Giant hemorrhagic adrenal pseudocyst in a primiparous pregnancy: report of a case.

abstract：PURPOSE:Pinch-off syndrome (POS) is a serious complication encountered during the long-term management of totally implantable access ports (TIAPs). The aim of this study was to examine the effect of ultrasound-guided infraclavicular axillary vein puncture to avoid POS in patients with long-term use of a TIAP. METHODS:...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Osawa H,Hasegawa J,Yamakawa K,Matsunami N,Mikata S,Shimizu J,Kim YK,Morishima H,Hirota M,Souma Y,Kim HM,Sawada G,Nezu R

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various surgical procedures have been developed in an attempt to alleviate the significant problems caused by chronic pleural empyema. The present study evaluates our 11-year experience of employing a number of therapeutic approaches for chronic empyema. Between 1987 and 1997, 45 consecutive patients underwent treatme...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okada M,Tsubota N,Yoshimura M,Miyamoto Y,Yamagishi H,Satake S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The prognosis for gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis is poor. Many studies have reported that the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) might be useful to predict the degree of progression of gastric cancer. In this study, we attempted to evaluate whether the NLR and other related laboratory paramet...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakayama Y,Gotohda N,Shibasaki H,Nomura S,Kinoshita T,Hayashi R

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary aortoenteric fistulas (AEFs) are a well-known but uncommon cause of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. They usually occur secondary to reconstructive surgery of an abdominal aneurysm. We report six cases of secondary aortoduodenal fistulas, involving patients who, despite presenting with classic "herald bleeding,"...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Katsinelos P,Paroutoglou G,Papaziogas B,Beltsis A,Mimidis K,Pilpilidis I,Tsolkas P,Soufleris K,Vradelis S,Koutelidakis I

更新日期：2005-01-01 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 evaluate the safety and efficacy of our new delayed sternal closure (DSC) method, involving sternal semi-closure using a bioresorbable osteosynthesis device and complete skin closure. METHODS:Between 2013 and 2017, 36 patients underwent DCS at our hospital. The patients were divided into two groups based on...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tanaka Y,Miyamoto T,Naito Y,Yoshitake S,Sasahara A,Miyaji K

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was undertaken to elucidate the clinicopathological characteristics and surgical outcome of the periductal infiltrating (PI) type of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), which is a distinct macroscopic type of ICC arising from the second-order of the intrahepatic bile ducts without apparent invasio...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Uno M,Shimada K,Yamamoto Y,Nara S,Esaki M,Sakamoto Y,Kosuge T,Ojima H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a questionnaire survey, we analyzed the relationship between the frequency of breast self-examination (BSE) and the clinical stage and course of breast cancer in Japanese patients. BSE had been performed monthly by only 5.4% of the patients (M group), occasionally by 35.4% (O group), and not at all by 59.2% (N g...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kurebayashi J,Shimozuma K,Sonoo H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas rarely metastasize, and little information on pulmonary metastasectomy from meningioma has been documented. We herein report a case of a potentially curative resection for meningioma that metastasized to the lung. A 67-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of two masses in the right lung. In ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kanzaki R,Higashiyama M,Fujiwara A,Tokunaga T,Maeda J,Okami J,Tomita Y,Kodama K

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated the perioperative inflammatory mediators in a right hemicolectomy performed with single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) and traditional multi-port laparoscopic surgery (MLS) to compare the postoperative inflammatory response and feasibility of SILS with that of MLS. METHODS:In this retrospect...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hara M,Shiga K,Yanagita T,Nakai N,Ando N,Takasu K,Maeda Y,Nagasaki T,Hirokawa T,Matsuo Y,Ishiguro H,Takahashi H,Takiguchi S

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：:Aortoenteric fistula is a rare complication in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), and an aortovesical fistula is even more rare. This is a report of a case of aortocolic and aortovesical fistulae in a 64-year-old man with AAA who was treated with an aortobiiliac bypass, a primary repair of the fistulated bladder, and a...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kang SJ,Kim DI,Huh SH,Lee BB,Kim DK,Do YS

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In June 2000, we started performing mechanical-stapled anastomosis (MSA) for Billroth-I reconstruction (B-I) in distal gastrectomy. Thus, we performed a retrospective study to compare the clinical outcome of MSA and conventional hand-sutured anastomosis (HA). METHODS:We evaluated 103 patients who underwent a B...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Takahashi T,Saikawa Y,Yoshida M,Otani Y,Kubota T,Kumai K,Kitajima M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to clarify the usefulness of staging laparoscopy for planning the treatment strategy in patients with advanced gastric cancer. METHODS:This was a retrospective study of patients with gastric cancer who underwent staging laparoscopy. The patients were divided into three groups accordin...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimizu H,Imamura H,Ohta K,Miyazaki Y,Kishimoto T,Fukunaga M,Ohzato H,Tatsuta M,Furukawa H

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：: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：:Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy for peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from gastrointestinal cancer has been investigated and applied clinically for several decades. Cytoreductive surgery plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy have been considered to be the optimal treatment options for selected patients with co...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Emoto S,Sunami E,Yamaguchi H,Ishihara S,Kitayama J,Watanabe T

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to assess blood vessel invasion (BVI) and other histologic features to determine the best method of histologic prognosis in node-negative breast cancer patients. The prognostic significance of the clinico-pathological findings was evaluated in 70 patients with node-negative breast cancer amon...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kato T,Kimura T,Miyakawa R,Tanaka S,Kamio T,Yamamoto K,Hamano K,Aiba M,Kawakami M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein present the case of a 66-year-old man with both gastric cancer and an infrarenal abdominal aneurysm. The patient's medical history included bladder cancer, chronic renal failure, and ischemic heart disease. We performed a simultaneous endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) and total gastrectomy. Following the p...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yoshinaga K,Yoshida R,Guntani A,Matsumoto T,Saeki H,Morita M,Emi Y,Kakeji Y,Tsujitani S,Maehara Y

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) frequently metastasizes to and recurs in regional lymph nodes. Of the two compartments, the central compartment can be dissected through the same wound as the thyroidectomy, and the central node dissection (CND) is routinely performed in most Japanese surgical departments. Howe...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ito Y,Tsushima Y,Masuoka H,Yabuta T,Fukushima M,Inoue H,Tomoda C,Kihara M,Higashiyama T,Takamura Y,Kobayashi K,Miya A,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify the correlation between portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) and clinical features after surgery for biliary atresia (BA). METHODS:Routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopies were done over 3 years in 27 children who underwent surgery for BA. We reviewed the recorded endoscopic findings, and retrosp...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sasaki T,Hasegawa T,Shimizu Y,Kimura T,Soh H,Fukuzawa M

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：PURPOSE:Germline mutations of LKB1 (also known as SKT11; locus 19p13.3) cause the occurrence of autosomal dominant Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS). Nearly half of the non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines and one-third of lung adenocarcinoma in Caucasian patients have an LKB1 mutation. METHODS:This study examined...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okuda K,Sasaki H,Hikosaka Y,Kawano O,Moriyama S,Yano M,Fujii Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some esophageal diseases such as carcinoma, esophagitis, and collagen diseases have often been reported to show a diffusely thickened esophageal wall in the roentogenogram findings. In the current report, a preoperative upper gastrointestinal series and an endoscopic examination showed a diffusely infiltrative type ca...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kawaguchi H,Kuwano H,Araki K,Egashira A,Saeki H,Ohga T,Morita M,Kitamura K,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine if the preoperative administration of tegafur and uracil (UFT) to patients with lung adenocarcinoma could induce apoptosis. METHODS:We conducted a randomized prospective study on 30 patients with lung adenocarcinoma, divided into two groups of 15 patients each. One group received UFT 600 mg/day pr...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Morio A,Miyamoto H,Izumi H,Futagawa T,Oh T,Yamazaki A,Konno H

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We examined the impact of advanced age on left ventricular mass regression and the change in the diastolic function after aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis. METHODS:The present study included 129 patients who underwent either surgical or transcatheter aortic valve replacement and 1-year...

journal_title：Surgery today

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

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the rare case of a 56-year-old man who gradually developed congestive cardiac failure 6 months after undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting and was found to have a fistula between the internal mammary artery and the pulmonary artery of the upper lobe diagnosed by selective left internal mammary ar...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Imawaki S,Arioka I,Nakai M,Tsuruno Y,Takama T,Maeta H,Inagawa T

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：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：:Lymph node dissection is a critical part of surgery for colorectal cancer. Japanese D3 and complete mesocolic excision are two unique principles for lymph node dissection in colorectal cancer. Laparoscopic surgery magnifies the targets and provides insight about the micro-anatomy through high-quality, high-definition ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Takahashi H,Haraguchi N,Nishimura J,Hata T,Matsuda C,Yamamoto H,Mizushima T,Doki Y,Mori M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00