Annals of Surgery

Rikkers, Layton F.; Lillemoe, Keith D.; Nevar, Pamela

Annals of Surgery. 251(2):189-194, February 2010.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181cbc1ad

Muñoz, Eric; Muñoz, William III; Wise, Leslie

Annals of Surgery. 251(2):195-200, February 2010.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181cbcc9a

National health care expenditures for 2005 were $1973.3 billion and 15.9% of US gross domestic product (surgical health care expenditures were 29% of these expenditures). Projections for the next 20 years include national health care expenditures for 2025 at 25.2% of US gross domestic product, and surgical health care expenditures, as $912 billion. Surgeons should be aware of serious pressure being placed on the US economy by continued growth in surgical health care expenditures.

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Sheldon, George F.

Annals of Surgery. 251(2):201-202, February 2010.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181cbc448

Achneck, Hardean E.; Sileshi, Bantayehu; Jamiolkowski, Ryan M.; Albala, David M.; Shapiro, Mark L.; Lawson, Jeffrey H.

Annals of Surgery. 251(2):217-228, February 2010.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181c3bcca

Advances in biotechnology in the last 10 years have resulted in an explosive growth of topical hemostatic agents that are available to the modern surgeon. In this article we review the mechanism of action, advantage, and disadvantage of the most commonly used topical hemostatic agents in the United States.

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Torzilli, Guido; Procopio, Fabio; Cimino, Matteo; Del Fabbro, Daniele; Palmisano, Angela; Donadon, Matteo; Montorsi, Marco

Annals of Surgery. 251(2):229-235, February 2010.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181b7fdcd

Intraoperative ultrasound is indispensable for performing a true anatomic segmental resection of the liver, but methods available are rather complex. We describe a technique for performing anatomic segmental resections by means of intraoperative ultrasound-guided finger compression, which could be considered a simpler alternative to those proposed up to the present (ClinicalTrials.Gov ID: NCT00829335).

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Schouten, Ruben; Rijs, Carianne S.; Bouvy, Nicole D.; Hameeteman, Wim; Koek, Ger H.; Janssen, Ignace M. C.; Greve, Jan-Willem M.

Annals of Surgery. 251(2):236-243, February 2010.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181bdfbff

This randomized trial comparing the endoscopically placed duodenal-jejunal bypass sleeve with a diet control group showed significantly better weight loss in the device group. The positive effect of the device on type 2 diabetes needs further investigation.

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Madalosso, Carlos A. S.; Gurski, Richard R.; Callegari-Jacques, Sidia M.; Navarini, Daniel; Thiesen, Victor; Fornari, Fernando

Annals of Surgery. 251(2):244-248, February 2010.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181bdff20

We studied the impact of gastric bypass on gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with morbid obesity. GERD was evaluated according to Montreal Consensus. GBP ameliorated GERD syndromes in most patients, resulting in quality of life improvement and less intake of proton pump inhibitors.

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Falimirski, Mark E.

Annals of Surgery. 251(2):384, February 2010.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181cb855a

Ballas, Konstantinos Dimitrios; Rafailidis, Savvas F.; Symeonidis, Nikos; Sakadamis, Athanassios K. M.

Annals of Surgery. 251(2):385, February 2010.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181cb8918