The safety and prognostic factors for mortality in extremely elderly patients undergoing an emergency operation.

abstract：PURPOSE:Soft pancreatic parenchyma is the most widely recognized risk factor for pancreatic fistula. We conducted this study to clarify if there are preoperative factors related to a soft pancreatic remnant and to establish if they are useful for predicting pancreatic fistula. METHODS:This was a retrospective study of...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Casadei R,Ricci C,Taffurelli G,D'Ambra M,Pacilio CA,Ingaldi C,Minni F

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2 1/2-year-old girl underwent a living-related liver transplantation for biliary atresia, following which four percutaneous liver biopsies were performed uneventfully during her hospital stay for the evaluation of recurrent rejection. Her condition improved without any complications, and she was discharged from hosp...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Otobe Y,Hashimoto T,Shimizu Y,Nakamura T,Yamamori N,Hayashi S,Kurono K,Manabe T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of microcystic disease of the pancreas which was clearly demonstrated by magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is reported herein. Cystic dilatation of the pancreatic duct was recognized by computed tomography scanning and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Furthermore, the exis...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kitagawa T,Matsumoto K,Iriyama K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon has a choleretic effect and also stimulates energy-consuming reactions, such as gluconeogenesis and ureogenesis in the liver. The effect of glucagon on energy metabolism in the liver was analyzed in rabbits with obstructive jaundice that had severe liver damage, indicated by significantly lower hepatic energy...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fujii H,Yamamoto M,Mogaki M,Miura K,Itakura J,Okuda J,Matsumoto Y

更新日期：1994-01-01 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:We evaluated the surgical risks associated with fibrocavernous pulmonary tuberculosis by retrospectively examining chest computed tomography (CT) scans. METHODS:We reviewed the records of 40 patients who underwent pulmonary resection for fibrocavernous pulmonary tuberculosis, for whom preoperative CT scans wer...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Wu MH,Chang JM,Haung TM,Cheng LL,Tseng YL,Lin MY,Lai WW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old man, who suffered from advanced rectal cancer accompanied with liver metastasis, underwent an abdominoperineal resection and a partial hepatectomy. He remained well until 4 months after surgery when he developed a biopsy-proven recurrent intrapelvic mass and multiple liver tumors. At 6 months after surge...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ikuta S,Miki C,Ookura E,Tonouchi H,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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：:Liver surgery is a process which induces various types of stress on the liver including the total occlusion of the blood inflow, hemorrhage, massive volume reduction, and postoperative infection. Animal studies have shown a gender dimorphic response of the liver for various stresses such as ischemia/reperfusion, hemor...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yokoyama Y,Nagino M,Nimura Y

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:A 58-year-old female patient presented with the sudden onset of left upper quadrant pain. The physical examination revealed the presence of shock status. Abdominal computed tomography revealed splenomegaly with a huge mass inside the spleen, and massive fluid collection in the abdominal cavity. After splenic artery em...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Asai K,Watanabe M,Matsukiyo H,Osawa A,Saito T,Hagiwara O,Nakamura Y,Okamoto Y,Saida Y,Kusachi S,Yokouchi Y,Nagao J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The scheduled administration of intravenous acetaminophen (scheduled-IV-AcA) is one of the more effective multimodal analgesic approaches for postoperative pain in abdominal/orthopedic surgeries. However, there is little evidence concerning scheduled-IV-AcA after general thoracic surgery, especially when limite...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shikatani Y,Soh J,Shien K,Kurosaki T,Ohtani S,Yamamoto H,Taniguchi A,Okazaki M,Sugimoto S,Yamane M,Oto T,Morimatsu H,Toyooka S

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumor effects of an experimental chemoendocrine therapy combining a new pure antiestrogen ICI 182780 and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) were studied on MCF-7 human breast cancer cells implanted in nude mice. ICI 182780 had a dose-dependent antitumor activity, which was potentiated by the concomitant use of 5-FU. When c...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ogasawara Y,Doihara H,Shiroma K,Kanaya Y,Shimizu N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the amounts of nuclear DNA in gastric cancer metastases histologically and cytochemically by flow cytometry, which was performed retrospectively on paraffin-embedded specimens from 95 patients. At surgery, all cases of aneuploid cancer were positive for lymph node metastases. Liver metastases were frequentl...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Umehara Y,Kimura T,Yoshida M,Oba N,Harada Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 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 herein report a case of IgG4-related autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP). A 72-year-old male with jaundice visited our hospital complaining of epigastralgia. A blood chemistry analysis revealed elevated serum levels of total bilirubin and DUPAN-II. Computed tomography (CT) revealed irregularly shaped pancreatic masses wi...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kimura A,Yamamoto J,Hatsuse K,Aosasa S,Nishiyama K,Maejima T,Ogata S,Shimazaki H,Kawaguchi A,Hase K

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal chest echoic lesion detected incidentally by echocardiography. A chest roentgenogram showed the presence of a giant mass, and computed tomography of the chest confirmed the presence of a mass with a nonhomogeneous density in the left mediastinum, ju...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yashiro T,Shiba M,Sato K,Matsuzaki O,Iizasa T,Otsuji M,Fujisawa T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microwave coagulation therapy (MCT) has been widely used, both percutaneously and directly, as effective minimal invasive therapy for liver tumors. To facilitate the use of MCT, we describe the complications we have encountered, and their possible management and prophylaxis. MCT was performed for 42 patients with hepa...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimada S,Hirota M,Beppu T,Matsuda T,Hayashi N,Tashima S,Takai E,Yamaguchi K,Inoue K,Ogawa M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of 65-year-old man in whom a diagnosis of primary carcinoma of the cystic duct was made on the basis of Farrar's criteria. The patient was admitted with upper abdominal pain, and although there was no evidence of jaundice or a palpable mass, there was tenderness in his right upper quadrant. C...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shibata Y,Toyoda S

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:The aim of this study was to examine the functional outcome of transsacral rectopexy performed with Dexon mesh for recurrent complete rectal prolapse. Anorectal function was assessed by anorectal manometry and defecography, before and from 1 year after surgery in five patients who were followed up for 1-3 years. The f...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Araki Y,Isomoto H,Tsuzi Y,Matsumoto A,Yasunaga M,Yamauchi K,Hayashi K,Kodama T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several authors have reported the relationship between gastric cancer risk and vitamins. However, there are few reports on fat-soluble vitamins after gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Fat malabsorption and suppression of food intake after gastrectomy for gastric cancer have been previously documented. Because of fat mal...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Rino Y,Oshima T,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant fibrous histiocytoma occurs most commonly in the extremities and trunk, but rarely in the visceral organs. Malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the small intestine is an extremely rare condition. To our knowledge, only ten cases of primary tumors involving the small intestine have been described up to now. Amon...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kotan C,Kosem M,Alici S,Ilhan M,Tuncer I,Harman M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local control of rectal cancer and patient survival have improved remarkably with advances in surgical techniques and adjuvant therapy. By applying advanced surgical principles, surgeons can now excise most rectal cancers completely, often preserving the anal sphincter and leaving the patient with relatively normal bo...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inoue Y,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:There is an increasing trend towards performing more radical resections instead of a subtotal resection for benign thyroid disease. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of this change in practice on the surgical treatment of bilateral thyroid diseases in this unit. METHODS:The data on 367 patients ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Citgez B,Uludag M,Yetkin G,Yener F,Akgun I,Isgor A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary adenocarcinoma is extremely rare in the squamous epithelium-lined esophagus. The histopathologic and immunohistochemical characteristics were examined in a composite tumor showing distinct papillary adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus resected from a 66-year-old man. The esophageal tu...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakagawa S,Nishimaki T,Kanda T,Suzuki T,Hatakeyama K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The clinical implications of mucinous components in rectal tumors, especially with regard to the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, remain unclear. METHODS:One hundred and thirty rectal cancer patients who received curative resection after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy were retrospectively reviewed. Pa...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kaneko K,Kawai K,Kazama S,Murono K,Sasaki K,Yasuda K,Ohtani K,Nishikawa T,Tanaka T,Kiyomatsu T,Hata K,Nozawa H,Ishihara S,Morikawa T,Fukayama M,Watanabe T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:Preoperative chemoradiation is a potential treatment option for localized gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC). Currently, the response to chemoradiation cannot be predicted. We analyzed the pretreatment maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) on positron emission tomography/comput...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Harada K,Patnana M,Wang X,Iwatsuki M,Murphy MAB,Zhao M,Das P,Minsky BD,Weston B,Lee JH,Bhutani MS,Estrella JS,Shanbhag N,Ikoma N,Badgwell BD,Ajani JA

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to analyze the management of enteroatmospheric fistulae (EAF) in an open abdomen using vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy. METHODS:Eighteen patients (ten male/eight female) were treated in our surgical department for the management of EAF. VAC therapy was used to manage both comple...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tavusbay C,Genc H,Cin N,Kar H,Kamer E,Atahan K,Haciyanli M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00