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Promoter methylation levels of microRNA-124 in non-neoplastic rectal mucosa as a potential biomarker for ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal cancer in pediatric-onset patients
To determine the methylation level of the miR-124 promoter in non-neoplastic rectal mucosa of patients with pediatric-onset ulcerative colitis (UC) to predict UC-associated colorectal cancer (UC-CRC).
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Symptom palliation with QUAD Shot radiation therapy to penile metastasis derived from descending colon cancer: a case report
A 54-year-old man was diagnosed with descending colon cancer with metastases in the liver, para-aortic lymph nodes, and penis, and chemotherapy was introduced after construction of a colostomy. The patient rep...
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Preoperative myopenia and myosteatosis and their impact on postoperative complications in children with inflammatory bowel disease
To assess the severity of preoperative myopenia and myosteatosis in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and examine their impact on postoperative complications.
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Best pre-ductal PaO2 prior to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as predictor of mortality in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a retrospective analysis of a Japanese database
Predicting lethal pulmonary hypoplasia in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) before extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) initiation is difficult. This study aimed to predict lethal pulmon...
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Open AccessA multilevel dataset of microplastic abundance in the world’s upper ocean and the Laurentian Great Lakes
A total of 8218 pelagic microplastic samples from the world’s oceans were synthesized to create a dataset composed of raw, calibrated, processed, and gridded data which are made available to the public. The ra...
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Optimal timing of delivery for pregnancies with prenatally diagnosed congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a propensity-score analysis using the inverse probability of treatment weighting
To evaluate the optimal timing of neonates with prenatally diagnosed congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).
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Clinical Discrimination of Chronic Pouchitis After Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
We aimed to identify predictive factors for the development of chronic pouchitis after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with ulcerative colitis.
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Optimal timing of surgery in infants with prenatally diagnosed isolated left-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a multicenter, cohort study in Japan
To date, there is no compelling evidence of the optimal timing of surgery for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). This study aimed to establish the optimal timing of surgery in neonates with isolated left-s...
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Prognosis of conventional vs. high-frequency ventilation for congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a retrospective cohort study
To determine the appropriate initial ventilatory mode for neonatal congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) by comparing patient prognosis following conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) versus high-frequency...
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Open AccessNovel TNFAIP3 microdeletion in a girl with infantile-onset inflammatory bowel disease complicated by a severe perianal lesion
A20 haploinsufficiency (HA20), a disease caused by loss-of-function TNFAIP3 mutations, manifests various autoinflammatory and/or autoimmune symptoms. Some cases of HA20 were initially diagnosed as very early onse...
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Open AccessRemote ischemic conditioning counteracts the intestinal damage of necrotizing enterocolitis by improving intestinal microcirculation
Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating disease of premature infants with high mortality rate, indicating the need for precision treatment. NEC is characterized by intestinal inflammation and ischemia...
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Open AccessPossible fluid discharge associated with faults observed by a high-resolution dense-2D seismic reflection survey in Uchiura Bay off Numazu, Japan
Although fluid behavior along faults has often been associated with earthquakes and hydrocarbon accumulation, few observations of active, ongoing fluid discharge along the faults exist. We conducted a dense-2D...
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Open AccessThe relationship between preoperative T helper cytokines in the ileal mucosa and the pathogenesis of pouchitis
Although the etiology of pouchitis remains unknown, inflammatory cytokines are significantly associated with the pathogenesis of pouchitis. The cytokine responses that characterize inflammatory bowel diseases ...
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Risk factors for pneumothorax associated with isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia: results of a Japanese multicenter study
This study aimed to elucidate the clinical characteristics of neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) associated with pneumothorax and evaluate the risk factors for the development of pneumothorax.
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Occurrence of a temperate coastal flatfish, the marbled flounder Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae, at high water temperatures in a shallow bay in summer detected by acoustic telemetry
The marbled flounder Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae, a flatfish found in temperate coastal waters, is an important commercial species in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, but little is known of its distribution and m...
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Open AccessAbundance of non-conservative microplastics in the upper ocean from 1957 to 2066
Laboratory-based studies have suggested that marine organisms can be harmed by ingesting microplastics. However, unless the current and future microplastic abundance in the ocean environment is quantified, the...
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Influence of Behavioral Patterns of Several Fish Species on Their Radioactive Cesium Concentrations Revealed with a Biotelemetry System After the Nuclear Accident Caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
The Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 2011 damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), and a part of radioactive materials released from FDNPP entered in coastal waters of ...
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Enterocolitis
Hirschsprung’s disease-associated enterocolitis is the most common complication of Hirschsprung’s disease. Clinical symptoms of Hirschsprung’s disease-associated enterocolitis vary from mild to severe, and it ...
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Contaminated or dirty wound operations and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization during hospitalization may be risk factors for surgical site infection in neonatal surgical patients
Establishment of evidence-based best practices for preventing surgical site infection (SSI) in neonates is needed. SSI in neonates, especially those with a low birth weight, is potentially life-threatening. We...
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Impact of relationship between the stoma site and the primary incision on occurrence of laparotomy wound infection in contaminated or dirty wound operations in neonates
In neonatal surgical patients requiring an enterostomy, there is no definitive recommendation regarding the ideal enterostomy location: at the edge of the primary incision or at a different incision.
