abstract：:The requirements that have to be met by an on-line autotransfusion system (ATS) in case of massive blood loss are a sufficient capacity for reinfusing the shed blood, an optimal hemocompatibility, ability to prevent reinfusion of aspirated air, and ease of operation. In a previous study we tested a diaphragm pump in o...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： ten Duis HJ,Harder MP,Wabeke E,Elstrodt J,Wildevuur CR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1978 and 1985, 88 patients underwent insertion of the Greenfield vena cava filter. In 21 of the 88 patients (23.9%) the filter was inserted prophylactically. Sixteen of the 21 prophylactic insertions were performed before total joint replacement in patients with a history of venous thromboembolism. Operative m...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Golueke PJ,Garrett WV,Thompson JE,Smith BL,Talkington CM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that nonprotein calorie intake and nitrogen intake are equally important in establishing positive nitrogen balance, weight gain, and serum protein response in the depleted primate treated with total parenteral nutrition (TPN), 10 adult male chair-adapted primates (Macaque fascicularis) were stud...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Dempsey DT,Mullen JL,Crosby LO,Hurwitz S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autonomously functioning thyroid nodules (AFTNs) in children and adolescents (under age 18) are unusual but are not as rare as earlier reports suggested. These lesions have a significantly different biologic potential than similar lesions in older patients. In the younger age group there is a more rapid progression to...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Croom RD 3rd,Thomas CG Jr,Reddick RL,Tawil MT

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant intra-abdominal neuroendocrine tumors are rare; consequently, a standard chemotherapeutic protocol for patients with unresectable disease has not been established. This prompted a review of our experience with dimethyltriazeno imidazole carboxamide (dacarbazine) (DTIC) treatment for these tumors. From 1976 t...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Altimari AF,Badrinath K,Reisel HJ,Prinz RA

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human beta-2 microglobulin (beta-2 M) is released into body fluids as a result of cell turnover, excreted by the kidney, and catabolized in the proximal tubule. Urinary excretion rates constitute a sensitive index of renal tubular function. The beta-2 M urine-to-serum ratio was measured in 25 patients with primary hyp...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Goode AW,Jenkins BJ,Monson JP,Sprague DB,Donaldson PJ,Toms GC

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central venous dialysis catheter has gained wide acceptance for short-term hemodialysis with the realization of the need to spare peripheral extremity vessels for the creation of more durable internal arteriovenous fistulas. The Hemocath (Quinton Instrument Co., Seattle, Wash.), a soft, silicone rubber, double-lum...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Dunn J,Nylander W,Richie R

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of biliary calculi caused by hemobilia is rare. Including the two cases reported here, there are only a total of four in the literature. The characteristics of these calculi in vitro, on computerized tomographic scan, and cholecystography are described. The condition for the occurrence seems to be that blood...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Luzuy F,Reinberg O,Kauszlaric D,Anderegg A,Droguett M,Donati D,Sandblom P

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred sixty patients had preoperative mediastinoscopy, resection of the primary tumor, and complete mediastinal lymphadenectomy for non-small-cell carcinoma of the lung. Minimum follow-up was 24 months (mean 40 months). Postoperative staging based on histologic examination of the specimen of the lung and mediast...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Albertucci M,DeMeester TR,Golomb HM,MacMahon HK,Ryan JW,Iascone C

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 1480 patients treated for cancers of the rectosigmoid over a 30-year period, 24 patients underwent total pelvic exenteration. These patients, 13 men and 11 women, had a median age of 64 years. Pathologic staging revealed 15 Dukes' B and nine Dukes' C lesions. For 17 patients, this operation was the only form of ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Lopez MJ,Kraybill WG,Downey RS,Johnston WD,Bricker EM

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between July 1978 and February 1987, 177 pancreas transplants were performed. The 1-year patient and graft survival rates for the first 100 transplants up to October 1984 were 88% and 27%, respectively. Since November 1984, duct drainage has been used for 74 of 77 transplants, bladder (BD) in 36 and enteric (ED) in 38...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Prieto M,Sutherland DE,Goetz FC,Rosenberg ME,Najarian JS

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings of decreased adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels in liver, kidney, and other tissues of animals in hemorrhagic shock were the rationale for previous experimental attempts to improve cell function by administration of fluids that contained high concentrations of ATP. The beneficial effects of this resuscit...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Chiao JJ,Roberts JP,Illner HP,Shires GT

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 3-year period (1984 through 1987), 40 patients with smoke inhalation, cutaneous burns, or a combination of both injuries were studied. Injuries were assigned to the three categories on the basis of bronchoscopic findings and clinical history. Eleven patients had simultaneously sustained a common smoke-inhalat...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Herndon DN,Barrow RE,Traber DL,Rutan TC,Rutan RL,Abston S

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier work has shown that morphine sulfate can produce a dose-related decrease in heart rate (HR) and cardiac output (CO) in isolated working rat hearts. This response is preventable with the use of the opiate receptor antagonist, naloxone hydrochloride. In this study, the stereospecificity of the opiate response wa...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Vargish T,Beamer KC,Daly T,Head R

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of cimetidine and ranitidine (histamine type-2 receptor antagonists) on the production of interleukin-2 (IL-2) by mitogen-activated, normal murine spleen cells was studied in vitro. Cimetidine (10(-4) mol/L to 10(-6) mol/L) increased IL-2 production to a maximal 8.8 +/- 1.6 U (IL-2 activity), as compared wi...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Gifford RR,Tilberg AF

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether treatment with the oxygen free radical scavengers, superoxide dismutase and catalase, could improve functional recovery in hearts subjected to regional ischemia and global cardioplegic arrest. Regional left ventricular (LV) function was assessed in open chest pigs with sonomicrometry and mi...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Johnson DL,Horneffer PJ,Dinatale JM Jr,Gott VL,Gardner TJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular pH provides an important measure of the adequacy of local tissue perfusion. The purpose of this study was to measure regional intracellular myocardial pH (impH) in the ischemic zone in vivo during experimental canine coronary occlusion, with and without coronary reperfusion. Twenty adult dogs were studie...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Rehr RB,Clarke G,Tatum J,Hirsch J,Fatouros P,Lower R,Wetstein L

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case in which a large, postoperative, biliary cutaneous fistula was successfully treated by means of endoscopic insertion of two endoprostheses into the common bile duct. Twenty-four hours after the procedure, bile flow from the cutaneous fistula ceased completely. The endoprostheses were removed after 6 w...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Goldin E,Libson E,Rachmilewitz D

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four hundred forty-one patients who were operated on for primary hyperparathyroidism were observed for up to 22 years. Mortality was significantly higher than expected during the first postoperative years, for both men and women. This was predominantly due to a higher than expected incidence of diseases of the circula...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Palmér M,Adami HO,Bergström R,Akerström G,Ljunghall S

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is possible that in the future, lasers will replace electrocautery in gastrointestinal surgical procedures. Few studies exist that compare the tissue effects of electrocautery with newer laser modalities. In this study, the tissue effects of electrocautery, noncontact Nd:YAG, contact Nd:YAG, and CO2 lasers were stu...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Schroder T,Brackett K,Joffe SN

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study evaluates the use of intraoperative flexible choledochoscopy in the detection and removal of additional stones after conventional bile duct exploration. The biliary system of 109 patients was examined with an Olympus CHF-B4 choledochoscope after conventional methods of exploration. Sixty-five pa...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Choi S,Choi TK,Wong J

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive calcification of a pancreatic pseudocyst that permits visualization on plain abdominal radiographs is unusual. When such x-ray findings are encountered, a broad differential diagnosis can be made, which includes tumors, cysts, abscesses, or malformations of the adjacent structures. Two cases of calcified pan...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Munn J,Altergott R,Prinz RA

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if pretreatment of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) vascular grafts with fibronectin (FN) increased platelet adherence to them and adversely affected their patency, we labeled autologous canine platelets with indium III-oxine and interposed a FN-coated, experimental, 4 mm inner diameter, 10 cm long PTFE pro...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Kempczinski RF,Ramalanjaona GR,Douville C,Silberstein EB

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study evaluated quantification of skin fluorescein delivery by fiberoptic fluorometry as a means of predicting the healing potential of an amputation site. Fluorometry uses a dual-channel fiberoptic light guide--one channel transmits blue light to excite the fluorescein in the skin under study, and ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Silverman DG,Roberts A,Reilly CA,Brousseau DA,Norton KJ,Bartley E,Neufeld GR

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous fibrin glue was evaluated as a sealant of the common bile duct (CBD) with the use of experimental animal models. It proved to be highly effective. Since it is a safe product that can be easily obtained from the patient's own blood, it may find useful application in most biliary tract procedures, liver trans...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Couto J,Kroczek B,Requena R,Lerner R

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholecystectomy will not always relieve the abdominal symptoms of the patient with gallstones. The functional effects of gallbladder removal in a patient with a patent cystic duct are not known in detail. Studies of the function of the gallbladder and pancreas have suggested feedback mechanisms for the release of chol...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Gelin J,Rehfeld JF,Jansson R,Svanvik J

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation and characterization of oncogenes from human colon cancer and the recognition of their homology with the ras gene of the Harvey and Kirsten strain of murine sarcoma virus (MSV) led us to investigate the effect of exogenous MSV on 1,2 dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced colon carcinoma in rats. DMH, 20 mg bas...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Nelson RL,Wilson W,Samelson SL,Khoobyarian N

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred thirty-three patients with familial adenomatous polyposis undergoing colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis have been reviewed for the occurrence of cancer in the rectal stump. Ten patients developed rectal cancer (Actuarial survivorship rate of 88% for those patients free of rectal cancer at 20 years). Pote...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sarre RG,Jagelman DG,Beck GJ,McGannon E,Fazio VW,Weakley FL,Lavery IC

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The splanchnic and total body oxygen exchange and flow dynamics for injured patients (n = 7) and patients with sepsis and stable vital signs (n = 12) were studied. All patients were judged to be in the hyperdynamic phase of the stress response. In both patient groups 27% to 28% of the cardiac index was directed to the...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Dahn MS,Lange P,Lobdell K,Hans B,Jacobs LA,Mitchell RA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectopically placed parathyroid adenomas have been described in many locations. This article documents two patients in whom the adenoma was present in the lateral triangle of the neck, outside of the carotid sheath, and lateral to the jugular vein. ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Udekwu AO,Kaplan EL,Wu TC,Arganini M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility of vagal reinnervation to intrasplenic islet grafts was examined by measuring portal insulin response to electric stimulation of the dorsal vagus nerve in autografted dogs. Grafted islets responded appropriately to an exogenous cholinergic agent given intravenously. However, no insulin secretory respon...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Kakizaki K,Basadonna G,Merrell RC

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine-needle aspirations and cutting needle biopsies were performed on 415 patients with solitary thyroid nodules. All nodules were considered hypofunctioning by scintiscans. Specimens were adequate in 399 patients. Ten percent of these patients had thyroid cancers documented by thyroidectomies. Results from either or ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Nishiyama RH,Bigos ST,Goldfarb WB,Flynn SD,Taxiarchis LN

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 11 years we have operated on three patients with "tiny" parathyroid adenomas (less than 60 mg). Two of these adenomas were virtually indistinguishable visually from the normal glands. (The third adenoma was found only after fixation and permanent sections.) Despite frozen-section diagnoses of "probable hyp...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Liechty RD,Teter A,Suba EJ

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-acting somatostatin analog, SMS 201-995, is now available to treat the hormonal manifestations of islet cell tumors. We report its use in a patient with a metastatic glucagonoma refractory to conventional therapy. This patient, who was severely disabled by the rash of necrolytic migratory erythema and brittle d...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Altimari AF,Bhoopalam N,O'Dorsio T,Lange CL,Sandberg L,Prinz RA

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perirectal and perineal infections represent a life-threatening complication of hematologic diseases associated with granulocytopenia. Early and aggressive surgical management is essential. This should include hemodynamic support and monitoring, broad-spectrum antibiotics, wide surgical debridement, and a totally dive...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Hiatt JR,Kuchenbecker SL,Winston DJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadaver allograft skin, porcine xenograft skin, and amniotic membranes have been proved to be adequate temporary thermal wound coverings in four clinical situations: coverage of shallow wounds while awaiting epithelialization (SW), coverage of deep wounds after eschar excision (DEW), coverage of widely meshed autograf...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： McHugh TP,Robson MC,Heggers JP,Phillips LG,Smith DJ Jr,McCollum MC

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed 137 patients with colon injury and applied multiple regression analysis to determine the influence of various parameters on colon-related infection. The complications of intra-abdominal abscess, wound infection, and peristomal abscess occurred in 25% of patients. The mortality rate was 3.6%, and four of fi...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Dawes LG,Aprahamian C,Condon RE,Malangoni MA

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To reevaluate the validity of our policy of mandatory surgical exploration of penetrating zone II neck injuries, the charts of 110 patients who underwent surgical exploration for such injuries were reviewed. Fifty-three percent of the patients had normal findings at exploration, whereas 33% had injuries involving vasc...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Bishara RA,Pasch AR,Douglas DD,Schuler JJ,Lim LT,Flanigan DP

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of dextrose in intravenous resuscitation fluids is common practice; however, this study indicates that 5% dextrose solutions, even if administered in physiologic quantities, greatly worsens the outcome of survivable cardiac arrest. Twelve adult male mongrel dogs were premedicated with morphine, anesthetized with h...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： D'Alecy LG,Lundy EF,Barton KJ,Zelenock GB

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of nasogastric (NG) suction was evaluated in a prospective, randomized trial in 60 patients with acute pancreatitis of mild to moderate severity. Group I, NG (29 patients) was treated with NG suction, and group II, no NG (31 patients) was treated without NG suction. The presentation, cause of pancreatitis...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sarr MG,Sanfey H,Cameron JL

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00