Issue 3/2021
Content (17 Articles)
Surgical management of thymic epithelial tumors
Yasushi Shintani, Soichiro Funaki, Naoko Ose, Takashi Kanou, Eriko Fukui, Kenji Kimura, Masato Minami
Current status of hepatocyte-like cell therapy from stem cells
Yu Saito, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Yuji Morine, Mitsuo Shimada
Long-term outcomes of living donor liver transplantation after locoregional treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma: an experience from a single institute
Kenta Inomata, Hiroshi Yagi, Taizo Hibi, Masahiro Shinoda, Kentaro Matsubara, Yuta Abe, Minoru Kitago, Hideaki Obara, Osamu Itano, Shigeyuki Kawachi, Minoru Tanabe, Go Wakabayashi, Motohide Shimazu, Yuko Kitagawa
Use of preoperative controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score as a better prognostic marker for distal cholangiocarcinoma after pancreatoduodenectomy
Fumihiro Terasaki, Teiichi Sugiura, Yukiyasu Okamura, Takaaki Ito, Yusuke Yamamoto, Ryo Ashida, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Katsuhiko Uesaka
Risk factors for outlet obstruction after laparoscopic surgery and diverting ileostomy for rectal cancer
Shigemasa Sasaki, Toshiya Nagasaki, Koji Oba, Takashi Akiyoshi, Toshiki Mukai, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Yosuke Fukunaga, Yoshiya Fujimoto
Liver regeneration after performing associating liver partition and portal vein occlusion for staged hepatectomy (ALPPS) is histologically similar to that occurring after liver transplantation using a small-for-size graft
Tetsuji Wakabayashi, Kuniya Tanaka, Toshimitsu Shiozawa, Yuki Takahashi, Mikiko Tanabe, Kenichi Matsuo
Inter-operative determination of the aortic root and cusp geometry associated with the aortic regurgitation grade
Toshiki Fujiyoshi, Ryumon Matsumoto, Kentaro Kamiya, Hitoshi Ogino
Migrating contractions of the afferent and Roux limbs show peristaltic movement independently of each other in conscious dogs after Roux-en-Y reconstruction after distal gastrectomy
Masaki Suzuki, Takehiko Yokobori, Kyoichi Ogata, Nobuhiro Nakazawa, Akiharu Kimura, Norimichi Kogure, Erito Mochiki, Hiroyuki Kuwano
Early detection of infectious complications using C-reactive protein and the procalcitonin levels after laparoscopic colorectal resection: a prospective cohort study
Teppei Tatsuoka, Takashi Okuyama, Emiko Takeshita, Haruka Oi, Takuji Noro, Takashi Mitsui, Hideyuki Yoshitomi, Masatoshi Oya
Oncological outcomes following laparoscopic surgery for pathological T4 colon cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis
Toshinori Sueda, Mitsuyoshi Tei, Kentaro Nishida, Yukihiro Yoshikawa, Tae Matsumura, Chikato Koga, Masaki Wakasugi, Hiromichi Miyagaki, Ryohei Kawabata, Masanori Tsujie, Junichi Hasegawa
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in patients with previously treated lung cancer
Taiki Fujiwara, Takahiro Nakajima, Terunaga Inage, Yuki Sata, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Yuichi Sakairi, Hironobu Wada, Hidemi Suzuki, Masako Chiyo, Ichiro Yoshino
Prognostic impact of the preoperative hemoglobin A1c levels in patients with gastric cancer surgery depends on postoperative complications
Jun Shibamoto, Katsutoshi Shoda, Takeshi Kubota, Toshiyuki Kosuga, Hidemasa Kubo, Takuma Ohashi, Hiroki Shimizu, Tomohiro Arita, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hirotaka Konishi, Ryo Morimura, Atsushi Shiozaki, Yoshiaki Kuriu, Hisashi Ikoma, Hitoshi Fujiwara, Kazuma Okamoto, Eigo Otsuji
Pancreatic atrophy after gastrectomy for gastric cancer
Ryo Takahashi, Souya Nunobe, Naohito Sai, Rie Makuuchi, Satoshi Ida, Koshi Kumagai, Manabu Ohashi, Takeshi Sano
A novel method for isolating lymphatic endothelial cells from lymphatic malformations and detecting PIK3CA somatic mutation in these isolated cells
Hidehito Usui, Yoshinori Tsurusaki, Hiroko Shimbo, Hirotomo Saitsu, Noriaki Harada, Norihiko Kitagawa, Kyoko Mochizuki, Munetaka Masuda, Kenji Kurosawa, Masato Shinkai
Powered articulation by the SigniaTM stapling system for stapling position adjustments: optimizing safe surgical margins in thoracoscopic sublobar resection
Yoshihisa Shimada, Sachio Maehara, Junichiro Osawa, Masaru Hagiwara, Tatsuo Ohira, Norihiko Ikeda
The surgical technique for complete resection of lung cancer invading the intrapericardial pulmonary vein and left atrium
Koji Kuroda, Masataka Mori, Syuichi Shinohara, Rintaro Oyama, Hiroki Matsumiya, Masatoshi Kanayama, Akihiro Taira, Shinji Shinohara, Taiji Kuwata, Fumihiro Tanaka
Closure of enterotomy after side-to-side ileocolic anastomosis with two barbed sutures in totally laparoscopic colectomy for right-sided colon cancer
Hiroki Hamamoto, Junji Okuda, Keisuke Izuhara, Masatsugu Ishii, Wataru Osumi, Shinsuke Masubuchi, Masashi Yamamoto, Keitaro Tanaka, Kazuhisa Uchiyama