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Clinical outcomes after surgical decompression of median arcuate ligament syndrome—An observational study
Median arcuate ligament syndrome is caused by compression and stenosis of the celiac artery. Incision of the median arcuate ligament improves persistent abdominal symptoms. The study aimed at evaluating the ou...
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Type B2 vessels and infiltrative growth patterns b and c are associated with lymphatic invasion in pT1a-lamina propria mucosa esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Tumor growth pattern correlates with outcomes in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), however, the clinical significance of the tumor growth pattern in pT1a-lamina propria mucosa (LPM) type...
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Open AccessThe Sasaki-W anastomosis for recurrent Crohn’s disease stenosis after the Kono-S anastomosis
Postoperative recurrence is frequently encountered in the management of patients with Crohn’s disease and is most often found at the anastomotic site. A novel technique, the Sasaki-W anastomosis, is an antimes...
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Open AccessHigh throughput method of 16S rRNA gene sequencing library preparation for plant root microbial community profiling
Microbiota are a major component of agroecosystems. Root microbiota, which inhabit the inside and surface of plant roots, play a significant role in plant growth and health. As next-generation sequencing techn...
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The Pocket-Creation Method of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection
The pocket-creation method (PCM) evolved from the tunneling method in order to overcome technical issues associated with endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of large subpedunculated tumors. This innovative ...
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Recurrent intestinal inflammation with a perianal abscess is not always Crohn’s disease: a patient with a complex Meckel’s diverticulum diagnosed by double-balloon endoscopy
Recurrent intestinal inflammation and refractory perianal abscesses are typical manifestations of Crohn’s disease. However, these conditions are not always due to Crohn’s disease. A 25-year-old male with recur...
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Curative endoscopic treatment of intussusception due to a giant colonic lipoma using a wedged balloon and ligation with detachable snares
A 67-year-old woman presented with symptoms of bowel obstruction. Radiographic and ultrasonographic findings suggested colo-colonic intussusception caused by a colonic lipoma. Colonoscopy with an endoscope tip...
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Double-Balloon Colonoscopy Has a Higher Cecal Intubation Rate Than Conventional Colonoscopy Using a Colon Simulator
Cecal intubation using conventional colonoscopy (CC) requires substantial training. We hypothesized that double-balloon colonoscopy (DBC) facilitates cecal intubation by endoscopy naïve operators. The aim of t...
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Use of an over-the-scope clip** device for closure of a jejuno-sigmoid fistula: a case report with long-term follow-up
The over-the-scope clip (OTSC) system is a new technology that enables closure of fistulae which cannot be closed with a conventional clip. A 57-year-old woman had long-term hypoalbuminemia, edema and general ...
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Long-Term Outcomes in Patients with Overt Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding After Negative Double-Balloon Endoscopy
The long-term outcomes of patients after negative double-balloon endoscopy (DBE) for obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding remain unclear.
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Ulcerative colitis-associated pulmonary nodules with cavity formation successfully treated with mesalazine and granulocyte–monocyte apheresis
Pulmonary complications of ulcerative colitis (UC) are relatively rare. Generally, pulmonary lesions with cavity formation are difficult to distinguish from infections or Wegener’s granulomatosis lesions. A 15...
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Open AccessTransmission electron microscopic observations of nanobubbles and their capture of impurities in wastewater
Unique properties of micro- and nanobubbles (MNBs), such as a high adsorption of impurities on their surface, are difficult to verify because MNBs are too small to observe directly. We thus used a transmission...
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Direct Observation with Double-Balloon Enteroscopy of an Intestinal Intramural Hematoma Resulting in Anticoagulant Ileus
Ileus induced by an intramural hematoma due to exces-sive anticoagulant therapy, namely, anticoagulant ileus, was first described by Hafner et al. (1) in 1962. Warfarin is responsible for 98% of the reports of...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Magnetoresistance and Vortex States near the Superconductor-Insulator Transition in a-Mo x Si1-x Films
We have studied the electrical transport properties of ultrathin (4-nm thick) and thick (300-nm thick) films of amorphous (a-)Mo x Si1-x near the zero-field and...
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The T=0 Phase Diagram of the Field-Driven Superconductor-Insulator Transition in 2D
We present the transport measurements near the zero-field and field-driven superconductor-insulator transitions (SIT) in a series of two-dimensional (2D) films of amorphous Mo x
