Published in BMJ Case Rep on September 26, 2013
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Laparoscopic technique for hernia reduction and mesenteric defect closure in patients with internal hernia as a postoperative complication of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech (2012) 0.79
Surgical glove perforation and the risk of surgical site infection. Arch Surg (2009) 2.04
High frequency of tumor-infiltrating FOXP3(+) regulatory T cells predicts improved survival in mismatch repair-proficient colorectal cancer patients. Int J Cancer (2010) 1.96
The timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. Ann Surg (2008) 1.85
Axillary lymph node dissection for sentinel lymph node micrometastases may be safely omitted in early-stage breast cancer patients: long-term outcomes of a prospective study. Ann Surg Oncol (2009) 1.67
Detecting pheochromocytoma: defining the most sensitive test. Ann Surg (2006) 1.47
Surgery for ischemic colitis: outcome and risk factors for in-hospital mortality. Int J Colorectal Dis (2014) 1.43
Insurance status and race represent independent predictors of undergoing laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis: secondary data analysis of 145,546 patients. J Am Coll Surg (2004) 1.27
Blunt injury to the thyroid gland: proposed classification and treatment algorithm. J Trauma (2006) 1.19
Tumor infiltration by FcγRIII (CD16)+ myeloid cells is associated with improved survival in patients with colorectal carcinoma. Int J Cancer (2010) 1.16
Response to [90Yttrium-DOTA]-TOC treatment is associated with long-term survival benefit in metastasized medullary thyroid cancer: a phase II clinical trial. Clin Cancer Res (2007) 1.15
Axillary recurrence rate in breast cancer patients with negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) or SLN micrometastases: prospective analysis of 150 patients after SLN biopsy. Ann Surg (2005) 1.14
Accuracy of frozen section analysis versus specimen radiography during breast-conserving surgery for nonpalpable lesions. World J Surg (2008) 1.12
Assessment of intraoperative liver deformation during hepatic resection: prospective clinical study. World J Surg (2010) 1.12
High hospital volume is associated with better outcomes for breast cancer surgery: analysis of 233,247 patients. World J Surg (2005) 1.11
[(90)Yttrium-DOTA]-TOC response is associated with survival benefit in iodine-refractory thyroid cancer: long-term results of a phase 2 clinical trial. Cancer (2009) 1.08
Disseminated single tumor cells as detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction represent a prognostic factor in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer. Ann Surg (2002) 1.04
Effect of the 50-hour workweek limitation on training of surgical residents in Switzerland. Arch Surg (2010) 1.03
Predictive factors for morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair: age, ASA score and operation type influence morbidity. World J Surg (2009) 1.02
Differential pattern and prognostic significance of CD4+, FOXP3+ and IL-17+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in ductal and lobular breast cancers. BMC Cancer (2012) 1.01
Economic burden of surgical site infections at a European university hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.00
High myeloperoxidase positive cell infiltration in colorectal cancer is an independent favorable prognostic factor. PLoS One (2013) 0.97
Sentinel lymph node procedure leads to upstaging of patients with resectable colon cancer: results of the Swiss prospective, multicenter study sentinel lymph node procedure in colon cancer. Ann Surg Oncol (2012) 0.96
Differential effects of the tryptophan metabolite 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid on the proliferation of human CD8+ T cells induced by TCR triggering or homeostatic cytokines. Eur J Immunol (2006) 0.95
ABO blood group-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation: a prospective, single-centre analysis including serial protocol biopsies. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2008) 0.94
Gastric necrosis complicating lately a Nissen fundoplication. Report of a case. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2007) 0.94
Intranodal immunization with a vaccinia virus encoding multiple antigenic epitopes and costimulatory molecules in metastatic melanoma. Mol Ther (2009) 0.92
Prevention and control of surgical site infections: review of the Basel Cohort Study. Swiss Med Wkly (2012) 0.91
Major vascular resection and prosthetic replacement for retroperitoneal tumors. World J Surg (2006) 0.90
Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in plasma after major trauma. J Trauma (2008) 0.90
The association of preoperative anemia and perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion with the risk of surgical site infection. Transfusion (2009) 0.89
Nonreplicating recombinant vaccinia virus expressing CD40 ligand enhances APC capacity to stimulate specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses. Hum Gene Ther (2005) 0.89
Influence of thoracic epidural analgesia on postoperative pain relief and ileus after laparoscopic colorectal resection : Benefit with epidural analgesia. Surg Endosc (2008) 0.89
Mesenchymal stromal cells induce epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human colorectal cancer cells through the expression of surface-bound TGF-β. Int J Cancer (2014) 0.88
Carbon dye staining of sentinel lymph nodes facilitates microstaging of colon cancer patients. World J Surg (2006) 0.88
Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of Lichtenstein's operation versus mesh plug repair for inguinal hernia. Ann Surg (2014) 0.87
Perioperative management of Glanzmann's syndrome: how we did it! Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis (2010) 0.87
Accuracy of frozen section of sentinel lymph nodes: a prospective analysis of 659 breast cancer patients of the Swiss multicenter study. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2008) 0.86
Spectrum of pathogens in surgical site infections at a Swiss university hospital. Swiss Med Wkly (2011) 0.86
Detailed assessment of microvasculature markers in non-small cell lung cancer reveals potentially clinically relevant characteristics. Virchows Arch (2015) 0.85
Small bowel obstruction caused by an incarcerated hernia after iliac crest bone harvest. ISRN Surg (2011) 0.85
Culture of melanoma cells in 3-dimensional architectures results in impaired immunorecognition by cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for Melan-A/MART-1 tumor-associated antigen. Ann Surg (2005) 0.85
Differential responsiveness to IL-2, IL-7, and IL-15 common receptor gamma chain cytokines by antigen-specific peripheral blood naive or memory cytotoxic CD8+ T cells from healthy donors and melanoma patients. J Immunother (2009) 0.84
Impact of surgeon and hospital caseload on the likelihood of performing laparoscopic vs open sigmoid resection for diverticular disease: a study based on 55,949 patients. Arch Surg (2007) 0.84
Factors predicting in-breast tumor recurrence after breast-conserving surgery. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2008) 0.84
Annular pancreas associated with duodenal carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol (2010) 0.84
Assessment of construct validity of a virtual reality laparoscopy simulator. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A (2007) 0.83
Sample size matters: a guide for surgeons. World J Surg (2005) 0.82
Association of the presence of bone marrow micrometastases with the sentinel lymph node status in 410 early stage breast cancer patients: results of the Swiss Multicenter Study. Ann Surg Oncol (2007) 0.82
Multislice CT in adult colocolic intussusception: case report and review of the literature. Emerg Radiol (2007) 0.82
Colorectal carcinoma infiltration by myeloperoxidase-expressing neutrophil granulocytes is associated with favorable prognosis. Oncoimmunology (2013) 0.82
Selective axillary surgery in breast cancer patients based on positron emission tomography with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose: not yet! Breast Cancer Res Treat (2002) 0.81
Sustained attention and planning deficits but intact attentional set-shifting in neuroleptic-naïve first-episode schizophrenia patients. Neuropsychobiology (2009) 0.81
Src homology phosphotyrosyl phosphatase-2 expression is an independent negative prognostic factor in human breast cancer. Histopathology (2013) 0.81
Surgical treatment of acute recurrent diverticulitis: early elective or late elective surgery. An analysis of 237 patients. World J Surg (2012) 0.81
[Functional syndromes after surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract]. Ther Umsch (2012) 0.81
Early versus delayed cholecystectomy in patients with biliary acute pancreatitis. Surgery (2009) 0.80
Cytokine & chemokine response in the lungs, pleural fluid and serum in thoracic surgery using one-lung ventilation. J Inflamm (Lond) (2011) 0.80
Inflammatory response in ventilated left and collapsed right lungs, serum and pleural fluid, in transthoracic esophagectomy for cancer. Eur Cytokine Netw (2010) 0.80
Inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to pheochromocytoma. Eur Heart J (2007) 0.80
Zinc salts provide a novel, prolonged and rapid inhibition of gastric acid secretion. Am J Gastroenterol (2010) 0.80
Prognostic impact and therapeutic implications of sentinel lymph node micro-metastases in early-stage breast cancer patients. J Surg Oncol (2011) 0.80
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: the new standard? Swiss Med Wkly (2002) 0.79
Evaluating the optimal timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials (2014) 0.79
Impact of surgical training on incidence of surgical site infection. World J Surg (2009) 0.78
Incarcerated umbilical hernia of unexpected origin: a primitive neuroectodermal tumor with early recurrence. J Clin Oncol (2014) 0.78
Heterologous prime-boost immunotherapy of melanoma patients with Influenza virosomes, and recombinant Vaccinia virus encoding 5 melanoma epitopes and 3 co-stimulatory molecules. A multi-centre phase I/II open labeled clinical trial. Contemp Clin Trials (2007) 0.78
Ischemic preconditioning-induced hyperperfusion correlates with hepatoprotection after liver resection. World J Gastroenterol (2010) 0.78
Intraoperative parathormone measurement in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: a prospective clinical study. Swiss Med Wkly (2003) 0.78
Image of the month. Epiploic appendagitis. Arch Surg (2009) 0.78
The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score is helpful in predicting the need of relaparotomies in patients with secondary peritonitis of colorectal origin. Swiss Med Wkly (2012) 0.78
Inadequate quality of surveillance after curative surgery for colon cancer. Ann Surg Oncol (2010) 0.78
Revisional versus primary Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a case-matched analysis. Surg Endosc (2013) 0.78
Performance on a virtual reality angled laparoscope task correlates with spatial ability of trainees. Indian J Surg (2010) 0.77
Personality traits and virtual reality performance. Surg Endosc (2012) 0.77
Selective responsiveness to common gamma chain cytokines in peripheral blood-derived cytotoxic T lymphocytes induced by Melan-A/MART-1(27-35)targeted active specific immunotherapy. Int J Cancer (2005) 0.77
Simplified placement and management of cutting setons in the treatment of transsphincteric anal fistula: technical note. Int J Colorectal Dis (2004) 0.77
Surgical hand antisepsis with alcohol-based hand rub: comparison of effectiveness after 1.5 and 3 minutes of application. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2009) 0.77
Expression of PD-L1 Identifies a Subgroup of More Aggressive Non-Small Cell Carcinomas of the Lung. Pathobiology (2016) 0.76
Cytotoxic T-cell induction in metastatic melanoma patients undergoing recombinant vaccinia virus-based immuno-gene therapy. Recent Results Cancer Res (2002) 0.76
Mammotome: less invasive than ABBI with similar accuracy for early breast cancer detection. World J Surg (2005) 0.75
Ten Years' Follow-Up on Combined Palmar and Dorsal Internal Fixation of Complex Distal Radius Fractures. Medicine (Baltimore) (2016) 0.75
Missed diagnosis of a gallstone ileus: an incomplete laparoscopy due to a putative ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection. BMJ Case Rep (2013) 0.75
Axillary lymph node dissection for sentinel lymph node micrometastases may be safely omitted in early-stage breast cancer patients: long-term outcomes of a prospective study. Indian J Surg Oncol (2010) 0.75
When a colonoscopy becomes a duodenoscopy: a palliative treatment of a malignant sigmoidoduodenal fistula. BMJ Case Rep (2013) 0.75
Graves' ophthalmopathy. Swiss Med Wkly (2002) 0.75
Acute thyroid swelling and elevated C reactive protein. BMJ Case Rep (2013) 0.75
Advanced liposomal vectors as cancer vaccines in melanoma immunotherapy. J Liposome Res (2006) 0.75
Impact of tutorial assistance in laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for acute recurrent diverticulitis. Surg Today (2013) 0.75
Cortisol Outperforms Novel Cardiovascular, Inflammatory, and Neurohumoral Biomarkers in the Prediction of Outcome in Acute Pancreatitis. Pancreas (2017) 0.75
Successful implementation of a window for routine antimicrobial prophylaxis shorter than that of the World Health Organization standard. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2012) 0.75
Blue dye injection does not induce dissemination of epithelial cells during SLN procedure in colon cancer patients. Int J Colorectal Dis (2014) 0.75
Active antigen-specific immunotherapy of melanoma: from basic science to clinical investigation. World J Surg (2005) 0.75
Ileal intussusception due to visceral malignant melanoma metastasis. Surgery (2007) 0.75
Antigen specific active immunotherapy: lessons from the first decade. Swiss Med Wkly (2005) 0.75
Multiple endocrine neoplasias type 2A and thyroid medullary carcinoma: an interdisciplinary challenge. Pediatr Surg Int (2003) 0.75
Factors influencing the success of in vivo sentinel lymph node procedure in colon cancer patients: Swiss prospective, multicenter study sentinel lymph node procedure in colon cancer. World J Surg (2013) 0.75