Colonic Surgery: Preoperative and Postoperative Care and Operative Procedures

1940 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Joseph M. Miller ◽  
Charles W. Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Postoperative Care ◽  
Operative Procedures ◽  
Colonic Surgery

Calcaneonavicular bar resection. A retrospective review

1993 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
AH Cohen ◽  
TE Laughner ◽  
GR Pupp
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Surgical Technique ◽  
Retrospective Review ◽  
Postoperative Care ◽  
Preoperative Evaluation ◽  
Operative Procedures ◽  
Extensor Digitorum ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Increased Activity ◽  
Extensor Digitorum Brevis

The authors present a retrospective study evaluating the results of calcaneonavicular bar resection with interposition of the extensor digitorum brevis in ten patients with painful calcaneonavicular coalition. All operative procedures were supervised by one of the authors to ensure consistency in preoperative evaluation, surgical technique, and postoperative care. Results obtained from questionnaires showed significant improvement of preoperative symptoms with increased activity levels noted in all patients.

A Numerically Coded File of Operative Procedures Derived from a Free Text Data Collection System : A Measure of the Accuracy

1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen A. Scudiero ◽  
Ruth L. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Pap Smear ◽  
Operative Procedures ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Collection System ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Text Data ◽  
Data Collection System ◽  
History Of ◽  
Correlation System

A free text data collection system has been developed at the University of Illinois utilizing single word, syntax free dictionary lookup to process data for retrieval. The source document for the system is the Surgical Pathology Request and Report form. To date 12,653 documents have been entered into the system.The free text data was used to create an IRS (Information Retrieval System) database. A program to interrogate this database has been developed to numerically coded operative procedures. A total of 16,519 procedures records were generated. One and nine tenths percent of the procedures could not be fitted into any procedures category; 6.1% could not be specifically coded, while 92% were coded into specific categories. A system of PL/1 programs has been developed to facilitate manual editing of these records, which can be performed in a reasonable length of time (1 week). This manual check reveals that these 92% were coded with precision = 0.931 and recall = 0.924. Correction of the readily correctable errors could improve these figures to precision = 0.977 and recall = 0.987. Syntax errors were relatively unimportant in the overall coding process, but did introduce significant error in some categories, such as when right-left-bilateral distinction was attempted.The coded file that has been constructed will be used as an input file to a gynecological disease/PAP smear correlation system. The outputs of this system will include retrospective information on the natural history of selected diseases and a patient log providing information to the clinician on patient follow-up.Thus a free text data collection system can be utilized to produce numerically coded files of reasonable accuracy. Further, these files can be used as a source of useful information both for the clinician and for the medical researcher.

The Effect of Partial Splenectomy on Platelet Production in Mice

1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (03) ◽  
pp. 602-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Bessler ◽  
I Notti ◽  
M Djaldetti
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Blood Platelets ◽  
Operative Procedures ◽  
Partial Splenectomy ◽  
Splenic Lymphocytes ◽  
Platelet Production ◽  
Platelet Number ◽  
Spleen Lymphocytes

SummaryThe effect of total and partial splenectomy on the number and production of circulating platelets was studied in mice. Five days after total and partial splenectomy the number of the peripheral blood platelets increased by 87% and 60%, respectively and the incorporation of 75selenium methionine (75Se-Met) into platelets was enhanced indicating that the thrombocytosis was due to increased platelet production. The results obtained by the two operative procedures were compared.Since previous work from our laboratory has shown that a factor produced by splenic lymphocytes affects the platelet number in mice, it is suggested that the differences in the number of circulating platelets observed in animals after total and partial splenectomy may reflect a difference in the number of spleen lymphocytes removed.

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