Issue 11/2013
Content (22 Articles)
Report from the committee for improving the work environment of Japanese surgeons: survey on effects of the fee revision for medical services provided by surgeons
Kazuhiro Hanazaki, Ryuji Tominaga, Masaki Nio, Tadashi Iwanaka, Kae Okoshi, Koichi Kaneko, Hiroaki Nagano, Takahiro Nishida, Hiroshi Nishida, Ken Hoshino, Tadaaki Maehara, Munetaka Masuda, Hiroshi Matsufuji, Katsuhiko Yanaga, Koichi Tabayashi, Susumu Satomi, Norihiro Kokudo
History of and current issues affecting surgery for pediatric ulcerative colitis
Keiichi Uchida, Toshimitsu Araki, Masato Kusunoki
Mixed corticomedullary adrenal carcinoma
Nick Michalopoulos, Kalliopi Pazaitou-Panayiotou, Maria Boudina, Theodossis Papavramidis, Georgia Karayannopoulou, Spiros Papavramidis
A randomized controlled trial comparing antioxidant-enriched enteral nutrition with immune-enhancing enteral nutrition after esophagectomy for cancer: a pilot study
Takeshi Nagano, Hiromasa Fujita, Toshiaki Tanaka, Satoru Matono, Kazutaka Murata, Nobuya Ishibashi, Kazuo Shirouzu, Takashi Yanagawa
Incidence and pattern of hemolytic anemia after minor ABO-mismatched living-donor lobar lung transplantation
Akihiro Ohsumi, Fengshi Chen, Kimiko Yurugi, Taira Maekawa, Tsuyoshi Shoji, Masaaki Sato, Akihiro Aoyama, Toru Bando, Hiroshi Date
Quality of life and the venous function of the lower limb after harvest of autologous external iliac vein grafts: a clinical follow-up study
Yuji Kaneoka, Atsuyuki Maeda, Masayuki Sugimoto, Masatoshi Isogai, Hiroyuki Ishibashi
Management of thyroid carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE) invading the trachea
Hidemitsu Tsutsui, Masae Hoshi, Mitsuhiro Kubota, Akihiko Suzuki, Nobuki Nakamura, Jitsuo Usuda, Hiroshi Shibuya, Kuniharu Miyajima, Tatsuo Ohira, Koichi Ito, Norihiko Ikeda
Anomalous arterial ramification in the right liver
Takanori Sakaguchi, Shohachi Suzuki, Takanori Hiraide, Yasushi Shibasaki, Yoshifumi Morita, Atsushi Suzuki, Kazuhiko Fukumoto, Keisuke Inaba, Yasuo Takehara, Hatsuko Nasu, Mika Kamiya, Shuhei Yamashita, Takasuke Ushio, Hiroyuki Konno
Immunohistochemical analysis of the DNA methyltransferase 3b expression is associated with significant improvements in the discrimination of ulcerative colitis-associated neoplastic lesions
Hirofumi Ueda, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Kazuhito Ichikawa, Michio Itabashi, Shingo Kameoka, Shigehiko Fujii, Natsuko Saito, Ryusuke Kimura, Yosuke Shida, Yukari Fujimori, Shinichirou Ohtake, Shigeki Tomita, Johji Imura, Yoshikazu Yasuda, Nobuhiko Tanigawa, Kazuhisa Uchiyama, Takahiro Fujimori
Criteria for the glucagon provocative test in the diagnosis of gastrinoma
Chikashi Shibata, Masayuki Kakyo, Makoto Kinouchi, Naoki Tanaka, Koh Miura, Takeshi Naitoh, Hitoshi Ogawa, Fuyuhiko Motoi, Shinichi Egawa, Tatsuya Ueno, Hiroo Naito, Michiaki Unno
Prevalence of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus as a silent disease
Erhan Aysan, Mehmet Ilhan, Hasan Bektas, Evrim Akca Kaya, Bulent Sam, Nur Buyukpinarbasili, Mahmut Muslumanoglu
Safety of hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in obese patients with cirrhosis
Shogo Tanaka, Yuji Iimuro, Tadamichi Hirano, Seikan Hai, Kazuhiro Suzumura, Ikuo Nakamura, Yuichi Kondo, Jiro Fujimoto
A newly designed bioabsorbable substitute for the treatment of diaphragmatic defects
Masayasu Aikawa, Mitsuo Miyazawa, Kojun Okamoto, Yasuko Toshimitsu, Katsuya Okada, Naoe Akimoto, Yosuke Ueno, Isamu Koyama, Yoshito Ikada
Successful laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in a patient with mixed connective tissue disease with a short esophagus: report of a case
Kiyokazu Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Shuji Takiguchi, Hiroshi Miyata, Makoto Yamasaki, Yukinori Kurokawa, Masaki Mori, Yuichiro Doki
Catheter-directed continuous thrombolysis following aspiration thrombectomy via the ileocolic route for acute portal venous thrombosis: report of two cases
Kohei Miura, Yoshinobu Sato, Hideki Nakatsuka, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Oya, Yoshiaki Hara, Hidenaka Kokai, Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama
Renoportal anastomosis in right lobe living donor liver transplantation: report of a case
Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Toru Ikegami, Kazutoyo Morita, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Hiroto Kayashima, Ken Shirabe, Yoshihiko Maehara
Hepatobiliary resection with concomitant resection of the inferior vena cava for advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: report of a case
Akifumi Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Igami, Gen Sugawara, Tomoki Ebata, Yukihiro Yokoyama, Yu Takahashi, Harumitsu Ando, Masato Nagino
Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis after living donor liver transplantation: a case successfully treated with tamoxifen: report of a case
Takayuki Takeichi, Yasuko Narita, Kwang-Jong Lee, Hidekazu Yamamoto, Katsuhiro Asonuma, Yukihiro Inomata
Congenital prepubic sinus associated with a urachal remnant: report of a case
Koji Yamada, Yutaka Kanamori, Hideaki Tanaka, Akihiro Fujino, Toshihiko Watanabe, Noriko Takeda, Masataka Takahashi, Waka Yamada, Hideo Ishihama
A simple technique using a Lap-Protector for fenestration to manage empyema
Noriyuki Matsutani, Masafumi Kawamura
Polysaccharide K and its rapidly emerging role in the treatment of systemic malignancies
Shailendra Kapoor