Background. This retrospective study compared psychosocial adjustment, body image, and
sexual function in women who had either breast conservation or reconstruction for early …

The goal of this study was to develop a technique to distinguish benign and malignant
breast lesions in secondarily digitized mammograms. A set of 51 mammograms (two views/patient…

The role of mesenteric angiography and embolization for massive gastroduodenal bleeding
is unclear. We reviewed the records of patients who underwent angiography for acute, …

PURPOSE: Complications of intestinal malrotation are familiar to pediatric surgeons but are
rarely encountered by those caring strictly for adults. The aim of this study was to review our …

Bile duct injuries are a serious complication of cholecystectomy Laparoscopic cholecystectomies
(LC) were originally associated with an increased incidence of injuries Patients …

This report concerns 105 patients with benign biliary stricture operated on at the Cleveland
Clinic from 1970 through 1984; in 102 patients the stricture was iatrogenic. The mean follow-…

: A retrospective chart review of nine patients with stomal varices and portal hypertension who
required surgical management of bleeding varices from 1978 to 1986 was performed. The …

From 1980 to 1991, 56 cases of pyogenic liver abscess were treated at the Cleveland Clinic.
The most frequently used treatment was percutaneous catheter drainage of the abscess …

• We treated seven cases of bleeding stomal varices and reviewed the literature. The
average survival time of conservatively treated patients was 3.9 years. In many cases, other …

• We treated four cases of papillary cystic epithelial neoplasm of the pancreas. This neoplasm
typically presents in young female patients as a slowly growing mass that may attain large …