Saito, Hiroshi Sawada, Koichiro Ogawa, Jyunichi Hashimoto, Masashi Oshima, Masahiro Hada, Masahiro Kato, Yosuke Oyama, Kaeko Kotake, Masanori Hara, Takuo
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BackgroundMedian arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS), which results from compression of the median arcuate ligament (MAL), is a rare cause of abdominal pain and weight loss. Treatment is dissection of the MAL; however, the laparoscopic procedure is not yet established and it involves the risk of major vascular injury, especially in cases with an anoma...
Hiraki, Masayuki Suzuki, Rei Tanaka, Nobuo Fukunaga, Hiroki Kinoshita, Yoshinori Kimura, Hayato Tsutsui, Shusaku Murata, Masaru Morita, Shunji
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BackgroundClostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) has become an increasingly significant disease not only as healthcare-associated infection, but also as community-acquired (CA) infection worldwide. CDI caused by the NAP1/BI/027 strain is reported to be more severe, difficult to cure, and frequently associated with recurrences in Nor...
Yu, Hsuan-Hsuan Chen, Yi-Wei Yeh, Yi-Chen Huang, Chien-Sheng Chiu, Chao-Hua
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BackgroundDefinitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT) is the first choice treatment for patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but up to 35% of dCRT-treated tumors may have persistent or recurrent disease. Since the last decades, multimodality therapy showing potential for cure has become the mainstream for treatment of locally ...
Shirakawa, Chisato Watanabe, Masaaki Shimamura, Tsuyoshi Koshizuka, Yasuyuki Kawamura, Norio Goto, Ryoichi Soyama, Takeshi Iwami, Daiki Hotta, Kiyohiko Taketomi, Akinobu
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BackgroundSimultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPK) is a treatment option for patients with end-stage renal disease due to type 1 diabetes mellitus. We report a patient with a refractory fistula due to leakage from the duodenal stump of the pancreas graft after an SPK with bladder drainage who was successfully treated with a percutaneo...
Une, Norikazu Tokodai, Kazuaki Kanai, Norifumi Saitoh, Yoshikatsu Ohta, Mineto Sasaki, Kengo Miyazawa, Koji Kashiwadate, Toshiaki Fujio, Atsushi Nakanishi, Wataru
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BackgroundIn living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for patients with Budd‒Chiari syndrome (BCS), there are several concerns about reconstruction of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and hepatic veins. Herein, we report the case of a patient with BCS who underwent LDLT with right posterior segment graft (RPSG) and patch plasty for reconstruction of t...
Tabe, Shunsuke Tonooka, Toru Hoshino, Isamu Takiguchi, Nobuhiro Soda, Hiroaki Gunji, Hisashi Nabeya, Yoshihiro Ohtsuka, Masayuki
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BackgroundThe strategy for treating obstructive colon cancers with metastatic lesions remains unclear. Herein, we report a case of laparoscopic ileo-transverse colon bypass (LITB) before preoperative chemotherapy for an obstructive right colon cancer.Case presentationA 59-year-old woman was referred to our institution (Department of Gastroenterolog...
Terai, Taichi Nakagawa, Kenji Nakamura, Kota Doi, Shunsuke Morita, Kohei Ohbayashi, Chiho Sho, Masayuki
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BackgroundPrimary omental tumors are extremely rare. Herein, we report the first case of a primary omental neuroendocrine tumor (NET).Case presentationA 59-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for the treatment of an 18-mm tumor located at the ventral side of the duodenum. No other tumor was detected. The preoperative imaging diagnosis was o...
Shimura, Mitsuhiro Mizuma, Masamichi Nakagawa, Kei Aoki, Shuichi Miura, Takayuki Takadate, Tatsuyuki Ariake, Kyohei Maeda, Shimpei Kawaguchi, Kei Masuda, Kunihiro
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BackgroundProbiotics have been reported to be beneficial for the prevention of postoperative complications and are often used during the perioperative period. Among the probiotic-related adverse events, bacteremia is rare. Here, we report two cases of probiotic-related bacteremia after major hepatectomy for biliary cancer.Case presentation 1A 74-ye...
Oyamatsu, Hironori Tsubouchi, Hideki Narita, Kunio
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BackgroundPulmonary tractotomy effectively treats deep pulmonary penetrating injuries; however, it requires the accurate insertion of forceps or a stapler into the wound tract. This report describes a case of tractotomy using the Penrose drain guide for a deep lung injury caused by chest drainage.Case presentationA 75-year-old man suffered multiple...
Kemuriyama, Kohei Motoyama, Satoru Sato, Yusuke Wakita, Akiyuki Nagaki, Yushi Fujita, Hiromu Sasamori, Ryohei Imai, Kazuhiro Aokawa, Masaki Minamiya, Yoshihiro
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BackgroundVideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is being used to treat esophageal submucosal tumors (SMTs) all over the world. However, this technique is difficult when the tumor is large and located on the left side wall of the esophagus, within the upper mediastinum. This is because, with VATS, the surgical forceps have a limited range of m...
