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Sabiston Textbook of Surgery: The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice

A. M. Cotlar
- 23 May 2001 - 
- Vol. 285, Iss: 20
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This article is published in JAMA.The article was published on 2001-05-23. It has received 459 citations till now.

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Adverse effects of local anesthetic infiltration on wound healing.

TL;DR: Wound infiltration with local anesthetic can provide excellent analgesia under at least some circumstances, although optimal dose and wound instillation technique are not well defined, and there is a substantial body of literature suggesting that LA infiltration can have deleterious effects on wound healing.
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Keloids and hypertrophic scars: treatment with intralesional interferon gamma versus triamcinolone acetonide

TL;DR: A prospective randomized triple blind active controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of cytokines in the treatment of keloids and hypertrophic scars found intralesional Interferon Gamma is more efficacious than Triamcinolone Acetonide.
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Management of gestational gigantomastia.

TL;DR: Gigantomastia of pregnancy is a rare, severely debilitating condition characterized by massive enlargement of breasts and resulting in tissue necrosis, ulceration, infection, and, occasionally, hemorrhage, which requires surgical intervention if the patient and/or fetus are experiencing significant morbidity.
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Gastric cancer: diagnosis and treatment options

TL;DR: Primary prevention, by control of modifiable risk factors and increased surveillance of persons at increased risk, is important in decreasing morbidity and mortality.
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency After Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: An Analysis of Clinical Patterns and Risk Factors

TL;DR: Vitamin B12 deficiency is an inevitable and rather early metabolic sequela after TG, and Elderly patients with low preoperative vitamin B12 levels are more likely to experience vitamin B 12 deficiency after DG.
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Treatment of malignant pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma with cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and dacarbazine: recommendation from a 22-year follow-up of 18 patients.

TL;DR: A long‐term follow‐up was conducted of 18 patients with a diagnosis of pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma treated with a combination of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and dacarbazine (CVD).
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Inflammatory mechanisms contributing to pancreatic cancer development.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that similar inflammatory components and downstream effectors are present in CP and pancreatic cancers, and suggest that a common pathway for pancreatic cancer development may be through a chronic inflammatory process including stroma formation.