The Surgeon's Role in Treating Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 121 (10), 1117-1120
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1986.01400100023003
Abstract
• The ever-increasing number of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) will involve more surgeons in their diagnosis and treatment. The surgeon should be aware of the cause of AIDS, mode of transmission, method of diagnosis, usual cutaneous and abdominal manifestations, complications needing operative procedures, and precautions needed during surgery and the postoperative period. The gravity of AIDS requires the surgeon to be aware of the potential risks to other surgical patients by contaminated blood transfusions. From 110 cases of AIDS, we analyzed the indications, types of surgical procedures, and effect on final outcome in patients with AIDS. (Arch Surg 1986;121:1117-1120)This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Treatment of Infections in Patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1985
- Licensed Tests for Antibody to Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type IIIAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1985
- The Natural History of Infection with the Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type IIIAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1985
- Thrombocytopenia in Homosexual PatientsAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1985
- The Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: An UpdateAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1985
- Frequent Detection and Isolation of Cytopathic Retroviruses (HTLV-III) from Patients with AIDS and at Risk for AIDSScience, 1984
- Isolation of a T-Lymphotropic Retrovirus from a Patient at Risk for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)Science, 1983
- Cytomegalovirus Inclusions in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Toxic Dilation Requiring Colonic ResectionGastroenterology, 1977