2023
Management and Outcome of High-Grade Hepatic and Splenic Injuries
Presser E, Sznol J, Schuster K. Management and Outcome of High-Grade Hepatic and Splenic Injuries. Current Surgery Reports 2023, 11: 55-63. DOI: 10.1007/s40137-023-00344-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSplenic injuryOperative interventionUnstable patientsTrauma grade IVHigh-grade injuriesModality of choiceTransient respondersActive bleedingGrade injuriesSerial examsStable patientsSignificant morbidityPermissive hypotensionEndovascular interventionPrehospital interventionsRadiological studiesTrauma bayBlood productsGrade IVPatientsSecondary surveyInjuryExact indicationsClass IIIActive signs
2021
Preoperative Texture Analysis Using 11C-Methionine Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Survival after Surgery for Glioma
Manabe O, Yamaguchi S, Hirata K, Kobayashi K, Kobayashi H, Terasaka S, Toyonaga T, Magota K, Kuge Y, Tamaki N, Shiga T, Kudo K. Preoperative Texture Analysis Using 11C-Methionine Positron Emission Tomography Predicts Survival after Surgery for Glioma. Diagnostics 2021, 11: 189. PMID: 33525709, PMCID: PMC7911154, DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11020189.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPositron emission tomographyOverall survivalEmission tomographyMET positron emission tomographyWorld Health Organization classificationMean standardized uptake valuePreoperative metabolic imagingPreoperative texture analysisMalignant brain tumorsStandardized uptake valueCause deathLow gray-level run emphasisContralateral cortexMET uptakeSingle centerPrognostic valueGrade IIIOrganization classificationTumor gradeUnivariate analysisGrade IIGrade IVBrain tumorsUptake valueSurvival curves
2020
Diagnostic value of shear wave sonoelastography in differentiation of benign from malignant thyroid nodules
Aghaghazvini L, Maheronnaghsh R, Soltani A, Rouzrokh P, Chavoshi M. Diagnostic value of shear wave sonoelastography in differentiation of benign from malignant thyroid nodules. European Journal Of Radiology 2020, 126: 108926. PMID: 32171916, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.108926.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShear wave elastographyGrade III and IVPredictors of malignancyEfficacy of shear wave elastographyReal-time shear wave elastographyMalignancy risk stratificationMalignant thyroid nodulesCut-off valueUnivariate logistic regressionB-mode featuresCut-off pointShear wave sonoelastographyThyroid nodulesConventional USRisk stratificationGrade IVInternal calcificationMalignant nodulesColor DopplerConventional ultrasonographyDiagnostic valueIII and IVPoor margins
2019
The EGS Grading Scale For Skin And Soft Tissue Infections Is Predictive Of Poor Outcomes
Savage SA, Li SW, Utter GH, Cox JA, Wydo SM, Cahill K, Sarani B, Holzmacher J, Duane TM, Gandhi RR, Zielinski MD, Ray-Zack M, Tierney J, Chapin T, Murphy PB, Vogt KN, Schroeppel TJ, Callaghan E, Kobayashi L, Coimbra R, Schuster KM, Gillaspie D, Timsina L, Louis A, Crandall M. The EGS Grading Scale For Skin And Soft Tissue Infections Is Predictive Of Poor Outcomes. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30601458, PMCID: PMC6433490, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000002175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSoft tissue infectionsLength of stayDisease processGrading scaleInter-rater reliabilityGrade IVEmergency general surgery (EGS) diseasesDisparate disease processesRetrospective multicenter trialLaboratory Risk IndicatorNecrotizing Fasciitis (LRINEC) scoreSurgery of TraumaMulti-institutional trialHigh gradeDifferent disease processesClinical disease processesOverall complicationsHospital lengthICU lengthFasciitis (LRINEC) scoreMulticenter trialTissue infectionsValidation studyPoor outcomeDisease characteristics
2018
Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction Quantification of SERPINA1 Predicts Prognosis in High-Grade Glioma
Ookawa S, Wanibuchi M, Kataoka-Sasaki Y, Sasaki M, Oka S, Ohtaki S, Noshiro S, Komatsu K, Akiyama Y, Mikami T, Mikuni N, Kocsis JD, Honmou O. Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction Quantification of SERPINA1 Predicts Prognosis in High-Grade Glioma. World Neurosurgery 2018, 111: e783-e789. PMID: 29309973, DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.12.166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-grade gliomasExpression of SERPINA1Polymerase chain reactionDigital polymerase chain reactionExpression groupMedian overall survivalAnti-inflammatory roleHigh expression groupMessenger RNA expressionCell linesGlioblastoma multiforme cell linesHuman glioblastoma cell linesParaffin-embedded tissuesPredict PrognosisOverall survivalPoor prognosisGrade IIIPolymerase chain reaction quantificationSERPINA1 expressionSurgical samplesGrade IVImmunohistochemical analysisGlioblastoma cell linesGlioma tissuesPrognosis
2013
Successful Nonoperative Management of the Most Severe Blunt Renal Injuries: A Multicenter Study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma
van der Wilden GM, Velmahos GC, Joseph DK, Jacobs L, DeBusk MG, Adams CA, Gross R, Burkott B, Agarwal S, Maung AA, Johnson DC, Gates J, Kelly E, Michaud Y, Charash WE, Winchell RJ, Desjardins SE, Rosenblatt MS, Gupta S, Gaeta M, Chang Y, de Moya MA. Successful Nonoperative Management of the Most Severe Blunt Renal Injuries: A Multicenter Study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma. JAMA Surgery 2013, 148: 924-931. PMID: 23945834, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.2747.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlunt renal injuriesNonoperative managementNOM failureRenal injuryGrade IVFailure of NOMSevere blunt renal injuryRenal salvage rateSevere renal injuryRetrospective case seriesUrinary tract infectionMechanism of injurySuccessful nonoperative managementYears of ageRoad traffic crashesHemodynamic instabilityKidney injuryAdult patientsRenal failureStable patientsTract infectionsIndependent predictorsSalvage rateCase seriesNonoperative approach
2010
Management of the Most Severely Injured Spleen: A Multicenter Study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCONECT)
Velmahos GC, Zacharias N, Emhoff TA, Feeney JM, Hurst JM, Crookes BA, Harrington DT, Gregg SC, Brotman S, Burke PA, Davis KA, Gupta R, Winchell RJ, Desjardins S, Alouidor R, Gross RI, Rosenblatt MS, Schulz JT, Chang Y. Management of the Most Severely Injured Spleen: A Multicenter Study of the Research Consortium of New England Centers for Trauma (ReCONECT). JAMA Surgery 2010, 145: 456-460. PMID: 20479344, DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.58.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlunt splenic injuryFailure of NOMNonoperative managementGrade IVF-NOMBrain injurySevere blunt splenic injuryTrial of NOMOverall high success rateMortality of patientsRetrospective case seriesSuccessful nonoperative managementPredictors of failureRequire surgerySplenic injuryAdult patientsIndependent predictorsCase seriesTrauma centerMulticenter studyHigh success ratePatientsMultivariate analysisInjurySuccess rate
2001
Multiinstitutional experience with the management of superior mesenteric artery injuries1 1No competing interests declared.
Asensio J, Britt L, Borzotta A, Peitzman A, Miller F, Mackersie R, Pasquale M, Pachter H, Hoyt D, Rodriguez J, Falcone R, Davis K, Anderson J, Ali J, Chan L. Multiinstitutional experience with the management of superior mesenteric artery injuries1 1No competing interests declared. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2001, 193: 354-365. PMID: 11584962, DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(01)01044-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbdominal vascular injuriesIndependent risk factorIschemia gradeInjury Severity ScoreVascular injuryRisk factorsSMA injuryAnatomic zonesSurgical managementMultiinstitutional experienceGrade IVHigher intraoperative transfusion requirementsMean Injury Severity ScoreSuperior mesenteric artery injuryTrauma Organ Injury ScalePresence of acidosisRetrospective multiinstitutional studyMultisystem organ failureLogistic regression analysisStepwise logistic regressionSubsequent multivariate analysisAAST-OISIntraoperative acidosisTransfusion requirementsArtery injury
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