procedure performed in arresting trauma patients with poorly ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Inaba K,Chouliaras K,Zakaluzny S,Swadron S,Mailhot T,Seif D,Teixeira P,Sivrikoz E,Ives C,Barmparas G,Koronakis N,Demetriades D

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the extent to which multiple, sequential complications impacts variation in institutional postoperative mortality rates. BACKGROUND:Failure to rescue (FTR) has been proposed as an underlying factor in hospital variation in surgical mortality. However, little is currently known about hospital varia...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Massarweh NN,Anaya DA,Kougias P,Bakaeen FG,Awad SS,Berger DH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prognostic significance of isolated tumor cells detected by a panel of various monoclonal antibodies. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Previously, we showed by using immunocytology that cancer cells are frequently found in bone marrow and peritoneal cavity samples of gastrointestinal cancer patients. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Schott A,Vogel I,Krueger U,Kalthoff H,Schreiber HW,Schmiegel W,Henne-Bruns D,Kremer B,Juhl H

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the suitable combination ratio of low-residue diet (LRD) and parenteral nutrition (PN) for nutritional support of surgical patients. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Bacterial translocation (BT) is a severe complication of total parenteral nutrition (TPN). However, it is sometimes impossible to supply ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Omura K,Hirano K,Kanehira E,Kaito K,Tamura M,Nishida S,Kawakami K,Watanabe Y

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors determined if more radical surgery with extended lymphadenectomy improves the results of gastrectomy in patients with adenocarcinoma of the gastric antrum. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The overall survival in patients with gastric cancer is disappointing. Improved survival has been reported by Japanes...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Robertson CS,Chung SC,Woods SD,Griffin SM,Raimes SA,Lau JT,Li AK

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between race/ethnicity and perioperative outcomes in individuals undergoing major oncologic and nononcologic surgical procedures in the United States. BACKGROUND:Prior work has shown that there are significant racial/ethnic disparities in perioperative outcomes after several type...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ravi P,Sood A,Schmid M,Abdollah F,Sammon JD,Sun M,Klett DE,Varda B,Peabody JO,Menon M,Kibel AS,Nguyen PL,Trinh QD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A historical review of work bearing on the rationale for hepatic artery ligation in the treatment of malignant disease in the liver is presented, particularly the early work showing that malignant disease of the liver is supplied primarily by the arterial circulation and not by the portal. A review is presented of som...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： McDermott WV Jr,Hensle TW

更新日期：1974-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to evaluate recurrence patterns of surgically resected PDAC patients with negative (pN0) or positive (pN1) lymph nodes. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is predicted to become the second leading cause of cancer death by 2030. This is mostly due to early local and di...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Honselmann KC,Pergolini I,Castillo CF,Deshpande V,Ting D,Taylor MS,Bolm L,Qadan M,Wellner U,Sandini M,Bausch D,Warshaw AL,Lillemoe KD,Keck T,Ferrone CR

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the dramatically increased entry of women into general surgery and surgical subspecialties, traditionally male-dominated fields, there remains a gross under-representation of women in the leadership positions of these departments. Women begin their careers with fewer academic resources and tend to progress thr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Zhuge Y,Kaufman J,Simeone DM,Chen H,Velazquez OC

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although patients with bronchial and ovarian carcinoid tumors can develop the carcinoid syndrome (diarrhea and/or flushing) in the absence of hepatic metastasis, it is believed that development of the carcinoid syndrome in patients with carcinoid tumors of gastrointestinal origin occurs only after the patient has hepa...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Feldman JM,Jones RS

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare clinical outcomes after laparoscopic lavage (LL) or colonic resection (CR) for purulent diverticulitis. BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic lavage has been suggested as an alternative treatment for traditional CR. Comparative studies to date have shown conflicting results. METHODS:Electronic searches of Emba...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Penna M,Markar SR,Mackenzie H,Hompes R,Cunningham C

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of possible risk factors on intestinal resection and postoperative recurrence in Crohn's disease (CD) and to evaluate the disease course. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The results of previous studies on possible risk factors for surgery and recurrence in Crohn's disease have been inconsistent....

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bernell O,Lapidus A,Hellers G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to describe recent experience with rectal carcinoids in European and North American centers. BACKGROUND:While considered indolent, the propensity of carcinoids to metastasize can be significant. METHODS:Rectal carcinoid patients were identified from prospective databases maintained at 9 inst...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Shields CJ,Tiret E,Winter DC,International Rectal Carcinoid Study Group.

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Nineteen patients with vascular deformities of the lower extremity were studied and were classified into three groups based on their clinical and angiographic findings. 1) The Klippel or Venous Dysplasia Group (n = 8) demonstrated: cutaneous nevi of metameric distribution, congenital varices (many of which were anomal...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： O'Donnell TF Jr

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand whether racial disparities in surgery for lower-extremity arterial disease are minimized by high-quality providers, or instead, differential treatment of otherwise similar patients pervades all settings. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Black patients are substantially more likely than whites to undergo...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Regenbogen SE,Gawande AA,Lipsitz SR,Greenberg CC,Jha AK

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: There is growing interest in global surgery among US academic surgical departments. As academic global surgery is a relatively new field, departments may have minimal experience in evaluation of faculty contributions and how they integrate into the existing academic paradigm for promotion and tenure. The American Su...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wren SM,Balch CM,Doherty GM,Finlayson SR,Kauffman GL,Kibbe MR,Haider AH,Minter RM,Mock C,Muguti GI,Numann PJ,Olutoye OO,Roy N,Weigel RJ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a five-year period, 34 patients had persistence or recurrence of abnormal hemodynamic measurements in limbs after arterial reconstruction depsite graft patency documented by arteriography. Initial operations included aortofemoral (four), femorofemoral (ten), femoropopliteal (18), and femorotibial (two) bypass. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： O'Mara CS,Flinn WR,Johnson ND,Bergan JJ,Yao JS

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the factors that may predict music-induced relaxation in friends and family of patients in the emergency department. BACKGROUND:It remains unclear to date which demographic and experiential factors predict the effectiveness of music-induced relaxation. Furthermore, in-hospital stressors for frie...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tilt AC,Werner PD,Brown DF,Alam HB,Warshaw AL,Parry BA,Jazbar B,Booker A,Stangenberg L,Fricchione GL,Benson H,Lillemoe KD,Conrad C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new approach for preventing and treating sepsis due to central venous catheter (CVC) has been devised at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan. A prospective protocol has been developed that includes the weekly exchange of the CVC via a guidewire as well as its exchange when a CVC-related sepsis is suspected. Growt...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bozzetti F,Terno G,Bonfanti G,Scarpa D,Scotti A,Ammatuna M,Bonalumi MG

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) or Rendu-Osler-Weber disease is a rare disease characterized by the presence of arteriovenous malformations. Hepatic involvement can lead to life-threatening conditions. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Forty patients, reported to the European Liver Transplant Registry, were ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lerut J,Orlando G,Adam R,Sabbà C,Pfitzmann R,Klempnauer J,Belghiti J,Pirenne J,Thevenot T,Hillert C,Brown CM,Gonze D,Karam V,Boillot O,European Liver Transplant Association.

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A history of caustic injury was obtained in 12 of 846 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. The average age was 52.8 years; the interval from injury to development of carcinoma was 45.8 years. Nine of the 12 carcinomas were in the midthoracic segment. Resection was possible in nine patients, with two...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hopkins RA,Postlethwait RW

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether intraoperative subcutaneous wound irrigation with 0.04% polyhexanide can reduce surgical site infection (SSI) in elective laparotomies compared to saline. BACKGROUND:SSI is a common complication after gastrointestinal surgery. To date, there is a lack of evidence whether subcutaneous woun...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Strobel RM,Leonhardt M,Krochmann A,Neumann K,Speichinger F,Hartmann L,Lee LD,Beyer K,Daum S,Kreis ME,Lauscher JC

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1975 through 1988, 257 patients with carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus have been treated in our department. Operability was 90% (232/257); overall resectability, 77% (198/257), and for the operated group, 85% (198/232). Hospital mortality rate was 9.6% but decreased to 3% over the period 1986 to 1988. There wer...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lerut T,De Leyn P,Coosemans W,Van Raemdonck D,Scheys I,LeSaffre E

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The HepatAssist liver support system is an extracorporeal porcine hepatocyte-based bioartificial liver (BAL). The safety and efficacy of the BAL were evaluated in a prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter trial in patients with severe acute liver failure. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:In experimental anim...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Demetriou AA,Brown RS Jr,Busuttil RW,Fair J,McGuire BM,Rosenthal P,Am Esch JS 2nd,Lerut J,Nyberg SL,Salizzoni M,Fagan EA,de Hemptinne B,Broelsch CE,Muraca M,Salmeron JM,Rabkin JM,Metselaar HJ,Pratt D,De La Mata M,Mc

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:"The elderly" is an often used but poorly defined descriptor of surgical patients. Investigators have used varying subjectively determined age cutoffs to report outcomes in the elderly. We set out to use objective outcomes data to determine the "at-risk" elderly population. METHODS: PATIENTS:129,331 patient...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kurian AA,Wang L,Grunkemeier G,Bhayani NH,Swanström LL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the outcomes of elderly patients with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status who undergo emergency general surgery and to improve understanding of the relationship between preoperative DNR status and postoperative mortality. BACKGROUND:Preoperative DNR status has previously been shown to predict increas...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Scarborough JE,Pappas TN,Bennett KM,Lagoo-Deenadayalan S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Closed suction drainage has been used to prevent seroma formation after lumpectomy and axillary node dissection for breast cancer. To study the efficacy of closed suction drains, the authors conducted a prospective randomized study from 1987 to 1990 of 227 axillary dissections. One hundred eight were randomized to a d...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Somers RG,Jablon LK,Kaplan MJ,Sandler GL,Rosenblatt NK

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine prevalence of documented preoperative code status discussions and post-operative outcomes (specifically mortality, readmission and discharge disposition) of patients with completed Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments (MOLST) forms before surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:A MOLST form...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tanious M,Lindvall C,Cooper Z,Tukan N,Peters S,Streid J,Fields K,Bader A

更新日期：2020-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Low mortality rates for elective surgical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms justify an aggressive approach in most patients. However, in high-risk patients with small aneurysms and no symptoms, the decision to operate remains a delicate balance of risk and benefit. Our observations include 99 high-risk patients ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bernstein EF,Chan EL

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00