Nonfunctioning islet cell tumors.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of adjuvant chemoradiation in esophageal cancer has been underestimated in the literature. This study was undertaken to determine whether adjuvant chemoradiation improves survival compared with surgery alone. METHODS:Data of 1095 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients, including 679 in ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hwang JY,Chen HS,Hsu PK,Chao YK,Wang BY,Huang CS,Liu CC,Wu SC

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine the minimum amount of weight loss required to see a reduction in major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). BACKGROUND:Although obesity is an established risk factor for morbidity and mortality, the minimum amount of weight loss to have a meaningful impact on cardiovas...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Aminian A,Zajichek A,Tu C,Wolski KE,Brethauer SA,Schauer PR,Kattan MW,Nissen SE

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of deep vein thrombosis on intramuscular pressure was evaluated in 22 patients by means of the wick technique. Intramuscular pressure was measured in the anterior tibial and the deep posterior compartments in both legs before and during treatment. The intramuscular pressure was significantly (p less than...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Qvarfordt P,Eklöf B,Ohlin P

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients after vagotomy and Jaboulay gastroduodenostomy had their gastroduodenostomy closed to treat dumping and diarrhea. Eight gastroduodenostomies were closed once and four were closed twice, a total of 12 procedures. Of these, ten were "simple" closures (direct suture of the opening into the duodenum via a g...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hoffmann J,Fischer A,Jensen HE

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the survival benefit of additional resection of an intraoperative positive proximal bile duct margin (BD(Marg)) in patients undergoing hepatectomy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCCA). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Intraoperative evidence of invasive cancer at the proximal (BD(Marg)) is associated with a ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ribero D,Amisano M,Lo Tesoriere R,Rosso S,Ferrero A,Capussotti L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the long-term outcomes of surgical resection and radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a promising, emerging therapy for small HCC. Whether it is as effective as surgical resection (RES) for long-...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Huang J,Yan L,Cheng Z,Wu H,Du L,Wang J,Xu Y,Zeng Y

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The authors determined the effect of complications on length of stay (LOS) in surgical patients. SETTING:From 1987 to 1990, in the Professional General Surgical Unit of Royal Victoria Hospital, a retrospective survey was conducted on 5128 consecutively admitted patients with 396 different diagnosis; 228 dif...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： McAleese P,Odling-Smee W

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the histopathological indicators significantly associated with surgical outcome and the pattern of recurrence in the setting of preoperative gemcitabine-based chemoradiation therapy (CRT) and subsequent pancreatectomy. BACKGROUND:Clinicopathological assessment of the resected specimen is an indisp...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Takahashi H,Ohigashi H,Ishikawa O,Gotoh K,Yamada T,Nagata S,Tomita Y,Eguchi H,Doki Y,Yano M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report reviews the experience of the Hepatobiliary Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London with 16 patients having proximal extrahepatic bile duct malignancy who underwent resection and a comparable group of 15 patients who had surgical bypass. The purposes of the review were to eval...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Beazley RM,Hadjis N,Benjamin IS,Blumgart LH

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An analysis of the injuries and treatment of the first 100 patients from the Syrian civil war was conducted to monitor quality of care and outcome. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:As reports of the collapse of health care systems in regions within Syria reach the media, patients find themselves crossing the border i...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Biswas S,Waksman I,Baron S,Fuchs D,Rechnitzer H,Dally N,Kassis S,Hadary A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurologic events following carotid reconstructive surgery for symptomatic cerebral occlusive disease are generally reported to be one to two per cent. One of the events leading to this incidence is thrombosis of the endarterectomized internal carotid artery (ICA) after surgery. Since antiplatelet drugs have been foun...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Edwards WH,Edwards WH Jr,Mulherin JL Jr,Jenkins JM

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the literature on chest wall resection for recurrent breast cancer and evaluate overall survival (OS) and quality-of-life (QOL) outcomes. BACKGROUND:Full-thickness chest wall resection for recurrent breast cancer is controversial, as historically these recurrences have been thought of as a harbinge...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wakeam E,Acuna SA,Keshavjee S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the strategy of combining oncolytic herpes simplex virus (HSV) therapy with immunomodulatory therapy as treatment for experimental colon cancer. The oncolytic HSV recombinant NV1023 and the interleukin 12 (IL-12)-secreting oncolytic NV1042 virus were evaluated in vitro and in vivo with respect to an...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bennett JJ,Malhotra S,Wong RJ,Delman K,Zager J,St-Louis M,Johnson P,Fong Y

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients with femoral arteriovenous bovine shunts (FAVBS) were evaluated to delineate the cardiovascular consequences of the procedure. The resting cardiac index (CI), as estimated by echocardiography, was increased in 8 patients (47%). Twelve of the 17 patients (71%) had more than a 20% reduction in CI afte...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Fee HJ Jr,Levisman JA,Dickmeyer JP,Golding AL

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 1982 to June 1986, 444 patients had localization of 500 nonpalpable mammographically suspicious lesions using the Kopans hook wire technique. Four hundred ninety-nine biopsies were performed in 443 patients. Cancer was identified in 12% of the biopsies performed for a suspicious mass or density and in 20%...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Symmonds RE Jr,Roberts JW

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of cytochrome a(+a(3)) contents in liver mitochondria was made on 52 biopsy specimens of patients with liver tumor. Patients having higher cytochrome a(+a(3)) contents in mitochondria from remaining liver than those of normal human liver mitochondria could survive well major liver resections whether or not...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ozawa K,Yamaoka Y,Kitamura O,Nambu H,Kamiyama Y

更新日期：1974-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine whether a data-driven scheduling approach improves Operative Suite (OS) efficiency. BACKGROUND:Although efficient use of the OS is a critical determinant of access to health care services, OS scheduling methodologies are simplistic and do not account for all the available characteristi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kougias P,Tiwari V,Sharath SE,Garcia A,Pathak A,Chen M,Ramsey D,Barshes NR,Berger DH

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography and, to a lesser extent, ultrasonography provide detailed anatomic localization of intra-abdominal abscesses that permit precise percutaneous placement of catheters large enough to effect drainage. Using routes similar to surgical approaches, the authors have used this technique as definitive thera...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Johnson WC,Gerzof SG,Robbins AH,Nabseth DC

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors analyzed the frequency and character of postoperative complications after splenectomy in patients with hematologic malignancies, and correlated these findings with preoperative conditions that could have predicted their outcome. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Splenectomy is performed for hematologic mal...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Horowitz J,Smith JL,Weber TK,Rodriguez-Bigas MA,Petrelli NJ

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred twenty-eight patients with chronic renal failure and secondary hyperparathyroidism underwent total parathyroidectomy with forearm autograft. Postoperative clinical improvement was remarkable. In all cases, the grafted tissue functioned well, and reimplantation of the cryopreserved parathyroid tissues was u...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Takagi H,Tominaga Y,Tanaka Y,Uchida K,Orihara A,Yamada N,Kawai M,Hayashi S,Taira N,Kano T

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence of isolated gastrocnemius and soleal vein thrombosis (IGSVT) and the effect of anticoagulation on venous thromboembolism (VTE) events in patients with IGSVT. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although IGSVT is diagnosed with increasing frequency, the clinical significance and optimal managem...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lautz TB,Abbas F,Walsh SJ,Chow C,Amaranto DJ,Wang E,Blackburn D,Pearce WH,Kibbe MR

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the impact of LT experience on the outcome of CLR for locally advanced hepatobiliary malignancy SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:: Despite evolution in LT knowledge and surgical techniques in the past decades, there is yet data to evaluate the significance of LT experience in performing CLR. METHODS:Posto...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Chan ACY,Chok KSH,Dai J,Tsang SHY,Cheung TT,Poon R,Fan ST,Lo CM

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine prospectively the immunologic response and adverse clinical events in surgical patients exposed to bovine thrombin during cardiac surgical procedures. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Topical bovine thrombin is used extensively as a hemostatic agent during cardiovascular surgery. Antibodies developing af...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ortel TL,Mercer MC,Thames EH,Moore KD,Lawson JH

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abilities of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) and pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAM), to demonstrate chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and superoxide release after bile duct ligation in the rat were investigated to determine the effect of cholestasis on nonspecific cellular immune mechanisms. Chemotactic response to C...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Roughneen PT,Drath DB,Kulkarni AD,Rowlands BJ

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate both institutional and individual learning curves with focused abdominal ultrasound for trauma (FAST) by analyzing the incidence of diagnostic inaccuracies as a function of examiner experience for a group of trauma surgeons performing the study in the setting of an urban level I trauma center. SU...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： McCarter FD,Luchette FA,Molloy M,Hurst JM,Davis K Jr,Johannigman JA,Frame SB,Fischer JE

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify independent predictors of 30-day venous thromboembolism (VTE) events requiring treatment after outpatient surgery. BACKGROUND:An increasing proportion of surgical procedures are performed in the outpatient setting. The incidence of VTE requiring treatment after outpatient surgery is unknown. MET...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Pannucci CJ,Shanks A,Moote MJ,Bahl V,Cederna PS,Naughton NN,Wakefield TW,Henke PK,Campbell DA,Kheterpal S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to report 10+ year outcome of laparoscopic biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (LDS), with special focus on quality of life. BACKGROUND::Reports on long-term morbidity and quality of life after LDS are rare. METHODS:Records of all patients who underwent LDS 10+ years ago ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bolckmans R,Himpens J

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate readmissions following laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB), laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB). BACKGROUND:Few studies have evaluated national readmission rates for primary bariatric surgery with national, bariatric-specific data. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Berger ER,Huffman KM,Fraker T,Petrick AT,Brethauer SA,Hall BL,Ko CY,Morton JM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A female patient with Gardner's syndrome was treated with delta1-testololactone (200 mg daily) because of growth of a large desmoid tumor in the pelvis and lower abdomen and a tumor in a scar from a previous laparotomy. There was also pain and swelling of the left leg. An immediate effect of the drug therapy was compl...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Waddell WR

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a syphilitic aneurysm of the aorta treated by the insertion of wire is presented. The patient remained well for almost 40 years, but finally succumbed after rupture. The autopsy findings are discussed. To our knowledge, this represents the longest reported survival after treatment of an aortic aneurysm ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Altman P,Voorhees AB Jr

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00