Improved outcome following preoperative radiochemotherapy: 40.5 Gy accelerated hyperfractionation and 5-fluorouracil suppositories for patients with carcinoma of the lower rectum.

abstract：PURPOSE:The Ras gene is one of the oncogenes most frequently detected in human cancers, and codes for three proteins (K-, N-, and H-Ras). The aim of this study was to examine the mutations in codons 12, 13 and 61 of the three Ras genes in cases of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:Paired samples of HCC and...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Taketomi A,Shirabe K,Muto J,Yoshiya S,Motomura T,Mano Y,Ikegami T,Yoshizumi T,Sugio K,Maehara Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The TNM staging remains the best prognostic descriptor of lung cancer; however, new independent prognostic factors are needed, particularly for early stage disease. METHODS:An evaluation of the pleural lavage cytology (PLC) was performed in 436 consecutive NSCLC patients who underwent surgical resection; clini...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mazza F,Ferrari E,Maineri P,Dozin B,Ratto GB

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The overall incidence of postoperative alveolar air leakage (AAL) remains high; however, the mechanism regarding how to adequately heal such postoperative AAL remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to determine any correlations between the activity of the fibrinolytic and coagulation system in the ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shoji F,Yano T,Yoshino I,Kawano D,Takenaka T,Miura N,Ito K,Morodomi Y,Maehara Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postinfarct left ventricular aneurysm associated with mitral valve regurgitation is resistant to medical treatment and often requires surgical repair. A transventricular approach to the mitral valve in such a patient can enable the surgeon to avoid incision of the right or left atrium, and can provide for safe and rel...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Misawa Y,Fuse K,Konishi H,Saito H

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Postoperative pulmonary complications (PCs) after thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer (EC) still occur too frequently. We conducted this study to identify the risk factors for PCs developing in EC patients who undergo thoracoscopic esophagectomy. METHODS:The subjects of this retrospective study w...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ohi M,Toiyama Y,Omura Y,Ichikawa T,Yasuda H,Okugawa Y,Fujikawa H,Okita Y,Yoshiyama S,Hiro J,Araki T,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of intrahepatic cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II), cisplatin, administered via the hepatic artery in combination with concomitant clamping of the abdominal aorta beneath the diaphragm against metastatic liver tumors in rats was evaluated. When 2.5 or 5 mg/kg of cisplatin was injected intra-arterially (i.a...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nishioka Y

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between June 1991 and February 1999, three patients suffered ascending aortic dissection as a complication of cardiopulmonary bypass operations with aortic cannulation at our hospital. The dissection occurred during the operation in two of the three patients and several months after the operation in one. Among a total...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Aoyagi S,Tayama E,Nishimi M,Chihara S,Onizuka S,Fukunaga S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral diaphragmatic agenesis is a rare finding in adult patients. We herein present the case of a 24-year-old male patient who was diagnosed and surgically treated for the complete absence of the left hemidiaphragm. His symptoms included acute respiratory distress, ipsilateral absence of breath sounds, and vague ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Pousios D,Panagiotopoulos N,Argyriou P,Piyis A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the use of side-to-end anastomosis in a colostomy for an acute malignant large-bowel obstruction. A 59-year-old man presented with a colonic obstruction due to advanced descending colon cancer. The preoperative imaging studies revealed a complete obstruction of the descending colon at the site of...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fukami Y,Terasaki M,Sakaguchi K,Murata T,Ohkubo M,Nishimae K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total esophagogastric dissociation (TED) is used to treat gastroesophageal reflux (GER) after failed fundoplication in neurologically impaired patients. It is now performed for some otherwise healthy patients with severe GER. In this procedure, the gastrointestinal tract is reconstructed in a non-physiological way wit...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tanaka Y,Tainaka T,Uchida H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates postoperative gastric emptying following a new method of pancreatoduodenectomy with total stomach preservation and selective proximal vagotomy performed on 10 patients with diseases affecting the head of the pancreas, 7 being malignant and 3 benign. Reconstruction was carried out using the Billrot...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Watanabe Y,Tsumura H,Sakurai H,Haba T,Ono S,Aonuma H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted on 78 patients, encountered over a 7-year period, who had a catheter-feeding jejunostomy placed at the time of thoracoabdominal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. A broad-based attachment of the jejunal wall to the peritoneum at the place of entry of the catheter was used. Enteral nut...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yagi M,Hashimoto T,Nezuka H,Ito H,Tani T,Shimizu K,Miwa K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is a common complication following left-sided hepatectomy. The goal of this study was to clarify the clinical implications of an omental flap wrapping procedure that includes fixation to the cut surface of the liver to reduce the incidence of DGE after left-sided hepatectomy. ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okano K,Asano E,Oshima M,Yamamoto N,Yachida S,Nishizawa Y,Akamoto S,Fujiwara M,Deguchi A,Mori H,Masaki T,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although lateral internal sphincterotomy is widely accepted as the treatment of choice for anal fissures, we report our experience of successfully treating 195 consecutive patients with posterior chronic anal fissures by performing fissurectomy with midline sphincterotomy and anoplasty (FPSA). The surgical technique i...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Di Castro A,Biancari F,D'Andrea V,Caviglia A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We developed a new technique, sutureless mesh fixation, using 2-octyl cyanoacrylate (Dermabond®, a surgical tissue adhesive) for incisional hernia repair. The objective of this article is to introduce the new technique and to examine whether the technique provides sufficient resistance to abdominal pressure. M...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Saito Y,Kubota K,Okada A,Deguchi T,Kuroda J,Nitori N,Kadomura T,Yoshida M,Kitajima M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the efficiency of the Simplified Comorbidity Score (SCS) for predicting postoperative complications and prognosis in elderly patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer. METHODS:We reviewed 216 patients aged 75 years or older, who underwent pulmonary resectio...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Haruki T,Yurugi Y,Wakahara M,Matsuoka Y,Miwa K,Araki K,Taniguchi Y,Nakamura H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the risk factors related to intraperitoneal septic complications occurring after hepatectomy (IPSCH) as well as the effect of various perioperative variables on the outcome of IPSCH between 1985 and 1990 were analyzed. Twenty-one of 211 patients (10.0%) developed IPSCH. The findings in the patients with...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Matsumata T,Yanaga K,Shimada M,Shirabe K,Taketomi A,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morgagni-Larrey hernia is a rare type of diaphragmatic hernia, the diagnosis of which is made incidentally by routine chest X-ray film. We describe a technique for the laparoscopic repair of Morgagni-Larrey hernia which was successfully performed in three adult patients; two women and one man. Two of the patients were...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ipek T,Altinli E,Yuceyar S,Erturk S,Eyuboglu E,Akcal T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of changing the calcium content of a continuous warm hyperkalemic crystalloid cardioplegia (CWCP) were investigated in an isolated rat heart preparation. The hearts were divided into eight groups of six each. A control group consisted of fresh nonarrested hearts and the remaining seven groups consisted of ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakamura Y,Takemoto N,Kuroda H,Ohgi S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local tumor control is still the most important consideration in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Surgical treatments, including liver resection and liver transplantation are, and will remain, the first-line therapeutic strategies for local control in patients with primary HCC. Although aggressive live...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hasegawa K,Kokudo N

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We compared the results of prospective and retrospective cohort studies in the field of digestive surgery to clarify whether the results of prospective cohort studies were more similar to those of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS:We conducted a secondary analysis of the results to compare the resul...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ukai T,Shikata S,Nakayama T,Takemura YC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas are being recognized with increasing frequency, not because the incidence has increased, but as a result of improvements in diagnostic tools such as radioimmunoassays for a variety of circulating peptides, and imaging methods that include positron emission tomography (PET) and imm...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Gottwald T,Köveker G,Büsing M,Lauchart W,Becker HD

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old man with Marfan's syndrome underwent a total aortic graft replacement in three separate stages. Initially the abdominal aorta was replaced, followed by the ascending aorta and aortic arch, and finally the residual portion. The extensive reconstruction of both the ascending and transverse aorta at the sec...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Konishi H,Ohshima K,Saitoh T,Kamisawa O,Ohki S,Hasegawa N,Kawashima T,Misawa Y,Katoh M,Fuse K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There are an increasing number of reports concerning mitral valve repair by a reconstruction of the chordae tendinae using expanded polytetrafluoro-ethylene (PTFE) sutures. However, little information is available about extended application or results of this technique for an extended prolapse of the anterior m...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tomita Y,Yasui H,Iwai T,Nishida T,Tatewaki H,Morita S,Masuda M,Yasutsune T,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2006, French cancer registries showed that pancreatic cancer was ranked 14th for estimated incidence (8.7/100,000) and mortality 11.4/100,000) for men, and 12th for women (5.1/100,000 and 7.4/100,000) (age-standardized rate). Long-term survival after pancreatectomy has become a reality, albeit in only a small numbe...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Partensky C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), also known as Buerger's disease, is an important cause in India of chronic arterial occlusion of the limbs. The current modalities of therapy do not provide adequate relief to a large number of these patients. An omentum autotransplantation to the lower limbs was performed in three pa...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Khazanchi RK,Nanda V,Kumar R,Garg P,Guleria S,Bal S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess a newly devised procedure for cardiac volume reduction without resecting any cardiac muscle and evaluate its effectiveness in an experimental settings. METHODS:Ten beagle dogs underwent a rapid pacing leading to heart failure for 3 weeks and then underwent left ventricular reduction by a procedure ca...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Luo B,Matsui Y,Suto Y,Fukada Y,Sasaki S,Yasuda K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the outcomes and efficacy of awake video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) with those of chemical pleurodesis for intractable secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP). METHODS:We analyzed, retrospectively, 60 consecutive patients who underwent awake VATS (n = 22) or chemical pleurodesis (n = 38) for ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Noda M,Watanabe T,Matsuda Y,Sakurada A,Hoshikawa Y,Okada Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 372 patients who underwent liver transplants between January 1985 and March 1995, 7 required variations in vascular anastomoses due to discrepancies in the size-match of the donor and recipient vessels, the presence of a thrombosed hepatic artery or portal vein, or complete absence of the portal vein. The technique...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kawamoto S,Pillay SP,Lynch SV,Ong TH,Wall DR,Yamanaka J,Strong RW

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the safety and feasibility of a hand-assisted laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (HALDP) in pigs. We performed HALDP in five cases using our original hand device (Lap Disc). The procedures in all cases were successfully performed. The Lap Disc was very useful for performing HALDP because of its compact des...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fujino Y,Shimomura K,Hashimoto D,Idezuki Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00