Diagnostic peritoneal lavage: fourteen years and 2,586 patients later.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment of idiopathic anal ulcerations in AIDS patients is still evolving. These patients suffer with severe incapacitating anal pain. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Relief of pain was achieved with the use of intralesional steroid injections. Twenty-one patients from 1990 to 1993 presented with severe anal pai...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Modesto VL,Gottesman L

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative expectations after stapled hemorrhoidopexy are still being clarified. Our purpose was to evaluate how outcome is affected by staple line height (SLH) above the dentate line and specimen histology. METHODS:A prospective database identified demographics, SLH, histology, narcotic use, return to w...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Williams R,Kondylis L,Geisler D,Kondylis P

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lasers have been used for endoscopic gastrointestinal surgery at our institution since 1977. The argon and Nd-YAG lasers are valuable for coagulating upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, arteriovenous malformations, and benign and malignant lesions, as well as a variety of anatomic anomalies. Between December 1977 and S...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hunter JG,Bowers JH,Burt RW,Sullivan JJ,Stevens SL,Dixon JA

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient factors impact laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) difficulty, specifically operative duration. This study quantifies the impact of patient factors on LC duration. METHODS:The national surgery database (American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program) was reviewed for all el...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lowndes B,Thiels CA,Habermann EB,Bingener J,Hallbeck S,Yu D

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has recently been shown to be more sensitive than contrast arteriography in the detection of patent distal runoff vessels. This study compares MRA and contrast arteriography in evaluating the severity of stenotic lesions in peripheral arteries, which has not been previously investi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hertz SM,Baum RA,Owen RS,Holland GA,Logan DR,Carpenter JP

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Trauma Evaluation and Management (TEAM) module orients medical students to the initial assessment of an injured patient. At the Medical College of Wisconsin, a course based on expanded TEAM (eTEAM) was developed for junior medical students. This study determined whether eTEAM improved the ability to perf...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Li MS,Brasel KJ,Schultz D,Falimirski ME,Stafford RE,Somberg LB,Weigelt JA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate chest roentgenograms after central venous line changes over a guidewire delay the use of the central lines and increases charges with no change of morbidity or the rate of complication. METHODS:Retrospective study using the Surgical Intensive Care database followed by a nonrandomized, prospect...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cullinane DC,Parkus DE,Reddy VS,Nunn CR,Rutherford EJ

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic colorectal surgery remains one of the most challenging techniques to learn. METHODS:The authors collected studies that have compared hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) and open surgery for the treatment of colorectal disease over the past 17 years. Data of interest for HALS and open surg...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ding J,Xia Y,Liao GQ,Zhang ZM,Liu S,Zhang Y,Yan ZS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between hospital volume and patient outcomes remains controversial for rectal cancer. METHODS:This is a population-based database study. Patients treated with surgery for a stage I to III rectal adenocarcinoma from 2003 to 2009 were identified. High-volume hospitals (HVH) were those centers...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： McColl RJ,McGahan CE,Cai E,Olson R,Cheung WY,Raval MJ,Phang PT,Karimuddin AA,Brown CJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased strength of healing incisions infected with E coli was demonstrated in this experiment. Efforts to measure respiratory gas tensions and pH in these incisions were unsuccessful. Therefore, these moieties were measured in normal and infected wound fluid contained in implanted wire cylinders. The wound fluid fr...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Raju R,Weiner M,Enquist IF

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this analysis is to compare the postoperative outcomes of resection and enucleation of small pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs). METHODS:The 2014-17 American College of Surgeons-NSQIP dataset was queried. Patients undergoing pancreatoduodenectomy (N = 297) or distal pancreatectomy (N = 712)...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Beane JD,Borrebach JD,Billderback A,Onuma AE,Adam MA,Zureikat AH,Pitt HA

更新日期：2020-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity (POSSUM) model and its Portsmouth modification (P-POSSUM) are used extensively to predict postoperative mortality and morbidity in general surgery. The aim of this study was to undertake the first systematic review ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wang H,Chen T,Wang H,Song Y,Li X,Wang J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophageal cancer mortality is increased in African Americans relative to white patients. The reasons for this are unknown but are thought to be related to inadequate access to health care secondary to a higher poverty rate in African American populations. METHODS:The National Health Interview Survey databa...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Miller JA,Rege RV,Ko CY,Livingston EH

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A loop colostomy in infants and children is usually temporary, made through a small abdominal incision, and frequently prolapses its distal limb within months of its construction. Once this prolapse occurs, its permanent reduction is hardly ever achieved. On the other hand, the colostomy that is made at the time of a ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ein SH

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only 3 per cent of all melanomas arise in the mucosa of the head and neck region. Melanomas of mucosal origin in this series differed from their cutaneous counterpart in that size of the primary lesion did not influence prognosis. Regional lymph node metastases were infrequent and did not seem to influence prognosis. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Shah JP,Huvos AG,Strong EW

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although partial splenectomy is preferable to total splenectomy for maintaining an immune response, several techniques by which splenic parenchyma were divided in partial splenectomy have been controversial. METHODS:Partial splenectomy using a new and simple device that irradiates radiofrequency combined wi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Itamoto T,Fukuda S,Tashiro H,Ohdan H,Asahara T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common duct stones retained after choledocholithotomy were removed in 11 patients under intravenous sedation using the Olympus fiberoptic choledochoscope passed through a T-tube tract. A total of 39 stones were removed during 12 procedures, with one patient requiring 2 procedures for complete stone removal. All common...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Birkett DH,Williams LF

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Outcomes after mitral valve (MV) repair are known to be worse in women. Less is known about sex-based differences in MV repair durability. METHODS:All adult patients undergoing MV repair from 2002 to 2016 were reviewed. Of 2463 cases, 947 (39%) were women. Re-operation risk was defined as any intervention f...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hirji SA,Guetter CR,Trager L,Yazdchi F,Landino S,Lee J,Anastasopulos A,Percy E,McGurk S,Pelletier MP,Aranki S,Shekar PS,Kaneko T

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation is an early event in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Insulin and glucose are known to stimulate the growth of VSMC. Cell membrane receptors play an important role in the proliferation of VSMC in response to growth factors. Insulin and insulin-like growth fac...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Avena R,Mitchell ME,Carmody B,Arora S,Neville RF,Sidaway AN

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perforated appendicitis and patient with diabetes using a population-based data set. METHODS:This study used data from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2005 in Taiwan. We identified 4,806 patients hospitalized with acute appendi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wei PL,Lin HC,Kao LT,Chen YH,Lee CZ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined practice referral patterns for primary retroperitoneal sarcoma (PRS) in British Columbia (BC) and associations between the timing of referral to tertiary care and patient outcomes. METHODS:Using ICD-10 coding, the Cancer Agency Information System was used to identify patients with PRS from 2000 ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Merchant S,Cheifetz R,Knowling M,Khurshed F,McGahan C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is still considerable controversy among surgeons regarding the most opportune moment for surgical intervention in the case of acute cholecystitis. For this reason, 471 patients cholecystectomized for acute cholecystitis from 1970 through 1982 were studied. During the first period, there were two types of surgica...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sianesi M,Ghirarduzzi A,Percudani M,Dell'Anna B

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A method of augmenting host defenses against bacterial pathogens could result in a decrease in postoperative infections. Given its effects on leukocyte proliferation and function, it is possible that prophylactic granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) could reduce the incidence and severit...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Meropol NJ,Petrelli NJ,Lipman BJ,Rodriguez-Bigas M,Hicks W,Douglass HO Jr,Smith JL,Rasey M,Blumenson LE,Vaickus L,Hayes FA,Agosti JM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective was to compare the outcomes after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in morbidly obese (body mass index [BMI] <50) patients with super morbidly obese (BMI >50) patients. METHODS:A prospective analysis of 120 patients who underwent laparoscopic RYGB at a community based teaching hospi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Dresel A,Kuhn JA,McCarty TM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information illustrating the benefits of fracture stabilization after multiple trauma has been gathering for almost a century. At the turn of the last century, the introduction of the Thomas splint clearly demonstrated the importance of skeletal stabilization in the management of these patients. The introduction of st...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Pape HC,Giannoudis P,Krettek C

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-two patients with ulcerative colitis and colorectal cancer undergoing colectomy at the Mount Sinai Hospital between 1973 and 1988 were studied retrospectively to determine the correlation of age, sex, duration of colitis, tumor location, number of cancers, tumor differentiation, colloid content, presence of sign...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Heimann TM,Oh SC,Martinelli G,Szporn A,Luppescu N,Lembo CA,Kurtz RJ,Fasy TM,Greenstein AJ

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of 276 femoropopliteal bypass procedures performed in 264 patients at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center over the past two decades showed a direct relationship of graft patency to preoperative popliteal artery runoff. Fuctional results were better than patency results. Sympathectomy and anticoagulati...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Buda JA,Weber CJ,McAllister FF,Voorhees AB Jr

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the issues in the debate surrounding the extent of thyroid excision for localized, well-differentiated thyroid cancer is the low morbidity rate reported after all degrees of thyroid resection. This study was conducted to determine morbidity and mortality after surgical resection for thyroid cancer. M...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Flynn MB,Lyons KJ,Tarter JW,Ragsdale TL

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TIPS) has become the modality of choice for complicated portal decompression. This study was undertaken to determine outcomes after TIPS and the usefulness of TIPS as a "bridge" to transplantation. METHODS:Patients undergoing TIPS from 2001 to 2010 at a t...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Toomey PG,Ross SB,Golkar FC,Hernandez JM,Clark WC,Luberice K,Alsina AE,Rosemurgy AS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 5-year period, iliopsoas abscesses were found in 11 patients. Although the most common underlying condition was Crohn's disease (3 of 11 patients), 5 abscesses resulted from hematogenous spread from a distant site. Each of these five patients was elderly, severely malnourished, or had an underlying chronic dise...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Walsh TR,Reilly JR,Hanley E,Webster M,Peitzman A,Steed DL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00