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Possible mechanism for improving the endogenous immune system through the blockade of peripheral μ-opioid receptors by treatment with naldemedine
It has been considered that activation of peripheral μ-opioid receptors (MORs) induces side effects of opioids. In this study, we investigated the possible improvement of the immune system in tumour-bearing mi...
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Efficacy of pleural coverage with polyglycolic acid sheet after bullectomy for postoperative recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax in young patients: a multi-institutional cohort study
Various surgical procedures have been performed to decrease the recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax after video-assisted thoracic surgery. This study aimed to examine the efficiency of pleural cover...
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Open AccessLeft paraduodenal hernia treated by single-incision laparoscopic surgery: a case report
Paraduodenal hernia is a rare internal hernia which accounts for only 1% of all intestinal hernias. There have been limited reported cases of paraduodenal hernia treated by laparoscopic surgery. We report a ca...
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Significance of fistulography findings to the healing time of postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy
Pancreatic fistula (PF) is a common and serious complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). However, few studies have discussed the time required for PF healing in patients with this complication. This s...
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Is Intraoperative Blood Loss Underestimated in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Hepatectomy?
Less intraoperative blood loss is frequently reported as an advantage of laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) over open hepatectomy (OH). However, the small work space during laparoscopic surgery could lead to insuff...
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Open AccessExtracranial meningiomas concurrently found in the lung and vertebral bone: a case report
Primary pulmonary meningiomas are very rare, and primary intraosseous meningiomas outside the head and neck region have not yet been reported. We report an extremely unusual case of concurrent meningiomas aris...
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Open AccessA case of intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas penetrating into the stomach and spleen successfully treated by total pancreatectomy
Intraductal papillary-mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) are potentially malignant intraductal epithelial neoplasms that sometimes penetrate into other organs. To the best of our knowledge, no report has yet described...
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One-day nasogastric tube decompression after distal gastrectomy: a prospective randomized study
Many surgeons in Japan use 1-day nasogastric tube (NGT) decompression after gastrectomy as a standard procedure. This prospective randomized study aimed to define whether 1-day NGT decompression is necessary a...
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Feasibility and Safety of Urgent Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis After 4 Days from Symptom Onset
It is preferable to perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in the acute phase, within 72 h of symptom onset. The feasibility and safety of performing urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy i...
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Tubular nephrotoxicity induced by docetaxel in non-small-cell lung cancer patients
Renal dysfunction is a characteristic of many patients with cancer; however, a standard therapy has not been established for stage III or IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) complicated with chronic renal fa...
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Radiation therapy for gastric wall metastasis from esophageal carcinoma
An 86-year-old man with dysphagia underwent gastrointestinal fiberscopy (GIF) and was found to have a circumferential type 3 advanced carcinoma in the upper thoracic esophagus and a type 2 tumor in the posteri...
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Systemic Artery to Pulmonary Artery Fistula Associated with Mitral Regurgitation: Successful Treatment with Endovascular Embolization
We present the case of a 60-year-old woman with symptomatic mitral regurgitation caused by a left-to-right shunt via anastomoses consisting of microfistulae, most likely of inflammatory origin, between the rig...
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Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery for a large gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the stomach
We report two cases of large gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the stomach that were successfully treated by hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS). Two patients, a 56-year-old woman and a 60-year-ol...
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Laparoscopic management for local recurrence of early gastric cancer after endoscopic mucosal resection
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is a widely accepted technique for early gastric cancer because it is minimally invasive; however, incomplete resection with subsequent cancer recurrence in the remnant remai...
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Double congenital bronchoesophageal fistulae in an adult
We report adult congenital bronchoesophageal fistula with both symptomatic fistula and asymptomatic one. A 56-year-old woman with a history of cough after drinking fluids was diagnosed as bronchoesophageal fis...
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Efficacy of Absorbable Clips Compared with Metal Clips for Cystic Duct Ligation in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
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Laparoscopic Wedge Resection for Gastric Perforation After Endoscopic Mucosal Resection: Report of a Case
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Solitary Splenic Metastasis from Ovarian Cancer Successfully Treated by Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Splenectomy: Report of a Case
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Importance of the retro-mammary space as a route of breast cancer metastasis
There are many cases of breast cancer with axillary lymph node metastases without lymphatic invasion. We hypothesized that in these cases cancer cells may pass through the retro-mammary space (RS) into lymph n...
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An oral anticancer drug, TS-1, enabled a patient with advanced gastric cancer with Virchow's metastasis to receive curative resection
We encountered a patient with advanced gastric cancer, with Virchow's lymph node metastasis, who subsequently underwent curative resection after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with the newly developed oral anticance...
