abstract：:We have tested the interaction between serotonin and secretin in pentagastrin-induced gastric acid secretion in six dogs prepared with Thomas gastric and duodenal cannulas. We further examined the effect of methysergide, a serotonin antagonist, on gastric acid secretion. The intravenous administration of serotonin or ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mate L,Sakamoto T,Greeley GH Jr,Thompson JC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Millions of people continue to smoke. Recent studies confirm the pioneering epidemiologic data that indicated that, despite the well-established effects on the lung, most of the hundreds of thousands of premature deaths annually result from extrapulmonary toxicity, particularly accelerated cardiac and vascular disease...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Read RC

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1980 to 1984, 500 asymptomatic patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds found to have penetrated the anterior peritoneal cavity on local wound exploration in the emergency center were evaluated by the technique of open peritoneal tap, quantitative diagnostic peritoneal lavage, or both. The technique was found...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Feliciano DV,Bitondo CG,Steed G,Mattox KL,Burch JM,Jordan GL Jr

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, carotid plaque factors, specifically intraplaque hemorrhage, have been studied with respect to the production of cerebrovascular symptoms. Ninety-five carotid endarterectomies were performed and the plaques that were removed were examined for intraplaque hemorrhage. Patients were separated into three groups:...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ammar AD,Wilson RL,Travers H,Lin JJ,Farha SJ,Chang FC

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lasers have been used for endoscopic gastrointestinal surgery at our institution since 1977. The argon and Nd-YAG lasers are valuable for coagulating upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, arteriovenous malformations, and benign and malignant lesions, as well as a variety of anatomic anomalies. Between December 1977 and S...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hunter JG,Bowers JH,Burt RW,Sullivan JJ,Stevens SL,Dixon JA

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review of 50 children with gallbladder disease in Houston, Texas, there were an equal number of patients with and without hemolytic disease and a slight predominance of males in both groups. Nearly all had been symptomatic for a prolonged period before diagnosis and cholecystectomy. Common early diagnoses were...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Pokorny WJ,Saleem M,O'Gorman RB,McGill CW,Harberg FJ

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is still considerable controversy among surgeons regarding the most opportune moment for surgical intervention in the case of acute cholecystitis. For this reason, 471 patients cholecystectomized for acute cholecystitis from 1970 through 1982 were studied. During the first period, there were two types of surgica...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sianesi M,Ghirarduzzi A,Percudani M,Dell'Anna B

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of the hepatobiliary scan in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis was determined at a major United States Army Medical Center. Forty-two patients with complete medical records were selected for the study. There was 18 positive findings and 24 negative findings. The accuracy rate for the positive findings ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Cabellon S Jr,Brown JM,Cavanaugh DG

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum transferrin is an important protein used to assess visceral protein status in patients requiring nutritional support. Since serum transferrin assays are not readily available in all institutions and there is a correlation between the serum transferrin level and TIBC, Blackburn's formula to compute the serum tran...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Short LF,Murray GF,Uptagrafft WR,Weissbach SG,Polk HC Jr

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-eight patients with invasive melanoma of the head and neck underwent regional nodal dissections by one surgeon from 1971 to 1981. Types of nodal dissections employed were radical neck dissection and modified radical neck dissection, alone or in combination, with selective nodal dissection of the parotid, jugular...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Turkula LD,Woods JE

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mediastinal tracheostomy has been associated with high morbidity and mortality, often due to skin necrosis, with resultant exposure of the great vessels and subsequent hemorrhage. During a 4 year period, 11 patients underwent mediastinal tracheostomy. Reconstruction included the use of a pectoralis major musculocutane...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Neifeld JP,Theogaraj SD,Mehrhof AI

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-nine patients had conservative treatment of an appendix mass without interval appendectomy. Five were lost to follow-up within 6 months, and 44 patients were followed for between 6 months and 22 years. In nine patients (20 percent) recurrent appendicitis developed, and six (14 percent) suffered chronic pain not ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hoffmann J,Lindhard A,Jensen HE

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aid of ultrasonography, representative percutaneous biopsy specimens were obtained from 20 of 21 patients (95 percent) with liver metastases of carcinoids and endocrine pancreatic tumors. The specimens were examined with silver stains and immunocytochemically after the application of monoclonal serotonin anti...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Lindgren PG,Lundqvist M,Norheim J,Wilander E,Oberg K

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional wisdom dictates that autogenous tissue interposition be used in contaminated wounds when direct vascular repair is not feasible. Although there are few reports of successful use of PTFE grafts in grossly contaminated wounds, doubt still exists regarding the use of any prosthetic material in such wounds fo...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Shah DM,Leather RP,Corson JD,Karmody AM

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we have described the surgical management of 23 patients with chronic intestinal ischemia. The patients presented most commonly with postprandial pain and weight loss. Diagnosis was confirmed by angiography, including lateral aortography. Surgery included bypass with Dacron being the most common graft material...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Baur GM,Millay DJ,Taylor LM Jr,Porter JM

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A persistent perineal sinus may develop in patients undergoing proctocolectomy for inflammatory bowel disease. Healing may resist the traditional methods of wound management. Wide excision including coccygectomy, transposition of the vascularized gracilis muscle flap into the rigid cavity, and wound closure have led t...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ryan JA Jr

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 125 consecutive patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer treated between 1958 and 1979 were evaluated to determine the benefit or morbidity of gastroenterostomy performed on a routine basis. One hundred three patients had no evidence of gastric outlet obstruction from tumor extension as determined a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Schantz SP,Schickler W,Evans TK,Coffey RJ

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of the failing myocardium was primarily empirical for centuries, until Withering introduced foxglove (digitalis) in 1785 as an effective medication. Gradually, the medical treatment included, besides digitalis preparations, the use of diuretics to reduce excessive sodium and water retention; limiting sa...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brewer LA 3rd

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reported incidence of hypotension after carotid reconstruction ranges from 21 to 50 percent. To evaluate baroreceptor dysfunction, 283 carotid reconstructions were studied. During 181 consecutive reconstructions, a transcutaneous Teflon catheter was positioned intraoperatively at the carotid bifurcation for postop...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Pine R,Avellone JC,Hoffman M,Plecha FR,Swayngim DM Jr,Urban J

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new break-away needle for subclavian catheter insertion has been described. This needle functions exactly as the usual 14 gauge needle, but it can be completely removed from the catheter while leaving the integral Luer adaptor intact. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Crowley WC,Klein MD

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical clips (metallic or plastic) are frequently used for hemostasis and tumor marking. This study evaluated the radiographic and computerized tomographic appearance of different clips and their relative interference with computerized tomographic scans. Metallic clips (stainless steel, tantalum, and titanium) can a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Weese JL,Rosenthal MS,Gould H

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The palliative management of malignant obstruction of the biliary tree continues to challenge clinicians. The technique of PTBD has become increasingly popular to decompress the obstructed biliary system. Our initial experience with 30 consecutive patients treated with PTBD has been retrospectively reviewed. Internal ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wong JH,Krippaehne WW,Fletcher WS

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a 1 year review of mammographic interpretations and breast biopsy experiences at Madigan Army Medical Center, correlating biopsy results with mammographic interpretations when possible. Fibrocystic mammary dysplasia was reported in two thirds of our patients, with interpretations heavily weighted toward f...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Carter PL,Gillespie JT

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemasite is a new device incorporated in a graft that is used for hemodialysis. A technique of thrombectomizing this device incorporated graft is described. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jain KM,Patil KD

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over 10 years, 8 infants required surgery for central diaphragmatic herniation. Contrast peritoneography and technetium-99m-sulfur colloid radionuclide scanning were the most definitive diagnostic aids. Associated anomalies included variations of the pentalogy of Cantrell. A midline gastroduodenal loop was found in tw...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Wesselhoeft CW Jr,DeLuca FG

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1972 to 1981, 430 patients were treated for bleeding peptic ulcer. Two hundred ten of the patients were treated surgically and 220 medically. In the surgically treated patients, mortality was high among those with posterior duodenal peptic ulcer and after gastrectomy rather than after vagotomy. Mortality after em...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bekada H,Charikhi M,Haicheur R,Yanes Y,Mentouri B

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A loop colostomy in infants and children is usually temporary, made through a small abdominal incision, and frequently prolapses its distal limb within months of its construction. Once this prolapse occurs, its permanent reduction is hardly ever achieved. On the other hand, the colostomy that is made at the time of a ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ein SH

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of preoperative irradiation on the healing of low colorectal anastomoses was studied experimentally. In 12 dogs in whom preoperative irradiation of 4,000 rads was given before low colorectal stapled anastomosis was performed, anastomotic leakage occurred in 66 percent. More than half of the anastomotic leak...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Morgenstern L,Sanders G,Wahlstrom E,Yadegar J,Amodeo P

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5 year retrospective study of the use of cholangioscopy in 153 difficult biliary cases including stones, strictures, tumors, and anomalies has been reported. In the 88 patients (58 percent) who underwent both operative cholangiography and cholangioscopy, the cholangioscope revealed 11 lesions (13 percent) missed by ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Dayton MT,Conter R,Tompkins RK

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1968 and 1979, 183 patients with invasive epidermoid cancer of the anal canal were treated at Institut Curie. There was 156 women, 27 men with a mean age of 67 +/- 11 years (range 40 to 85 years). The initial height of the tumor was less than 4 cm (65 patients), 4 to 6 cm (98 patients), and more than 6 cm (20 ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Salmon RJ,Fenton J,Asselain B,Mathieu G,Girodet J,Durand JC,Decroix Y,Pilleron JP,Rousseau J

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Operative liver biopsy findings were reviewed in 164 consecutive, unselected patients with alcoholic cirrhosis who had bleeding from esophageal varices and underwent emergency portacaval shunt. The survival rate up to 10 years in 49 patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis and alcoholic cirrhosis was not significantly ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bell RH Jr,Miyai K,Orloff MJ

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a pathologic study of 42 colorectal cancers have been presented. Of the 42 lesions, only 2 demonstrated intramural spread. The maximum extent of intramural spread was 2 cm. In one case, intramural spread was in the distal direction. Thirty-six percent of the lesions were in the rectum or rectosigmoid, 1...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Hughes TG,Jenevein EP,Poulos E

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the incidence of anastomotic false aneurysms decreased precipitously with the cessation of usage of silk sutures for vascular anastomoses, the prevalence of these aneurysms has undoubtedly increased in keeping with an ever-increasing volume of peripheral vascular operations. Most aneurysms occur at femoral an...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Briggs RM,Jarstfer BS,Collins GJ Jr

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 2 year period, 83 patients with gastric motility problems were evaluated using radionuclide imaging. The patients presented with epigastric distress, postprandial fullness, pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea; signs and symptoms suggestive of either gastroparesis or gastric outlet obstruction. Upper gastroin...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Matolo NM,Stadalnik RC

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with intestinal obstruction secondary to benign adhesions so dense and vascular that the operating surgeon could not free them, were placed on a home total parenteral nutrition program. Four patients had enterocutaneous fistulas, and two had their bowels divided and stomas created to divert intestinal con...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Selby RR,Mertz GH,Gilsdorf RB

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of cholelithiasis, steatorrhea, diabetes mellitus, and a pancreatic tumor initiated a diagnostic workup for somatostatinoma in a 43 year old black woman. The hypothesis of somatostatinoma was supported by a high level of plasma-like immunoreactivity and secretory granules resembling D-cell granules by ele...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Kelly TR

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven patients presented with chronic pancreatitis localized upstream to a complete stenosis of the main pancreatic duct in its median part. This stenosis seemed to be secondary to the healing of a necrotic pseudocyst after either acute pancreatitis (four patients) or blunt abdominal trauma (three patients). In five p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Laugier R,Camatte R,Sarles H

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A genetic study of hybrid Baltimore blacks in relation to the presence of cancer may be timely since the mortality rate in blacks compared with the mortality rate in whites has increased considerably. The appearance of white genes in black persons may provide some help in such a study. A positive relationship was not ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Miller JM,Miller JM

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective, randomized trial, selective proximal vagotomy with complete ulcer excision was compared with partial gastrectomy with gastroduodenostomy for the treatment of primary corporeal gastric ulcer in 30 patients. The results were evaluated by clinical follow-up examinations at regular intervals, endoscopy, ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Emås S,Hammarberg C

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis of 176 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue has been reported. The tongue base and mobile tongue, believed to behave as two clinically distinct anatomic areas, have been compared and contrasted. Women comprised 25 percent of the patients with tumors of the base of the tongue and...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Ildstad ST,Bigelow ME,Remensnyder JP

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00