Selected readings
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX
- DeMeester TR, Wang CI, Wernly JA, et al. Technique, indications, and clinical use of 24 hour esophageal pH monitoring. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1980: 79(5): 656–70
- Johnson LP, DeMeester TR. Evaluation of elevation of the head of the bed, bethanechol and antacid form tablets on gastroesophageal reflux. Dig Dis Sci 1981: 26(8): 673–80
- Richter JE, Castell DO. Gastroesophageal reflux: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapy. Ann Intern Med 1982: 97(1): 93–103
GASTRIC ULCER. CARCINOMA
- Eden K, Kern F Jr. Current status of Cimetidine in upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastroenterology 1978: 74(2 Pt 2): 466–7
- Halse SA, Kristensen E, Jensen OM, et al. Prognosis of medically treated gastric ulcer: a prospective endoscopic study. Scand J Gastroenterol 1977: 12(4): 489–95
- Vellacott KD, Dronfield MW, Atkinson M, et al. Comparison of surgical and medical management of bleeding peptic ulcers. Br Med J 1982: 284(6315): 548–50
DUODENAL ULCER
- Boey J, Wong J, Ong GB. A prospective study of operative risk factors in perforated duodenal ulcers. Ann Surg 1982: 195(3): 265–9
- Center for Ulcer Research and Education. Is duodenal ulcer recurrence more common after Cimetidine treatment? (Abstr) Gastroenterology 1980: 78(5): 1152
- Jensen RT. Gardner JD, Raufman JP, et al. Zollinger-Ellison syndrome: current concepts and management. Ann Intern Med 1983: 98(1): 59–75
CHOLELITHIASIS
- Berk RN, Leopold GR. The present status of imaging of the gallbladder. Invest Radiol 1978: 13(6): 477–89
- Järvinen HJ, Hästbacka J. Early cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a prospective randomized study. Ann Surg 1980: 191(4): 501–5
- Land J. Surgical indications in cholelithiasis: prophylactic cholecystectomyelucidatedon the basis of long-term follow-up on 526 nonoperated cases. Ann Surg 1960: 151(Feb): 153–62
ACUTE PANCREATITIS
- Ranson JH. Necrosis and abscess. In: Bradley EL 3d. Complications of pancreatitis: medical and surgical management. Philadelphia: WB Saunders. 1982: 72–95
- Ranson JH, Rifkind KM, Roses DF, et al. Prognostic signs and the role of operative management in acute pancreatitis. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1974: 139(1): 69–81
- Ranson JH, Rifkind KM, Turner JW. Prognostic signs and nonoperative peritoneal lavage in acute pancreatitis. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1976: 143(2): 209–19
- Ranson JH. Spencer FC. Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pancreatic abscess. Surgery 1977: 82(1): 99–106
PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST
- Bradley EL 3d, Clements JL Jr. Gonzalez AC. The natural history of pancreatic pseudocysts: a unified concept of management. Am J Surg 1979: 137(1): 135–41
- Sankaran S, Walt AJ. The natural and unnatural history of pancreatic pseudocysts. Br J Surg 1975: 62(1): 37–44
COLONIC DIVERTICULA, DIVERTICULITIS
- Behringer GE, Albright NL. Diverticular disease of the colon: a frequent cause of massive rectal bleeding. Am J Surg 1972: 125(4): 419–23
- Larsen DM, Masters SS, Spiro HM. Medical and surgical therapy for diverticular disease: a comparative study. Gastroenterology 1976: 71(5): 734–7
- Letwin ER. Diverticulitis of the colon: clinical review of acute presentations and management Am J Surg 1982: 143(5): 579–81
COLON CANCER
- Adson MA, Van Heerden JA. Major hepatic resections for metastatic colorectal cancer. Ann Surg 1980: 191(5): 567–83
- Goslin R. Steele G Jr. Macintyre J, et al. The use of preoperative CEA levels for stratification of patients after curative resection of colorectal cancers. Ann Surg 1980: 192(6): 747–51
- Silverman DT, Murray JL, Smart CR, et al. Estimated median survival times of patients with colorectal cancer based on experience with 9,745 patients. Am J Surg 1977: 133(3): 289–97
- Wilkins EW Jr, Head JM, Burke JF. Pulmonary resection for metastatic neoplasms in the lung: experience at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Am J Surg 1978: 135(4): 480–3
ACUTE MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION
- Grendell JH, Ockner RK. Mesenteric venous thrombosis. Gastroenterology 1982: 82(2): 358–72
- Kwaan JH, Connolly JE. Prevention of intestinal infarction resulting from mesenteric arterial occlusive disease. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1983: 157(4): 321–4
- Sachs SM, Morton JH, Schwartz SL Acute mesenteric ischemia. Surgery 1982: 92(4): 646–53