Published in Am J Surg on November 01, 1982
Improved survival in 45 patients with pancreatic abscess. Ann Surg (1985) 1.55
Prevention of bacterial infection and sepsis in acute severe pancreatitis. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (1992) 1.14
Interventional and surgical treatment of pancreatic abscess. World J Surg (1997) 1.05
Factors contributing to fatal outcome after treatment of pancreatic abscess. Ann Surg (1986) 0.94
The surgical management of pancreatic abscess. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (1987) 0.78
Pancreatic abscess associated with pancreas divisum. J Natl Med Assoc (1988) 0.78
Type B hepatitis after needle-stick exposure: prevention with hepatitis B immune globulin. Final report of the Veterans Administration Cooperative Study. Ann Intern Med (1978) 2.29
Peritoneovenous shunting as compared with medical treatment in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and massive ascites. Veterans Administration Cooperative Study on Treatment of Alcoholic Cirrhosis with Ascites. N Engl J Med (1989) 2.23
Cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients: a formidable operation. Am J Surg (1982) 1.90
Prognostic factors associated with resectable adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas. Am Surg (1999) 1.65
Early experience with laparoscopic approach for adrenalectomy. Surgery (1993) 1.61
Efficacy of hepatitis B immune serum globulin after accidental exposure. Preliminary report of the Veterans Administration Cooperative Study. Lancet (1975) 1.59
Effect of failed computed tomography-guided and endoscopic drainage on pancreatic pseudocyst management. Surgery (1993) 1.56
Placement of intra-aortic balloon pump allows definitive biliary surgery in patients with severe cardiac disease. Surgery (1989) 1.49
Fecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer in a Veterans Administration Hospital. Am J Surg (1983) 1.47
Cushing's disease: the role of adrenalectomy and autotransplantation. Surg Clin North Am (1979) 1.43
Assessing the resectability of pancreatic carcinoma: the value of reinterpreting abdominal CT performed at other institutions. AJR Am J Roentgenol (1998) 1.41
Mortality and quality of life after total abdominal colectomy. Arch Surg (1990) 1.40
Pancreatic duct drainage in 100 patients with chronic pancreatitis. Ann Surg (1981) 1.31
Pseudomonas cepacia strains isolated from water reservoirs of unheated nebulizers. J Clin Microbiol (1976) 1.29
The association of primary hyperparathyroidism and pancreatitis. Am Surg (1985) 1.26
Age is not a contraindication to pancreaticoduodenectomy. Am Surg (2001) 1.21
Computed tomography or endoscopic ultrasonography in preoperative staging of gastric and esophageal tumors. Surgery (1994) 1.17
Evaluation of therapeutic options for pancreatic pseudocysts. Arch Surg (1982) 1.16
Simultaneous treatment of chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic pseudocyst. Arch Surg (1987) 1.15
Plasmid labeling confirms bacterial translocation in pancreatitis. Am J Surg (1994) 1.14
Total thyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease. Surgery (1998) 1.13
Combined pancreatic duct and upper gastrointestinal and biliary tract drainage in chronic pancreatitis. Arch Surg (1985) 1.11
Long-term results of side-to-side pancreaticojejunostomy. World J Surg (1990) 1.11
The spectrum of biliary tract obstruction from chronic pancreatitis. Arch Surg (1984) 1.09
Thyroid reoperations: indications and risks. Am Surg (1998) 1.08
Intra-abdominal surgery in patients with advanced cirrhosis. Arch Surg (1986) 1.08
A randomized, double blind controlled trial of the efficacy of immune serum globulin for the prevention of post-transfusion hepatitis. A Veterans Administration cooperative study. Gastroenterology (1977) 1.04
Laparoscopy: the preferred method of cholecystectomy in the morbidly obese. Surgery (1992) 1.04
Localization of islet cell tumors of the pancreas: a review of current techniques. Surgery (1993) 1.04
Adrenalectomy in the era of laparoscopy. Surgery (1996) 1.02
Leiomyosarcoma of the pancreas. HPB (Oxford) (2001) 1.02
Parathyroid cysts: a report of eleven cases including two associated with hyperparathyroid crisis. Surgery (1983) 1.02
Analysis of large versus small pheochromocytomas: operative approaches and patient outcomes. Surgery (2006) 1.01
Arteriomesenteric duodenal compression syndrome. Its association with peptic ulcer. Am J Surg (1973) 1.01
Pancreaticojejunostomy for chronic pancreatitis. Two- to 21-year follow-up. Arch Surg (1978) 1.00
Intractable ascites treated with peritoneovenous shunts (LeVeen). A 24- to 64-month follow-up of results in 52 alcoholic cirrhotics. Arch Surg (1981) 1.00
Squamous cell carcinoma of the proximal bile duct--a case report. J Surg Oncol (1980) 0.99
Multiplication of nosocomial pathogens in intravenous feeding solutions. Appl Microbiol (1973) 0.99
Umbilical herniorrhaphy in cirrhotic patients. Arch Surg (1984) 0.99
Peritoneal fibrosis in cirrhotics treated with peritoneovenous shunting for ascites. An autopsy study with clinical correlations. Dig Dis Sci (1996) 0.98
Clinical features of duodenal somatostatinomas. Surgery (1993) 0.98
Tuberculosis of the duodenum. Am J Gastroenterol (1979) 0.96
Primary epithelial tumors of the appendix and a reappraisal of the appendiceal "mucocele". Dis Colon Rectum (1979) 0.96
Hepatoid carcinoma of the stomach. Cancer (1993) 0.95
Sarcoidosis and the pancreas. Surgery (1999) 0.95
Incidental asymptomatic adrenal masses detected by computed tomographic scanning. Is operation required? JAMA (1982) 0.95
Calcitonin gene-related peptide levels are elevated in patients with sepsis. Surgery (1990) 0.95
Are cystgastrostomy and cystjejunostomy equivalent operations for pancreatic pseudocysts? Surgery (1990) 0.94
Bacterial flora of the jejunum following peptic ulcer surgery. Arch Surg (1971) 0.94
Catheter infection factors affecting total parenteral nutrition. Am Surg (1978) 0.93
Tumor angiogenesis in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas. Surgery (1996) 0.92
The nature and course of cystic pancreatic lesions diagnosed by ultrasound. Arch Surg (1983) 0.91
Heparanase induces a differential loss of heparan sulphate domains in overt diabetic nephropathy. Diabetologia (2007) 0.91
A plea for uniform reporting of patient outcome in chronic pancreatitis. Arch Surg (1996) 0.90
Health-related quality of life in hyperparathyroidism measurably improves after parathyroidectomy. Surgery (2003) 0.90
Selection of patients with adrenal incidentalomas for operation. Surg Clin North Am (1995) 0.89
Improvement in the health-related quality-of-life symptoms of hyperparathyroidism is durable on long-term follow-up. Surgery (2006) 0.89
Defining a role for endoscopic ultrasound in staging periampullary tumors. Am J Surg (2000) 0.89
Serum markers for pancreatic islet cell and intestinal carcinoid tumors: a comparison of neuron-specific enolase, beta-human chorionic gonadotropin and pancreatic polypeptide. Surgery (1983) 0.89
Normalization of intraoperative parathyroid hormone does not predict normal postoperative parathyroid hormone levels. Surgery (2000) 0.89
The reasons for gastrointestinal consultation after cardiac surgery. Am Surg (1984) 0.88
Is DNA ploidy of prognostic significance in stage I cutaneous melanoma? Surgery (1990) 0.88
The clinical challenge of multiple pancreatic pseudocysts. Am J Surg (1994) 0.88
Use of ultrasound to demonstrate gallstones in symptomatic patients with normal oral cholecystograms. Am J Surg (1979) 0.88
Reactive oxygen species mediate high glucose-induced heparanase-1 production and heparan sulphate proteoglycan degradation in human and rat endothelial cells: a potential role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Diabetologia (2011) 0.88
Pheochromocytoma multisystem crisis. A surgical emergency. Arch Surg (1988) 0.87
Should all patients with duodenal adenocarcinoma be considered for aggressive surgical resection? Am J Surg (2007) 0.87
Subtotal parathyroidectomy for primary chief cell hyperplasia of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type I syndrome. Ann Surg (1981) 0.87
Therapeutic options for biliary tract disease in advanced cirrhosis. Am J Surg (1988) 0.87
Gastric outlet and duodenal obstruction from inflammatory pancreatic disease. Arch Surg (1984) 0.87
Surgical significance of extrahepatic biliary tree anomalies. Am J Surg (1976) 0.87
Neural regulation of pancreatic polypeptide release. Surgery (1983) 0.86
Prospective evaluation of the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic jejunostomy. West J Med (1995) 0.86
Simultaneous fine-needle aspiration and core-needle biopsy of thyroid nodules. Am Surg (1995) 0.86
Plasma catecholamine changes during excision of pheochromocytoma. Surgery (1988) 0.86
Simultaneous primary hyperparathyroidism and nodular thyroid disease. Surgery (1982) 0.86