Evaluation of intrathymic islet transplantation in the prediabetic period.

abstract：:Duodenobronchial fistulas are an extremely rare subgroup of abdominobronchial fistulas, which include bronchobiliary, gastrobronchial, enterobronchial, colobronchial, and splenobronchial fistulas. Only one case of a duodenobronchial fistula has been previously reported. Duodenobronchial fistulas occur as a complicatio...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Heitmiller RF,Yeo CJ

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefit of removing the splenic lymph nodes in patients with proximal gastric cancer has been controversial. The purpose of our study was to investigate the importance of performing a splenic hilar lymph node dissection without splenectomy in patients undergoing total gastrectomy for gastric cancer. MET...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Liu K,Chen XZ,Zhang YC,Zhang WH,Chen XL,Sun LF,Yang K,Zhang B,Zhou ZG,Hu JK

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) has decreased the rates of permanent RLN palsy during thyroid operations; however, unexpected RLN palsy still occurs, even though the visual integrity was assured and most nerve injuries were not recognized intraoperatively. The aim of this study is to determ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Chiang FY,Lu IC,Kuo WR,Lee KW,Chang NC,Wu CW

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aortocolic fistulas are a rare but lethal complication of aortic or iliac aneurysms. A case of fistula between a nonaneurysmal aortic bifurcation and sigmoid colon caused by an ingested chicken bone is presented. This cause of rectal bleeding, which has never been described, might have been suspected after car...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Caes F,Vierendeels T,Welch W,Willems G

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ex situ liver surgery allows liver resection and vascular reconstruction in patients who have liver tumors located at critical sites. Only a small series of studies about ex situ liver surgery is available in the literature. No long-term results have been published. METHODS:Twenty-four patients were conside...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Oldhafer KJ,Lang H,Schlitt HJ,Hauss J,Raab R,Klempnauer J,Pichlmayr R

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma, patients have a high probability of recurrence. We examined indications for liver resection in cases of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma. METHODS:Patients undergoing a second liver resection (n=210) or treatment by transcatheter arterial chemoemboliz...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Yagi R,Midorikawa Y,Moriguchi M,Nakayama H,Aramaki O,Yamazaki S,Higaki T,Takayama T

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expendable autologous nerve available for repair of nerve injuries is limited. Cadaveric allografts could provide adequate nerve for grafting but are susceptible to rejection and currently require chronic systemic immunosuppression. METHODS:Age-matched Buffalo (RT1B) rats randomly assigned to 7 experimental...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Genden EM,Mackinnon SE,Yu S,Flye MW

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Regional surgical quality improvement consortiums are becoming more common. Herein we have reported the effectiveness of a statewide consortium focusing on open vascular operative procedures. METHODS:The statewide Michigan Surgical Quality Consortium was established in 2005 with 16 hospitals that report cas...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Henke PK,Kubus J,Englesbe MJ,Harbaugh C,Campbell DA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy exists about the routes of invasion (extrathyroidal versus lymphogenic extension) when differentiated carcinoma (DTC) and medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) invade the cervicovisceral axis (ie, larynx, trachea, esophagus). METHODS:We carried out an institutional analysis, from November 1994 to Oc...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Machens A,Hinze R,Lautenschläger C,Thomusch O,Dralle H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy induces an unprecedented liver hypertrophy and enables resection of otherwise unresectable liver tumors. The effect of associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy on tumor proliferation, however, remai...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Kambakamba P,Linecker M,Schneider M,Reiner CS,Nguyen-Kim TDL,Limani P,Romic I,Figueras J,Petrowsky H,Clavien PA,Lesurtel M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 23-year period from January 1959 to February 1982, 142 patients (78 men and 64 women) underwent arterial reconstructive operations for obstruction of the brachiocephalic arteries. A single vessel was involved in 75% and multiple vessels were involved in 25% of the cases. Distal involvement of internal carot...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Crawford ES,Stowe CL,Powers RW Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thoracopancreatic fistula is a rare clinical entity but a serious complication of inflammatory pancreatic diseases, caused by a disruption of the pancreatic ductal system. Its diagnosis is frequently misleading, however, and thus is often delayed. METHODS:Seven patients with thoracopancreatic fistula who pr...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Tajima Y,Tsutsumi R,Kuroki T,Mishima T,Adachi T,Kitasato A,Kanematsu T

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of dendritic cells (DC) in the local tumor environment correlates with patient survival in numerous tumors. The relationship of DC infiltration in the tumor microenvironment and prognosis was examined in patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma. METHODS:Forty-seven pancreatectomy specimens with a ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Dallal RM,Christakos P,Lee K,Egawa S,Son YI,Lotze MT

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic pancreatitis remains a challenging inflammatory disease, causing progressive, irreversible fibrosis of the pancreatic parenchyma. Several surgical options for treatment have been established, but duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resections seem to be the most favorable option other than pancreatod...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Bellon E,Roswora MD,Melling N,Grotelueschen R,Grupp K,Reeh M,Ghadban T,Izbicki JR,Bachmann K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystectomy will not always relieve the abdominal symptoms of the patient with gallstones. The functional effects of gallbladder removal in a patient with a patent cystic duct are not known in detail. Studies of the function of the gallbladder and pancreas have suggested feedback mechanisms for the release of chol...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Gelin J,Rehfeld JF,Jansson R,Svanvik J

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 112 patients with severe ischemia of the lower limb and without a suitable saphenous vein, 99 femoropopliteal and 22 femorodistal bypass procedures were performed with the modified human umbilical vein (Biograft, Meadox Medicals Inc., Oakland, N.J.). Seventy-eight percent of the operations were performed for limb s...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Andersen LI,Nielsen OM,Buchardt Hansen HJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resection of a dissecting aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta (Type III) was accomplished in a uremic patient on hemodialysis with reconstruction of blood flow through extrathoracic bilateral axillary-subclavian-iliac Dacron grafts. Review of the literature revealed no similar operation reported before. Other po...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Absolon KB,Freant L,Newsome D,Kim SC,Oboler A

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We bring up to date our series of direct measurements of portal flow and pressure in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. In 153 patients the portal flow averaged 447 plus or minus 350 ml. Hg per minute and the portal pressure 28.5 plus or minus 4 mm. Hg (approximately 387 mm. H2O). Both quantities compare favorably ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Moreno AH,Burchell AR,Reddy RV,Panke WF,Nealon TF Jr

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy is a valid therapeutic option for pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms. The aim of this study was to describe an initial experience with the use of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy as a neoadjuvant agent for resectable or potentially resectable pancreatic neuroendocr...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Partelli S,Bertani E,Bartolomei M,Perali C,Muffatti F,Grana CM,Schiavo Lena M,Doglioni C,Crippa S,Fazio N,Zamboni G,Falconi M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No reports have yet precisely determined corticotropin (ACTH) responsiveness in virilizing adrenocortical adenoma. METHODS:Five women with an androgen-secreting adrenal adenoma were reviewed. Three of them were examined by in vitro steroidogenesis. Two of these 3 patients were studied by immunohistochemistr...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Imai T,Tobinaga J,Morita-Matsuyama T,Kikumori T,Sasano H,Seo H,Funahashi H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Muscle protein catabolism, reflected by a decrease in glutamine (GLN), a decrease in muscle protein synthesis, and a negative nitrogen balance can be reduced by either administration of GLN or growth hormone (GH). In this study, the effects of a combination of GH and GLH were studied. METHODS:Patients (n = ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Hammarqvist F,Sandgren A,Andersson K,Essén P,McNurlan MA,Garlick PJ,Wernerman J

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Gender differences have been noted in acute ischemia/reperfusion injury. Estrogen and the estrogen receptors (ER) appear to play a critical role in cardiovascular gender differences, given that females have improved myocardial functional recovery associated with decreased tissue inflammation. It has been sug...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Wang M,Crisostomo PR,Markel T,Wang Y,Lillemoe KD,Meldrum DR

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that perfluorocarbons were able to reduce myocardial infarct size in a baboon model of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Exchange transfusion of perfluorocarbons has been shown to reduce myocardial infarct size in the dog, who, unlike the baboon, has an extensive c...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Premaratne S,Harada RN,Chun P,Suehiro A,McNamara JJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Retrograde distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy is the standard procedure for cancers of the body and tail of the pancreas. However, this procedure has limitations in terms of the posterior extent of resection and the ability to achieve a complete N1 node resection. METHODS:A new antegrade procedure has...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Strasberg SM,Drebin JA,Linehan D

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) injury is a major determinant of early graft dysfunction and long-term graft survival in small intestinal transplantation. The cavitary two-layer method (TLM) has been reported to be superior to the University of Wisconsin cold storage method (UWM) in long-term preservation of ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Kakinoki K,Fujino Y,Suzuki Y,Li S,Yoshikawa T,Tanioka Y,Ku Y,Kuroda Y

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seeding of vascular grafts with genetically engineered human endothelial cells (hECs) secreting antithrombogenic or fibrinolytic agents has considerable clinical potential. METHODS:An adenoviral vector was used to transfer the human tissue-type plasminogen activator (htPA) gene to hECs, and the ability of t...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sugawara Y,Sakata Y,Minowada S,Hamada H,Yoshida Y,Sato O,Deguchi J,Kimura H,Namba T,Makuuchi M,Miyata T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplant renal artery stenosis occurred in 12 of 101 consecutive kidney transplants. Stenoses were all located in the renal artery distal to the anastomosis. Two separate forms of stenosis are recognized: angulation and segmental. All transplant patients with severe diastolic hypertension, refractory to medical mana...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Doyle TJ,McGregor WR,Fox PS,Maddison FE,Rodgers RE,Kauffman HM

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage from rupture of the splenic artery into the pancreatic duct is unusual. This obscure cause of intermittent gastrointestinal tract bleeding should be suspected when the more common causes of bleeding have been ruled out. Duodenoscopy carried out during active hemorrhage may reveal bloo...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Camishion RC,Pello MJ,Spence RK,Alexander JB,Atabek UM,Kuroda K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to show whether weight-losing cancer patients have an elevated glycerol turnover. Four groups of patients were examined: weight-losing cancer patients, weight-losing patients without cancer, cancer patients without weight loss, and weight-stable and well-nourished hospitalized control patients....

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Edén E,Edström S,Bennegárd K,Lindmark L,Lundholm K

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promotes tumor angioinvasion while VEGF-C is a potent lymphangiogenic factor. This study aims at evaluating serum VEGF (sVEGF) and sVEGF-C levels in recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients. METHODS:Serum samples were collected preoperatively from 85 pat...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Yu XM,Lo CY,Lam AK,Lang BH,Leung P,Luk JM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00