Carcinoma of the lip.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decrease in blood pressure (BP) is the major goal of adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism. Nevertheless, the optimal timing to assess these outcomes and the needed duration of follow-up are uncertain. We systematically reviewed the literature regarding trends in BP-related outcomes during follow-up after ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Suurd DPD,Vorselaars WMCM,Van Beek DJ,Spiering W,Borel Rinkes IHM,Valk GD,Vriens MR

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Students report that their operating room experience during specialty clerkships has been less than satisfactory. To deal with this and other problems in a 1-week cardiothoracic clerkship, a video conference system was introduced. METHODS:Three teaching strategies were used: a seminar dealing with the disea...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Amiel GE,Cohen R,Amar R,Sarafov I,Safadi T,Saute M,Porat E,Sharony R,Bolotin G,Tann M,Uretzky G

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated the safety and efficacy of angioembolization to control lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. METHODS:Retrospective chart review of patients undergoing angiography for lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage from January 2000 to December 2002. RESULTS:Seventy-seven patients with lower gastrointestinal ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Silver A,Bendick P,Wasvary H

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about care coordination and communication with outpatient endocrine surgery patients. This study evaluated phone calls between office nurses and surgical patients to identify common issues addressed and their effect on patient care. METHODS:Qualitative analysis of preoperative and postoperat...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brekke A,Elfenbein DM,Madkhali T,Schaefer SC,Shumway C,Chen H,Schneider DF,Sippel RS,Balentine C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred six consecutive patients were followed from 5 to 15 years after a distal splenorenal shunt operation. Nonalcoholic patients demonstrated nearly twice the survival rate when compared with alcoholic patients. The mean duration of life for the surviving nonalcoholics was 10 years and for the alcoholics, 9 yea...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Zeppa R,Lee PA,Hutson DG Sr,Levi JU,Livingstone AS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anorectal malformations represent a continuing challenge for the pediatric surgeon. A significant number of these children suffer from fecal incontinence, urinary incontinence, and sexual inadequacy. However, major advances in the management of these children have occurred during the last 10 years. The poste...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Peña A,Hong A

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：:In this review of 50 children with gallbladder disease in Houston, Texas, there were an equal number of patients with and without hemolytic disease and a slight predominance of males in both groups. Nearly all had been symptomatic for a prolonged period before diagnosis and cholecystectomy. Common early diagnoses were...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Pokorny WJ,Saleem M,O'Gorman RB,McGill CW,Harberg FJ

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experience with 184 previously untreated patients who had adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary gland origin is reviewed. Retrospective staging was possible in all but nine patients who had minor salivary gland primary tumors. Sixty-three percent of patients were diagnosed as having stage I or stage II disease (sta...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Spiro RH,Huvos AG

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity of the normal mature intestinal mucosal barrier to unaltered proteins was evaluated with tritiated bovine albumin in rats. Intact H3-BSA placed into either colon or small intestinal lumen regularly reached the bloodstream in quantities sufficient to be antigenic or toxigenic, although the fraction of H3-...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Warshaw AL,Bellini CA,Walker WA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following its introduction in 1993, the LAP-BAND (INAMED Health, Santa Barbara, CA) has been used extensively across the world for the treatment of obesity, and data on safety and effectiveness are now available. This review draws on the literature and our own clinical patient base to provide an overview of the early ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： O'Brien PE,Dixon JB

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hawaii has the highest incidence of hepatocellular cancer (HCC) in the United States and the largest proportion of Asians and Pacific Islanders. HCC studies generally combine these groups into 1 ethnicity, and we sought to examine differences between Asian and Pacific Islander subpopulations. METHODS:Demogr...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wong LL,Hernandez B,Kwee S,Albright CL,Okimoto G,Tsai N

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role for liver resection in metastatic ovarian cancer has not been defined. The aim of the current study was to investigate the validity of hepatic resection as a treatment option in metastatic ovarian cancer. METHODS:Retrospective review of a single institution's experience of patients undergoing hepat...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Abood G,Bowen M,Potkul R,Aranha G,Shoup M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lethal gastric perforation occurred after a gastric banding procedure, which was complicated with splenectomy. Prompted by this incident, an experimental study was undertaken in which regional blood flow in the stomach was measured in anesthetized cats after gastric banding or splenectomy or both. A fatal course wit...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Skarstein A,Lekven J

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a hypoxia-induced endothelial cell-specific mitogen, which is angiogenic in vivo and up-regulated in several malignancies. VEGF can be used as a prognostic marker, but the effect of surgical trauma on serum VEGF (S-VEGF) concentrations is unknown and might reduce ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bondestam J,Salven P,Jääskela-Saari H,Ikonen T,Lepäntalo M,Mattila S,Joensuu H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with cirrhosis and esophagogastric varices have a 25% to 33% risk of initial variceal bleeding, a risk of up to 70% for recurrent variceal bleeding, and an associated mortality of up to 50%. Based on a review of prospective randomized trials, control of acute variceal bleeding should involve vasopressin plus ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Grace ND

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary tract infection continues to be a major source of morbidity for surgical patients, and treating these infections continues to be a difficult problem in clinical surgical practice. The majority of these infections are due to urinary catheters. One strategy that has been advanced to prevent the morbidity associa...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hashmi S,Kelly E,Rogers SO,Gates J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:During general surgery (GS) training, residents are expected to accurately interpret radiologic images. Objective evidence evaluating residents' ability to provide accurate interpretation of imaging studies is currently lacking. METHODS:A 30-item web-based test was developed using images from different radiolo...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Eid JJ,Macedo FI,Negussie E,Mittal VK

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with total parenteral nutrition, enteral feeding via jejunostomy reduces septic complications in patients with severe trauma. However, violation of the bowel with insertion of a jejunostomy tube may increase the risk of intra-abdominal abscess (IAA), particularly if no simultaneous gastrointestinal tract inju...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Dent D,Kudsk KA,Minard G,Fabian T,Nguyen T,Pritchard E,Pate L,Croce M

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:A significant impairment in the intestinal absorption of D-xylose and vitamin A was observed in the first weeks after preservation and transplantation of the whole small bowel. Functional recovery was only observed in long-term survivors, usually transplanted dogs that lived more than five weeks. There was no impairme...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Toledo-Pereyra LH,Simmons RL,Najarian JS

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the cause of a marked rise in cholecystectomy at a regional children's hospital. METHODS:Retrospective review of 185 patients undergoing cholecystectomy since 1984. The years 1984 to 1990 (group I) and 1991 to 1996 (group II) were compared. RESULTS:Cholecystectomy for gallbladder disease increase...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Waldhausen JH,Benjamin DR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress can negatively impact surgical performance, but mental skills may help. We hypothesized that a comprehensive mental skills curriculum (MSC) would minimize resident performance deterioration under stress. METHODS:Twenty-four residents were stratified then randomized to receive mental skills and FLS tr...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Anton NE,Beane J,Yurco AM,Howley LD,Bean E,Myers EM,Stefanidis D

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a multicenter prospective, randomized study, the efficacy of a single preoperative dose of 1 g of cefotaxime for avoiding wound infections was compared with four 2-g doses of cefoxitin. In the study, 1,451 patients with infection risk factors who underwent gastroduodenal or biliary surgery were included, of whom 72...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Garcia-Rodriguez JA,Puig-LaCalle J,Arnau C,Porta M,Vallvé C

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential intraarterial chemotherapy using bleomycin and methotrexate followed by high dose radiation and surgery was evaluated in 10 patients with stage III and IV squamous carcinomas of the maxillary sinus. Seven of 10 patients had extensive tumor necrosis in the surgical specimen, and no evidence of residual tumor...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Moseley HS,Thomas LR,Everts EC,Stevens KR,Ireland KM

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limb ischemia due to blunt trauma, dissecting hematoma, and cardiac dysfunction jeopardizes limbs and lives more than is generally appreciated. Delay in diagnosis after blunt trauma led to major amputation in 21 percent of our patients. Current principles avoid those hazards. Five patients presented with acute limb is...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Babu SC,Shah PM,Clauss RH

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accuracy of a molecular reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-based assay for metastases detection in axillary sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) has recently been validated in our institution and adopted as an intraoperative test for breast cancer patient management. METHODS:Molecular assay...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Veys I,Durbecq V,Majjaj S,Schobbens JC,Noterman D,Sirtaine N,Martinez MD,Hertens D,Feoli F,Bourgeois P,Nogaret JM,Larsimont D

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine whether acute histologic inflammatory activity at the rectal margin predicts postoperative complications in children with ulcerative colitis following ileal pouch-anal anastomoses (IPAA). METHODS:Patients who underwent IPAA following previous total abdominal colectomy ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Onwuka E,Huntington J,Onwuka A,Prasad V,Nwomeh B

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of high caloric parenteral nutrition on the rate of gastric emptying of solid food. The linear pattern of gastric emptying was not altered by parenteral nutrition, but the gastric emptying rate was consistently slowed. The degree of slowing of gastric emptying while on parenteral nutrition correl...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： MacGregor IL,Wiley ZD,Lavigne ME,Way LW

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study has summarized our results with popliteal-tibial in situ saphenous vein bypass in 26 patients, 25 of whom were diabetic, over a 2 year period. Both above- and below-knee popliteal inflow sites were used for bypass of limb-threatening ischemia. Distal calf or pedal outflow sites were required in all but two ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rhodes GR,Rollins D,Sidawy AN,Skudder P,Buchbinder D

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00