Management of obstructive colorectal cancer: evaluation of preoperative bowel decompression using ileus tube drainage.

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated the usefulness of measuring intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery by ultrasonography before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS:Seventy-three patients who underwent carotid ultrasonography before CABG were selected for this study. The maximum IMT (max IMT) in the bilateral...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nishimura Y,Okamura Y,Fujiwara K,Sekii H,Yamamoto S,Hatada A,Hisaoka T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Oral adjuvant uracil and tegafur plus leucovorin (UFT/LV) is not inferior to standard weekly fluorouracil and folinate for stage II/III colon cancer. However, protein-bound polysaccharide K (PSK) has been evaluated as postoperative adjuvant therapy for colorectal cancer. This report is the first of MCSGO-CCTG, ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Miyake Y,Nishimura J,Kato T,Ikeda M,Tsujie M,Hata T,Takemasa I,Mizushima T,Yamamoto H,Sekimoto M,Nezu R,Doki Y,Mori M,Multi-center Clinical Study Group of Osaka, Colorectal Cancer Treatment Group (MCSGO).

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:The surgical treatment of adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) is complex. A large tumor involving a substantial portion of both the esophagus and stomach requires complete resection with negative proximal and distal margins as well as D2 lymph node dissection. Some investigators have found that patie...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Butte JM,Waugh E,Parada H,De La Fuente H

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the stomach is unavailable for esophageal reconstruction due to previous gastrectomy or synchronous gastric cancer, a pedicled jejunum or colon, with or without vascular supercharge, has been the alternative. However, these reconstructions are not free from severe complications, such as necrosis. We have introduc...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okumura Y,Mori K,Yamagata Y,Fukuda T,Wada I,Shimizu N,Nomura S,Iida T,Mihara M,Seto Y

更新日期：2014-02-01 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:Acute appendicitis has been suggested to be more aggravated in hemodialysis (HD) patients in comparison to non-HD patients but only scanty evidence demonstrates the conditions. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was done for HD and non-HD patients with a discharge diagnosis of acute appendicitis in a single ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Wu HC,Yan MT,Lu KC,Chu P,Lin SH,Yu JC,Wu CC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tumors expressing high levels of CYP3A4 are likely to have a poor treatment response to docetaxel (DOC), which is metabolized by CYP3A4. Tissue samples of recurrent breast cancer are sometimes hard to obtain just before treatment because the tumor is often difficult to access. Using immunohistochemistry, we mea...

journal_title：Surgery today

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

更新日期：2011-05-01 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:The aim of this study was to determine the benefits of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) compared to CT alone in the preoperative assessment of lymph node metastasis in patients with esophageal cancer. METHODS:One-hundred and seven patients who underwent esoph...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Karashima R,Watanabe M,Imamura Y,Ida S,Baba Y,Iwagami S,Miyamoto Y,Sakamoto Y,Yoshida N,Baba H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the influence of potassium ion concentration in an organ preservation solution on lung preservation, four types of solutions were produced. These preservation solutions consisted of sodium and potassium ions on the cation and phosphate ions on the anion with glucose. Contents of solutions were: (1) 155 mmo...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ono K,Sone Y,Irie T,Ohnuki T,Nitta S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracoscopic T2-T3 sympathectomy is the treatment of choice for primary palmar hyperhidrosis (PPH); however, compensatory hyperhidrosis (CH) is a disturbing sequela of this operation, the mechanism of which is poorly understood. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of heat stress on total body perspiration...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kopelman D,Assalia A,Ehrenreich M,Ben-Amnon Y,Bahous H,Hashmonai M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present herein the case of a pyogenic liver abscess developing from hepatic ischemia caused by resection of the right hepatic artery when a left hemihepatectomy with caudate lobectomy and extrahepatic bile duct resection was performed for cholangiocellular carcinoma. Postoperative cholangiography revealed communica...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tanaka K,Nishimura A,Hombo K,Furoi A,Ikoma A,Yamauchi T,Taira A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic complex deep injury extending to the main pancreatic duct (MPD), caused by strong external forces such as traffic accidents, is lethal without emergency surgery. However, the best surgical procedure for this serious injury has not been established. The Bracey procedure is a relatively simple reconstructive ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimizu T,Kittaka H,Taniguchi K,Uchiyama K,Akimoto H

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Managing postoperative pain is important to ensure a good quality of life and fast recovery after surgery. We examined the feasibility of peroral management for the postoperative pain after laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG). METHODS:Between June 2012 and September 2013, we enrolled 34 patients pr...

journal_title：Surgery today

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

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of jejunal loop obstruction by a large gallstone caused by Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy-induced acute cholangitis. The patient was admitted with sepsis as well as abdominal and back pain. Abdominal computed tomography showed a dilated jejunal loop and an obstructing large mass. After his clinical con...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimamura K,Otani T,Yamazaki T,Kuwabara S,Katayanagi N,Yamamoto M,Saito H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the association between the volume-dependent parameters in 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) and a recurrence of thymic carcinoma. A retrospective chart review was performed based on our multi-institutional database to identify patients undergoing PET ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hamaji M,Koyasu S,Omasa M,Nakakura A,Morita S,Nakagawa T,Miyahara S,Miyata R,Yokoyama Y,Kawakami K,Suga M,Takahashi M,Terada Y,Muranishi Y,Miyahara R,Sumitomo R,Huang CL,Aoyama A,Takahashi Y,Date H

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The TNM staging remains the best prognostic descriptor of lung cancer; however, new independent prognostic factors are needed, particularly for early stage disease. METHODS:An evaluation of the pleural lavage cytology (PLC) was performed in 436 consecutive NSCLC patients who underwent surgical resection; clini...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mazza F,Ferrari E,Maineri P,Dozin B,Ratto GB

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late graft failure of autologous vein grafts is associated with intimal hyperplasia resulting from the migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is an enzyme that synthesizes nitric oxide (NO). An impairment of NO-mediated vasorelaxation and increases...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sugimoto M,Yamanouchi D,Komori K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of spinal motor evoked potential by transcranial stimulation of the motor cortex (MEPT) in detecting spinal ischemia and predicting postoperative neurological dysfunction was evaluated using a model of spinal ischemia. Group 1 was comprised of 11 dogs used for measuring the basic wave form of spinal MEP...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shokoku S,Uchida H,Teramoto S

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:To examine the relationship between the incidence of p53 gene deletion in each nucleus and the clinicopathological features in colorectal cancers, we performed a cytogenetic study using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). FISH was performed on 5 adenomas and 38 colorectal cancers that had been resected surgical...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nanashima A,Tagawa Y,Yasutake T,Taniguchi Y,Sawai T,Nakagoe T,Ayabe H

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：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：: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：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：: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：:An experimental study was conducted to determine whether pericardial fat tissue could induce neovascularization and produce cytokines related to tissue repair. Neovascularization was examined using chick chorioallantoic membranes. Pieces of pericardial fat tissue, omentum, and intercostal muscle were individually plac...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ichinose Y,Asoh H,Yano T,Yokoyama H,Inoue T,Tayama K,Ueda T,Takai E

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：: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