Emergency tracheostomy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To identify trends in total and subtotal gastrectomy for middle and distal third gastric adenocarcinoma in the U.S. METHODS:NCDB was queried for patients with stage 0-III middle or distal gastric adenocarcinoma treated with total or subtotal gastrectomy. Statistical analysis including cox proportional hazar...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ju T,Rivas L,Kurland K,Chen S,Sparks A,Lin PP,Vaziri K

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent advances in computed tomographic (CT) imaging have improved the detection rate of pulmonary metastasis. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the pulmonary nodule detection rate for preoperative CT imaging and intraoperative palpation are now equivalent. METHODS:A retrospective review...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ellis MC,Hessman CJ,Weerasinghe R,Schipper PH,Vetto JT

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few decades, a great deal of progress has been made in understanding the cellular and biochemical interplay that comprises the normal wound healing response. This response is a complex process involving intricate interactions among a variety of different cell types, structural proteins, growth factors, and...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Stadelmann WK,Digenis AG,Tobin GR

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intestinal obstruction (IO) is a common pediatric surgical emergency in sub-Saharan Africa with high morbidity and mortality, but little is known about its etiopathogenesis in Malawi. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of patients seen from February 2012 to June 2014 at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Mala...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Shah M,Gallaher J,Msiska N,McLean SE,Charles AG

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between preoperative stenosis and the effect of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) upon internal carotid blood flow (ICF) is not well understood. With the intention of better characterizing this, we compared intraoperative measurements of internal carotid blood with the maximum single diameter ste...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Gordon IL,Stemmer EA,Williams RA,Arafi M,Wilson SE

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After enthusiasm for total pancreatectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma peaked in the 1970s, a failure to improve outcomes in the 1980s led to fewer reports of this procedure. METHODS:We retrieved records from 252 Whipple and 47 total pancreatectomies for pancreatic cancer performed at U.S. Department of Ve...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Swope TJ,Wade TP,Neuberger TJ,Virgo KS,Johnson FE

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure of tape-guided living donor left hepatectomy is described. A tape was placed along the anterior wall of the inferior vena cava for left liver with caudate lobe, and along Arantius' ligament for left liver without caudate lobe. The final step of liver transection was applied by dividing the liver parenchyma...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Takatsuki M,Kawashita Y,Eguchi S,Tajima Y,Kanematsu T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the hormonal and metabolic responses of denervated pancreas allografts in nine volunteers 3 to 12 months after the transplant (initial) and again 1 year later (follow-up). Eight of the patients received simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants. The glucose clamp technique was used to create a square wave ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Elahi D,McAloon-Dyke M,Clark BA,Kahn BB,Weinreb JE,Minaker KL,Wong GA,Morse LA,Brown RS,Shapiro ME

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine whether differing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) regimens for HER2 positive breast cancer (HER2+ BC) are associated with differing surgical complications. Our goal was to evaluate postoperative complications in HER2+ BC patients receiving NAC with Herceptin (trastuzumab...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cullom ME,Amin AL,Balanoff CR,Wagner JL,Larson KE

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although few trauma patients sustain fatal pulmonary embolism, a large population is at risk from nonfatal embolism due to unrecognized deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Thirty-eight of 39 immobilized trauma patients at bed rest for 10 days or longer had venographic study of their lower extremities to evaluate for the prese...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kudsk KA,Fabian TC,Baum S,Gold RE,Mangiante E,Voeller G

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight patients with invasive melanoma of the head and neck underwent regional nodal dissections by one surgeon from 1971 to 1981. Types of nodal dissections employed were radical neck dissection and modified radical neck dissection, alone or in combination, with selective nodal dissection of the parotid, jugular...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Turkula LD,Woods JE

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The increased utilization of expanded criteria kidney donors has necessitated the reevaluation of multiple donor risk factors to insure the best outcome from this valuable resource. Reports of decreased graft survival in recipients of kidneys from donors with > or =20% glomerular sclerosis (GS) have led many...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lu AD,Desai D,Myers BD,Dafoe DC,Alfrey EJ

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because the abdominal insufflation and desufflation associated with laparoscopic procedures may adversely effect a compromised myocardium, patients with significant cardiopulmonary disease should be closely monitored during these procedures. The utility of intraoperative pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) and t...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Portera CA,Compton RP,Walters DN,Browder IW

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgeons have a history of almost 100 years of being in the forefront of efforts to standardize medical care and improve patients' health outcomes. Recently, increases in the "for-profit" sector have made it more difficult for patients to receive quality medical care. In this new era, surgeons need to stay involved in...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Martin LF,O'Leary JP

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the period from 1976 through 1986, 62 procedures were performed. Of these, 42 were posterior flap hemipelvectomies, 5 anterior flap hemipelvectomies, and 15 internal hemipelvectomies. The median duration of these procedures was 6.5 hours, and the median blood loss was 2,541 ml. Postoperatively, there were no wound ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Karakousis CP,Emrich LJ,Driscoll DL

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) produces durable and clinically significant weight loss. We aim to characterize the trajectory of weight loss, and demonstrate the predictive ability of three-month performance on final weight loss. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of 1097 consecutive LRYGB patien...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wise ES,Felton J,Kligman MD

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intestinal-cutaneous fistulas (ICFs) constitute a major surgical challenge. Definitive surgical treatment of ICFs continues to be associated with significant morbidity. The purpose of this study was to utilize a nationwide database to define the morbidity associated with current treatment strategies in the...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Christensen MA,Gaitanidis A,Parks J,Mendoza A,Saillant N,Kaafarani HMA,Fagenholz P,Velmahos G,Fawley J

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved technic has been developed to predict rapidly the critical number of bacteria in tissues. This technic gave reliable and accurate measurements for wounds containing more than 2 X 10(5) organisms per gram of tissue. It is fortuitous that 10(6) bacteria is the critical number of bacteria that will induced cl...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Magee C,Haury B,Rodeheaver G,Fox J,Edgerton MT,Edlich RF

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenectomy was performed in 20 patients with refractory cytopenias associated with systemic lupus erythematosus. An immediate and sustained increase in platelet count (greater than 150,000 cells/mm3) was achieved in 12 of 18 patients whose principal indication for operation was thrombocytopenia. Of seven patients wit...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Coon WW

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Controversy still exists concerning the impact of patient and tumor characteristics on anastomotic dehiscence after resection for rectal cancer. METHODS:Between January 1986 and July 2006, 472 patients underwent curative rectal resection. Patient and tumor characteristics, details of treatment, and postoper...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Eberl T,Jagoditsch M,Klingler A,Tschmelitsch J

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Assessing endoscopic technical skills competency in a structured manner is a topical issue, in light of several workforce factors that may affect the training of future endoscopists. To date there has been little attempt to comprehensively assess both generic and specific technical skills in lower gastrointestinal...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sarker SK,Albrani T,Zaman A,Patel B

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer, the results of standard definitive treatments of surgery, radiotherapy, or both were disappointing. The local and regional recurrence rates were high, despite adequate surgical resection with negative margins and postoperative radiotherapy to all known or possibl...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jacobs JR,Kish J,Ensley JF,Ahmad K,Weaver A,Crissman J,Al-Sarraf M

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult colorectal surgery patients continue to have high rates of readmissions, despite known risk factors for non-routine postdischarge care (emergency department (ED) visit or rehospitalization) and countless interventions to address these. It is unclear how the difficult-to-quantify patient perspective fra...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lumpkin ST,Mihas P,Baldwin X,Adams U,Carey T,Stitzenberg K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite significant evolutions in health care, outcome discrepancies exist among demographic cohorts. We sought to determine the impact of race on emergency surgery outcomes. METHODS:This is a retrospective review of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database (20...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Causey MW,McVay D,Hatch Q,Johnson E,Maykel JA,Champagne B,Steele SR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A multicenter, randomized, clinical trial was initiated to evaluate the possible benefits of extended D2 (D2+) lymphadenectomy after potentially curative resection of gastric cancer. METHODS:Standard D2 lymphadenectomy was defined according to the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association classification. D2+ lymp...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kulig J,Popiela T,Kolodziejczyk P,Sierzega M,Szczepanik A,Polish Gastric Cancer Study Group.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tension-free hernioplasty as introduced by Lichtenstein has gained increasing acceptance during the last decade although the technique has not been evaluated in a randomized trial. METHODS:This randomized study compares the 2-year follow-up results after 102 tension-free hernioplasties with implantation...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Friis E,Lindahl F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The treatment for a contralateral breast cancer (CBC) presents a growing dilemma given the expanding number of long-term survivors. We hypothesize that there will be specific surgical treatment trends with demographic differences between the treatment groups. METHODS:The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Arrington AK,Voci A,Reparaz L,Fry W

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of people continue to smoke. Recent studies confirm the pioneering epidemiologic data that indicated that, despite the well-established effects on the lung, most of the hundreds of thousands of premature deaths annually result from extrapulmonary toxicity, particularly accelerated cardiac and vascular disease...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Read RC

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to investigate whether the preoperative hematologic markers, the platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), or the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) ratio are significant prognostic indicators in resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. METHODS:A total of 84 patients undergoing pancr...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bhatti I,Peacock O,Lloyd G,Larvin M,Hall RI

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Teletrauma programs allow rural patients access to advanced trauma and emergency medical services that are often limited to urban areas. METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 59 teleconsults between 5 rural hospitals and a level I trauma center was performed. The objectives of this study were to report the in...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Latifi R,Hadeed GJ,Rhee P,O'Keeffe T,Friese RS,Wynne JL,Ziemba ML,Judkins D

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00