abstract：:The effect on cellular immunity of the administration of the non-specific immunopotentiator BCG and/or a streptococcal agent was studied in 90 non-cancer bearing Wistar rats under different nutritional support. The number of immunocompetent cells and the non-specific function of the immunocompetent cells significantly...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Miyoshi T,Yamakawa T,Ohishi N,Hirosawa K,Itoh S,Katoh K

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a prospective study of infection control carried out in the Division of Abdominal Surgery of the Federal University of Pernambuco over a two year period are presented. A total of 760 patients operated on by the various teams of the Division were studied and rates of wound, respiratory and urinary infect...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Ferraz EM,Lima JF,Porfirio L,Kelner S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors consider 74 patients who have undergone reoperation for recurrent peptic ulceration in their hospital, between 1971 and 1980. Recurrences followed gastrectomy (39 cases), vagotomy (33 cases) and gastroenteroanastomosis (GEA) (2 cases). The reoperations were: vagotomy or revagotomy; gastric resection or rer...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Pietri P,Gabrielli F,Pellis G

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present their experience with 39 cases of pre and postoperative percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy (PTCS), listing the indications and advantages of this new tool for the study of the biliary tract and the therapy of several pathological conditions that would otherwise be untreatable. ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Gazzaniga GM,Faggioni A,Bondanza G,Cogolo L,Filauro M,Pastorino G

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-six patients with tricuspid insufficiency associated with other valvular lesions underwent De Vega annuloplasty. There were mitral lesions in 74 patients, aortic valve lesions in eight and atrial septal defects (ASD) in four. The radiographic and electrocardiographic findings and hemodynamic data are reported ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Stolf NA,Moreira LF,Costa R,Grimberg M,Bittencourt D,Verginelli G,Pillegi F,Zerbini EJ

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a case of ectopic abdominal pregnancy following total hysterectomy and reviews the literature. Pregnancy following total hysterectomy is a rare event. Ectopic pregnancy following supracervical hysterectomy can be explained in view of the remaining patent cervical canal. In cases of total hysterectom...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Arora VK

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indications, results and evaluation methods of lumbar sympathectomy are very controversial. The authors present their experience and results with phenol lumbar sympathectomy (PLS). PLS (Reid's technique) was carried out in 25 patients with severe peripheral arterial disease. Sympathetic tone abolition was achieved...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Ramos M,Almazán A,Lozano F,Gómez-Alonso A

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed in order to determine the value of assessing the volume of intraperitoneal fluid, the leucocyte count and the corrected leucocyte count in the peritoneal lavage in patients with acute abdominal pain of gynecological origin. Peritoneal lavage using the dye-dilution technique with Evans-Blue-Hum...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Shapira SC,Weiss DB,Jersky Y

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized prospective study of 202 patients undergoing peripheral vascular surgery, with the use of autotransfusion, is presented. Hematologic and hemostatic studies were performed on 50 samples of reclaimed and bank blood. The study showed a lower hemoglobin content in autotransfused blood. At the same time it sho...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Shehata S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one cases of elbow ankylosis treated with fascial arthroplasty were studied. Forty-two cases (85.4%) of elbow ankylosis were due to injuries; chronic dislocation (24), traumatic myositis ossificans (14) and gunshot wounds (4). Eight were due to infection and one to congenital humero-radial synostosis. Seventy-si...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Oyemade GA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven cases of symptomatic non-parasitic congenital cysts of the liver are reported. Preoperative correct diagnosis can be established with non-invasive examinations, essentially with echotomography. Laparoscopy can represent a decisive investigation, permitting the direct view of the cysts. Surgical treatment of non-...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Sianesi M,Farinon AM,Sacco M

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis and management of ovarian hemorrhage complicating anticoagulant therapy is discussed and a case presented. The patient, who had undergone mitral valve replacement and was receiving chronic anticoagulation treatment, was admitted with signs of intraperitoneal bleeding from a ruptured ovarian hematoma. Thi...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Itskovitz J,Brandes JM,Urbach J,Fisher M

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinico-radiological study conducted on 124 patients including 89 cases of spinal canal stenosis and 143 normal (control) individuals is presented and the various causes of stenosis of the spinal canal are reviewed. Evaluation of canal to body ratio using plain radiographs of lumbo-sacral spine based on the Jones an...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Sharma S,Sankaran B,Mandal DK

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-hundred and forty-five cases of perforated duodenal ulcer were managed by suture plication alone. Perforated acute ulcers have a better ultimate outlook in terms of mortality and morbidity as compared with perforated chronic ulcers, which have a higher incidence of reperforation and reoperation. It is suggested ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Atri SC,Naithani YP

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results obtained with temporary ileal cecostomy in 23 patients are reported. Particular attention is given to the incidence of anastomotic leakage, morbidity, mortality, hospitalization and nursing. The results achieved were successful and, although the series presented is small, the authors suggest that this techniqu...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Leoutsakos BG,Kalafatis GC

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most patients with traumatic or spontaneous venous fistula can be managed safely and effectively by conventional operative techniques. Infrequently total circulatory arrests with hypothermia may be used to correct this defect. The ideal treatment is transection of the fistula with preservation of the kidney function. ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Mittal VK,Diaz-Velez A,Cortez JA,Puri VK

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-four patients with tracheal stenosis due to benign stricture and malignancy underwent airway reconstruction with a molded Silicone prosthesis (Neville Prosthesis). In 40 patients, the trachea was reconstructed with a straight prosthesis; of these 29 had a postintubation stricture and 11 a malignancy. In the form...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Neville WE

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the present surgical procedure for duodenal ulcer; this consists of vagotomy in association with resection of the antral mucosa, and sliding the fundus mucosa to cover the naked surface. The gastroduodenal junction is sewn as an enlarged Weimberg pyloroplasty. A series of 20 patients were operated...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Tinoco RC,Figueira SE,Freire PC

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopy has developed significantly as both a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. A series consisting of 20 patients is presented to describe its use in diagnosis and therapy of pelvic inflammatory disease with tubo-ovarian abscess formation. The results obtained are presented and the various methods available f...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Adducci JE

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent six-year-period, a total of 402 patients underwent parietal cell vagotomy (PCV) for duodenal ulcer. An overall clinical assessment by Visik grading placed 328 (82%) in grade I, 56 (14%) in grade II, 12 (3%) in grade III and 4 (1%) with recurrent ulcer in grade IV. Results of the gastric secretory tests sho...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Romeo G,Giovinetto A,Sanfilippo G,Calì R,Catania G,Basile F

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1965 and 1979, 934 patients underwent 1,057 operations for extracranial carotid stenosis at this institute, and over a recent 30-month period 463 patients underwent 511 operations of this type. This number is equal to the total of operations performed during the years 1965-1976. The increase in the frequency o...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Benhamou AC,Kieffer E,Tricot JF,Maraval M,Lethoai H,Benhamou M,Boespflug O,Natali J

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one symptom-free women treated by operative and irradiation therapy for gynecological cancer 24-108 months previously were examined by small bowel barium meal, large bowel barium enema, intravenous urography and renography in order to determine whether there were any silent complications present after the therap...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Suramo I,Kauppila A,Lanning P

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore Tex) grafts were used for the replacement of the superior or inferior vena cava in dogs. When examined 2 weeks to 18 months after the replacement, the overall patency rate was 82%. If neither deformation nor narrowing of the graft on examination by cavagram had occurred within 14...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Esato K,Shintani K,Yasutake S,Morita T

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of endobronchial metastasis from breast cancer is presented. The anatomopathological findings suggested the presence of another primary site with metastatic pleural effusion. It is imperative, however, to consider intrathoracic metastasis in patients with breast carcinoma and presenting symptoms such as cough, ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Daskalakis MK

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two cases to tuberculosis of the skull (14% of 156 cases of chronic osteomyelitis) verified by demonstration of tubercle bacilli in the discharge of cutaneous sinuses or histological examination of bone or granulation tissue are reported. Most of these patients had multiple operations elsewhere and non-healing ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Mohanty S,Rao CJ,Mukherjee KC

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of microsurgical neurolytic techniques in cases of peripheral nerve entrapments offers greater advantages than other techniques, as it allows a better understanding of the neural alterations. In most cases, a longitudinal epineurectomy is necessary to free the fascicles of the epineural fibrosis. Less ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Palazzi S,Palazzi JL

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors discuss the clinical and etiopathogenic problems arising from prolonged postoperative bowel ileus on the basis of 705 truncal vagotomies performed over a twelve year basis. Gastroplegia was seen in 23 cases: in six, as it persisted for more than 20 days, a reoperation was necessary. A fixed surgical proced...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Pietri P,Alagni G,Gabrielli F

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two rare cases of carcinosarcoma of the esophagus are presented. In the first case the decision to operate was based on an initial diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma made by endoscopic biopsy. In the second, a diagnosis of carcinosarcoma was also obtained by endoscopic biopsy. The pathology is commented on. The authors discu...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Miranda FJ,Kallas Neto JA,Andrade da Costá E,Badan Palhares FA

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimentally produced angulatory deformities of rat tibia with and without physeal injury were observed at two to three-week intervals for an eight-week period by x-ray studies, in order to estimate the spontaneous correctability of tibial deformity in growing rats. The results obtained were as follows: 1) In the re...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Kwon DJ,Moon MS

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pseudomembranous colitis in a 66-year-old subject is presented. The disease appeared on the fourth postoperative day following prostatectomy. On the first postoperative day ampicillin was administered intramuscularly (4 g/day). On the seventh postoperative day, toxic megacolon complicated the disease and a d...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Theodoropoulos G,Archimandritis A,Golematis B,Papacharalampous N,Melissinos K

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage originates in the colon in 70% of cases. In half the remaining cases it originates in the small bowel, and in the other half in the duodenum. Currently available diagnostic techniques are: mesenteric angiography, barium contrast meal studies, colonoscopy, and laparotomy. Cause...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Williams RA,Wilson SE

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of melanoma of the iris is reported. A simple enucleation of the eye was performed. The patient is alive 24 years after the operation. ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Freiwald MJ

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a survey conducted in a group of 60 women, three years after they underwent induction of mid-trimester abortion by extra-amniotic infusion of isotonic saline solution, are presented. The aim of this method for induction of abortion can affect the patients' fertility and the outcome of their subsequent p...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Blum M

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute mesenteric ischemia and massive intestinal infarction secondary to bilateral lumbar sympathectomy and without any other apparent precipitating factors is presented. Its characteristics and findings significantly agree with those described as part of the mesenteric arterial steal syndrome. Although this...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Cordoba A,Gordillo O

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prophylactic use of the antifibrinolytic drug, PAMBA, in a small intravenous dose preoperatively, combined with local irrigation postoperatively, effectively reduces blood loss. The drug is safe and relatively free of adverse side effects, but attentive postoperative care is warranted. ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Shukla KK,Ambastha SS,Dube RK,Dube B

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to assess the different methods of treatment of tumors of the esophagus we contacted 170 surgeons (in 1975-1976). Seventy-six (45%) answered a questionnaire concerning the surgical management of esophageal tumors, the reasons for non operability and non resectability, the place of radiotherapy, the valid...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： París F,Casillas M,Zarza AG,Padilla J

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported one case of a rare combination of multiple primary malignancies in the stomach, a leiomyosarcoma and an adenocarcinoma in a 72-year-old male. He also had a leiomyoma of the stomach and a cavernous hemangioma of the spleen. Since he has had two malignant and two benign tumors, it would appear that this...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Ejeckam GC,Al-Jabi M

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of cystic hamartoma of the liver is reported. The clinical presentation and management is discussed. A review of the origin of this rare tumor and its clinical and pathological characteristics is made. ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Koren E,Lazarovitch I,Schujman E,Solowiejczyk M

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case history re-emphasizes the absolute necessity for all cases of leukokoria or opaque media, where a view of the fundus is impossible, to have preliminary "A" or "B" scan ultrasonography. In 1960 perhaps only two or three institutions had the high resolution "B" scan equipment at their disposal. Today at least ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Wainstock MA

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of immediate reconstruction of the defects resulting from excision of cancer of the cheek, lower jaw, upper jaw and lip in 13 patients using temporal island, deltopectoral and cervicoacromial flaps have been described. The surgical techniques have been outlined. Previous radiotherapy is not a contraindication ...

journal_title：International surgery

authors： Sharma BD,Chadha A,Elhence IP

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00