abstract：:Expression of sialyl-Lewisx (sLex) antigen was studied immunohistochemically in 110 resected human gastric carcinomas using an anti-sLex monoclonal antibody. Lymph node, liver, and peritoneal metastases were clearly more prevalent in tumors expressing high levels of sLex than in those with no or low-level sLex express...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ura H,Denno R,Hirata K,Yamaguchi K,Yasoshima T,Shishido T

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 2790 patients with gastric carcinoma who underwent surgery between January 1978 and December 1993, there were 224 who underwent a D2 resection for cancer of the proximal third of the stomach. Survival in these patients was retrospectively analyzed with special reference to the survival benefit of pancreaticospl...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kodera Y,Yamamura Y,Shimizu Y,Torii A,Hirai T,Yasui K,Morimoto T,Kato T,Kito T

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment results of mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis in 69 patients between 1990 and 1993 are reviewed. All patients underwent surgical procedures consisting of total excision or selective nodal dissection for lymphadenopathies and curettage for fluctuant cases, followed by antituberculous chemotherapy applie...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kanlikama M,Gökalp A

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite careful selection of cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver resection remains associated with a greater risk than in patients without underlying liver disease. In this study we assessed by multivariate analysis parameters associated with in-hospital mortality and morbidity in a selected ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Noun R,Jagot P,Farges O,Sauvanet A,Belghiti J

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors responsible for recurrence of esophageal cancer were investigated in 90 patients who underwent extended radical esophagectomy with three-field dissection for a squamous cell carcinoma in the thoracic esophagus. The initial tumor recurrence was grouped as either locoregional (site of the primary tumor, anastomo...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Bhansali MS,Fujita H,Kakegawa T,Yamana H,Ono T,Hikita S,Toh Y,Fujii T,Tou U,Shirouzu K

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether for hepatic trauma or transplantation, a surgeon's knowledge of hepatic anatomy commonly determines a patient's outcome. The first medically relevant anatomic studies of the liver emerged with the endeavors of Herophilus and Erasistratus between 310 and 280 bc. Yet it was not until after the development of ane...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： McClusky DA 3rd,Skandalakis LJ,Colborn GL,Skandalakis JE

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute biliary pancreatitis is a serious complication of biliary calculous disease and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the management of acute biliary pancreatitis has been the focus of discussion in recent years. In addition, ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Liu CL,Lo CM,Fan ST

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A family history of colorectal cancer is a known risk factor for the disease. As a result of different study designs from different populations, the strength of this association varies in the literature. We intended to define the incidence and the risk predictors in first-degree relatives of patients with colorectal c...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Karner-Hanusch J,Mittlböck M,Fillipitsch T,Herbst F

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized, double-blind multicenter trial was performed to compare the safety and efficacy of a new low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) (LU 47311, Clivarine) and standard unfractionated heparin for the prophylaxis of postoperative venous thromboembolism. Altogether 1351 patients scheduled to undergo abdominal surge...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kakkar VV,Boeckl O,Boneu B,Bordenave L,Brehm OA,Brücke P,Coccheri S,Cohen AT,Galland F,Haas S,Jarrige J,Koppenhagen K,LeQuerrec A,Parraguette E,Prandoni P,Roder JD,Roos M,Rüschemeyer C,Siewert JR,Vinazzer H,Wenzel

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study documents the indications and results of endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) performed over 7 years in a surgical endoscopy unit. Potential improvement of results over this time period was analyzed. ES was associated with rare but undesirable morbidity and mortality. Specific improvement of results over t...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lo CY,Lai EC,Lo CM,Mok FP,Chu KM,Liu CL,Fan ST

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article attempts to put into a risk-related perspective modern red blood cell (RBC) transfusion therapy. When making the decision to transfuse, RBCs or blood products, it is important to weigh the risks and benefits of the proposed therapy. It is equally important to evaluate the risk of not transfusing and the m...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Greenburg AG

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of pneumoperitoneum on the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) were evaluated during laparoscopic operation for esophageal achalasia. Intraoperative manometry was performed in three patients who underwent laparoscopic cardiomyectomy with Dor's fundoplication and five patients who underwent laparoscopic cholec...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Kamiike W,Taniguchi E,Iwase K,Ito T,Nezu R,Nishida T,Inoue M,Ohashi S,Matsuda H

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine if fat absorption is better after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (PPPD) or duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection (DPPHR) compared with that following pancreatoduodenectomy with gastrectomy (SPD), provided the patients have similar pancreatic exocrine function. F...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Miyakawa S,Hayakawa M,Horiguchi A,Mizuno K,Ishihara S,Niwamoto N,Miura K

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation-induced proctitis with hemorrhage is not a common complication of radiotherapy to the pelvis for carcinoma. In the most severe forms, massive hemorrhage may necessitate repeated transfusions and inpatient treatment. In severe cases medical treatment has not been proved effective. Surgery may lead to serious ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Roche B,Chautems R,Marti MC

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transsphenoidal pituitary surgery has radically modified the management of pituitary-dependent hypercortisolism (Cushing's disease). Bilateral adrenalectomy may, however, represent the ultimate treatment in some cases of hypercortisolism. In the present study we report our experience of bilateral adrenalectomy in 82 p...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Chapuis Y,Pitre J,Conti F,Abboud B,Pras-Jude N,Luton JP

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that one dimensional (1D) proton (1H) magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can distinguish normal thyroid tissue from thyroid carcinoma using a spectral ratio of peak intensity at 1.7 ppm/0.9 ppm. Two dimensional (2D) 1H-MRS allows identification of specific molecules that have overlap...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Mackinnon WB,Delbridge L,Russell P,Lean CL,May GL,Doran S,Dowd S,Mountford CE

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed our experience with 34 patients with metastatic endocrine tumors (METs) who were treated by different modalities. Eight patients were treated by chemotherapy or chemoembolization because of stable disease or surgical contraindications. Seventeen patients underwent curative or cytoreductive surgical resecti...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Dousset B,Saint-Marc O,Pitre J,Soubrane O,Houssin D,Chapuis Y

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left untreated, aneurysmal disease of the abdominal aorta is a highly lethal condition. Standard transabdominal repair of aortic aneurysm, although successful and durable, continues to be plagued by significant morbidity, mortality, and cost. Placement of an endovascular graft through a femoral arteriotomy is a new te...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Colburn MD,Moore WS

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 105 consecutive patients with venographically proved major acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) were randomized in an open prospective study to evaluate the comparative efficacy and safety of a fixed dose of subcutaneous low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) and warfarin for the prevention of recurrent venous thr...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Das SK,Cohen AT,Edmondson RA,Melissari E,Kakkar VV

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple organ failure (MOF) is considered to be the leading cause of death after severe trauma. Although there is extensive literature on MOF, little is known about the pattern, sequence, and onset of this clinical syndrome. The first goal of this clinical study was to define MOF; the second was to assess the typical...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Regel G,Grotz M,Weltner T,Sturm JA,Tscherne H

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With limited resources and the current concerns about using animals for research purposes, the needs must be clear when setting up trauma and sepsis experiments for pharmacologic interventions. Such interventions are performed typically for four reasons: (1) to study the pathophysiologic role of certain mediators (whi...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Redl H,Schlag G,Bahrami S,Yao YM

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoscopic sphincterotomy (EST) is an established method for treatment of retained or recurrent common bile duct (CBD) calculi after cholecystectomy. Present experience shows that few patients have recurrent biliary tract complications, but follow-up periods are most often short. EST was performed in 147 patients with...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Hammarström LE,Stridbeck H,Ihse I

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the clinicopathologic findings and surgical results of 140 patients with thoracic esophageal cancer treated at Shinshu University, Japan (Shinshu group), and compared them with those from 1164 patients treated at Hebei Medical College, China (Hebei group) to determine if the two groups showed any differen...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Adachi W,Koike S,Nimura Y,Koide N,Iida F,Du XQ,Ping YM,He M,Chen LQ,Zhang MD,Zhang HL

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypervascular nature of carcinoid tumors and their metastases allows a more aggressive role by the radiologist in diagnosis and interventional management. Double-contrast gastrointestinal studies still best define the primary neoplasms. Appendiceal tumors, the most frequent site of carcinoids, frequently escape ra...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wallace S,Ajani JA,Charnsangavej C,DuBrow R,Yang DJ,Chuang VP,Carrasco CH,Dodd GD Jr

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells with mutant (m) p53 protein histologically, we examined 68 main nodules and 20 accessory lesions of 72 patients with HCC who underwent hepatic resection between October 1990 and September 1993. Some sections were fixed in periodate-lysine-paraformaldehyde, embedded ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Okuda T,Hirohashi K,Kinoshita H,Wakasa K,Sakurai M

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital short colon (CSC) is a condition in which the colon is replaced, wholly or partially, by a dilated pouch together with anorectal malformation and a colourinary fistula. Most of the reported series have been from northern India where this malformation is frequent. This paper details the management of 108 pat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Wakhlu AK,Wakhlu A,Pandey A,Agarwal R,Tandon RK,Kureel SN

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the morbidity associated with primary closure by interrupted subcuticular absorbable sutures following emergency appendectomy. In a prospective clinical trial over a 12-month period, 216 children who underwent emergency appendectomy had skin closure using subcuticular interrupted absorbable polyglactin 4-...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Serour F,Efrati Y,Klin B,Barr J,Gorenstein A,Vinograd I

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been a long, unresolved debate regarding the operation of choice for well differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid. We therefore analyzed the feasibility, scope, sample size, and length of follow-up required to determine the optimal operation for papillary thyroid carcinoma. A statistical approach was used to...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Udelsman R,Lakatos E,Ladenson P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resection remains the treatment of choice in liver cancer. In order to avoid liver transplantation in conventionally unresectable tumors ex-situ ("bench" procedure), in-situ and ante-situm resection technique should be preferred whenever feasible. Despite the deficiency of donor organs, a single center experience with...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Pichlmayr R,Weimann A,Oldhafer KJ,Schlitt HJ,Klempnauer J,Bornscheuer A,Chavan A,Schmoll E,Lang H,Tusch G

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with liver tumor malignancy and sixteen patients with malignant melanoma localized to one limb were studied regarding leukocyte activation with the release of polymorphonuclear neutrophilic (PMN) elastase and of neopterin and formation of cytokines (TNF-alpha and IL-6) during the surgical treatment. ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Arnestad JP,Bengtsson A,Bengtson JP,Hafström L,Redl H,Schlag G

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgery is the main modality in the treatment of hepatic hydatid disease. In this report, a laparoscopic surgical method is described, and the results in the first 16 cases are presented. The method involves the use of an aspirator-grinder apparatus that achieves effective evacuation of viable cyst contents with the p...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Alper A,Emre A,Hazar H,Ozden I,Bilge O,Acarli K,Arioğul O

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rectal electrical activity recorded by electrorectogram (ERG) was studied in 22 chronically constipated subjects and 16 healthy volunteers. The latter had a mean (+/- SD) age of 42.6 +/- 8.5 years; 10 were men and 6 women. Of the 22 constipated patients, 14 had inertia-type constipation (IC; age 44.6 +/- 10.2 year...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Shafik A

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite a slow decline in the incidence of gastric cancer over the last 90 years, we can still expect to see over 100,000 patients die of this disease each decade in England and Wales. The 5-year survival rate has not improved during this century, which is largely due to the stage at diagnosis being unchanged. There a...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Harrison JD,Fielding JW

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate quality of life and functional results following surgery for gastric cancer we studied 104 patients with no evidence of disease at a minimum of 12 months postoperatively. Patients were treated with total gastrectomy and jejunal pouch reconstruction according to Hunt-Lawrence-Rodino (n = 59) or simple esoph...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Buhl K,Lehnert T,Schlag P,Herfarth C

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the optimal dose of garlic during long-term feeding and its preventive and therapeutic effects on colon cancer in rats induced by 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH). A total of 240 male Sprague-Dawley rats were grouped and fed with either a basal or a garlic diet of different concentrat...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Cheng JY,Meng CL,Tzeng CC,Lin JC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy has been widely used for palliative management of inoperable metastatic malignant melanoma. For patients with nodal disease, response rates of approximately 70% have been reported. There are limited data concerning the role of adjuvant irradiation following therapeutic lymph node dissection. In this ...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Burmeister BH,Smithers BM,Poulsen M,McLeod GR,Bryant G,Tripcony L,Thorpe C

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surgical morbidity, mortality, and effectiveness of a modified nonshunting operation that includes splenic artery division instead of splenectomy, devascularization, and esophageal transection (SAD group) were evaluated. Eighteen cirrhotic patients with varices who underwent this modified procedure were compared w...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Lin PW,Tsai HM,Lin CY,Chiu NT

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous clinicopathologic factors have been reported to have prognostic significance for gastrointestinal cancer. Many problems, however, confront the surgeon assessing the extent of disease and the clinical and molecular pathologist distinguishing differences in tumor differentiation, behavior, and defining importan...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Ismail T,Hallissey MT,Fielding JW

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are now excellent data that patients with stage III colon cancer or stage II and III rectal cancer live longer if they receive, respectively, systemic or regional and systemic therapy after surgery. In addition, disease-free survival, particularly freedom from the symptoms of regional recurrence, in the high ris...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Steele G Jr

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to elucidate the function of the sphincter of Oddi (SO) in patients with juxtapapillary duodenal diverticula (JDDs). The SO function was evaluated by intraoperative biliary manometry in three groups of patients. Group 1 consisted of nine patients with JDDs and a dilated common bile duct (...

journal_title：World journal of surgery

authors： Miyazaki S,Sakamoto T,Miyata M,Yamasaki Y,Yamasaki H,Kuwata K

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00