Effect of intra-hepatoarterial infusion of MMC and CDDP for gastric cancer patients with liver metastases.

abstract：:We report a case of esophageal schwannoma in a 46-year-old woman who presented with rapidly progressive dyspnea and dysphagia. Chest computed tomography showed a large mediastinal mass, which was extrinsically compressing the trachea, widely adjacent to the upper thoracic esophagus. We performed an axillary right thor...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tokunaga T,Takeda S,Sumimura J,Maeda H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the newly developed continuous suture technique in dunking pancreatojejunostomy without pancreatic duct stenting after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). METHODS:Thirty-four consecutive pancreaticojejunostomies (patient age 73 ± 11, 41-88) with continuous sutures without stenting after PD were performed f...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Katoh T,Kawano K,Furutani A,Katsuki T,Onoda M,Oga A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 55-year-old moderately obese man who was admitted to a local hospital following a traffic accident reported having experienced an episode of sharp and sudden pleuritic pain in the left anterior lower chest 2 days earlier. A computed tomographic scan on admission demonstrated a nonhomogeneous mass in the anterior lef...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inoue S,Fujino S,Tezuka N,Sawai S,Kontani K,Hanaoka J,Ichinose M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Gender identity disorder is defined as persistent feelings of gender discomfort and the inappropriateness of one's anatomical sex. To study the effects of androgens on female breast tissue, we examined mammary glands from female-to-male transsexual (FTMT) women using androgen therapy and from those not using an...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kuroda H,Ohnisi K,Sakamoto G,Itoyama S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was conducted to establish the criteria for performing a pylorus-preserving gastrectomy. This study was performed on 491 patients who had cancer of the middle-third stomach and had been curatively treated with a distal gastrectomy. The incidence of node metastasis for each lymph node station (the...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kodera Y,Yamamura Y,Kanemitsu Y,Shimizu Y,Hirai T,Yasui K,Morimoto T,Kato T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Knowledge is limited about the efficacy, safety, and long-term outcomes of bariatric surgery in older adult patients with obesity. METHODS:Fifty-six patients aged ≥ 60 years who underwent bariatric surgery, as either sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass, were matched for sex, baseline body mass index (BMI) and...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Aryannezhad S,Khalaj A,Hosseinpanah F,Mahdavi M,Valizadeh M,Barzin M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective 10-year study was conducted on 473 patients who underwent rectal cancer surgery, to evaluate a surgical procedure which has been generally abandoned, but which we believe has a significant potential to reduce the incidence of the severe and often fatal complications caused by anastomotic breakdown foll...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Jatzko GR,Lisborg PH,Wette VM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 27-year-old man with Crohn's disease of the esophagus. The patient presented with large ulcers in the esophagus for which treatment based on a diagnosis of reflux esophagitis was commenced. Although his symptoms were initially resolved, the ulcers did not improve and he was readmitted to...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ohta M,Konno H,Kamiya K,Suwa D,Baba M,Tanaka T,Nakamura T,Nishino N,Sugimura H,Nakamura S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 46-year-old man in whom an esophageal hemangioma was successfully treated by endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS). The patient was admitted to hospital after a routine upper gastrointestinal series demonstrated a filling defect in the esophagus. Endoscopy, computed tomography (CT) im...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Aoki T,Okagawa K,Uemura Y,Nishioka K,Miyata H,Ukei T,Miyauchi K,Terashima T,Kaneko T,Mizunoya S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a patient who developed a malignant recurrence of pheochromocytoma 13 years after undergoing complete resection of a histologically benign, unilateral, sporadic tumor. A discussion on the importance of lifelong follow-up for patients undergoing surgery for pheochromocytoma follows this cas...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Koçak S,Aydintuğ S,Ozbaş S,Ceyhan K,Eraslan S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Inflammatory biomarkers such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are reportedly predictive of the long-term outcomes of several cancers. We evaluated their correlations with the post-surgical long-term outcomes of patients with ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ohira M,Yoshizumi T,Yugawa K,Kosai-Fujimoto Y,Inokuchi S,Motomura T,Mano Y,Toshima T,Itoh S,Harada N,Ikegami T,Soejima Y,Taketomi A,Mori M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) is a very rare primary tracheal carcinoma. We report a case of primary ACC of the trachea, which represents, to the best of our knowledge, only the fifth such case ever documented. Pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy was necessary for complete resection because the tumor invaded the trachea widely...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tsukayama S,Omura K,Kanehira E,Kawakami K,Oda M,Ohtake H,Nonomura A,Watanabe G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From August 1986 to February 2000, three patients were given a pericardial-peritoneal window using a subxiphoidal approach, for pericardial effusion associated with chronic exudative pericarditis. Complete drainage without recurrence was achieved in two patients with a large pericardial-peritoneal window (4 cm diamete...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Watarida S,Shiraishi S,Matsubayashi K,Imura M,Nishi T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed the utility of the tumor doubling time (TDT) for predicting the histological type of thymic epithelial tumors. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed 130 patients with thymic epithelial tumors who underwent computed tomography two or more times before surgery. The patients were divided into low-risk t...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fukumoto K,Fukui T,Kawaguchi K,Nakamura S,Hakiri S,Ozeki N,Mori S,Goto M,Hashimoto K,Tateyama H,Yokoi K

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although over 3000 da Vinci Surgical System (DVSS) devices have been installed worldwide, robotic surgery for gastric cancer has not yet become widely spread and is only available in several advanced institutions. This is because, at least in part, the advantages of robotic surgery for gastric cancer remain unclear. T...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Obama K,Sakai Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenocarcinoma arising from the villous adenoma of the ampullary biliary epithelium is an extremely rare disorder. The preoperative diagnosis and treatment of the disease represent a major difficulty. A 67-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with a chief complaint of jaundice. Preoperative investigations revea...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Genc H,Haciyanli M,Tavusbay C,Colakoglu O,Aksöz K,Unsal B,Ekinci N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Postoperative bowel infarction is a major contributing factor to the high mortality rate associated with acute thromboembolism of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). This study was conducted to evaluate the prophylactic role of thrombectomy to prevent postoperative mesenteric infarction. METHODS:An autologou...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sakaguchi S,Minowa K,Shibanushi T,Ichino M,Mitsuoka H,Unno N,Yamamoto N,Nakamura S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucormycosis is an uncommon opportunistic fungal infection that may develop in immunocompromised patients with conditions such as diabetes mellitus, leukemia, lymphoma, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or after transplantation with immunosupperessive therapy. We report a case of gastric perforation caused by a m...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Song KY,Kang WK,Park CW,Choi YJ,Rha SE,Park CH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of an aortobronchial fistula causing massive hemoptysis, which was managed by emergency stent grafting. Although this procedure was successful initially, the aortobronchial fistula appeared again 7 months later. Aneurysmectomy, followed by rifampicin-soaked gelatin sealed polyester graft replacement a...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Daitoku K,Fukuda I,Taniguchi S,Minakawa M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of distant metastasis to mesh-plug prosthesis in gastrointestinal cancer is presented herein. An 88-year-old man had received mesh-plug repair with high ligation for a recurrence of a right inguinal hernia. Six months later, advanced gastric cancer and advanced transverse colon cancer were detected, and therefo...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Imai M,Kondo Y,Masuko H,Okada K,Osawa S,Ishizu H,Nishida Y,Hata T,Uemura K,Kina M,Honda S,Ishiyama G,Takahashi T,Hino A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Gastric cancer (GC) is a common malignancy, especially in East Asian countries. There is emerging evidence that circulating neutrophil and platelet levels correlate with cancer progression. We evaluated the short- and long-term outcomes of GC patients systemically, to compare the original neutrophil-platelet sc...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okugawa Y,Toiyama Y,Yamamoto A,Omura Y,Kusunoki K,Yin C,Ide S,Kitajima T,Koike Y,Fujikawa H,Yasuda H,Okita Y,Hiro J,Yoshiyama S,Ohi M,Araki T,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) ameliorates hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI), but the precise mechanism remains elusive. We investigated whether sodium hydrogen sulfide (NaHS), a soluble derivative of H2S, would ameliorate hepatic IRI, and if so, via what mechanism. METHODS:Mice were subject...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimada S,Fukai M,Wakayama K,Ishikawa T,Kobayashi N,Kimura T,Yamashita K,Kamiyama T,Shimamura T,Taketomi A,Todo S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:No definitive surgical treatment for non-acute pilonidal disease has been established thus far. We herein report the short-term and long-term outcomes of 74 consecutive patients who underwent the cleft lift procedure for non-acute pilonidal disease. METHODS:A total of 74 consecutive patients who underwent the ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ortega PM,Baixauli J,Arredondo J,Bellver M,Sánchez-Justicia C,Ocaña S,Hernández-Lizoain JL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To minimize the parietal trauma associated with multiple surgical access sites, single-incision laparoscopic surgery for colectomy has been emerging with the improvements in instrumentation and surgical techniques. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinicopathological outcomes between single-incision...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Suzuki O,Nakamura F,Kashimura N,Nakamura T,Takada M,Ambo Y

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a rare complication of pancreatitis and can involve any of the peripancreatic vessels. The three cases reported herein illustrate the involvement of the splenic artery in diverse forms of pancreatitis: chronic pancreatitis, a pancreatic pseudocyst, and necrotizing pancreatitis. Bleeding ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Singh G,Lobo DR,Jindal A,Marwaha RK,Khanna SK

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed sternal closure following cardiothoracic surgery facilitates the treatment of heart failure and arrhythmias caused by sternal closure, and also allows access to treat uncontrollable bleeding. The present study examines the use of stents made from disposable syringes for keeping the sternum open. The syringes d...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kaneda T,Aoshima M,Ishigami N,Iemura J,Matsumoto T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the cases of two women, aged 34 years and 39 years, respectively, found to have hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia after presenting with a history of episodes of temporary loss of consciousness, nausea, and fainting. Under the suspected diagnosis of insulinoma, localization procedures were carried out, but...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Eriguchi N,Aoyagi S,Hara M,Tanaka E,Hashimoto M,Jimi A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon has a choleretic effect and also stimulates energy-consuming reactions, such as gluconeogenesis and ureogenesis in the liver. The effect of glucagon on energy metabolism in the liver was analyzed in rabbits with obstructive jaundice that had severe liver damage, indicated by significantly lower hepatic energy...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fujii H,Yamamoto M,Mogaki M,Miura K,Itakura J,Okuda J,Matsumoto Y

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To assess whether a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) procedure is superior to limited thoracotomy (LT) for segmentectomy; postoperative pain was compared between VATS-lobectomy (VATS-L) and LT-segmentectomy (LT-S). Widely opened anterolateral thoracotomy segmentectomy (WT-S) was used as a control. ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nomori H,Cong Y,Sugimura H

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effect and degree of damage in grafts of single lung transplants for pulmonary hypertension were studied in rats with monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension. Inbred male Lewis rats (weight 200-230 g) were divided into two groups. Group 1 (control group, n = 16) underwent isogenic left lung transp...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamamoto S,Kawahara K,Takahashi T,Akamine S,Tagawa T,Nakamura A,Muraoka M,Ide S,Sasaki N,Shingu H,Nagayasu T,Yamasaki N,Tomita M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00