Carcinoid syndrome from gastrointestinal carcinoids without liver metastasis.

abstract：:Glutaraldehyde treated human umbilical veins (Dardik Biograft) were used to bypass short segments of the femoral artery in 15 dogs and were compared to autogenous jugular veins placed in the contralateral femoral artery of each animal. All 15 autogenous jugular veins remained patent for the four month period of observ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Oblath RW,Buckley FO Jr,Donnelly WA,Green RM,Deweese JA

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of severe infection on luminal transport of amino acids and glucose by the small intestine were investigated. Studies were done in endotoxin-treated rats and in septic patients who underwent resection of otherwise normal small bowel. In rats the kinetics of the brush border glutamine transporter and the gl...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Salloum RM,Copeland EM,Souba WW

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic and postoperative monitoring capabilities of the CEA assay were compared to pathological staging of the operative specimens, clinical followup including endoscopy, radiology and scanning techniques, as well as DNCB skin testing and laboratory enzyme determinations (alkaline phosphatase and transaminase)...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Herrera MA,Chu TM,Holyoke ED

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior experience with the rare combination of horseshoe kidney and significant atherosclerotic vascular disease suggests difficulty in intraoperative management, often requiring division of the renal isthmus or sacrifice of some renal tissue. Seven patients have been managed successfully over the past ten years at The...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lobe TE,Martin EW Jr,Cooperman M,Vasko J,Evans WE

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review a single center's 10-year experience with liver transplantation (LTx) for the biliary atresia-polysplenia syndrome (BA-PS) and to define surgical and clinical guidelines for its management. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:BA is the most common indication for pediatric liver transplantation (LTx) and is ass...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Varela-Fascinetto G,Castaldo P,Fox IJ,Sudan D,Heffron TG,Shaw BW,Langnas AN

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Medicaid and Uninsured populations are a significant focus of current healthcare reform. We hypothesized that outcomes following major surgical operations in the United States is dependent on primary payer status. METHODS:From 2003 to 2007, 893,658 major surgical operations were evaluated using the Nationwi...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： LaPar DJ,Bhamidipati CM,Mery CM,Stukenborg GJ,Jones DR,Schirmer BD,Kron IL,Ailawadi G

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to examine a multi-institutional experience with adrenal metastases to describe survival outcomes and identify subpopulations who benefit from adrenal metastasectomy. BACKGROUND:Adrenalectomy for metastatic disease is well-described, although indications and outcomes are incomplete...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wachtel H,Roses RE,Kuo LE,Lindeman BM,Nehs MA,Tavakkoli A,Parangi S,Hodin RA,Fraker DL,James BC,Carr AA,Wang TS,Solórzano CC,Lubitz CC

更新日期：2020-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) by 16-channel multidetector scanner is increasingly replacing conventional digital subtraction angiography (DSA) for diagnosing or excluding blunt carotid/vertebral injuries (BCVI). To date there has been only 1 study in which all patients received both examinations. Tha...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Malhotra AK,Camacho M,Ivatury RR,Davis IC,Komorowski DJ,Leung DA,Grizzard JD,Aboutanos MB,Duane TM,Cockrell C,Wolfe LG,Borchers CT,Martin NR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that Na(+)-dependent brush border glutamine transport is diminished in septic patients. To examine the potential regulation of this decreased transport by endotoxin, cytokines, or glucocorticoids, the human intestinal Caco-2 cell line was studied in vitro. Na(+)-dependent glutamine t...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Souba WW,Copeland EM

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, randomized, blinded study was performed to determine whether prophylactic antibiotics would reduce the incidence of infection in peripheral vascular surgery and whether the route of antibiotic administration was important. Patients undergoing a vascular procedure with a groin incision were allocated to ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Pitt HA,Postier RG,MacGowan AW,Frank LW,Surmak AJ,Sitzman JV,Bouchier-Hayes D

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Determine whether absorbable or nonabsorbable mesh in repair of large hiatus hernias reduces the risk of recurrence, compared with suture repair. BACKGROUND:Repair of large hiatus hernia is associated with radiological recurrence rates of up to 30%, and to improve outcomes mesh repair has been recommended. P...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Watson DI,Thompson SK,Devitt PG,Smith L,Woods SD,Aly A,Gan S,Game PA,Jamieson GG

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the events and people that shaped Harvey Cushing, one of the nation's leading surgeons, into a political actor as he rallied support for the issue of military medical preparedness for World War One. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:In a little remembered episode of American medical history, for 2 years bef...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rutkow E,Rutkow I

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver resection is performed for many types of malignancies. Few reports document actual long-term survival. METHODS:Long-term follow-up of a series of 548 liver resections performed between 1970 and 1992 was performed and is presented. RESULTS:All patients were followed for at least 15 years after surgery...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Fortner JG,Fong Y

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All patients who underwent isolated myocardial revascularization procedures from 1967-70 (n = 741) were compared with the first 1,000 patients who received similar elective operations each year from 1971 through 1978. Data from these eight years were processed through a computerized cardiovascular information registry...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Loop FD,Cosgrove DM,Lytle BW,Thurer RL,Simpfendorfer C,Taylor PC,Proudfit WL

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical parameters, presurgical diagnostic tests, histologic findings, and the presence of K-ras oncogene mutations in cystic tumors of the pancreas to determine which best predict malignancy. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Because presurgical, intraoperative, and final pathologic differentiation is di...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bartsch D,Bastian D,Barth P,Schudy A,Nies C,Kisker O,Wagner HJ,Rothmund M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a syphilitic aneurysm of the aorta treated by the insertion of wire is presented. The patient remained well for almost 40 years, but finally succumbed after rupture. The autopsy findings are discussed. To our knowledge, this represents the longest reported survival after treatment of an aortic aneurysm ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Altman P,Voorhees AB Jr

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the clinical posttransplant effect of allopurinol on preserved kidneys. Thirty-four paired kidneys from brain-dead cadavers were preserved by hypothermic pulsatile perfusion with silica gel fraction in separate cassettes. Allopurinol was added to one perfusate and omitted from the other in a randomized...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Toledo-Pereyra LH,Simmons RL,Olson LC,Najarian JS

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate long-term outcomes of locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) patients with postchemoradiotherapy (post-CRT) pathologic complete response of primary tumor (ypT0) and determine prognostic significance of post-CRT pathologic nodal (ypN) status. BACKGROUND:LARC patients with post-CRT pathologic com...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Yeo SG,Kim DY,Kim TH,Chang HJ,Oh JH,Park W,Choi DH,Nam H,Kim JS,Cho MJ,Kim JH,Park JH,Kang MK,Koom WS,Kim JS,Nam TK,Chie EK,Kim JS,Lee KJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess outcome and prognostic factors for survival of adults with Ewing's sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET). BACKGROUND:Ewing's sarcoma/PNET is a disease of childhood rarely seen in adults. Accordingly, there is a relative paucity of published literature pertaining to outcome for adults with ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Baldini EH,Demetri GD,Fletcher CD,Foran J,Marcus KC,Singer S

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:The effect of OP-41483, a stable prostacyclin (PGI2) analog, on ischemic acute renal failure (ARF) was investigated in dogs. Administration of OP-41483 for three days after ischemia significantly increased renal cortical blood flow (RCBF) when compared with dogs treated with the saline vehicle. In the OP-41483-treated...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Tobimatsu M,Ueda Y,Saito S,Tsumagari T,Konomi K

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, manometric trial of anal fissure treated by subcutaneous lateral internal sphincterotomy (SLIS) was designed to elucidate the pathophysiology of this condition. Anorectal manometry with a closed, precalibrated, water-filled microballoon using the station pull-through technique was performed on 13 patien...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： McNamara MJ,Percy JP,Fielding IR

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), defined as a PaO2 less than or equal to 55 mmHg and/or PaCo2 greater than or equal to 47 mmHg, was found in approximately 8% of morbidly obese patients undergoing gastric surgery for morbid obesity and was frequently associated with clinically significant pulmonary hypertension ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sugerman HJ,Baron PL,Fairman RP,Evans CR,Vetrovec GW

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To find out how women with breast or ovarian cancer rate their chances of carrying hereditary factors for these cancers and to determine the extent to which they overestimate their risk. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:BRCA1 and BRCA2 are genes that cause breast and ovarian cancer when they are inherited in families...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Iglehart JD,Miron A,Rimer BK,Winer EP,Berry D,Shildkraut MJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish criteria for venous reconstruction of middle hepatic vein (MHV) tributaries of the right liver graft in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:In adult LDLT using the right hemiliver, the MHV is usually separated from the graft, which results in potenti...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Sano K,Makuuchi M,Miki K,Maema A,Sugawara Y,Imamura H,Matsunami H,Takayama T

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to minimize juxta-anastomotic neointimal hyperplasia (JNIH) following the use of polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) conduits. PTFE anastomoses to canine carotid arteries (noncuff grafts) were compared with grafts with vein cuffs interposed proximally and distally between the graft and native artery. This ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Suggs WD,Henriques HF,DePalma RG

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) has been available to neonates with respiratory failure at the University of Michigan School of Medicine since June 1981. In order to evaluate the impact of this type of pulmonary support, a retrospective analysis of 50 neonates with posterolateral congenital diaphragmatic he...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Heiss K,Manning P,Oldham KT,Coran AG,Polley TZ Jr,Wesley JR,Bartlett RH

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of a laparoscopic approach on female fecundity in ileoanal pouch surgery. BACKGROUND:Restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) is associated with tubal factor infertility in female patients. Different studies showed less adhesion formation after laparoscopic co...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bartels SA,DʼHoore A,Cuesta MA,Bensdorp AJ,Lucas C,Bemelman WA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of the response to preoperative chemotherapy, especially tumor progression, on the outcome following resection of multiple colorectal liver metastases (CRM). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Hepatic resection is the only treatment that currently offers a chance of long-term survival, althoug...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Adam R,Pascal G,Castaing D,Azoulay D,Delvart V,Paule B,Levi F,Bismuth H

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated a possible protective and therapeutic effect of moderate hypothermia in the treatment of severe hemorrhagic shock. A modified Wiggers shock preparation was used. Normothermic dogs (Group I, N = 6) were maintained at normal body temperature throughout hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation. In Group I...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Meyer DM,Horton JW

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00