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Marital status after colorectal surgery in familial adenomatous polyposis: a nationwide multicenter study in Japan
Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) experience psychological and social challenges concerning future events such as marriage and childbirth alongside the medical risks of colorectal cancer (CRC)...
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Open AccessLaparoscopic transabdominal approach for resection of presacral epidermoid cyst in an obese man: a case report
Complete resection of presacral epidermoid cysts is recommended due to the potential for infection or malignancy. Transsacral and transabdominal approaches have been used to treat presacral tumors. However, th...
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Open AccessAortoesophageal fistula due to esophageal cancer: a case report of successful management
Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition. The best treatment for the AEF due to esophageal carcinoma is still unresolved. Here, we report a rare case of AEF caused by ...
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Definitive S-1/mitomycin-C chemoradiotherapy for stage II/III anal canal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase I/II dose-finding and single-arm confirmatory study (JCOG0903)
Definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) with 5-fluorouracil plus mitomycin-C is a standard treatment for stage II/III squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal (SCCA). We performed this dose-finding and single-arm ...
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Open AccessC-reactive protein/albumin ratio and Glasgow prognostic score are associated with prognosis and infiltration of Foxp3+ or CD3+ lymphocytes in colorectal liver metastasis
Inflammatory indices and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) have prognostic value in many cancer types. This study aimed to assess the prognostic value of inflammatory indices and evaluate their correlation...
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Correction to: Risk of first onset of colorectal cancer associated with alcohol consumption in Lynch syndrome: a multicenter cohort study
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Risk of first onset of colorectal cancer associated with alcohol consumption in Lynch syndrome: a multicenter cohort study
Complex interactions among endogenous and exogenous factors influence the incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC). Germline mutations in mismatch repair (MMR) genes causing Lynch syndrome (LS) are major endogenou...
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Open AccessSignificance of serum palmitoleic acid levels in inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD), are chronic intestinal diseases of unknown etiology that present with variable disease extents and outcomes. The ...
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Open AccessGeriatric nutritional risk index predicts prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy: a propensity score matching analysis
The geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) is widely used for nutritional assessment in older inpatients and is associated with postoperative complications and cancer prognosis. We investigated the use of GNR...
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Open AccessRobotic versus laparoscopic distal gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis
Robotic distal gastrectomy (RDG) has been increasingly used for the treatment of gastric cancer (GC). However, whether RDG has a clinical advantage over laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) is yet to be deter...
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Open AccessRandomized phase II study comparing the efficacy and safety of SOX versus mFOLFOX6 as neoadjuvant chemotherapy without radiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer (KSCC1301)
Preoperative chemoradiotherapy (CRT), the current standard of care for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC), is associated with many radiotherapy (RT)-related side effects. We aimed to evaluate whether S-1 an...
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Argon plasma coagulation for superficial squamous cell carcinoma in the residual esophagus after esophagectomy
Patients after esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) occasionally develop metachronous SCC in the residual esophagus. Although most of these second primary lesions are detected as superfic...
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Open AccessAnalysis of risk factors for anastomotic leakage after lower rectal Cancer resection, including drain type: a retrospective single-center study
We investigated the correlations between surgery-related factors and the incidence of anastomotic leakage after low anterior resection (LAR) for lower rectal cancer.
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Open AccessSurgery for Killian-Jamieson diverticulum: a report of two cases
Killian-Jamieson diverticulum (KJD) is a rare diverticulum arising from a muscular gap in the anterolateral wall of the proximal cervical esophagus. The first choice of treatment for KJD remains controversial ...
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Intersphincteric Resection for Rectal Adenocarcinoma Near the Anus
Abdominoperineal resection (APR) is commonly performed as radical surgical treatment for low rectal cancer near the anus. To improve the postoperative quality of life (QOL), various sphincter-saving operations...
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Safety and efficacy of postoperative pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis with enoxaparin after pancreatic surgery
Pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis is recommended for preventing pulmonary embolism according to some abdominal surgery guidelines. However, few reports have so far described pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis aft...
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The donor advocacy team: a risk management program for living organ, tissue, and cell transplant donors
Although the incidence of living donor death is low in Japan, statistics show one living liver donor death in more than 7000 living liver transplants. Thus, medical transplant personnel must recognize that the...
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Cell sheet technology for the regeneration of gastrointestinal tissue using a novel gastric perforation rat model
Anastomotic leakage is a major postoperative complication. While cell sheet technology has been gaining popularity in the clinical field, the utility of cell sheets for containing contaminated enteral perforat...
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The risk factors and predictive factors for anastomotic leakage after resection for colorectal cancer: reappraisal of the literature
Anastomotic leakage is a serious complication that can occur after colorectal surgery. Several risk factors for anastomotic leakage have been reported based on the findings of prospective and retrospective stu...
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Hand-assisted laparoscopic subtotal colectomy with cecorectal anastomosis for chronic idiopathic colonic pseudo-obstruction: report of a case
Chronic idiopathic colonic pseudo-obstruction (CICP) is characterized by the chronic disturbance of colonic motility without mechanical obstruction, any underlying disease or medication. Currently, there are n...
