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    PYloroplasty versus No Intervention in GAstric REmnant REconstruction after Oesophagectomy: study protocol for the PYNI-GAREREO phase III randomized controlled trial

    After esophagectomy for esophageal and esophagogastric cancer, more than half of patients have lost > 10% of their body weight at 12 months. In most cases, the gastric remnant is used for reconstruction after ...

    Naoya Okada, Yoshihiro Kinoshita, Shoji Nishihara, Takuma Kurotaki, Aya Sato in Trials (2023)

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    Bowel obstruction and perforation secondary to barbed suture after minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair: report of two cases and literature review

    Laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal patch (TAPP) is now commonly used in the repair of inguinal hernia. Barbed suture can be a fast and effective method of peritoneal closure. We report two rare cases of...

    Liming Wang, Taku Maejima, Susumu Fukahori, Shoji Nishihara in Surgical Case Reports (2021)

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    Functional analysis of recombinant pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor protein with amino-acid substitution

    We hypothesized that mutation of the pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (PSTI) gene may promote a predisposition to pancreatitis, possibly by reducing the inhibition of trypsin activity. Based on this hypoth...

    Kinuko Kuwata, Masahiko Hirota, Hiroyuki Shimizu in Journal of Gastroenterology (2002)