Clinical significance of an increased red blood cell distribution width in patients with rectal cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery.

abstract：:In a previous study, we used a murine monoclonal antibody, A7, against human colon carcinoma as a drug-carrier to treat colorectal cancer. In the present study, we found that MAb A7 also reacted immunohistochemically with 73% of human pancreatic carcinoma cell lines, with the A7 antigen mainly being detected on the ce...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Otsuji E,Yamaguchi T,Yamaguchi N,Koyama K,Imanishi J,Yamaoka N,Takahashi T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late graft failure of autologous vein grafts is associated with intimal hyperplasia resulting from the migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is an enzyme that synthesizes nitric oxide (NO). An impairment of NO-mediated vasorelaxation and increases...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sugimoto M,Yamanouchi D,Komori K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the cases of two patients who underwent complete resection of a superior sulcus tumor (SST) plus adjuvant brachytherapy, with the area to be irradiated determined by a computer program system designed to minimize unnecessary irradiation to the normal components and to optimize the effect on the target...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ohta Y,Yashiki Y,Go T,Watanabe SI,Oda M,Takanaka T,Nishijima H,Watanabe Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Geriatric surgery poses specific challenges due to patient vulnerability in relation to aging. We analyzed perioperative challenges concerning super-elderly patients with breast cancer. METHODS:Between 2013 and 2018, 908 patients with breast cancer were treated surgically. Of these, two patient groups were com...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ogawa Y,Ikeda K,Watanabe C,Kamei Y,Goto W,Shiraishi C,Tokunaga S,Tsuboguchi Y

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillosis is a common fungal infection in immunocompromised patients undergoing chemotherapy. The incidence of invasive fungal infection in these patients has increased dramatically in recent years. We report a case of small-bowel infarction caused by Aspergillus in a 48-year-old man who was receiving chemotherapy...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Enjoji M,Ohtsukasa S,Nagano H,Matsuki M,Kawachi Y,Kurisu A,Maruyama H,Kusakabe M,Nagata K,Hamaguchi H,Taki K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), also known as Buerger's disease, is an important cause in India of chronic arterial occlusion of the limbs. The current modalities of therapy do not provide adequate relief to a large number of these patients. An omentum autotransplantation to the lower limbs was performed in three pa...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Khazanchi RK,Nanda V,Kumar R,Garg P,Guleria S,Bal S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water-clear cell parathyroid adenoma is an exceedingly rare tumor, composed exclusively of tumor cells with abundant foamy cytoplasm. A combination of hyperparathyroidism and neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is also a rare phenomenon. We report an 18-year-old woman with primary hyperparathyroidism caused by water-clear ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kodama H,Iihara M,Okamoto T,Obara T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 27-year-old man with Marfan's syndrome underwent a total aortic graft replacement in three separate stages. Initially the abdominal aorta was replaced, followed by the ascending aorta and aortic arch, and finally the residual portion. The extensive reconstruction of both the ascending and transverse aorta at the sec...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Konishi H,Ohshima K,Saitoh T,Kamisawa O,Ohki S,Hasegawa N,Kawashima T,Misawa Y,Katoh M,Fuse K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tissue factor (TF), an initiator of the extrinsic coagulation cascade, is also expressed in a wide range of cancer cells and plays an important role in cancer progression and metastasis, as well as in processes independent of the blood coagulation pathway. For example, by acting as an adhesion molecule enabling...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Minamiya Y,Matsuzaki I,Sageshima M,Saito H,Taguchi K,Nakagawa T,Ogawa J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune function of peripheral blood cells and cells from the pleural and abdominal effusions of patients with advanced cancer was compared to that of peripheral blood cells from controls. The parameters examined included lymphocyte subsets, natural killer (NK) cell activity, and anti-Daudi and lymphokine-activated...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Oka M,Yoshino S,Hazama S,Shimoda K,Suzuki T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe and evaluate our video-assisted neck surgery (VANS) method for thyroid and parathyroid diseases. METHODS:We describe in detail the VANS method for enucleation, lobectomy, total (nearly total) thyroidectomy, and lymph node dissection for malignancy and Graves' disease. In collaboration with the Japa...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimizu K,Shimizu K,Okamura R,Igarashi T,Nagaoka R,Sanada M,Sugitani I,Fukumori T,Yamada T

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:Neurilemoma, like other non-epithelial tumors, seldom occurs in the thyroid gland. A 57-year-old man was first referred to our hospital with an asymptomatic anterior neck tumor. A solid tumor was detected in the right lobe of the thyroid and an enucleation of the thyroid tumor was performed. The tumor was 35 x 33 x 33...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Aoki T,Kumeda S,Iwasa T,Inokawa K,Hori T,Makiuchi M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was conducted to determine whether establishing the proximal resection line using India ink tattooing can ensure safe resection margins during totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy. METHODS:This retrospective study included 81 patients who underwent totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy for gast...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamazaki Y,Kanaji S,Takiguchi G,Urakawa N,Hasegawa H,Yamamoto M,Matsuda Y,Yamashita K,Matsuda T,Oshikiri T,Nakamura T,Suzuki S,Kakeji Y

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The impact of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) treatment for Crohn's disease (CD) on surgical outcomes is still controversial. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of laparoscopic surgery for CD patients treated preoperatively with anti-TNFα agents. METHODS:We investigated, retrospectivel...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hata T,Mizushima T,Osawa H,Takahashi H,Haraguchi N,Nishimura J,Hata T,Takemasa I,Ikenaga M,Nakajima K,Yamamoto H,Murata K,Doki Y,Mori M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various surgical procedures have been developed in an attempt to alleviate the significant problems caused by chronic pleural empyema. The present study evaluates our 11-year experience of employing a number of therapeutic approaches for chronic empyema. Between 1987 and 1997, 45 consecutive patients underwent treatme...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okada M,Tsubota N,Yoshimura M,Miyamoto Y,Yamagishi H,Satake S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the diagnostic value of the white blood cell count (WBC) and serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level in children with advanced appendicitis. METHODS:We reviewed 289 children ranging in age from 3 to 15 years old, who underwent appendectomy in our hospital between 1993 and 2003. The advanced appendicitis...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okamoto T,Sano K,Ogasahara K

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) with lymph node (LN) metastasis is generally associated with a poor prognosis. However, we treated ICC with LN metastasis successfully by surgery and postoperative immunotherapy in a 59-year-old woman. The immunotherapy consisted of CD3-activated T cells and tumor lysate- or pepti...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Higuchi R,Yamamoto M,Hatori T,Shimizu K,Imai K,Takasaki K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:No definitive surgical treatment for non-acute pilonidal disease has been established thus far. We herein report the short-term and long-term outcomes of 74 consecutive patients who underwent the cleft lift procedure for non-acute pilonidal disease. METHODS:A total of 74 consecutive patients who underwent the ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ortega PM,Baixauli J,Arredondo J,Bellver M,Sánchez-Justicia C,Ocaña S,Hernández-Lizoain JL

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:Th2 cells have been shown to exert cell-mediated immune responses in vitro; therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the cellular mechanisms of the long-term survival of cardiac xenografts by measuring cytokine production from recipient lymphocytes. Xenogeneic heart grafts from Lewis rats were transpl...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kishimoto K,Furukawa K,Ashizuka S,Sawada T,Ayabe H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing esophageal tumors are extremely rare. We report herein the case of a 51-year-old man found to have an AFP-producing adenocarcinoma arising from esophageal proper mucosa. The patient presented for investigation of dysphagia, and esophagogram and endoscopy revealed a lesion about 2 cm i...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kobayashi N,Ohbu M,Kuroyama S,Kikuchi S,Shimao H,Mitomi H,Kakita A

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：PURPOSE:Suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 (SOCS3) is a negative feedback inhibitor of cytokine signaling with T-cell-mediated immunosuppressive effects on obliterative bronchiolitis (OB). In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of T-cell-specific overexpression of SOCS3 using a murine heterotopic tracheal tr...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mesaki K,Yamane M,Sugimoto S,Fujisawa M,Yoshimura T,Kurosaki T,Otani S,Miyoshi S,Oto T,Matsukawa A,Toyooka S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70-year-old man who had undergone esophagectomy with reconstructive surgery using a portion of the stomach 5 years earlier for esophageal cancer was admitted to our hospital after a routine endoscopy and histological examination of a biopsy specimen revealed poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the stomach. A gas...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Saeki T,Mandai K,Moriwaki S,Yamagami K,Sakamoto N,Takiyama W,Takashima S

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aggressive approach to vascular reconstruction should be adopted in patients with Buerger's disease and peripheral ischemia who are often young and otherwise active. A patient with severe Buerger's disease is reported who was treated successfully by complete vascular reconstruction with staged bypass surgery while ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shindo S,Saka A,Kubota K,Kojima A,Ishimoto T,Iyori K,Kobayashi M,Kamiya K,Tada Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of esophageal schwannoma in a 46-year-old woman who presented with rapidly progressive dyspnea and dysphagia. Chest computed tomography showed a large mediastinal mass, which was extrinsically compressing the trachea, widely adjacent to the upper thoracic esophagus. We performed an axillary right thor...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tokunaga T,Takeda S,Sumimura J,Maeda H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53-year-old man who had the habit of consuming fish bones was referred to our clinic because of a suspected malignant abdominal wall tumor. Computed tomography (CT) showed a mass (10 x 5 cm) in continuity with the transverse abdominal muscle, containing a small calcification. A laparotomy was performed with a preope...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamada H,Kondo S,Kamiya J,Nagino M,Miyachi M,Kanai M,Hayata A,Washizu J,Nimura Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although laparoscopic liver resection has been widely adopted, performing a pure laparoscopic right hepatectomy remains a challenging procedure. The aim of this report is to evaluate the efficiency of a pure laparoscopic right hepatectomy (PLRH) in the semi-prone position using the intrahepatic Glissonian appro...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ikeda T,Yonemura Y,Ueda N,Kabashima A,Shirabe K,Taketomi A,Yoshizumi T,Uchiyama H,Harada N,Ijichi H,Kakeji Y,Morita M,Tsujitani S,Maehara Y

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00