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Archives of Surgery

December 2009, Vol 144, No. 12
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Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1104. doi:10.1001/archsurg.144.12.1104.
Surgery as a Teachable Moment:  Lost Opportunities to Improve Public Health
David O. Warner, MD
Topics: surgical procedures, operative, public health medicine, surgery specialty
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1106-1107. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.205.
Impact of Advancing Age on Abdominal Surgical Outcomes FREE
Nader N. Massarweh, MD; Victor J. Legner, MD; Rebecca G. Symons, MPH; Wayne C. McCormick, MD, MPH; David R. Flum, MD, MPH
Topics: postoperative complications, prostatectomy, surgical procedures, operative, abdomen, mortality, surgery specialty, abdominal surgery, elderly, surgical outcome
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1108-1114. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.204.
Colon Cancer and Low Lymph Node Count:  Who Is to Blame? FREE
James W. Jakub, MD; Greg Russell, MS; Cindy L. Tillman, CTR; Craig Lariscy, MD
Topics: lymph nodes, colon cancer
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1115-1120. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.210.
Hospital Performance in Caring for Injured Patients:  Does the Type of Injury Make a Difference? FREE
Laurent G. Glance, MD; Dana B. Mukamel, PhD; Wayne Meredith, MD; Andrew W. Dick, PhD
Topics: wounds and injuries, gunshot wounds, nonpenetrating wounds, mechanism of injury
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1121-1126. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.218.
Endolaparoscopic Approach vs Conventional Open Surgery in the Treatment of Obstructing Left-Sided Colon Cancer:  A Randomized Controlled Trial FREE
Hester Yui Shan Cheung, FRACS; Chi Chiu Chung, FRCSEd; Wilson Wen Chieng Tsang, FRCSEd; James Cheuk Hoo Wong, FRACS; Kevin Kwok Kay Yau, FRCSEd; Michael Ka Wah Li, FRCS, FRCSEd
Includes: CME
Topics: colorectal cancer, stomas, neoplasms, surgery specialty
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1127-1132. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.216.
Can Aviation-Based Team Training Elicit Sustainable Behavioral Change? FREE
Harry C. Sax, MD; Patrick Browne, BMil; Raymond J. Mayewski, MD; Robert J. Panzer, MD; Kathleen C. Hittner, MD; Rebecca L. Burke, RN, MS; Sandra Coletta, MBA
Topics: aviation, nurses, behavioral change
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1133-1137. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.207.
Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy With D2 Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer FREE
Toshihiko Shinohara, MD; Seiichiro Kanaya, MD; Keizo Taniguchi, MD; Tetsuji Fujita, MD; Katsuhiko Yanaga, MD; Ichiro Uyama, MD
Topics: gastrectomy, gastric cancer, laparoscopy, lymph node dissection
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1138-1142. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.223.
Clinical Relevance of the TLR4 11367 Polymorphism in Patients With Major Trauma FREE
Zhao-xia Duan, MD; Wei Gu, MD; Lian-yang Zhang, MD; Ding-yuan Du, MD; Ping Hu, MD; Jian Huang, MD; Qing Liu, MD; Zheng-guo Wang, MD; Jiang Hao, MD; Jian-xin Jiang, MD
Topics: polymorphism, wounds and injuries, toll-like receptor 4
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1144-1148. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.211.
Preoperative Weight Loss Before Bariatric Surgery FREE
Peter N. Benotti, MD; Christopher D. Still, DO; G. Craig Wood, MS; Yasir Akmal, MD; Heather King, MD; Hazem El Arousy, MD; Horatiu Dancea, MD; Glenn S. Gerhard, MD; Anthony Petrick, MD; William Strodel, MD
Topics: weight reduction, bariatric surgery
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1150-1155. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.209.
Factors Predicting Morbidity and Mortality in Emergency Colorectal Procedures in Elderly Patients FREE
Edward A. McGillicuddy, MD; Kevin M. Schuster, MD; Kimberly A. Davis, MD; Walter E. Longo, MD
Topics: surgical procedures, operative, morbidity, mortality, elderly
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1157-1162. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.203.
Assessment of Hospital Performance: The Need to Complete the “Hat Trick”:  Comment on “Hospital Performance in Caring for Injured Patients”
L. D. Britt, MD, MPH
Topics: disclosure, health personnel, hockey, quality indicators, schools, medical, wounds and injuries, economics, mortality, surgery specialty, treatment outcome, performance improvement, translational research, cyclophosphamide/doxorubicin/etoposide
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1126. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.222.
Does Every Question Deserve a Randomized Controlled Trial?:  Comment on “Endolaparoscopic Approach vs Conventional Open Surgery in the Treatment of Obstructing Left-Sided Colon Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
Kirk Ludwig, MD; Timothy J. Ridolfi, MD
Topics: colorectal cancer, surgery specialty, colon cancer
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1132. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.217.
Is Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy the Right Operation?:  Comment on “Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy With D2 Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer”
Barish H. Edil, MD
Topics: gastrectomy, gastric cancer, laparoscopy, lymph node dissection
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1143. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.213.
Possibility of Sepsis Prevention With Common Genotype:  Comment on “Clinical Relevance of the TLR4 11367 Polymorphism in Patients With Major Trauma”
Leigh A. Neumayer, MD, MS
Topics: systemic infection, polymorphism, genotype, septicemia, wounds and injuries, toll-like receptor 4
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1149. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.221.
Slimming Down for Safer Surgery:  Comment on “Preoperative Weight Loss Before Bariatric Surgery”
Patricia L. Turner, MD
Topics: weight reduction, surgery specialty, bariatric surgery
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1155-1156. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.214.
Getting Old Shouldn't Be an Emergency:  Comment on “Factors Predicting Morbidity and Mortality in Emergency Colorectal Procedures in Elderly Patients”
James W. Fleshman, MD
Topics: morbidity, mortality, elderly
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1162. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.202.
Sutureless Thyroidectomy—Technological Advance or Toy?:  Comment on “Prospective Clinical Trials of Thyroidectomy With LigaSure vs Conventional Vessel Ligation”
Leigh W. Delbridge, MD
Topics: ligation, thyroidectomy
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1174-1175. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.199.
Extended Drainage of the Pancreatic Duct After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Amit Khithani, MBBS; David Curtis, MD; Richard Dickerman, MD; D. Rohan Jeyarajah, MD
Topics: pancreatic ducts, pancreaticoduodenectomy, drainage procedure
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1163-1166. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.127.
Image of the Year for 2009 FREE
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Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1166. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.212.
Prospective Clinical Trials of Thyroidectomy With LigaSure vs Conventional Vessel Ligation:  A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis FREE
Hou Shan Yao, MD; Qiang Wang, MD; Wei Jun Wang, MD; Can Ping Ruan, MD
Topics: ligation, thyroidectomy
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1167-1174. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.201.
A Unique Case of Recurrent Metachronous Volvulus of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Dimitrios V. Avgerinos, MD; Omar H. Llaguna, MD; Richard L. Friedman, MD
Topics: gastrointestinal tract, volvulus, intestinal
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1176-1178. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.206.
Alessandro Codivilla and the First Pancreatoduodenectomy
Thomas Schnelldorfer, MD; Michael G. Sarr, MD
Topics: pancreaticoduodenectomy, pancreas
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1179-1184. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.219.
Image of the Month—Diagnosis FREE
Topics: cystadenocarcinoma, cystadenoma, cystadenoma, mucinous, cyst, hyperplasia, laparoscopy, pseudomyxoma peritonei
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1185-1186. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.215-b.
Image of the Month—Quiz Case FREE
Louise Clarke, MBChB; Andreas Lambrianides, BSc, FRACS; David Lisle, FRACR
Topics: small bowel obstruction, colonoscopy, mucinous cystadenocarcinoma, cystadenoma, mucinous, infarction, middle cerebral artery, mucus, sigmoid colon, cecum, diverticulosis, hepatic flexure of colon, appendectomy, open, tubular adenoma, dysplasia, conservative therapy
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1185-1186. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.215-a.
Image of the Month—Diagnosis FREE
Topics: hernias
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1187-1188. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.200-b.
Image of the Month—Quiz Case FREE
Angie Taras, MD; Ryan Martinez, MD
Topics: hernias, peritoneum, distal part of ileum
Arch Surg. 2009;144(12):1187-1188. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2009.200-a.
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