Second-stage pancreatojejunostomy following pancreatoduodenectomy in high-risk patients.

abstract：:A new surgical approach is proposed for patients with coarctation of the aorta associated with severe aortic valvular insufficiency. The valvular lesion should be repaired first and the coarctation corrected during a second operation; both interventions should be done during the same hospital stay. We base our approac...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rufilanchas JJ,Villagra F,Maroñas JM,Tellez G,Agosti J,Juffe A,Figuera D

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Decrease in blood pressure (BP) is the major goal of adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism. Nevertheless, the optimal timing to assess these outcomes and the needed duration of follow-up are uncertain. We systematically reviewed the literature regarding trends in BP-related outcomes during follow-up after ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Suurd DPD,Vorselaars WMCM,Van Beek DJ,Spiering W,Borel Rinkes IHM,Valk GD,Vriens MR

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are controversial data on the relationship between trauma and body mass index. We investigated this relationship in traumatic hemorrhagic shock. METHODS:The "Glue Grant" database was analyzed, stratifying patients into underweight, normal weight (NW), overweight, Class I obesity, Class II obesity, and...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hwabejire JO,Nembhard CE,Obirieze AC,Oyetunji TA,Tran DD,Fullum TM,Siram SM,Cornwell EE 3rd,Greene WR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short bowel syndrome, secondary to a variety of causes, can be lethal in infancy and childhood. Isoperistaltic bowel lengthening, performed by longitudinal division of dilated small bowel with end-to-end anastomosis, has shown early promise but long-term outcome is unknown. METHODS:Sixteen infants and child...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Weber TR

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ostomy closure following the Hartmann procedure is perceived to be associated with higher morbidity and mortality rates than is ostomy closure following divided colostomy, loop colostomy, and divided ileostomy-colostomy so that ostomy closure after Hartmann procedure may be denied to certain patients. To test that per...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mosdell DM,Doberneck RC

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of parathyroid surgery is based on accurate localization of normal and abnormal parathyroid glands, knowledge of the pathologic conditions, and meticulous dissection during removal of the abnormal glands. Although parathyroid localization is essential in cases requiring re-exploration, there is considerabl...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Shaha AR,LaRosa CA,Jaffe BM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenteric vascular disease continues to be associated with an extremely high mortality. It is not necessarily a disease of old age: 20 of the 75 patients in our series were less than 60 years of age. In retrospect, earlier diagnosis and a more aggressive approach could have improved the survival rate of 17.3 percent....

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hildebrand HD,Zierler RE

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased surgical workforce diversity diminishes health disparities. METHODS:Researchers recruited and nonrandomly enrolled participants into intervention and comparison groups for a quasi-experimental study of the impact of a seminar course on student exposure to diverse mentorship and service through sur...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Steinberg JR,Bryant TS,Carroll AL,Marin-Nevarez P,Lee EW,Anderson TN,Merrell SB,Lau JN

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the effectiveness of a single dose of prophylactic antibiotic (gentamicin) in elective cholecystectomy in a double-blind, controlled randomized study. All patients recognized preoperatively as being at risk were excluded. The treatment group comprised of 102 patients received a single dose of gentamicin and ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kaufman Z,Dinbar A

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric magnet ingestions are increasing. Commercial availability of rare-earth magnets poses a serious health risk. This study defines incidence, characteristics, and management of ingestions over time. METHODS:Cases were identified by searching radiology reports from June 2002 to December 2012 at a chil...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brown JC,Otjen JP,Drugas GT

更新日期：2014-05-01 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

authors： Rebibo L,Ebosse I,Iederan C,Mahjoub Y,Dupont H,Cosse C,Regimbeau JM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miliary tuberculosis is the most lethal form of tubercular disease. If dissemination of tubercle bacilli occurs without therapy, death is almost certain. The importance of establishing an etiologic diagnosis as promptly as possible in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy is self-explanatory. The presence of a ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rattazzi LC,Simmons RL,Spanos PK,Bradford DS,Najarian JS

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report here the results of combined coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair and the factors associated with higher mortality following this procedure. METHODS:The authors performed a retrospective chart review of 26 patients who underwent combined CABG and AAA re...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Gade PV,Ascher E,Cunningham JN,Kallakuri S,Scheinman M,Scherer H,Robertazzi R,Hingorani A

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypocalcemia caused by transient or definitive hypoparathyroidism is the most frequent complication after thyroidectomy. We aimed to compare the impact of incidental parathyroidectomy and serum vitamin D(3) level on postoperative hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy (TT) or near total thyroidectomy (NTT). ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Erbil Y,Barbaros U,Temel B,Turkoglu U,Işsever H,Bozbora A,Ozarmağan S,Tezelman S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer-related lymphedema remains a significant complication post mastectomy. Identifying patients at highest risk may better inform targeted healthcare resource allocation and improve outcomes. This study aims to identify lymphedema predictors after mastectomy to develop a simple, accurate risk asses...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Basta MN,Wu LC,Kanchwala SK,Serletti JM,Tchou JC,Kovach SJ,Fosnot J,Fischer JP

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent, nodular necrotizing granulomatous mastitis in two patients is reported in detail. Pathologic, immunologic, and bacteriologic studies in one patient indicate that this entity is different from plasmas cell mastitis, fat necrosis, mammary ductal ectasia, and the usual infectious and puerperal mastitis. System...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brown KL,Tang PH

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elective peripheral vascular surgery provides quality outcomes that are of great benefit to patients, but have complications that result in severe morbidity and excessive costs. METHODS:We studied elective carotid endarterectomy, aortofemoral bypass/aortic aneurysm repairs, and femoral-distal bypass surgeri...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Fry DE,Pine M,Jones BL,Meimban RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital abnormality of the small intestine, occurring in about 2 per cent of the population. Complications of a Meckel's diverticulum, including hemorrhage, inflammation, bowel obstruction, and neoplasms, occur in 15 to 33 per cent of cases and invariably demand operative tr...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Michas CA,Cohen SE,Wolfman EF Jr

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal volunteers and patients were studied to determine the relative importance of NMTT and patient risk factors in the production of hypoprothrombinemia. The normal volunteers demonstrated in vivo NMTT production, but the order of magnitude (cefoperazone, moxalactam, and cefotetan in descending order) was different ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schentag JJ,Welage LS,Williams JS,Wilton JH,Adelman MH,Rigan D,Grasela TH

更新日期：1988-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Yao and Bergan [8] have shown that an ankle systolic index of more than 0.25 is associated with a high rate of success from lumbar sympathectomy. This association has been borne out in our small series. We have also suggested that diseases that obviously compromise collateral circulation might be a relative contraindi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Seeger JM,Lazarus HM,Albo D Jr

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of the present study emphasize the importance of minimizing the time delay between a significant elevation in CEA and a second-look operation. Equally important are the frequency of serial determinations, a thorough understanding of the limitations of the assay, and careful evaluation of the clinical condi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Martin EW Jr,Cooperman M,King G,Rinker L,Carey LC,Minton JP

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous transluminal laser angioplasty is a new method for treating atherosclerotic disease previously not amenable to routine percutaneous transluminal angioplasty techniques. Our results compared favorably with other clinical trials. Patient selection criteria include lesions in the superficial femoral or popli...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Fleisher HL 3rd,Thompson BW,McCowan TC,Ferris EJ,Reifsteck JE,Barnes RW

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study characterizes the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome in a pre-clinical polytrauma hemorrhage model. METHODS:Rats (n = 6) were anesthetized, hemorrhaged 20% of their blood volume, and subjected to a femur fracture and crush injuries to the small intestine, liver, and limb skeletal muscle without res...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Nicholson SE,Merrill D,Zhu C,Burmeister DM,Zou Y,Lai Z,Darlington DN,Lewis AM,Newton L,Scroggins S,Eastridge BJ,Schwacha MG

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemoglobin-based blood substitutes appear poised to deliver the promise of a universally compatible, disease-free alternative to banked blood. However, vasoconstriction following administration of tetrameric hemoglobins has been problematic, likely because of nitric oxide binding. Polymerized hemoglobin is e...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Johnson JL,Moore EE,Offner PJ,Haenel JB,Hides GA,Tamura DY

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of forty-three patients with carcinoma of the gallbladder discovered ih a twenty-five year period (during which 10,349 patients were diagnosed as having cholelithiasis), eighteen patients (42 per cent) had no obvious tumor outside of the gallbladder at the time of operation, nineteen patients (44 per cent) had local s...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Treadwell TA,Hardin WJ

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bloodstream infections in critically ill patients are associated with mortality as high as 60% and a prolonged hospital stay. We evaluated the impact of inappropriate antibiotic therapy (IAAT) in a critically ill surgical cohort with bacteremia. METHODS:This retrospective study evaluated adults with intensi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Abraham K,Dolman HS,Zimmerman LH,Faris J,Edelman DA,Baylor A,Wilson RF,Tyburski JG

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have evaluated the role of computed tomography-guided percutaneous drainage (PD) in the management of gastrointestinal (GI) anastomotic leaks. METHODS:Ten-year review of an interventional radiology database identified patients with symptomatic GI anastomotic leaks. Clinical, laboratory, radiogra...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Felder SI,Barmparas G,Murrell Z,Fleshner P

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Real-time ultrasound scanning was used during operations on the biliary tract and pancreas. The principal application in biliary surgery was to evaluate the common bile duct for presence of calculi. Our initial experience indicates that operative ultrasonography compares favorably with operative cholangiography. In pa...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sigel B,Coelho JC,Spigos DG,Donahue PE,Wood DK,Nyhus LM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of 143 patients with 144 feeding jejunostomies was carried out. In the 129 patients in whom catheters were utilized, only 48 (45 percent) had no complications. Seventy-one patients (55 percent) suffered one or more catheter-related complications. Ten of these complications were life-threatening or fatal, incl...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Smith-Choban P,Max MH

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The OX-40 receptor (OX-40R/CD134) is expressed primarily on activated CD4(+) ("helper") T cells. We have previously reported the presence of OX-40(+) T cells in head and neck cancer and melanoma, where they appear to be restricted to tumor compartments (primary tumor infiltrating lymphocytes [TILs] and drain...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ramstad T,Lawnicki L,Vetto J,Weinberg A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00