Recently added articles from The American Surgeon:
Hemorrhoids: Diagnosis and Current Management
Aug 01, 2009; ... THE PREVALENCE of symptomatic hemorrhoids in the United States is estimated at 4.4 per cent, affecting men and women equally with a peak prevalence between ages 45 and 65 years old.1 As many as onethird of these individuals seek medical attention and 49 of 100,000 patients undergo ...
The Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center: At the Forefront of Surgical Innovation
Aug 01, 2009; ... The history of surgery at The New York Hospital, the second oldest hospital in the United States, reflects the evolution of surgery in America and is marked by some of the most extraordinary achievements in medicine. The New York Hospital was the cradle of early surgical developments and ...
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography and Histopathology Correlation for Chronic Pancreatitis/DISCUSSION
Aug 01, 2009; ... GARY C. VITALE, M.D., BRIAN R. DAVIS, M.D., CARLOS ZAVALETA, M.D., MICHAEL VITALE, M.D., JAMES K. FULLERTON, M.D. From the Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is debated as ...
Pancreatic Stent Placement Is Associated with Resolution of Refractory Grade C Pancreatic Fistula after Left-Sided Pancreatectomy/DISCUSSION
Aug 01, 2009; ... STEPHEN R. GROBMYER, M.D.,* DARRELL L. HUNT, M.D.,* CHRISTOPHER E. FORSMARK, M.D.,[double dagger] PETER V. DRAGANOV, M.D.4 KEVIN E. BEHRNS, M.D.,t STEVEN N. HOCHWALD, M.D.* From the *Division of Surgical Oncology, the [dagger] Woodward Division of General Surgery, Department of ...
Incidence of Surgical Site Infections Postcolorectal Resections without Preoperative Mechanical or Antibiotic Bowel Preparation/DISCUSSION
Aug 01, 2009; ... DREW D. HOWARD, M.D., CASSANDRA Q. WHITE, M.D., TARA R. HARDEN, M.D., C. NEAL ELLIS, M.D. From the Department of Surgery, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama This study was performed to determine the incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) after colorectal resection ...