abstract：:Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is one of the most common causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The clinical spectrum of CDH ranges from minimally affected infants who do well with modern neonatal care to severely affected infants who die despite all interventions. Two decades of research have led to advan...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sydorak RM,Harrison MR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of large series of melanoma patients indicated that the average incidence of developing a recurrence during follow-up was 40%. The most frequent first sites of these recurrences were the regional lymph nodes. We hypothesized that the sentinel node (SN) procedure may change the pattern of recurrence by reducing...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Statius Muller MG,van Leeuwen PA,van Diest PJ,Pijpers R,Nijveldt RJ,Vuylsteke RJ,Meijer S

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some patients, bile ducts of segments 2 and 3 (B2 and B3) run caudally to the umbilical portion of the left portal vein (UP)--an infraportal course. We aimed to evaluate the frequency and clinical implications of this variation. Between January 1992 and October 2000, 108 patients underwent resection for hilar chola...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ozden I,Kamiya J,Nagino M,Uesaka K,Sano T,Nimura Y

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is widely used and may be performed as an ambulatory procedure. We undertook a randomized comparison of the benefits of intraperitoneal pethidine compared with intramuscular pethidine for postoperative analgesia following laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A series of 100 consecutive American S...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： O'Hanlon DM,Colbert S,Ragheb J,McEntee GP,Chambers F,Moriarty DC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the validity and responsiveness of a new quality of life instrument, the Patient Generated Index (PGI), in patients with rectal cancer. Thirty-three patients with rectal cancer were administered the PGI, the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Qu...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Camilleri-Brennan J,Ruta DA,Steele RJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The release of the neuronal protein S-100B into the circulation has been suggested as an early indication of cellular brain damage. The objective of this prospective pilot study was to determine S-100B serum levels in patients undergoing cross-clamping during carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and to correlate the results w...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Mussack T,Biberthaler P,Geisenberger T,Gippner-Steppert C,Steckmeier B,Mutschler W,Jochum M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is an essential component of the first phase of anastomotic wound healing, and it is suppressed by corticosteroids. The anti-inflammatory effect of corticosteroids is largely responsible for the impairment of wound healing in bowel anastomosis. It has been reported that local application of granulocyte-ma...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Dinc S,Alagol H,Gulcelik MA,Ozbirecikli B,Kuru B,Renda N,Ustun H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuss described a minimally invasive technique for correcting pectus excavatum in children. A curved stainless-steel bar is inserted behind the sternum through the chest cavity with the convex surface face down, then rotated 180 degrees to elevate the sternum and correct the deformity. The procedure gained wide accepta...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Coln D,Gunning T,Ramsay M,Swygert T,Vera R

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy is an established practice in our institution, with an experience of more than 800 cases. The present study is conducted to evaluate the contemporary outcomes of day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the setting of a major teaching hospital. A retrospective analysis of 200 pa...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lau H,Brooks DC

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many concepts of risk and prognostic factor analysis for differentiated thyroid cancer. The prognostic role of lymph node metastases in follicular thyroid cancer (FTC), however, is still controversial. We performed a retrospective trial in 186 patients with FTC (124 women, 62 men; mean follow-up 5.5 years) q...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Witte J,Goretzki PE,Dieken J,Simon D,Röher HD

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of families with familial isolated hyperparathyroidism (FIHP) have been reported. We wanted to determine if some of these families represent early manifestations of full-blown syndromes such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1), as early identification may alter surgical and medical management...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Perrier ND,Villablanca A,Larsson C,Wong M,Ituarte P,Teh BT,Clark OH

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have evaluated survival and tumor-related symptoms in the presence of mesenteric lymph node and liver metastases in relation to surgical procedures in 314 patients (148 women, mean age at diagnosis 61 years; 249 with liver metastases) treated for midgut carcinoid tumors. Of the operated patients, 46% presented with...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hellman P,Lundström T,Ohrvall U,Eriksson B,Skogseid B,Oberg K,Tiensuu Janson E,Akerström G

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of nitric oxide in mediating smooth muscle relaxation is well established. Less is known about the downstream signaling events inside the smooth muscle cell that produce relaxation of the contractile machinery. One possible effector molecule is the small heat shock protein HSP20. Increased phosphorylation of ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Brophy CM

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic endocrine tumors (PETs) may be sporadic or inherited in the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN-1) syndrome. The inherited form is caused by mutations of the MEN-1 gene, which functions as a tumor suppressor gene and maps to chromosome 11q13. These tumors tend to have a better prognosis than their spor...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Guo SS,Wu AY,Sawicki MP

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinicopathological characteristics relevant to prognosis after surgical treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) remain unclear. In this study, the clinicopathological features of 19 patients with mass-forming ICC, the most common form of the disease, were reviewed to analyze prognostic determinants. Tw...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Suzuki S,Sakaguchi T,Yokoi Y,Okamoto K,Kurachi K,Tsuchiya Y,Okumura T,Konno H,Baba S,Nakamura S

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TraumAID is a computer-based decision aid that uses decision rules and logical deduction to generate management plans for the initial definitive management of injured patients; its use is currently confined to assessing penetrating thoracoabdominal injuries in nonpregnant adults. These management plans were compared t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Clarke JR,Hayward CZ,Santora TA,Wagner DK,Webber BL

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axillary dissection in patients with breast cancer is associated with significant morbidity. Because 85% of the patients with a cancer < or = 1 cm have negative axillary nodal status, axillary dissection in these patients is only a staging procedure. A study of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy has been developed t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： d'Eredita G,Serio G,Mele M,Giardina C,Martellotta M,Ferrarese F

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the collagen matrix in recurrent inguinal hernias. Total ribonucleic acid (RNA) was extracted from skin fibroblasts of three groups (control group I = healthy skin; control group II = plain skin scar; recurrent inguinal hernia group = skin of recurrent inguinal hernias; each n ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Zheng H,Si Z,Kasperk R,Bhardwaj RS,Schumpelick V,Klinge U,Klosterhalfen B

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that there are two subgroups of patients with different types of biliary bile acid output after relief of obstructive jaundice by percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD). The reason for two groups is not clear but is possibly the difference in hepatic reserve function. The aim...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Chijiiwa K,Mizuta A,Ueda J,Takamatsu Y,Nakamura K,Watanabe M,Kuroki S,Tanaka M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is a disease in which the main treatment is surgical extirpation. The modifications introduced in the surgical treatment over the last decades were accompanied by a clear increase of survival, which reaches global values of 61% at 5 years in Japan. One of the reasons that contribute to this improvement ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Nogueira C,Silva AS,Santos JN,Silva AG,Ferreira J,Matos E,Vilaça H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the tumor suppressor gene p53 and proto-oncogenes mdm-2, waf-1,and bcl-2 in sporadic colorectal carcinoma (CRC) has been well investigated. However, little is known about the role of these genes in the development of ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal carcinoma (CAC). Colectomy specimens from patient...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Brüwer M,Schmid KW,Senninger N,Schürmann G

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local recurrence in differentiated and medullary thyroid carcinoma develops frequently from metastatic infiltration of cervical lymph nodes. Despite an aggressive surgical approach, postoperative calcitonin levels as biochemical evidence for residual cancer cells remain often elevated in patients with medullary thyroi...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Weber T,Amann K,Weckauf H,Lacroix J,Weitz J,Schönfuss T,Hölting T,Klar E,Herfarth C,von Knebel Doeberitz M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreas transplantation has emerged as the single most effective way to achieve normal glucose homeostasis inpatients with type I insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Optimal immunosuppressive strategies for pancreas transplantation continue to evolve with the use of newer, more potent immunosuppressive agents,partic...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Odorico JS,Sollinger HW

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium 99m ((99m)Tc)-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) scintigraphy has been reported to be a useful method for visualizing the parathyroid glands for the diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism. Some drug metabolism transporters, such as p-glycoprotein (P-GP) or multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP), are believed...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Yamaguchi S,Yachiku S,Hashimoto H,Kaneko S,Nishihara M,Niibori D,Shuke N,Aburano T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed clinical features and genetic alterations in the noncancerous and cancerous biliary lesions obtained from pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) patients. Gallbladder (GB) and bile duct (BD) lesions were obtained surgically from 36 patients with PBM, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods were used to e...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Nagai M,Watanabe M,Iwase T,Yamao K,Isaji S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of lymphatic involvement in patients with colorectal cancer is important in surgery and in the postoperative decision-making process. Fifty-eight patients with recurrent colorectal cancer underwent operation with the RIGS/(Radioimmunoguided Surgery) technology. Preoperatively, patients were injected with 1 m...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Schneebaum S,Troitsa A,Haddad R,Avital S,Kashtan H,Baratz M,Brazovsky E,Papo J,Skornick Y

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To illustrate how the high incidence of arrow wounds provided a major stimulus for the development of surgery until a century ago, we conducted a literature search. Our research shows that archaic peoples developed considerable surgical skill for extraction of arrows, including thoracotomy and trephination. A classica...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Karger B,Sudhues H,Brinkmann B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the literature describing the management of hepatic and splenic injuries indicates that as many as 67% of exploratory celiotomies for blunt trauma are reported as nontherapeutic. Avoiding unnecessary surgery through nonoperative management offers an attractive alternative. Nonetheless, nonoperative managem...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ochsner MG

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss or failure of an organ or tissue is one of the most frequent, devastating, and costly problems in healthcare. Current treatment modalities include transplantation of organs, surgical reconstruction, use of mechanical devices, or supplementation of metabolic products. A new field, tissue engineering, applies t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lalan S,Pomerantseva I,Vacanti JP

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively reviewed postoperative complications in 105 patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma who underwent hepatectomy at Nagoya University Hospital from January 1990 through March 1999. Of the 105 subjects, 97 (92.4%) underwent resection of two or more Healey's segments of the liver. Combined portal vein res...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Nagino M,Kamiya J,Uesaka K,Sano T,Yamamoto H,Hayakawa N,Kanai M,Nimura Y

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent collective reviews have outlined when and how surgeons should treat patients with bile duct injuries after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). However, little is described about other injuries combined with bile duct injuries, for example, hepatic arterial injury and secondary biliary cirrhosis. Fifteen patients...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bachellier P,Nakano H,Weber JC,Lemarque P,Oussoultzoglou E,Candau C,Wolf P,Jaeck D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic and thoracoabdominal penetrating wounds are frequently encountered in urban medical centers in the United States. This study was undertaken to determine the clinical characteristics and in hospital outcome of these injuries. This was a longitudinal, nonblinded study using the established standard of care of p...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Mandal AK,Sanusi M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews aspects of head injury management and research in the United Kingdom (UK). We discuss evidence about the scale and etiology of head injury in Britain and how this information has supported a triage-based approach, incorporating risk analysis. A Cohesive organization based upon nationally accepted, y...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kay A,Teasdale G

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerodigestive tract injuries in the neck are found in about 7% of penetrating neck injuries and are very rare in blunt trauma. A combination of a good physical examination with endoscopy and esophagography can reliably diagnose all significant injuries. Airway control in laryngotracheal trauma is the most urgent prior...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Demetriades D,Velmahos GG,Asensio JA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous analysis of this prospective randomized trial and meta-analysis of published randomized trials of adjuvant intraperitoneal chemotherapy demonstrated improved survival in patients with advanced gastric cancer. Simple criteria applicable at the time of surgery for patient selection were sought in this analysis....

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Yu W,Whang I,Chung HY,Averbach A,Sugarbaker PH

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretin is a stimulator of both endocrine and exocrine secretions of the pancreas, and we aimed to evaluate its effects on splanchnic blood flow in rats with a microsphere technique. Anesthetized rats were infused with secretin (0.5 or 2.0 micrograms/kg body weight/hr) for 10 minutes. Some animals were normoglycemic,...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Carlsson PO,Jansson L

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the rarity of adrenocortical carcinoma, survival rates and the prognosis for patients who have undergone operation are not well known. The purpose of the French Association of Endocrine Surgery was to evaluate these factors over an 18-year period. A trend study was associated to assess changes in the clinic...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Icard P,Goudet P,Charpenay C,Andreassian B,Carnaille B,Chapuis Y,Cougard P,Henry JF,Proye C

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of liver transplantation in malignancy has been discussed, but controversially, over the past two decades. This is particularly true for hepatic metastases from neuroendocrine tumors, which have a wide variety of primary tumor localizations, morphologic types, functional activities, and clinical presentations...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ringe B,Lorf T,Döpkens K,Canelo R

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported incidence rates of carcinoma in patients with achalasia and the prevalence of achalasia in patients with esophageal cancer vary widely in the literature. The prognosis of an "achalasia-carcinoma" is generally considered poor, although systematic studies assessing the incidence, prevalence, and prognosis of pa...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Brücher BL,Stein HJ,Bartels H,Feussner H,Siewert JR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery is the most effective therapeutic intervention available for the treatment of breast cancer. It has been responsible for obtaining local control and long-term disease-free intervals in more patients over the past century than any other treatment modality. Trends toward earlier stage at diagnosis are likely to ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Gemignani ML,Borgen PI

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00