Abstract：
:Ten cases of giant lung abscess were treated by one-stage closed tube drainage after initial medical therapy. Sepsis or hemorrhage was relieved in all patients. There were no operative deaths, serious complications, or late recurrences. Three patients have subsequently died from bronchogenic cancer.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Lawrence GH,Rubin SLdoi
10.1016/0002-9610(78)90213-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1978-07-01 00:00:00pages
134-40issue
1eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
0002-9610(78)90213-1journal_volume
136pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:Blood flow of 2 to 3 liters/min was measured in polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) arteriovenous dialysis grafts. The flow studies were done at the time of graft banding for high output cardiac failure or peripheral steal. Routine tapering of the arterial end of these grafts to a diameter of less than 5 mm has virtually e...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(80)90013-6
更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:The few series of synchronous lung cancers have included small cell and carcinoid tumors. We wished to determine the prognosis for patients with synchronous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:A database of 3034 lung cancer patients was reviewed for synchronous NSCLC. Survival was determined by Ka...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/S0002-9610(96)00019-0
更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Seven patients presented with chronic pancreatitis localized upstream to a complete stenosis of the main pancreatic duct in its median part. This stenosis seemed to be secondary to the healing of a necrotic pseudocyst after either acute pancreatitis (four patients) or blunt abdominal trauma (three patients). In five p...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(83)90287-8
更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:To establish criteria for laparotomy, the records of 224 patients admitted with an acute pelvic fracture were reviewed. Forty-four patients underwent laparotomy; 2 had no intraabdominal injury. The mechanisms of injury was blunt trauma in 31 patients and gunshot wound in 13. All four patients who died had blunt trauma...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(80)90129-4
更新日期：1980-12-01 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
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.05.005
更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:An eighteen month study of the incidence of nosocomial infections was conducted at a 436 bed general army hospital. The overall rate of nosocomial infection was 1.48 per cent, with a monthly range of 0.42 to 2.30 per cent. Gynecology had the highest rate of 5.8 per cent. Escherichia coli, klebsiella, and Staphylococcu...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(77)90410-x
更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Breast symptoms of pain, tenderness, and engorgement correlate with objective findings of nodularity on physical examination. Like all other factors for breast disease, they are not a single determinant of diagnosis, as shown by the 3 X 3 contingency table, but they are a useful addition to our understanding. From the...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(85)90135-7
更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to identify patient-related and/or disease-related factors that influence outcomes in patients with vascular prosthetic graft infections. METHODS:Through the hospital patient administration system, between January 1997 and December 2007, a total of 44 patients were diagnosed with c...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.018
更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment for a contralateral breast cancer (CBC) presents a growing dilemma given the expanding number of long-term survivors. We hypothesize that there will be specific surgical treatment trends with demographic differences between the treatment groups. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.05.010
更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Although few trauma patients sustain fatal pulmonary embolism, a large population is at risk from nonfatal embolism due to unrecognized deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Thirty-eight of 39 immobilized trauma patients at bed rest for 10 days or longer had venographic study of their lower extremities to evaluate for the prese...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(89)90182-7
更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In the present study, the incidence of severe brain injury was 600 percent higher for patients riding without a helmet and the incidence of all brain injuries was nearly twice as high in the nonhelmeted riders. All surviving patients with severe brain injury sustained residual long-term disability. The incidence of in...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(88)80151-x
更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:A large number of necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTI) treated at a single institution over an 8-year period were analyzed with respect to microbial pathogens recovered, treatment administered, and outcome. Based on this analysis, optimal empiric antibiotic coverage is proposed. METHODS:A retrospective ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(00)00360-3
更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Feeding gastrostomy and jejunostomy provide effective access for long-term enteral nutrition. Traditional operative techniques for the performance of these procedures requires laparotomy and often, general anesthesia. This report describes our experience with two relatively new methods, percutaneous endoscopic gastros...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(85)80017-9
更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated coronary angiography use among patients with coronary stents suffering postoperative myocardial infarction (MI) and the association with mortality. METHODS:Patients with prior coronary stenting who underwent inpatient noncardiac surgery in Veterans Affairs hospitals between 2000 and 2012 and ex...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.07.023
更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The frequency of 90-day, postdischarge deaths and readmissions in Medicare patients undergoing elective surgical procedures has not been well studied. METHODS:The Medicare MedPar database for 2009 to 2010 was used to develop inpatient risk-adjusted, postoperative length-of-stay (RApoLOS) prediction models f...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.09.007
更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Orthopedic surgery is a specialty of surgery dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system in all age groups. Careers in orthopedic surgery span the spectrum from general orthopedics to those of subspecialty expertise in orthopedic trauma, hand, pediatrics...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 历史文章,杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.06.007
更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Surgical extirpation of the primary tumor has traditionally been utilized as initial treatment for sarcomas in children. The present report, however, demonstrates that sarcomas are optimally treated by means of a coordianted multidisciplinary approach. The latter offers the potential for achieving improved survival an...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(77)90123-4
更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Between September 1982 and April 1988, 60 cirrhotic patients with prior variceal hemorrhage were randomized to undergo the placement of an elective shunt (distal splenorenal: 26; nonselective: 4) or long-term endoscopic sclerotherapy (n = 30). Eighty-six percent of patients had alcoholic cirrhosis, and 33% were classi...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80400-3
更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Perihilar cholangiocarcinoma is usually unresectable at the time of diagnosis. Only few patients are candidates for a potential curative treatment. For those patients, prognosis is strongly related to negative resection margin and lymph node status. Thus, a certain benchmark of lymph node count is necessary ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.05.015
更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The antiproliferative effects of somatostatin on hepatocytes stimulated by hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) or epidermal growth factor (EGF) were investigated using primary cultures of adult rat hepatocytes. Somatostatin inhibits HGF-induced (at a dose of 10 ng/mL) or EGF-induced (at a dose of 100 ng/mL) 3H-thymidine in...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(92)90271-r
更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports of minimally invasive antireflux surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have been small, short-term series utilizing only a laparoscopic approach. We conducted a retrospective review and report our 66-month experience with more than 1,000 laparoscopic and thoracoscopic antireflux...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(98)00034-8
更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgery for Crohn's disease is not intended for cure, but rather to relieve symptoms and treat complications. Perioperative morbidity, the fear of creating short bowel syndrome, and the tendency of the disease to recur convinced many physicians to refer their Crohn's patients for surgery only when life-threa...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(97)00102-5
更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemorrhagic shock (HS) often causes coagulopathy due, in part, to decreased coagulation proteins. This study assessed the efficacy of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) in preventing this coagulopathy following a canine model of HS designed to mimic bleeding with shock as seen in the emergency department followed by ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/S0002-9610(97)89618-3
更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We compared the prevalence of stroke and death in 133 patients aged 75 and older in whom 170 carotid endarterectomies were performed with that in 501 patients less than age 75 in whom 640 carotid endarterectomies were performed. There were three strokes (2%) in patients aged 75 and older and nine strokes (1%) in young...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80753-6
更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Histologic material from 42 cases diagnosed as gastric lymphoma at Hartford Hospital was reviewed, confirming the diagnosis in 37. Three cases of pseudolymphoma were found. The incidence of gastric lymphoma has increased steadily over the past 50 years: 35 percent of cases occurred during the past decade. Most patient...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(82)90194-5
更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is performed less commonly for the axillary staging of elderly patients because it is felt to uncommonly alter therapy. Sentinel lymph node (SLN) dissection can accomplish axillary staging with less morbidity, but it is unclear if it alters subsequent therapy. METHODS:R...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.03.028
更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal management of cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules is controversial given the variable malignancy rates reported in this patient population. We examined the prevalence of malignancy within cytologically indeterminate follicular thyroid lesions in an attempt to predict malignancy based on c...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.07.006
更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Minority patients are at risk for delayed breast cancer treatment. Using nonsurgical breast specialists could improve access but requires appropriate referral to ensure prompt cancer care. Our objective was to evaluate a referral triage system in a combined medical/surgical breast health program (BHP). METHO...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.06.014
更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to compare short-term laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) with open total gastrectomy (OTG) outcomes in gastric cancer. METHODS:Seventy patients who underwent total gastrectomy via LTG or OTG were included. All cases were matched for stage, age, and sex by means of statistically gen...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.11.011
更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunosuppressed patients have an increased risk of developing anal cancer, but little data exists regarding outcomes of this population. METHODS:A retrospective review of anal cancer patients at a single academic institution from 2006 to 2017 was performed. RESULTS:19 (14%) of 136 anal cancer patients wer...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.08.011
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
