We evaluated the change in serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT; EC 2.6.1.2)to serum
aspartate aminotransferase (AST; EC 2.6.1.1; ALT/AST) ratio with the degree of fatty liver in …

Background Surgical sphincterotomy for chronic anal fissure can cause fecal incontinence.
This has led to the investigation of nonsurgical treatment options that avoid permanent …

… Reprint requests should be addressed to Dr Joel B. Freeman, Department of Surgery,
University Hospitals, University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa 52240. … Freeman et al …

Background: Gastric bypass (GBP) is the most effective method for controlling morbid obesity.
Previously we showed that extending the length of the Roux limb increased weight loss. …

The authors studied the relationship between total leukocyte count and body weight in 42
morbidly obese patients (weight range, 101.5–206.8 kg). None of the patients had a recent …

When heat-sterilized solutions of dextrose and protein hydrolysates or crystalline amino
acids are given intravenously, urinary zinc excretion rises to four times control levels. Heat …

Ninety‐one patients with small intestinal fistula, exclusive of the peforated duodenal stump
and fistula in patients with carcinomatosis, were treated over the period 1960‐73. Four …

… Requests for reprints should be addressed to Joel B. Freeman, MD, Division of General
Surgery, Ottawa General Hospital, 501 Smyth Road, Ca tawa, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada. …

Two groups of 15 patients underwent either gastroplasty (GP) or gastric bypass (GBP).
Subsequently, 48 additional GPs were done with technical modifications to prevent dilatation of …

Materials and Methods Thyroid cancer registries are functioning at the North Carolina
Memorial and University of Iowa Hospitals. Five hundred seventy-one patients with thyroid …