Does pneumothorax occurrence correlate with a change in the weather?

abstract：:We report herein the rare case of a 15-year-old girl with chronic appendicitis in whom the appendix was clearly depicted by a barium enema (BE) examination. The patient presented with a 4-month history of diffuse abdominal pain and tenderness in the lower abdomen. Neither computed tomography nor ultrasonography showed...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okamoto T,Utsunomiya T,Inutsuka S,Sakaguchi T,Notsuka T,Maeda T,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed the effects of different types of prosthetic rings on mitral annular dynamics using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE). METHODS:RT3DE was performed in 44 patients, including patients undergoing mitral annuloplasty using the Cosgrove-Edwards flexible band (Group A, n = 10), the sem...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nishi H,Toda K,Miyagawa S,Yoshikawa Y,Fukushima S,Kawamura M,Yoshioka D,Saito T,Ueno T,Kuratani T,Sawa Y

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis in the immunosuppressed patient is common and is usually self-limited by treatment consisting of intravenous anti-viral medications. However, in the immunocompetent patient, CMV colitis is extremely rare and is associated with a high mortality rate that approaches 32 % (Galiatsatos et al....

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mostafa G,Honaker MD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive presacral bleeding is a severe complication during a resection of the rectum. The combination of oxidized cellulose and cyanoacrylate glue can quickly control presacral bleeding. This report presents nine cases since 2002 of presacral hemorrhage treated using this method. There was no recurrent bleeding during...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Chen Y,Chen F,Xie P,Qiu P,Zhou J,Deng Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old female was hospitalized because of generalized peritonitis with pneumoperitoneum. A laparotomy disclosed a perforated ulcer of the cecum. A resection of the perforated portion of the cecum was then performed. Histopathologic examinations confirmed that the ulcer was non-specific in nature. No recurrence w...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sato H,Tatsumura T,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of pancreaticobronchial fistula caused by chronic pancreatitis. A 46-year-old man with a history of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis was referred to us for investigation of dyspnea and bloody sputum. Chest radiography showed a bilateral pneumonia-like shadow, with severe atelectasis in the left low...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yasuda T,Ueda T,Fujino Y,Matsumoto I,Nakajima T,Sawa H,Fujita T,Ajiki T,Suzuki Y,Kuroda Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Near-infrared fluorescence angiography (NIR) detects the attenuation of fluorescence luminance intensity (FLI) through coronary artery bypass grafts affected by anastomotic stenosis. This study investigates the influence of residual blood flow of the host coronary artery (Ho) on bypass graft (Gr) FLI using a co...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamamoto M,Ninomiya H,Miyashita K,Tashiro M,Orihashi K,Inoue K,Sato T,Hanazaki K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PNET) is relatively rare and has a generally better prognosis than does pancreatic cancer. However, as its prognosis in patients with lymph node metastasis (LNM) is unclear, lymph node dissection for PNET is controversial. Our study aimed to clarify the significance of LNM in PN...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Taki K,Hashimoto D,Nakagawa S,Ozaki N,Tomiyasu S,Ohmuraya M,Arima K,Kaida T,Higashi T,Sakamoto K,Sakata K,Okabe H,Nitta H,Hayashi H,Chikamoto A,Beppu T,Takamori H,Hirota M,Baba H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to identify the predictors of early postoperative hypocalcemia after a total/near total thyroidectomy in order to select patients for prompt treatment to prevent symptomatic hypocalcemia. METHODS:Patients with hypocalcemia within 24 h of surgery were identified as Group I and normocal...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kara M,Tellioglu G,Krand O,Fersahoglu T,Berber I,Erdogdu E,Ozel L,Titiz MI

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent advances in thoracic surgery, the management of esophageal perforation remains problematical and controversial. Thirty-one patients were treated for an esophageal perforation between 1986 and 1998. The esophageal perforation was iatrogenic in 25 cases, spontaneous in 2, traumatic in 2, and caused by a t...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okten I,Cangir AK,Ozdemir N,Kavukçu S,Akay H,Yavuzer S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to determine the clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes of Chinese colorectal cancer (CRC) patients aged 75 years and older undergoing potentially curative surgery. METHODS:A total of 2,482 CRC patients at TNM stage I-III undergoing surgical treatment between 1995 and 2005 w...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yang Z,Chen H,Liao Y,Xiang J,Kang L,Wang L,Cui J,Cai G,Peng J,Lan P,Wang J

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important mediator of the acute phase response and a sensitive marker of tissue damage. This study was conducted to investigate the fluctuation of serum cytokine and hormonal levels during the perioperative period after laparoscopic-assisted colectomy (LAC), and the data were compared with t...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ozawa A,Konishi F,Nagai H,Okada M,Kanazawa K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous authors have suggested that a diverticulum of the vermiform appendix has a higher risk of perforation than acute appendicitis. Therefore, this study compared appendiceal diverticulitis with acute appendicitis to explain the characteristics of appendiceal diverticulitis. METHODS:Data for this study cam...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamana I,Kawamoto S,Inada K,Nagao S,Yoshida T,Yamashita Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：PURPOSE:Video review is a reliable method for surgical education in laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG), but more objective methods are still needed. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the energy device records reflected surgical competency, and thereby may improve surgical education. METHODS:A total of 16 p...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hosogi H,Obama K,Tsunoda S,Hisamori S,Nishigori T,Tanaka E,Satoh S,Okabe H,Kanaya S,Sakai Y

更新日期：2020-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:During the fetal-neonatal period, a primary cardiac tumor may be completely asymptomatic and such tumors may be incidentally discovered by echocardiography. A four-hour-old male was diagnosed to have a cardiac tumor by post-natal echocardiography and was observed closely. Surgery was indicated immediately at the 3 wee...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yan XG,Jia B,Zhu BX,Hu XH

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Massive intraoperative blood loss is a major cause of complications following hepatectomy. To evaluate the efficacy of intraportal prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) for preventing liver deterioration in hepatectomy patients with an intraoperative blood loss of over 2000 ml, a retrospective analysis was conducted on 10 patients ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Katsuramaki T,Mukaiya M,Yamashiro K,Kimura H,Denno R,Hirata K

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：PURPOSES:The purpose of this study was to retrospectively analyze the complications arising from stapling of the pulmonary parenchyma and to determine the most appropriate cartridges to use for pulmonary stapling. METHODS:A retrospective multi-institutional review was conducted by the Central Japan Lung Cancer Surgery...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yano M,Yamada T,Uchida T,Moriyama S,Haneda H,Okuda K,Nakanishi R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer frequently causes extrahepatic cholestasis. To identify the direct effects of bile acids in jaundiced serum on pancreatic cancer, the proliferation of PANC-1 and MIA PaCa-2 cells as well as the ultrastructural alteration of PANC-1 cells cultured in crude bile modified media were studied. The growth o...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Lu Y,Onda M,Uchida E,Yamamura S,Yanagi K,Matsushita A,Kobayashi T,Fukuhara M,Aida K,Tajiri T

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：:Lung cancer associated with Sweet's syndrome is extremely rare. There are only seven reports of such cases. As far as could be determined from a comprehensive search, there is no reported operative case of lung cancer with this syndrome in the world literature. A 75-year-old Japanese man was diagnosed as having Sweet'...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Arai H,Rino Y,Yamanaka S,Suganuma N,Yukawa N,Wada N,Hara S,Hirokado M,Oshiro H,Masuda M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Complete mesocolic excision (CME) with central vascular ligation (CVL) has been widely accepted as a surgical treatment for right-sided colon cancer. Single-site laparoscopic colectomy (SLC) is associated with reduced pain and improved cosmesis, in comparison to the multi-site laparoscopic colectomy (MCL). Alth...

journal_title：Surgery today

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

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two types of tumor necrosis factor membrane receptors (TNF-R) have been identified, namely 55 and 75 kDa TNF-R. Soluble forms of these receptors are present in the human serum. Recent findings on the role of these two TNF-R in biological cell signaling and the clinical significance of the serum levels of soluble TNF-R...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Abe Y,Watanabe Y,Kimura S

更新日期：1994-01-01 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

abstract：PURPOSE:The aims of this study were to reveal how using the antibiotics recommended by the 2010 Surgical Infection Society (SIS) and Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) guidelines can affect the therapeutic outcomes. METHODS:We reviewed the cases of 53 patients with a postoperative intra-abdominal abscess wit...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okita Y,Kobayashi M,Araki T,Fujikawa H,Koike Y,Otake K,Mikihiro I,Toiyama Y,Ohi M,Tanaka K,Inoue Y,Uchida K,Mohri Y,Yamakado K,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to establish a therapeutic approach for primary breast cancer of medial and central origin, we reviewed 183 patients who had been treated by one of the following three modalities at the Second Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School between January, 1965 and December, 1980. Group A (n = 70): st...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shiba E,Miyauchi K,Kobayashi T,Takai S,Mori T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The overall incidence of postoperative alveolar air leakage (AAL) remains high; however, the mechanism regarding how to adequately heal such postoperative AAL remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to determine any correlations between the activity of the fibrinolytic and coagulation system in the ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shoji F,Yano T,Yoshino I,Kawano D,Takenaka T,Miura N,Ito K,Morodomi Y,Maehara Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00