Lung cancer associated with Sweet's syndrome: report of a case.

abstract：PURPOSE:Little is known about the period required for menstruation recovery after long-term luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) agonist plus tamoxifen therapy following chemotherapy. In this study we investigated the period required for menstruation recovery after the therapy. METHODS:The subjects comprised ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sakurai K,Matsuo S,Enomoto K,Amano S,Shiono M

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:We present herein a case of a 40-year-old male with early gallbladder cancer derived from a Rokitanski-Aschoff sinus (RAS). The patient originally presented at our hospital with epigastric discomfort, following which a diagnosis of adenomyomatosis (ADM) of the gallbladder was made, and a cholecystectomy performed. His...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Funabiki T,Matsumoto S,Tsukada N,Kimura T,Yoshizaki S,Horibe Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the risk factors for peritoneal recurrence (PR) of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and to discuss the appropriate management strategies. METHODS:We reviewed the medical records of 236 patients who underwent pancreatectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We then compared the clinicopathological characteris...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ariake K,Motoi F,Ohtsuka H,Fukase K,Masuda K,Mizuma M,Hayashi H,Nakagawa K,Morikawa T,Maeda S,Takadate T,Naitoh T,Egawa S,Unno M

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe herein the unusual case of a 76-year-old woman who was diagnosed as having sigmoid colon cancer after presenting with complete rectal prolapse. The rectal prolapse was considered to have been caused by constipation accelerated by the colon cancer. The relationship between colorectal cancer and rectal prola...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamazaki T,Sakai Y,Sekine Y,Nihei K,Hatakeyama K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis was conducted of 778 patients who underwent highly selective vagotomy between 1980 and 1990. Surgery was performed for duodenal ulcers without any complications in 485 (62.3%) patients; for duodenal ulcers with complications such as stenosis, bleeding, or perforation in 270 (34.7%); for combin...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ihász M,Bátorfi J,Bálint A,Fazekas T,Máté M,Pòsfai G,Sándor J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed successful simultaneous operations for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and liver cancer in a patient complicated by severe ischemic heart disease. A 59-year-old man with a history of liver dysfunction presented with acute epigastric pain. Abdominal computed tomography findings of ascites and a liver tu...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Manabe H,Takagi H,Mori Y,Iwata H,Sakamoto K,Yamada T,Yasumura M,Umeda Y,Matsuno Y,Shimokawa K,Hirose H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Postprandial hyperglycemia is recognized as an important risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes; it is also common in patients after a gastrectomy and is likely to become exacerbated after a total gastrectomy rather than after a distal gastrectomy. In this study, we investigated the glucose and insulin resp...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamamoto H,Tsuchihashi H,Akabori H,Naitoh H,Maegawa H,Tani T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) rarely arise in the esophagus, where carcinoma is the most common malignant neoplasm and leiomyoma is the most common benign tumor. Because of their rarity, the clinical course and treatment of esophageal GISTs are poorly understood. These lesions are generally thought to carry ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakano A,Akutsu Y,Shuto K,Uesato M,Kono T,Hoshino I,Akanuma N,Maruyama T,Isozaki Y,Matsubara H

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:It is generally accepted that clinical symptoms give the only clue to the presence of atheroemboli in patients with blue toe syndrome (BTS). We report a case of atheroemboli originating from the abdominal aortic aneurysm in which Doppler ultrasound successfully detected atheroembolic signals, which vanished immediatel...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kudo T,Inoue Y,Sugano N,Iwai T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We excised a bronchogenic cyst causing recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy using thoracoscopic surgery. A 28-year-old woman presented after the sudden onset of hoarseness, and laryngoscopic examination showed left vocal cord palsy. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a cystic mass, 4 cm in diameter, ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Koga Y,Uchiyama A,Noshiro H,Rai M,Miyatake E,Shimizu S,Tanaka M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stapled hemorrhoidopexy (SH) has become a widely accepted surgical procedure for hemorrhoids; however, one of the most serious complications of this technique is severe bleeding. We report a case of extensive hemoperitoneum after SH for third-degree hemorrhoids. On postoperative day (POD) 1, the patient complained of ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Blouhos K,Vasiliadis K,Tsalis K,Botsios D,Vrakas X

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A diagnosis of concomitant pulmonary carcinoma and abdominal aortic aneurysm is rare (<1% of treated cases). However, such an association makes the therapeutic decisions critical, especially regarding the priority and timing of treatment. This article reports on our experience of 14 cases of concomitant pulmona...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Borzellino G,Giovinazzo F,Minicozzi AM,Dusi R,Politi L,Veraldi GF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of AL amyloidosis in a patient diagnosed with early gastric cancer after presenting with massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage and pseudo-obstruction of the small intestine. Primary systemic amyloidosis accounts for 7% of nonhematological malignancies, but very few cases of gastric carcinoma in patients...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Iwahashi N,Tame E,Nagasaka T,Furuta M,Nagashima H,Nimura Y

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Accurate staging of early non-small cell lung cancer is fundamental for selecting the best treatment. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for nodal upstaging after video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for clinical T1-3N0 tumors. METHODS:From 2014 to 2017, 3276 thoracoscopic lobectomies were re...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Marulli G,Faccioli E,Mammana M,Nicotra S,Comacchio G,Verderi E,De Palma A,Rea F,Italian VATS Group.

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal perforations are extremely difficult to diagnose and treat. We report herein our results of a review of 26 patients with esophageal perforation which were spontaneous in 11, iatrogenic in 11, and caused by a foreign body in 4. Surgical treatment was performed in 7 of the patients with spontaneous rupture, b...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mizutani K,Makuuchi H,Tajima T,Mitomi T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the results of oncoplastic surgery in three Japanese patients with breast cancer lesions involving the lower pole of the breast. Their breasts were ptotic, and their lesions were considered to be suitable for breast conservation surgery. There were treated with partial mastectomy resection using v...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kijima Y,Yoshinaka H,Hirata M,Mizoguchi T,Ishigami S,Nakajo A,Arima H,Ueno S,Natsugoe S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopy-assisted low anterior resection (LAR) for low rectal cancer is a difficult procedure, presenting problems with rectal washout, selecting the appropriate distal transection line, and achieving safe anastomosis. To resolve these problems, we used a prolapsing technique to perform laparoscopy-assisted LAR. To...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fukunaga M,Kidokoro A,Iba T,Sugiyama K,Fukunaga T,Nagakari K,Suda M,Yoshikawa S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic esophageal cancers frequently metastasize to the right recurrent nerve nodes (RRNNs). In fact, huge RRNNs invading the trachea sometimes remain after definitive chemoradiation therapy (CRT), despite complete remission of the primary lesion. We performed salvage lymphadenectomy of a large RRNN combined with pa...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Doki Y,Yasuda T,Miyata H,Fujiwara Y,Takiguchi S,Yamasaki M,Makari Y,Matsuyama J,Masuoka T,Monden M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small bowel perforation is rarely caused by metastasis from an extra-abdominal malignancy. This report describes three cases of small bowel perforation that occurred secondary to a metastatic tumor. The first case involved a 72-year-old man with malignant lymphoma of the larynx that had been treated with chemo- and ra...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ise N,Kotanagi H,Morii M,Yasui O,Ito M,Koyama K,Sageshima M

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Pancreaticoduodenectomy is a radical treatment for pancreatic head cancer. However, it is sometimes difficult to perform pancreaticoduodenectomy, particularly in patients who have previously undergone esophagectomy with gastric conduit reconstruction. We herein describe a surgical technique for radical pancreaticoduod...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inoue A,Akita H,Eguchi H,Hama N,Wada H,Kawamoto K,Kobayashi S,Mori M,Doki Y,Nagano H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing esophageal tumors are extremely rare. We report herein the case of a 51-year-old man found to have an AFP-producing adenocarcinoma arising from esophageal proper mucosa. The patient presented for investigation of dysphagia, and esophagogram and endoscopy revealed a lesion about 2 cm i...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kobayashi N,Ohbu M,Kuroyama S,Kikuchi S,Shimao H,Mitomi H,Kakita A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate whether cilostazol, a cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) phosphodiesterase inhibitor, suppresses intimal hyperplasia in canine vein grafts, and to elucidate its mechanisms in terms of cell proliferation and apoptosis. METHODS:Bilateral reversed jugular vein interposition grafts of the common ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kudo FA,Kondo Y,Muto A,Miyazaki K,Dardik A,Nishibe M,Nishibe T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:Microvascular invasion (mVI) is known to be a risk factor of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence. Several factors such as the tumor grade, tumor size, tumor margin status on imaging studies, fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography ((18)F-FDG-PET) results, and tumor markers have been p...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Wu TH,Hatano E,Yamanaka K,Seo S,Taura K,Yasuchika K,Fujimoto Y,Nitta T,Mizumoto M,Mori A,Okajima H,Kaido T,Uemoto S

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of capillary hemangioma of the liver in an adult. The patient was a 55-year-old man, admitted for investigation of a hepatic tumor. The tumor was seen as a hypoechoic mass with a peripheral hypoechoic ring on ultrasonography. Computed tomography (CT) showed an enhancement pattern different from t...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Noda T,Sasaki Y,Yamada T,Eguchi H,Takachi K,Noura S,Miyashiro I,Murata K,Doki Y,Ohigashi H,Ishikawa O,Imaoka S,Mitani H,Ishiguro S

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：PURPOSE:Laparoscopic colonic surgery is now widely accepted. We assessed the safety and effectiveness of using a total intracorporeal surgical strategy to perform intracorporeal functional end-to-end anastomosis with an endoscopic linear stapler to treat colon cancer. METHODS:Forty-three selected patients underwent el...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ikeda T,Kabasima A,Ueda N,Yonemura Y,Ninomiya M,Nogami M,Fujii K,Mashino K,Tashiro H,Sakata H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of co-occurrence of a mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) and a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the esophagus is described. The present patient was a 61-year-old man who underwent a curative esophagectomy with a regional lymph node dissection for a MEC in the lower esophagus and a SCC near the esophagogastric junct...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Koide N,Hamanaka K,Igarashi J,Hanazaki K,Adachi W,Hosaka S,Uehara T,Amano J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00