Abstract Journal Women in Surgery

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Results: Older patient age at the time of transplant was a significant factor favorably affecting patient survival (P .031). Trends toward better survival rates were observed in those transplants performed more recently (P .063), in those patients with greater body weight (P .084), in those not hospitalized at the time of transplant (P .14), and in those without concomitant liver failure (P .12...

British Journal of Surgery

American Journal of Surgery

the case over. However, there are cases met with, such as contracted pelvis, with infected uteri, where it would be impossible to do the classical vaginal Cesarean section of Doderlein, for these he advocates the trans-peritoneal method of Franke, or the extra-peritoneal one of Latzko. The former is difficult, and in the main consists in sewing the peritoneum of the parietes to that of the uter...

Global Journal of Surgery

Erectile dysfunction is a known complication that might occur following radical prostatectomy. Robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALRP) is increasingly being performed in many centers. We reviewed preservation of APAs during performing RALRP. A review of the English literature was performed using PubMed/MedLine concerning preservation of Accessory Pudendal Arteries (APAs) durin...

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Methods: In 1989, the Japanese Biliary Atresia Society started a nationwide registry, JBAR, to investigate all aspects of biliary atresia. A total of 1,381 patients, 863 girls, 507 boys, and 11 unknown, were registered between 1989 and 1999. JBAR includes an initial and follow-up questionnaires. Using these patients’ data, the incidence, sex distribution, associated anomalies, the type of obstr...