The utility of tumor marker combination, including serum P53 antibody, in colorectal cancer treatment.

abstract：:Bax-alpha, a splice variant of bax which promotes apoptosis, is expressed in many kinds of untransformed cell lines and breast tissue, whereas only weak or no expression could be detected in breast cancer cell lines and malignant breast tissue. Human breast cancer MCF-7 cells, which have a weak bax gene expression, we...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sakakura C,Sweeney EA,Shirahama T,Igarashi Y,Hakomori S,Tsujimoto H,Imanishi T,Ohgaki M,Yamazaki J,Hagiwara A,Sawai K,Yamaguchi T,Takahashi T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case of carcinosarcoma of the duodenum. Carcinosarcoma of the duodenum is a very rare tumor. A 72-year-old man was referred to the hospital because of appetite loss. Endoscopy demonstrated an irregularly depressed lesion (type 3) in the descending portion of the duodenum opposite to the ampulla...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sunagawa H,Inamine S,Watanabe M,Kawakami K,Toyama T,Zaha H,Yonaha T,Ohta M,Oshiro N,Takeshima M,Uchima H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was conducted to establish the criteria for performing a pylorus-preserving gastrectomy. This study was performed on 491 patients who had cancer of the middle-third stomach and had been curatively treated with a distal gastrectomy. The incidence of node metastasis for each lymph node station (the...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kodera Y,Yamamura Y,Kanemitsu Y,Shimizu Y,Hirai T,Yasui K,Morimoto T,Kato T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of recurrent thrombocytopenia associated with symptomatic enlargement of an accessory spleen, 2 years after splenectomy, in a 36-year-old man with posthepatitic liver cirrhosis. The patient suffered three episodes of variceal bleeding, but the esophageal varices were not eradicated by two sessions of ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mishin I,Ghidirim G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of operative treatment and chemotherapy on the prognosis in 93 gastric cancer patients with liver metastasis was studied. Chemotherapy included the systemic administration of mitomycin C (MMC) (39 patients), an intra-hepatoarterial infusion of MMC (MMC IAC group) (19 patients) and an intra-hepatoarterial...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yonemura Y,Matuki N,Sakuma H,Katayama K,Sawa T,Fujimura T,Ohyama S,Miwa K,Miyazaki I,Tanaka M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anomalies of the internal jugular vein are uncommon and not frequently experienced. Either a fusiform or saccular dilatation of the veins has been termed phlebectasia by some investigators and venous aneurysm by others. In 1928 Harris was the first to describe this condition using the term "congenital venous cyst." Re...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sugiyama S,Murakami A,Yokokawa M,Misaki T,Wakaki K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A celiomesenteric trunk (CMT) accounts for fewer than 1% of all visceral artery anomalies. Aneurysms involving a CMT are exceptionally rare: our search of the literature found only eight cases reported. We treated a 73-year-old man with both a fusiform CMT aneurysm and an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The celiac ar...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Obara H,Matsumoto K,Fujimura N,Ono S,Hattori T,Kitagawa Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extremely rare case of a lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC) of the pancreas is described herein. A pancreatic cystic tumor was initially detected in a 50-year-old man at a medical checkup. On admission, his serum carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 level was 8100 U/ml and a computed tomography scan revealed a well-circumscribe...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tsuchiya Y,Suzuki S,Sakaguchi T,Kojima Y,Okamoto K,Kurachi K,Konno H,Baba S,Nakamura S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total esophagogastric dissociation (TED) is used to treat gastroesophageal reflux (GER) after failed fundoplication in neurologically impaired patients. It is now performed for some otherwise healthy patients with severe GER. In this procedure, the gastrointestinal tract is reconstructed in a non-physiological way wit...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tanaka Y,Tainaka T,Uchida H

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:Accurate localization of the tumor during robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer is crucial. Several techniques have been described, but each has its shortcomings. We developed a new technique of near infrared ray-guided surgery (NIRGS) to localize the tumor accurately, using intra-operative colonoscopy...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Takahashi H,Yanagita TE,Suzuki T,Maeda A,Nakai N,Maeda Y,Shiga K,Hirokawa T,Ogawa R,Hara M,Matsuo Y,Takiguchi S

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stapled hemorrhoidopexy (SH) has become a widely accepted surgical procedure for hemorrhoids; however, one of the most serious complications of this technique is severe bleeding. We report a case of extensive hemoperitoneum after SH for third-degree hemorrhoids. On postoperative day (POD) 1, the patient complained of ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Blouhos K,Vasiliadis K,Tsalis K,Botsios D,Vrakas X

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of metachronous multiple lung adenocarcinoma at the cut-end, diagnosed 4 years after sublobar resection for adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS), on the basis of discordance of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status between the first and second tumor. The patient was an 81-year-old Japanese m...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Isaka T,Yokose T,Ito H,Imamura N,Watanabe M,Imai K,Nishii T,Yamada K,Nakayama H,Masuda M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we discovered that indomethacin was an effective modulator of the sensitivity of pulmonary carcinoma cells to vincristine (VCR), methotrexate (MTX), adriamycin (ADR), and etoposide (VP-16). We describe herein the case of a 61-year-old-man with multiple brain, lung, liver, and bone metastases from ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kobayashi S,Okada S,Hasumi T,Sato N,Fujimura S

更新日期：1999-01-01 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:We examined differences in host immunologic changes induced by the intravenous or intraportal administration of donor antigens at engrafting and evaluated their contribution to graft survival using a rat transplantation model. METHODS:Lewis rat recipients were given either an intravenous or intraportal injecti...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shirouzu Y,Hikida S,Tanigawa H,Shirouzu K

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：PURPOSE:Acute diffuse peritonitis (ADP) is an important surgical complication associated with high morbidity and mortality; however, the risk factors associated with a poor outcome have remained controversial. This study aimed in collecting integrated data using a web-based national database system to build a risk mode...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakagoe T,Miyata H,Gotoh M,Anazawa T,Baba H,Kimura W,Tomita N,Shimada M,Kitagawa Y,Sugihara K,Mori M

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Twenty-four patients with tracheal lesions were managed by various procedures, including primary anastomosis in 16, tracheoplasty in 2, and a terminal tracheostomy in 6. The patients undergoing anastomosis included 4 with primary tumors, 7 with secondary tumors, and 5 with benign stricture. Except for 2 patients, ther...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tsubota N,Yoshimura M,Miyamoto Y,Nakamura H,Minami H

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:The pharmacologic response of coronary artery bypass conduits is of great importance. This study was designed to clarify the response of blood flow between the internal thoracic artery (ITA) and the ileocecal artery (ICA) to inotropic agents. The responses of the ITA and ICA to epinephrine, dopamine, isoproterenol, an...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tada Y,Tsuboi H,Suzuki K,Katoh T,Zempo N,Fujimura Y,Esato K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the outcomes and efficacy of awake video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) with those of chemical pleurodesis for intractable secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP). METHODS:We analyzed, retrospectively, 60 consecutive patients who underwent awake VATS (n = 22) or chemical pleurodesis (n = 38) for ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Noda M,Watanabe T,Matsuda Y,Sakurada A,Hoshikawa Y,Okada Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 372 patients who underwent liver transplants between January 1985 and March 1995, 7 required variations in vascular anastomoses due to discrepancies in the size-match of the donor and recipient vessels, the presence of a thrombosed hepatic artery or portal vein, or complete absence of the portal vein. The technique...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kawamoto S,Pillay SP,Lynch SV,Ong TH,Wall DR,Yamanaka J,Strong RW

更新日期：1998-01-01 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

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：PURPOSE:This study aimed to clarify what hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) phenotype, as categorized by intraoperative contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS), showed a high risk of recurrence after hepatic resection. METHODS:Patients who underwent initial curative hepatectomy with intraoperative CEUS for a single HCC n...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakamura I,Hatano E,Tada M,Kawabata Y,Tamagawa S,Kurimoto A,Iwama H,Toriguchi K,Sueoka H,Iida K,Yoshida M,Nishimura T,Iijima H

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal perforations are extremely difficult to diagnose and treat. We report herein our results of a review of 26 patients with esophageal perforation which were spontaneous in 11, iatrogenic in 11, and caused by a foreign body in 4. Surgical treatment was performed in 7 of the patients with spontaneous rupture, b...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mizutani K,Makuuchi H,Tajima T,Mitomi T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin was discovered as an intrinsic ligand for the growth hormone (GH)-secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) in 1999. The endogenous production of ghrelin occurs mainly in the stomach. Ghrelin has multiple functions; it has orexigenic action, stimulates GH secretion, has anti-inflammatory activities, stimulates gastrointes...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Takiguchi S,Murakami K,Yanagimoto Y,Takata A,Miyazaki Y,Mori M,Doki Y

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a transhiatal bilateral splanchnicotomy (TBS) has many advantages, it has not been widely employed as an effective minimal invasive therapy for intractable supramesenteric pain. Furthermore, the effects of TBS have not yet been clearly evaluated. Between 1995 and 1997, TBS was performed on 11 patients with in...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimada S,Okamoto M,Hirota M,Tashima S,Yamaguchi K,Ogawa M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00