Intrawound Vancomycin powder as the prophylaxis of surgical site infection after invasive spine surgery with a high risk of infection.

abstract：:The purpose of this matched case-control study was to investigate the social correlates of primary infertility among females aged 35 years or less. The study was conducted in the Clinics of Samarkand Medical Institute, Uzbekistan, among 120 infertile and 120 healthy women matched by age, residential area, and occupati...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Jumayev I,Harun-Or-Rashid M,Rustamov O,Zakirova N,Kasuya H,Sakamoto J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing plays a major role in prostate cancer screening; however, the low positive predictive value of PSA testing leads to many unnecessary biopsies. Genetic background is one of factors that could cause it. That's why an association between genetic background and PSA levels should be ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Higashibata T,Naito M,Mori A,Ozawa N,Furuta M,Tsuchiya R,Koyama E,Morita E,Kawai S,Okada R,Yin G,Wakai K,Hamajima N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central diabetes insipidus (CDI), characterized by polyuria and polydipsia, is caused by deficiency of arginine vasopressin (AVP), an antidiuretic hormone which acts on V2 receptors in kidney to promote reabsorption of free water. CDI is classified into three subtypes; idiopathic, secondary and familial. A previous st...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Arima H,Azuma Y,Morishita Y,Hagiwara D

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cutoff values of fractional flow reserve (FFR) to detect physiological myocardial ischemia are still controversial. Some studies have reported that left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony occurs in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The purpose of this study was to investigate LV dyssynchrony in patients with...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Shibata Y,Sone T,Tsuboi H,Isobe S,Ishii H,Suzuki S,Hayashi M,Murohara T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify whether the benefit of a reduced effective scan width obtained using a smaller pitch outweighs the disadvantage of increased noise in the application of a subsecond helical CT to mass screenings for lung cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Twenty-two helical CT scans of the lung were obtained in 11 health...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Mori Y,Itoh S,Ikeda M,Sawaki A,Suzuki K,Iwano S,Satake H,Arahata S,Ota T,Ishigaki T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication errors are the most important cause of adverse events in healthcare. The current study aimed to improve hospital-wide employee teamwork and reduce adverse medical events for patients arising from miscommunication. In our hospital, when patient safety incidents and accidents occur, staff from various occu...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Fukami T,Uemura M,Terai M,Nagao Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intravenous administration of iloprost, a prostacyclin analogue, on myocardial energy metabolism and myocardial blood flow (MBF) were examined in anesthetized open-chest dogs subjected to 60 min of myocardial ischemia by coronary ligation. Iloprost administration at levels of 0.1 or 0.2 micrograms/kg/mi...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Ieda N,Matsubara T,Sakamoto N

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunohistochemical localization of basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) in the submandibular glands of the rat was investigated by use of an antiserum to FGF-2. Nerve fiber bundles with FGF-2-immunoreactivity were found in association with interlobular ducts and blood vessels; they dissociated into single immun...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Hiramatsu Y,Kagami H,Kosaki K,Shigetomi T,Ueda M,Kobayashi S,Sakanaka M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Japanese Orthopaedic Association has proposed the term "locomotive syndrome" to designate a condition that places a person at high risk for long-term care. However, in daily clinical practice, even when a diagnosis of locomotive syndrome is made, exercise therapy often cannot be successfully performed in some pati...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Saito T,Watanabe H,Kikkawa I,Takeshita K

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) using the combination of anthracycline and taxanes is the standard regimen for patients with primary breast cancer. Among the taxanes, conventional paclitaxel (PTX) and docetaxel have usually been adopted in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting. Nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (nab-...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Shizuku M,Shibata M,Shimizu Y,Takeuchi D,Mizuno Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Copper toxicity steadily affects the livers of patients with Wilson disease. However, the toxic effect of copper on serum aspartate and alanine aminotransferase levels remains to be clarified as a prerequisite for diagnostic tests. The clinical records of 33 cases were analyzed to clarify the natural history...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Katano Y,Hayashi K,Hattori A,Tatsumi Y,Ueyama J,Wakusawa S,Yano M,Toyoda H,Kumada T,Mizutani N,Hayashi H,Goto H

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a study of the effect of intravitreal plasmin on retinal thickness in rabbits. Forty rabbit eyes were injected with 0.4, 1, 2, and 5 IU of plasmin (8 eyes/group). The same volume of BSS-plus(®) was injected in control eyes. Four eyes in each group underwent vitrectomy 60 minutes after the injections. The ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Asami T,Kachi S,Mohamed UA,Ito Y,Terasaki H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new hypothesis for the origin of metastases is presented. It assumes that a cancer-transformed gene in a primary tumour is incorporated in its identical form via a virus-vector function into biologically potent recipient cells in other organs, such as stem cells, multipotent cells or cells in an early phase of divis...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Schischmanov N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Japan Agency of Medical Research and Development (AMED) has approved the budget for the 5-year project called Establishment of the JAPAN Brain Bank Network, which commenced in 2016. This project was established with the aim of storing brain tissue samples to enable research on the etiologies and mechanisms of psyc...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Iritani S,Habuchi C,Sekiguchi H,Torii Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy is associated with prolonged hospitalization and increased medical cost. Additionally, it sometimes leads to a fatal condition and impaired postoperative quality of life. During the process of wound healing, β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) is important for collagen biosynthesis...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Kanda M,Koike M,Fukaya M,Miyata K,Tanaka C,Kobayashi D,Hayashi M,Yamada S,Nakayama G,Murotani K,Fujiwara M,Nagino M,Kodera Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological effects of static magnetic fields, and their combined effects with ionizing radiation, were studied using a cultured mammalian cell line (FM3A). The three different modes of magnetic fields evaluated in this report were the 0.3 Tesla (T) field with a gradient of 0.3T/m, the 0.7T field with a gradient of...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Zhang XR,Kobayashi H,Hayakawa A,Ishigaki T

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dialysis-induced hypotension, the sharp decrease in blood pressure occurring during hemodialysis, remains one of the most difficult problems associated with hemodialysis even today. However, there is yet no established theory to explain the mechanism triggering dialysis-induced hypotension. This review attempts to off...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Maeda K,Shinzato T,Nakai S,Takai I,Kobayakawa H

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Bangladesh can be attributable to rapid urbanization and coinciding changes in lifestyle accompanied by nutrition transition. The objective of this study is to explore respondents' lived experiences and perceptions relating to NCDs and nutrition change in an ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Al-Shoaibi AAA,Matsuyama A,Khalequzzaman M,Haseen F,Choudhury SR,Hoque BA,Chiang C,Hirakawa Y,Yatsuya H,Aoyama A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous nerve transplantation has been the gold standard in the treatment of facial nerve injury, however it has not been achieved satisfactory result and needs donor sacrifice. A polyglycolic acid collagen conduit (Nerbridge, Toyobo Co., Japan) has the potential to compare to or exceed autologous nerve grafts in p...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Nakamura Y,Takanari K,Ebisawa K,Kanbe M,Nakamura R,Kamei Y

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old man underwent posterior cervical decompression surgery for ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) with fixation using cervical pedicle screws (CPSs) guided by intraoperative 3D image-based navigation. Intraoperatively, while creating the screw hole using the navigation probe, the virt...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Nakashima H,Ishikawa Y,Ando K,Kobayashi K,Ishiguro N,Imagama S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 47-year-old woman diagnosed with Marfan syndrome underwent valve-sparing aortic root replacement for aortic regurgitation and annulo-aortic ectasia. Her cardiac function was normal. Preoperative coronary angiography did not demonstrate any stenosis. The David reimplantation procedure with a 28-mm Valsalva graft was ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Ohira S,Doi K,Yaku H

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual dysfunction can be caused by several abnormalities, including dysfunctions in the visual cortex and retina. Our aim was to investigate changes in visual evoked brain responses in the primary visual cortex associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). Sixteen healthy control subjects and ten patients with PD partici...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Fujisawa Y,Minato T,Uemura JI,Hoshiyama M,Watanabe H,Hirayama M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In endovascular coil embolization for intracranial aneurysms, as coils are filled in the aneurysm and the stage of procedure is advanced, the force to push forward the coil delivery wire (insertion force) increases. However, the coil insertion force that interventionist's felt at his fingertips does not directly refle...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Shintai K,Matsubara N,Izumi T,Miyachi S,Yamada H,Marui N,Wakabayashi T

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case treated with onlay bone grafting and simultaneous osseointegrated implant insertion is reported. The patient had an oronasal fistula in the center of the premaxillary region due to failed repair of a bilateral cleft palate. Four fixtures were inserted with onlay bone grafting of the maxillary alveolar ridge. Tw...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Ueda M,Sawaki Y,Kaneda T

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver biopsy specimens from 18 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis were examined histochemically and by energy-dispersive x-ray microanalysis. Using two indices, we classified hepatic copper accumulation into three stages based on the Cu x-ray intensity of cuproproteins that had accumulated in hepatocyte lysosomes...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Takeshima H,Yagi A,Yano M,Sakamoto N,Kato S,Kuriki J,Arao M,Takikawa T,Hayashi H

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized by the presence of atherogenic risk factors, and is associated with a marked increase in the risk of cardiovascular disease. Recently, the criteria of MetS were newly defined in Japan. We examined the relationship between MetS and the various metabolic parameters in Japanese ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Taki K,Nishio K,Hamajima N,Niwa T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of interventions to reduce patient misidentification incidents classified as level 2 and over (adverse events occurred for patients) with the step-by-step problem-solving method. All incidents related to patient misidentification were selected, and relevant information was col...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Fukami T,Uemura M,Terai M,Umemura T,Maeda M,Ichikawa M,Sawai N,Kitano F,Nagao Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental middle ear barotrauma was studied morphologically. White guinea pigs were placed in an experimental hyperbaric chamber, and middle ear barotrauma was created by increasing the pressure in the hyperbaric chamber from 1 atmosphere absolute (ATA) to 2 ATA using pure oxygen, maintaining the pressure at 2 ATA ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Sato S,Yokoi H,Fukuta S,Kozuka M,Yanagita N

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of total ischemia on the formation of products of anaerobic metabolism was investigated in canine hearts in vitro. Contents of organic acids were quantitatively analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and high energy phosphate compounds were determined using the luciferin-luciferase enzyme syst...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Kakinuma Y,Matsubara T,Hashimoto T,Sakamoto N

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since smoking is implicated in many diseases, medical professionals are expected to contribute to the reduction of smoking rates in their practice. Medical students are also expected to learn the importance of practical measures against smoking. This study surveyed the smoking rates and attitudes to smoking among medi...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Takeuchi Y,Morita E,Naito M,Hamajima N

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00