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Autor:
Michael M. Meguid
Publikováno v:
New England Journal of Medicine. 352:636-638
Autor:
Hugo Hertault, Frederiek Nuytens, Sébastien Degisors, Anne Gandon, Barbara Noiret, Clarisse Eveno, Mathilde Vermersch, Louis F. Martin, Guillaume Piessen, Hélène Behal, Marguerite Messier, Gaëtan Legault
Publikováno v:
Annals of surgery. 274(5)
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence and risk factors of diaphragmatic herniation following esophagectomy for cancer (DHEC), and assess the results of surgical repair. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA The current incidence of DHEC is discussed with conflicting
Autor:
William J. Raum, Teresa E. Klainer, Vonda Gaitor-Stampley, John T. Paige, Louis F. Martin, Biswanath P. Gouda, P. Greg Scalia
Publikováno v:
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 3:469-475
Background Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains a leading cause of death after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Currently, various regimens of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) are used for perioperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis. Anti-factor Xa (
Publikováno v:
Obstetrics & Gynecology. 95:927-930
Objective: To determine outcomes of pregnancies of obese women who had surgical placement of an adjustable gastric band to treat obesity. Methods: We conducted two clinical trials to evaluate adjustable gastric banding that involved 359 obese women o
Publikováno v:
Obstetrics & Gynecology. 95:927-930
Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 9:420-425
Background: Bariatric surgery has been classified as high risk by the medical malpractice industry, but it is unclear what data support this classification. When a small group of physicians is separated from their peers and asked to support their mal
Autor:
Louis F. Martin
Publikováno v:
Obesity Surgery. 9:235-243
Background: To determine prospectively the characteristics of obese patients allowed to select either a medically supervised weight-reduction treatment program or a surgical treatment program, both offered at the same location. Methods: This was a co
Publikováno v:
World Journal of Surgery. 22:1008-1017
Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) are only now beginning to be used by business, government, and policymakers to evaluate various medical treatments. The evolution of why CEAs are being demanded is reviewed. To date, a formal CEA of
Autor:
Louis F. Martin, Richard M. Lauve
Publikováno v:
The American Journal of Surgery. 174:452-458
background Americans spend more than $3,300 per person per year on health care, an amount businesses, government, and citizens alike consider too high. material reviewed Managed care attempts to offer services at a lower cost, about 10% below that of
Autor:
W S Griffies, Cynthia Deblanc, Julie Larrieu, F. Ayad, Louis F. Martin, J. P. O'leary, Saundra MacD. Hunter
Publikováno v:
Southern Medical Journal. 90:578-586
Excess weight is a major medical problem for more than one third of Americans and, after cigarette smoking, is the second largest cause of death. However, obesity treatments remain controversial, and only surgical therapies have patient volume and ap