abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the safety and effectiveness of laparosonic coagulating shears (LCS) and electrosurgery for use in laparoscopically assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH). STUDY DESIGN:In this prospective study, patients undergoing LAVH performed by one of the authors from October 1997 to January 1998 were assigned...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Wang CJ,Yen CF,Lee CL,Soong YK

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many patients die each year lacking only a functional small bowel to survive. The minimum amount of small intestinal absorptive surface required to sustain life varies from patient to patient. Prolonged survival with oral alimentation alone has been reported in a few patients with an intact duodenum and as little as 1...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Hakim NS,Papalois VE

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic value of intra-operative peritoneal lavage cytology and chemotherapy was evaluated retrospectively. METHOD:Lavage cytology was performed in 257 patients. Prognosis was investigated in 85 of pT3 and pT4 patients with radical gastrectomy. Intra-operative chemotherapy was selected according to t...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Funami Y,Tokumoto N,Miyauchi H,Ochiai T,Kuga K

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 52 patients with different grades of liver injuries were treated in a 1 year period: 32 patients had penetrating injuries and in 20 patients injuries resulted from blunt trauma. Blunt trauma victims were frequently associated with chest and head injuries and with skeletal fractures. A 4-fold incidence of as...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Awad AT,El Hammadi HA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman's disease is rare and can be present in many sites and with a variety of symptoms. Surgery is always recommended for localized lesions to remove the mass as completely as possible, reserving other treatment modalities for unresectable cases. ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Cioffi U,De Simone M,Nosotti M,Bellaviti N,Naimzada AN,Ferrero S,Santambrogio L

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine primary intra-abdominal or retroperitoneal liposarcomas, of which eight were recurrent tumors, were surgically resected and enrolled in this study. Histopathological examination of primary tumors revealed that the number of well-differentiated, pleomorphic and myxoid type was two, four and three, respectively. In...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Sato T,Nishimura G,Nonomura A,Miwa K

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinicopathological features of 84 muscularis propria (mp) gastric cancers, defined as gastric cancer invading the muscularis propria of the stomach, were reviewed retrospectively, and compared with 267 early gastric cancers (m/sm cancer) and 333 gastric cancers invading beyond the subserosal layer (ss-si cancer)....

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Yokota T,Kunii Y,Teshima S,Yamada Y,Saito T,Kikuchi S,Yamauchi H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hernia repair is one of the most frequent operative procedures performed throughout the world. The technique has continued to evolve and we now are performing these repairs utilizing mesh as a patch and also as a plug. The mesh plug concept has been advocated by Rutkow and others. With this change in technique, we hav...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Dieter RA Jr

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress in the development of suture materials results in a lower rate of fistulas. Modern techniques for the diagnosis of leakage (contrast study, CT-scan) allow for an early diagnosis and adequate therapy: if possible conservative therapy with drainage of the abscess, adapted antibiotic therapy and parenteral and e...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Baulieux J,Adham M,de la Roche E,Meziat-Burdin A,Poupart M,Ducerf C

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hydatid disease of the liver remains an important and challenging problem in rural areas. Although, surgery is considered the treatment of choice for hydatid disease of the liver, percutaneous drainage is an alternative treatment method for selected cases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the result...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Tan A,Yakut M,Kaymakçioğlu N,Ozerhan IH,Cetiner S,Akdeniz A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carotid endarterectomy is a method of prophylaxis. A total of 367 carotid endarterectomies in 335 patients were performed during the period of 1989-1997: 222 (66.3%) were symptomatic and 113 (33.7%) asymptomatic patients. In all, 262 (78.2%) had unilateral, 41 (12.2%) contralateral occlusion and 32 (9.6%) bilateral ar...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Dimakakos PB,Antoniou A,Mourikis D,Katsaros G

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Video-thoracoscopy was used to evaluate and manage patients after thoracic trauma. It was used in 29 patients. Indications included retained hemothorax in 16 patients, empyema in 11, evaluation for the source of thoracic bleeding in 1, and an airleak in 1. The mechanism of injury was blunt trauma in 8 cases, 10 with s...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Sosa JL,Pombo H,Puente I,Sleeman D,Ginzburg E,McKinney M,Martin L

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PROBLEM:The function of hepatic allograft from non-heartbeating donors (NHBD) is significantly affected by warm ischemic injury before harvesting. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The effects of the endothelin (ET) antagonist TAK-044 and the platelet activating factor (PAF) antagonist E5880 on the function of grafts from NHBD we...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Fukunaga K,Takada Y,Taniguchi H,Yuzawa K,Otsuka M,Todoroki T,Goto K,Fukao K

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precutaneous Kirschner wire fixation of displaced Gartlands types II and III supracondylar fractures with image guidance remains a preferred procedure for most orthopaedic units. Various K-wire configurations have been in use, but recent objective evaluation of pin stability has favoured two techniques; the 2 crossed ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Onwuanyi ON,Nwobi DG

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 144 cases of pancreatoduodenectomy we treated 6 patients (4.2%) with delayed massive bleeding. Massive hemorrhage occurred 14 to 38 days later. Leakage of the pancreatojejunostomy was confirmed in all patients. A "sentinel bleed" was evident in five patients with arterial bleeding. One patient with hemorrhage of th...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Yoshida T,Matsumoto T,Morii Y,Aramaki M,Bandoh T,Kawano K,Kitano S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy (LH) shares the same repair principle as open preperitoneal prosthetic herniorrhaphy (PPH). Theoretically, the recurrence rate of LH for recurrent inguinal hernia will match the low recurrence rate of PPH (1.2-3%). METHODS:One-hundred forty-five cases of recurrent inguinal hernia ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Mok KT,Wang BW,Chang HT,Liu SI,Jou NW,Tsai CC,Chen IS

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extended cholecystectomy is the common operation for gallbladder carcinoma. When extended cholecystectomy is performed, the liver bed can be generously resected from the fundus to the body of the gallbladder; however, the thickness of the liver parenchyma to be removed is limited to the neck of the gallbladd...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Yamaguchi K,Chijiiwa K,Shimizu S,Yokohata K,Tsuneyoshi M,Tanaka M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of 46 patients who received bupivacaine local injections after hemorrhoidectomy were compared to a matching group of 46 patients of similar age and sex distribution who underwent the same operation. Pain medications requirement on the same day of operation and on subsequent days were measured and...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Hussein MK,Taha AM,Haddad FF,Bassim YR

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To fit for internal fixation of unstable fractures of various parts of the curved pelvis, plates of different shapes and sizes were devised. The plates were used in 18 clinical cases. The late complications such as leg length inequality, pelvic obliquity and low back pain were effectively avoided. ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Wen Y,Liu X,Ge B,Liu Z,Shiji Z

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of posterior lamellar eyelid defects requires a tissue substitute that is either identical to the tissue lost (ex. surrounding or nearby tarsus) or donor tissue from another site that serves the same supportive role. Irradiated homologous tarsal plate and irradiated homologous aorta are potential poster...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Jordan DR,Anderson RL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of cathepsin B, D and G, and their distribution in the walls of normal aorta and those of aneurysms of abdominal aorta were studied. The immunohistochemical reaction for these cathepsins was positive in the aneurysm wall both in the cells and in the extracellular matrix. It was more apparent than in nor...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Gacko M,Chyczewski L

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic value of extended lymph node dissection (D2) for gastric cancer remains controversial. Limited lymph node dissection, however, leaves cancer cells in the second tier of nodes (N2) in patients with N2 metastasis. This retrospective study was, therefore, undertaken to clarify which patients would be most...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Seto Y,Nagawa H,Muto T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of sigmoid perforation and fistula occurred as late complications after insertion of a nonresorbable prosthesis by the open preperitoneal inguinal route. These infrequent complications are favoured by peritoneal defects and use of materials which can cause extensive sclerous reactions. Indications for this t...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Hamy A,Paineau J,Savigny JL,Vasse N,Visset J

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The surgical treatment of cancer of the cardia is controversial and results are often disappointing. Concern exists not only with regards to the surgical approach but also to the extent of the resection. The authors analyze their experience over a 20-year period adopting almost exclusively a "limited" esopha...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： De Carlis L,Zurleni F,Ballabio A,Pirotta V,Rondinara G,Sansalone CV,Colella G,Slim AO,Meroni A,Belli L,Forti D

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the incidence, the diagnostic modalities and significance of blisters of the abdominal aortic aneurysm wall, in a retrospective review, 14 patients (2.6%) having these lesions were identified between 1983 and 1995. At preoperative examination, aortography had less accuracy (1 case = 20%) than CT s...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Porcellini M,Selvetella L,Del Viscovo L,Capasso R,Baldassarre M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a new method for thoracoscopically localizing pulmonary nodules using a tactile sensor. This sensor was originally designed to probe the hardness of an object, which is represented by changes in resonance frequency of the sensor (delta f: Hz). By moving over the lung surface, the sensor probe, introduced ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Ohtsuka T,Furuse A,Kohno T,Nakajima J,Yagyu K,Omata S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporary closure of the abdomen with a synthetic mesh and multiple planned relaparotomies are the essentials of the modern strategy for treating severe intra-abdominal sepsis or pancreatic necrosis. One of the complications associated with mesh closure of the abdomen is facial necrosis at the wound edges leading to e...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Schwartz A,Onaca N,Rabi I,Bass A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic rupture of thoracic aorta caused by blunt trauma has been observed more frequently in recent years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the state of the art of diagnostic methods used to identify this injury and the surgical techniques used to repair it. METHODS:The study was performed in 29 pat...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Franchello A,Olivero G,Di Summa M,Memore L,Scavarda B,Bertoldo U

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years, treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) has been a matter of debate. Since the introduction of videothoracoscopy, videothoracoscopic procedures have replaced thoracotomy as the ultimate procedure for treatment of complicated cases of SP in many institutes. However, the place of (video) thoracoscopy ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Janssen JP

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of 61 patients (61 legs) with recurrent varicose veins (RVV) and saphenofemoral junction (SFJ) incompetence was set up to assess the efficacy of re-exploration of the SFJ through a lateral approach. All the patients underwent re-exploration of the SFJ by a single surgeon (MPV) through a lateral a...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Viani MP,Poggi RV,Pinto A,Andreani SM,Spagnoli C,Maruotti RA

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A proper preoperative staging of rectal tumors is important for correct treatment planning. We included in our study 23 patients with rectal carcinoma in order to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of endorectal MRI. This technique enabled us to show neoplasms as a hyperintense lesion as compared to the muscolaris. To b...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Indinnimeo M,Grasso RF,Cicchini C,Pavone P,Stazi A,Catalano C,Scipioni A,Fanelli F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) has emerged as a minimally invasive therapy of bronchogenic carcinoma, when the diseases occur in patients unable to tolerate open thoracotomy who are 80 years old or older. We report on an 80-year-old man with poor pulmonary function and an 83-year-old man, who were treated...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Ishida T,Ishii T,Yamazaki K,Ondo K,Yamamoto K,Kido A,Yamanoi A,Sasaki Y,Yukaya H

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated in retrospect the applicability of conservative hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) of cirrhotic patients. Eighty (14.6%) of 548 patients with HCC underwent liver resection over a period of 10 years in this hospital. They were divided into two groups according to surgical procedures. In g...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Sheen PC,Lee KT,Chen HY,Chen JS,Ker CG

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiomyolipoma, a form of mixed mesenchymal tumor, a not uncommon tumor of the kidney, is rarely found in the liver. We report a case of angiomyolipoma of the liver in a 34-year-old woman, in whom diagnosis was made by computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging, superior mesenteric and celiac trunk angiograp...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Chaib E,Pugliese V,Garbugio-Filho V,Saad WA,Pinotti HW

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present imaging techniques and laboratory tests are employed very extensively to investigate obscure visceral symptoms. During these investigations it can happen that a liver lesion is discovered. This lesion, solid or cystic, when discovered in the liver of a healthy person, is called hepatic incidentaloma. This s...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Belli G,D'Agostino A,Iannelli A,Marano I

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic retrograde pancreatogram (ERP) has been recommended in patients with suspected pancreatic fistula to visualize the fistula tract and the ductal anatomy. Recently we have treated five men with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis complicated by pancreaticopleural or pancreaticoperitoneal fistula. The limited value...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Nordback I,Sand J

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative hyperthermo-chemo-radiotherapy (HCR) has been performed on patients with esophageal carcinoma, especially in advanced cases with invasion to the neighbouring structures (a3 carcinoma), and is considered to have contributed to the favorable postoperative prognosis. 163 patients with operated locally advanc...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Nozoe T,Kuwano H,Sadanaga N,Watanabe M,Yasuda M,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of patients treated for vulvar carcinoma at the University of Milan from January 1967 through December 1991 have been studied retrospectively, making an analysis of the results of surgical staging in terms of prognosis, morbidity and long-term survival. All cases have been reevaluated and restaged accordin...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Origoni M,Dindelli M,Ferrari D,Frigerio L,Rossi M,Ferrari A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibilities of laparoscopic surgery in the treatment of functional esophageal diseases (gastroesophageal reflux, achalasia and epiphrenic diverticula) are illustrated with special emphasis on the technical aspects, including intraoperative complications and postoperative care. Results are discussed on the ground...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Peracchia A,Rosati R,Bona S,Fumagalli U,Bonavina L,Chella B

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with the indications, techniques and results of laparoscopic total or partial posterior fundoplications (Nissen and Toupet procedures, respectively) performed in 41 patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) failing to respond to medical treatment. Stationary manometry and 24-hour esophageal...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Zaninotto G,Anselmino M,Costantini M,Boccú C,Ancona E

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00