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G Jacobs

Publications and source records attributed to G Jacobs.

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PubMed1976

[Early complications and long-term results after total gastrectomy. A contribution to finding a method of gastric replacement, based on own observations (author's transl)].

In the years 1963 up to 1973 in the Department of Surgery of the University of Düsseldorf a total gastrectomy was performed in 53 patients. For reconstitution of gastrointestinal continuity in 22 cases we interposed a single jejunal loop between the esophagus and duodenum, in 15 patients we performed an esophagojejunostomy with a long enteroanastomosis between the afferent and efferent loop. The procedure described by Tomoda was done in 11 patients. An esophagojejunostomy Roux-en-Y we used in 3 and an esophagoduodenostomy in only 2 cases. The hospital mortality was 21%, the cause of which were predominantly complications of the lung. A dehiscence of an anastomosis never was a cause of death. A follow-up we could perform in 15 patients. On the basis of clinical, roentgenological and chemical data received in the follow-up we prefer at this time the interposition of a single jejunal loop, the length of which should be no less than 40 cm.

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PubMed1976

[Experimental investigation of cardiac lymph vascular system (author's transl)].

Ligatures of the supracardiac lymph vessels and the cardiac lymph nodes have been performed in fifty mongrel dogs. Comparative electrocardiographical, light microscopical, scanning and transmission electron microscopical investigations were done one day to three months after surgery. The demonstrated findings confirmed former results concerning the topography and the microstructure of the cardiac lymph vascular drainage system. In addition, the comparative functional and morphological examinations made evident the pathogenetic importance of cardiac lymphostasis. Lymphostatic oedema has been discussed as a pathogenetic co-factor for human heart diseases. Therapeutic attempts on experimental cardiac lymphostasis with i.v. - application of Coumarin-Troxerutin were without effect.

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PubMed1976

Do dreams have meaning? An empirical inquiry.

Three judges attempted to sort randomly selected dreams of normal college students and schizophrenic patients according to dreamer, night of occurrence, and sequential order within a night. Sorting was successful at statistically significant levels (which differed for the two groups) for all but the third task. The authors conclude that dreams are, as depth psychologists have assumed, orderly nonrandom events and that they reflect day-to-day changes in the life of an individual. They note that further work is needed to determine whether there is order among dreams of a given night.

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PubMed1975

[Differentialdiagnosis and surgical treatment of the familial intestinal polyposis (author's transl)].

Between 1959 and 1974 we observed 18 patients with familial intestinal polyposis. 4 patients were from one family. Two brothers refused the operation and died 7 respectively 8 years after diagnosis had been made. The typical symptoms, the diagnostic procedure and the therapy are demonstrated. We prefer the proctocolectomy (eventually with the "Kock-Ileostoma"), because we observed a lot of recidivs after ileorectostomy. The prognosis of the familial intestinal polyposis is good, if the operation is performed early (also in cases of carcinomatosis). Only those patients died, who rejected the operation or were operated too late.

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PubMed1975

Surgical trauma and pericardial fibrinolytic activity.

Fibrinolytic activator activity was identified in canine pericardium by fibrin slide and fibrin slide and fibrin plate techniques and shown to be sighnificantly decreased following trauma. Cotton sponge abrasion, heating, drying and use of electrocautery and DC electro-shock significantly decreased pericardial fibrolytic activity. Operative decreases in pericardial fibrinolytic activator activity may be significant in the etiology of postoperative pericardial adhesions and constrictive pericardial syndromes.

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PubMed1975

Dura mater value for cardiac prosthesis.

The advantages of the dura mater fabricated value have been demonstrated in clinical applications. These desirable features of blood compatibility and excellent hemodynmaic performance can be advantageously applied to cardiac replacement and assist devices. Application is especially warranted in totally implantable systems where overall efficiency is of major importance.

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