A subacute hypoxic model using a pig.

abstract：:We report a case of primary malignant melanoma (MM) of the stomach. The patient, a 73-year-old man, was referred to our hospital for investigation of an elevated lesion in the stomach, detected by gastroscopy. On admission, physical examinations and laboratory data were unremarkable. Gastroscopy revealed a pigmented, ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamamura K,Kondo K,Moritani S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of adenomyoma in the small intestine, which is an extremely rare entity. An 81-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a history of three episodes of vomiting accompanied by abdominal pain. Upper gastrointestinal examination via a long tube found intestinal obstruction caused by a tumor of the s...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tomibayashi A,Sasaki S,Nakayama H,Yoneyama S,Ishii T,Watanabe T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 67-year-old Japanese woman with leiomyoma arising from the lesser omentum is reported herein. Although the patient had no abdominal symptoms, findings of a routine abdominal ultrasound examination suggested a mass between the stomach and the lateral segment of the liver. Subsequent magnetic resonance ima...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ikematsu Y,Usui K,Kamohara Y,Inoue K,Maeda J,Amano M,Horita Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Freestyle stentless bioprosthesis (Freestyle valve) is widely used throughout the world because of its durability and benefits for hemodynamic function. However, we encountered a patient who required reoperation for a cuspal tear 5 years after the implantation of a Freestyle valve. The histological findings sugges...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fukui S,Nishimura M,Matsumiya G,Yoshitatsu M,Matsue H,Sawa Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of hepatic inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) after a hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Early contrast enhancement on computed tomography (CT) with a washout phenomenon at the delayed phase, and depleted Kupffer cell function on superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO)-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Akatsu T,Wakabayashi G,Tanimoto A,Kameyama K,Kitajima M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 50-year-old man with a double aortic arch who underwent esophagectomy for cancer in the middle thoracic esophagus at clinical Stage IIA (T3N0M0), based on the TNM classification (UICC 2002). The patient underwent esophagectomy with three-field lymphadenectomy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy....

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Matono S,Fujita H,Tanaka T,Tanaka Y,Nagano T,Nishimura K,Murata K,Sueyoshi S,Shirouzu K

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of calcium (Ca) on a hyperkalemic cardioplegic solution for continuous cardioplegia were examined in an isolated perfused working rat heart model. The coronary arteries were perfused with a modified Krebs-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer (K-H) solution, containing various concentrations of Ca (0.1, 0.6, 1.2, a...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Takemoto N,Kuroda H,Nakamura Y,Ichiba T,Matsuda N,Ashida Y,Hamasaki T,Hara Y,Ishiguro S,Mori T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indications for tumor-mass reduction surgery and subsequent immunotherapy in patients with stage IV hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were elucidated in this study. About 42% of the resected specimens from stage IV-A patients (n = 26) contained well-differentiated multicentrically occurring HCC, which was not found i...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamamoto M,Iizuka H,Matsuda M,Nagahori K,Miura K,Itakura J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of abdominal distension and fullness. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed bilateral ovarian tumors. Although these ovarian tumors were suspected of being metastatic, the primary tumor site could not be detected before the bilateral salpingo...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Maekawa H,Sato K,Komatsu Y,Orita H,Sakurada M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the lung in suppressing immunologically induced coronary artery stenosis after heterotopic allograft transplantation was studied in rats. Thirty-nine recipients were divided into two groups: untreated and treated. The untreated group was divided into two subgroups--the heart allograft TH group and the hear...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ueki K,Hamano K,Esato K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of antibiotics and the probiotic, Saccharomyces boulardii, on indigenous microflora and bacterial translocation (BT) in burned rats. METHODS:Twenty-three male albino rats were divided into a sham burn group (group 1, n = 7) exposed to 21 degrees C water, a burn + antibiotic group (gr...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Herek O,Kara IG,Kaleli I

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, yet there are still no satisfactory protocols available for treating this disease, emphasizing the urgency for more effective therapies. Recent clinical trials have provided encouraging evidence of the benefits of certain forms of immunotherapy. Here, we summ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yoshida Y,Nakajima J,Wada H,Kakimi K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone loss and the serum markers of bone metabolism were studied in 22 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and 108 patients with renal hyperparathyroidism. The parameters of bone loss were bone mineral density in the distal radius and lumbar vertebrae, measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, and bone mass i...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Katagiri M,Ohtawa T,Fukunaga M,Harada T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A carcinoma in a groin hernia is uncommon. We herein report a case of an intrasaccular carcinoma of the cecum in a right inguinoscrotal hernia with a simultaneous left inguinal hernia treated by a laparoscopic approach. A 70-year-old man presented with a painful, not completely reducible bilateral hernia. Blood examin...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Pernazza G,Monsellato I,Alfano G,Bascone B,Felicioni F,Ferrari R,D'Annibale A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We attempted to identify the factors related to an early restoration of the exercise capacity after lung resection. METHODS:Major lung resection was performed in 164 patients. Exercise testing and spirometry were performed before surgery, and 2 weeks and 1 month afterward. During exercise, the maximum oxygen u...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nagamatsu Y,Iwasaki Y,Hayashida R,Kashihara M,Nishi T,Yoshiyama K,Yamana H,Shirouzu K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated the role of intraoperative frozen section (FS) in the surgical management of solitary thyroid nodules, as its true value is a subject of some controversy. METHODS:We reviewed the records of 206 consecutive patients operated on for solitary thyroid nodules. All patients had undergone both preoperat...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Duek SD,Goldenberg D,Linn S,Krausz MM,Hershko DD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding during liver surgery and liver transplantation (LT) can be caused by coagulation disorders, portal vein hypertension, and adhesions from previous surgical procedures. We describe here how we controlled life-threatening bleeding from a portal vein anastomosis during a third cadaveric LT, by using a carrier-bou...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Apestegui C,Breitenstein S,Dutkowski P,Clavien PA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old man who had suffered for 5 years from persistent abdominal pain caused by alcoholic chronic pancreatitis, presented with diffuse calcification of the entire pancreas with cystic formation of the pancreatic head. After a pylorus-preserving total pancreatectomy, the pancreatic head, including the cyst, was...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tamura K,Yano S,Itakura M,Hashimoto K,Nakagawa M,Nakase A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We conducted this retrospective cohort study to evaluate which preoperative comorbidities and their combinations are most strongly associated with postoperative complications after gastrectomy. METHODS:We collected data on 214 consecutive patients who underwent gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Preoperative como...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hamakawa T,Kurokawa Y,Mikami J,Miyazaki Y,Takahashi T,Yamasaki M,Miyata H,Nakajima K,Takiguchi S,Mori M,Doki Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To classify the shape of the remnant stomach after Billroth-I (B-I) reconstruction and evaluate the relationship between the shape of the remnant stomach and the postoperative clinical outcomes. METHODS:One hundred and ninety-five consecutive patients with gastric cancer underwent distal gastrectomy with B-I r...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kaida S,Yamaguchi T,Takebayashi K,Murata S,Miyake T,Iida H,Sonoda H,Shimizu T,Tani M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass has the potential to cause an anastomotic failure because of a limited exposure of the operative field and the difficulty of internal thoracic artery harvesting. In the present study, the importance of preoperative marking for an accurate minithoracotomy location and a ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hirata N,Ohtake S,Sawa Y,Yoshitatsu M,Kato H,Ohkubo N,Matsuda H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 77-year-old woman found to have mixed medullary-papillary carcinoma in the right thyroid with lymph node metastases 30 years after a left thyroidectomy. The preoperative values of serum calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) were high, and fine-needle aspiration biopsy revealed cl...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shiroko T,Yokoo N,Okamoto K,Kitakado Y,Azuma H,Fukui T,Tanaka C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heavy mitral annular calcification or severe destruction of the mitral annulus in the setting of mitral valve replacement may result in fatal complications, such as atrioventricular disruption, ventricular rupture, valve dehiscence, and perivalvular leakage. Collar-reinforced mitral valve replacements with xenopericar...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ishida M,Toda K,Nakamura T,Miyagawa S,Yoshikawa Y,Fukushima S,Saito S,Ueno T,Kuratani T,Sawa Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a simultaneous occurrence of papillary intrafollicular and microcarcinomas with bilateral medullary microcarcinoma of the thyroid in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A. The concurrent presence of two thyroid carcinomas is rare. The simultaneous occurrence of two different tumors ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kösem M,Kotan C,Algün E,Topal C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients with cancer of the ampulla of Vater were studied retrospectively using immunohistochemical staining with a monoclonal antibody to the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). The relationships between the PCNA-positive rate, being the number of PCNA-positive cancer cells to total cancer cells, the...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Isozaki H,Okajima K,Ichinona T,Tanimura M,Morita S,Takada Y,Ishibashi T,Hara H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 35-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for investigation of lower abdominal pain and a feeling of fullness. At her first consultation, a transvaginal ultrasonography (US) revealed a homogeneous cystic mass in the lower abdomen. Over a period of 8 months the US findings of the content of this mass changed fro...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Uchiyama S,Suzuki T,Imai S,Nanbu K,Yokoyama T,Imura Y,Santô Y,Shioya T,Yano M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Middle esophageal diverticulum is rare, but can result in bronchoesophageal fistula. Previous reports have described open surgical techniques to treat esophageal diverticula, but few have evaluated the effectiveness of a videothoracoscopy approach. We report a case of middle esophageal diverticulum associated with bro...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Braghetto I,Cardemil G,Schwartz E,Valladares H,Rencoret G,Estay R,Rodriguez-Navarro AJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the development of mid-term redissection after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection using gelatin-resorcin-formalin (GRF) glue could be prevented by applying less formalin. METHODS:Between 1995 and 1999, 59 patients underwent surgery with GRF glue to repair acute type A aortic dissec...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakajima T,Kawazoe K,Izumoto H,Kamada T,Kataoka T,Yoshioka K,Sugai T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Acute diffuse peritonitis (ADP) is an important surgical complication associated with high morbidity and mortality; however, the risk factors associated with a poor outcome have remained controversial. This study aimed in collecting integrated data using a web-based national database system to build a risk mode...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakagoe T,Miyata H,Gotoh M,Anazawa T,Baba H,Kimura W,Tomita N,Shimada M,Kitagawa Y,Sugihara K,Mori M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Prolonged chest drain placement can extend the postoperative hospital stay after esophagectomy in esophageal cancer (EC) patients. This study aimed to identify whether or not the risk factors associated with this prolonged chest tube placement are clinically important. METHODS:A total of 138 patients who under...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kato R,Makino T,Yamasaki M,Tanaka K,Miyazaki Y,Takahashi T,Kurokawa Y,Motoori M,Kimura Y,Nakajima K,Mori M,Doki Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00