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Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm was associated with pancreatic carcinogenesis, but not with systemic carcinogenesis
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.006
We read with great interest the article by Lubezky et al, a retrospective analysis of extrapancreatic malignancies (EPM), family history of malignancy and germline mutations in patients with intraduct...
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Kazumichi Kawakubo,
Minoru Tada,
Kazuhiko Koike
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Correspondence
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10 May 2012 |
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Traumatic fracture–dislocation of the lumbar spine
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.008
A 50-year-old man riding a motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car. He was transferred to the emergency department of our hospital immediately after the accident. The physical examination on...
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Nai-Feng Tian,
Fang-Min Mao,
Hua-Zi Xu
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Short communication
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10 May 2012 |
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Combination of total abdominal inferior vena cava resection with a novel technique of left renal outflow restoration
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.007
Vascular leiomyosarcomas are extremely rare sarcomas that originate from the smooth muscle cells of the vessel wall. Most of them affect primarily the inferior vena cava (IVC). Radical operative resec...
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Nikolaos Arkadopoulos,
Iosifina Karmaniolou,
Nikolaos Ekonomopoulos,
Pantelis Vassiliu,
Vassilios Smyrniotis
et al.
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Correspondence
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10 May 2012 |
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The long-term behavior of lightweight and heavyweight meshes used to repair abdominal wall defects is determined by the host tissue repair process provoked by the mesh
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.009
Background: Although heavyweight (HW) or lightweight (LW) polypropylene (PP) meshes are widely used for hernia repair, other alternatives have recently appeared. They have the same large-pore structur...
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Gemma Pascual,
Belén Hernández-Gascón,
Marta Rodríguez,
Sandra Sotomayor,
Estefania Peña,
Begoña Calvo,
Juan M. Bellón
et al.
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10 May 2012 |
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Urokinase requires NAD(P)H oxidase to transactivate the epidermal growth factor receptor
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.004
Background: Cell migration is an integral part of the development of intimal hyperplasia, and proteases are pivotal components in the process. Cell migration in response to urokinase is mediated throu...
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Enrico A. Duru,
Yuyang Fu,
Mark G. Davies
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10 May 2012 |
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Liver epithelial cells proliferate under hypoxia and protect the liver from ischemic injury via expression of HIF-1 alpha target genes
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.003
Background: The remnant liver after extended liver resection is susceptible to ischemic injury, resulting in the failure of liver regeneration and liver dysfunction. The present study is aimed to inve...
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Yuki Abe,
Hiroshi Uchinami,
Kazuhiro Kudoh,
Yasuhiko Nakagawa,
Norihito Ise,
Go Watanabe,
Tsutomu Sato,
Ekihiro Seki,
Yuzo Yamamoto
et al.
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10 May 2012 |
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Evolution of general surgical problems in patients with left ventricular assist devices
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.005
Background: Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are increasingly used to treat patients with end-stage heart failure. These patients may develop acute noncardiac surgical problems around the time ...
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Stephen H. McKellar,
David S. Morris,
William J. Mauermann,
Soon J. Park,
Scott P. Zietlow
et al.
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10 May 2012 |
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Treatment with antithymocyte globulin ameliorates intestinal ischemia and reperfusion injury in mice
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.03.001
Background: Antithymocyte therapy, specifically antithymocyte globulin (ATG; Thymoglobulin), is increasingly being used in organ transplantation to reduce allograft rejection. The T-lymphocyte has bee...
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Melissa J. Watson,
Bibo Ke,
Xiu-Da Shen,
Feng Gao,
Ronald W. Busuttil,
Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski,
Douglas G. Farmer
et al.
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10 May 2012 |
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor β/δ agonist GW0742 ameliorates cerulein- and taurocholate-induced acute pancreatitis in mice
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.004
Background: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are ligand activated transcription factors belonging to the nuclear receptor superfamily. PPARs activation has a profound impact on the ...
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Irene Paterniti,
Emanuela Mazzon,
Luisa Riccardi,
Maria Galuppo,
Daniela Impellizzeri,
Emanuela Esposito,
Placido Bramanti,
Alessandro Cappellani,
Salvatore Cuzzocrea
et al.
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23 April 2012 |
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Development and evaluation of a decision-based simulation for assessment of team skills
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.018
Background: There is a need to train and evaluate a wide variety of nontechnical surgical skills. The goal of this project was to develop and evaluate a decision-based simulation to assess team skills...
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Brandon Andrew,
Stephen Plachta,
Lawrence Salud,
Carla M. Pugh
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16 April 2012 |
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Is subtotal thyroidectomy a cost-effective treatment for Graves disease? A cost-effectiveness analysis of the medical and surgical treatment options
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.020
Background: The 3 treatment options for Graves disease (GD) are antithyroid drugs (ATDs), radioactive iodine (RAI), and thyroid surgery. We hypothesized that thyroid surgery is cost-effective for Grav...
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Kyle Zanocco,
Michael Heller,
Dina Elaraj,
Cord Sturgeon
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16 April 2012 |
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Impact of perioperative administration of synbiotics in patients with esophageal cancer undergoing esophagectomy: A prospective randomized controlled trial
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.021
Background: The clinical value of synbiotics in patients undergoing esophagectomy remains unclear. This study investigated the effects of synbiotics on intestinal microflora and surgical outcomes in a...
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Koji Tanaka,
Masahiko Yano,
Masaaki Motoori,
Kentaro Kishi,
Isao Miyashiro,
Masayuki Ohue,
Hiroaki Ohigashi,
Takashi Asahara,
Koji Nomoto,
Osamu Ishikawa
et al.
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16 April 2012 |
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Prevalence of alcohol misuse among men and women undergoing major noncardiac surgery in the Veterans Affairs health care system
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.007
Background: Patients who screen positive for alcohol misuse on the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test Consumption Questionnaire (AUDIT-C ≥5 points) have significantly increased postoperative com...
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Katharine A. Bradley,
Anna D. Rubinsky,
Haili Sun,
David K. Blough,
Hanne Tønnesen,
Grant Hughes,
Lauren A. Beste,
Michael J. Bishop,
Mary T. Hawn,
Charles Maynard,
Alex S.H. Harris,
Eric J. Hawkins,
Chris L. Bryson,
Thomas K. Houston,
William G. Henderson,
Daniel R. Kivlahan
et al.
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13 April 2012 |
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Ki-67 predicts disease recurrence and poor prognosis in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.011
Background: Pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms are rare malignancies for which the ideal staging method remains controversial. Ki-67 is a cell proliferation marker that has been shown to have some ut...
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Nicholas A. Hamilton,
Ta-Chiang Liu,
Antonino Cavatiao,
Kareem Mawad,
Ling Chen,
Steven S. Strasberg,
David C. Linehan,
Dengfeng Cao,
William G. Hawkins
et al.
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13 April 2012 |
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Safety and feasibility of using low-dose perioperative intravenous steroids in inflammatory bowel disease patients undergoing major colorectal surgery: A pilot study
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.019
Background: High-dose perioperative corticosteroids are the standard of care for steroid-treated patients undergoing surgery. There is little evidence, however, to support this practice. We investigat...
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Karen Zaghiyan,
Gil Melmed,
Zuri Murrell,
Phillip Fleshner
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13 April 2012 |
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Delivery of interferon alpha using a novel Cox2-controlled adenovirus for pancreatic cancer therapy
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.017
Background: Combination therapy with interferon alpha (IFN) is correlated with improved survival in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAc) but frequently presents side effects. We desig...
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Leonard Armstrong,
Julia Davydova,
Eric Brown,
Joohee Han,
Masato Yamamoto,
Selwyn M. Vickers
et al.
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13 April 2012 |
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Previous percutaneous coronary intervention increases morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.013
Background: We hypothesized that the incidence of previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasing and that prior PCI influences patient morbidity and mortality after coronary artery by...
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Gaurav S. Mehta,
Damien J. LaPar,
Castigliano M. Bhamidipati,
John A. Kern,
Irving L. Kron,
Gilbert R. Upchurch,
Gorav Ailawadi
et al.
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13 April 2012 |
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Surgical resident participation in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y bypass: Is it safe?
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.014
Background: The majority of bariatric surgeons use dedicated surgical assistants when performing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LGBP) because of the technical difficulty and steep learning cur...
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Medhat Fanous,
Arthur Carlin
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13 April 2012 |
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A critical analysis of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for differentiated thyroid carcinoma in young patients on the basis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.015
Background: Differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC) are the only tumors for which age is a determinant of stage in the American Joint Committee on Cancer’s (AJCC) staging protocol. In this study, we r...
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Hop S. Tran Cao,
Lily E. Johnston,
David C. Chang,
Michael Bouvet
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13 April 2012 |
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: What is the price of conversion?
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.016
Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the gold standard procedure for gallbladder removal. Conversion to an open procedure is sometimes deemed necessary, especially in complex cases in whic...
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Balazs I. Lengyel,
Maria T. Panizales,
Jill Steinberg,
Stanley W. Ashley,
Ali Tavakkoli
et al.
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13 April 2012 |
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Safety skills training for surgeons: A half-day intervention improves knowledge, attitudes and awareness of patient safety
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.006
Background: Education and training of health care professionals is necessary to achieve sustainable improvements in patient safety. Despite its inherently risky nature, little training specifically in...
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Sonal Arora,
Nick Sevdalis,
Maria Ahmed,
Helen Wong,
Krishna Moorthy,
Charles Vincent
et al.
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13 April 2012 |
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Superior mesenteric artery syndrome
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.009
A 54-year-old man presented to the emergency department with an acute exacerbation of episodic vomiting and epigastric pain. He admitted to a weight loss of 20 kg since the onset of symptoms 6 months ...
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Shefali Agrawal,
Harshad Patel
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Short communication
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09 April 2012 |
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Endoscopic adrenalectomy in large adrenal tumors
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.003
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of malignancy, oncologic outcome and perioperative morbidity between small (≤60 mm) and large (>60 mm) adrenal tumors treated by ...
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Reza Asari,
Oskar Koperek,
Bruno Niederle
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09 April 2012 |
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Cheating experience: Guiding novices to adopt the gaze strategies of experts expedites the learning of technical laparoscopic skills
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.002
Background: Previous research has demonstrated that trainees can be taught (via explicit verbal instruction) to adopt the gaze strategies of expert laparoscopic surgeons. The current study examined a ...
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Samuel J. Vine,
Rich S.W. Masters,
John S. McGrath,
Elizabeth Bright,
Mark R. Wilson
et al.
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01 April 2012 |
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Multiple duodenal stromal tumors revealing type 1 neurofibromatosis: An indication for pancreas-preserving duodenectomy
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.001
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Type 1 neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen disease) is known to be associated with GIST.
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Aurelie Ravoire,
Matthieu Poussier,
Olivier Facy,
Jean-Louis Jouve,
Mathilde Funes de la Vega,
Patrick Rat
et al.
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Short communication
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29 March 2012 |
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Sentinel lymph node biopsy in management of early breast cancer: Is it rational to omit blue dye injection?
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.01.005
Up to now, there has been no other method comparable with axillary lymph node dissection, the gold standard of breast cancer staging, than sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB). Sentinel nodes can be mappe...
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Ahmad Kaviani,
Behnoud Baradaran Noveiry,
Morteza Noaparast
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Correspondence
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05 March 2012 |
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Unique moments in time: What patients teach us
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.01.001
He was a mid-career airline captain. Investigations confirmed the presence of bilateral, symptomatic pheochromocytomas, for which the gold standard of treatment was (and still is) a bilateral total ad...
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Jon A. van Heerden
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Short communication
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05 March 2012 |
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Spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy with splenic vessels excision
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.01.002
Spleen preservation during distal pancreatectomy for benign diseases of the pancreas has been proposed to reduce the complications of splenectomy. A simplified technique for spleen preservation that i...
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Cosimo Sperti,
Valentina Beltrame,
Beatrice Bellamio,
Claudio Pasquali
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Correspondence
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05 March 2012 |
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Laryngeal approach to the recurrent laryngeal nerve involved by thyroid cancer at the ligament of Berry
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.033
Background: Thyroid cancer often involves the RLN at the ligament of Berry, which makes preservation of the nerve difficult. If the portion of RLN is resected, finding the peripheral RLN for reconstru...
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Akira Miyauchi,
Hiroo Masuoka,
Chisato Tomoda,
Yuuki Takamura,
Yasuhiro Ito,
Kaoru Kobayashi,
Akihiro Miya
et al.
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05 March 2012 |
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Prognostic significance of tumor deposits in gastric cancer patients who underwent radical surgery
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.027
Background: To investigate the prognostic significance of tumor deposits (TDs) in gastric cancers patients who underwent radical surgery. Methods: Clinicopathologic and prognostic data from 2998 gastr...
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Zhe Sun,
Zhen-ning Wang,
Ying-ying Xu,
Guo-lian Zhu,
Bao-jun Huang,
Yan Xu,
Fu-nan Liu,
Zhi Zhu,
Hui-mian Xu
et al.
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05 March 2012 |
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A 5-year review of a trauma-trained hospitalist program for trauma patients: A matched cohort study
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.01.004
Background: Level I trauma centers have requirements on the percentage of trauma patients admitted to either a trauma surgeon or surgical subspecialist; however, surgical resources are in steady decli...
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Alessandro Orlando,
Kristin Salottolo,
Phyllis Uribe,
Patricia A. Howell,
Denetta S. Slone,
David Bar-Or
et al.
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05 March 2012 |
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Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging predicts postoperative ascites resulting from curative hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.035
Background: Measurement of liver stiffness using Virtual Touch Tissue Quantification (VTTQ) based on acoustic radiation force impulse imaging reflects the degree of hepatic fibrosis and reserve. This ...
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Noboru Harada,
Ken Shirabe,
Hideki Ijichi,
Rumi Matono,
Hideaki Uchiyama,
Tomoharu Yoshizumi,
Akinobu Taketomi,
Yuji Soejima,
Yoshihiko Maehara
et al.
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05 March 2012 |
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Intestinal and multivisceral autotransplantation for tumors of the root of the mesentery: Long-term follow-up
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.01.003
Objective: To present the indications, techniques, short- and long-term outcomes after visceral exenteration, ex vivo resection, and intestinal/multivisceral autotransplantation. Patients and Methods:...
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Andreas G. Tzakis,
Nikolaos B. Pararas,
Akin Tekin,
Ignacio Gonzalez-Pinto,
David Levi,
Seigo Nishida,
Gennaro Selvaggi,
Jennifer Garcia,
Tomoaki Kato,
Phillip Ruiz
et al.
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05 March 2012 |
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Midline abdominal wall incisional hernia after aortic reconstructive surgery: A prospective study
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.032
Background and Purpose: To evaluate rate of formation of midline abdominal wall incisional hernia (MAIH) after elective open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and revascularization for aortoil...
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Mario Gruppo,
Franco Mazzalai,
Renata Lorenzetti,
Giacomo Piatto,
Antonio Toniato,
Enzo Ballotta
et al.
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01 March 2012 |
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Laparoscopic simulation training: Testing for skill acquisition and retention
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.036
Background: Simulation in laparoscopy leads to skill acquisition. Although many curricula for simulation training have been described, the nature of skill deterioration remains unclear. We evaluated s...
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Esther M. Bonrath,
Barbara K. Weber,
Mathias Fritz,
Soeren T. Mees,
Heiner H. Wolters,
Norbert Senninger,
Emile Rijcken
et al.
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20 February 2012 |
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Response to “Single nucleotide polymorphisms and development of hereditary medullary thyroid cancer in V804M RET families: Disease modification or linkage disequilibrium?”
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.029
We appreciate your thoughtful comments regarding our paper. With our response, we hope to address the issues that were presented.
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Alexander L. Shifrin,
Yen-Hong Kuo,
Jennifer Ogilvie
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Correspondence
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17 February 2012 |
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Mortality risk after liver transplantation in hepatocellular carcinoma recipients: A nonlinear predictive model
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.034
Background: The balanced application of a model for the estimate of outcomes of liver transplantation, in concert with assessment of disease severity, would not only improve transplant outcomes and ma...
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Ming Zhang,
Fei Yin,
Bo Chen,
Bo Li,
You Ping Li,
Lu Nan Yan,
Tian Fu Wen
et al.
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17 February 2012 |
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Risk of second primary malignancy in differentiated thyroid carcinoma treated with radioactive iodine therapy
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.019
Background: Differentiated thyroid cancer survivors are at increased risk of nonsynchronous second primary malignancy, but the cause remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the association betwe...
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Brian Hung-Hin Lang,
Irene Oi Ling Wong,
Kai Pun Wong,
Benjamin J. Cowling,
Koon-Yat Wan
et al.
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17 February 2012 |
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Be cautious in caudate lobectomy for patients with solitary caudate lobe hepatocellular carcinoma and severe cirrhosis
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.021
We recently read the article by Sakamoto et al regarding caudate lobectomy for solitary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The author noted that the prognosis of these patients was as good as that of pat...
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Hongyu Li
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Correspondence
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13 February 2012 |
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Gastric volvulus after sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.023
Background: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in morbid obesity has proved to be a safe and reproducible technique. Sleeve gastrectomy, however, is not free of complications. On the other hand, gastric ...
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Daniel Del Castillo Déjardin,
Fàtima Sabench Pereferrer,
Mercè Hernàndez Gonzàlez,
Santiago Blanco Blasco,
Arantxa Cabrera Vilanova
et al.
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Short communication
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10 February 2012 |
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Social media in low-resource settings: A role for Twitter and Facebook in global surgery?
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.024
The world has witnessed recently how social media web sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, played pivotal roles in the mass mobilization of populations and the coordination of demonstrations in the Mi...
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Jeffrey J. Leow,
Marcos E. Pozo,
Reinou S. Groen,
Adam L. Kushner
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Editorial
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10 February 2012 |
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Quantification of hypercoagulable state after blunt trauma: Microparticle and thrombin generation are increased relative to injury severity, while standard markers are not
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.022
Background: Major trauma is an independent risk factor for developing venous thromboembolism. While increases in thrombin generation and/or procoagulant microparticles have been detected in other pati...
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Myung S. Park,
Barbara A.L. Owen,
Beth A. Ballinger,
Michael G. Sarr,
Henry J. Schiller,
Scott P. Zietlow,
Donald H. Jenkins,
Mark H. Ereth,
Whyte G. Owen,
John A. Heit
et al.
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10 February 2012 |
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The role of liver resection for colorectal cancer metastases in an era of multimodality treatment: A systematic review
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.018
Background: To determine the role of liver resection in patients with liver and extrahepatic colorectal cancer metastases and the role of chemotherapy in patients in conjunction with liver resection. ...
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Douglas Quan,
Steven Gallinger,
Cindy Nhan,
Rebecca A. Auer,
James J. Biagi,
Glenn G. Fletcher,
Calvin H.L. Law,
Carol-Anne E. Moulton,
Leyo Ruo,
Alice C. Wei,
Robin S. McLeod,
Surgical Oncology Program at Cancer Care Ontario
et al.
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10 February 2012 |
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Liver resection for liver metastases from nondigestive endocrine cancer: Extrahepatic disease burden defines outcome
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.025
Background: For patients with hepatic nondigestive endocrine metastases (HNEM), the role of liver resection is not well-defined. Methods: We reviewed outcomes for patients who underwent liver resectio...
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Andreas Andreou,
Antoine Brouquet,
Kishore G.S. Bharathy,
Nancy D. Perrier,
Eddie K. Abdalla,
Steven A. Curley,
Matthias Glanemann,
Daniel Seehofer,
Peter Neuhaus,
Jean-Nicolas Vauthey,
Thomas A. Aloia
et al.
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10 February 2012 |
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Recommendation for standardized surgical management of primary adrenocortical carcinoma
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.030
Background: Operative resection is the only potentially curative treatment for primary adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), but standards of operative care are not defined with regards to the extent of loc...
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Sébastien Gaujoux,
Murray F. Brennan
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Review article
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10 February 2012 |
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Effects of ileal interposition on glucose metabolism in obese rats with diabetes
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.026
Background: Ileal interposition (IT), in which the distal ileum is transposed isoperistaltically into the proximal jejunum, is considered as a procedure for metabolic or antidiabetes surgery. Our aim ...
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Fumie Ikezawa,
Chikashi Shibata,
Daisuke Kikuchi,
Hirofumi Imoto,
Koh Miura,
Takeshi Naitoh,
Hitoshi Ogawa,
Iwao Sasaki,
Takashi Tsuchiya
et al.
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10 February 2012 |
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Ectopic lingual thyroid with a multinodular goiter
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.08.014
A 60-year old Chinese man presented complaining of dysphagia and fullness in his throat. Clinically, a large mass was palpable at the root of his tongue and computed tomography showed its extension to...
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Eugene Poh Hze-Khoong,
Liqun Xu,
Shukun Shen,
Xuelai Yin,
Lizhen Wang,
Chenping Zhang
et al.
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Short communication
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17 October 2011 |
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An extremely rare portal annular pancreas for pancreaticoduodenectomy with a special note on the pancreatic duct management in the dorsal pancreas
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.08.017
A previously healthy 81-year-old woman with general fatigue was admitted to our hospital in June 2009. Her blood chemistry data were within normal limits except for slightly elevated liver function va...
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Ippei Matsumoto,
Makoto Shinzeki,
Takumi Fukumoto,
Yonson Ku
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Short communication
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14 October 2011 |
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Telling the tale of Rapunzel syndrome
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.07.074
A 26-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department with mild abdominal discomfort, increasing nausea, and worsening constipation over the previous several days. She had a history of attention...
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Vladimir Neychev,
John Famiglietti,
Pierre F. Saldinger
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Short communication
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14 October 2011 |
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Pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.07.024
A 79-year-old man had multiple admissions with abdominal pain and significant weight loss. A gastroscopy revealed mild esophagitis and gastritis, while a computed tomographic scan revealed a 9.1 × 8.5...
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Gianpiero Gravante,
Robert N. Williams,
Ashley R. Dennison,
David J. Bowrey
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Short communication
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10 October 2011 |
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Trainee satisfaction in surgery residency programs: Modern management tools ensure trainee motivation and success
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.07.037
Objective: To assess trainee satisfaction in their surgery residency with a validated instrument and identify the contributing factors. Background: Currently, surgery is deemed unattractive by medical...
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Martin W. von Websky,
Christian E. Oberkofler,
Kaspar Rufibach,
Dimitri A. Raptis,
Kuno Lehmann,
Dieter Hahnloser,
Pierre-Alain Clavien
et al.
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Full-length article
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10 October 2011 |
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Geophagia: An extraordinary cause of perforation of the sigmoid colon
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.06.033
A 47-year-old Senegalese woman, gravida 3, presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of lower abdominal pain, constipation, and an episode of bilious vomiting. Initial laboratory stud...
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Leonardo Solaini,
Marco Gardani,
Fulvio Ragni
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Short communication
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26 September 2011 |
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Cardiac tamponade as a life-threatening complication in hernia repair
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.08.009
Background: The placement of mesh in the repair of all types of hernia has been reported to decrease recurrence rates. There are several well known complications related to mesh repairs, including inf...
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Constantine T. Frantzides,
Scott N. Welle
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Short communication
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26 September 2011 |
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Massive enlargement of a paraumbilical vein in a patient with advanced portal hypertension
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.07.025
A 28-year-old man with a 10-year history of mild ulcerative colitis presented with progressive jaundice, pruritus, abdominal distension, and fatigue of several weeks’ duration. The physical examinatio...
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Peter T.W. Kim,
Tony T. Chandy,
Anand Ghanekar
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Short communication
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05 September 2011 |
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Mycotic aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.07.036
A 47-year-old man without any significant medical history was admitted with a high fever (39°C). On admission, his white blood cell count was normal (5.1 g/L), his C-reactive protein level was 18 mg/L...
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Nicolas C. Buchs,
Karel Skala,
Jorge Sierra,
Olivier Huber,
Philippe Morel
et al.
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Short communication
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29 August 2011 |
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Gallbladder calcification leads to discovery of carcinosarcoma of the gallbladder
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.07.033
A 62-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for gallbladder resection. An abdominal radiograph performed for follow-up of percutaneous pinning of a fracture to her left calcaneus revealed unexpec...
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Jun Ishida,
Tetsuo Ajiki,
Shigeo Hara,
Yonson Ku
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Short communication
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29 August 2011 |
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Traumatic abdominal wall hernia after blunt abdominal trauma caused by a handlebar in children: A well-visualized case report
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.02.020
A 13-year-old boy sustained a bump of a bicycle handlebar into his right lower abdominal quadrant. Inspection and clinical examination revealed an ecchymotic mark and abrasion of the skin as a result ...
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Sebastian Decker,
Carsten Engelmann,
Christian Krettek,
Christian W. Müller
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Short communication
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06 May 2011 |
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WITHDRAWN: Pseudo-aneurysm of the cystic artery: A life-threatening cause of hemobilia after cholecystectomy
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.03.015
Available online 18 May 2009
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Olivier Facy,
Cedric Angot,
Simon Fortier,
Boris Guiu,
Denis Krause,
Pablo Ortega-Deballon
et al.
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Duplicate
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18 May 2009 |