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Primary hyperparathyroidism can generate recurrent pancreatitis and secondary diabetes mellitus – A case report [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction. Acute or recurrent pancreatitis may be a complication of primary hyperparathyroidism and patients with previous episodes of pancreatitis may develop secondary diabetes mellitus. Case report.
Dănciulescu Miulescu, Rucsandra Elena, Guja, Loreta, Mîndrescu, Nicoleta, Văcaru, Georgeta, Ștefănescu, Emil   +4 more
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Surgical Site Infections in Gastroenterological Surgery

Journal of Nippon Medical School, 2023
Surgical site infections (SSIs) remain one of the most common serious surgical complications and are the second most frequent healthcare-associated infection. Patients with SSIs have a significantly increased postoperative length of hospital stay, hospital expenses, and mortality risk compared with patients without SSIs.
Akihisa, Matsuda, Takeshi, Yamada, Ryo, Ohta, Hiromichi, Sonoda, Seiichi, Shinji, Takuma, Iwai, Kohki, Takeda, Kazuhide, Yonaga, Koji, Ueda, Sho, Kuriyama, Toshimitsu, Miyasaka, Hiroshi, Yoshida   +11 more
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Ambulatory surgery for perianal Crohn’s disease. Study of feasibility [PDF]

, 2018
Background. One-third of Crohn’s disease (CD) patients present perianal fistula. The gold standard in the diagnosis and treatment of symptomatic perianal disease (PAD) in CD is the exploration of the anal canal and distal rectum under anesthesia (EUA ...
Arcudi, C., Biancone, L., Campanelli, M., Del Vecchio Blanco, G., Di Carlo, S., Di Giorgio, A., Divizia, A., Fiorani, C., Scaramuzzo, R., Sibio, S., Sica, and G.   +10 more
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A solitary fibrous tumor in the pelvic cavity of a patient with Doege-Potter syndrome: a case report

Surgical Case Reports, 2019
Background A solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a mesenchymal lesion, which commonly develops in the thorax. Non-islet cell hypoglycemia is a rare paraneoplastic phenomenon caused by an extra-pancreatic tumor.
Yukiko Wada, Keiichi Okano, Yasuhisa Ando, Jun Uemura, Hironobu Suto, Eisuke Asano, Takayoshi Kishino, Minoru Oshima, Kensuke Kumamoto, Hisashi Usuki, Yasuyuki Suzuki   +10 more
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Attitudes toward depression among Japanese non-psychiatric medical doctors: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Under-recognition of depression is common in many countries. Education of medical staff, focusing on their attitudes towards depression, may be necessary to change their behavior and enhance recognition of depression.
Haddad, M., Inagaki, M., Ishikura, F., Kodaka, M., Mann, A., Ohtsuki, T., Sakai, R., Watanabe, Y., Yamada, M.   +8 more
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Staging the tumor and staging the host: A two centre, two country comparison of systemic inflammatory responses of patients undergoing resection of primary operable colorectal cancer [PDF]

, 2017
Background: How systemic inflammation-based prognostic scores such as the modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS) and neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio (NLR) differ across populations of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) remains unknown.
Aoki, Taku, Horgan, Paul G., Ishizuka, Mitsuru, Iwasaki, Yoshimi, Kubota, Keiichi, McMillan, Donald C., McSorley, Stephen T., Nagata, Hitoshi, Park, James H., Roxburgh, Campbell S.D., Takagi, Kazutoshi   +10 more
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Clinical significance of initial treatment for peritoneal lavage cytology-positive gastric cancer: outcomes according to treatment strategy

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2022
Background Although patients with positive lavage cytology (CY1) are classified as having stage IV disease, long-term survival without other unresectable factors (P0CY1) has been reported.
Akikazu Yago, Shusuke Haruta, Masaki Ueno, Yusuke Ogawa, Hayato Shimoyama, Yu Ohkura, Harushi Udagawa   +6 more
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The pancreas-to-muscle signal intensity ratio on T1-weighted MRI as a predictive biomarker for postoperative pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy: a single-center retrospective study

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2022
Background Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is one of the serious complications of pancreatic surgery. When POPF occurs and becomes severe, it causes secondary complications and a longer treatment period.
Masahiro Fukada, Katsutoshi Murase, Toshiya Higashi, Seito Fujibayashi, Masashi Kuno, Itaru Yasufuku, Yuta Sato, Shigeru Kiyama, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Naoki Okumura, Nobuhisa Matsuhashi, Takao Takahashi   +11 more
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Allelic variations of the multidrug resistance gene determine susceptibility and disease behavior in ulcerative colitis [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The MDR1 gene encodes P-glycoprotein 170, an efflux transporter that is highly expressed in intestinal epithelial cells. The MDR1 exonic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) C3435T and G2677T have been shown to correlate with ...
Arnott, Ian D, Drummond, Hazel, Fennell, Janice, Ho, Gwo-Tzer, Mowat, Craig, Nimmo, Elaine R, Satsangi, Jack, Tenesa, Albert   +7 more
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Robotic total gastrectomy with thrombectomy and portal vein reconstruction for gastric cancer and portal vein tumor thrombus

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2022
Background Gastric cancer with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) is poor prognosis, and the treatment remains challenging. Regarding surgery, there are only reports of highly invasive laparotomy.
Masaaki Yamamoto, Takeshi Omori, Naoki Shinno, Hisashi Hara, Yosuke Mukai, Takahito Sugase, Tomohira Takeoka, Kei Asukai, Takashi Kanemura, Nozomu Nakai, Shinichiro Hasegawa, Keijiro Sugimura, Hirofumi Akita, Naotsugu Haraguchi, Junichi Nishimura, Hiroshi Wada, Hidenori Takahashi, Chu Matsuda, Masayoshi Yasui, Hiroshi Miyata, Masayuki Ohue   +20 more
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