abstract：:Although pancreatectomy is still performed in a few patients with pancreatic cancer, and nearly all patients who develop pancreatic cancer eventually die of their disease, significant improvements have been made recently. Pancreatectomy is now safer, with major morbidity (hemorrhage, pancreatic anastomotic leak, intra...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tsiotos GG,Farnell MB,Sarr MG

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise localization of cervical node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma is rarely described. The aim of this retrospective study was to map their cervical involvement. Between 1974 and 1996 a series of 119 patients had total thyroidectomy with bilateral cervical lymph node dissection. Patients who had secondar...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Mirallié E,Visset J,Sagan C,Hamy A,Le Bodic MF,Paineau J

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a fact that without ideas there is nothing. Without ideas and without innovations there is nothing to test. An interesting, often asked question is: How are ideas, innovations born? It is surely correct that people giving birth to ideas have special characteristics. These creative people are different but still ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Troidl H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although widely practiced, laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) has not met with universal approval. Several controlled trials have been conducted, some in favor, others not. The goal of this review was to ascertain (1) if laparoscopy was capable of improving the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties encountered during op...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Fingerhut A,Millat B,Borrie F

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organ transplantation continues to be hindered by a limited supply of organs. A significant percentage of potential organ donors are lost to either medical failure or inability to obtain consent for donation. In a surgical intensive care unit (ICU) we have refocused our efforts toward aggressive resuscitation, directe...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Jenkins DH,Reilly PM,Schwab CW

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncontrolled bleeding from the cystic artery and its branches is a serious problem that may increase the risk of intraoperative lesions to vital vascular and biliary structures. On laparoscopic visualization anatomic relations are seen differently than during conventional surgery, so proper knowledge of the hepatobili...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Balija M,Huis M,Nikolic V,Stulhofer M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malnutrition in its various forms is without doubt the commonest disease. Acute malnutrition resulting from a total lack of ingestion clearly shows that not only are water and electrolytes a priority for survival but also energy reserves. It also shows that the maximum wasting that the lean body mass can withstand is ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Mora RJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jejunostomy is a surgical procedure by which a tube is situated in the lumen of the proximal jejunum, primarily to administer nutrition. There are many techniques used for jejunostomy: longitudinal Witzel, transverse Witzel, open gastrojejunostomy, needle catheter technique, percutaneous endoscopy, and laparoscopy. Th...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Tapia J,Murguia R,Garcia G,de los Monteros PE,Oñate E

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pepsinogen C is a proteolytic enzyme involved in the digestion of proteins in the stomach; it is also synthesized by a significant percentage of female breast carcinomas. In addition, it has been demonstrated that pepsinogen C is one of the few proteins induced by androgens in breast carcinoma cells. Here we evaluate ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Serra Díaz C,Vizoso F,Rodríguez JC,Merino AM,González LO,Baltasar A,Pérez-Vázquez MT,Medrano J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dukes' classification is a useful staging system in patients with colorectal cancer. The aim of this study was to present clinicopathologic characteristics and survival of patients with gastric cancer based on Dukes' classification. A total of 273 patients with gastric cancer curatively treated by radical gastrectomy ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Adachi Y,Suematsu T,Yasuda K,Shiromizu A,Shiraishi N,Kitano S

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of laparoscopic surgery has provided minimally invasive surgeons with advanced laparoscopic instrumentation and high definition imaging. The resulting surgical expertise and technology has now been extended to gastric endoluminal surgery. Laboratory and clinical investigations have been initiated for v...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Martínez-Serna T,Filipi CJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression CA195 in serum, defined by monoclonal antibody CC3C195 (IgM), was studied in 67 patients with pancreatic cancer and in 138 patients with biliary or pancreatic benign disease. The results were compared with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) expression. The overall sensitivity of the CA195 assay (> 12 U/ml) ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Andicoechea A,Vizoso F,Alexandre E,Martínez A,Cruz Díez M,Riera L,Martinez E,Ruibal A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study reports our experience managing 78 patients with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction operated between January 1982 and December 1996. Altogether 18 patients presented with stage I and II disease, and 60 patients had stage III and IV disease at presentation; 56 patient...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Parshad R,Singh RK,Kumar A,Gupta SD,Chattopadhyay TK

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new technique utilizing miniaturized (2 mm) instrumentation to perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is introduced. The safety and efficacy of this mini-LC were assessed. Fifty consecutive mini-LCs were performed using one 10-mm port and three 2-mm ports (cumulative port size 16 mm). A 2-mm fiberoptic video-lapa...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Reardon PR,Kamelgard JI,Applebaum B,Rossman L,Brunicardi FC

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-one patients who were diagnosed with mucosal gastric cancer have been successfully treated with two laparoscopic techniques at our institute from March 1992 to March 1997. One is laparoscopic wedge resection of the stomach using a lesion-lifting method for lesions of the anterior wall, the lesser curvature, and ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ohgami M,Otani Y,Kumai K,Kubota T,Kim YI,Kitajima M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a double-blind placebo-controlled study we investigated the effect of recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO), on the perioperative hemoglobin concentration and the use of blood transfusions in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery with a preoperative hemoglobin level

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Qvist N,Boesby S,Wolff B,Hansen CP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study in 79 surgically treated patients with a proximal bile duct carcinoma revealed 12 patients with a median age of 59.5 years (range 21-73 years) who survived more than 5 years. These 12 patients were analyzed to identify specific patient characteristics for long-term survival. Fifteen patients d...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Gerhards MF,van Gulik TM,Bosma A,ten Hoopen-Neumann H,Verbeek PC,Gonzalez Gonzalez D,de Wit LT,Gouma DJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary thyroid carcinoma is a frequent thyroid cancer. Many factors have been reported to be of prognostic importance, but the significance of biologic factors suggesting aggressiveness and proliferating activity has not been sufficiently documented. Conventional prognostic factors such as age, extrathyroidal invas...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kurozumi K,Nakao K,Nishida T,Nakahara M,Ogino N,Tsujimoto M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of laparoscopic techniques for the management of biliary stone disease has expanded the therapeutic choices for surgeons confronted with choledocholithiasis. As new strategies emerge, the treatment of cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis remains controversial. This paper discusses the options availa...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Rosenthal RJ,Rossi RL,Martin RF

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is debate regarding use of the stereotactic core-needle biopsy (SCNB) for highly suspicious mammographic lesions. This study compares a serial group of mammography-detected breast cancer patients treated before and after the use of SCNB. We studied 113 consecutive nonpalpable breast cancers between 1994 and 1996...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kaufman CS,Delbecq R,Jacobson L

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether cytokines and colony-stimulating factors can predict prognosis in patients with postoperative multiple organ failure (MOF). We evaluated 14 patients with postoperative MOF who underwent operation for cardiovascular disease. Seven patients recovered from MOF (survivors) and seven did not...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hamano K,Gohra H,Noda H,Katoh T,Fujimura Y,Zempo N,Esato K

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1990 Scopinaro's technique of biliopancreatic diversion with distal gastrectomy (DG) and gastroileostomy was modified. A sleeve gastrectomy with duodenal switch (DS) was used instead of the distal gastrectomy; and the length of the common channel was made 100 cm instead of 50 cm. A questionnaire and a prescription ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Marceau P,Hould FS,Simard S,Lebel S,Bourque RA,Potvin M,Biron S

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) are only now beginning to be used by business, government, and policymakers to evaluate various medical treatments. The evolution of why CEAs are being demanded is reviewed. To date, a formal CEA of obesity treatments has not been published. This article outlines how...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Martin LF,White S,Lindstrom W Jr

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is commonly observed in young, tall, thin subjects without apparent underlying lung disease and in the elderly with chronic emphysematous lung disease. We present our experience in treating SP during the last decade. From December 1986 to November 1996 a total of 417 consecutive patients ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Athanassiadi K,Kalavrouziotis G,Loutsidis A,Hatzimichalis A,Bellenis I,Exarchos N

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histologically differentiated adenocarcinoma satisfies one of the criteria for limited surgery for mucosal carcinoma of the stomach: however, the histology of the endoscopic biopsy specimen is often different from that of the resected specimen. The medical records of 1018 early gastric carcinomas were retrospectively ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Namieno T,Koito K,Higashi T,Shimamura T,Yamashita K,Sato N,Kondo Y

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiologically demonstrable pancreatic endocrine tumors are a frequent requirement for exploration in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia type I (MEN-I). Such delayed intervention is accompanied by a 30% to 50% incidence of pancreatic endocrine metastases. This study explores biochemical tumor markers and opera...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Skogseid B,Oberg K,Akerström G,Eriksson B,Westlin JE,Janson ET,Eklöf H,Elvin A,Juhlin C,Rastad J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most papillary thyroid microcarcinomas (PMCs) are of little clinical significance, patients with PMCs occasionally have an unfavorable outcome, especially when they present with bulky nodal metastasis or distant metastasis. We have attempted to identify "high-risk" PMCs by evaluating clinical, pathologic, and...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Sugitani I,Yanagisawa A,Shimizu A,Kato M,Fujimoto Y

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of parathyroid surgery is determined by the identification and removal of all parathyroid tumors. Parathyroid tumors accumulate and retain 2-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) labeled with technetium-99m. Intravenous injection of this radiopharmacon prior to parathyroid surgery allows identification of parat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bonjer HJ,Bruining HA,Pols HA,de Herder WW,Proye CA,Carnaille BM,Mohammedamin RS,Steyerberg EW,Breeman WA,Krenning EP

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the course of tumor progression the differentiated morphologic and functional characteristics of differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC) disappear. This corresponds to more aggressive growth, metastatic spread, and loss of iodine uptake. Experimental data give strong evidence that differentiated functions of io...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Simon D,Koehrle J,Reiners C,Boerner AR,Schmutzler C,Mainz K,Goretzki PE,Roeher HD

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen consecutive patients receiving renal transplants underwent prospective evaluation of their calcium homeostasis for 1 year after transplantation to characterize indices of hyperparathyroidism (HPT) amelioration. All but one underwent dialysis, and six had vitamin D supplementation before grafting. The rapid fa...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Claesson K,Hellman P,Frödin L,Rastad J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic surgery for malignant disease is highly controversial mainly due to the large number of abdominal wall metastases being reported. Previous experimental studies have particularly studied CO2 pneumoperitoneum and its effect on tumor development. The purpose of this study was to compare CO2- and air-induced ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lundberg O,Kristoffersson A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality of life is an important outcome measure following surgery for ulcerative colitis. Quality of life incorporates not only the physical or functional outcome; it also considers the emotional and social well-being of patients. Quality of life may be measured using disease-specific or generic quality of life measur...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： McLeod RS,Baxter NN

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a prospective case series study to investigate the causes of and factors influencing morbidity and mortality in 102 consecutive patients after elective infrarenal abdominal aneurysm (AAA) surgery between 1992 and 1995. Preoperative factors (demographics, risk factor indexes, electrocardiographic findings,...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Cohen JD,Singer P,Grunberg G,Grozovski E,Sulkes J,Zelikovski A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal infections are treated by resuscitation, abdominal drainage, control of the source of infection, and antimicrobial agents. Ideally, antimicrobial therapy is active against expected pathogens, safe and effective in clinical trials, inexpensive, and unlikely to promote drug resistance. Numerous single-agent an...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bohnen JM

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carnitine, an important carrier of free fatty acid that is transported into mitochondria for beta-oxidation, was thought to be one of the key factors in the regulation of liver regeneration. If the carnitine content is insufficient in the hepatocyte, it might impair the energy substrate's transport and the energy char...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lai HS,Chen Y,Chen WJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is difficult to evaluate precisely the effects of one individual on an entire discipline such as surgery. Indeed, it is impossible to do so when such a discipline spans so vast a country as the United States of America. Nevertheless, as a mountain peak can be seen from afar, so may one perceive the influence of man...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Modlin IM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of sufficient suitable human donor lungs for the many patients requiring pulmonary transplantation as life-saving therapy for end-stage lung diseases has generated extensive interest in cross-species lung transplantation. Ethical concerns and those of animal rights advocates have prompted studies of nonprimat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kamholz SL,Brewer RJ,Grijalva G,Burack J,Del Rio MJ,Vaynblatt M,Lawson N,Squinto S,Fodor WL,Norin AJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pattern of recovery of intestinal motility using manometric and clinical assessment in the postoperative ileus following abdominal surgery. We reviewed the charts of 18 patients who underwent partial colectomy for colon cancer (group A, without vagotomy) and compared them ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Shibata Y,Toyoda S,Nimura Y,Miyati M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jaundice in patients of advanced carcinoma of the gallbladder requires palliation for the distressing symptoms of pruritus and cholangitis. Intrahepatic segment III duct cholangiojejunostomy is a means for alleviating the obstruction with malignant porta block. The authors reviewed their experience with this procedure...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Chaudhary A,Dhar P,Tomey S,Sachdev A,Agarwal A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are three basic roles of laparoscopic surgery for patients with colorectal cancer. First, although infrequently needed prior to therapy, diagnostic or staging laparoscopy may be valuable in certain colorectal cancer patients. Second, the laparoscopic approach may offer several attractive features for the palliat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Milsom JW,Kim SH

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00