Influence of residual coronary flow on bypass graft flow for graft assessment using near-infrared fluorescence angiography.

abstract：:A 71-year-old man presented to our hospital with obstructive jaundice, found to be caused by a huge liver cyst which was centrally located and riding on the hilum. Percutaneous transhepatic cyst drainage was performed, following which obstruction of the bile duct was relieved and the jaundice subsided. As jaundice rec...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kanai T,Kenmochi T,Takabayashi T,Hangai N,Kawano Y,Suwa T,Yonekawa H,Miyazawa N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 94-year-old woman who presented with signs of a small bowel obstruction many years after an appendectomy. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showed discontinuity of the small bowel at a point next to the uterus. We made a provisional diagnosis of an internal hernia through a defect in the ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Takayama S,Hirokawa T,Sakamoto M,Takahashi H,Yamamoto M,Sato M,Manabe T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old man who had suffered for 5 years from persistent abdominal pain caused by alcoholic chronic pancreatitis, presented with diffuse calcification of the entire pancreas with cystic formation of the pancreatic head. After a pylorus-preserving total pancreatectomy, the pancreatic head, including the cyst, was...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tamura K,Yano S,Itakura M,Hashimoto K,Nakagawa M,Nakase A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and complications of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for single gallstones were compared between 15 patients with a CT-lucent stone and 18 patients with a dense calcified stone. In all of five patients with a stone smaller than 10 mm in diameter, complete or sufficient clearance was observed,...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mori T,Shimono K,Moriyama S,Masuda T,Ikeda T,Umegae S,Nagata N

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Inflammatory biomarkers such as the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are reportedly predictive of the long-term outcomes of several cancers. We evaluated their correlations with the post-surgical long-term outcomes of patients with ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ohira M,Yoshizumi T,Yugawa K,Kosai-Fujimoto Y,Inokuchi S,Motomura T,Mano Y,Toshima T,Itoh S,Harada N,Ikegami T,Soejima Y,Taketomi A,Mori M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Double tract reconstruction (DT) after proximal gastrectomy (PG) is considered beneficial for postoperative nutrition status by preserving the physiological passage of food. We conducted this study to assess postoperative nutrition status based on food passage after this operation. METHODS:The subjects of this...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamashita K,Iwatsuki M,Koga Y,Toihata T,Kiyozumi Y,Kuroda D,Eto K,Hiyoshi Y,Iwagami S,Baba Y,Miyamoto Y,Yoshida N,Baba H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliative chemotherapy with best supportive care is a mainstay for patients with gastric cancer (GC) and distant metastasis. However, with advances in GC chemotherapy, multimodal treatment, including perioperative chemotherapy plus conversion surgery, has attracted attention as a new strategy to improve the outcome o...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kinoshita J,Yamaguchi T,Moriyama H,Fushida S

更新日期：2021-01-23 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：:This report presents the case of a 65-year-old female patient with a malignant glomus tumor of the stomach, with metastases to the kidney and brain. The clinical presentation and imaging results are discussed, and the literature on malignant glomus tumors is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Song SE,Lee CH,Kim KA,Lee HJ,Park CM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to compare partial cystectomy and internal drainage of the cyst cavity with cystojejunostomy for the surgical treatment of giant hepatic hydatid cysts. METHODS:Patients who underwent any type of surgical treatment between March 2009 and May 2013 for giant hepatic hydatid cysts were re...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Acar F,Sahin M,Alptekin H,Yılmaz H,Kafalı ME

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:Reduction of target coronary artery motion is imperative for successful off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. We hypothesized that landiolol, a novel ultra-short-acting selective β-1 blocker, would reduce such coronary artery motion. To test this hypothesis, the motion of the left anterior descending artery of the ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Wakamatsu H,Watanabe T,Sato Y,Takase S,Omata S,Yokoyama H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The roles of angiogenesis and the most prominent angiogenic vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in diseases of the pancreas remain controversial. We compared microvessel density (MVD) and VEGF status in normal pancreatic, chronic pancreatic, and pancreatic cancer (PC) tissues to establish their prognostic...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Benckert C,Thelen A,Cramer T,Weichert W,Gaebelein G,Gessner R,Jonas S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the long-term effects of administering preoperative radiochemotherapy to patients with carcinoma of the lower rectum. The outcomes of 29 patients who underwent curative surgery for carcinoma of the lower rectum after receiving radiochemotherapy in the form of 40.5 Gy accelerated ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Horie H,Kashiwagi H,Konishi F,Furuta K,Ozawa A,Kanazawa K

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Adrenomedullin (AM), a novel vasodilatory peptide, appears to participate in the regulation of circulation. Recent studies have reported a relationship between AM and cytokine. The present study was performed to determine whether major surgery, which is accompanied by an altered cytokine production, affects the concen...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fujioka S

更新日期：2001-01-01 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

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：: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：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：: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：: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：: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：: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:A laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has become a common treatment modality. The incidence of occult gallbladder carcinoma (GC) diagnosed by LC has increased; however, the effects of a radical second operation after LC have not yet been demonstrated. In this study we examine the outcome of such further surgical ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Matsusaka S,Yamasaki H,Kitayama Y,Okada T,Maeda S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), which is generated from phosphatidylcholine (PC) and metabolized by autotaxin (ATX), modulates immune responses via its anti-inflammatory property. We investigated the association between LPC and postoperative complications (POCs) after colorectal cancer surgery (CRC). METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Matsuda A,Yamada M,Matsumoto S,Sakurazawa N,Yamada T,Matsutani T,Miyashita M,Uchida E

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present herein a case of a 40-year-old male with early gallbladder cancer derived from a Rokitanski-Aschoff sinus (RAS). The patient originally presented at our hospital with epigastric discomfort, following which a diagnosis of adenomyomatosis (ADM) of the gallbladder was made, and a cholecystectomy performed. His...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Funabiki T,Matsumoto S,Tsukada N,Kimura T,Yoshizaki S,Horibe Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pouch failure has been reported to occur after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for Crohn's disease. We report two cases of patients with Crohn's disease, who underwent redo ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (redo-IPAA) combined with anti-TNF-α maintenance therapy, with good functional results. The first patient, a man with pr...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Araki T,Okita Y,Fujikawa H,Ohi M,Tanaka K,Inoue Y,Uchida K,Mohri Y,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Open heart surgery in patients with Child-Pugh class C liver cirrhosis has a high mortality rate and is generally considered to be contraindicated. A patient with liver cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class C) underwent mandatory complex open heart surgery due to severe heart failure. The perioperative management, including the...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kubota Y,Sakaguchi T,Miyagawa S,Nishi H,Yoshikawa Y,Fukushima S,Saito S,Sawa Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the effects of thrombopoietin (TPO) on platelet counts and liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy in rats. METHODS:We performed 70% partial hepatectomy on 60 rats given either TPO or a vehicle (controls). The rats were killed 6 h, 24 h, 72 h, or 168 h after the procedure, and we examined ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimabukuro R,Kawanaka H,Tomikawa M,Akahoshi T,Konishi K,Yoshida D,Anegawa G,Uehara H,Hashimoto N,Hashizume M,Maehara Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00