Quantitative analysis for assessing regional function of liver by using 99mTc-GSA SPECT.

abstract：:Umbilical metastasis from intra-abdominal or pelvic malignancy, which is called Sister Mary Joseph's nodule (SMJN), is rare, and it has a poor prognosis. Its most common primary sites are the stomach and ovaries. SMJN caused by colon cancer is uncommon. A 42-year-old woman visited local clinics with complaints of an u...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Iwata Y,Kinoshita T,Kimura K,Komori K,Hayashi D,Akazawa T,Shigeyoshi I,Tsutsuyama M,Kawakami J,Ouchi A,Natsume S,Uemura N,Ito Y,Misawa K,Senda Y,Abe T,Ito S,Tajika M,Yatabe Y,Yoshida K,Shimizu Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vietnam is facing a problem of over-crowding in public hospitals. Long waiting time is a major dissatisfaction for patients. Reducing waiting time benefits not only patients but also hospitals in decreasing overall workload. To identify factors contributing to long waiting time in outpatient clinics, a cross-sectional...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Thi Thao Nguyen S,Yamamoto E,Thi Ngoc Nguyen M,Bao Le H,Kariya T,Saw YM,Duc Nguyen C,Hamajima N

更新日期：2018-05-01 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 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：: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：: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：: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：:Temporary threshold shifts (TSSs) in vibrotactile perception produced by continuous vibration and repetitive shocks having one complete cycle of a 100 Hz sine wave and exponential decays. The repetition rate of the cycles was 5, 25, 50, or 100/s, while the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) acceleration measured over exposure ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Maeda S

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The survey involves examining the applications from 142 institutions that have consented to make available all certification applications from 2015 and 2016 to a research project for building a certification system for an ethics committee run by the Agency for Medical Research and Development. The number of certified ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Iijima Y,Ogasawara K,Toda S,Takano T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the adaptability of children with cleft lip and/or palate to school, their mental images of the school environment were investigated in a semantic differential method survey using 23 pairs of adjectives. The following eight places on and off the school grounds were chosen as environmental factors; classroo...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Kasuya M,Sawaki Y,Ueda M

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracoscopic lobectomy has recently become a widely used surgical treatment for congenital cystic lung disease, but significant issues can arise in some cases, such as a limited working space in neonates, a limited view in cases involving large cystic lesions. We reviewed the treatment outcomes of neonates that under...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Tainaka T,Uchida H,Tanaka Y,Shirota C,Yokota K,Murase N,Oshima K,Shirotsuki R,Chiba K,Hinoki A

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:Stereotactic radiosurgery for large brain metastases (BM) not amenable to surgical resection is associated with limited local control and neurotoxicity, while hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy (HFSRT) has emerged as a promising option. We retrospectively evaluated 61 patients with BM larger than 2 cm in the m...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Koide Y,Tomita N,Adachi S,Tanaka H,Tachibana H,Kodaira T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical intervention for the treatment of acetabular fracture non-union is often challenging. Here, we present a case of acetabular fracture non-union with pelvic discontinuity in a patient who underwent cemented total hip arthroplasty (THA) after intra- and extra-articular plate fixation. The case was a 70-year-old ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Morita D,Seki T,Takegami Y,Kasai T,Higuchi Y,Ishiguro N

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：: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：: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：:A study was conducted to clarify the prognostic factors related to recurrence of craniopharyngioma and to improve the quality of life of patients by the treatment with intentional partial removal and gamma knife radiosurgery. One hundred cases of craniopharyngioma have been treated at Komaki City Hospital since 1991. ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Kobayashi T,Mori Y,Tsugawa T,Hashizume C,Takahashi H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curved intertrochanteric varus osteotomy (CVO) is one of the good surgical procedures for avascular necrosis of the femoral head (ANFH) patients. However, some patients with failed CVO are converted to total hip arthroplasty (THA) as a salvage operation. We compared the clinical and radiographic outcomes of 10 hips co...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Takegami Y,Komatsu D,Seki T,Ishiguro N,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgeons focus on the period of absence from work during the initial treatment of breast cancer. The aim of this study was to determine surgeons' perceptions and awareness regarding the necessary period of absence from work during breast cancer treatment. We created a questionnaire for all surgeons involved in breast ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Akahane K,Tsunoda N,Murata T,Fujii M,Fuwa Y,Wada K,Oda K,Nagino M

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Over the last two decades, many attempts have been made to record electroretinograms (ERG) of human macula by several investigators. However, previous ERG responses were not informative enough, because each ERG component could not be evaluated independently. However, we have developed a new system for recording focal ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Miyake Y

更新日期：1998-10-01 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 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：:We investigated the differences in Japanese and United States medical and legal professional opinions on ethical support for clinical ethical issues using the refusal of blood transfusions on the grounds of religious principles as an example of a clinical ethical issue. In ethical support systems for medical instituti...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Iijima Y

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with a multicystic kidney treated successfully by continuous percutaneous drainage. This method may be an alternative to surgical resection of a multicystic kidney that has not involved after one year of follow-up. ...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Kaneko K,Ando H,Ito T

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas are common spinal tumor and mostly located at intradura. Recurrence rate after surgery for extradural meningioma was higher than intradural meningioma. A patient with intra and extradural spinal meningioma was treated and discussed its features and clinical management. A 41-year-old woman noted numbness of...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Ito K,Imagama S,Ando K,Kobayashi K,Hida T,Tsushima M,Matsumoto A,Morozumi M,Tanaka S,Nishida Y,Ishiguro N

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:Dietary habits are related to the risks of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, of which burdens are increasing in low-income countries including Ethiopia. Although several epidemiological studies of NCD risk factors were conducted in Ethiopia, qualitative studies on people's d...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Gebremariam LW,Aoyama A,Kahsay AB,Hirakawa Y,Chiang C,Yatsuya H,Matsuyama A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wrapping and graft replacement are two optional procedures for the treatment of dilated ascending aorta at the time of aortic valve replacement (AVR). Wrapping is considered less invasive. The aim of this study was to compare the short- and long-term clinical outcomes as well as the long-term quality of life in patien...

journal_title：Nagoya journal of medical science

authors： Abe T,Terazawa S,Ito H,Tokuda Y,Fujimoto K,Mutsuga M,Narita Y,Oshima H,Usui A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00