abstract：:An aggressive approach to vascular reconstruction should be adopted in patients with Buerger's disease and peripheral ischemia who are often young and otherwise active. A patient with severe Buerger's disease is reported who was treated successfully by complete vascular reconstruction with staged bypass surgery while ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Shindo S,Saka A,Kubota K,Kojima A,Ishimoto T,Iyori K,Kobayashi M,Kamiya K,Tada Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroesophageal reflux associated with anatomic and functional abnormalities of the esophagus may be encountered following the repair of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). We report herein the case of a newborn male infant with CDH found to have an air-filled paravertebral structure. Upper gastrointestinal seri...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Karnak I,Senocak ME,Tanyel FC,Büyükpamukçu N

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracoscopic T2-T3 sympathectomy is the treatment of choice for primary palmar hyperhidrosis (PPH); however, compensatory hyperhidrosis (CH) is a disturbing sequela of this operation, the mechanism of which is poorly understood. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of heat stress on total body perspiration...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kopelman D,Assalia A,Ehrenreich M,Ben-Amnon Y,Bahous H,Hashmonai M

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:A 55-year-old moderately obese man who was admitted to a local hospital following a traffic accident reported having experienced an episode of sharp and sudden pleuritic pain in the left anterior lower chest 2 days earlier. A computed tomographic scan on admission demonstrated a nonhomogeneous mass in the anterior lef...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Inoue S,Fujino S,Tezuka N,Sawai S,Kontani K,Hanaoka J,Ichinose M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary adenocarcinoma is extremely rare in the squamous epithelium-lined esophagus. The histopathologic and immunohistochemical characteristics were examined in a composite tumor showing distinct papillary adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus resected from a 66-year-old man. The esophageal tu...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakagawa S,Nishimaki T,Kanda T,Suzuki T,Hatakeyama K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass has the potential to cause an anastomotic failure because of a limited exposure of the operative field and the difficulty of internal thoracic artery harvesting. In the present study, the importance of preoperative marking for an accurate minithoracotomy location and a ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hirata N,Ohtake S,Sawa Y,Yoshitatsu M,Kato H,Ohkubo N,Matsuda H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of previous studies indicate that only CD4+ T cells generated via the indirect pathway play an essential role in causing discordant skin xenograft rejection. The present study was conducted in an attempt to clarify further the roles of effector T cells generated via direct pathways on discordant xenograft ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tomita Y,Uchida T,Zhang QW,Shimizu I,Iwai T,Yoshikawa M,Kishihara K,Nomoto K,Yasui H

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：: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：:Hydatidosis or echinococcosis is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus or E. multilocularis, which forms cysts in the liver and lung after penetrating the duodenal mucosa and entering the portal circulation. The liver and lung act as a filter but some embryos enter the general circulation and dissemina...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Iuliano L,Gurgo A,Polettini E,Gualdi G,De Marzio P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe herein the postoperative renal functions of patients who required a suprarenal aortic cross-clamp during abdominal aortic surgery. Seven patients required a unilateral suprarenal aortic cross-clamp (group A) and six patients required a bilateral suprarenal clamp (group B). Eighty-three patients who require...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Sasaki T,Ohsawa S,Ogawa M,Mukaida M,Nakajima T,Komoda K,Tachieda R,Niinuma H,Kawazoe K

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:The occurrence of disseminated tumors of the appendix is a rare event. Usually appendix tumors are very small, located on the inside of the appendix, and can be pathologically diagnosed. Adenocarcinoid is an uncommon variant of carcinoid tumors that usually arises in the appendix. This report describes a case of a pri...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tjalma WA,Schatteman E,Goovaerts G,Verkinderen L,Van-den Borre F,Keersmaekers G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between June 1991 and February 1999, three patients suffered ascending aortic dissection as a complication of cardiopulmonary bypass operations with aortic cannulation at our hospital. The dissection occurred during the operation in two of the three patients and several months after the operation in one. Among a total...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Aoyagi S,Tayama E,Nishimi M,Chihara S,Onizuka S,Fukunaga S

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Th2 cells have been shown to exert cell-mediated immune responses in vitro; therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the cellular mechanisms of the long-term survival of cardiac xenografts by measuring cytokine production from recipient lymphocytes. Xenogeneic heart grafts from Lewis rats were transpl...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kishimoto K,Furukawa K,Ashizuka S,Sawada T,Ayabe H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report herein the case of a 27-year-old man with Crohn's disease of the esophagus. The patient presented with large ulcers in the esophagus for which treatment based on a diagnosis of reflux esophagitis was commenced. Although his symptoms were initially resolved, the ulcers did not improve and he was readmitted to...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ohta M,Konno H,Kamiya K,Suwa D,Baba M,Tanaka T,Nakamura T,Nishino N,Sugimura H,Nakamura S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleeding is a common complication of such myeloproliferative disorders as polycythemia vera, and it usually occurs in either the skin or mucosa. We experienced a case of a massive retroperitoneal hematoma with no history of trauma in association with polycythemia vera. A 68-year-old man was referred to our hospital as...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ishihara S,Yasuhara H,Ogawa S,Muto T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary ovarian malignant lymphomas are rarely encountered in children. We present herein the unusual case of an 11-month-old female infant with primary bilateral non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the ovaries who was treated by bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy followed by chemotherapy. The clinicopathological features of this ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Türken A,Ciftci AO,Akçören Z,Köseoglu V,Akata D,Senocak ME

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of gastric perforation due to a bulimic attack in a 17-year-old girl suffering from anorexia nervosa. She was admitted to our hospital with the chief complaint of abdominal pain following bulimia. Initially, her symptoms were reduced after drainage using a nasogastric tube. Eight hours later, how...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakao A,Isozaki H,Iwagaki H,Kanagawa T,Takakura N,Tanaka N

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) is a rare complication of chemotherapy for pulmonary metastases and to the best of our knowledge, only 28 cases have been described, most of which occurred in patients with osteosarcoma or germ cell tumors. We present herein the case of a 56-year-old woman in whom bilateral and...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Bini A,Zompatori M,Ansaloni L,Grazia M,Stella F,Bazzocchi R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of co-occurrence of a mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) and a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the esophagus is described. The present patient was a 61-year-old man who underwent a curative esophagectomy with a regional lymph node dissection for a MEC in the lower esophagus and a SCC near the esophagogastric junct...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Koide N,Hamanaka K,Igarashi J,Hanazaki K,Adachi W,Hosaka S,Uehara T,Amano J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various surgical procedures have been developed in an attempt to alleviate the significant problems caused by chronic pleural empyema. The present study evaluates our 11-year experience of employing a number of therapeutic approaches for chronic empyema. Between 1987 and 1997, 45 consecutive patients underwent treatme...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Okada M,Tsubota N,Yoshimura M,Miyamoto Y,Yamagishi H,Satake S

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：:The results of surgical treatment for advanced esophageal cancer remain extremely poor. Irradiation and chemotherapy are not superior to surgery. Perioperative morbidity and the influence on long-term survival of a combination of surgery and preoperative chemotherapy were investigated in patients with advanced esophag...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Hosoya Y,Shibusawa H,Nagai H,Ueno I,Sakuma K,Nagashima T,Kobayashi N,Kanazawa K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrapulmonary thrombi that form after the cessation of circulation are thought to be one of the major causes of graft function failure. We evaluated the effect of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) in a canine cadaver lung transplant model. Donor dogs were killed by the intravenous administrati...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Akasaka S,Nishi H,Aoe M,Date H,Andou A,Shimizu N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 71-year-old man presented to our hospital with obstructive jaundice, found to be caused by a huge liver cyst which was centrally located and riding on the hilum. Percutaneous transhepatic cyst drainage was performed, following which obstruction of the bile duct was relieved and the jaundice subsided. As jaundice rec...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Kanai T,Kenmochi T,Takabayashi T,Hangai N,Kawano Y,Suwa T,Yonekawa H,Miyazawa N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of polymeric clips in minimally invasive surgery. Absorbable polymeric clips were applied to the cystic duct, appendicular stump, and blood vessels in 35 patients undergoing laparoscopic or thoracoscopic procedures. All patients were reviewed 3 months after their ope...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Tan TM,Okada M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted on 78 patients, encountered over a 7-year period, who had a catheter-feeding jejunostomy placed at the time of thoracoabdominal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. A broad-based attachment of the jejunal wall to the peritoneum at the place of entry of the catheter was used. Enteral nut...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yagi M,Hashimoto T,Nezuka H,Ito H,Tani T,Shimizu K,Miwa K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe herein the unusual case of a 76-year-old woman who was diagnosed as having sigmoid colon cancer after presenting with complete rectal prolapse. The rectal prolapse was considered to have been caused by constipation accelerated by the colon cancer. The relationship between colorectal cancer and rectal prola...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Yamazaki T,Sakai Y,Sekine Y,Nihei K,Hatakeyama K

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:Pancreatic ascites can occur in association with the rupture of a pseudocyst or the disruption of a pancreatic duct during the natural course of chronic pancreatitis. We report herein the successful treatment of three patients with pancreatic ascites by performing a surgical procedure after 4-6 weeks of total parenter...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ohge H,Yokoyama T,Kodama T,Takesue Y,Murakami Y,Hiyama E,Matsuura Y

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：: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：:The effects of changing the calcium content of a continuous warm hyperkalemic crystalloid cardioplegia (CWCP) were investigated in an isolated rat heart preparation. The hearts were divided into eight groups of six each. A control group consisted of fresh nonarrested hearts and the remaining seven groups consisted of ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Nakamura Y,Takemoto N,Kuroda H,Ohgi S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most complications after appendectomy occur within 10 days; however, we report herein the unusual case of a patient in whom a wound abscess was detected more than 10 years after an appendectomy. A 26-year-old woman presented to our hospital with nausea and vomiting, pain, and a mass in the right lower abdominal wall. ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Matsuda K,Masaki T,Toyoshima O,Ono M,Muto T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the functional outcome of transsacral rectopexy performed with Dexon mesh for recurrent complete rectal prolapse. Anorectal function was assessed by anorectal manometry and defecography, before and from 1 year after surgery in five patients who were followed up for 1-3 years. The f...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Araki Y,Isomoto H,Tsuzi Y,Matsumoto A,Yasunaga M,Yamauchi K,Hayashi K,Kodama T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the long-term effects of administering preoperative radiochemotherapy to patients with carcinoma of the lower rectum. The outcomes of 29 patients who underwent curative surgery for carcinoma of the lower rectum after receiving radiochemotherapy in the form of 40.5 Gy accelerated ...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Horie H,Kashiwagi H,Konishi F,Furuta K,Ozawa A,Kanazawa K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic ischemia was induced by clamping the hepatic artery, portal vein, and bile duct. After 15 min of ischemia, the hepatic glutathione (GSH) content rapidly decreased. On the other hand, after the start of reperfusion, the hepatic GSH levels promptly increased and reached a peak at about 1 h, and thereafter decrea...

journal_title：Surgery today

authors： Ito K,Miwa N,Hagiwara K,Yano T,Shimizu-Saito K,Goseki N,Iwai T,Horikawa S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00