Femoral tibial-peroneal bypass: the lateral approach and use of glutaraldehyde-tanned umbilical vein.

abstract：:The influence of preoperative liver scans and liver function tests on surgical decision-making was analyzed in 196 patients who underwent surgical therapy for colorectal cancer. One hundred and thirteen patients who had preoperative liver scans were compared with 83 patients who did not. No statistically significant d...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Oren JW,Folse R,Kraudel KL,Lewis DB

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1941 through 1983, a total of 66 patients with sacrococcygeal teratoma were seen, representing 41 percent of the total of 162 patients with teratomas from all anatomic sites seen over this period. Forty-six (70 percent) of the patients with sacrococcygeal teratomas were female and 34 (52 percent) were neonates. Y...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Whalen TV Jr,Mahour GH,Landing BH,Woolley MM

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic foot wounds affect an estimated 15% of all patients with diabetes. These wounds are typically multifactorial in origin. Neuropathy of the foot and impaired wound healing are frequently associated with peripheral arterial occlusive disease. These factors combine to contribute to the development of foot ulcers....

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Faries PL,Teodorescu VJ,Morrissey NJ,Hollier LH,Marin ML

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant arterial trauma can result from femoral arterial cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass or intraaortic balloon pumping. Threat of imminent loss of limb or suture line disruption requires prompt surgical intervention. Delayed appearance of claudication, characteristically at 1 to 2 weeks postoperatively, is...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kozloff L,Rich NM,Brott WH,Collins GJ Jr,McDonald PT,Clagett GP,Collins JT Jr

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic infarction is rare in inflammatory diseases of the pancreas, although the spleen and its vessels have an intimate relation with the pancreas. Most reported cases are of focal infarction, and treatment is mostly conservative. The authors report a case of diffuse splenic infarction in a 17-year-old boy with seve...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ray S,Mridha AR,Ahammed M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that the venous pressure slope during minimal exercise is a sensitive measurement of venous disease. This parameter differed greatly in our two study populations. Due to increased venous pressure, venous insufficiency syndrome patients have a greater volume of pooled blood, which results in smaller press...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Taheri SA,Pendergast D,Lazar E,Pollack LH,Shores RM,McDonald B,Taheri P

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas is a rare but distinctive cystic lesion lined by a mature, keratinizing squamous epithelium and surrounded by lymphoid tissue. METHODS:To gain more insights into this entity, we describe 5 examples of lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas (2 of which were briefly descri...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Truong LD,Stewart MG,Hao H,Yutani C,Jordan PH

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective review of 28 patients with primary gastric lymphoma was performed to determine the optimal treatment modality. The presenting signs and symptoms resembled peptic ulcer disease or gastric carcinomas. The majority of the lymphomas were of the diffuse histiocytic subtype. There was a 75 percent resectabil...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jones RE,Willis S,Innes DJ,Wanebo HJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small bore feeding tube may be readily introduced into the stomach by splinting it internally, before insertion, with a flexible arteriographic guide wire, which is removed when the tube is in place. Gentle placement of the tube is recommended. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Martin DC Jr

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 100 years, since César Roux began utilizing his "Ansa-en-Y" procedure for gastric outlet obstruction, the procedure at first fell into disuse but was later adapted for other applications. This article discusses the background of the procedure and compares the original indications with the author's curr...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mason GR

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular carcinoma of the thyroid usually metastasizes through a hematogenous route to the bone, lung, and central nervous system. Metastasis to subcutaneous tissues and retro-orbital region is unusual. We report an unusual case of follicular thyroid carcinoma with metastasis to subcutaneous tissues in the right tem...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Anoop TM,Mini PN,Divya KP,Nikhil S,Jabbar PK

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic study of hybrid Baltimore blacks in relation to the presence of cancer may be timely since the mortality rate in blacks compared with the mortality rate in whites has increased considerably. The appearance of white genes in black persons may provide some help in such a study. A positive relationship was not ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Miller JM,Miller JM

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appendicitis in preschool children is not uncommon. A duration of greater than 40 hours usually implied perforation. The most common findings were abdominal pain, tenderness, temperature elevation and vomiting. In the presence of perforation or abscess formation, appendectomy followed by copious wound irrigation, absc...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Graham JM,Pokorny WJ,Harberg FJ

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DVT involving the lower extremities is a frequent (25-40 percent of patients) complication of major thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic surgery in patients beyond the age of 40 years. Herein, we have reported a recently completed large prospective, randomized multicenter investigation of the prophylaxis of postoperative D...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： DiSerio FJ,Sasahara AA

更新日期：1985-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative gastric retention may be minimized by avoiding the use of the Billroth I reconstruction when a large duodenal ulcer must be retained. Postoperative gastric retention is more likely to remit with conservative therapy if the procedure was a Billroth I reconstruction with a vagotomy. In other instances wher...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ahmad W,Harbrecht PJ,Polk HC Jr

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 2 year period, 60 consecutive feeding enterostomies were placed in malnourished patients. The major complication rate was 1.6 percent. Total complications were 8 percent. Thirty day mortality was 13 percent. Nearly all patients were given isosmotic nonelemental diets. The incidence of diarrhea was 2 percent with ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hinsdale JG,Lipkowitz GS,Pollock TW,Hoover EL,Jaffe BM

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of preventing intestinal regurgitation by means of a telescoped intestinal valve has been investigated in this study. Ten telescoped intestinal valves were uniformly created in dogs. A tolerance test to barium reflux was performed before the animals were sacrificed 16 weeks postoperatively, which yielded...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Yang Y,Kholoussy AM,Kuwano H,Takenaka K,Perez A,Matsumoto T

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of the confusion surrounding the repair of asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms related to inaccuracies in their measurement, both preoperatively and intraoperatively. Multiple measurements of aneurysms at operation have convinced us that the largest and least variable diameter is the anteroposterior diameter ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Graeve AH,Carpenter CM,Wicks JD,Edwards WS

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parastomal hernia repair remains a significant surgical challenge. Recurrence after standard "keyhole" or primary suture repair is common. We adopted and modified a new technique using a construct shaped like an inverted top hat. We review our experience over the last six years in the first 30 patients (31 consecutive...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Fitzgerald MJ,Ullrich S,Singh K,Misholy O,Kingham P,Brady MS

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Saline-linked electric cautery (SLC) is introduced as an effective device to reduce blood loss in liver surgery. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a 2-surgeon technique using SLC and the Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA; Valleylab, Boulder, CO) in living dono...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Takatsuki M,Eguchi S,Yamanouchi K,Tokai H,Hidaka M,Soyama A,Miyazaki K,Hamasaki K,Tajima Y,Kanematsu T

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Video broadcasting of surgical procedures is an important tool for education, training, and consultation. Current video conferencing systems are expensive and time-consuming and require preplanning. Real-time Internet video is known for its poor quality and relies on the equipment and the speed of the connec...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Damore LJ 2nd,Johnson JA,Dixon RS,Iverson MA,Ellison EC,Melvin WS

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal persistent of the embryonic axial blood supply to the leg, the sciatic artery, is a rare but often clinically important condition. The sciatic artery may vary from a small collateral in the upper thigh to a very large vessel that is the leg's sole arterial blood supply. The abnormal artery is prone to aneurys...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Williams LR,Flanigan DP,O'Connor RJ,Schuler JJ

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between August 1967 and January 1977, 699 cadaver kidneys were preserved and transplanted in our hospital after continuous perfusion with cryoprecipitated plasma. Overall graft survival of primary transplants was 55 +/- 2 per cent at one year and 41 +/- 2 per cent at four years. The results with ninety-six second tran...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Feduska NJ,Belzer FO,Stieper KW,Duca RM,Mitchell JW,Vincenti F,Cochrum KC,Salvatierra O Jr

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The upper thigh is an alternative but infrequently used site to the forearm for placement of subcutaneous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) arteriovenous conduits in patients requiring hemodialysis for end stage renal failure. This site has the great advantage of easier accessibility for self-cannulation. METH...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Khadra MH,Dwyer AJ,Thompson JF

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AbdCT for the evaluation of AAP in the ED in the US may be excessive and is potentially (although rarely) misleading and harmful. A selective policy of 'AbdUS first' combined with an observation unit and/or surgeon evaluation prior to AbdCT is preferred to a 'routine AbdCT' policy. Repeated AbdCTs for abdominal pain a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bax T,Macha M,Mayberry J

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:Thirty patients with carcinoid tumors of the ileum over a recent 10-year period have been analyzed. Seventeen patients were symptomatic and 13 others were found to have tumors incidentally at autopsy or celiotomy. Patients with symptoms almost invariably had metastatic disease, yet preoperative diagnosis was rarely ac...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Peck JJ,Shields AB,Boyden AM,Dworkin LA,Nadal JW

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of preoperative irradiation on the healing of low colorectal anastomoses was studied experimentally. In 12 dogs in whom preoperative irradiation of 4,000 rads was given before low colorectal stapled anastomosis was performed, anastomotic leakage occurred in 66 percent. More than half of the anastomotic leak...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Morgenstern L,Sanders G,Wahlstrom E,Yadegar J,Amodeo P

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined and compared APP versus surgical resident perceptions of the role of APPs in surgical subspecialty teams. METHODS:Residents/first year surgical critical care fellows and inpatient service-specific APPs responded to a survey that examined perceptions about the APP-resident/fellow relationship. St...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Eaton B,Hessler L,O'Meara L,Herrera A,Tesoriero R,Diaz J,Bruns B

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery involving rectal division with intracorporeal stapling devices is technically difficult. This study aimed to identify risk factors for anastomotic leakage associated with laparoscopic anterior resection for rectal cancer. METHODS:We studied 363 patients who underwent lapar...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Akiyoshi T,Ueno M,Fukunaga Y,Nagayama S,Fujimoto Y,Konishi T,Kuroyanagi H,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00