Gracilis muscle flap for the persistent perineal sinus of inflammatory bowel disease.

abstract：BACKGROUND:When learning multiple tasks, blocked or random training schedules may be used. We assessed the effects of blocked and random schedules on the acquisition and retention of laparoscopic skills. METHODS:Thirty-six laparoscopic novices were randomized to practice laparoscopic tasks using blocked, random, or no...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rivard JD,Vergis AS,Unger BJ,Gillman LM,Hardy KM,Park J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST) is the accepted method for determining tumor progression. However, RECIST may not estimate disease burden accurately because the axial plane often does not produce the actual longest diameter. Volumetric measurements may be an alternative to better determ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Welsh JL,Bodeker K,Fallon E,Bhatia SK,Buatti JM,Cullen JJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of ninety three patients with biliary tract disease were studied to determine the concentration of the pancreatic enzymes, amylase and lipase, in bile obtained from the gallbladder and/or common bile duct. Of seventy gallbladder bile samples, amylase levels were higher than actual or predicted serum levels in ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Anderson MC,Hauman RL,Suriyapa C,Schiller WR

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wounds will readily acquire bacteria, unless protective measures are taken. The bacterial protection afforded by conventional absorbent cellulose dressings has been shown to be limited, particularly in the presence of serous exudate that may compromise dressing integrity. In addition, dressings may shed particles that...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lawrence JC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite blood-conservation techniques, hemorrhage during burn excision remains substantial. It is difficult to predict the blood loss that will occur per operation and how many units the patient will require during surgery. This may result in high cross-match-to-transfusion ratios (CMTRs). METHODS:A retrosp...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Criswell KK,Gamelli RL

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a ten year period, four patients with inflammation or perforation of non-Meckelian, small intestinal diverticula were treated on the surgical services of Bellevue Hospital. This entity remains uncommon but may be increasing in incidence. The patients presented with a short history of severe abdominal pain, usuall...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Roses DF,Gouge TH,Scher KS,Ranson JH

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distal pancreatectomy (DP) continues to carry a significant risk of morbidity resulting in hospital readmissions and increased costs. Prognostic factors predicting 30-day readmission after DP were evaluated. METHODS:Data were collected from 946 patients undergoing DP at the University of Verona Hospital Tru...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Marchegiani G,Andrianello S,Pieretti-Vanmarcke R,Malleo G,Marchese T,Panzeri F,Fernandez-Del Castillo C,Lillemoe KD,Bassi C,Salvia R,Ferrone CR

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percentage and levels of circulating T-lymphocytes were studied in forty-six patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck before and/or after treatment and compared with control values obtained in fifty-one healthy volunteers. Mean percentages of circulating T-cells and mean T-cell levels in cancer patie...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Olkowski ZL,Wilkins SA Jr

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimally invasive techniques are now often used to treat primary hyperparathyroidism but with uncertain conformity and some controversy. Endocrine surgery fellowships (ESFPs) have recently proliferated. METHODS:The directors of the 19 ESFPs recognized by the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons were ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wang TS,Pasieka JL,Carty SE

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No studies to date exist regarding the attire of physicians on a surgical service. The objective of this study was to determine patient, surgeon, and nonhospitalized public (NHP) attitudes and preferences regarding surgeons' attire and mannerisms. METHODS:A questionnaire was developed to survey each group. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Major K,Hayase Y,Balderrama D,Lefor AT

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its inception in 1994, the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) has been used to compare the performance of all Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals offering major surgical procedures. The program's outcome data are used to identify areas of both excellent and poor performance. The data can al...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Fink AS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Administrative databases oversimplify the relationship of factors such as volume or training on surgical outcomes. METHODS:A prospective statewide surgeon-initiated database was queried to obtain incident cases of rectal cancer in Vermont from April 1999 to June 2001. Demographics, procedure performed, meth...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hyman N,Healey C,Osler T,Cataldo P

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:We hypothesize that medical centers that prioritize altruism can also deliver superior quality care. METHODS:Data were obtained from California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Medicare Hospital Compare, and the Joint Commission US Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Outcomes we...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Chang V,Kuo PC,Wai PY

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：: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：:Twenty-five patients were identified with non-pituitary, nonadrenal ACTH-secreting tumors (bronchial carcinoid, bronchial small cell carcinoma, pancreatic islet cell carcinoma, medullary thyroid carcinoma, thymic carcinoids, metastatic adenocarcinoma, and pancreatic cystadenoma). Clinical features were weakness, hyper...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jex RK,van Heerden JA,Carpenter PC,Grant CS

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary metastases are the primary cause of death due to bone and soft tissue sarcomas. We have previously shown that an aggressive approach and a new technique of multiple pulmonary metastasectomies have resulted in improved survival for patients with pulmonary metastases. In this follow-up study, an expanded datab...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Saltzman DA,Snyder CL,Ferrell KL,Thompson RC,Leonard AS

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight patients with invasive melanoma of the head and neck underwent regional nodal dissections by one surgeon from 1971 to 1981. Types of nodal dissections employed were radical neck dissection and modified radical neck dissection, alone or in combination, with selective nodal dissection of the parotid, jugular...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Turkula LD,Woods JE

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibiotic prophylaxis is controversial in patients undergoing axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). We determined whether preoperative antibiotics decreased incidence or treatment cost of infectious complications following ALND. METHODS:Two hundred patients entered this prospective, randomized, double-bli...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bold RJ,Mansfield PF,Berger DH,Pollock RE,Singletary SE,Ames FC,Balch CM,Hohn DC,Ross MI

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stainless steel 316 mesh tray with cancellous bone offers a method of mandibular reconstruction which theoretically is appealing from the viewpoint of basic osseous healing. The results in fity-two patients at twenty different institutions indicates encouraging results. Further evaluation of this method is recomme...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Salyer KE,Newsom HT,Holmes R,Hahn G

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen operations were performed in 13 patients with total carotid artery occlusion. All patients had symptoms ranging in duration from a few hours to several months. Flow wa reestablished in 10 of the 14 arteries operated on, a success rate of 74 percent. Complication included one operative death and one permanent ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hunt DG,Wheeler CG,Bukhari HI,Hempel GK

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this study were to compare the effectiveness of percutaneous drainage between pyogenic hepatic abscesses with and those without biliary communication and to evaluate the role of endoscopic biliary stent placement in the treatment of communicating abscesses. METHODS:Sixty-one patients with hepati...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sugiyama M,Atomi Y

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging of the population necessitates consideration of the increasing number of older adults requiring emergency care. The objective of this study was to compare outcomes and presentation of octogenarian and/or nonagenarian emergency general surgery (EGS) patients with younger adults. METHODS:Based on a stan...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Shah AA,Zafar SN,Kodadek LM,Zogg CK,Chapital AB,Iqbal A,Greene WR,Cornwell EE 3rd,Havens J,Nitzschke S,Cooper Z,Salim A,Haider AH

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study prospectively compared the following tests for their accuracy in amputation level selection: transcutaneous oxygen, transcutaneous carbon dioxide, transcutaneous oxygen-to-transcutaneous carbon dioxide, foot-to-chest transcutaneous oxygen, intradermal xenon-133, ankle-brachial index, and absolute popliteal ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Malone JM,Anderson GG,Lalka SG,Hagaman RM,Henry R,McIntyre KE,Bernhard VM

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This is a retrospective study analyzing data of normocalcemic patients with enlarged parathyroid glands discovered during thyroid surgery and comparing it with data of patients operated on for proved primary hyperparathyroidism. METHODS:The records of patients with enlarged parathyroid glands (group 1) and ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Abboud B,Sleilaty G,Braidy C,Ghorra C,Abadjian G,Tohme C,Noun R,Sarkis R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent reviews have suggested that aggressive surgical intervention can reduce morbidity and mortality associated with intra-abdominal crises in AIDS patients. We reviewed our experience with 57 AIDS patients with 63 emergent laparotomies performed at 4 hospitals affiliated with the University of California in...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Whitney TM,Brunel W,Russell TR,Bossart KJ,Schecter WP

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO), a paracrine-acting gas enzymatically synthesized from L-arginine, is a unique biologic mediator that has been implicated in a myriad of physiologic and pathophysiologic states. It is an important regulator of vascular tone and may be the mediator of the hemodynamic changes involved in sepsis and cir...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rodeberg DA,Chaet MS,Bass RC,Arkovitz MS,Garcia VF

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of our study is to further clarify the incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients that are upstaged upon final pathology and/or have metastatic disease in the axilla. METHODS:All patients were diagnosed with DCIS or DCIS with microinvasion (DCISm) on their diagnostic biopsy and receive...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wilkie C,White L,Dupont E,Cantor A,Cox CE

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The presence of an "open abdomen" after a trauma laparotomy can complicate the nutritional management of injured patients. METHODS:The medical records of patients admitted to an American College of Surgeons-verified level 1 trauma center were evaluated. The timing of nutritional support was noted. The metho...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Byrnes MC,Reicks P,Irwin E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00