abstract：INTRODUCTION:Large-bowel obstruction and perforation are still frequently occurring entities for the acute care surgeon. In these cases, Hartmann's procedure is the most commonly used surgical technique. However, recent papers demonstrate that colon resection and primary anastomosis (RPA) in the emergency setting is a ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Jiménez Fuertes M,Costa Navarro D

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of the present study was to identify logistic regression models with better survival prediction than the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) method in assessing blunt trauma (BT) victims in Japan and Thailand. An additional aim was to demonstrate the feasibility of probability of survival ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kimura A,Chadbunchachai W,Nakahara S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aims to determine the prevalence and predictive factors for recurrence after sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and for sentinel lymph node positivity by SLNB in our population. METHODS:We followed up all SLNBs performed between 2002 and 2010 and analyzed data by R (version2.10.1), considering p <...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bernardi S,Bertozzi S,Londero AP,Giacomuzzi F,Angione V,Dri C,Carbone A,Petri R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver transplantation for biliary atresia is indicated whenever a Kasai portoenterostomy is considered unfeasible. However, the timing of liver transplantation in biliary atresia has not been precisely defined. Excessive shortening of hepatocellular telomeres may occur in patients with biliary atresia, and t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sanada Y,Aida J,Kawano Y,Nakamura K,Shimomura N,Ishikawa N,Arai T,Poon SS,Yamada N,Okada N,Wakiya T,Hayashida M,Saito T,Egami S,Hishikawa S,Ihara Y,Urahashi T,Mizuta K,Yasuda Y,Kawarasaki H,Takubo K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the factors for considering surgery on thyroid nodules that had non-diagnostic results on two consecutive cytology examinations. METHODS:A total of 104 thyroid nodules with two consecutive non-diagnostic cytology examinations in 104 patients were investigated. Nodule...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Moon HJ,Kwak JY,Choi YS,Kim EK

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study evaluated the impact of tumor regression grading (TRG) and other pathologic variates in a cohort of rectal carcinoma patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT). The value of a grading less than pCR for predicting survival is unknown. Tumor budding has not been systematically studied...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Huebner M,Wolff BG,Smyrk TC,Aakre J,Larson DW

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative ascites (POA) is a common complication after liver resection (LR). The aim of the present study was to identify the risk factors for developing POA and to evaluate its clinical significance in the prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:We performed a retrospective a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Chan KM,Lee CF,Wu TJ,Chou HS,Yu MC,Lee WC,Chen MF

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evolution of diagnostic procedures has resulted in an increase in early detection of pathologically T1 (pT1) colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the risk factors affecting long-term outcomes of patients with pT1 CRCs have been unclear. The aim of the present study was to identify risk factors for postopera...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Iida S,Hasegawa H,Okabayashi K,Moritani K,Mukai M,Kitagawa Y

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this trial was to compare the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program with conventional perioperative management in patients who underwent radical resection for colorectal cancer. METHODS:A combination of evidence-based and consensus methodology was used to develop the ERAS protocol. Five ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ren L,Zhu D,Wei Y,Pan X,Liang L,Xu J,Zhong Y,Xue Z,Jin L,Zhan S,Niu W,Qin X,Wu Z,Wu Z

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the implications of HER2 amplification in Asian women with small, node-negative breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries (LMCs). METHODS:We reviewed the charts patients treated between 1989 and 2009 with breast conservation therapy for node-negative breast cancers measuring ≤ 2 cm. ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wong FY,Yip CS,Chua ET

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delayed recovery of gastrointestinal (GI) motility is a common complication following surgery. TZP-101/ulimorelin is a macrocyclic peptidomimetic ghrelin receptor agonist with GI promotility effects that significantly accelerates time to recovery of GI motility compared to placebo following partial colectomy...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bochicchio G,Charlton P,Pezzullo JC,Kosutic G,Senagore A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Roux-en-Y anastomosis is the standard of care for biliary reconstruction. Yet, a direct bilio-biliary anastomosis preserves the normal sphincter mechanism and endoscopic access to the biliary tree for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. Duct-to-duct biliary reconstruction is widely used in liver transplanta...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Memeo R,Belli A,Kluger MD,Tayar C,Laurent A,Cherqui D

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute appendicitis is the most common abdominal emergency in clinical surgery. This study was designed to compare the diagnostic value of the Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) with that of the Alvarado score based on different time points in children with right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain. METHODS:...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wu HP,Yang WC,Wu KH,Chen CY,Fu YC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic intersphincteric resection (ISR) after neoadjuvant chemoradiation is helpful in the management of patients with low rectal cancer. With the advent of this technique, the need for performance of abdominoperineal resection seems to have decreased in patients with very low rectal tumors. The aim of...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lim SW,Huh JW,Kim YJ,Kim HR

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The number of lymph nodes retrieved and examined from a resected colon cancer specimen may be crucial for correct staging. We examined if efforts to increase the lymph node harvest to more than 12 lymph nodes per specimen would upstage some patients from TNM stage II to III. METHODS:Three hospitals compared...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Storli K,Søndenaa K,Furnes B,Leh S,Nesvik I,Bru T,Gudlaugsson E,Bukholm I,Norheim-Andersen S,Eide G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of the clinical indications for performing staging laparoscopy for locally advanced gastric cancer to detect peritoneal metastasis or positive cytology findings. METHODS:The study included 231 patients with T4 gastric cancer without hematogenous or clinica...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tsuchida K,Yoshikawa T,Tsuburaya A,Cho H,Kobayashi O

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefit of resection of gastric cancer with locoregional invasion is still under debate. This study aimed to investigate the impact of surgery on patients with gastric cancer with locoregional invasion. METHODS:From January 1988 to December 2009, a total of 2,678 patients with gastric cancer underwent s...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lai KK,Fang WL,Wu CW,Huang KH,Chen JH,Lo SS,Li AF

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax is widely treated by video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) bullectomy and pleurodesis. Treatment of postoperative pain with nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is controversial as many surgeons believe that it reduces the efficacy of pleurodesis and increases the pne...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ben-Nun A,Golan N,Faibishenko I,Simansky D,Soudack M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) is established as a safe and feasible treatment option for liver tumors. However, whether the adoption of laparoscopic approach for malignant tumors, such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), will compromise the long-term result is still unknown. This study was designed to evaluat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lee KF,Chong CN,Wong J,Cheung YS,Wong J,Lai P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Binding of the lectin Helix pomatia agglutinin (HPA) has been shown to be associated with poor prognosis in many human cancers, but not in thyroid cancer. The aims of the present study were to assess alteration in cellular glycosylation, detected by HPA binding, in thyroid tumors; to determine if such altere...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Parameswaran R,Sadler G,Brooks S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of surgically induced weight loss on the metabolic profile and adipocytokine levels in premenopausal morbidly obese females. METHODS:Twenty premenopausal morbidly obese (MO) women with a median age of 34 years (range: 24-48 years) and a median body ma...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Marantos G,Daskalakis M,Karkavitsas N,Matalliotakis I,Papadakis JA,Melissas J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal surgical approach for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) and multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 (MEN1) is controversial. We sought to determine the optimal type of surgery for pHPT in MEN1. METHODS:We collected data on clinical presentation, surgery, and follow-up for MEN1 patients wit...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Schreinemakers JM,Pieterman CR,Scholten A,Vriens MR,Valk GD,Rinkes IH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was intended to compare the prognostic power of the number of positive lymph nodes with that of the lymph node ratio in patients with ampullary carcinoma. METHODS:A retrospective analysis was conducted of the medical records of 71 consecutive patients with ampullary carcinoma who underwent pancre...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sakata J,Shirai Y,Wakai T,Ajioka Y,Akazawa K,Hatakeyama K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the present study was to develop and validate a multidimensional, surgery-specific workload measure (the SURG-TLX), and to determine its utility in providing diagnostic information about the impact of various sources of stress on the perceived demands of trained surgical operators. As a wide r...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wilson MR,Poolton JM,Malhotra N,Ngo K,Bright E,Masters RS

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic pilonidal disease is a debilitating condition that typically affects young adults. There is a wide variety of available therapeutic strategies reflecting the inconsistent outcomes attributed to the various operative approaches. The majority involve excision of the sinus tract followed by either prima...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Moran DC,Kavanagh DO,Adhmed I,Regan MC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personalized genomic medicine and surgery (PGMS) represents a new approach to health care that customizes patients' medical treatment according to their own genetic information. This new approach is the result of increased knowledge of the human genome and ways this information can be applied by physicians in the medi...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Brunicardi FC,Gibbs RA,Wheeler DA,Nemunaitis J,Fisher W,Goss J,Chen C

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer, causing approximately 660,000 deaths worldwide annually. The preferred treatment of HCC is surgical resection or orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) for patients meeting specific criteria. For patients outside these criteria, options ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Harring TR,Guiteau JJ,Nguyen NT,Cotton RT,Gingras MC,Wheeler DA,O'Mahony CA,Gibbs RA,Brunicardi FC,Goss JA

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The use of pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is controversial. The purpose of this study was to document the changing pattern of PAC use and to determine its effect on outcome. METHODS:The use of PAC was analyzed in patients ≥16 years old admitted to the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) over a 9-year period...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Barmparas G,Inaba K,Georgiou C,Hadjizacharia P,Chan LS,Demetriades D,Friese R,Rhee P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal cellular survival is dependent on the cooperative expression of genes' signaling through a broad array of DNA patterns. Cancer, however, has an Achilles' heel. Its altered cellular survival is dependent on a limited subset of signals through mutated DNA, possibly as few as three. Identification and control of t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Nemunaitis J,Rao DD,Liu SH,Brunicardi FC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Incidental gallbladder cancer (GBC) is frequently discovered on the specimen when cholecystectomy for a benign disease is performed. The objective of the present study was to assess the management of incidental GBC patients in a French registry. METHODS:Data on patients with GBC treated between 1998 and 200...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Fuks D,Regimbeau JM,Le Treut YP,Bachellier P,Raventos A,Pruvot FR,Chiche L,Farges O

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Finnmark County is the northernmost county in Norway. For several decades, the rate of mortality after injury in this sparsely inhabited region has remained above the national average. Following documentation of this discrepancy for the period 1991-1995, improvements to the trauma system were implemented. Th...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bakke HK,Wisborg T

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication was performed 20 years ago. Surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) should be offered only to appropriately studied and selected patients, with the ultimate aim of improving the well-being of the individual, the "quality of life." The choice of fundopl...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Dallemagne B,Perretta S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We hypothesized that a dedicated collaborative transdisciplinary Geriatric Surgery Service (GSS) will improve care for elderly colorectal surgery patients. METHODS:Patients older than 75 years of age who underwent major colorectal surgery were included in this study. The Geriatric Surgery Service employed a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tan KY,Tan P,Tan L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of this study was to evaluate the outcome of patients who had the Nuss procedure for repair of pectus excavatum. METHODS:Thirty-nine patients (26 male, 13 female) of 61 (63.9%) who had bar removal after the Nuss procedure agreed to participate in an interview. All patients and their parents were as...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kim HK,Shim JH,Choi KS,Choi YH

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have compared the oncologic effectiveness of limited resection (LR) techniques such as transhiatal (TH) or limited resection of the esophagogastric junction with intestinal interposition (LREGJ) in the treatment of early esophageal carcinoma with that of the extended resection such as the classical thorac...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bogoevski D,Bockhorn M,Koenig A,Reeh M,von Loga K,Sauter G,Rösch T,Izbicki JR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurosurgical capacity is extremely deficient in East African countries where 27 neurosurgeons serve more than 250 million people. To build capacity, the Duke University Medical Center and New Mulago Hospital in Uganda applied a two-pronged twinning approach that placed usable surplus equipment in a developi...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Haglund MM,Kiryabwire J,Parker S,Zomorodi A,MacLeod D,Schroeder R,Muhumuza M,Merson M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of circular staplers in gastroduodenostomy during subtotal gastrectomy for gastric cancer has not been defined clearly. METHODS:A randomized clinical trial included patients with gastric cancer who underwent subtotal gastrectomy with either stapled (99 patients) or handsewn gastroduodenostomy (98 p...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kim T,Yu W,Chung H

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study was designed to evaluate the impact of the tyrosine kinase ligands VEGF-A/C/D, PDGF-A/B on tumor dissemination and survival in gastric cancer. This is the first study analyzing all these parameters in a homogeneous patient population undergoing surgery. METHODS:The expression pattern of VE...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Schimanski CC,Schlaegel F,Jordan M,Moehler M,Sgourakis G,Drescher DG,Galle PR,Lang H,Gockel I

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) located in the right liver often requires hepatic mobilization. However, exposure of the HCC may be restricted when using the conventional abdominal approach (AA). In such cases, a thoracoabdominal approach (TA) can provide a good operating field. Although several ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Okamura Y,Takeda S,Fujii T,Sugimoto H,Nomoto S,Nakao A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The appropriate surgical approach for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients of Child-Pugh class B is unclear. The aim of this study was to clarify the prognostic factors after hepatectomy in Child-Pugh class B patients and to delineate the selection criteria for hepatectomy. METHODS:One hundred fifty pati...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kuroda S,Tashiro H,Kobayashi T,Oshita A,Amano H,Ohdan H

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00