Issue 6/2020
Content (12 Articles)
Liver transplantation in elderly patients: what do we know at the beginning of 2020?
Shimon Dolnikov, René Adam, Daniel Cherqui, Marc Antoine Allard
Surgical intervention for ischemic mitral regurgitation: how can we achieve better outcomes?
Sachiko Yamazaki, Satoshi Numata, Hitoshi Yaku
Clinical significance of an increased red blood cell distribution width in patients with rectal cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery
Shozo Ide, Yuji Toiyama, Yoshinaga Okugawa, Yusuke Omura, Takahito Kitajima, Hiroyuki Fujikawa, Junichiro Hiro, Masaki Ohi, Masato Kusunoki
Outcomes of high versus low ligation of the inferior mesenteric artery with lymph node dissection for distal sigmoid colon or rectal cancer
Sung Sil Park, Boram Park, Eun Young Park, Sung Chan Park, Min Jung Kim, Dae Kyung Sohn, Jae Hwan Oh
Clinical role of serum programmed death ligand 1 in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: Where does it come from?
Hatem A. Elmezayen, Hirohisa Okabe, Yoshifumi Baba, Toshihiko Yusa, Rumi Itoyama, Yosuke Nakao, Takanobu Yamao, Naoki Umzaki, Masayo Tsukamoto, Yuki Kitano, Tatsunori Miyata, Kota Arima, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Katsunori Imai, Akira Chikamoto, Yo-ichi Yamashita, Hideo Baba
Significance of fistulography findings to the healing time of postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy
Yoshito Tomimaru, Kaishu Tanaka, Kozo Noguchi, Shing o Noura, Hiroshi Imamura, Takashi Iwazawa, Keizo Dono
The relationship between the number of examined lymph nodes and the efficacy of chemotherapy for gastric cancer
Lihu Gu, Bangsheng Chen, Zefeng Shen, Parikshit Asutosh Khadaroo, Xianfa Wang, Hepan Zhu, Junhai Pan, Xin Zhong, Feiyan Mao, Ping Chen
Long-term outcomes of colorectal cancer surgery for elderly patients: a propensity score-matched analysis
Yuki Sakamoto, Yuji Miyamoto, Ryuma Tokunaga, Takahiko Akiyama, Nobuya Daitoku, Yukiharu Hiyoshi, Masaaki Iwatsuki, Yoshifumi Baba, Shiro Iwagami, Naoya Yoshida, Hideo Baba
An increase in the peripheral lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio after primary site resection is associated with a prolonged survival in unresectable colorectal carcinoma
Nobuki Ichikawa, Shigenori Homma, Tadashi Yoshida, Tomoko Mitsuhashi, Hiroaki Iijima, Kazuhiro Ogasawara, Keizo Kazui, You Kamiizumi, Futoshi Kawamata, Akinobu Taketomi
Effects of a new perioperative enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Atsushi Fujio, Shigehito Miyagi, Kazuaki Tokodai, Wataru Nakanishi, Ryuichi Nishimura, Kazuhiro Mitsui, Michiaki Unno, Takashi Kamei
Stapler sizes optimized for pancreatic thickness can reduce pancreatic fistula incidence after distal pancreatectomy
Makoto Nishikawa, Junji Yamamoto, Mayumi Hoshikawa, Takahiro Einama, Takuji Noro, Suefumi Aosasa, Hironori Tsujimoto, Hideki Ueno, Yoji Kishi
Correction to: Safety and efficacy of preoperative chemotherapy followed by esophagectomy versus upfront surgery for resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Takanori Kurogochi, Michitaka Honda, Kotaro Yamashita, Masaru Hayami, Akihiko Okamura, Yu Imamura, Shinji Mine, Masayuki Watanabe