PD-L1, fibrosis, and immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma: the importance of a scientific method to explore observa...
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Facilitated completion of 1-year adjuvant S-1 monotherapy for pathological stage II or III gastric cancer by medical onc...
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PurposeSeveral factors are known to be significantly associated with a low completion rate of 1-year adjuvant S-1 monotherapy for gastric cancer. The present study investigated whether or not the specialties of physicians conducting adjuvant S-1 monotherapy affect the completion rate.MethodsA total of 437 patients who underwent curative gastrectomy...
Congenital vascular ring
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A vascular ring is a rare congenital cardiovascular anomaly, which encircles and compresses the trachea or esophagus, or both. In this review we discuss the pathophysiology, theoretical embryopathogenesis, diagnostic modalities, and surgical treatment of the different types of vascular ring. Knowledge of the normal embryonic development of the aort...
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Sarcopenia as an independent predictor of the surgical outcomes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a meta-anal...
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Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at risk of sarcopenia, which is associated with poor clinical outcomes. We conducted this study to assess whether sarcopenia predicts the need for surgery and postoperative complications in patients with IBD. We performed a systematic search of four electronic databases, last updated in March, 2019...
Near-infrared fluorescence-guided surgery using indocyanine green facilitates secure infrapyloric lymph node dissection ...
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PurposeWe aimed to investigate the usefulness of near-infrared indocyanine green (ICG)-enhanced fluorescence guidance for infrapyloric LN dissection in laparoscopic distal gastrectomy.MethodsThis study enrolled patients with early gastric cancer scheduled for laparoscopic distal gastrectomy. After intraoperative submucosal injection of ICG (0.1 mg/...
Etiology and impact on outcomes of polycystic kidney disease in abdominal aortic aneurysm
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PurposeWe investigated the etiology and impact on outcomes of polycystic kidney disease in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm.MethodsEight-hundred patients who underwent open (n = 603) or endovascular aortic repair (n = 197) were divided into three groups: no cyst (n = 204), non-polycystic kidney (n = 503), and polycystic kidney (≥ 5 cysts in ...
An outcome analysis of predictive factors for portal or splenic vein thrombosis after distal pancreatectomy
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PurposesThe aim of this study was to explore predictive factors for portal or splenic vein thrombosis (VT) that might cause serious problems after distal pancreatectomy (DP).MethodsA total of 230 patients who underwent DP between 2008 and 2017 were retrospectively reviewed to identify predictive factors for portal or splenic VT.ResultsUltimately, 1...
Scheduled intravenous acetaminophen versus nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for better short-term outcomes ...
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PurposeTo evaluate the effect of scheduled intravenous acetaminophen administration versus nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on postoperative pain and short-term outcomes after esophagectomy.MethodsThe subjects of this study were 150 consecutive patients who underwent esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. Seventy-seven patients received scheduled...
The duodenal tube test is more specific than hepatobiliary scintigraphy for identifying bile excretion in the differenti...
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PurposeConfirmation of bile excretion into the gastrointestinal tract is important to exclude biliary atresia (BA). We compared the duodenal tube test (DTT) with hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HS) for their efficiency in detecting bile secretion.MethodsThe subjects of this retrospective study were 47 infants who underwent both DTT and HS to diagnose o...
