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Minimally invasive surgery for esophagogastric junction cancer with Leriche’s syndrome-induced ischemic enteritis in the rectum: A case report
The incidence of esophagogastric junction cancer has been increasing, leading to growing interest in surgical treatment. Leriche syndrome, characterized by occlusion limited to the infrarenal aorta, has not be...
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Two synchronous pseudoaneurysms after bile duct resection for distal cholangiocarcinoma
Pseudoaneurysm is a potentially life-threatening complication after hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery. Although various measures have been taken to prevent the formation of postoperative pseudoaneurysms, comple...
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Colonic stent as a bridge to surgery versus emergency resection for right-sided malignant large bowel obstruction: a meta-analysis
Preoperative colonic stenting for malignant large bowel obstruction (MLBO), also called bridge to surgery (BTS), is considered a great substitute treatment for emergency resection (ER) in the left-sided colon....
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Successful multidisciplinary management of vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome
Vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome is a rare connective tissue disease with a high risk of severe complications. Because of these complications, the median life expectancy for patients with vascular Ehlers–Danlos...
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An advanced case of gastric histiocytic sarcoma treated with chemotherapy and gastrectomy: a case report and review of literature
Histiocytic sarcoma is a relatively new disease category and the gastrointestinal origin is sporadic. We report a case of a 74-year-old woman who underwent chemotherapy and proximal gastrectomy for extremely r...
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Prediction of portal vein thrombosis after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) following hepatectomy is potentially life-threatening. We aimed to evaluate the incidence of PVT after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma and identify coagulation and fibrino...
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Open AccessPreoperatively diagnosed gastric collision tumor with mixed adenocarcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report and literature review
Reports of gastric collision tumors, comprising adenocarcinoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumor, are extremely rare. Here, we report the case of a 68-year-old male who was diagnosed with a lower-body, modera...
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Diaphragmatic plication for diaphragmatic eventration caused by chronic constipation: a case report
Diaphragmatic eventration in an adult patient is a rare condition. We describe a case of an elderly patient with hemidiaphragm dysfunction caused due to chronic constipation. A 67-year-old woman with a medical...
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Pedunculated esophageal carcinoma endoscopically removed using SB knife Jr with detachable snare after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
An 82-year-old Japanese man with alcoholic liver cirrhosis was referred to our hospital for treatment of advanced esophageal cancer. A protruding tumor was endoscopically observed in the middle thoracic esopha...
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Racemose hemangioma of the bronchial artery mimicking esophageal submucosal tumor: a case report
Primary racemose hemangioma of the bronchial artery is a rare congenital disease that is occasionally complicated by aneurysms. An asymptomatic 78-year-old man was referred to our hospital with an esophageal s...
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Sarcoid-like reaction in lymphadenopathy associated with superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Correctly distinguishing metastasis and sarcoid-like reaction in patients with mediastinal lymphadenopathy is clinically important in esophageal cancer. A patient was a 52-year-old Japanese woman with superfic...
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Massage of the Hepatoduodenal Ligament Recovers Portal Vein Flow Immediately After the Pringle Maneuver in Hepatectomy
The Pringle maneuver is often used in liver surgery to minimize bleeding during liver transection. Many authors have demonstrated that intermittent use of the Pringle maneuver is safe and effective when perfor...
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Clinicopathological and molecular correlations in traditional serrated adenoma
Traditional serrated adenoma (TSA) is the least common type of colorectal serrated polyp, which exhibits considerable morphological and molecular diversity.
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Colonic stent-induced mechanical compression may suppress cancer cell proliferation in malignant large bowel obstruction
The short-term safety and efficacy of insertion of a self-expandable metallic colonic stent (SEMS) followed by elective surgery, “bridge to surgery (BTS)”, for malignant large bowel obstruction (MLBO) have bee...
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Interventional Radiology: Percutaneous Transhepatic Obliteration and Transileocolic Obliteration
Transportal obliteration is a technique used in portal hypertension to embolize the collateral veins of the portal system. It is used to treat refractory esophagogastric varices, ectopic varices, or portal-sys...
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Interventional Radiology: Partial Splenic Embolization
Partial splenic embolization (PSE) is an effective treatment for complications associated with hypersplenism and portal hypertension, such as esophagogastric varices, pancytopenia, portal hypertensive gastropa...
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Surgical Treatment: Selective Shunt Surgery
A number of surgical procedures have been developed for the management of esophagogastric varices. They can be broadry classified into shunting and nonshunting procedures. There are two types of shunting proce...
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Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices: Bimonthly Endoscopic Variceal Ligation
Endoscopic variceal ligation (EVL) is being used increasingly to treat esophageal varices because of its safety and simplicity and because no sclerosant is required. However, early recurrence of esophageal var...
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Future Prospects in the Treatment of Portal Hypertension
Various complications, such as esophagogastric varices, ectopic varices, ascites, and hepatic encephalopathy, can occur in portal hypertension. Bleeding from esophagogastric or ectopic varices is the most crit...
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Automated histological classification of whole-slide images of gastric biopsy specimens
Automated image analysis has been developed currently in the field of surgical pathology. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the classification accuracy of the e-Pathologist image analysis software.