A nomogram for predicting rectovaginal fistula after low anterior resection for rectal cancer.

abstract：PURPOSE:Surgical site infections (SSI) in an abdominoperineal resection (APR) occur more frequently than in other types of operations for patients with colorectal cancer. Perineal wounds are the most vulnerable sites, and they may be caused by stool contamination. Indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging, by which ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kitai T,Kawashima M,Fujii H,Mashima S,Shimahara Y

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the results of wide rhomboid excision with Limberg transposition flap reconstruction to treat pilonidal sinus. METHODS:We analyzed the well-documented records of 238 patients with sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus who underwent wide excision with a Limberg transposition flap and were followed up fo...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mentes BB,Leventoglu S,Cihan A,Tatlicioglu E,Akin M,Oguz M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:Preoperative chemoradiation is a potential treatment option for localized gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC). Currently, the response to chemoradiation cannot be predicted. We analyzed the pretreatment maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) on positron emission tomography/comput...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Harada K,Patnana M,Wang X,Iwatsuki M,Murphy MAB,Zhao M,Das P,Minsky BD,Weston B,Lee JH,Bhutani MS,Estrella JS,Shanbhag N,Ikoma N,Badgwell BD,Ajani JA

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed conservative surgery for small differentiated thyroid carcinoma, but also inadvertently carried out minimal insufficient surgery, such as enucleation (Ex) or partial lobectomy (pLx) without regional node dissection for malignant thyroid nodules. In this study, the long-term postoperative outcome after suc...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shingu K,Sugenoya A,Kobayashi S,Kasuga Y,Fujimori M,Asanuma K,Hama Y,Ito K,Maruyama M,Itoh N,Amano J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) presents with a vascular emergency, performing life-saving surgery can be difficult because of the profound fragility of the arterial tissue. We report the case of a 27-year-old woman with EDS in whom a spontaneous arterial rupture was successfully treated with transcat...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sugawara Y,Ban K,Imai K,Okada K,Watari M,Orihashi K,Sueda T,Naitoh A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the amounts of nuclear DNA in gastric cancer metastases histologically and cytochemically by flow cytometry, which was performed retrospectively on paraffin-embedded specimens from 95 patients. At surgery, all cases of aneuploid cancer were positive for lymph node metastases. Liver metastases were frequentl...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Umehara Y,Kimura T,Yoshida M,Oba N,Harada Y

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe our successful operative management of a solitary metastasis in the sternal body after modified left mastectomy. Because the primary lesion was well controlled and the sternal metastasis was isolated, we performed a subtotal sternectomy, with full-thickness resection of the anterior chest wall, including t...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakamura H,Kawasaki N,Taguchi M,Kitaya T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of abdominal distension and fullness. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed bilateral ovarian tumors. Although these ovarian tumors were suspected of being metastatic, the primary tumor site could not be detected before the bilateral salpingo...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Maekawa H,Sato K,Komatsu Y,Orita H,Sakurada M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of recurrent malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) in the left atrium, treated by removal of the tumor and the right half of the left atrium, which was reconstructed with two equine pericardial patches. Postoperative echocardiography showed patent right pulmonary veins and a properly shaped left atrium...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inoue H,Iguro Y,Matsumoto H,Ueno M,Higashi A,Sakata R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signet-ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) is rare in the biliary system. We report a case of SRCC coexisting with adenocarcinoma, arising in a choledochal cyst of the extrahepatic bile duct. The patient was a 52-year-old man, hospitalized for the investigation of jaundice and pruritus. Abdominal computed tomography and magnet...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hua R,Zhang JF,Liu W,Huo YM,Sun YW

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While videothoracoscopic surgery has rapidly become accepted as an effective method of performing minimally invasive surgery, the advantages and feasibility of using this surgical technique for the treatment of neurogenic tumors of the thorax are not yet well defined. Between August 1992 and May 1999, 15 solitary thor...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sakumoto N,Inafuku S,Shimoji H,Nomura K,Honma K,Kawabata T,Ohta M,Kuniyoshi M,Ishikawa K,Genka K

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：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) ameliorates hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI), but the precise mechanism remains elusive. We investigated whether sodium hydrogen sulfide (NaHS), a soluble derivative of H2S, would ameliorate hepatic IRI, and if so, via what mechanism. METHODS:Mice were subject...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shimada S,Fukai M,Wakayama K,Ishikawa T,Kobayashi N,Kimura T,Yamashita K,Kamiyama T,Shimamura T,Taketomi A,Todo S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multichannel intraluminal impedance-pH measurements (MII-pH) are useful for evaluating acid and non-acid gastroesophageal reflux (GER). However, the use of MIH-pH is not yet established in Japan. The Japanese Pediatric Impedance Working Group (Japanese-PIG) convened to devise a standard protocol for MII-pH in Japanese...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Fukahori S,Kawahara H,Oyama T,Saito T,Shimono R,Tanaka A,Noda T,Hatori R,Fujino J,Yagi M,Japanese Pediatric Impedance Working Group (Japanese-PIG).

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:Intussusception is uncommon in the proximal gastrointestinal tract, although a few case reports have been published on gastroduodenal intussusception associated with an anatomical abnormality or intussusceptions at a site of gastrojejunostomy after gastric surgery. We herein present a case of gastrogastric intussuscep...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Eom BW,Ryu KW,Lee JH,Lee JY,Lee JS,Kook MC,Kim YW

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Accurate staging of early non-small cell lung cancer is fundamental for selecting the best treatment. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for nodal upstaging after video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for clinical T1-3N0 tumors. METHODS:From 2014 to 2017, 3276 thoracoscopic lobectomies were re...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Marulli G,Faccioli E,Mammana M,Nicotra S,Comacchio G,Verderi E,De Palma A,Rea F,Italian VATS Group.

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) is now performed widely, but is difficult to accomplish in some anatomical locations, such as the posterosuperior segments (S7 and S8) and caudate lobe (S1). An international survey revealed that lesions in these locations are less frequently indicated for LLR than those in other seg...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Araki K,Kubo N,Watanabe A,Kuwano H,Shirabe K

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of primary mesenteric tumor of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is reported. A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital after the diagnosis of a palpable ileocecal tumor. Although the serologic test for human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type I (HTLV-I) antibody was positive, neither ATLL cells in t...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nishimura Y,Takenaka H,Yoshidome K,Iwase K,Oshima S,Tanaka T

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 20-year-old woman in whom an enormous aneurysmal portahepatic venous fistula was found. The portal aneurysm developed in the anterior inferior segment of the right hepatic lobe, and communicated with the right portal vein and the right hepatic vein. Due to the enormous size of the shunt,...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Miyauchi A,Okada S,Hashimoto T,Wakabayashi H,Maeba T,Tanaka S,Hayashi H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We excised a bronchogenic cyst causing recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy using thoracoscopic surgery. A 28-year-old woman presented after the sudden onset of hoarseness, and laryngoscopic examination showed left vocal cord palsy. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a cystic mass, 4 cm in diameter, ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Koga Y,Uchiyama A,Noshiro H,Rai M,Miyatake E,Shimizu S,Tanaka M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 601 patients with early gastric cancer (EGC), the clinicopathological findings of 5 patients (invasion of the mucosal layer in 2 and of the submucosal layer in 3) with distant lymph node metastasis according to TNM classification (third- or fourth-tier lymph node metastasis according to the Japanese classificati...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Isozaki H,Okajima K,Ichinona T,Fujii K,Nomura E,Izumi N,Ohyama T

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Subcapsular liver hematomas and ruptures are unusual fatal complications of HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) syndrome (HS). We present two cases of a spontaneous rupture of subcapsular liver hematoma occurring in HS and review the literature on this subjects. One case demonstrated a seconda...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Aldemir M,Baç B,Taçyildiz I,Yağmur Y,Keleş C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometrical analyses of the immunohistochemical expression of bombesin, which is one of the peptides produced by pulmonary neuroendocrine (PNE) cells, were carried out on the bronchioles of human congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) neonates, and the findings were then compared with those in a gestational and post...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Asabe K,Tsuji K,Handa N,Kajiwara M,Suita S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:There is an increasing trend towards performing more radical resections instead of a subtotal resection for benign thyroid disease. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of this change in practice on the surgical treatment of bilateral thyroid diseases in this unit. METHODS:The data on 367 patients ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Citgez B,Uludag M,Yetkin G,Yener F,Akgun I,Isgor A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the unusual case of a man who was diagnosed as having sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) at the age of 29 years, and subsequently followed up for a period of 18 years. A total thyroidectomy with radical neck dissection was initially performed, followed by a stable interval of 16 years with reg...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Osaka M,Soga J,Tamiya Y,Suzuki T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:An incisional surgical site infection (I-SSI) is a frequently observed complication following colorectal surgery. Intraoperative wound management is one of the most important factors that determine the incidence of postoperative I-SSI. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the methods used for i...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Itatsu K,Sugawara G,Kaneoka Y,Kato T,Takeuchi E,Kanai M,Hasegawa H,Arai T,Yokoyama Y,Nagino M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2006, French cancer registries showed that pancreatic cancer was ranked 14th for estimated incidence (8.7/100,000) and mortality 11.4/100,000) for men, and 12th for women (5.1/100,000 and 7.4/100,000) (age-standardized rate). Long-term survival after pancreatectomy has become a reality, albeit in only a small numbe...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Partensky C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00