abstract：:A personal experience of thirty-five consecutive patients with congenital anomalies of the diaphragm is reported. The anomalies included twenty-five Bochdalek hernias, seven diaphragmatic eventrations, and three esophageal hiatal hernias. Except for the patients with esophageal hiatal hernias, virtually all patients p...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Harberg FJ,Meagher D,Wetchler S,Harris F

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of forty-three patients with carcinoma of the gallbladder discovered ih a twenty-five year period (during which 10,349 patients were diagnosed as having cholelithiasis), eighteen patients (42 per cent) had no obvious tumor outside of the gallbladder at the time of operation, nineteen patients (44 per cent) had local s...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Treadwell TA,Hardin WJ

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False aneurysm formation in a twenty-nine year old black woman treated for renovascular hypertension secondary to fibromuscular hyperplasia by knitted Dacron prosthetic patch angioplasty is reported. Etiologic mechanisms are discussed. The most likely factors leading to false aneurysm formation in this patient are dis...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jarstfer BS,Rich NM

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a ten year period, four patients with inflammation or perforation of non-Meckelian, small intestinal diverticula were treated on the surgical services of Bellevue Hospital. This entity remains uncommon but may be increasing in incidence. The patients presented with a short history of severe abdominal pain, usuall...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Roses DF,Gouge TH,Scher KS,Ranson JH

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nephrocholedochoscope designed for inspection of the ductal system of the urinary and bladder tracts has proved to be a useful method for examining the denuded vessel wall after limited blind endarterectomy. This technic is especially helpful in endarterectomy of the common iliac arteries and also has application ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Davies OG Jr

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phase I clinical trial of immunotherapy with "Immune" RNA was undertaken fifteen months ago. Twenty-six cancer patients were treated with RNA extracted from the lymphoid organs of sheep immunized with either autologous tumor cells or allogeneic tumor cells of the same histologic type. Eighteen patients had gross dis...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Pilch YH,de Kernion JB,Skinner DG,Ramming KP,Schick PM,Fritze D,Brower P,Kern DH

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the thirty-three years from 1941 through 1973, forty-two children with ovarian teratomas were seen. The most common complaint was that of abdominal pain and the most common physical finding was palpable lower abdominal mass. Thirty-seven patients had ovarian teratomas with nature tissues only. Of these, two pat...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Mahour GH,Wooley MM,Landing BH

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of aggressive surgical treatment of primary lip cancer and advanced and recurrent carcinoma of the lip are illustrated and discussed. Early detection of involved lymph nodes before capsular penetration occurs and careful and complete dissection of the submental and submandibular regions are advocated as po...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Brown RG,Poole MD,Calamel PM,Bakamjian VY

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-seven cases of neck exploration for suspected hyperparathyroidism were reviewed. Thirty-nine patients underwent removal of an adenoma with biopsy of one or more other parathyroid glands. In another group, nine patients underwent removal of the adenoma only. Both groups have had no recurrences of hyperparathyroid...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Seyfer AE,Sigdestad JB,Hirata RM

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The difficulties encountered in the diagnosis of solitary pancreatic injury when there is no other indication for surgical exploration of the abdomen are discussed. We suggest that endoscopic transduodenal pancreatography is a reliable diagnostic tool of great help in evaluating such injuries with little morbidity. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Gougeon FW,Legros G,Archambault A,Bessette G,Bastien E

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty extrathoracic operations in twenty-six patients with occlusive disease involving the primary branches of the aortic arch were reviewed. Spanning a fourteen year experience, these operations included carotid-subclavian artery bypass, retrograde common carotid artery thrombectomy, carotid-carotid artery bypass, a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Moore WS,Malone JM,Goldstone J

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adaptable on-line computer system for entry, retrieval, and analysis of medical discharge summaries has been developed and applied in the Trauma Service of a busy city hospital. Each summary occupied 5 to 10 minutes of the physician's time and compared favorably in cost to the standard dictated summary. While the a...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Stillman RM,Mitchell WG,Shaftan GW,Sawyer PN,Kountz SL

更新日期：1976-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased strength of healing incisions infected with E coli was demonstrated in this experiment. Efforts to measure respiratory gas tensions and pH in these incisions were unsuccessful. Therefore, these moieties were measured in normal and infected wound fluid contained in implanted wire cylinders. The wound fluid fr...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Raju R,Weiner M,Enquist IF

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of hypercalcemia persisting for seven years after kidney transplantation, with normocalcemia being achieved after subtotal parathyriodectomy. The finding of post-transplantation hyperparathyroidism of this extreme duration, in association with several other reports of hyperparathyroidism persisting ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Bigos ST,Neer RM,Goar WT

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AutoSuture skin stapling instrument reduces operating room time and provides adequate skin closure for a wide variety of plastic surgical procedures. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Thompson DP,Ashley FL

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of 276 femoropopliteal bypass procedures performed in 264 patients at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center over the past two decades showed a direct relationship of graft patency to preoperative popliteal artery runoff. Fuctional results were better than patency results. Sympathectomy and anticoagulati...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Buda JA,Weber CJ,McAllister FF,Voorhees AB Jr

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have confirmed earlier findings that treatment with allopurinol offers some protection to the kidney from ischemic damage caused by total interruption of renal circulation. With this evidence, a clinical trial is warranted, particularly when periods of warm ischemia are unavoidable. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Chatterjee SN,Berne TV

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrograde method for mastectomy that performs the axillary dissection first is described, and experience with eighty-six cases of infiltrating carcinomas of the breast treated in that manner is presented. The method has reduced the number of standard radical procedures by more than half, and a decrease in operative...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jascalevich ME

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On rare occasions, emergency tracheostomy is indicated to establish an airway. Using a large bore needle as a guide, tracheal intubation is assured with minimal damage to vital structures in the neck. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Golden GT,Fox JW,Edlich RF,Edgerton MT

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plan is advocated for the management of the dominant breast mass with use of local anesthesia in the outpatient setting as the primary diagnostic tool, but with selection of certain patients for immediate general anesthesia biopsy in the "conventional" manner. Experience with this plan in 2,492 patients during a per...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Knapp RW,Mullen JT

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substitution of segments of traumatized or diseased ureter has been attempted often with little success. The ideal ureteral subsitute has yet to be found, and experiments with the newer biologically inert prosthetic materials such as the bovine carotid artery heterograft are warranted. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Albert PS,Vitolo RV,Friedenberg R,Davis JE

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous fistulas were performed in 100 patients over a three year period with a 90 per cent overall success rate. Various technics for construction of the fistula using autologous veins are discussed, with emphasis on pre- and intraoperative assessment of vessel condition and its relation to the prevention of im...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Paruk S,Koenig M,Levitt S,Hardy MA

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of systems analysis and flow charting technics to abdominal incision and closure allow a complete display of objectives and alternatives. A route of alternatives has been chosen and supported by the best available principles in the surgical literature. The choices include an unconventional large bite m...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Martyak SN,Curtis LE

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonoscopic examination of the entire colon was performed on 146 patients for radiographically suspected benign polypoid disease. Of thirty-six patients who did not have a neoplastic lesion at the suspected site, seven (19 per cent) had unsuspected small benign polypoid adenomas elsewhere in the colon. Of the remaini...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Coller JA,Corman ML,Veidenheimer MC

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-four routine subclavian vein catheterizations in patients with abdominal surgical procedures were performed by the resident surgical staff at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital over a ten month period. This was done primarily to have ready access to large veins during surgery and to free the pati...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Voegele LD

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten laryngectomees underwent esophageal motility studies to assess the effect of laryngectomy on esophageal function. When these patients are compared with controls, marked derangements in esophageal motility were noted in the upper esophageal sphincter (UES) and in the body of the esophagus. Lower esophageal sphincte...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Duranceau A,Jamieson G,Hurwitz AL,Jones RS,Postlethwait RW

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the advantages of aseptic nonoperative intubation of the small intestine for decompression of obstructed loops, 48% of the attempts lead to failure to pass the tube through the pylorus. The difficulty and inconvenience of passage beyond the stomach have been overcome by the development of a special tube attach...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Johnson FW,Goodale RL,Leonard AS,Varco RL

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histiocytosis X describes a disease characterized by histiocytic infiltration of the reticuloendothelial system, skin, bones, and pituitary gland. The disseminated form frequently occurs in infants and children. Chemotherapy has significantly improved the prognosis in this disorder. Sixty-three per cent of survivors, ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Grosfeld JL,Fitzgerald JF,Wagner VM,Newton WA,Baehner RL

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our thirteen year experience with villous adenomas of the colon and rectum, embracing 264 patients, is reported. The average age of patients was sixty-two years with an almost equal sex distribution. Seventy-two per cent of the lesions occurred in the rectum and rectosigmoid and the most frequent symptoms were rectal ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Jahadi MR,Baldwin A Jr

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The restitution of blood volume and plasma protein after 10 per cent hemorrhage was studied in intact dogs and in dogs subjected to adrenalectomy and infused with cortisol at basal or physiologically increased rates. The results suggest that increased extracellular osmolality, mediated by an increased secretion of cor...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Gann DS,Pirkle JC Jr

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved technic for total thyroidectomy, utilizing magnification, is described. A method of preservation of the parathyroid glands with intact blood supply has been developed. The completeness of total thyroidectomy has been confirmed in 91 per cent of patients studied by postoperative radioactive iodine scan. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Attie JN,Khafif RA

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A well defined group of patients have been studied. 2. Composite operation resulted in a 56 per cent five year disease-free survival rate. 3. Treatment of recurrent disease with irradiation increased the five year survival to 61 per cent. 4. Preoperative irradiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the intraoral cavi...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Marchetta FC,Sako K

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sebaceous cell carcinoma of the parotid gland is a rare lesion. A review of the English literature reveals nine previously reported cases. Two cases are presented in which the tumor was originally diagnosed as mucoepidermoid carcinoma. Aggressive treatment of the recurrence, which was subsequently recognized as sebace...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： MacFarlane JK,Viloria JB,Palmer JD

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percentage and levels of circulating T-lymphocytes were studied in forty-six patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck before and/or after treatment and compared with control values obtained in fifty-one healthy volunteers. Mean percentages of circulating T-cells and mean T-cell levels in cancer patie...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Olkowski ZL,Wilkins SA Jr

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Miliary tuberculosis is the most lethal form of tubercular disease. If dissemination of tubercle bacilli occurs without therapy, death is almost certain. The importance of establishing an etiologic diagnosis as promptly as possible in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy is self-explanatory. The presence of a ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Rattazzi LC,Simmons RL,Spanos PK,Bradford DS,Najarian JS

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive doses of methylprednisolone were given to dogs prior to severe, lethal, hemorrhagic shock. An untreated group of dogs subjected to hemorrhagic shock served as controls. No persistent significant differences were seen in cardiac output, mean arterial blood pressure, superior mesenteric artery flow, and survival...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Raflo GT,Jones RC Jr,Wangensteen SL

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blocking factors are small polypeptide molecules that may appear in the serum of patients with cancer. These factors block the transformation of lymphocytes in culture to nonspecific mitogens such as phytohemagglutinin or concanavalin A and, therefore, may reflect changes in the immunocompetence of the patient. Blocki...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Vetto RM,Burger DR,Vandenbark AA,Nolte J

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new way to stabilize nasogastric tubes is presented, aimed at preventing decubitus ulcerations of the mucosa of the nose and pharynx. ...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Sader AA

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of 352 patients with primary liver cell carcinoma treated by the author is presented. The poor rate of resectability (7 per cent) has necessitated various forms of treatment over the years. These are described in detail. Based on this experience, the current form of treatment for nonresectable carcinoma is su...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Balasegaram M

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meckel's diverticulum is the most common congenital abnormality of the small intestine, occurring in about 2 per cent of the population. Complications of a Meckel's diverticulum, including hemorrhage, inflammation, bowel obstruction, and neoplasms, occur in 15 to 33 per cent of cases and invariably demand operative tr...

journal_title：American journal of surgery

authors： Michas CA,Cohen SE,Wolfman EF Jr

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00