Thyroid carcinomas are misdiagnosed as benign lesions during surgery in 16% of the
cases. If the carcinoma is invasive and multicentric, reoperation is indicated to ablate the …

Atrioesophageal fistula is a life-threatening complication of ablation treatment for atrial
fibrillation. Methods to reduce the risk of esophageal injury have evolved over the last …

Abstract Purpose of Review The term 'tropical enteropathy'originated in observations in the
1960s that small intestinal morphology and function differed in the tropics from the norms …

To determine the causes of failures of cervical exploration for primary hyperparathyroidism,
we reviewed 892 patients operated on by one surgeon from 1953 to 1990. Twenty-seven …

• Between 1960 and 1983, 116 patients had surgical treatment for acutely perforated colonic
diverticulitis. Sixty-five patients had immediate or primary resection and 51 had delayed or …

Background Changes in hygiene and dietary habits, including increased consumption of
foods high in fat, simple sugars, and salt that are known to impact the composition and …

Although Hürthle cell tumors are considered to be variants of follicular neoplasms, they have
distinct cytologic and behavioral characteristics. To elucidate the basis for these differences …

Hemangiopericytoma Page 1 Journal of Surgical Oncology 20:260-264 (1982)
Hemangiopericytoma LOUIS-JOSEPH AUGUSTE, ML) MOHAMED S. RAZACK, MD AND KUMAO …

We show that high efficiency stimulated Raman scattering can be obtained using hollow
core photonic crystal fiber with the core filled with a low refractive index nonlinear liquid. This …

We reviewed 757 cases of thyroid carcinoma treated between 1963 and 1986 to investigate
the morbidity associated with completion thyroidectomy when a nodule initially reported to …