Low anterior resection with anastomosis by endorectal pull-through. Another look at Black's operation.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) presents special challenges to treating physicians because of the diffuse infiltrative growth pattern. As sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) is rapidly replacing axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in the management of patients with early-stage breast cancer, we sought to...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Khakpour N,Hunt KK,Kuerer HM,Yi M,Meric-Bernstam F,Ross MI,Lucci A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tension-free hernioplasty as introduced by Lichtenstein has gained increasing acceptance during the last decade although the technique has not been evaluated in a randomized trial. METHODS:This randomized study compares the 2-year follow-up results after 102 tension-free hernioplasties with implantation...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Friis E,Lindahl F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Injury epidemiology fluctuates with economic activity in many countries. These relationships remain unclear in Canada. METHODS:The annual risk of admission for major injury (Injury Severity Score ≥12) to a high-volume, level-1 Canadian trauma center was compared with indicators of economic activity over a 1...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Roberts DJ,Das D,Mercado M,Vis C,Kortbeek JB,Kirkpatrick AW,Ball CG

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 2 year period, 34 limbs were revascularized in 33 patients. The in situ saphenous vein technique was used. Improved instrumentation and patency rates have encouraged the use of this method. Eighteen patients were insulin-dependent diabetics. The indication for operation was limb salvage in 25 limbs (73 percent)...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hallin RW

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased anesthesia time may lead to respiratory complications in patients receiving tracheostomy, which contributes to patient morbidity. METHODS:The American College of Surgeon's National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) database was queried for cases of planned tracheostomy (CPT 31600) f...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Azmy MC,Bansal AP,Yip C,Kalyoussef E

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A gender-neutral threshold aneurysm diameter (AD) of more than 5.5 cm for surgical intervention in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) ignores the fact that women have a smaller baseline AD. We hypothesized that women have a greater AD relative to body surface area (BSA) at the time of surgery and that this wor...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Matyal R,Shakil O,Hess PE,Lo R,Jainandunsing JS,Mahmood B,Hartman GS,Schermerhorn ML,Mahmood F

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this paper is to review the experience of a community surgeon performing laparoscopic antireflux procedures (LAP). The experience has been difficult and at times unsettling, and underscores the need for advanced laparoscopic expertise not normally obtained performing laparoscopic cholecystecto...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Harris SC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) infections are transmitted by blood exposure. Surgeons have been concerned about the risks of blood exposure in the operating room as a potential source of occupational infections from these viruses. The actual risk and frequency of...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Fry DE

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Randomized controlled trials have shown equivalent outcomes for laparoscopic-assisted colectomy (LAC) and open colectomy (OC) when performed by well-trained surgeons experienced in both techniques. Our goal was to evaluate the outcomes of LAC at a population level. METHODS:Using the prospectively collected ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Aslani N,Lobo-Prabhu K,Heidary B,Phang T,Raval MJ,Brown CJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1980 to 1984, 500 asymptomatic patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds found to have penetrated the anterior peritoneal cavity on local wound exploration in the emergency center were evaluated by the technique of open peritoneal tap, quantitative diagnostic peritoneal lavage, or both. The technique was found...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Feliciano DV,Bitondo CG,Steed G,Mattox KL,Burch JM,Jordan GL Jr

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Etiologies contributing to failure to wean from mechanical ventilation (MV) are multiple, resulting in morbid and costly outcomes. Diaphragm pacing (DP) is used in spinal cord injury to replace MV. Temporary DP could be utilized in acute respiratory failure to reduce MV. METHODS:A prospective FDA feasibilit...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Onders RP,Markowitz A,Ho VP,Hardacre J,Novitsky Y,Towe C,Elmo M,Kaplan C,Schilz R

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that the venous pressure slope during minimal exercise is a sensitive measurement of venous disease. This parameter differed greatly in our two study populations. Due to increased venous pressure, venous insufficiency syndrome patients have a greater volume of pooled blood, which results in smaller press...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Taheri SA,Pendergast D,Lazar E,Pollack LH,Shores RM,McDonald B,Taheri P

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with 22 cases of reconstruction of the cervical esophagus, hypopharynx and oral cavity using free jejunal transfer is presented. The method requires an experienced team with high technical competence, but the benefits related to rapid single-stage completion and low morbidity certainly justify its use. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hester TR,McConnel FM,Nahal F,Jurkiewicz MJ,Brown RG

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred thirty-four patients suspected of having pancreas cancer successfully underwent gray scale ultrasound examination of the pancreas. The prospective ultrasound findings were correlated with the final diagnoses, laparotomy findings, and pathology findings. Fifty-four patients had pancreas cancer, confirmed by...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mackie CR,Bowie J,Cooper MJ,Kunzmann A,Moossa AR

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to analyze the risk factors for anastomotic leakage after low anterior resection with the technique of total mesorectal excision (TME). METHODS:From September 1993 to November 1998, 196 patients with rectal cancer from 3 to 12 cm from the anal verge were treated with low anterior resection w...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Law WI,Chu KW,Ho JW,Chan CW

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We propose a simple algorithm for management of patients with challenging abdominal fascial defects. METHODS:The medical records of 64 patients with complicated abdominal wall defects representing a consecutive series by a single surgeon over a 4-year period were reviewed. Group I patients presented with ma...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sukkar SM,Dumanian GA,Szczerba SM,Tellez MG

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-two femoropopliteal reconstructions were performed on sixty-six consecutive patients. Of seventeen late failures, thirteen were secondarily reconstructed. Clinical and angiographic studies demonstrated the reasons for failure in all patients except one. Seven patients were improved and six unimproved by reopera...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Painton JF,Avellone JC,Plecha FR

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the purpose of facilitating liver biopsy during upper abdominal procedures, an adaptation of the percutaneous one-second needle biopsy technic is proposed. A simple device, consisting of a three-way deviator, allows the utilization of the standard needles for percutaneous biopsy. The entire procedure requires fro...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Menghini G,Antonini R,Bruschelli P

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, morbidity and safety of local parastomal hernia repair using biological mesh. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database was performed for parastomal hernia repairs. All patients who underwent local parastomal hernia...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hufford T,Tremblay JF,Mustafa Sheikh MT,Marecik S,Park J,Zamfirova I,Kochar K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair can be technically challenging. We herein present a simplified technique of laparoscopic parastomal hernia repair. METHODS:This technique entails fixation of the rolled mesh to the anterior abdominal wall before unfolding it, each side of the mesh is unfolded and fixed ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Saber AA,Rao AJ,Rao CA,Elgamal MH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study suggests the need for routine post-discharge surveillance to improve reliability on surgical site infection incidence rates. Surveillance only during hospitalization may not provide precise data on the incidence of surgical site infection, underestimating a true postoperative infection rate. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Oliveira AC,Lima ED,Lima Ade P

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Medical students often experience difficulty comprehending anatomic relationships of complex operations to which they are exposed during surgical clerkship. Pancreaticoduodenectomy, the Whipple procedure, is one such operation. Although video recordings are available to facilitate the learning of the Whipple...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mann BD,Heath CM,Gracely E,Seidman A,Nieman LZ,Sachdeva AK

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although partial splenectomy is preferable to total splenectomy for maintaining an immune response, several techniques by which splenic parenchyma were divided in partial splenectomy have been controversial. METHODS:Partial splenectomy using a new and simple device that irradiates radiofrequency combined wi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Itamoto T,Fukuda S,Tashiro H,Ohdan H,Asahara T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thirty-five percent of hemodialysis patients with polytetrafluoroethylene grafts lose their access secondary to infection. We hypothesized that partial graft excision (PGE) for infection increases the incidence of vascular anastomotic complications when compared with total graft excision (TGE). METHODS:The ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schutte WP,Helmer SD,Salazar L,Smith JL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Emergency hernia repairs comprise one of the most common procedures performed in elderly patients and also carry a high risk of mortality and morbidity. The aim of this study was to examine the factors that might have an influence on the outcome of emergency hernia repairs in elderly patients. METHODS:A rev...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kulah B,Duzgun AP,Moran M,Kulacoglu IH,Ozmen MM,Coskun F

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspiration of foreign bodies in children can lead to illness and even death if not recognized and treated promptly. Seventy-six patients were referred to our hospital for suspected foreign body aspiration. The following is a retrospective review of their diagnosis and treatment. There was no foreign body found at bron...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mantor PC,Tuggle DW,Tunell WP

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study attempts to determine if enough pathological abnormalities in gastric remnants from sleeve gastrectomy exist to warrant full pathologic evaluation in all remnants. METHODS:Data was collected on patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy between 08/01/2011 and 06/30/2014. Significant abnormalities wer...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hansen SK,Pottorf BJ,Hollis HW Jr,Rogers JL,Husain FA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experience with 37 patients with adult colovesical fistula over the past 19 years is reviewed. Specific guidelines for treatment of adult colovesical fistula are influenced by the location and cause of the fistula, the patient's general condition, the presence of a pelvic abscess and the presence of colonic obstructio...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McConnell DB,Sasaki TM,Vetto RM

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite conventional neuromonitoring, the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is still at risk for damage during thyroid surgery. The feasibility of continuous RLN monitoring by vagal nerve (VN) stimulation with a new anchor electrode should be shown, and electromyographic signal alterations of stressed RLN were...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schneider R,Przybyl J,Pliquett U,Hermann M,Wehner M,Pietsch UC,König F,Hauss J,Jonas S,Leinung S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The morbidity and mortality conference (M&M) is a key component of the performance improvement process. The audience response system (ARS) has been shown to improve audience participation and promote more truthful responses in various settings. We implemented the ARS in our trauma M&M and evaluated the respo...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Dissanaike S,Berry M,Ginos J,Paige R,McNabb W,Griswold J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00