Comparison of four provocative tests for the diagnosis of gastrinoma.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to determine whether the severity of inhalation injury evokes an immune response measurable at the systemic level and to further characterize the balance of systemic pro- and anti-inflammation early after burn and inhalation injury. BACKGROUND:Previously, we reported that the pulmonary inflammatory ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Davis CS,Janus SE,Mosier MJ,Carter SR,Gibbs JT,Ramirez L,Gamelli RL,Kovacs EJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcutaneous tissue oxygen tension (PtcO2) was evaluated as a noninvasive diagnostic test for peripheral arterial insufficiency; PtcO2 was measured at rest, during exercise, and following exercise at three leg sites in 36 controls and 138 patients with exercise-induced leg pain. Resting foot PtcO2 differed significa...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Byrne P,Provan JL,Ameli FM,Jones DP

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our experience with omental flap transposition in the treatment of deep sternal wound infections is reviewed here with an emphasis on efficacy, risk factors for in-hospital mortality rates, and long-term results. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Even with improvements in muscle and omental flap transposition, the tim...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Yasuura K,Okamoto H,Morita S,Ogawa Y,Sawazaki M,Seki A,Masumoto H,Matsuura A,Maseki T,Torii S

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the therapeutic effects of dietary supplementation on Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). BACKGROUND:With limited treatment options, the rise of C. difficile-associated disease has spurred on the search for novel therapies. Recent data define a role for the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) and...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Julliard W,De Wolfe TJ,Fechner JH,Safdar N,Agni R,Mezrich JD

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the distant metastatic potential of duodeno-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (DP-NETs) in patients with MEN1, according to functional status and size. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:DP-NETs, with their numerous lesions and endocrine secretion-related symptoms, continue to be a medical challenge; unfortuna...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Vinault S,Mariet AS,Le Bras M,Mirallié E,Cardot-Bauters C,Pattou F,Ruszniewski P,Sauvanet A,Chanson P,Baudin E,Elias D,Menegaux F,Gaujoux S,Borson-Chazot F,Lifante JC,Caron P,Carrère N,Tabarin A,Laurent C,Klein M,

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody targeting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), has been proven to be efficient in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC); however, the therapeutic response is variable and markers predictive of response are urgently required. This study was conducted to determinate the predic...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Yen LC,Uen YH,Wu DC,Lu CY,Yu FJ,Wu IC,Lin SR,Wang JY

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The healing of 3-cm longitudinal colotomies closed with either Czerny-Lembert suture lines (CLSL) or TA-30 staple lines (SSL) were studied in 28 mongrel dogs using bursting strength (BS) measurements. Dogs from each group were sacrificed on postoperative days (POD) 1 through 7. Mean BS for the SSL in all 14 dogs was 1...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ballantyne GH,Burke JB,Rogers G,Lampert EG,Boccia J

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the current knowledge on the risk factors for recurrence, efficacy of adjuvant therapy in preventing recurrence, and the optimal management of recurrence after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The long-term prognosis after resection of HCC remains unsatisfactor...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tung-Ping Poon R,Fan ST,Wong J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We hypothesized that distinct sets of functional trajectories can be identified in the year before and after major surgery, with unique transition probabilities from pre to postsurgical functional trajectories, and that outcomes would be better among participants undergoing elective versus nonelective surger...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Stabenau HF,Becher RD,Gahbauer EA,Leo-Summers L,Allore HG,Gill TM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:By comparing cohorts in 2 exclusive time frames, the factors that affected the surgical outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are presented. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Reportedly, survival results of patients with HCC who underwent hepatectomy have improved in recent years. However, the major...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Taura K,Ikai I,Hatano E,Fujii H,Uyama N,Shimahara Y

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the current concepts in the mediastinal staging of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), evaluating traditional and modern staging modalities. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Staging of NSCLC includes the assessment of mediastinal lymph nodes. Traditionally, computed tomography (CT) and mediastinoscopy are us...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kramer H,Groen HJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate that alvimopan (6 or 12 mg) accelerates recovery of gastrointestinal (GI) function in patients undergoing laparotomy for bowel resection or radical hysterectomy. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Postoperative ileus (POI) following laparotomy may increase morbidity and extend hospitalization. Opioids ca...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wolff BG,Michelassi F,Gerkin TM,Techner L,Gabriel K,Du W,Wallin BA,Alvimopan Postoperative Ileus Study Group.

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Minimal immunosuppression (IS) is desirable in organ transplantation to reduce side effects and to promote the process of tolerance induction. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Between February 2000 and September 2004, 156 adults (>15 years old) receiving a primary liver graft were enrolled in a prospective, randomized,...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lerut J,Mathys J,Verbaandert C,Talpe S,Ciccarelli O,Lemaire J,Bonaccorsi-Riani E,Vanthuyne V,Hetsch N,Roggen F,Reyck CD,Goffette P,Latinne D,Orlando G,Rahier J,Sempoux C,Wallemacq P,Laterre PF,Gianello P

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our goal was to perform a comparative effectiveness study of intravenous (IV)-only versus IV + enteral contrast in computed tomographic (CT) scans performed for patients undergoing appendectomy across a diverse group of hospitals. BACKGROUND:Small randomized trials from tertiary centers suggest that enteral ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Drake FT,Alfonso R,Bhargava P,Cuevas C,Dighe MK,Florence MG,Johnson MG,Jurkovich GJ,Steele SR,Symons RG,Thirlby RC,Flum DR,Writing Group for SCOAP-CERTAIN.

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infected (mycotic) aortic aneurysms are infrequent and, without surgical intervention, usually lead to uncontrolled sepsis or catastrophic hemorrhage. Symptoms are frequently absent or non-specific during the early stages, and a high index of suspicion is essential to make the diagnosis. Surgery performed after ruptur...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gomes MN,Choyke PL,Wallace RB

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The advice to individuals with identified CDH1 mutations is generally to undertake prophylactic total gastrectomy (PTG). This study evaluated the effect of PTG on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in asymptomatic individuals with identified CDH1 mutations at high risk for gastric cancer. METHODS:Individ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Worster E,Liu X,Richardson S,Hardwick RH,Dwerryhouse S,Caldas C,Fitzgerald RC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients with Marfan's syndrome have cardiovascular manifestations and complications of these abnormalities lead to death in 50% of patients by the age of 32. This report is concerned with the performance of 79 operations to control these problems in 41 patients during a 16-year period. There were 3 early deaths ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Crawford ES

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the factors that may predict music-induced relaxation in friends and family of patients in the emergency department. BACKGROUND:It remains unclear to date which demographic and experiential factors predict the effectiveness of music-induced relaxation. Furthermore, in-hospital stressors for frie...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tilt AC,Werner PD,Brown DF,Alam HB,Warshaw AL,Parry BA,Jazbar B,Booker A,Stangenberg L,Fricchione GL,Benson H,Lillemoe KD,Conrad C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the methodology employed in surgical mortality studies to control for potential confounders. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Nationwide hospital data are increasingly used to investigate surgical outcomes. However, poor data granularity and coding inaccuracies may lead to flawed findings. METHODS:We condu...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Payet C,Lifante JC,Carty MJ,Rabilloud M,Duclos A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Verapamil administered before treatment, but not after treatment, had a beneficial effect on a 90-minute warm ischemia-reperfusion rat liver injury model. The possible activation of proteases converting the xanthine dehydrogenase to xanthine oxidase, the significant mitochondrial calcium loading during the ischemic pe...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nauta RJ,Tsimoyiannis E,Uribe M,Walsh DB,Miller D,Butterfield A

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated whether proteomic analysis of the low molecular weight region of the serum proteome could predict histologic response of locally advanced rectal cancer to neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy (RCT). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Proteomic analysis of serum is emerging as a powerful new modality in cancer,...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Smith FM,Gallagher WM,Fox E,Stephens RB,Rexhepaj E,Petricoin EF 3rd,Liotta L,Kennedy MJ,Reynolds JV

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven patients with postoperative enterocutaneous fistulas were treated with parenteral nutrition and SMS 201-995 (100 micrograms/8 hours, subcutaneously), a long half-life somatostatin analogue. At the time SMS 201-995 was started, 11 patients had low output fistulas (less than 1000 ml/48 hours), 11 patients h...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nubiola P,Badia JM,Martinez-Rodenas F,Gil MJ,Segura M,Sancho J,Sitges-Serra A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In Western populations, long-term survival rates after curative resection of gastric cancer remain extremely poor. The lack of effective adjuvant therapy has prompted the evaluation of neoadjuvant approaches. Since 1988, we have conducted three separate phase II trials using neoadjuvant chemotherapy to treat ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lowy AM,Mansfield PF,Leach SD,Pazdur R,Dumas P,Ajani JA

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many advances have occurred in recent years in the diagnosis, localization, and treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism. Several different operative choices for primary hyperparathyroidism also have been proposed--a unilateral approach versus the standard bilateral parathyroid exploration. The unilateral approach is ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kaplan EL,Yashiro T,Salti G

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of core competencies in graduate medical education was introduced by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education of the American Medical Association to semiquantitatively assess the professional performance of students, residents, practitioners, and faculty. Many aspects of the career of J. Ma...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Straughn JM Jr,Gandy RE,Rodning CB

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of possible risk factors on intestinal resection and postoperative recurrence in Crohn's disease (CD) and to evaluate the disease course. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:The results of previous studies on possible risk factors for surgery and recurrence in Crohn's disease have been inconsistent....

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bernell O,Lapidus A,Hellers G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report is concerned with the factors influencing survival in 920 consecutive patients submitted to operation for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm during the past 25 years. Rupture had occurred in 60 patients (6.5%) and survival was 77%, which did not vary during the period of study. Of the 860 patients (93.5%...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Crawford ES,Saleh SA,Babb JW 3rd,Glaeser DH,Vaccaro PS,Silvers A

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to compare long-term survival following minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) versus open esophagectomy (OE) for esophageal cancer using a nationwide propensity-score matched cohort. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:MIE provides lower postoperative morbidity and mortality, and similar short-term on...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kalff MC,Fransen LFC,de Groot EM,Gisbertz SS,Nieuwenhuijzen GAP,Ruurda JP,Verhoeven RHA,Luyer MDP,van Hillegersberg R,van Berge Henegouwen MI,Dutch Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Audit group.

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic impact of a new oncolytic vaccinia virus in a triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) murine model and its potential for treating distant metastatic disease. BACKGROUND:TNBCs are aggressive tumors associated with a high metastatic rate. Their lack of targets for h...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Gholami S,Chen CH,Lou E,De Brot M,Fujisawa S,Chen NG,Szalay AA,Fong Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that inpatient postoperative pain trajectories are associated with 30-day inpatient readmission and emergency department (ED) visits. BACKGROUND:Surgical readmissions have few known modifiable predictors. Pain experienced by patients may reflect surgical complications and/or inadequate or dif...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hernandez-Boussard T,Graham LA,Desai K,Wahl TS,Aucoin E,Richman JS,Morris MS,Itani KM,Telford GL,Hawn MT

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00