Abstract：
:Thymectomy was performed on 249 patients with myasthenia gravis between 1957 and 1981. During a follow-up period that ranged from 2 months to 24 years (mean 7.5 years), the remission rate for the entire group was 51 percent, and an additional 36 percent had improvement (87 percent benefited). In those 51 patients with thymoma, the remission rate was 37 percent, with 68 percent of the patients benefiting from operations. The remaining 198 patients fared better after the operation: 54 percent had remission and a total of 91 percent benefited. The female patients within this group had a 94 percent probability of benefit from operation. We conclude that most patients with myasthenia gravis will benefit from thymectomy, and that the improvement persists over an extended period of time in a high percentage of patients.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Mulder DG,Herrmann C Jr,Keesey J,Edwards Hdoi
10.1016/0002-9610(83)90260-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1983-07-01 00:00:00pages
61-6issue
1eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
0002-9610(83)90260-Xjournal_volume
146pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:This investigation was designed to study the effects of home health care (HHC) on patients who have been hospitalized with peripheral vascular disease. For a patient to have HHC, the patient had to have a defined wound, educational needs, or both. Sixty patients, 30 with HHC and 30 without, were contacted approximatel...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(05)80302-2
更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.12.012
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The transformation of a trainee into a surgeon is influenced strongly by communication patterns in the operating room (OR). In the current era of limited educational opportunities, elucidation of teaching and learning strategies in this environment is critical. The aim of this study was to further understand...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.01.004
更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Estrogen-receptor (ER)-, progesterone-receptor (PR)-, and androgen-receptor (AR)-negative breast cancer cells are unaffected by treatment with dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEAS) and an aromatase inhibitor (AI). We hypothesized that cell growth would be inhibited with DHEAS/AI treatment after successful t...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.02.004
更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding of differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid has improved in recent years with the definition of prognostic factors and risk group analysis. We intend to review our experience of differentiated thyroid cancer in relation to the risk of nodal and distant metastasis based on various histologic subg...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(96)00310-8
更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical safety and quality initiatives have now moved to the front of the agenda for contemporary surgery. METHODS:Sixty-two surgical specialists began to study quality and cost control in 1998, and those efforts grew into a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-funded pilot study of the Surgical Care...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.04.005
更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.08.024
更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.05.011
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.03.009
更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.10.013
更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(80)90003-3
更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(80)90059-8
更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.12.019
更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(99)80137-8
更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Millions of people continue to smoke. Recent studies confirm the pioneering epidemiologic data that indicated that, despite the well-established effects on the lung, most of the hundreds of thousands of premature deaths annually result from extrapulmonary toxicity, particularly accelerated cardiac and vascular disease...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(84)90421-5
更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.08.040
更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(76)90030-1
更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.12.053
更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(83)90077-6
更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.07.040
更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Although the use of shunts for carotid artery surgery remains controversial, the hemodynamics of the shunts currently available have not been carefully evaluated in vivo. We developed an animal model using contralateral carotid artery ligation, which produced ipsilateral carotid blood flows (640 +/- 44 ml/min) and int...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(89)90354-1
更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(84)90333-7
更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A mock disaster at Orange County's John Wayne Airport provided a basis for examining correct triage of patients and their arrival time for definitive care. The ability to triage critically injured patients in a timely fashion was found to be only slightly better than chance routing. For most of the seriously and criti...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(85)90070-4
更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：INTRODUCTION:Native Americans (NA) form a unique cohort of colon cancer (CC) patients among whom the variability in demographics and cancer characteristics remains unclear. METHODS:We abstracted the national estimates for NA with CC using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result (SEER) database. Trend analysis o...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.11.033
更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:In the surgical management of lower gastrointestinal tract peritonitis (LGTP), drainage of the peritoneal cavity is often recommended. The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of drainage of the abdominal cavity during management of LGTP. METHODS:From January 2009 to January 2012, patients unde...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.09.031
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to assess the transferability of basic laparoscopic skills between a virtual reality simulator (MIST-VR) and a video trainer box (D-Box). METHODS:Forty-six medical students were randomized into 2 groups, training on MIST-VR or D-Box. After training with one modality, a crossover assessment ...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.05.016
更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Cholecystostomy in patients with noninflammatory disease of the biliary tract has rarely been evaluated. Our experience with 124 patients suggests that, in addition to being helpful in inflammatory conditions, cholecystostomy is helpful in performing cholangiography, in removing stones and in decompressing an otherwis...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(81)90192-6
更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Prehospital and emergency room recordings of hemodynamic vital signs frequently play a major role in the evaluation and treatment of trauma victims. Guidelines for resuscitation and treatment are affected by absolute cutoffs in hemodynamic parameters. To determine the sensitivity of various strata of systolic blood pr...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(89)90649-1
更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of various upper and lower gastrointestinal disorders is still under investigation. However, a variety of laparoscopic procedures may be applied in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We present our initial results of lapa...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(99)80072-5
更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The effectiveness of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug ketorolac in reducing pulmonary morbidity after rib fractures remains largely unknown. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was conducted spanning January 2003 to June 2011 assessing pneumonia within 30 days and potential adverse effects of ketoro...
journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.05.011
更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
