期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2021; 222 (1)
Background: Surgical management of patients with ventral abdominal wall defects, especially complex abdominal wall defects, remains a challenging prob......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2021; 222 (2)
Background: The definition and prognostic value of a wide resection margin remains controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the relevance of......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2021; 221 (5)
Background: Prealbumin is a more sensitive serum biomarker in reflecting liver function and nutritional status than albumin, because of its shorter ha......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2021; 222 (1)
Background: The objective of this study was to define the relative impact of alcohol and/or hepatitis-related HCC etiology on the outcomes of patients......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2021; 221 (5)
Background: Multivisceral resection may be the exclusive radical procedure for cT4b gastric cancer patients. However, most surgeons refuse to select s......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2021; 222 (2)
Background: Use of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) in place of open pancreaticoduodenectomy (OPD) remains controversial. Our aim was to eva......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2021; 221 (2)
Background: There has been increasing concerns regarding the declining number of medical students entering surgical residencies. The aim of this study......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2021; 221 (3)
Background: The effect of postsurgical radiotherapy (PSRT) among T1-3 gallbladder cancer (GBC) patients with one to three lymph node metastases remain......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2020; 220 (2)
Background: Optimal management for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to explore risk factor......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2020; 220 (6)
Background: Intraoperative imaging is used to address the challenges of parathyroidectomy, but no standard modality has been established. This study a......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2020; 220 (3)
Background: Sleeve gastrostomy (SG) induces significant weight loss primarily as a result of increased satiety and reduced food intake. Growth differe......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2020; 220 (3)
Background: This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to determine the value of preoperative thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels in ......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2020; 220 (4)
Background: Duodenal stump leakage is a challenging condition causing significant morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to identify the ri......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2020; 220 (4)
Background: The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging system is widely applied to stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, it may be inac......
期刊: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 2020; 220 (4)
Background: The role of surgery in breast cancer liver metastases (BCLM) remains elusive, and current application is limited. Our aim is to investigat......