62 Result(s)

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Management of small pulmonary nodules in patients with sarcoma

Small pulmonary nodules in patients with sarcoma are problematic, because it is difficult to distinguish such small metastatic nodules from benign. The purpose of this study was to establish management guideli...

Tomoki Nakamura, Akihiko Matsumine, Rui Niimi… in Clinical & Experimental Metastasis (2009)

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Changes to patellar blood flow after minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty

Standard surgical exposure reduces blood flow to the patella during total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Reduction of patellar blood flow has resulted in patellofemoral complications including osteonecrosis and patella...

Masahiro Hasegawa, Goshin Kawamura… in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthros… (2009)

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Cut-off values of D-dimer and soluble fibrin for prediction of deep vein thrombosis after orthopaedic surgery

Soluble fibrin (SF) and D-dimer are considered to be useful for the diagnosis of thrombosis; however, the efficacy of the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after orthopaedic surgery by SF and D-dimer is ...

Akihiro Sudo, Hideo Wada, Tsutomu Nobori… in International Journal of Hematology (2009)

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A long-term follow-up study of the cementless THA with anatomic stem/HGPII cup with 22-mm head

The anatomic femoral component and Harris-Galante porous II (HGPII) cup were developed to provide more reliable bone ingrowth. We performed 20 cementless total hip arthroplasties (THAs) with anatomic stem/HGPI...

Yutaka Nakoshi, Masahiro Hasegawa, Akihiro Sudo… in International Orthopaedics (2009)

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Staged bilateral mobile-bearing and fixed-bearing total knee arthroplasty in the same patients: a prospective comparison of a posterior-stabilized prosthesis

Mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has several theoretical advantages over fixed-bearing TKA. We conducted a prospective randomized trial to compare the results of mobile-bearing and fixed-bearing po...

Masahiro Hasegawa, Akihiro Sudo… in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthros… (2009)

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Changes in water content of intervertebral discs and paravertebral muscles before and after bed rest

Although low back pain can be principally produced or increased during action, it may also be induced or enhanced in the morning after bed rest. During bed rest, tissue edema (increased water content) may occu...

Yoshihiro Matsumura, Yuichi Kasai, Hideaki Obata… in Journal of Orthopaedic Science (2009)

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Elevated levels of soluble fibrin in patients with venous thromboembolism

The fibrin-related markers (FRMs), including soluble fibrin (SF), d-dimer and fibrin and fibrinogen degradation products (FDP) are considered to be useful for the diagnosis of thrombosis; however, evidence for th...

Akihiro Tsuji, Hideo Wada, Takeshi Matsumoto… in International Journal of Hematology (2008)

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Unilateral stress fracture of the femoral shaft combined with contralateral insufficiency fracture of the femoral shaft after bilateral total knee arthroplasty

Rui Niimi, Masahiro Hasegawa, Akihiro Sudo… in Journal of Orthopaedic Science (2008)

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Usefulness of limb salvage surgery for bone and soft tissue sarcomas of the distal lower leg

The usefulness of limb salvage surgery for distal lower leg sarcoma remains controversial. We analyzed the long-term prognosis, limb function, and complications after limb salvage treatment of patients with di...

Rui Niimi, Akihiko Matsumine… in Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical On… (2008)

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Prevalence and risk factors for knee osteoarthritis in elderly Japanese men and women

The aims of the present study were to examine the prevalence and risk factors for knee osteoarthritis in elderly Japanese men and women.

Akihiro Sudo, Noriki Miyamoto, Kazuhiro Horikawa… in Journal of Orthopaedic Science (2008)

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Common variants in DVWA on chromosome 3p24.3 are associated with susceptibility to knee osteoarthritis

Shiro Ikegawa and colleagues identify a variant in a newly identified gene, DVWA, that is associated with susceptibility to knee osteoarthritis. DVWA contains von Willebrand factor domains and is expressed specif...

Yoshinari Miyamoto, Dongquan Shi, Masahiro Nakajima, Kouichi Ozaki… in Nature Genetics (2008)

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Proximal tibiofibular synostosis with 49,XXXXY syndrome, a rare congenital bone anomaly

Toshiko Nishimura, Eiji Nii, Masao Urawa… in Journal of Orthopaedic Science (2008)

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Subchondral insufficiency fracture of the second metatatarsal head in an eldery woman treated with autologous osteochondral transplantation

Freiberg’s infraction is a rare disorder that arises mostly in adolescent athletes. We describe a 77-year-old woman with the collapse of second metatarsal head with similar clinical appearance to Freiberg’s in...

Masaya Tsujii, Masahiro Hasegawa… in Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (2008)

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Long-term results of bipolar hemiarthroplasty for osteoarthritis of the hip and idiopathic osteonecrosis of the femoral head

Satisfactory results have been reported from long-term studies on bipolar hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture. However, long-term results of this procedure for osteoarthritis of the hip (OA) and idiopat...

Makoto Muraki, Akihiro Sudo, Masahiro Hasegawa… in Journal of Orthopaedic Science (2008)

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Primary osteosarcoma of the lung: a case report and review of the literature

Primary osteosarcoma of the lung is exceedingly rare. A 72-year-old man was admitted to our hospital; a primary osteosarcoma of the lung was diagnosed following computed tomography-guided needle biopsy. He die...

Rui Niimi, Akihiko Matsumine, Katsuyuki Kusuzaki, Yasuhiro Inada… in Medical Oncology (2008)

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Negative predictive value of d-dimer for diagnosis of venous thromboembolism

The d-dimer levels are considered to be useful for the diagnosis of thrombosis, and they can be clinically used as a negative predictive value (NPV). However, evidence for the efficacy of diagnosing thrombosis ba...

Hideki Nomura, Hideo Wada, Toshiro Mizuno… in International Journal of Hematology (2008)

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Effect of tourniquet application on deep vein thrombosis after total knee arthroplasty

There is a great deal of controversy about the effect of tourniquets on development of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

Aki Fukuda, Masahiro Hasegawa, Ko Kato… in Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (2007)