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| Brief Clinical Report |
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The state of performance on the American Board of Surgery Qualifying Examination and Certifying Examination and the effect of residency program size on program pass rates
13 January 2012
Examinees must pass both the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Qualifying Examination (QE) and the ABS Certifying Examination (CE) to become board certified. The Residency Review Committee (RRC) expects...
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John L. Falcone,
Giselle G. Hamad
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639-642
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Capturing the teachable moment: A grounded theory study of verbal teaching interactions in the operating room
13 January 2012
Background: Teaching in the operating room is one of the major cornerstones of surgical education. As time available for intraoperative resident teaching diminishes, such teaching time becomes increas...
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Nicole K. Roberts,
Michael J. Brenner,
Reed G. Williams,
Michael J. Kim,
Gary L. Dunnington
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643-650
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Variations in surgical outcomes associated with hospital compliance with safety practices
19 January 2012
Background: The Leapfrog Group aims to improve patient safety by promoting hospital compliance with National Quality Forum (NQF) safe practices. It is unknown, however, whether implementation of these...
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Benjamin S. Brooke,
Francesca Dominici,
Peter J. Pronovost,
Martin A. Makary,
Eric Schneider,
Timothy M. Pawlik
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651-659
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Novel use of electronic whiteboard in the operating room increases surgical team compliance with pre-incision safety practices
13 January 2012
Background: Despite evidence that use of a checklist during the pre-incision time out improves patient morbidity and mortality, compliance with performing the required elements of the checklist has be...
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Rajshri Mainthia,
Timothy Lockney,
Alexandr Zotov,
Daniel J. France,
Marc Bennett,
Paul J. St. Jacques,
William Furman,
Stephanie Randa,
Nancye Feistritzer,
Roland Eavey,
Susie Leming-Lee,
Shilo Anders
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660-666
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for esophageal cancer attenuates postoperative systemic responses and pulmonary complications
13 January 2012
Background: Less invasive operations such as laparoscopic surgery have been developed for treating gastrointestinal malignancies. However, the advantages of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for es...
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Hironori Tsujimoto,
Risa Takahata,
Shinsuke Nomura,
Yoshihisa Yaguchi,
Isao Kumano,
Yusuke Matsumoto,
Kazumichi Yoshida,
Hiroyuki Horiguchi,
Shuichi Hiraki,
Satoshi Ono,
Junji Yamamoto,
Kazuo Hase
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667-673
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A controlled clinical trial of the effect of gastric bypass surgery and intensive lifestyle intervention on nocturnal hypertension and the circadian blood pressure rhythm in patients with morbid obesity
19 January 2012
Background: Nocturnal hypertension, increased night-to-day systolic blood pressure (BP) ratio and nondipper status (night-to-day systolic BP ratio > 0.9) are associated with an increased risk of ca...
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Njord Nordstrand,
Jens K. Hertel,
Dag Hofsø,
Rune Sandbu,
Erling Saltvedt,
Jo Røislien,
Ingrid Os,
Jøran Hjelmesæth
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674-680
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Surgical management for advanced duodenal adenomatosis and duodenal cancer in Dutch patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: A nationwide retrospective cohort study
24 January 2012
Background: Duodenal cancer is a major cause of mortality in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). The clinical challenge is to perform duodenectomy before cancer develops; however, proc...
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Bjorn W.H. van Heumen,
Marry H. Nieuwenhuis,
Harry van Goor,
Lisbeth (E) M.H. Mathus-Vliegen,
Evelien Dekker,
Dirk J. Gouma,
Jan Dees,
Casper H.J. van Eijck,
Hans F.A. Vasen,
Fokko M. Nagengast
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681-690
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Impact of subcentimeter margin on outcome after hepatic resection for colorectal metastases: A meta-regression approach
19 January 2012
Background: The optimal margin width and its influence on outcomes after hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases is still controversial: a meta-analysis was conducted to analyze the impact o...
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Alessandro Cucchetti,
Giorgio Ercolani,
Matteo Cescon,
Eleonora Bigonzi,
Eugenia Peri,
Matteo Ravaioli,
Antonio D. Pinna
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691-699
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Survival in patients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after primary hepatectomy: Comparative effectiveness of treatment modalities
30 January 2012
Background: Insufficient data are available on the survival of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after primary hepatectomy in patients receiving different treatments. We evaluated retrospectively the...
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Cheng-Maw Ho,
Po-Huang Lee,
Wen-Yi Shau,
Ming-Chih Ho,
Yao-Ming Wu,
Rey-Heng Hu
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700-709
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Resection of liver metastases from breast cancer: Estrogen receptor status and response to chemotherapy before metastasectomy define outcome
30 January 2012
Background: The oncologic benefit of resecting liver metastases in patients with breast cancer is unclear. This study was performed to identify predictors of survival after hepatectomy. Methods: Betwe...
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Daniel E. Abbott,
Antoine Brouquet,
Elizabeth A. Mittendorf,
Andreas Andreou,
Funda Meric-Bernstam,
Vicente Valero,
Marjorie C. Green,
Henry M. Kuerer,
Steven A. Curley,
Eddie K. Abdalla,
Kelly K. Hunt,
Jean-Nicolas Vauthey
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710-716
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Laparoscopic resection of exocrine carcinoma in central and distal pancreas results in a high rate of radical resections and long postoperative survival
30 January 2012
Background: The role of laparoscopic resection in patients with pancreatic cancer remains to be clarified, because previous reports have not clearly defined oncologic outcomes. The objective of the pr...
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Irina Pavlik Marangos,
Trond Buanes,
Bård I. Røsok,
Airazat M. Kazaryan,
Arne R. Rosseland,
Krzysztof Grzyb,
Olaug Villanger,
Øystein Mathisen,
Ivar P. Gladhaug,
Bjørn Edwin
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717-723
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Early surgical outcomes comparison between robotic and conventional open thyroid surgery for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
30 January 2012
Background: Robotic operations have enabled a safer and more meticulous approach to thyroidectomy with the notable benefit of improved cosmesis and decreases in postoperative pain and swallowing disco...
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Sohee Lee,
Haeng Rang Ryu,
Jae Hyun Park,
Kyu Hyung Kim,
Sang-Wook Kang,
Jong Ju Jeong,
Kee-Hyun Nam,
Woong Youn Chung,
Cheong Soo Park
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724-730
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Selection algorithm for posterior versus lateral approach in laparoscopic adrenalectomy
19 January 2012
Background: There are no objective selection criteria described in the literature for the laparoscopic posterior retroperitoneal (PR) versus lateral transabdominal (LT) approach in a given patient. Th...
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Orhan Agcaoglu,
Dursun Ali Sahin,
Allan Siperstein,
Eren Berber
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731-735
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Liposome-encapsulated curcumin suppresses neuroblastoma growth through nuclear factor-kappa B inhibition
30 January 2012
Background: Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) has been implicated in tumor cell proliferation and survival and in tumor angiogenesis. We sought to evaluate the effects of curcumin, an inhibitor of NF-κB, on a...
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Wayne S. Orr,
Jason W. Denbo,
Karim R. Saab,
Adrianne L. Myers,
Catherine Y. Ng,
Junfang Zhou,
Christopher L. Morton,
Lawrence M. Pfeffer,
Andrew M. Davidoff
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736-744
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The effect of adding fish oil to parenteral nutrition on hepatic mononuclear cell function and survival after intraportal bacterial challenge in mice
13 January 2012
Background: Parenteral nutrition (PN) is indispensable for meeting caloric and substrate needs of patients who cannot receive adequate amounts of enteral nutrition; however, PN impairs hepatic immunit...
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Tomoyuki Moriya,
Kazuhiko Fukatsu,
Yoshinori Maeshima,
Fumie Ikezawa,
Yojiro Hashiguchi,
Daizoh Saitoh,
Masaru Miyazaki,
Kazuo Hase,
Junji Yamamoto
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745-755
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| Surgical Technique |
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Robot-assisted laparoscopic ultrasonography for hepatic surgery
10 October 2011
Introduction: This study describes and evaluates a novel, robot-assisted laparoscopic ultrasonographic device for hepatic surgery. Laparoscopic liver surgery is being performed with increasing frequen...
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Caitlin M. Schneider,
Peter D. Peng,
Russell H. Taylor,
Gregory W. Dachs,
Christopher J. Hasser,
Simon P. DiMaio,
Michael A. Choti
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756-762
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| Moments in Surgery |
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Professor Carl Alfred Moyer (1908–1970)
05 March 2012
No man is big enough to be independent of others! —W. W. Mayo
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Joshua B. Grossman
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| Images in Surgery |
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An unusual cause of unilateral urinary tract obstruction
14 March 2011
A 69-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital with a 6-h history of intermittent abdominal pain that had developed suddenly. She had no history of abdominal surgery, but...
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Tao Li,
Bao-Zhu Sun,
Xu-Ting Zhi,
Si-Feng Qu,
Zhao-Ru Dong,
San-Yuan Hu
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764-765
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