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Hulka JF, Levy BS, Parker WH, Phillips JM. Laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy: American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists' 1995 membership survey. THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GYNECOLOGIC LAPAROSCOPISTS 1997; 4:167-71. [PMID: 9050724 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-3804(97)80005-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A questionnaire was mailed to all members of the AAGL to determine the current performance of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH), and to assess the relative frequencies of techniques and complications. Answers of the 1092 members who responded were entered into a database computer program and analyzed. The analysis revealed 14,911 LAVHs performed by 767 members. Complication rates appeared to be in the same range as those reported for vaginal hysterectomy and total abdominal hysterectomy. Inferior epigastric injury was the most common complication. Physicians showed a shift in their practices away from abdominal hysterectomy after they learned LAVH.
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Lee BS, Phillips JM. The earnings experience of rural-urban migrants in Korea. INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC JOURNAL 1997; 11:85-101. [PMID: 12348732 DOI: 10.1080/10168739700000028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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"Migration models in the Harris-Todaro tradition imply that urban informal sector earnings are less than rural sector earnings. Examining the situation for [South] Korea, we find that both urban formal and informal sector earnings exceed earnings opportunities in rural areas, making rural-urban migration the best decision for the individual and for the Korean economy in terms of maximizing output.... The implication for policy makers is that government efforts may be better directed toward mitigating the externalities caused by over-crowding, rather than attempting to influence population movements."
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Marshall SE, Cobbold SP, Davies JD, Martin GM, Phillips JM, Waldmann H. Tolerance and suppression in a primed immune system. Transplantation 1996; 62:1614-21. [PMID: 8970617 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199612150-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The induction of tolerance in a primed immune system would be valuable therapeutically, but has been difficult to achieve. Mice primed to multiple minor histoincompatible antigens (minors) are able to rapidly reject secondary grafts using either their CD4+ or CD8+ T-cell subpopulations. Short courses of treatment with nonlytic anti-CD4 and anti-CD8 antibodies targeted at both T-cell subsets can induce long-term peripheral T-cell tolerance in primed mice. We examine the mechanisms by which peripheral tolerance is maintained, and show that tolerant mice harbor CD4+ T cells capable of specifically suppressing rejection mediated by either subset of primed T cells. Remarkably, elimination of CD4+ T cells from tolerant mice resulted in graft rejection, suggesting that graft-reactive CD8+ T cells had not been eliminated, but had been under continuous regulation by "tolerant" CD4+ T cells. This result demonstrates that it may be possible to establish therapeutic operational tolerance without permanently inactivating all antigen-reactive cells.
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Wu S, Kaplan SG, Lihn H, Drew HD, Hou SY, Phillips JM, Barbour JC, Venturini EL, Li Q, Fenner DB. Temperature dependence of the far-infrared magnetotransmission of YBa2Cu3O7- delta films. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 54:13343-13347. [PMID: 9985200 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.54.13343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Lin J, Gurvitch M, Tolpygo SK, Bourdillon A, Hou SY, Phillips JM. Flux pinning in YBa2Cu3O7- delta thin films with ordered arrays of columnar defects. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 54:R12717-R12720. [PMID: 9985227 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.54.r12717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Fournel S, Vincent C, Assossou O, Gorman SD, Robinet E, Phillips JM, Flacher M, Cordier G, Waldmann H, Revillard JP. CD4 mAbs prevent progression of alloactivated CD4+ T cells into the S phase of the cell cycle without interfering with early activation signals. Transplantation 1996; 62:1136-43. [PMID: 8900315 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199610270-00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Knowing that several CD4 mAbs may delay allograft rejection in the absence of circulating CD4+ lymphocyte depletion in vivo, we investigated the mechanisms whereby CD4 mAbs can interfere with the development of alloreactive T cells in the mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR). In agreement with previous reports, CD4 mAbs of different species (mouse, rat, humanized), isotypes (IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG2b) and different epitope specificities decreased 3H-TdR incorporation in MLR, using monocyte-depleted or CD4+ T lymphocyte-enriched blood mononuclear cells as responders. Those effects were achieved at nonsaturating mAb concentration and were still demonstrable upon delayed addition of CD4 mAbs. However, CD4 mAbs decreased neither the number of blast cells nor the expression of CD25 (the alpha chain of IL-2 receptor), indicating that initial activation events leading to blast transformation were not affected. Determination of cytokine gene expression by non competitive quantitative RT-PCR and measurement of protein concentration in supernatants demonstrated that CD4 mAbs did not decrease IFN-gamma induced by alloactivation. However IL-2 concentration was decreased in all supernatants whereas IL-2 mRNA expression, only slightly decreased at 24 hr, and dropped after 72 hr. IL-5 and IL-10 mRNAs, equally expressed by stimulated or nonstimulated responder cells, were not affected by CD4 mAbs. IL-4 mRNA was not detectable. Furthermore, addition of rIL-2, rIFN-gamma or rIL-4 did not overcome proliferation inhibition. The data provide a novel insight into the mechanisms of CD4 mAbs immunosuppresssion that associates a decrease of IL-2 expression with an IL-2 resistant blockade of the progression of activated CD4+ T cells from the G1 to the S phases of the cell cycle.
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Phillips JM, Hollenbeck JR, Ilgen DR. Prevalence and prediction of positive discrepancy creation: examining a discrepancy between two self-regulation theories. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY 1996; 81:498-511. [PMID: 8896381 DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.81.5.498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The conflicting perspectives of control theory (CT) and self-efficacy theory (SET) concerning positive discrepancy creation (PDC) were tested and are discussed. According to CT, discrepancies between past performance and future goals are continually reduced. This is contrary to SET's focus on setting future goals higher than past performance levels. Participants performed several trials in a multitask environment, during which they did as many or as few problems as they chose on each of 4 intellectual tasks. Results suggest that PDC is not uncommon in a multitask environment, even after extensive task experience. Regression decomposition techniques identified 2 types of PDC: goal driven and performance driven. Need for achievement, instrumentality, and expectancy predicted the 2 types of PDC with varying success across the 4 tasks. The 2 types of PDC reflect the different theoretical approaches and these 2 self-regulation theories.
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Frenkel A, Gao F, Liu Y, Whitaker JF, Uher C, Hou SY, Phillips JM. Conductivity peak, relaxation dynamics, and superconducting gap of YBa2Cu3O7 studied by terahertz and femtosecond optical spectroscopies. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 54:1355-1365. [PMID: 9985408 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.54.1355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Pikus HJ, Phillips JM. Outcome of surgical decompression of the second cervical root for cervicogenic headache. Neurosurgery 1996; 39:63-70; discussion 70-1. [PMID: 8805141 DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199607000-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE There is limited information on the surgical treatment of cervicogenic headache (CH). The objective of this study is to analyze the utility of microsurgical decompression of the second cervical (C2) root and ganglion as a treatment for CH. METHODS Thirty-nine sequential C2 root and ganglion decompressions, performed for the treatment of CH on 35 patients at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center during a 70-month period, were analyzed retrospectively. Preoperative factors and intraoperative findings were evaluated with respect to outcome. RESULTS At a mean follow-up of 21 months, 12 patients (13 sides) were pain free, and 15 were adequately improved (18 sides). Treatment eventually failed in eight patients. No patient, however, was worse after surgical intervention. There was no major morbidity or mortality associated with the operation. The eight patients with unsatisfactory outcome were evaluated for a possible second operation, and four underwent it. One patient of the four is pain free after 28 months, and two gained adequate improvement at 3 and 12 months. The fourth patient required a third operation but has achieved adequate relief at 6 months. Thus, the overall success rate (either pain free or with adequate improvement) was 90%. No specific prognostic factors could be established, other than the accepted diagnostic criteria and successful anesthetic blockade of the C2 root and ganglion. CONCLUSION The results suggest that microsurgical decompression of the C2 root and ganglion has some utility in treating CH. The accepted diagnostic criteria and success of anesthetic blockade of C2 should identify the subset of patients with CH predominantly caused by C2 root or ganglion effect at this level, which may favor surgical treatment.
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Suzuki Y, Gyorgy EM, Phillips JM, Felder RJ. Exchange coupling in single-crystalline spinel-structure (Mn,Zn)Fe2O4/CoFe2O4 bilayers. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 53:14016-14019. [PMID: 9983187 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.14016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Tolpygo SK, Lin J, Gurvitch M, Hou SY, Phillips JM. Universal Tc suppression by in-plane defects in high-temperature superconductors: Implications for pairing symmetry. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 53:12454-12461. [PMID: 9982879 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.12454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Tolpygo SK, Lin J, Gurvitch M, Hou SY, Phillips JM. Effect of oxygen defects on transport properties and Tc of YBa2Cu3O6+x: Displacement energy for plane and chain oxygen and implications for irradiation-induced resistivity and Tc suppression. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1996; 53:12462-12474. [PMID: 9982880 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.53.12462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Sugg JL, Brown AH, Perkins JL, Phillips JM, Kellogg DW, Johnson ZB. Performance traits, hoof mineral composition, and hoof characteristics of bulls in a 112-day postweaning feedlot performance test. Am J Vet Res 1996; 57:291-5. [PMID: 8669757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate relations between hoof and performance data from bulls fed in a 112-day standardized postweaning feedlot performance test. ANIMALS AND DESIGN: Breeds included were Angus (n = 20), Brangus (n = 19), Hereford (n = 31), and Simmental (n = 53). Hoof measurements, scores, and a 0.5-g hoof tissue sample were obtained from the right forefoot of bulls on days 1 and 112 of 4 tests conducted in 3 locations in Arkansas. Data were analyzed, using least squares ANOVA. The model used included an overall mean, breed, farm of origin within breed, initial age, and initial weight within breed and residual. Residual and canonical correlations of the traits studied were calculated. RESULTS Residual correlations were found between some hoof minerals. Canonical correlations between performance traits and hoof minerals, between hoof characteristics and hoof minerals, and between hoof characteristics and performance traits were 0.62 and 0.45 (P < 0.005), 0.54 and 0.40 (P < 0.05), and 0.56 (P < 0.01) and 0.26 (P > 0.05), respectively. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that a relation exists between performance traits and hoof mineral composition and hoof characteristics and mineral composition. The visual scoring system for these data did not genetically separate bulls on the basis of claw quality. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS By selecting bulls with high claw quality, cattle producers are decreasing the chances of premature culling because of hoof laminitis. Therefore, by obtaining hoof measurements and mineral composition in a feedlot performance test, producers should have the tools to select bulls for increased lifetime performance.
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Kaplan SG, Wu S, Lihn H, Drew HD, Li Q, Fenner DB, Phillips JM, Hou SY. Normal state ac Hall effect in YBa2Cu3O7 thin films. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1996; 76:696-699. [PMID: 10061524 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.76.696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Rein AJ, Harshman DL, Frick T, Phillips JM, Lewis S, Nolan MT. Advance directive decision making among medical inpatients. J Prof Nurs 1996; 12:39-46. [PMID: 8583031 DOI: 10.1016/s8755-7223(96)80073-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Per the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1991, hospitals are required to ascertain whether patients have an advance directive (AD). At this point, factors prompting patients to issue ADs have not been studied. The purpose of this study was to describe patients' understanding of ADs as well as the process patients used to arrive at their decisions to implement an AD. A stratified random sample of 26 patients from two intensive care units, one general medical unit, one general cardiac unit, and one acquired immunodeficiency unit were selected for participation. Patients were asked a series of open-ended questions to determine their knowledge and understanding of ADs. The constant comparative method was used to review the transcripts. It was found that only 31 per cent of patients had issued an AD, and 20% had learned of ADs for the first time during their hospitalization. Response analysis showed four phases of AD decision making: evaluation of illness, establishment of priorities, consideration of implications of the directives, and selection or rejection of directives. In conclusion, patients continue to have limited understanding of ADs and their implications. Continued investigation will elucidate the best strategies to educate patients about this topic.
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Phillips JM, Larese JZ. Comment on "Preroughening and Reentrant Layering Transitions on Triangular Lattice Substrates". PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1995; 75:4330. [PMID: 10059877 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.4330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Pikus HJ, Phillips JM. Characteristics of patients successfully treated for cervicogenic headache by surgical decompression of the second cervical root. Headache 1995; 35:621-9. [PMID: 8550364 DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1995.hed3510621.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have recently reported 90% success in a series of patients undergoing microsurgical decompression of the second cervical (C2) nerve root and ganglion for cervicogenic headache. Review and analysis of our database was carried out in order to cull factors characterizing patients amenable to this surgical treatment. Thirty-five sequential C2 decompressions performed on 31 patients who were pain-free or significantly improved in follow-up were evaluated retrospectively. Preoperative factors and intraoperative findings were analyzed for prognostic significance. The diagnosis of cervicogenic headache was made using established criteria and success of CT-guided C2 anesthetic blockade in alleviating the headache. Numerous historical factors noted preoperatively including age, sex, history of trauma, autonomic symptoms, visual changes, and many others were not able to be well correlated with outcome in univariate analysis. Likewise, no strong correlation could be made for findings on physical examination. Thus, no specific prognostic factors could be established, other than the accepted diagnostic criteria and successful anesthetic blockade of the C2 root and ganglion. These factors should identify the subset of patients with cervicogenic headache predominantly due to C2 root or ganglion effect and thus may favor a surgical treatment.
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Hale G, Phillips JM. Clinical trials with CAMPATH-I and other monoclonal antibodies. Biochem Soc Trans 1995; 23:1057-63. [PMID: 8654681 DOI: 10.1042/bst0231057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Dickinson JE, Marshall LR, Phillips JM, Barr AL. Antenatal diagnosis and management of fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. Am J Perinatol 1995; 12:333-5. [PMID: 8540936 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FMAT) arises from maternal-fetal platelet antigen incompatibility, which stimulates the production of maternal immunoglobulin G (IgG) platelet-specific antibody. Transplacental passage of this antibody results in fetal platelet destruction and consequent thrombocytopenia. Sequelae of thrombocytopenia may be observed in both the fetus and neonate with intracranial hemorrhage occurring in approximately 10 to 30% of affected infants. No antenatal universal screening test is currently available to detect the 50% of cases occurring in the first pregnancy. The recurrence rate in subsequent pregnancies is 75 to 85%, with a tendency to increasing disease severity. Paternal platelet genotyping is recommended to assist in risk counseling following an affected pregnancy. Prenatal therapeutic strategies are aimed at elevating the fetal platelet count in affected pregnancies and thus decreasing hemorrhagic sequelae. The most effective treatment regimen is uncertain, but encouraging results are reported with the use of maternal intravenous gamma globulin. We report our experience in the antenatal diagnosis and management of FMAT.
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Phillips JM, Wilbur J. Adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines among African-American women of differing employment status. Cancer Nurs 1995; 18:258-69. [PMID: 7664253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the adherence to breast cancer screening guidelines [monthly breast self-examination (BSE), age-related mammography, yearly professional breast examination (PBE)] among African-American women (AAW) of differing employment status. The Breast Cancer Screening Model served as the organizing framework for this study. One hundred fifty-four subjects were quota sampled according to age and employment group status. Findings showed that 63% of all subjects practiced monthly BSE and 76% had undergone a yearly PBE. Only 20% of all subjects had undergone a mammogram according to the age-related guidelines. Overall, breast cancer screening rates were lower than recommended across all employment groups. Variables that uniquely explained 74% of the variance in monthly BSE included level of education, marital status, social influence, knowledge of BSE, and intention to do BSE in the future. Age group, previous instruction on mammography, income, and perceived barriers related to mammography explained 15% of the variance in age-related mammography. Finally, marital status, previous information on PBE, and intrinsic motivation explained 42% of the variance in yearly PBE. Together, these findings highlight the need for (a) the development of strategies that will promote long-term adherence to all three screening guidelines, and (b) the design of qualitative studies using a representative sample of AAW of differing socioeconomic backgrounds.
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Phillips JM. Monolayer instability: An upper bound for the wetting and nonwetting of a substrate by a solid monolayer. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1995; 51:7186-7194. [PMID: 9977281 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.7186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Hulka JF, Peterson HA, Phillips JM, Surrey MW. Operative hysteroscopy: American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists' 1993 membership survey. THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GYNECOLOGIC LAPAROSCOPISTS 1995; 2:131-2. [PMID: 9050544 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80004-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The 1993 American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists' membership survey on operative hysteroscopy had 713 respondents reporting 14,707 procedures. Directed biopsy and endometrial ablation were the most commonly reported. The majority of operative hysteroscopies were performed for a complaint of abnormal bleeding (78%). The most frequent reported complication was uterine perforation not requiring transfusion (14.2/1000 procedures). The rates of water intoxication and pulmonary edema stayed essentially unchanged from 1991: 2/1000 in 1993 compared with 1.4/1000 in 1991. No deaths were reported this year. The consistency in rates of procedures performed and complications within the three surveys conducted in 1988, 1991, and 1993 add credibility to the data from these retrospective studies.
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Hulka JF, Phillips JM, Peterson HB, Surrey MW. Laparoscopic sterilization: American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists' 1993 membership survey. THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GYNECOLOGIC LAPAROSCOPISTS 1995; 2:137-8. [PMID: 9050546 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80006-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The 1993 membership survey of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists received 938 responses, or 13% of the membership. The surgeons reported performing 22,966 sterilizations and 36,482 diagnostic procedures. The distribution of sterilization techniques has remained stable since 1985. Complication rates associated with diagnostic procedures remain consistently higher than those with sterilizations. One death was reported from sterilization, none for diagnostic procedures.
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Hulka J, Peterson HB, Phillips JM, Surrey MW. Operative laparoscopy: American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists' 1993 membership survey. THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GYNECOLOGIC LAPAROSCOPISTS 1995; 2:133-6. [PMID: 9050545 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-3804(05)80005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists' 1993 membership survey on operative laparoscopy had 825 respondents reporting 45,042 procedures. The most frequent indication was pelvic pain (56% of procedures), followed by infertility (38%). There were 7382 laparoscopically assisted hysterectomies reported. Compared with 1988 and 1991 survey data, the rates of unintended laparotomy, hemorrhage, and bowel or urinary tract injury increased, but the overall complication and death rates remained essentially unchanged.
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Hebard AF, Eom CB, Iwasa Y, Lyons KB, Thomas GA, Rapkine DH, Fleming RM, Haddon RC, Phillips JM, Marshall JH, Eick RH. Charge transfer at aluminum-C60 interfaces in thin-film multilayer structures. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER 1994; 50:17740-17743. [PMID: 9976205 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.50.17740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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