Endovascular stent grafting for thoracic aneurysms in Jehovah's Witnesses: report of three cases.

abstract：:Ghrelin was discovered as an intrinsic ligand for the growth hormone (GH)-secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) in 1999. The endogenous production of ghrelin occurs mainly in the stomach. Ghrelin has multiple functions; it has orexigenic action, stimulates GH secretion, has anti-inflammatory activities, stimulates gastrointes...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Takiguchi S,Murakami K,Yanagimoto Y,Takata A,Miyazaki Y,Mori M,Doki Y

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus disease (SPSD) is a disease affecting young patients, which results in a long-term loss of productive power, and also tends to have high rates of morbidity since it has no ideal treatment. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of topical collagenase i...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Aldemir M,Kara IH,Erten G,Taçyildiz I

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local control of rectal cancer and patient survival have improved remarkably with advances in surgical techniques and adjuvant therapy. By applying advanced surgical principles, surgeons can now excise most rectal cancers completely, often preserving the anal sphincter and leaving the patient with relatively normal bo...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inoue Y,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old man with no previous history of abdominal surgery presented at a local hospital with abdominal pain. He was diagnosed to have an intestinal obstruction and was treated conservatively. However, the symptoms persisted, and he was thereafter referred to this hospital. Plain abdominal radiographs demonstrate...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nihon-Yanagi Y,Ooshiro M,Osamura A,Takagi R,Moriyama A,Urita T,Yoshida Y,Tanaka H,Sugishita Y,Oshiro T,Kinoshita T,Nagashima M,Okazumi S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The clinical benefits of robotic surgery for patients with rectal cancer have been reported and many systematic reviews have been published. However, they have investigated a variety of outcomes and differ remarkably in quality. In this overview, we summarize the findings of these reviews and evaluate their qua...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hoshino N,Sakamoto T,Hida K,Sakai Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 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: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：PURPOSE:Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has gained popularity and acceptance among bariatric surgeons, mainly due its low morbidity and mortality. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of SG on weight loss, and to determine the postoperative course, clinical presentation and treatment of co...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mittermair R,Sucher R,Perathoner A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FHCC), a rare variant of hepatocellular carcinoma, is becoming more prevalent; however, up until 1999, only 18 cases had been reported in Japan. We recently diagnosed a case of FHCC in a 46-year-old Japanese man who had visited four hospitals before being finally admitted to our...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yoshimi F,Asato Y,Amemiya R,Itabashi M,Nakamura K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein a case of clinically solitary abdominal tuberculoma. A 28-year-old woman was admitted to hospital for treatment of an abdominal tumor shown to be located in the head of the pancreas and compressing the superior mesenteric vein by echosonography and computed tomography (CT). There were no clinical sign...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hashimoto M,Koyama H,Noie T,Shibayama K,Kitamura N

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the effects of thrombopoietin (TPO) on platelet counts and liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in rats. METHODS:We performed 70% partial hepatectomy on 60 rats given either TPO or a vehicle (controls). The rats were killed 6 h, 24 h, 72 h, or 168 h after the procedure, and we examined ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimabukuro R,Kawanaka H,Tomikawa M,Akahoshi T,Konishi K,Yoshida D,Anegawa G,Uehara H,Hashimoto N,Hashizume M,Maehara Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute appendicitis may become life threatening if it is complicated by retroperitoneal abscess. To the best of our knowledge, only case reports have been documented; thus, we analyzed the published experiences and reviewed this issue. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In addition to two patients treated at our institut...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hsieh CH,Wang YC,Yang HR,Chung PK,Jeng LB,Chen RJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In performing pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) or when conducting clinical trials involving PD procedure, a universal platform for predicting the risk of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is indispensable. In this article, the most significant imaging studies that focused on the objective preoperative assessment of ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tajima Y,Kawabata Y,Hirahara N

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) with lymph node (LN) metastasis is generally associated with a poor prognosis. However, we treated ICC with LN metastasis successfully by surgery and postoperative immunotherapy in a 59-year-old woman. The immunotherapy consisted of CD3-activated T cells and tumor lysate- or pepti...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Higuchi R,Yamamoto M,Hatori T,Shimizu K,Imai K,Takasaki K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver function assessment is important to ensure safe surgical procedures in patients with hepatocellular disease. Because the liver influences a wide variety of functions, including protein synthesis and metabolic, immune and storage functions, no single parameter is sufficient to adequately address all of these func...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mizuguchi T,Kawamoto M,Meguro M,Hui TT,Hirata K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe herein an extremely unusual case of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the lesser omentum. A 45-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with an intra-abdominal mass that was subsequently misdiagnosed as a submucosal tumor of the stomach. The tumor arose from the lesser omentum and was removed wit...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fukuda H,Suwa T,Kimura F,Sugiura T,Shinoda T,Kaneko K

更新日期：2001-01-01 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:We examined differences in host immunologic changes induced by the intravenous or intraportal administration of donor antigens at engrafting and evaluated their contribution to graft survival using a rat transplantation model. METHODS:Lewis rat recipients were given either an intravenous or intraportal injecti...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shirouzu Y,Hikida S,Tanigawa H,Shirouzu K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of recurrent malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) in the left atrium, treated by removal of the tumor and the right half of the left atrium, which was reconstructed with two equine pericardial patches. Postoperative echocardiography showed patent right pulmonary veins and a properly shaped left atrium...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inoue H,Iguro Y,Matsumoto H,Ueno M,Higashi A,Sakata R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and complications of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for single gallstones were compared between 15 patients with a CT-lucent stone and 18 patients with a dense calcified stone. In all of five patients with a stone smaller than 10 mm in diameter, complete or sufficient clearance was observed,...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mori T,Shimono K,Moriyama S,Masuda T,Ikeda T,Umegae S,Nagata N

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary complications after hepatectomy occur with relative frequency and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Moreover, their prevention is often difficult. We report using prophylactic bilevel positive airway pressure ventilation, initiated just after the operation, for the successful postoperati...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Narita M,Hatano E,Nagata H,Yanagida A,Asechi H,Takahashi K,Ikai I,Uemoto S,Chin K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary ovarian malignant lymphomas are rarely encountered in children. We present herein the unusual case of an 11-month-old female infant with primary bilateral non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the ovaries who was treated by bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by chemotherapy. The clinicopathological features of this ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Türken A,Ciftci AO,Akçören Z,Köseoglu V,Akata D,Senocak ME

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:With central venous catheterization, each additional vein puncture raises the risk of complications. We assessed the rate of failure and complications using a limiting rule whereby the number of needle passes for subclavian vein catheterization was restricted to three. METHODS:A prospective clinical trial was ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Takeyama H,Taniguchi M,Sawai H,Funahashi H,Akamo Y,Suzuki S,Manabe T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the fact that no effective conditioning agent for hemodynamically unstable donors exists, the number of suitable donors is limited. The efficacy of OP-41483, a stable analog of prostaglandin I2, as a conditioning agent of the liver was investigated in this study using pigs. OP-41483 was administered via the por...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kishida A,Kurumi Y,Kodama M

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activities and total protein concentrations were examined in the postrinsing solutions from rat lungs preserved in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), Euro-Collins (E-C) solution, or low-potassium E-C solution for 8 h at 4 degrees C, 10 degrees C, or 20 deg...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hanagiri T,Igisu H,Matsumura H,Yasumoto K

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body composition was measured with bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) in 30 patients with protein malnutrition following biliopancreatic diversion. Determinations were carried out prior to, during, and at the completion of intravenous nutritional support when the nutritional parameters had completely reverted to nor...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Adami GF,Marinari G,Gandolfo P,Cocchi F,Friedman D,Scopinaro N

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the anatomical repositioning of the middle lobe following right upper (RU) lobectomy, we measured the lobar volumes of the lung and the branching angles of the airway, and defined their changes after RU lobectomy in a rabbit model. Groups A1 (n = 10) and A2 (n = 10) were control groups and groups B1 (n = 10...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nonaka M,Kadokura M,Tanio N,Yamamoto S,Kataoka D,Inoue K,Takaba T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical analysis of small-sized lung cancers with advanced disease was conducted on a total of 58 patients: 34 diagnosed as T1N2, 6 as T1N3, 9 as T1M1, and 9 as T4 due to pleural dissemination. The cumulative 5-year survival rate after surgery for the 34 patients with a T1N2 lesion was 17.4%. Of these 34 patients, ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimizu J,Hayashi Y,Oda M,Murakami S,Arano Y,Morita K,Kobayashi K,Ietsugu K,Watanabe Y

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 6-year-old boy in whom a strangulated ileus was caused by a traumatic transmesenteric hernia. The boy had fallen from his bicycle and suffered a severe blow to the abdomen. Abdominal pain and vomiting developed 10 h after the accident and he was admitted to our hospital. Abdominal ultras...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kuga T,Taniguchi S,Inoue T,Zempo N,Esato K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00