Ano-urethral fistula, a special type of anomaly: report of two cases.

abstract：PURPOSE:The clinical significance of the surgical resection of metastatic lymph nodes (LN) from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance of the surgical resection of LN metastasis of HCC. METHODS:Among 961 patients who underwent surgical...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tomimaru Y,Wada H,Eguchi H,Tomokuni A,Hama N,Kawamoto K,Marubashi S,Umeshita K,Doki Y,Mori M,Wakasa K,Nagano H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer frequently causes extrahepatic cholestasis. To identify the direct effects of bile acids in jaundiced serum on pancreatic cancer, the proliferation of PANC-1 and MIA PaCa-2 cells as well as the ultrastructural alteration of PANC-1 cells cultured in crude bile modified media were studied. The growth o...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Lu Y,Onda M,Uchida E,Yamamura S,Yanagi K,Matsushita A,Kobayashi T,Fukuhara M,Aida K,Tajiri T

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Small bowel perforation is rarely caused by metastasis from an extra-abdominal malignancy. This report describes three cases of small bowel perforation that occurred secondary to a metastatic tumor. The first case involved a 72-year-old man with malignant lymphoma of the larynx that had been treated with chemo- and ra...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ise N,Kotanagi H,Morii M,Yasui O,Ito M,Koyama K,Sageshima M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We designed a stabilizer to assist us in performing coronary artery bypass grafting on the beating heart. The stabilizer consists of a U-shaped holed platform, an articulating arm, and a clamp for attachment to an ordinary sternal retractor. The target coronary artery is dissected, then two elastic sutures, 15-20mm ap...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Morishita K,Komatsu K,Kuwaki K,Koshino T,Abe T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) and cefmetazole sodium on survival, neutrophil count, and neutrophil function in rats with peritonitis produced by cecal ligation and puncture. Rats with peritonitis received either rhG-CSF (50 or 100 micrograms/kg) with or wi...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ishikura H,Uedono Y,Yamagami K,Arai T,Takeyama N,Tanaka T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis in the immunosuppressed patient is common and is usually self-limited by treatment consisting of intravenous anti-viral medications. However, in the immunocompetent patient, CMV colitis is extremely rare and is associated with a high mortality rate that approaches 32 % (Galiatsatos et al....

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mostafa G,Honaker MD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important mediator of the acute phase response and a sensitive marker of tissue damage. This study was conducted to investigate the fluctuation of serum cytokine and hormonal levels during the perioperative period after laparoscopic-assisted colectomy (LAC), and the data were compared with t...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ozawa A,Konishi F,Nagai H,Okada M,Kanazawa K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 6-year-old boy in whom a strangulated ileus was caused by a traumatic transmesenteric hernia. The boy had fallen from his bicycle and suffered a severe blow to the abdomen. Abdominal pain and vomiting developed 10 h after the accident and he was admitted to our hospital. Abdominal ultras...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kuga T,Taniguchi S,Inoue T,Zempo N,Esato K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body composition was measured with bioelectric impedance analysis (BIA) in 30 patients with protein malnutrition following biliopancreatic diversion. Determinations were carried out prior to, during, and at the completion of intravenous nutritional support when the nutritional parameters had completely reverted to nor...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Adami GF,Marinari G,Gandolfo P,Cocchi F,Friedman D,Scopinaro N

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：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：:This study was conducted to examine the effects of surgical stress on changes in polymorphonuclear leukocyte elastase (PMNE) levels, and to evaluate the relationship of these changes to the development of postoperative complication. A total of 69 patients who underwent alimentary surgery were subsequently divided into...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Noshima S,Morita N,Kobayashi Y,Hayashi D,Okamura K,Takahashi T,Kobayashi T,Enoki T,Esato K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present review was to investigate whether host-tumor interactions are causal or consecutive clinical factors associated with surgical stress that influence the long-term survival after a curative resection of colorectal cancer. A Medline/PubMed search was conducted to identify the relevant articles inve...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Miki C,Tanaka K,Inoue Y,Araki T,Ohi M,Mohri Y,Uchida K,Kusunoki M

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:The case of a 67-year-old Japanese woman with leiomyoma arising from the lesser omentum is reported herein. Although the patient had no abdominal symptoms, findings of a routine abdominal ultrasound examination suggested a mass between the stomach and the lateral segment of the liver. Subsequent magnetic resonance ima...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ikematsu Y,Usui K,Kamohara Y,Inoue K,Maeda J,Amano M,Horita Y

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Postoperative bowel infarction is a major contributing factor to the high mortality rate associated with acute thromboembolism of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). This study was conducted to evaluate the prophylactic role of thrombectomy to prevent postoperative mesenteric infarction. METHODS:An autologou...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sakaguchi S,Minowa K,Shibanushi T,Ichino M,Mitsuoka H,Unno N,Yamamoto N,Nakamura S

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：PURPOSE:We investigated the efficiency of the Simplified Comorbidity Score (SCS) for predicting postoperative complications and prognosis in elderly patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer. METHODS:We reviewed 216 patients aged 75 years or older, who underwent pulmonary resectio...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Haruki T,Yurugi Y,Wakahara M,Matsuoka Y,Miwa K,Araki K,Taniguchi Y,Nakamura H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 76-year-old man for whom an invasive mucin-producing tumor of the pancreas (MPTP) was successfully treated by surgery. A cystic lesion of the pancreas had been found by computed tomography (CT) 9 years earlier, 2 years following which suction drainage for left pyothorax had been carried ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inoue M,Ikeda Y,Kikui M,Ogawa T,Yasumitsu T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the long-term results and ongoing management issues of 39 Japanese children who underwent liver transplantation in Brisbane, Australia. Whole liver grafts were used in 15 patients (Wh group) and reduced-size grafts were used in 24 patients (Re group). The 1-year and 3-year survival rates were 74% and 6...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ishikawa M,Kitatani H,Akiyama T,Shimizu Y,Balderson GA,Shepherd RW,Lynch SV,Ong TH,Strong RW

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the rare case of a 15-year-old girl with chronic appendicitis in whom the appendix was clearly depicted by a barium enema (BE) examination. The patient presented with a 4-month history of diffuse abdominal pain and tenderness in the lower abdomen. Neither computed tomography nor ultrasonography showed...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okamoto T,Utsunomiya T,Inutsuka S,Sakaguchi T,Notsuka T,Maeda T,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinic cell carcinoma (ACC) is a very rare primary tracheal carcinoma. We report a case of primary ACC of the trachea, which represents, to the best of our knowledge, only the fifth such case ever documented. Pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy was necessary for complete resection because the tumor invaded the trachea widely...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tsukayama S,Omura K,Kanehira E,Kawakami K,Oda M,Ohtake H,Nonomura A,Watanabe G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to analyze the management of enteroatmospheric fistulae (EAF) in an open abdomen using vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy. METHODS:Eighteen patients (ten male/eight female) were treated in our surgical department for the management of EAF. VAC therapy was used to manage both comple...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tavusbay C,Genc H,Cin N,Kar H,Kamer E,Atahan K,Haciyanli M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Given the lack of safety studies concerning laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer in patients ≥ 80 years old with comorbidities, we sought to investigate this in the current study. METHODS:Between 2012 and 2019, 24 patients ≥ 80 years old underwent laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer without preoperative t...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hisamatsu Y,Kuriyama N,Fujimoto Y,Jogo T,Hu Q,Hokonohara K,Nakanishi R,Ando K,Kimura Y,Oki E,Mori M

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:An extremely rare case of a lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC) of the pancreas is described herein. A pancreatic cystic tumor was initially detected in a 50-year-old man at a medical checkup. On admission, his serum carbohydrate antigen (CA) 19-9 level was 8100 U/ml and a computed tomography scan revealed a well-circumscribe...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tsuchiya Y,Suzuki S,Sakaguchi T,Kojima Y,Okamoto K,Kurachi K,Konno H,Baba S,Nakamura S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cor triatriatum sinister, more commonly referred to as cor triatriatum (CT), is characterized by a common pulmonary venous chamber (proximal chamber) separated from the left atrium (distal chamber) by a fibromuscular septum. This report of our experience updates the surgical results of this anomaly in the Asian...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Huang YK,Chu JJ,Chang JP,Lu MS,Tseng CN,Chang YS,Tsai FC,Lin PJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to determine the benefits of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) compared to CT alone in the preoperative assessment of lymph node metastasis in patients with esophageal cancer. METHODS:One-hundred and seven patients who underwent esoph...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Karashima R,Watanabe M,Imamura Y,Ida S,Baba Y,Iwagami S,Miyamoto Y,Sakamoto Y,Yoshida N,Baba H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The precise role of downstaging or bridge therapy for cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) beyond or within the Milan criteria (MC) before living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) remains undefined. METHODS:We conducted a single-center, retrospective cohort study of 40 cirrhotic patients wit...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inomata K,Yagi H,Hibi T,Shinoda M,Matsubara K,Abe Y,Kitago M,Obara H,Itano O,Kawachi S,Tanabe M,Wakabayashi G,Shimazu M,Kitagawa Y

更新日期：2020-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A complete response to a new chemotherapeutic agent, S1, was achieved in a 64-year-old Japanese man with advanced transverse colon cancer. S1 is a combination of the agents tegafur, 5-chloro-2,4-dihydroxypyridine, and oxonic acid. Because the patient was considered to be a high operative risk due to his poor general c...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Mimori K,Mori M,Baba H,Maehara Y,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00