abstract：:Two patients were treated for asymptomatic aneurysms of the inferior mesenteric artery during reconstructive operation for infrarenal aortic disease. These lesions were discovered incidentally during arteriographic study in one case and during operation in the second case. Including these two patients, the number of r...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Graham LM,Hay MR,Cho KJ,Stanley JC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to show whether weight-losing cancer patients have an elevated glycerol turnover. Four groups of patients were examined: weight-losing cancer patients, weight-losing patients without cancer, cancer patients without weight loss, and weight-stable and well-nourished hospitalized control patients....

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Edén E,Edström S,Bennegárd K,Lindmark L,Lundholm K

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic ultrasonography (US) was performed during laparotomy in 47 patients with hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) less than 5 cm in size. It detected more tumors than did preoperative US and other imaging modalities. In this series, 45.9% of HCCs smaller than 3 cm and 14.2% of those between 3 and 5 cm were invisible an...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sheu JC,Lee CS,Sung JL,Chen DS,Yang PM,Lin TY

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early work of Dr. William Longmire with total gastrectomy for gastric carcinoma prompted us to initiate an aggressive surgical approach to gastric carcinoma in 1960: in curative resections radical total gastrectomy with hepaticoceliac-left gastric arterial node dissection was to be performed for tumors involving t...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Scott HW Jr,Adkins RB Jr,Sawyers JL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesoatrial shunt is performed in patients with the Budd-Chiari syndrome when the inferior vena cava is occluded and not available for a conventional portosystemic shunt. Computed tomography (CT), with injection of contrast media, was used to evaluate mesoatrial shunt patency with five examinations in four patients...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Fishman EK,Siegelman SS,Cameron JL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An evaluation of double isotope subtraction scanning with 201Tl and 99mTc was performed in 14 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Twelve of 13 adenomas and seven of seven hyperplastic glands were localized correctly by preoperative scanning. The technique appears useful for the identification of abnormal parath...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Wheeler MH,Harrison BJ,French AP,Leach KG

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pure follicular carcinoma of the thyroid gland has become a relatively uncommon type of primary thyroid neoplasm in the United States. During a 20-year period (1962 to 1982) 37 cases of pure follicular carcinoma were treated at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Cases of the follicular variant of papillary car...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Harness JK,Thompson NW,McLeod MK,Eckhauser FE,Lloyd RV

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nelson's syndrome--progressive cutaneous hyperpigmentation with x-ray film evidence of an expanding pituitary tumor--is now a well-recognized sequela of bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing's disease. It is estimated to occur in 8% to 38% of adults. Because Cushing's disease is rare in children, a higher incidence of N...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Thomas CG Jr,Smith AT,Benson M,Griffith J

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperparathyroidism masked by untreated hypothyroidism was first noted by Kissin and Bakst in 1947; since then there has been only a single case reported. As a result, it has been thought to be a rare complex of parathyroid disease. During the past 17 years we observed 17 patients who developed primary hyperpa...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Calandra DB,Shah K,Lawrence AM,Paloyan E

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5 MHz continuous-wave Doppler probe was used intraoperatively to evaluate 25 in situ saphenous vein bypass grafts. At least one arteriovenous fistula per case and five retained competent posterior valvular leaflets were identified before completion angiography. The Doppler was able to distinguish a retained valve fr...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Spencer TD,Goldman MH,Hyslop JW,Lee HM,Barnes RW

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model for the vascular steal phenomenon was designed and evaluated in 10 mongrel dogs in which the aortic bifurcation was used to represent a parent artery with two distal vascular beds. Right lower extremity flow was increased with a femoral arteriovenous fistula, and progressively greater stenoses were applied to ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Billet A,Queral LA,Polito WF,Dagher FJ

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous drainage (PCD) of abdominal infection is a therapeutic modality whose role is not well defined. Surgical literature on abdominal infection cites a cumulative mortality rate in the range of 20% to 30%, markedly dissimilar from the 80% to 90% cure rates reported in the literature on PCD. We reviewed the PCD...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Pruett TL,Rotstein OD,Crass J,Frick MP,Flohr A,Simmons RL

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this project was to evaluate the acute and chronic effects of sclerotherapy on esophageal motility and function. We studied motility in eight patients before and after injection sclerotherapy of esophageal varices. We injected the varices with 5% sodium morrhuate twice during the first week and then at ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Larson GM,Vandertoll DJ,Netscher DT,Polk HC Jr

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe abdominal pain was the major indication for operation in 85 patients with chronic pancreatitis. Preoperative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (50 patients) or intraoperative pancreatic ductograms (44 patients) demonstrated dilated or obstructed major pancreatic ducts in 50 patients (59%), nonvisua...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Morrow CE,Cohen JI,Sutherland DE,Najarian JS

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preliminary subcutaneous dose of heparin given with premedication, followed by a continuous infusion of low-dose heparin up to 2 hours after operation, was given to 20 of 40 patients undergoing major abdominal operation randomly allocated to either act as controls or receive prophylaxis. The anticoagulant effect of ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Jennings SA,Heather BP,Greenhalgh RM

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic abscess is a highly lethal sequela of pancreatitis. The purpose of this study was to identify clinical and laboratory factors associated with the antecedent episode of pancreatitis or at the time of manifestation of a pancreatic abscess and factors related to its treatment that might have prognostic signifi...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Becker JM,Pemberton JH,DiMagno EP,Ilstrup DM,McIlrath DC,Dozois RR

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiencies in the immune system that lead to increased morbidity and mortality from infectious complications have been well documented in patients suffering from trauma, malnutrition, sepsis, and thermal injuries. We investigated the potential benefit of immune stimulation for preventing infection in such conditions...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Waymack JP,Miskell P,Gonce SJ,Alexander JW

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the role of portal hemodynamics in the development of postshunt encephalopathy, we studied 19 patients after small-diameter portacaval H grafting (SD-PCHG). We used contrast studies as well as technetium-labeled macroaggregated albumin injected into the portal vein to assess direction of portal flow. We then...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sarfeh IJ,Rypins EB,Fardi M,Conroy RM,Mason GR,Lyons KP

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major intra-abdominal operations result in profound immunodepression. In addition, manipulation of malignant tumors may release tumor cells into the systemic and portal circulations. The additive effects of immunodepression and tumor cell release may enhance the metastatic potential of tumors. Perioperative correction...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Weese JL,Gilbertson EM,Syrjala SE,Starling JR

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies in dogs suggest that global ischemia with cardiopulmonary bypass causes increased left ventricular (LV) mass and water content. To investigate effects in humans, we developed a simplified method for mass determination by intraoperative two-dimensional echocardiography. LV mass was measured as echocard...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Spotnitz WD,Clark MB,Rosenblum HM,Lazar HL,Haasler GB,Collins RH,Spotnitz AJ,Wong CY,Spotnitz HM

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred five students in our surgical clerkship were evaluated independently by two faculty members, a chief resident, a written multiple-choice examination, and two oral examinations. Faculty and chief resident evaluations included a written explanation and a score from 1 (honors) to 5 (failing). Oral and written...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Stillman RM

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact role that the American Board of Surgery In-Training Examination plays in resident evaluation remains poorly defined. We have required that all residents take the In-Training Examination annually. An analysis was performed of the results of the In-Training Examination and the Qualifying Examination of the Ame...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Garvin PJ,Kaminski DL

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoregulatory events leading to the generation of suppressor T cells after burn injury were studied by means of a mouse burn model. Immunoresponsiveness was assessed on various postburn days with a primary in vitro mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). Responses of burned mice were depressed between 3 and 14 days af...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Kupper TS,Green DR,Chaudry IH,Fox A,Baue AE

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of transient cerebral and retinal ischemia caused by giant cell arteritis is reported. Because of the distribution of the disease, the patient was treated with a subclavian to carotid reversed saphenous vein graft. The clinical features of giant cell arteritis affecting the branches of the aortic arch are revie...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Fortner GS,Thiele BL

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine whether fat absorption is improved following longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy. Ten consecutive patients with chronic pancreatitis underwent measurement of fat absorption (fecal fat, 14C-labeled phenylacetic dipalmitate oil absorption test) before and after operation. Fecal fat...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Bradley EL 3rd,Nasrallah SM

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether intraoperative urinary output was predictive of postoperative renal function, mean urinary output and lowest hourly urinary output were measured in 137 patients during operation for aortic reconstruction. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure was kept within normal limits. If urinary output was less ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Alpert RA,Roizen MF,Hamilton WK,Stoney RJ,Ehrenfeld WK,Poler SM,Wylie EJ

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen delivery to random pattern and musculocutaneous flaps was investigated in a canine model. Oxygen tension was measured in the proximal and distal portions of each flap and in adjacent normal skin by means of a recently developed technique. The effect of delay techniques on tissue oxygen tension was also examined...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Gottrup F,Firmin R,Hunt TK,Mathes SJ

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patient groups were studied to determine the need to preserve the greater saphenous vein during femoral outflow reconstruction for later aortocoronary bypass procedures. First, 74 patients were followed to the time of death or to a minimum of 5 years after femoral outflow reconstruction was performed. Only four pa...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Houser SL,Hashmi FH,Jaeger VJ,Chawla SK,Brown L,Kemler RL

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since there appears to be an association between depressed lymphocyte function and liver disease, the effect of bile salts on lymphocyte function was determined in vitro. Peripheral lymphocytes from normal volunteers were incubated with varying concentrations of three bile salts (chenodeoxycholate, deoxycholate, or ur...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Keane RM,Gadacz TR,Munster AM,Birmingham W,Winchurch RA

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured transcutaneous oxygen tension (TcPo2) at a skin temperature of 44 degrees C on 319 limbs in an approximately equal number of nondiabetic and diabetic patients with peripheral vascular disease. Measurements were made above the knee, below the knee (BK), and on the dorsum of the foot. Nondiabetic limbs with ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Wyss CR,Matsen FA 3rd,Simmons CW,Burgess EM

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to produce a clinically acceptable hemoglobin solution that could function as a temporary oxygen carrier have evolved through several stages. Beginning with the simple tetramer, we have lowered the affinity state by pyridoxylation and then polymerized the modified tetramer. This new substance, polyhemoglobin, ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Moss GS,Gould SA,Sehgal LR,Sehgal HL,Rosen AL

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We will describe the development of new resectional techniques with the use of the ultrasonic scalpel in 33 patients with liver disease. Our experience is presented in the performance of anatomic and nonanatomic liver resections by use of this device. Its saline-cooled tip vibrated at ultrasonic frequencies and select...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Hodgson WJ,DelGuercio LR

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the role of hypoproteinemia, induced by a major burn injury, on the edema process in burned and nonburned tissues including the lung in the adult sheep. We used lymph flow (QL) and the lymph-plasma (L/P) protein ratio as indicators of the rate of fluid and protein flux across the microcirculation and into t...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Demling RH,Kramer G,Harms B

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modification of cholangiomanometry in which the papilla of Vater was stimulated by hydrochloric acid was devised as a means to evaluate the papillary function. Manometric tracings could be classified into four patterns according to the mode of response to hydrochloric acid of the papilla. Pattern I was the type in w...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Matsushiro T,Nagashima H,Yamamoto K,Hariu T

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 73-year-old woman developed temporal balding and "hoarseness" over a 3-year interval. Investigation including extensive endocrinologic screening, abdominal computed tomography scanning, pelvic ultrasonography, iodocholesterol (NP-59) adrenal scanning, and selective retrograde venous sampling revealed only an elevate...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Raaf JH,Bajorunas DR,Smith DH,Woodruff J

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven parathyroid cysts were found in 325 patients who underwent parathyroid operations. Ten cysts were located in the neck and one was located in the mediastinum. The cysts ranged in size from 1.6 to 10 cm with a mean of 3.9 cm. The patients who had cysts included six women and five men, and their ages ranged from 2...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Calandra DB,Shah KH,Prinz RA,Sullivan H,Hofmann C,Oslapas R,Ernst K,Lawrence AM,Paloyan E

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to decrease the large number of patients who develop hypothyroidism after operations for Graves' disease, an identical modification of the conventional subtotal thyroidectomy (CST) was independently designed and tested in a prospective study at two institutions. The modified subtotal thyroidectomy (MST) e...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Bradley EI 3rd,Liechty RD

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 23-year period from January 1959 to February 1982, 142 patients (78 men and 64 women) underwent arterial reconstructive operations for obstruction of the brachiocephalic arteries. A single vessel was involved in 75% and multiple vessels were involved in 25% of the cases. Distal involvement of internal carot...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Crawford ES,Stowe CL,Powers RW Jr

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty Dacron grafts (10 crimped and 10 noncrimped) were studied with light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) 1 to 10 months after insertion into the canine thoracoabdominal aorta. Fibroblast-derived pseudointima maintained a smooth luminal lining that approximated th...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sottiurai VS,Batson RC

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated ambulatory venous pressure (AVP) noninvasively with a new technique of quantitative photoplethysmography (PPG). Postural changes of hydrostatic pressure permitted in vivo calibration of the PPG. We recorded quantitative PPG and AVP in 14 normal subjects and 14 patients with postthrombotic chronic venous i...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Norris CS,Beyrau A,Barnes RW

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00