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Surgery Today

Issue 1/2015

Content (21 Articles)

Review Article

Ultra-minimally invasive cardiac surgery: robotic surgery and awake CABG

Norihiko Ishikawa, Go Watanabe

Review Article

Postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Ahmet Emre Eskazan, Deram Buyuktas, Teoman Soysal

Original Article

Investigation of the surgical complications during thoracic endovascular aortic repair: experiences with 148 consecutive cases treated at a single institution in Japan

Koyu Tanaka, Hidenori Yoshitaka, Genta Chikazawa, Taichi Sakaguchi, Toshinori Totsugawa, Kentaro Tamura

Original Article

Single-site umbilical laparoscopic pyloromyotomy in neonates less than 21-day old

Bing Li, Wei-binga Chen, Shou-qinga Wang, Ye-bo Wang

Original Article

Clinical efficacy of transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis in high-risk patients: the PREVAIL JAPAN trial

Yoshiki Sawa, Morimasa Takayama, Kazuaki Mitsudo, Shinsuke Nanto, Shuichiro Takanashi, Tatsuhiko Komiya, Toru Kuratani, Tetsuya Tobaru, Tsuyoshi Goto

Original Article

A novel surgical technique to prevent pancreatic fistula in distal pancreatectomy using a patch of the falciform ligament

Yasuhiro Fujino, Hiroyoshi Sendo, Taro Oshikiri, Takemi Sugimoto, Masahiro Tominaga

Original Article

Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: what factors are related to the learning curve?

Claudio Ricci, Riccardo Casadei, Salvatore Buscemi, Giovanni Taffurelli, Marielda D’Ambra, Carlo Alberto Pacilio, Francesco Minni

Original Article

The Kugel patch method prevents the development of a femoral hernia after inguinal herniorrhaphy

Satoshi Nishiwada, Hirofumi Ishikawa, Yasuko Tsuji, Kota Nakamura, Tomohide Mukogawa, Masanori Matsusaka, Saiho Ko, Akihiko Watanabe

Original Article

The preoperative plasma D-dimer level is an independent prognostic factor in patients with completely resected non-small cell lung cancer

Koichi Fukumoto, Tetsuo Taniguchi, Noriyasu Usami, Koji Kawaguchi, Takayuki Fukui, Futoshi Ishiguro, Shota Nakamura, Kohei Yokoi

Original Article

Preoperative tumor size is a critical prognostic factor for patients with Borrmann type III gastric cancer

Kei Hosoda, Keishi Yamashita, Natsuya Katada, Hiromitsu Moriya, Hiroaki Mieno, Shinichi Sakuramoto, Shiro Kikuchi, Masahiko Watanabe

Original Article

Innovative magnetic rings for circumferential mucosectomy: preliminary research

Geng Shu An, Zhang Qing Huai, Zhou Sheng, Zhang Shu Min, Yang Jing Wen, Hao Dong Ming, Zhang Zuo Xing

Original Article

Repair of gastric defects with an equine pericardial patch

Kostantinos Spiliopoulos, Charalampos Markakis, Periklis Tomos, Hariklia Gakiopoulou, Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Eleftherios Spartalis, Kostantinos Kontzoglou, Michael Safioleas

Case Report

A bilateral thoracic approach for esophageal cancer in the prone position

Yutaka Shimada, Atsushi Kawabe, Sanae Nakajima, Koichiro Hata, Yuwa Takahashi, Makoto Kume, Kazuhiro Tsukada

Case Report

A “rendezvous technique” for treating a pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy

Daisuke Imai, Yo-ichi Yamashita, Toru Ikegami, Takeo Toshima, Norifumi Harimoto, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Yuji Soejima, Ken Shirabe, Tetsuo Ikeda, Yoshihiko Maehara

Case Report

Enlarging lymphoepithelial cyst of the pancreas during 12 months of observation: report of a case

Daisuke Satoh, Hiroshi Sadamori, Takahito Yagi, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

Case Report

Bilateral pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia tumors in axillary male gynecomastia: report of a case

Roger M. Vega, David Pechman, Burco Ergonul, Carmen Gomez, Mecker G. Moller

Case Report

Thyroidectomy in a patient with thyroid storm: report of a case

Naotaka Uchida, Takako Suda, Kiyosuke Ishiguro

Open Access Case Report

Primary breast peripheral T-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified: report of a case

Daisuke Muroya, Uhi Toh, Nobutaka Iwakuma, Shino Nakagawa, Mai Mishima, Ryuji Takahashi, Miki Takenaka, Kazuo Shirouzu, Yoshito Agaki

How to Do It

Fascia lata onlay patch for repairing infected incisional hernias

Yuji Miyamoto, Masayuki Watanabe, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yoshifumi Baba, Shiro Iwagami, Yasuo Sakamoto, Naoya Yoshida, Shinichi Masuguchi, Hironobu Ihn, Hideo Baba