Surgery - Radiology/Diagnostics News & Articles

421 Venous Invasion in Colorectal Cancer: Impact of an Elastin Stain on Detection and Interobserver Agreement Among Gastrointestinal and Nongastrointestinal Pathologists American Journal of Surgical Pathology , January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

422 Control of ventricular unloading using an electrocardiogram-synchronized Thoratec paracorporeal ventricular assist device The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

423 Novel intraoperative evaluation for mitral valve regurgitation: retrograde cardioprotective beating test European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

424 Exclusion of Histiocytes/Endothelial Cells and Using Endothelial Cells as Internal Reference Are Crucial for Interpretation of MGMT Immunohistochemistry in Glioblastoma American Journal of Surgical Pathology , January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

425 Neurosurgery during the Bronze Age: A Skull Trepanation in 1900BC Greece World Neurosurgery, January 21, 2013    Review Article

426 Positron emission tomography combined with diagnostic chest computed tomography enhances detection of regional recurrence after stereotactic body radiation therapy for early stage non-small cell lung cancer The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

427 True-FISP MRI in diagnosis of postoperative hernia recurrence: a brief report Hernia, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

428 Simulation of Changes in Myocardial Tissue Properties During Left Ventricular Assistance With a Rotary Blood Pump Artificial Organs, January 18, 2013    Review Article

429 Does the pre-operative serum phosphate level predict early hypocalcaemia following parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism The Surgeon, January 18, 2013    Review Article

430 Back to the future: Reducing reliance on torso computed tomography in the initial evaluation of blunt trauma The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

431 Hybrid operating room concept for combined diagnostics, intervention and surgery in acute type A dissection European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

432 Assessing clinical judgment using the Script Concordance test: the importance of using specialty-specific experts to develop the scoring key The American Journal of Surgery, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

433 Sinonasal Teratocarcinosarcoma: A Clinical and Pathological Analysis International Journal of Surgical Pathology, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

434 Ultrastructurally Confirmed Myofibrosarcoma: A Series of 10 New Cases, With a Discussion on Diagnostic Criteria International Journal of Surgical Pathology, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

435 Left Ventricular Global Systolic Longitudinal Deformation and Prognosis 1 Year after Femoral and Apical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

436 Plasma biomarkers for distinguishing etiologic subtypes of thoracic aortic aneurysm disease The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

437 Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Combined with Three-Dimensional Reconstruction in Preoperative Perforator Flap Planning Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, January 17, 2013    Clinical Article

438 Mixed Gastric Carcinoma With Intestinal and Cribriform Patterns: A Distinctive Pathologic Appearance Associated With Poor Prognosis in Advanced Stages and a Potential Mimicker of Metastatic Breast Carcinoma International Journal of Surgical Pathology, January 17, 2013    Review Article

439 Urinary biomarkers and renal near-infrared spectroscopy predict intensive care unit outcomes after cardiac surgery in infants younger than six months of age The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 17, 2013    Clinical Article

440 Evaluation of lymph node metastasis in patients with gastric cancer: a comparison of the directionality of lymph node metastasis and the total number of metastatic lymph nodes Surgery Today, January 16, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Predictors of Surgery in Patients With Severe Acute Pancreatitis Managed by the Step-Up Approach Annals of Surgery, April 15, 2013

2 Endoscopic Findings of Asymptomatic Patients One Year After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Treatment of Obesity Obesity Surgery, April 4, 2013

3 Predictive factors for the diagnosis of severe acute cholecystitis in an emergency setting Surgical Endoscopy, April 11, 2013    Review Article

4 Intraoperative Management and Repair of Bile Duct Injuries Sustained during 10,123 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies in a High-Volume Referral Center Journal of the American College of Surgeons, March 25, 2013

5 Drainage Volume After Pancreaticoduodenectomy Is a Warning Sign of Chyle Leakage That Inversely Correlates With a Diagnosis of Pancreatic Fistula World Journal of Surgery, March 22, 2013

6 Two-Center Observational Study of the Accuracy of a Bayes Network for Short-Term Outcome Prediction in Cholecystectomy Patients Digestive Surgery, April 26, 2013

7 Serum Procalcitonin for Predicting the Failure of Conservative Management and the Need for Bowel Resection in Patients with Small Bowel Obstruction Journal of the American College of Surgeons, March 26, 2013

8 Risk of Colorectal Cancer After Colonoscopy Compared With Flexible Sigmoidoscopy or No Lower Endoscopy Among Older Patients in the United States, 1998-2005 Mayo Clinic Proceedings, March 29, 2013

9 MRCP is Not a Cost-Effective Strategy in the Management of Silent Common Bile Duct Stones Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, April 23, 2013

10 Preoperative Imaging for Resectable Periampullary Cancer: Clinicopathologic Implications of Reported Radiographic Findings Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, April 19, 2013

11 Impact of Macroscopic Morphology, Multifocality, and Mucin Secretion on Survival Outcome of Intraductal Papillary Neoplasm of the Bile Duct Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, April 22, 2013

12 DNA Ploidy is an Independent Predictor of Survival in Breast Invasive Ductal Carcinoma: A Long-term Multivariate Analysis of 393 Patients Annals of Surgical Oncology, April 9, 2013

13 Comparison of lymphoscintigraphy and indocyanine green lymphography for the diagnosis of extremity lymphoedema Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, April 10, 2013

14 A Prospective, Blinded Comparison of Laparoscopic Ultrasound with Transabdominal Ultrasound for the Detection of Gallbladder Pathology in Morbidly Obese Patients Journal of the American College of Surgeons, April 16, 2013

15 Correlation of conventional thrombelastography and rapid thrombelastography in trauma The American Journal of Surgery, April 2, 2013

16 Meta-analysis of Sonography in the Diagnosis of Inguinal Hernias Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, March 11, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

17 Breast magnetic resonance imaging: kinetic curve assessment Gland Surgery, March 25, 2013    Free full text    Review Article

18 Can EUS elastography improve lymph node staging in esophageal cancer? Surgical Endoscopy, April 3, 2013

19 Detection of significant bowel and mesenteric injuries in blunt abdominal trauma with 64-slice computed tomography The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, April 11, 2013    Review Article

20 Serum Markers for Predicting Abdominal Surgery Outcomes in Patients with Cirrhosis Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, April 5, 2013    Review Article