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    Bowel obstruction caused by an internal hernia that developed after laparoscopic subtotal colectomy: a case report

    Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive approach with good treatment outcomes and is currently the standard surgery for colorectal cancer in Japan. Mesenteric closure is considered unnecessary in laparosc...

    Takefumi Yoshida, Tetsushi Kinugasa, Yousuke Oka in Journal of Medical Case Reports (2014)

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    The important risk factor for lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis of lower rectal cancer is node-positive status on magnetic resonance imaging: study of the Lymph Node Committee of Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum

    This study seeks to evaluate lateral pelvic lymph node (LPLN) and perirectal lymph node (PRLN) status on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as potential risk factors for lymph node metastasis.

    Shimpei Ogawa, **-ichi Hida, Hideyuki Ike in International Journal of Colorectal Disease (2016)

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    Survival after initial lung metastasectomy for metastatic colorectal cancer in the modern chemotherapeutic era

    A clear survival benefit has been reported for lung metastasectomy for colorectal cancer, and several clinicopathological prognostic factors have been proposed in the past. However, clinical advances, such as ...

    Shintaro Yokoyama, Masahiro Mitsuoka, Tetsushi Kinugasa in BMC Surgery (2017)

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    Prediction of lateral pelvic lymph node metastasis from lower rectal cancer using magnetic resonance imaging and risk factors for metastasis: Multicenter study of the Lymph Node Committee of the Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum

    The goal of the study was to examine prediction of lateral pelvic lymph node (LPLN) metastasis from lower rectal cancer using a logistic model including risk factors for LPLN metastasis and magnetic resonance ...

    Shimpei Ogawa, **-ichi Hida, Hideyuki Ike in International Journal of Colorectal Disease (2017)

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    Analysis 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.

    Tetsushi Kinugasa, Sachiko Nagasu, Kenta Murotani, Tomoaki Mizobe in BMC Gastroenterology (2020)