Thromboresistant surface coatings for the measurement of cardiac output through continuous low flow peripheral A-V shunts.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether translocation of bacteria or endotoxin occurred into the thoracic duct in patients with multiple organ failure (MOF). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Translocation of bacteria or endotoxin has been proposed as a causative factor for MOF in patients without an infectious focus, although it has ra...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lemaire LC,van Lanschot JB,Stoutenbeek CP,van Deventer SJ,Dankert J,Oosting H,Gouma DJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the authors' initial hypothesis-generating observation that eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) protein elevation predicts a higher cancer recurrence rate in patients with stage 1 to 3 breast cancer. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Tumor size and nodal status continue to be the two most important ind...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Li BD,Gruner JS,Abreo F,Johnson LW,Yu H,Nawas S,McDonald JC,DeBenedetti A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether black patients have higher odds of readmission than white patients after major surgery, and to ascertain whether these disparities are related to where black patients receive care. BACKGROUND:Racial disparities are known to exist for many aspects of surgical care. However, it is unknown ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tsai TC,Orav EJ,Joynt KE

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diminished poststenotic pressure and flow accompanied experimental application of multiple subcritical arterial stenoses in series. Effects of additional stenoses, causing equivalent constrictions, were cumulative in a nonlinear fashion. Seven-hundred-twenty measurements were performed using 10 cm ileofemoral canine a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Flanigan DP,Tullis JP,Streeter VL,Whitehouse WM Jr,Fry WJ,Stanley JC

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-five (23%) of 375 patients undergoing surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism were found to have enlargement (greater than 50 mg) of two or three parathyroid glands. Of 76 patients followed from 12 to 140 months after surgery, eight (10.5%) developed hypercalcemia at 1, 4, 45, 64, 74, 79, 84, and 133 months. In...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wells SA Jr,Leight GS,Hensley M,Dilley WG

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial blood flow was measured in dogs simultaneously with electromagnetic flow probes and with ultrasonic "flow probes." The ultrasonic probes were used to determine transcutaneously the mean velocity of arterial flow and the cross-sectional area of the blood vessel. A 10 MHz probe was used for blood vessels 1 cm d...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kasulke RJ,Lichti EA,Kapsch DN,Silver D

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current treatment modalities for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) include plasmapheresis (PP), splenectomy, steroids, dextran, other antiplatelet agents, and vinca alkaloids. Prior to the development of PP and use of multimodality treatment for TTP, mortality rates exceeded 50%. This report reviews 11 patient...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Schneider PA,Rayner AA,Linker CA,Schuman MA,Liu ET,Hohn DC

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staging laparotomy (multiple liver and lymph node biopsies and splenectomy) was performed at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital in 123 patients with Hodgkin's disease. There were no deaths. Wound, pulmonary, intra-abdominal or urinary tract complications developed in 17 patients. Of those complications, one case each...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sterchi JM,Myers RT

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of our study was to determine if differences in outcomes at treating facilities can help explain these age-based racial disparities in survival after trauma. BACKGROUND:It has been previously demonstrated that racial disparities in survival after trauma are dependent on age. For patients younge...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hicks CW,Hashmi ZG,Hui X,Velopulos C,Efron DT,Schneider EB,Cooper L,Haut ER,Cornwell EE 3rd,Haider AH

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the total burden of complications in the early postoperative period after liver transplantation (LT) between donation after circulatory death (DCD) and donation after brain death (DBD) grafts with the novel Comprehensive Complication Index (CCI). BACKGROUND:LT is complex surgery and the increasing us...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kalisvaart M,de Haan JE,Polak WG,Metselaar HJ,Wijnhoven BPL,IJzermans JNM,de Jonge J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study addresses the use of decision analysis and Markov models to make contemplated decisions for surgical problems. Decision analysis and decision modeling in surgical research are increasing, but many surgeons are unfamiliar with the techniques and are skeptical of the results. The goal of this review is to fam...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hogendoorn W,Moll FL,Sumpio BE,Hunink MG

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique for repairing benign hilar hepatic duct strictures using transhepatic intubation with a large bore silastic stent is described. This procedure has been used in 10 patients. In 9 instances the stricture involved the common hepatic duct, and in one patient the right and left hepatic ducts. Nine of the strict...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Cameron JL,Skinner DB,Zuidema GD

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prehospital intravenous (IV) fluid administration is common in trauma patients, although little evidence supports this practice. We hypothesized that trauma patients who received prehospital IV fluids have higher mortality than trauma patients who did not receive IV fluids in the prehospital setting. METHODS...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Haut ER,Kalish BT,Cotton BA,Efron DT,Haider AH,Stevens KA,Kieninger AN,Cornwell EE 3rd,Chang DC

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclosporine has been used as primary immunosuppression in renal allograft recipients in our unit for the past decade. The overall clinical experience and long-term effects of the agent are reviewed. There were 461 consecutive recipients of kidney grafts; 379 received grafts from cadaver donors (CAD) and 82 from livin...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tilney NL,Chang A,Milford EL,Whitley WD,Lazarus JM,Ramos EL,Strom TB,Carpenter CB,Kirkman RL

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five days after thyroidectomy (Tx) or sham-Tx in young male Sprague-Dawley rats, sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Control animals underwent laparotomy and manipulation of the cecum without ligation or puncture. Sixteen hours after CLP or laparotomy, protein synthesis and degradation were measur...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hasselgren PO,Chen IW,James JH,Sperling M,Warner BW,Fischer JE

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate (1) levels of the host-defense/antimicrobial peptide LL-37 in patients with trauma and hemorrhagic shock (HS) and (2) the effects of a synthetic host-defense peptide; Pep19-4LF on multiple organ failure (MOF) associated with HS. BACKGROUND:HS is a common cause of death in severely injured patient...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Yamada N,Martin LB,Zechendorf E,Purvis GSD,Chiazza F,Varrone B,Collino M,Shepherd J,Heinbockel L,Gutsmann T,Correa W,Brandenburg K,Marx G,Schuerholz T,Brohi K,Thiemermann C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic idiopathic intestinal pseudo-obstruction is an increasingly recognized syndrome in which patients usually present with an acute or chronic history suggestive of intestinal obstruction, although no obstructing lesion is found at surgery. The diagnosis can be suspected in most cases from the clinical presentatio...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Schuffler MD,Deitch EA

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the objectively assessed very long-term results of a prospective study of 149 patients with achalasia of the cardia who underwent Heller myotomy and posterior partial fundoplication. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Very few studies evaluate objectively the very long-term results to analyze whether the eff...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Ortiz A,de Haro LF,Parrilla P,Lage A,Perez D,Munitiz V,Ruiz D,Molina J

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Aggressive human melanomas express, C-X-C chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4), the receptor for the chemokine, stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha (SDF-1α). The CXCR4-SDF-1α axis has been postulated to increase melanoma invasiveness. We discovered that SDF-1α specifically upregulates E-selectin on endothelial cells,...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Liu ZJ,Tian R,Li Y,An W,Zhuge Y,Livingstone AS,Velazquez OC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data are presented on the clinical application of radionuclide imaging to evaluate changes in cadaver transplant function in the immediate postoperative period. The method uses orthoiodohippuric acid (hippuran) administered IV, with scintillation imaging, and curve analysis by a digital computer. An initial study is a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Mandel SR,Mattern WD,Staab E,Johnson G Jr

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recommended preoperative preparation with alpha-adrenergic blockers, severe hemodynamic instability may occur during operations to resect pheochromocytoma. We combined the alpha-blocker phenoxybenzamine with the tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor metyrosine in an attempt to better manage the hypertension of patien...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Perry RR,Keiser HR,Norton JA,Wall RT,Robertson CN,Travis W,Pass HI,Walther MM,Linehan WM

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occurence of gastroenteric fistulae in non-surgically treated peptic ulcer disease is rare as suggested by only 26 cases published in the literature so far. We had the opportunity to care for 3 patients with this problem in a period of one year. At our institution, a search of the medical records dating back to 1955 y...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kumar GK,Razzaque MA,Naidu VG,Barbour EM

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study determined whether there are any laboratory or other features that will enable prediction of spontaneous closure in patients with gastrointestinal cutaneous fistulas. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Although the anatomic criteria for spontaneous closure of gastrointestinal cutaneous fistulas have been pre...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kuvshinoff BW,Brodish RJ,McFadden DW,Fischer JE

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND:Our objective was to determine the fetal in vivo microRNA signature in hypoplastic lungs of human fetuses with severe isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and changes in tracheal and amniotic fluid of fetuses undergoing fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion (FETO) to reverse sever...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Pereira-Terra P,Deprest JA,Kholdebarin R,Khoshgoo N,DeKoninck P,Munck AA,Wang J,Zhu F,Rottier RJ,Iwasiow BM,Correia-Pinto J,Tibboel D,Post M,Keijzer R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Length of stay (LOS) is an important outcome as a marker of resource consumption. Determining which factors increase LOS may provide information on reducing costs and improving the delivery of care. The purpose of this study was to determine the independent association of intraoperative process of care and po...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Collins TC,Daley J,Henderson WH,Khuri SF

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that training to expert-derived levels of speed and motion will lead to improved learning and will translate to better operating room (OR) performance of novices than training to goals of speed or motion alone. BACKGROUND:Motion tracking has been suggested to be a more sensitive performance m...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Stefanidis D,Yonce TC,Korndorffer JR Jr,Phillips R,Coker A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate Fas and FasL expression in pancreatic tissues and cultured pancreatic cancer cell lines, and to assess the ability of anti-Fas antibodies to induce apoptosis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Activation of the Fas receptor by Fas-ligand (FasL) results in apoptosis, and dysregulation of this pathway may...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kornmann M,Ishiwata T,Kleeff J,Beger HG,Korc M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate whether individualized deliberate practice on a virtual reality (VR) simulator results in improved technical performance in the operating room. BACKGROUND:Training on VR simulators has been shown to improve technical performance in the operating room (OR). Current...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Palter VN,Grantcharov TP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two patients developed one or more aortoenteric fistulae following aortic reconstruction with a dacron graft. Endoscopy was performed on 11 of these patients on 17 occasions and a preoperative diagnosis was made in eight patients. Fistulous communication was most common between the aorta and duodenum (60%), and...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Champion MC,Sullivan SN,Coles JC,Goldbach M,Watson WC

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the clinical, microbiological, and therapeutic features of nonpostoperative nosocomial intra-abdominal infections (non-PostopNAI) with community-acquired intra-abdominal infections (CAI). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Prospective (June 2000 through January 2001) consecutive case series analysis of patie...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Montravers P,Chalfine A,Gauzit R,Lepape A,Pierre Marmuse J,Vouillot C,Martin C

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00