abstract：:The main goal of surgery for retroperitoneal fibrosis is to free the ureters from sclerotic tissue and pressure them from further extension of the disease; the omentum may be used as an efficient barrier against recurrence of fibrosis. We present 11 patients with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis treated with ureter...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Carini M,Selli C,Rizzo M,Durval A,Costantini A

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emergence of both absorbable and nonabsorbable synthetic materials has been primary among the many new developments in suture materials. This is a study of 16 types of natural and synthetic suture materials and their resistance to both gram-positive and gram-negative infections. Four hundred and twenty suture inpl...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sharp WV,Belden TA,King PH,Teague PC

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1975 to 1980, 79 major limb amputations were performed from a group of 552 lower extremity vascular reconstructions with glutaraldehyde-stabilized umbilical vein grafts. All amputations were performed in instances in which limb salvage had been the indication for the attempted bypass (n = 520)--an incidence of 15...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Dardik H,Kahn M,Dardik I,Sussman B,Ibrahim IM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a period of slightly over 25 years, 949 new patients with aortoiliac atherosclerotic occlusive disease--409 (43%) with associated distal disease--were submitted to various reconstructive operations for claudication in 719 and rest ischemic problems in 230 patients. The ages ranged from 21 to 91 years with a med...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Crawford ES,Bomberger RA,Glaeser DH,Saleh SA,Russell WL

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic significance of stenosis was defined by intraoperative measurement of pressure and flow across 22 profunda femoris and 44 iliac artery segments. Measurements were taken at rest and during papaverine-induced vasodilation, and the mean pressure gradient across the arterial segment at double resting flow ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Archie JP Jr,Feldtman RW

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-six cases of carcinoid-related mesenteric angiopathy and intestinal infarction (three from our institution and 23 previously reported cases) were reviewed. Twenty patients presented with acute abdominal findings, including peritonitis (13 cases), intestinal obstruction (five cases), and bleeding per rectum (two...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Eckhauser FE,Argenta LC,Strodel WE,Wheeler RH,Bull FE,Appelman HD,Thompson NW

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of patients with carcinoma of the extrahepatic bile ducts, including the ampulla of Vater, operated on at the University of Rochester Medical Center between 1960 and 1980 were reviewed. All 47 patients had similar manifestations and laboratory findings; percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and endosco...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Rodgers CM,Adams JT,Schwartz SI

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the physiopathologic mechanism leading to a marked increase in aromatic amino acids (AAA) in acute hepatic failure (AHF), we compared two experimental models of AHF. Ten pigs were submitted to one-stage hepatic devascularization (group A); in eight other pigs total hepatectomy was performed (group B). The a...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Mazziotti A,Bernardi M,Antonini L,Dioguardi FS,Bellusci R,Papa V,Tacconi C,Gasbarrini G,Cavallari A,Possati L

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertriglyceridemia commonly accompanies clinical sepsis and may be caused by increased hepatic production or decreased clearance of triglyceride from the bloodstream. In contrast, enhanced lipid clearing capacity is usually seen after uncomplicated trauma. The purpose of the study was to determine the role of lipopr...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Robin AP,Askanazi J,Greenwood MR,Carpentier YA,Gump FE,Kinney JM

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several clinical studies have documented an increased incidence of gallstones after truncal vagotomy. Previous laboratory studies, however, have failed to establish a clear mechanism for this phenomenon. Whereas lithogenic bile is a prerequisite for cholesterol cholelithiasis, gallbladder stasis has also been shown to...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Pitt HA,Doty JE,Roslyn JJ,DenBesten L

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of chronic electrical stimulation on muscle mass of pedicled diaphragmatic muscle grafts (DMGs) implanted into the right ventricle was studied in 21 dogs. Nineteen dogs, followed up to 70 days (mean, 34 days), were divided into three groups. In six dogs (control) the DMG was not stimulated. In six other dog...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Macoviak JA,Stephenson LW,Alavi A,Kelly AM,Edmunds LH Jr

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to determine whether thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptors coupled to adenylate cyclase are present in both benign and differentiated malignant thyroid tumors, and to identify abnormalities in the TSH receptor-adenylate cyclase system in neoplastic thyroid tissue. TSH binding and adeny...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Clark OH,Gerend PL,Cote TC,Nissenson RA

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of leukocytes, platelets, and thromboxane A2 (TxA2) to endotoxin-induced lung injury was studied by use of chronic pulmonary lymph fistula in 12 adult female sheep. Endotoxin-induced lung injury in sheep was characterized by an early pulmonary hypertensive phase followed by a phase of increased capill...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Smith ME,Gunther R,Gee M,Flynn J,Demling RH

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 3,941 patients who underwent varicose vein surgery from 1968 through 1978, 163 had superficial thrombophlebitis, a common complication of varicose veins. Superficial thrombophlebitis was more frequently found in the older age groups. The incidence of occurrence (three women to one man) was identical to that of the ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Lofgren EP,Lofgren KA

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the National Board of Medical Examiners Part II (NBME II) subtest scores of medical students attaining honors in a clinical clerkship to those of students receiving a passing score to determine if the NBME II examinations could be considered independently as valid indicators of clinical achievement...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Benenson TF,Stimmel B,Aufses A Jr

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantitative effects of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection on morbidity and mortality rates were examined in 320 renal transplant cases. With the use of virus cultures and CMV antibody measurements, all patients were studied, regardless of symptoms, from a time before transplantation to at least 1 year, 11 months aft...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Marker SC,Howard RJ,Simmons RL,Kalis JM,Connelly DP,Najarian JS,Balfour HH Jr

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient's condition was initially diagnosed as constrictive pericarditis, but an echocardiogram revealed the presence of an intracardiac tumor. The tumor was a slow-growing leiomyosarcoma that originated in the left internal iliac vein, extended into the inferior vena cava, and reached the right ventricle. This tumo...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Kaku K,Kawashima Y,Kitamura S,Nakano S,Mori T,Beppu SU,Kozuka T,Sakurai M,Katayama S,Tanizawa O,Sonoda T

更新日期：1981-05-01 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：:Eleven patients wtih gallstone-related acute pancreatitis underwent urgent duodenoscopy and diathermy sphincterotomy; six had stones impacted at the papilla of Vater, and the remainder had stones in the bile duct. One patient had a gallstone in the pancreatic duct. Endoscopic removal of the duct stones resulted in a p...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Safrany L,Cotton PB

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this article is to assess the value of human serum albumin (HSA) in the initial resuscitation of hypotensive trauma victims. Thirty-six patients (mean age = 30 years) in shock from trauma who underwent laparotomies were randomly assigned to either Ringer's lactate solution (RL) resuscitation or 4% HSA in...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Moss GS,Lowe RJ,Jilek J,Levine HD

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report four cases of abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with horseshoe kidney. These cases illustrate the factors that determine the ease of resection in this situation: whether the isthmus of the kidney is parenchymatous or thin and fibrous; the presence or absence of anomalous renal arteries; and the origin of ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Starr DS,Foster WJ,Morris GC Jr

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an experimental canine model of isolated and tandem arterial stenoses, noninvasive thigh and calf pressure measurements were evaluated against direct intra-arterial pressures. Under control circumstances, proximal iliac arterial stenosis, and high superficial femoral artery stenosis, the noninvasive measurements we...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Bernstein EF,Witzel TH,Stotts JS,Fronek A

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels and composition of the very low-, low-, and high-density lipoproteins (VLDL, LDL, HDL) were studied in white New Zealand rabbits in the control state, 8 weeks after initiation of a 2% cholesterol-enriched diet, and sequentially for 16 weeks following a partial ileal bypass (PIB) pro...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Sirtori CR,Ghiselli GC,Catapano AL,Lovati MR,Fragiacomo C,Fox U,Majone G,Buchwald H

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dominant belief throughout the last half of the 1970s was that operative rates in the United States continued to show steady increases. This strongly suggested that an excessive number of operations were being performed. Unsubstantiated statements regarding surgical rates have been accepted at face value, and little...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Rutkow IM,Zuidema GD

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique method of computerized fluoroscopic enhancement allows direct visualization of the entire vascular system by intravenous injection of standard contrast agents, thereby avoiding the need for arterial puncture or hospitalization. This technique has been used to satisfactorily visualize the intra- and extracrani...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Turnipseed WD,Crummy AB,Strother C,Sackett J,Ergun D,Shaw C,Kruger R,Mistretta C,Lieberman R,Belzer FO

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-five consecutive patients with 49 fractures of the first rib caused by blunt trauma underwent arteriography. The fractures were classified as posterior, lateral, or anterior and as nondisplaced, minimally displaced, or significantly displaced. Seven patients (14%) had serious vascular injuries: five had posterio...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Phillips EH,Rogers WF,Gaspar MR

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 24-year period from 1956 to 1980, 148 patients with aneurysms confined to the thoracic aortic segment, bounded above by the left subclavian artery and below the diaphragm, were treated with replacement therapy. From 1956 to 1967, 36 patients were treated by use of temporary bypass or shunts which carried a ...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Crawford ES,Walker HS 3rd,Saleh SA,Normann NA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, vascular surgeons have had to make judgments based on an impression of their experiences rather than upon the actual facts. Presently, with the simplified and less costly use of computers, the establishment of a computerized data base is feasible. Our goal had been to develop a system suitable for micr...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Jacobson JH 2nd,Karipineni RC,Weisberg M,Radna R

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty dogs underwent 15 minutes of normothermic ischemic arrest and 30 minutes of reperfusion while on cardiopulmonary bypass. In 10 control dogs, the reperfusate blood was not modified. In 10 other dogs, the aorta was reclamped and the heart reperfused for 5 minutes with blood containing L-glutamate (0.026M). We mea...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Lazar HL,Buckberg GD,Manganaro AJ,Becker H,Maloney JV Jr

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experience with 15 microvascular free-flap transfers is documented and discussed. We feel that the procedure is an effective means of reconstruction for complex and extensive defects. Rapid advances have been made in all areas of cancer surgery. It is important that these patients be afforded a speedy and, prefera...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Zuker RM,Manktelow RT,Palmer JA,Rosen IB

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the appropriateness of incidental appendectomy in the elderly. By examining the incidences of appendicitis and incidental appendectomy in 1977 in Wisconsin's elderly, this study calculated the chances that a citizen undergoing incidental appendectomy would have required otherwise an operation for a...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Nockerts SR,Detmer DE,Fryback DG

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A conical silicone rubber balloon was placed in the left hemithorax of fetal lambs and progressively inflated through an exteriorized catheter over the last trimester. Newborn lambs died of severe respiratory insufficiency, despite maximal resuscitation. The lungs were markedly hypoplastic with greatly reduced parench...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Harrison MR,Jester JA,Ross NA

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serial thickness measurements of the glomerular basement membrane were performed over a 24-month period in four groups of inbred male Lewis rats. Group I consisted of normal animals age-matched to the remaining experimental groups. In groups II, III, and IV, diabetes was induced by intravenous alloxan (42 to 44 mg/kg)...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Bell RH,Fernandez-Cruz L,Brimm JE,Sayers HA,Lee S,Orloff MJ

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of oculoplethysmography (OPG) and carotid phonoangiography (CPA) singly and in combination, the Doppler velocity detector, and photoplethysmography (PPG) was checked by measurement of the degree of stenosis as shown on arteriograms in 308 internal carotid arteries. In a second study using arteriographic m...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： House SL,Mahalingam K,Hyland LJ,Ferris EB,Comerota AJ,Cranley JJ

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coexistent caval and portal hypertension was recognized on preoperative angiographic study of a patient with cirrhosis and variceal bleeding. This hemodynamic situation can preclude adequate reduction of portal hypertension by portasystemic shunt and can result in fatal postoperative bleeding. Resection of a very larg...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Glotzer DJ,Martini DJ,Sacks BA

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective, randomized clinical trial of three treatment regimens: (1) Cytoxan, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil (CMF), (2) CMF plus the antiestrogen drug, tamoxifen (CMFT), and (3) CMFT plus bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccinations in women with stage 22 breast cancer is reported. All patients underwent mastect...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Hubay CA,Pearson OH,Marshall JS,Rhodes RS,Debanne SM,Mansour EG,Hermann RE,Jones JC,Flynn WJ,Eckert C,McGuire WL

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year experience with a computerized in vitro assay of leukocyte adherence inhibition (LAI) indicated that patients with cancer of either the colorectum, stomach, pancreas, breast, or lung expressed antitumor immunity to an organ-type specific neoantigen. About 1% of the 1,299 control subjects with benign or malign...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Ayeni RO,Tataryn DN,MacFarlane JK,Thomson DM,Schwartz R

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accuracy and clinical applications of noninvasive imaging of the extracranial carotid arteries were compared using pulsed Doppler and real-time B-mode ultrasonography. During the period December, 1977, to February, 1979, 530 ultrasonograms (265 patients) were performed. Angiographic correlations were available in 90 p...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Hobson RW 2nd,Berry SM,Katocs AS Jr,O'Donnell JA,Jamil Z,Savitsky JP

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological fibrinolysis due to pseudoaneurysms was observed in a patient 4 years after aortobifemoral bypass graft. The patient presented with a pulsatile abdominal mass and ischemic changes in the legs. Excessive bleeding from venipuncture sites prompted coagulation screening, which disclosed rapid clot lysis, fibr...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Babu SC,Bole P,Sharma P,Purdy R,Clauss RH

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portopulmonary shunting by splenopneumopexy was devised as a new surgical procedure for treatment of portal hypertension accompanied by Budd-Chiari syndrome. Technique of this procedure is simple and is safely performed. The remarkable portopulmonary shunts were visualized by splenoportography postoperatively. Splenic...

journal_title：Surgery

authors： Akita H,Sakoda K

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00