Phase III trial comparing UFT + PSK to UFT + LV in stage IIB, III colorectal cancer (MCSGO-CCTG).

abstract：:We report a rare case of four separate gastric ruptures resulting from blunt abdominal trauma that were successfully repaired by primary closure. A 22-year-old man injured in a motorcycle accident was admitted to our hospital where physical and radiological examinations confirmed the need for abdominal exploration. La...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ishikawa K,Ueda Y,Sonoda K,Yamamoto A,Hisadome T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Anastomotic leakage (AL) is a critical complication of colorectal cancer surgery. The transanal drainage tube (TDT) is designed to prevent AL caused by decompression and stasis at the anastomosis. We conducted this study to investigate the feasibility of using the TDT to prevent AL following double-stapling tec...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Matsuda M,Tsuruta M,Hasegawa H,Okabayashi K,Kondo T,Shimada T,Yahagi M,Yoshikawa Y,Kitagawa Y

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein present an example of an extended central bisegmentectomy in a patient with a large hepatocellular carcinoma. According to a magnetic resonance imaging study, the right hepatic vein was displaced and narrowed at its origin and a large inferior right hepatic vein was revealed. In this case, owing to the only ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tanaka K,Nishimura A,Takenaka K,Yamada K,Ishibe R,Ogata S,Ishizaki N,Taira A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery subjects the lower extremities to ischemia and reperfusion. Although it is not extensive or prolonged, ischemia of the lower extremities during aortic cross-clamping is gradually and steadily induced. We studied the effects of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on ischemia-reperfu...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sako H,Hadama T,Miyamoto S,Anai H,Wada T,Iwata E,Hamamoto H,Tanaka H,Urushino K,Shuto T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 75-year-old man who developed severe tetanus 24 h after the resection of a gangrenous perforated small intestine. It seemed that the tetanus was caused by a spillage of the intestinal contents harboring Clostridium tetani; however, this was not identified by a culture. The diagnosis of t...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Furui J,Enjyoji A,Susumu S,Okudaira S,Takayama K,Kanematsu T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 19-year-old woman, diagnosed as having Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome at the age of 3 years, who presented to our hospital with severe abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography revealed splenomegaly, ascites, and paracentesis confirming an intraabdominal hemorrhage. Thus, an emergency la...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hamano K,Hiraoka H,Kouchi Y,Fujioka K,Esato K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interventional pulmonology, otherwise known as "airway stenting," has developed in the field of pulmonary medicine focused on using advanced bronchoscopic techniques to treat airway disorders. Tracheobronchial disorders can be caused by malignant or benign tumors, extrinsic compression, postintubation tracheal injurie...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Saito Y,Imamura H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A carcinoma in a groin hernia is uncommon. We herein report a case of an intrasaccular carcinoma of the cecum in a right inguinoscrotal hernia with a simultaneous left inguinal hernia treated by a laparoscopic approach. A 70-year-old man presented with a painful, not completely reducible bilateral hernia. Blood examin...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Pernazza G,Monsellato I,Alfano G,Bascone B,Felicioni F,Ferrari R,D'Annibale A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To define the indications for thyroid cancer surgery in elderly patients. METHODS:We compared the clinical characteristics of thyroid cancers in 85 elderly patients, defined as those aged > or =75 years, with those of 37 young patients, defined as those aged <30 years. The elderly group included patients who u...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Matsuyama H,Sugitani I,Fujimoto Y,Kawabata K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To improve the procedures used to treat prolapse and hemorrhoids, novel magnetic rings were invented to use in circumferential mucosectomies to avoid the disadvantages of stapling techniques. METHODS:Thirty adult pigs were randomly divided into three groups: Group A (n = 10), which underwent circumferential mu...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： An GS,Huai ZQ,Sheng Z,Min ZS,Wen YJ,Ming HD,Xing ZZ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the expression of cyclooxygenase (Cox-1 and Cox-2) in mammary tissues from patients with breast cancer. METHODS:We used reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS:The cancer cells showed very weak expression of Cox-1, but strong expression of imm...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yoshimura N,Sano H,Okamoto M,Akioka K,Ushigome H,Kadotani Y,Yoshimura R,Nobori S,Higuchi A,Ohmori Y,Nakamura K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term surgical outcomes of laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection (APR) for rectal cancer, by comparing it with a case-control series of open APR. METHODS:Fourteen patients with rectal cancer who underwent laparoscopic APR between August 2004 and November 2011 we...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inada R,Yamamoto S,Oshiro T,Takawa M,Fujita S,Akasu T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the unusual case of a 66-year-old woman found to have adenocarcinoma arising in a tailgut cyst. The patient had been observed for 6 months following the discovery of a presacral cystic mass measuring 10 x 9 cm for which she had refused surgery. The serum tumor marker, carcinoembryonic antigen, became ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Maruyama A,Murabayashi K,Hayashi M,Nakano H,Isaji S,Uehara S,Kusuda T,Miyahara S,Kondo A,Nakano H,Yabana T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the case of a common hepatic artery (CHA) pseudoaneurysm secondary to postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD), which was successfully treated using a coronary covered stent. A 70-year-old female underwent subtotal stomach-preserving PD for middle cholangiocarcinoma...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Asai K,Watanabe M,Kusachi S,Matsukiyo H,Saito T,Kodama H,Enomoto T,Nakamura Y,Okamoto Y,Saida Y,Iijima R,Nagao J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between the participation of board-certified surgeons in gastroenterological surgery (BCS-Gs) and the surgical outcomes of gastroenterological surgery. METHODS:Data from the National Clinical Database on patients who underwent eight major gastroenterological...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Konno H,Kamiya K,Kikuchi H,Miyata H,Hirahara N,Gotoh M,Wakabayashi G,Ohta T,Kokudo N,Mori M,Seto Y

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the possible factors that could contribute to the impairment of polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) bactericidal activities in patients with esophageal cancer, based on the discovery that a depression of the intracellular killing (KI) activity, with an elevation of the superoxide anion-producing capacity (S...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shigemitsu Y,Saito T,Kinoshita T,Katsuta T,Shimoda K,Kobayashi M

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:We report a case that was successfully treated by primary stent placement without thrombolysis or thrombectomy for graft thrombosis after aortoiliac reconstructive surgery. A 79-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of severe intermittent claudication of the right leg. He had undergone a surgical repair of abd...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kondo Y,Dardik A,Muto A,Nishibe M,Nishibe T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal incisional hernias represent the most common wound complication after abdominal surgery and infected abdominal incisional hernias are difficult to manage. We describe a simple, safe and effective method of using a free fascia lata patch to repair a large infected incisional hernia. This procedure involves th...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Miyamoto Y,Watanabe M,Ishimoto T,Baba Y,Iwagami S,Sakamoto Y,Yoshida N,Masuguchi S,Ihn H,Baba H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) frequently metastasizes to and recurs in regional lymph nodes. Of the two compartments, the central compartment can be dissected through the same wound as the thyroidectomy, and the central node dissection (CND) is routinely performed in most Japanese surgical departments. Howe...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ito Y,Tsushima Y,Masuoka H,Yabuta T,Fukushima M,Inoue H,Tomoda C,Kihara M,Higashiyama T,Takamura Y,Kobayashi K,Miya A,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Quickly differentiating patients who need emergency salvage operation for caustic ingestion injury from those who do not remains difficult. We thus conducted a retrospective study to assess whether arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is helpful for deciding on the best management plan. METHODS:We divided 129 pat...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Cheng YJ,Kao EL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

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：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：:A 70-year-old man with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was brought to our Emergency Department after the sudden onset of acute and severe abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed a tender and distended abdomen with guarding and rebound tenderness in the periumbilical region and the left upper quadrant. A plain...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yağmur Y,Aldemir M,Büyükbayram H,Taçyildiz I

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We developed a technique of jejunal pouch interposition with a fundic-like jejunal plication (JPI-FP) for reconstruction after total gastrectomy (TG) for gastric cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the advantages of JPI-FP over Roux-en-Y reconstruction (R-Y). METHODS:Twenty-two patients who had un...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yumiba T,Kawahara H,Nishikawa K,Nishida T,Inoue Y,Ito T,Matsuda H

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:As the number of elderly people has increased, the number of elderly patients who need emergency operations has also increased. Although there are many models to evaluate the risk of surgery in elderly patients, they all are associated with limitations. We herein evaluated the prognostic factors for surgical mo...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Park SY,Chung JS,Kim SH,Kim YW,Ryu H,Kim DH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) has become the standard operative approach for splenectomy. Portal or splenic vein thrombosis (PSVT) is a serious and common complication after LS, and lethal complications of PSVT can occur when the portal vein is completely occluded by portal vein thrombosis (PVT). We aimed to cl...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kuroki T,Kitasato A,Tokunaga T,Takeshita H,Taniguchi K,Maeda S,Fujioka H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary fibroelastoma is a rare, benign cardiac tumor that can cause multiple emboli. We report herein a case of papillary fibroelastoma developing from the chordae of the tricuspid valve which was detected by echocardiography and confirmed by surgical resection. To our knowledge, this is only the fifth documented c...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nishimura Y,Naito Y,Fujiwara K,Komai H,Noguchi Y

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to identify the key proteins that influence the prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using protein expression profiles of previously known prognostic markers. METHODS:Thirty-one cases of Stage II NSCLC with 5-year follow-up data were selected. Tissue microarrays (TMA) and immunohistochemist...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kohri T,Sugano M,Kawashima O,Saito R,Sakurai S,Sano T,Nakajima T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe herein the unusual case of a 76-year-old woman who was diagnosed as having sigmoid colon cancer after presenting with complete rectal prolapse. The rectal prolapse was considered to have been caused by constipation accelerated by the colon cancer. The relationship between colorectal cancer and rectal prola...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamazaki T,Sakai Y,Sekine Y,Nihei K,Hatakeyama K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00