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Esophagus

Issue 3/2016

Content (12 Articles)

Original Article

Therapeutic strategy for chylous leakage after esophagectomy: focusing on lymphangiography using lipiodol

Tetsuya Abe, Jiro Kawakami, Norihisa Uemura, Ryosuke Kawai, Yozo Sato, Yoshitaka Inaba, Seiji Ito, Koji Komori, Masahide Fukaya, Masayuki Shinoda, Yasuhiro Shimizu

Original Article

Tumor-associated macrophages and angiogenesis in early stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Youichi Kumagai, Jun Sobajima, Morihiro Higashi, Toru Ishiguro, Minoru Fukuchi, Kei-ichiro Ishibashi, Erito Mochiki, Koji Yakabi, Tatsuyuki Kawano, Jun-ichi Tamaru, Hideyuki Ishida

Open Access Original Article

Assessment for diagnosis of lymph node metastasis in esophageal cancer using endoscopic ultrasound elastography

Tetsutaro Sazuka, Takashi Akai, Masaya Uesato, Daisuke Horibe, Mari Kuboshima, Hiroyuki Kitabayashi, Akinao Matsunaga, Akiko Kagaya, Yorihiko Muto, Nobuyoshi Takeshita, Tetsuro Maruyama, Yukimasa Miyazawa, Kiyohiko Shuto, Toru Shiratori, Tsuguaki Kono, Yasunori Akutsu, Isamu Hoshino, Hisahiro Matsubara

Original Article

IL-6 and MCP-1 genetic polymorphisms are predictive of decreased platelet counts caused by chemoradiotherapy in esophageal cancer

Kazuma Fujita, Satoru Motoyama, Yusuke Sato, Kei Yoshino, Tomohiko Sasaki, Jiajia Liu, Takenori Niioka, Akira Anbai, Yoshihiro Minamiya, Masatomo Miura

Original Article

Surgical management of partial dentures in the cervicothoracic esophagus

Hiroshi Sawayama, Nobutomo Miyanari, Keisuke Morita, Katsutaka Matsumoto, Takao Mizumoto, Tatsuo Kubota, Yoshio Haga, Hideo Baba

Original Article

Neo-adjuvant therapy or definitive chemoradiotherapy can improve laryngeal preservation rates in patients with cervical esophageal cancer. A Japanese nationwide survey

Hiroyuki Kato, Yuko Kitagawa, Hiroyuki Kuwano, Yasushi Toh, Motoyasu Kusano, Tuneo Oyama, Manabu Muto, Hiroya Takeuchi, Yuichiro Doki, Yoshio Naomoto, Kenji Nemoto, Hisahiro Matsubara, Tatsuya Miyazaki, Akio Yanagisawa, Takashi Uno, Ken Kato, Masahiro Yoshida, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Eisuke Booka, Masanobu Nakajima, Koichi Kaneko, Akihiro Shiotani

Original Article

Evaluation of esophageal and airway stent placement for patients with advanced and recurrent esophageal cancer

Ayako Iwanaga, Akinori Egashira, Kazuhito Minami, Hiroshi Saeki, Manabu Yamamoto, Masaru Morita, Takashi Seto, Mitsuhiro Takenoyama, Masanobu Ueda, Kazuhiro Okushima, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Yasushi Toh, Takeshi Okamura

Original Article

Outcomes of redo surgery for failed laparoscopic fundoplication

Fumiaki Yano, Nobuo Omura, Kazuto Tsuboi, Masato Hoshino, Se Ryung Yamamoto, Shunsuke Akimoto, Takahiro Masuda, Norio Mitsumori, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, Katsuhiko Yanaga

Case Report

Synchronous double primary cancer of the esophagus and ampulla of Vater successfully treated by a two-stage operation: report of a case

Masahide Fukaya, Hideki Nishio, Shinichiro Kobayashi, Keita Itatsu, Kohei Funasaka, Yoshie Shimoyama, Masato Nagino

Case Report

Mixed spindle and epithelioid cell type gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the esophagus: a case report

Shotaro Korehisa, Hiroshi Saeki, Yuichiro Nakashima, Yu Nakaji, Satoshi Tsutsumi, Takafumi Yukaya, Hirotada Tajiri, Yuta Kasagi, Hideto Sonoda, Masahiko Sugiyama, Kippei Ohgaki, Eiji Oki, Minako Hirahashi, Hidetaka Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Maehara

Case Report

Successful treatment of chylothorax after esophagectomy using octreotide and etilefrine

Hirotaka Tabata, Toshiyasu Ojima, Mikihito Nakamori, Masaki Nakamura, Masahiro Katsuda, Keiji Hayata, Shuichi Matsumura, Tomoya Kato, Junya Kitadani, Akihiro Takeuchi, Makoto Iwahashi, Hiroki Yamaue

Case Report

Clinical significance of [18F]-fluoro-deoxy-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in patients with primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus: report of three cases

Akihiko Sano, Hitoshi Ojima, Daigo Ozawa, Atsushi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Ando, Makoto Sohda, Yasuyuki Fukai, Yasushi Mochida, Hiroyuki Kuwano

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.