Forefoot perfusion pressure and minor amputation for gangrene.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nonparenchymal cells (NPC) of the liver have strong cytotoxic activity. Our hypothesis is that their activity may be imparted by obstructive jaundice and show recovery after biliary drainage. METHODS:In Donryu rats, we performed either a sham operation (group C; n = 5), production of irreversible obstru...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Hirazawa K,Hazama S,Oka M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the recommendations of the Advanced Trauma Life Support course of the American College of Surgeons, patients undergo computed tomography (CT) in local hospitals before transfer to a trauma center. The problem of repeat CTs caused by technical and protocol issues is ongoing. The objective is to measur...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Bracco D,Deckelbaum D,Artho G,Khwaja K,Mulder DS,Gruska J,Razek T

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there exists robust literature on mortality-associated factors in burn patients, it is not known how electronic medical records affect outcomes. Using burn injury as a surgical care model of information and communication, we hypothesized that functionality and interoperability of the electronic medi...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Cheung M,Cobb AN,Kuo PC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical spinal cord injury can result in catastrophic respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation with high morbidity, mortality, and cost. Diaphragm pacing was developed to replace/decrease mechanical ventilation. We report the largest long-term results in traumatic cervical spinal cord injury. M...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Onders RP,Elmo M,Kaplan C,Schilz R,Katirji B,Tinkoff G

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung injury in severe acute pancreatitis is mediated by infiltrating leukocytes. Our laboratory has previously demonstrated that acute lung injury in acute pancreatitis results in an up-regulation of vascular adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) cell surface receptor expression on pulmonary vascular endothelium and ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Callicutt CS,Sabek O,Fukatsu K,Lundberg AH,Gaber L,Wilcox H,Kotb M,Gaber AO

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Managing postoperative electrolyte imbalances often is driven by dogma. To identify areas of improvement, we assessed the practice pattern of postoperative electrolyte management among surgeons and residents. STUDY DESIGN:An online survey was distributed among attending surgeons and surgical residents at th...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Angarita FA,Dueck AD,Azouz SM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, serum was shown to contain a factor that increased expression of the complement receptor CR3 on neutrophil membranes. This factor was localized to platelet granules and was released during coagulation. This study was undertaken to identify this factor in platelet granules. Platelet supernatants containing gr...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Lanser ME,Brown GE,Garcia-Aguilar J

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Patients with primary mediastinal lymphomas frequently present with a residual mass after completion of first-line therapy. Although a positron emission tomography scan is usually recommended, it fails to distinguish between persistent lymphoma and inflammation. Although percutaneous biopsy may have a high d...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Kane L,Savas H,DeCamp MM,Bharat A

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：:For the surgeon, atherosclerosis is defined by a variety of aneurysmal, occlusive, or ulcerated lesions in major arteries. These end-stage lesions often require operative treatment. However, just as advanced atherosclerosis presents complex clinical phenomena, so its earlier stages display many underlying mechanisms p...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： DePalma RG,Clowes AW

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) sequestration in the lung is a hallmark of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We have shown that 25% Albumin (A25) resuscitation attenuates lung injury after hemorrhagic shock and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exposure by reducing lung leukosequestration. We hypothesize...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Powers KA,Kapus A,Khadaroo RG,Papia G,Rotstein OD

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of ischemic bowel complications following abdominal aortic reconstruction requires identification of the patient at high risk for developing the complication; on precise, gentle, meticulous operative technique; on knowledge of bowel blood supply; on determining when the IMA must be reconstructed or when it ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Ernst CB

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prospective data on risk factors and the incidence of inguinal hernia are sparse, especially in an elderly population. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of and risk factors for inguinal hernia. METHODS:We analyzed data from the Rotterdam Study, a prospective cohort study that observed the...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： de Goede B,Timmermans L,van Kempen BJ,van Rooij FJ,Kazemier G,Lange JF,Hofman A,Jeekel J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the relative value of carotid phonoangiography (CPA), oculoplethysmography-Kartchner (OPG-K), and Doppler ultrasonic arteriography (UA), 90 vessels undergoing carotid endarterectomy were prospectively examined. By analyzing the data on receiver operator characteristic curves, the dynamic relationship betw...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： O'Donnell TF Jr,Pauker SG,Callow AD,Kelly JJ,McBride KJ,Korwin S

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To prevent aneurysm rupture, avoid pseudoaneurysm formation, and preserve intercostal arteries, a new procedure for repair of DeBakey type 3 dissecting aneurysm was developed. Since January 1977, 28 patients have undergone repair of type 3 dissecting aneurysm. Fifteen patients with type 3b underwent this new procedure...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Kawashima Y,Shirakura R,Nakano S,Matsuda H,Taniguchi K,Kaneko M,Kawaguchi AT,Kadoba K,Matsuwaka R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Discrimination of malignant proximal bile duct (PBD) stricture from a benign lesion is difficult with nonsurgical methods; indeed, 8% to 13% of PBD strictures prove to be benign after histologic examination of the surgically resected specimen. METHODS:In a 7-year period 178 patients with PBD stricture were ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Nakayama A,Imamura H,Shimada R,Miyagawa S,Makuuchi M,Kawasaki S

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytotoxic lymphocytes (CTLs) are an important component of immune function, involved in antigen recognition and resistance to viral infection. Burn injury suppresses cell-mediated immunity, induces allograft tolerance, and increases the risk of viral infection, but the mechanisms are not well understood. Thi...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Hultman CS,Cairns BA,deSerres S,Frelinger JA,Meyer AA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1979 to 1990, 33 children required operative treatment for pancreatitis. Causes included ductal abnormalities (12 children), trauma (10 children), idiopathic (four children), gallstones (three children), drug-induced (three children), and tumor (one child). This study reviews the characteristics and outcome of th...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Tagge EP,Smith SD,Raschbaum GR,Newman B,Wiener ES

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood flow and pressures around a canine femoral arteriovenous fistula, constructed from an autogenous carotid artery, were measured to determine the pressure-flow relationships within the fistula, as well as to determine the presence or absence of retrograde flow in the distal artery and vein. The findings indicate ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Lavigne JE,Brown CS,Fewel J,Swan KG

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activated nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is associated reportedly with the pathogenesis of numerous malignancies. This study investigated whether a common insertion (ins)/deletion (del) polymorphism (-94 ins/del ATTG) in the NFKB1 promoter is associated with susceptibility to gastric cancer and its tumor ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Lo SS,Chen JH,Wu CW,Lui WY

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:That the fetus swallows amniotic fluid and has the capability of intestinal absorption of protein and carbohydrate is known, but its significance in fetal nutrition is not clear. We have infused nutrient solutions of dextrose and amino acids intra-amniotically in a chronic third-trimester fetal rabbit model and examin...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Mulvihill SJ,Albert A,Synn A,Fonkalsrud EW

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to review our 15-year experience in the treatment of blunt splenic injury in adults. Our hypothesis was that the implementation of a change in practice, with stress on splenic preservation and splenic artery embolization for the management of splenic injury, would result in impr...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Rajani RR,Claridge JA,Yowler CJ,Patrick P,Wiant A,Summers JI,McDonald AA,Como JJ,Malangoni MA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical success has traditionally been judged from the surgeon's perspective. A more complete evaluation of outcome incorporates the patient's, surgeon's, and payor's perspectives. Because gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is primarily a quality-of-life (QOL) problem, the evaluation of laparoscopic fun...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Feldman LS,Mayrand S,Stanbridge D,Mercier L,Barkun JS,Fried GM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rapid intraoperative parathyroid hormone (RI-PTH) assay is used to guide adequacy of resection during operation for hyperparathyroidism. We compared the RI-PTH assay (15 minutes) with a standard PTH assay, determined whether the PTH half-life varied between patients, and constructed a kinetic analysis of the...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Libutti SK,Alexander HR,Bartlett DL,Sampson ML,Ruddel ME,Skarulis M,Marx SJ,Spiegel AM,Simmonds W,Remaley AT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical enteral access prior to multimodality treatment for esophageal cancer is controversial as dysphagia is often used for feeding tube referral. We hypothesized that enteral access before neoadjuvant chemoradiation for esophageal cancer provides no benefit compared to that placed during definitive esoph...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Jenkins TK,Lopez AN,Sarosi GA,Ben-David K,Thomas RM

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have compared a bioassay procedure with high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) for the determination of metronidazole levels in serum and urine. Plasma and urine of volunteers with normal or impaired renal function were obtained at various intervals after a single intravenous dose of 500 mg metro...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Turgeon PL,Dufresne LR,Ogilvie RI,Kreeft JH

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate its clinical benefit in adults, herniography was used in 73 patients with clinically unexplained groin pain. Hernias were demonstrated on the side with symptoms in 26 patients (36%). Relief of groin pain was registered in 16 of 17 patients who subsequently underwent operation. We consider herniography to b...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Ekberg O,Blomquist P,Olsson S

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An occlusion of the superior vena cava by a tumor thrombus extending into the right atrium was diagnosed in three patients with a follicular thyroid cancer. All patients showed the typical clinical picture of the superior vena cava syndrome. A right parasternal thoracotomy was performed for preparation of the major ve...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Niederle B,Hausmaninger C,Kretschmer G,Polterauer P,Neuhold N,Mirza DF,Roka R

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Posthepatectomy liver failure (PHLF) is a severe complication after hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases. This study evaluated its actual incidence and its effects on short- and long-term overall survival (OS) in a specialized center. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Between 2006 and 2008, 193 patients who un...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Vibert E,Pittau G,Gelli M,Cunha AS,Jamot L,Faivre J,Castro Benitez C,Castaing D,Adam R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00