Shonaka, Tatsuya Tani, Chikayoshi Iwata, Hiroyoshi Otani, Masahide Hasegawa, Kimiharu Matsuno, Naoto Furukawa, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Akitoshi Sumi, Yasuo
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8K Ultra-high-definition (UHD) imaging has been developed in accordance with the progression of imaging technologies. We evaluated laparoscopic procedures performed by novice medical students using 2K/two-dimensional (2D), 2K/three-dimensional (3D) and 8K/2D monitors, with a particular focus on depth perception. Nine medical students were enrolled....
Co, Michael Chung, Patrick Ho-Yu Chu, Kent-Man
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Medical education has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries, with face-to-face lectures replaced by pre-recorded videos. However, surgical skills training cannot be replaced easily by videos, as a high level of tutor-student interaction is required. Thus, we developed a new web-based surgical skill learning session (WSSL). This ...
Tokunaga, Masanori Yoshikawa, Takaki Boku, Narikazu Nishida, Yasunori Tanahashi, Toshiyuki Yamada, Takanobu Haruta, Shusuke Etoh, Tsuyoshi Hirahara, Noriyuki Kawachi, Yasuyuki
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Purposes The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected socioeconomic and healthcare systems in many countries. Accordingly, many individuals may have canceled their annual health-check programs, including esophagogastroduodenoscopy, which would have resulted in lower numbers of newly diagnosed patients with gastric cancer in compar...
Shichinohe, Toshiaki Kobayashi, Eiji
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The framework for cadaver surgical training (CST) in Japan was established in 2012, based on the “Guidelines for Cadaver Dissection in Education and Research of Clinical Medicine” of the Japan Surgical Society (JSS) and the Japanese Association of Anatomists. Subsequently, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare allocated funding from its budget ...
Kijima, Yuko Hirata, Munetsugu Higo, Naotomo Toda, Hiroko
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The treatment of early breast cancer using breast conservation therapy (BCT) commonly ensures local control and acceptable cosmetic results. We herein report a useful technique for obtaining symmetry of the breast shape and a level inframammary line and nipple-areola that achieved excellent results. Four Japanese patients with early breast cancer l...
Shirai, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Kenei Ashida, Hirokazu Gocho, Takeshi Onda, Shinji Hamura, Ryoga Nakashima, Shunsuke Ojiri, Hiroya Ikegami, Toru
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Although arterial pseudoaneurysm is one of the most serious complications after pancreatic surgery, the best practice with maximum efficacy and minimum adverse effects to overcome such a serious situation has not yet been elucidated. We performed endovascular micro-arterial stenting (EMAS) to manage this serious situation while preserving a suffici...
Ojima, Yasutomo Harano, Masao Sumitani, Daisuke Yoshimitsu, Masanori Okajima, Masazumi
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PurposeCarcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) has limited value as a standalone predictor of the survival in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). D-dimer (DD) is a predictor of the survival in patients with metastatic CRC. We aimed to predict the prognosis in patients undergoing curative resection for the treatment of CRC by integrating the evaluation of...
Kuyama, Hisako Uemura, Sadashige Yoshida, Atsushi
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The correction of severe asymmetric pectus excavatum is still challenging, especially for adults with a rigid thorax. For the repair of asymmetric cases, we introduce our surgical techniques added to the Nuss procedure. Chondrotomy of the depressed and deformed costal cartilage to elevate the depressed side was performed in a 42-year-old female pat...
Romeo, Luigi Bagolini, Francesco Ferro, Silvia Chiozza, Matteo Marino, Serafino Resta, Giuseppe Anania, Gabriele
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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 treatment of choice for traumatic...
Kitai, Toshiyuki
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The prognosis of peritoneal carcinomatosis is poor. However, the emergence of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS + HIPEC) as a treatment option has prolonged survival and it can even potentially cure patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis. Randomized controlled studies and other observational studies indicated...
