BACKGROUND We previously reported that arterial infarction of vital organs after lobectomy might occur only after left upper lobectomy and be caused by thrombosis in the left superior pulmonary vein stump. We hypothesized that changes in blood flow, such as blood stasis and disturbed stagnant flow, in the left superior pulmonary vein stump cause thrombosis, and this was evaluated by intraoperat...

BACKGROUND Restorative proctocolectomy with ileopouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is the treatment of choice for intractable or complicated ulcerative colitis(UC). Elderly patients often present with acute colitis requiring emergent subtotal colectomy(SC). Frail patients are at risk of developing septic complications related to the closed rectosigmoidal stump, often requiring formation of a second ...

Carotid stump syndrome is a well-documented embolic source for ischemic stroke. However, few cases have been reported of a similar condition - termed vertebral artery stump syndrome - which affects the posterior circulation after vertebral artery origin occlusion. We herein report a case of infarction of the right superior cerebellar artery and left posterior inferior cerebellar artery territor...

years of operation in patients whose initial lesion was malignant. In gastrectomy for peptic ulcer disease the peak incidence occurred around the fourth decade after operation 9. Gastric stump cancer surgically treated has bad prognosis. Was observed lower five-year survival in patients with gastric stump cancer than those with primary gastric cancer 10. The treatment of choice is surgical D2 r...

PURPOSE To determine whether stump pressure changes significantly over time during temporary internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion via an endovascular balloon, and to examine correlations between stump pressure changes and cerebral blood flow (CBF) as measured by xenon CT. METHODS Seventy candidates for ICA sacrifice were evaluated preoperatively with a test occlusion of the cervical ICA us...

BACKGROUND Stump appendicitis is defined by the recurrent inflammation of the residual appendix after the appendix has been only partially removed during an appendectomy for appendicitis. Forty-eight cases of stump appendicitis were identified in the English literature. DATABASE The institutional CPT codes were evaluated for multiple hits of the appendectomy code, yielding a total of 3 patien...

BACKGROUND Thrombus in the stump of the pulmonary vein (PV) is not a well-known complication after lung resection, and it has the potential to cause embolism to vital organs. To clarify the frequency, risk factors, and cause of this complication, a retrospective clinical study of patients who underwent lobectomy was performed. METHODS The study evaluated 193 patients with primary lung cancer ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the resistance of manual suture with that of mechanical suture immediately after the suture of the left bronchial stump of dogs submitted to pneumonectomy. METHODS A total of 15 mixed-breed dogs of both genders, each weighing between 8 and 23 kg, were randomly divided into 2 groups. In group I (n = 7), the bronchial stump was sutured manually (the Sweet method) and, in gr...

Interface stresses and stump shape were measured during sessions over a two-month interval on a trans-tibial amputee subject. Results from thirteen transducer sites monitored during four sessions showed greater interface pressure changes over time at anterior sites than at lateral or posterior locations. There was a trend of decreased pressure with stump swelling and increased pressure for stum...

A series of patients with carcinoma of the cervical stump in relation to age, clinical stage, histopathology, changes in relative incidence, treatment outcome and long-term survival, were studied and the findings were compared with matched controls that have an intact uterus and cancer of the cervix. Of 8,028 women treated for invasive cervical carcinoma between 1959-2004, 161 were diagnosed wi...