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Latest (8) Full Text Articles (216)841 Tumor Scatter After Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer: Are We Dealing with an Invisible Margin Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, December 11, 2012
842 Adjuvant treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma after orthotopic liver transplantation: do we really need this Clinical Transplantation, December 11, 2012
843 The initial experience of dual port laparoscopy-assisted total gastrectomy as a reduced port surgery for total gastrectomy Gastric Cancer, December 10, 2012
844 Corrosive Induced Carcinoma of Esophagus After 58 Years Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 10, 2012
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Primary Adrenal Melanoma With Inferior Vena Caval Thrombus
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 10, 2012
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846 Primary malignant pancreatic neoplasms in children and adolescents: A 20year experience Journal of Pediatric Surgery, December 10, 2012
847 Pulmonary Metastasis From Encapsulated Cervical Ectopic Type A Thymoma Annals of Thoracic Surgery, December 10, 2012
848 Predictors of margin status after breast-conserving operations in an underscreened population Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, December 10, 2012
849 Regression of thymoma associated with a multilocular thymic cyst: report of a case Surgery Today, December 10, 2012
850 N-WASP is highly expressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and associated with poor prognosis Surgery, December 7, 2012 Clinical Article
851 Preservation of the deep muscular fascia and locoregional control in melanoma Surgery, December 7, 2012
852 Long-term follow-up of lung and heart transplant recipients with pre-transplant malignancies The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, December 7, 2012
853 Successful delayed reconstruction of common peroneal neuroma-in-continuity using sural nerve graft Microsurgery, December 7, 2012
854 Laparoscopy for rectal cancer reduces short-term mortality and morbidity: results of a systematic review and meta-analysis Surgical Endoscopy, December 6, 2012
855 Exhaled volatile organic compounds identify patients with colorectal cancer British Journal of Surgery, December 6, 2012 Clinical Article
856 Principles, effectiveness and caveats in screening for cancer British Journal of Surgery, December 6, 2012
857 Rectal Cancer and Teaching Hospitals: Hospital Teaching Status Affects Use of Neoadjuvant Radiation and Survival for Rectal Cancer Patients Annals of Surgical Oncology, December 5, 2012
858 Perigastric Tumor Deposits in Primary Gastric Cancer: Implications for Patient Prognosis and Staging Annals of Surgical Oncology, December 5, 2012
859 The development of squamous cell carcinomas in split-thickness skin graft donor sites European Journal of Plastic Surgery, December 5, 2012
860 Comparative Outcomes of Laparoscopic and Open Adrenalectomy for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Single, High-Volume Center Experience Annals of Surgical Oncology, December 4, 2012
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Epidural anesthesia reduces post-CABG pain
As published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) plus general anesthesia (GA) is superior to GA alone in managing post-operative CABG pain. Forty patients undergoing elective CABG were randomized to receive TEA (0.25% bipivacaine [10-20 mg/h]) intra-operatively and for 24 h post-operatively plus GA or GA alone. Post-operative pain at rest and with coughing was significantly less for up to 1 month post-operatively in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group. Furthermore, analgesic use, mechanical ventilation time, ICU stay time, and hospital stay time were reduced in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group.
Read the article summaryNT-proBNP predicts outcome following emergent surgery
As published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, measurement of N-terminal pro B-type natruiretic peptide (NT-proBNP) pre- and post-operatively predicts outcome in patients > 50 years of age (n=297) undergoing emergent non-cardiac surgery. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 725 pg/ml was associated with a 4.8-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. Similarly, a post-operative NT-proBNP > 1600 pg/ml was associated with a 4.0-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 1740 pg/ml was associated with a 6.9 RR for major adverse cardiac events during the post-operative hospital stay.
Read the article summaryIncreased risk of skin cancer in RCC treated with multikinase inhibitors
As published in Dermatologic Surgery, RCC patients (n=69) treated with multikinase inhibitors are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. After a median treatment of 13.5 months, 13.5% and 6.3% of patients treated with sorafenib and sunitinib developed skin cancer, respectively.
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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Are Right-Sided Colectomy Outcomes Different From Left-Sided Colectomy Outcomes?: Study of Patients With Colon Cancer in the ACS NSQIP Database JAMA Surgery, April 23, 2013
2 The Liver-First Approach to the Management of Colorectal Cancer With Synchronous Hepatic Metastases A Systematic Review Cancer With Synchronous Hepatic Metastases JAMA Surgery, April 19, 2013 Review Article
3 Pure tubular carcinoma of the breast and sentinel lymph node biopsy: A retrospective multi-institutional study of 234 cases European Journal of Surgical Oncology, March 8, 2013
4 Robot Versus Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Cancer by an Experienced Surgeon: Comparisons of Surgery, Complications, and Surgical Stress Annals of Surgical Oncology, March 25, 2013
5 Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Is There a Survival Difference for R1 Resections Versus Locally Advanced Unresectable Tumors? What Is a “True” R0 Resection? Annals of Surgery, April 11, 2013
6 Risk-Reducing Appendectomy and the Elimination of BRCA1 -Associated Intraperitoneal Cancer Risk-Reducing Appendectomy in BRCA1 Carriers JAMA Surgery, March 25, 2013 Review Article
7 Incidence of Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism After Laparoscopic Versus Open Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Meta-Analysis Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, April 26, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
8 Factors Influencing the Success of In Vivo Sentinel Lymph Node Procedure in Colon Cancer Patients World Journal of Surgery, April 2, 2013
9 Clinical-pathologic features, long term-outcome and surgical treatment in a large series of patients with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) European Journal of Surgical Oncology, April 24, 2013
10 Should the Portal Vein Be Routinely Resected During Pancreaticoduodenectomy For Adenocarcinoma? Annals of Surgery, April 11, 2013
11 Assessing the relationships between health-related quality of life and postoperative length of hospital stay after oesophagectomy for cancer of the oesophagus and the gastro-oesophageal junction European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 8, 2013 Review Article
12 Pelvic Exenteration for Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, April 1, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
13 Microvascular Invasion Does Not Predict Long-Term Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma up to 2 cm: Reappraisal of the Staging System for Solitary Tumors Annals of Surgical Oncology, April 4, 2013
14 Breast cancer surgery without suction drainage: The impact of adopting a no drains policy on symptomatic seroma formation rates European Journal of Surgical Oncology, March 13, 2013
15 Endo-laparoscopic approach versus conventional open surgery in the treatment of obstructing left-sided colon cancer: Long-term follow-up of a randomized trial Asian Journal of Endoscopic Surgery, April 25, 2013
16 Low Rectal Cancer: Classification and Standardization of Surgery Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, April 17, 2013
17 Single dose oral ibuprofen plus codeine for acute postoperative pain in adults Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013 Review Article
18 Predictors for Early Recurrence After Hepatectomy for Initially Unresectable Colorectal Liver Metastasis Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, April 17, 2013
19 Effect of gentamicin lavage of the axillary surgical bed after lymph node dissection on drainage discharge volume The Breast, April 23, 2013
20 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
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