Intestinal bleeding from arteriovenous malformations of the small bowel in a patient with Cowden syndrome: report of a case.

abstract：PURPOSE:Conventional mitral valve replacement is associated with the loss of natural continuity of the mitral valve complex. This study evaluated the morphologic/histological characteristics and function of a decellularized mitral valve used as a transplantable graft. METHODS:Hearts excised from pigs were decellulariz...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inaba Y,Yagi H,Kuroda K,Kato J,Kawai Y,Kasai M,Kitahara H,Ito T,Osako M,Kitagawa Y,Shimizu H

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our objective was to investigate the factors predicting the survival of patients on the waiting list for lung transplantation (LT) during the waiting period, with a special emphasis on the physical activity level. METHODS:The study included 70 patients with end-stage pulmonary disease who were on the waiting l...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Komatsu T,Oshima A,Chen-Yoshikawa TF,Harashima SI,Aoyama A,Inagaki N,Date H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Crohn's disease (CD) is a refractory inflammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology, frequently complicated by malnutrition. It is thought that the delayed wound healing associated with this malnutrition in CD patients might adversely affect the therapeutic benefits of infliximab (IFX). Therefore, we investigat...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sumi R,Nakajima K,Iijima H,Wasa M,Shinzaki S,Nezu R,Inoue Y,Ito T

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 2-year-old girl with short bowel syndrome who developed chest pain 2 weeks after a totally implantable central venous access catheter had been surgically placed to facilitate total parenteral nutrition. A lateral chest X-ray and contrast flow study subsequently revealed that the catheter...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ikeda S,Sera Y,Yamamoto H,Terakura H,Yoshida M,Uchino S,Oka Y,Akizuki M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present herein a case of blunt rupture of the right hemidiaphragm occurring with complete intrathoracic dislocation of the right hepatic lobe in a polytraumatized patient. The initial chest X-ray was interpreted as right-sided hemothorax, and a thoracic drainage tube was accidentally placed into the liver. A comput...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Wirbel RJ,Mutschler W

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:An incisional surgical site infection (I-SSI) is a frequently observed complication following colorectal surgery. Intraoperative wound management is one of the most important factors that determine the incidence of postoperative I-SSI. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the methods used for i...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Itatsu K,Sugawara G,Kaneoka Y,Kato T,Takeuchi E,Kanai M,Hasegawa H,Arai T,Yokoyama Y,Nagino M

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:The spleen is one of the organs most commonly injured by blunt abdominal trauma. It plays an important role in immune response to infections, especially those sustained by encapsulated bacteria. Nonoperative management (NOM), comprising clinical and radiological observation with or without angioembolization, is the tr...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Romeo L,Bagolini F,Ferro S,Chiozza M,Marino S,Resta G,Anania G

更新日期：2020-11-16 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：PURPOSE:We evaluated the safety and efficacy of adult-to-adult right-lobe living donor liver transplantation (ARL-LDLT) in HBV-related benign liver disease recipients with high model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scores. METHODS:The subjects of this study were 70 adult patients who underwent ARL-LDLT and 191 who ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Jiang L,Yan L,Tan Y,Li B,Wen T,Yang J,Zhao J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison was made of the histological findings for myocardial tissue of heterotopic transplanted rat hearts administered with FK506. ACI rats were used as donors and Lewis rats as recipients. FK506 was used for 6 days except for group I (control group). Group II received 0.32 mg/kg/day of FK506 from the day of ope...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hisatomi K,Sato T,Nishimi M,Hirano A,Isomura T,Aoyagi S,Kosuga K,Ohishi K

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported the balance of T helper type 1 (Th1) cells and type 2 (Th2) cells in patients with lung carcinomas. This study was conducted to investigate their activity and role in tumors, which remain unclear. We determined the population of lymphocytes with intracellular interferon (IFN)-gamma or interleukin ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ito N,Nakamura H,Metsugi H,Ohgi S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of nontraumatic, spontaneous venous aneurysm of the left axillary vein. This case may represent only the second such case ever reported in the English-language medical literature. Venous aneurysms are often associated with trauma, arteriovenous fistula, or other venous abnormal hemodynamic conditions,...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ko PJ,Chu JJ,Lin PJ,Liu YH

更新日期：2005-01-01 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 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：: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：PURPOSE:There is increasing evidence that matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play important roles in tumor invasion and metastasis. Using a one-step sandwich enzyme immunoassay, we investigated whether serum pro-MMP2 levels could be predictors of the development and extension of thymoma. METHODS:The subjects of this stu...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sasaki H,Yukiue H,Kobayashi Y,Kaji M,Kiriyama M,Fukai I,Yamakawa Y,Fujii Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. In immunocompetent individuals, the infection is usually subclinical but it can sometimes be life threatening. We describe a case of fatal CMV proctitis in a 71-year-old man following an Ivor-Lewis eso...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Alam I,Shanoon D,Alhamdani A,Boyd A,Griffiths AP,Baxter JN

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of primary non-Hodgkin gastric stump lymphoma, found in a 78-year-old man 30 years after a distal gastrectomy for a benign peptic ulcer. The development of lymphoma in the gastric stump is rare. In fact, to our knowledge only 37 cases, including this one, have been documented. Although Helicobacter py...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Greco L,Marino F,Troilo VL,Marzullo A,Gentile A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucormycosis is an uncommon opportunistic fungal infection that may develop in immunocompromised patients with conditions such as diabetes mellitus, leukemia, lymphoma, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or after transplantation with immunosupperessive therapy. We report a case of gastric perforation caused by a m...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Song KY,Kang WK,Park CW,Choi YJ,Rha SE,Park CH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the safety of early chest tube removal after thoracic esophagectomy with three-field dissection. METHODS:This prospective cohort study evaluated patients who underwent thoracic esophagectomy with three-field dissection during 2013-2015. Patients were divided into two groups according to whether the...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sato T,Fujita T,Okada N,Fujiwara H,Kojima T,Hayashi R,Daiko H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the usual sleeve or window resection of the trachea, reconstruction of the trachea can be carried out without difficulty in patients with aggressive thyroid cancer. When the cancer recurs locally in those patients, reoperation often yields a large tracheal defect, for which a commercially available tracheost...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ito K,Fujimoto Y,Obara T,Yanagisawa H,Ohyama T

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Two cases of a concealed aortocaval fistula (ACF) associated with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) are presented herein. ACF is a rare complication of AAA and only a few cases have so far shown the triad of symptoms, including congestive heart failure, a continuous abdominal bruit, and a pulsating abdominal mass. So...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Takazawa A,Sakahashi H,Toyama A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the route of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) administration which would have the greatest protective effect against hepatic warm ischemia, two experiments were performed using dogs. The pharmacokinetics of PGE1 were investigated in a preliminary study, after which, the effects of PGE1 in a 90-min warm ischemic li...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Totsuka E,Sasaki M,Takahashi K,Toyoki Y,Seino K,Chiba S,Narumi S,Hakamada K,Morita T,Konn M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiangiogenic effects of TNP-470 on the neovascularization of tumors were studied by examining ultrastructural alterations in the vasculature and interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) of tumors. Wistar rats were first inoculated subcutaneously (s.c.) with the Walker 256 carcinosarcoma cell line, then either vehicle m...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Niwano M,Arii S,Mori A,Ishigami S,Harada T,Mise M,Furutani M,Fujioka M,Imamura M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double common bile duct (DCBD) is a rare congenital anomaly of the biliary system, often associated with biliary lithiasis, choledochal cyst, pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM), and upper gastrointestinal tract malignancies. We report a case of type I DCBD with choledochal cyst and cholelithiasis in a 52-year-old Ch...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Chen G,Wang H,Zhang L,Li Z,Bie P

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Esophageal achalasia can be roughly divided into non-sigmoid and sigmoid types. Laparoscopic surgery has been reported to be less than optimally effective for sigmoid type. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the esophageal flexion level on the clinical condition and surgical outcomes of patients...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tsuboi K,Omura N,Yano F,Hoshino M,Yamamoto SR,Akimoto S,Masuda T,Kashiwagi H,Yanaga K

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：:Due to recent advances in endoscopic surgical techniques, it has now become possible to perform endoscopic resection of most early invasive carcinomas of the colon and rectum (EIC) even if the lesions have invaded the submucosa. In the present study, we investigated the microscopic characteristics of superficial EIC c...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okabe S,Arai T,Maruyama S,Murase N,Tsubaki M,Endo M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00