Serum amylase level on admission in the diagnosis of blunt injury to the pancreas: its significance and limitations.

abstract：:Neurologic events following carotid reconstructive surgery for symptomatic cerebral occlusive disease are generally reported to be one to two per cent. One of the events leading to this incidence is thrombosis of the endarterectomized internal carotid artery (ICA) after surgery. Since antiplatelet drugs have been foun...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Edwards WH,Edwards WH Jr,Mulherin JL Jr,Jenkins JM

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was aimed to investigate the prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating neutrophils (TINs) and to generate a predictive model to refine postoperative risk stratification system for patients with gastric cancer. BACKGROUND:TIN presents in various malignant tumors, but its clinical significance in gastr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Zhang H,Liu H,Shen Z,Lin C,Wang X,Qin J,Qin X,Xu J,Sun Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The advice to individuals with identified CDH1 mutations is generally to undertake prophylactic total gastrectomy (PTG). This study evaluated the effect of PTG on health-related quality of life (HRQL) in asymptomatic individuals with identified CDH1 mutations at high risk for gastric cancer. METHODS:Individ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Worster E,Liu X,Richardson S,Hardwick RH,Dwerryhouse S,Caldas C,Fitzgerald RC

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipocyte lipolysis and its adrenergic control were studied in vitro from normal patients and those with trauma and sepsis. The adrenergic receptors were studied in terms of their responsiveness, a measure of the postreceptor mechanism, and their sensitivity, a measure of the receptor number or affinity. With early tr...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Forse RA,Leibel R,Askanazi J,Hirsch J,Kinney JM

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors review current definition, classification, scoring, microbiology, inflammatory response, and goals of management of secondary peritonitis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Despite improved diagnostic modalities, potent antibiotics, modern intensive care, and aggressive surgical treatment, up to one third ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Wittmann DH,Schein M,Condon RE

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a disease process characterized by microangiopathic anemia, fever, neurologic manifestations, renal abnormalities, and thrombocytopenia. These clinical findings are caused by vascular occlusions of the microcirculation. At present the utilization of splenectomy, in the trea...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rutkow IM

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The outcome of pelvic exenteration was compared in patients with locally advanced primary (LAP) cancer and recurrent rectal cancer (RRC). BACKGROUND:There are few reports comparing the results of pelvic exenteration for primary advanced rectal cancer and RRC. METHODS:Consecutive patients undergoing pelvic e...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bhangu A,Ali SM,Brown G,Nicholls RJ,Tekkis P

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grafting the circumflex coronary artery has been more difficult technically than the right or anterior descending because of its posterior location and the angles of its marginal branches. However, grafting this artery has been substantially simplified by a method wherein the graft is passed directly through the trans...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Hudspeth AS

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the rarity of chronic relapsing pancreatitis in children, in the last 15 years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and its Children's Hospital we have used longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy in treatment of eight patients whose symptoms began in childhood. Duration of symptoms ranged from 2 to 36 years. S...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Scott HW Jr,Neblett WW,O'Neill JA Jr,Sawyers JL,Avant GS,Starnes VA

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one infants less than a year of age underwent surgery for correction of pernicious gastroesophageal reflux. Severe growth retardation from persistent vomiting was the single most important indication for surgery (25 patients). Recurrent aspiration penumonitis was another serious sequella of reflux and necessita...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Randolph JG,Lilly JR,Anderson KD

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the first decade of experience with minimal access surgery, with particular attention to issues of training surgeons already in practice, and to provide a set of recommendations to improve technical training for surgeons in practice. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Concerns about the adequacy of training ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rogers DA,Elstein AS,Bordage G

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appendicitis is more common in developed than in developing societies and appendiceal fecaliths are thought to have an etiologic role in the disease. The geographic distribution of appendiceal fecaliths was investigated by systematic, intraoperative palpation of the appendix in patients in Toronto, Canada and Johannes...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Jones BA,Demetriades D,Segal I,Burkitt DP

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prospectively evaluate the psychosocial outcomes and body image of patients 2 years postmastectomy reconstruction using a multicenter, multisurgeon approach. BACKGROUND:Although breast reconstruction has been shown to confer significant psychosocial benefits in breast cancer patients at year 1 postreconst...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Atisha D,Alderman AK,Lowery JC,Kuhn LE,Davis J,Wilkins EG

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine which factors most influence late survival after the coronary bypass procedure, a review was made of the initial experience of one surgeon who performed 792 operations between 1968 and 1972. The initial 250 patients were compared with the subsequent 542 patients. The two groups were of similar ag...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Lawrie GM,Morris GC Jr

更新日期：1978-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 915 resections for bronchogenic carcinoma over a 25-year period (1945-1969), 249 patients survived over 5 years; 127 of the patients eligible survived over 10 years, 61 over 15 years, and 22 over 20 years. The case material was divided into three time periods: 1945-49, 1950-59 and 1960-69, as well as by extent of r...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Paulson DL,Reisch JS

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined management strategies, overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival (PFS) among patients with PMNSGCTs undergoing resection and multidisciplinary management at a high-volume institution. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Outcomes after resection of PMNSGCTs are not well-characterized, with limit...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Caso R,Jones GD,Bains MS,Hsu M,Tan KS,Feldman DR,Funt SA,Reuter VE,Bosl GJ,McHugh D,Huang J,Molena D,Amar D,Fischer G,Rusch VW,Jones DR

更新日期：2020-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Comparison of minimal access retroperitoneal pancreatic necrosectomy (MARPN) versus open necrosectomy in the treatment of infected or nonresolving pancreatic necrosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:Infected pancreatic necrosis may lead to progressive organ failure and death. Minimal access techniques have been ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Raraty MG,Halloran CM,Dodd S,Ghaneh P,Connor S,Evans J,Sutton R,Neoptolemos JP

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of transversus abdominis muscle release (TAR) with retrorectus synthetic mesh reinforcement in a large series of complex hernia patients. BACKGROUND:Posterior component separation via TAR during abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR) continues to gain popularity. Although our...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Novitsky YW,Fayezizadeh M,Majumder A,Neupane R,Elliott HL,Orenstein SB

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Hepp-Couinaud technique describes side-to-side HJ to the main left hepatic duct but a side-to-side approach is not consistently used when repairing other ducts. Compared with end-to-side repairs, side-to-side anastomoses require less dissection, theoretically preserving blood supply to the bile ducts, an...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Winslow ER,Fialkowski EA,Linehan DC,Hawkins WG,Picus DD,Strasberg SM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) after mastectomy for cancer has increased in recent years, yet long-term, modality-specific comparative data are lacking. We performed this study to compare short- and long-term outcomes after expander, autologous (AT), and direct-to-implant (DI) breast reconstruction. ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Fischer JP,Fox JP,Nelson JA,Kovach SJ,Serletti JM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:For patients with gastroparesis, temporary pyloric disruption has been shown to improve symptoms and gastric emptying. Per-oral pyloromyotomy (POP) is an innovative endoscopic procedure to divide the pylorus from within a submucosal tunnel, as a corollary to surgical pyloromyotomy. Here we evaluate subjective...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rodriguez J,Strong AT,Haskins IN,Landreneau JP,Allemang MT,El-Hayek K,Villamere J,Tu C,Cline MS,Kroh M,Ponsky JL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report reviews the experience of the Hepatobiliary Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London with 16 patients having proximal extrahepatic bile duct malignancy who underwent resection and a comparable group of 15 patients who had surgical bypass. The purposes of the review were to eval...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Beazley RM,Hadjis N,Benjamin IS,Blumgart LH

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to define the post-traumatic changes in body fluid compartments and to evaluate the effect of plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP) on the partitioning of body fluid between these compartments. Forty-two measurements of plasma volume (green dye), extracellular volume (bromine), and total body...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Böck JC,Barker BC,Clinton AG,Wilson MB,Lewis FR

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcomes of bilateral subtotal (BST) versus total thyroidectomy (TT) for benign bilateral thyroid disease (BBTD). BACKGROUND:The extent of thyroid resection in benign goiter is controversial. Potential advantages of TT over BST may include: one-stage removal of incidental thyroid cancer, and a...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Barczyński M,Konturek A,Stopa M,Cichoń S,Richter P,Nowak W

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the founding of the American Medical Association's Section on Surgery in 1859 and how it represented, on a national basis, the beginnings of organized surgery and the formal start of the professionalization and specialization of surgery in the United States. BACKGROUND:The broad social process of ...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Rutkow I

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate information transfer and communication (ITC) across the surgical care pathway with the use of Information Transfer and Communication Assessment Tool for Surgery (ITCAS). BACKGROUND:Communication failures are the leading cause of surgical errors and adverse events. It is vital to assess the ITC ac...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Nagpal K,Vats A,Ahmed K,Vincent C,Moorthy K

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the current concepts in the mediastinal staging of nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), evaluating traditional and modern staging modalities. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA:Staging of NSCLC includes the assessment of mediastinal lymph nodes. Traditionally, computed tomography (CT) and mediastinoscopy are us...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kramer H,Groen HJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 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:The purpose of this study is to use updated data and Bayesian methods to evaluate the effectiveness of hyperoxia to reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) and/or mortality in both colorectal and all surgery patients. Because few trials assessed potential harms of hyperoxia, hazards were not included. BACKGRO...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Kao LS,Millas SG,Pedroza C,Tyson JE,Lally KP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to define the prognostic significance of histologic subtype for extremity/truncal liposarcoma (LPS). BACKGROUND:LPS, the most common sarcoma, is comprised of 5 histologic subtypes. Despite their distinct behaviors, LPS outcomes are frequently reported as a single entity. METHODS:We analyzed data o...

journal_title：Annals of surgery

authors： Bartlett EK,Curtin CE,Seier K,Qin LX,Hameed M,Yoon SS,Crago AM,Brennan MF,Singer S

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00