Left upper lobectomy is a risk factor for cerebral infarction after pulmonary resection: a multicentre, retrospective, case-control study in Japan.

abstract：:We present herein the case of a pyogenic liver abscess developing from hepatic ischemia caused by resection of the right hepatic artery when a left hemihepatectomy with caudate lobectomy and extrahepatic bile duct resection was performed for cholangiocellular carcinoma. Postoperative cholangiography revealed communica...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tanaka K,Nishimura A,Hombo K,Furoi A,Ikoma A,Yamauchi T,Taira A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreaticoduodenectomy is a radical treatment for pancreatic head cancer. However, it is sometimes difficult to perform pancreaticoduodenectomy, particularly in patients who have previously undergone esophagectomy with gastric conduit reconstruction. We herein describe a surgical technique for radical pancreaticoduod...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inoue A,Akita H,Eguchi H,Hama N,Wada H,Kawamoto K,Kobayashi S,Mori M,Doki Y,Nagano H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hyperfibrinogenemia is associated with poor prognosis in various cancers; however, its clinical relevance in gastric cancer has not been well analyzed. We conducted this study to assess the clinicopathological significance and prognostic value of hyperfibrinogenemia in patients with gastric cancer. METHODS:Pla...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Suzuki T,Shimada H,Nanami T,Oshima Y,Yajima S,Ito M,Washizawa N,Kaneko H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated whether functional future remnant liver volume (fFRLV), assessed using gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (EOB-MRI), could evaluate regional liver function in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVT...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Araki K,Harimoto N,Yamanaka T,Ishii N,Tsukagoshi M,Igarashi T,Watanabe A,Kubo N,Tsushima Y,Shirabe K

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tissue biopsy is the "golden standard" for molecular profiling that is essential in decision-making regarding treatment for malignant tumors, including primary lung cancer. However, tumor biopsies are associated with several limitations, including invasiveness and difficulty in achieving access. Liquid biopsies have...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yoneda K,Imanishi N,Ichiki Y,Tanaka F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old man with an infrarenal mycotic aneurysm underwent successful in-situ graft reconstruction using a woven Dacron graft. A tissue culture taken from the excised aortic wall revealed Staphylococcus epidermidis, and histological study subsequently showed penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers (PAU) involving all ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Moriyama Y,Toda R,Iwamura H,Kawashima S,Shimokawa S,Toyohira H,Taira A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the relationship between the incidence of p53 gene deletion in each nucleus and the clinicopathological features in colorectal cancers, we performed a cytogenetic study using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). FISH was performed on 5 adenomas and 38 colorectal cancers that had been resected surgical...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nanashima A,Tagawa Y,Yasutake T,Taniguchi Y,Sawai T,Nakagoe T,Ayabe H

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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：PURPOSE:We investigated the predictive indicator for a good prognosis of surgical resection for liver metastasis of colorectal cancer. METHOD:Between 1990 and 2009 at our institute, 117 patients underwent 132 hepatic resections for liver metastasis of colorectal cancer. The clinical, pathological, and outcome paramete...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Amano R,Yamada N,Nakata B,Kimura K,Yashiro M,Ohira M,Hirakawa K

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases of lower rectum-located tumor or severe disease, surgical resection is currently the effective management; however, it also carries increased risks of function loss. The interdisciplinary field of regenerative medicine offers strategies that can potentially restore severely diseased and injured tissues and or...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Miyoshi N,Fujino S,Takahashi Y,Yasui M,Ohue M,Mizushima T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 6-month-old girl with a giant transdiaphragmatic duodenal duplication connecting to a cervical intraspinal cyst, which compressed the heart and lung, causing severe respiratory distress. We removed the intraspinal neurenteric cyst through a posterior cervical incision at the C6 and C7 level, an...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Wakisaka M,Nakada K,Kitagawa H,Shimada H,Nosaka S

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：PURPOSE:Earlier studies have investigated the suitability of various materials and autologous grafts for the repair of diaphragmatic defects. Our group investigated the feasibility of using an artificial diaphragm (AD) to repair wide diaphragmatic defects. METHODS:Twelve pigs were laparotomized and, in each pig, a def...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Aikawa M,Miyazawa M,Okamoto K,Toshimitsu Y,Okada K,Akimoto N,Ueno Y,Koyama I,Ikada Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of distant metastasis to mesh-plug prosthesis in gastrointestinal cancer is presented herein. An 88-year-old man had received mesh-plug repair with high ligation for a recurrence of a right inguinal hernia. Six months later, advanced gastric cancer and advanced transverse colon cancer were detected, and therefo...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Imai M,Kondo Y,Masuko H,Okada K,Osawa S,Ishizu H,Nishida Y,Hata T,Uemura K,Kina M,Honda S,Ishiyama G,Takahashi T,Hino A

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:This report describes the use of side-to-end anastomosis in a colostomy for an acute malignant large-bowel obstruction. A 59-year-old man presented with a colonic obstruction due to advanced descending colon cancer. The preoperative imaging studies revealed a complete obstruction of the descending colon at the site of...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fukami Y,Terasaki M,Sakaguchi K,Murata T,Ohkubo M,Nishimae K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventeen patients with cancer of the ampulla of Vater were studied retrospectively using immunohistochemical staining with a monoclonal antibody to the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). The relationships between the PCNA-positive rate, being the number of PCNA-positive cancer cells to total cancer cells, the...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Isozaki H,Okajima K,Ichinona T,Tanimura M,Morita S,Takada Y,Ishibashi T,Hara H

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal hemorrhage is a rare complication of pancreatitis and can involve any of the peripancreatic vessels. The three cases reported herein illustrate the involvement of the splenic artery in diverse forms of pancreatitis: chronic pancreatitis, a pancreatic pseudocyst, and necrotizing pancreatitis. Bleeding ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Singh G,Lobo DR,Jindal A,Marwaha RK,Khanna SK

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 23-day-old girl presented with abdominal distension and vomiting. She had been previously operated on for esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula (EA/TEF) when she was 2 days old. An immediate laparotomy revealed an appendiceal mass caused by perforated appendicitis. The occurrence of appendicitis and an ap...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Karaman A,Cavuşoğlu YH,Erdoğan D,Karaman I,Cakmak O

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental study was conducted using a canine model to elucidate whether the once transected vagal nerve can be conveniently anastomosed, and to determine when and to what degree the vagorrhaphy retains its functions. In the vagorrhaphy group (n = 5), the anterior and posterior vagal trunks were transected 1.5 cm...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kodama M,Arakawa A,Ito M,Koyama K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 87-year-old man presented with inguinal pain and swelling, and was later diagnosed as having Fournier's gangrene. The information gained from preoperative computed tomography (CT) proved very useful for defining the extent of necrosis, and emergency surgery saved his life. Thus, CT should be performed prior to trea...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tomono H,Kitamura H,Iwase M,Kuze S,Toyoda H,Mori N,Tamoto E,Inuzuka K,Fujita H,Konishi Y

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:The robotic surgical system was designed to overcome the drawbacks of conventional endoscopic surgery. Since national health insurance in Japan began covering robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) for malignant lung and mediastinal tumors in 2018, the number of RATS procedures being performed domestically has ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kanzaki M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is a common complication following left-sided hepatectomy. The goal of this study was to clarify the clinical implications of an omental flap wrapping procedure that includes fixation to the cut surface of the liver to reduce the incidence of DGE after left-sided hepatectomy. ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okano K,Asano E,Oshima M,Yamamoto N,Yachida S,Nishizawa Y,Akamoto S,Fujiwara M,Deguchi A,Mori H,Masaki T,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas rarely metastasize, and little information on pulmonary metastasectomy from meningioma has been documented. We herein report a case of a potentially curative resection for meningioma that metastasized to the lung. A 67-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of two masses in the right lung. In ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kanzaki R,Higashiyama M,Fujiwara A,Tokunaga T,Maeda J,Okami J,Tomita Y,Kodama K

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：:Primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma is an extremely rare tumor of the liver. We herein describe a case of primary hepatic neuroendocrine carcinoma with lymph node metastases, coexisting with hepatocellular carcinoma, on a background of hepatitis C cirrrhosis, in a 72-year-old man. Abdominal ultrasonography and co...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ishida M,Seki K,Tatsuzawa A,Katayama K,Hirose K,Azuma T,Imamura Y,Abraham A,Yamaguchi A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postradiation sarcoma is a rare late complication of external radiotherapy. We herein present two cases with this disease. A 54-year-old man had undergone a lobectomy and chest wall resection for Pancoast type lung cancer 7 years previously. He had undergone irradiation with a total dose of 50 Gy. Computed tomography ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ninomiya H,Miyoshi T,Shirakusa T,Shiraishi T,Yamamoto N,Nabeshima K

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In patients with pancreatic ductal carcinoma (PDAC), EUS-FNA carries a risk of cancer seeding. To avoid this risk, we attempted to obtain preoperative cytological confirmation of adenocarcinoma by ERCP. The aim of this study was to assess the validity of our diagnostic strategy. METHODS:The medical records of ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ohtsuka T,Tamura K,Ideno N,Aso T,Nagayoshi Y,Kono H,Ueda J,Takahata S,Aso A,Igarashi H,Ito T,Ushijima Y,Ookubo F,Oda Y,Mizumoto K,Tanaka M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00