Splenic arterial hemorrhage in pancreatitis: report of three cases.

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：:A reoperation to upsize the conduit placed at infancy for the repair of an anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery (AORPA) was successfully performed in an 8-year-old girl because of an elevated right ventricular pressure and a reduced right pulmonary blood flow. Although primary direct anastomosis is essential...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sugimoto S,Kikuchi S,Oosawa H,Hachiro Y,Takagi N,Abe T

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:A four-and-a-half-year-old boy underwent living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis. Immunosuppressive therapy was commenced with tacrolimus and methylprednisolone, despite which derangement of liver function tests (LFTs) became evident on postoperative day (POD) 7. A d...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hori T,Nguyen JH,Uemoto S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin was discovered as an intrinsic ligand for the growth hormone (GH)-secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) in 1999. The endogenous production of ghrelin occurs mainly in the stomach. Ghrelin has multiple functions; it has orexigenic action, stimulates GH secretion, has anti-inflammatory activities, stimulates gastrointes...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Takiguchi S,Murakami K,Yanagimoto Y,Takata A,Miyazaki Y,Mori M,Doki Y

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the antiemetic effect of the epidural administration of droperidol on cisplatin-induced emesis, nine adult gastric cancer patients receiving intraoperative cisplatin chemotherapy were studied. After removal of the stomach, 0.05 mg/kg droperidol with 5 ml saline was injected into the epidural space through ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Iwama H,Arai M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents a rare case of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC) arising 28 years after excision of a type IV-A congenital choledochal cyst. The patient underwent excision of a congenital choledochal cyst (Todani's type IV-A) at 12 years of age, with Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy reconstruction. She received...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kumamoto T,Tanaka K,Takeda K,Nojiri K,Mori R,Taniguchi K,Matsuyama R,Ueda M,Sugita M,Ichikawa Y,Nagashima Y,Endo I

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Laparoscopic splenectomy is now established as a safe and feasible procedure. However, it remains associated with some short- and long-term postoperative complications, especially infectious complications. To our knowledge, this is the first report (with video) focusing on the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic he...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： De Pastena M,Nijkamp MW,van Gulik TG,Busch OR,Hermanides HS,Besselink MG

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report presents the results of oncoplastic surgery in three Japanese patients with breast cancer lesions involving the lower pole of the breast. Their breasts were ptotic, and their lesions were considered to be suitable for breast conservation surgery. There were treated with partial mastectomy resection using v...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kijima Y,Yoshinaka H,Hirata M,Mizoguchi T,Ishigami S,Nakajo A,Arima H,Ueno S,Natsugoe S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the risk factors related to intraperitoneal septic complications occurring after hepatectomy (IPSCH) as well as the effect of various perioperative variables on the outcome of IPSCH between 1985 and 1990 were analyzed. Twenty-one of 211 patients (10.0%) developed IPSCH. The findings in the patients with...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Matsumata T,Yanaga K,Shimada M,Shirabe K,Taketomi A,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify the correlation between portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) and clinical features after surgery for biliary atresia (BA). METHODS:Routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopies were done over 3 years in 27 children who underwent surgery for BA. We reviewed the recorded endoscopic findings, and retrosp...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sasaki T,Hasegawa T,Shimizu Y,Kimura T,Soh H,Fukuzawa M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morgagni-Larrey hernia is a rare type of diaphragmatic hernia, the diagnosis of which is made incidentally by routine chest X-ray film. We describe a technique for the laparoscopic repair of Morgagni-Larrey hernia which was successfully performed in three adult patients; two women and one man. Two of the patients were...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ipek T,Altinli E,Yuceyar S,Erturk S,Eyuboglu E,Akcal T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of early gastric cancer, limited to submucosal layer, which was manifested as cerebral metastasis is presented herein. A 47-year-old man was admitted to Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital with convulsions and a disturbance in consciousness, where a computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a cerebral tumor in the left ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nomura T,Yoshikawa T,Kato H,Nikkuni K,Sasaki K,Shirai Y,Hatakeyama K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A new method for ensuring hemostasis during thyroid surgery has recently been introduced. This technique, electrothermal (LigaSure) and ultrasound blood vessel sealing, is still experimental. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the applications and efficacy of LigaSure by analyzing the duration of the ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ignjatović M,Kostić Z

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida esophagitis rarely involves life-threatening complications, such as necrosis, perforation, or fistula formation between the esophagus and the airway. We herein report a case of Candida esophagitis complicated by esophagobronchial and esophagopulmonary fistulas. The patient in our study was a 70-year-old man wi...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kanzaki R,Yano M,Takachi K,Ishiguro S,Motoori M,Kishi K,Miyashiro I,Ishikawa O,Imaoka S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) responses to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery as well as to investigate their roles in predicting patient outcome, a prospective, observational, pilot study was performed. Thirty patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery with CPB received 10mg/kg betam...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Gando S,Nishihira J,Kemmotsu O,Kobayashi S,Morimoto Y,Matsui Y,Yasuda K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer has been gaining acceptance with the gradual accumulation of evidence, it remains a technically demanding procedure in patients with a narrow pelvis, bulky tumors, or obesity. To overcome the technical difficulties associated with laparoscopic rectal dissection and trans...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hasegawa S,Takahashi R,Hida K,Kawada K,Sakai Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Video review is a reliable method for surgical education in laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG), but more objective methods are still needed. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the energy device records reflected surgical competency, and thereby may improve surgical education. METHODS:A total of 16 p...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hosogi H,Obama K,Tsunoda S,Hisamori S,Nishigori T,Tanaka E,Satoh S,Okabe H,Kanaya S,Sakai Y

更新日期：2020-10-11 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：:A case of intrathoracic retrotracheal goiter in a 40-year-old woman is herein described. A computed tomographic scan, magnetic resonance imaging and endoscopical ultrasonography all confirmed the existence of a retrotracheal encapsulated lesion, which was suspected to be aberrant mediastinal goiter. Radioiodine scinti...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Haniuda M,Morimoto M,Kobayashi O,Nishimura H,Yamanda T,Ali K,Koike S,Iida F

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of gastrectomy on the subsequent development of esophageal cancer was investigated, focusing on its multicentric occurrence. We retrospectively evaluated 28 patients who underwent subtotal esophagectomy for intrathoracic esophageal cancer between 1985 and 1999. They were divided into two groups according to...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kitabayashi K,Nakano Y,Saito H,Ueno KI,Kita I,Takashima S,Kurose N,Nojima T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether the development of mid-term redissection after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection using gelatin-resorcin-formalin (GRF) glue could be prevented by applying less formalin. METHODS:Between 1995 and 1999, 59 patients underwent surgery with GRF glue to repair acute type A aortic dissec...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakajima T,Kawazoe K,Izumoto H,Kamada T,Kataoka T,Yoshioka K,Sugai T

更新日期：2005-01-01 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:To evaluate the technical feasibility, safety and oncological outcomes of laparoscopic lateral pelvic lymph node dissection in patients with advanced low rectal cancer. METHODS:Laparoscopic lateral pelvic lymph node dissection was performed in 18 patients from November 2009 to September 2012. The data regardin...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Furuhata T,Okita K,Nishidate T,Ito T,Yamaguchi H,Ueki T,Akizuki E,Meguro M,Ogawa T,Kukita K,Kimura Y,Mizuguchi T,Hirata K

更新日期：2015-03-01 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 study was conducted to evaluate the release of nitroglycerin (NG) that has been absorbed into the central venous catheter. A 0.05% NG solution was infused through a central venous catheter and the flow rates were set at 1, 5, or 10 ml/h, given over 12, 24, or 48 h. The catheter was flushed with lactate Ringer sol...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Akiyama K,Hirota J,Takiguchi M,Ohsawa S,Hashimoto A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 61-year-old woman who underwent extensive retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for rectal cancer, postoperative chylous ascites developed. The site of the lymphatic leak was evident on the lymphangiogram with lipiodol taken prior to the surgical repair of the leak, and another site seen on the intraoperative lym...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kohnoe S,Takahashi I,Kawanaka H,Mori M,Okadome K,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is the most common complication after cardiac surgery, despite improvements in anesthesia, surgical techniques, and medical therapies. Although beta-blockers have been proven to be effective, the incidence of POAF is around 20 % even with these agents. The mechanism of POAF is ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shingu Y,Kubota S,Wakasa S,Ooka T,Tachibana T,Matsui Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00