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Financial cost of the admissions for simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant in a Brazilian Hospital [PDF]

, 2014
PURPOSE:To perform a cost analysis of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPKT) in a Brazilian hospital.METHODS:Between January 2008 and December 2011, 105 consecutive SPKTs at the Hospital of Kidney and Hypertension in São Paulo were evaluated.
Fagundes, Ulysses, Gonzalez, Adriano Miziara, Linhares, Marcelo Moura, Martins, Jose Luiz, Oliva, Carlos Alberto Garcia, Pestana, Jose Osmar Medina, Romero, Luis Ramiro Núñez, Salzedas-Netto, Alcides Augusto, Vicentine, Fernando Pompeu Piza   +8 more
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Colorectal surgery in patients with prior pancreaticoduodenectomy

Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 2019
Objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is difficult to perform, because PD involves dissection and complex reconstruction of the digestive tract.
Hajime Ushigome, Junichi Nishimura, Yusuke Takahashi, Masayoshi Yasui, Masayuki Ohue, Daisaku Yamada, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Wada, Hidenori Takahashi, Takeshi Omori, Hiroshi Miyata, Shuji Takiguchi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laparoscopic-assisted disinvagination and polypectomy for multiple intussusceptions induced by small intestinal polyps in patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: a case report

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2021
Background Peutz–Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a very rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract and hyperpigmentation of the lips, hands, and feet.
Masaaki Yamamoto, Kazuya Iwamoto, Rei Suzuki, Yosuke Mukai, Tomohira Takeoka, Kei Asukai, Naoki Shinno, Hisashi Hara, Takashi Kanemura, Nozomu Nakai, Shinichiro Hasegawa, Keijiro Sugimura, Naotsugu Haraguchi, Junichi Nishimura, Hiroshi Wada, Hidenori Takahashi, Chu Matsuda, Masayoshi Yasui, Takeshi Omori, Hiroshi Miyata, Masayuki Ohue, Masaru Murata   +21 more
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) of the Treitz’s angle– a very rare cause of high bowel obstruction [PDF]

, 2016
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are somewhat rare gastrointestinal tumors - approximately 1% to 3% incidence, but they are the most common mesenchymal neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract.
Georgescu, Lota Corina, Pătraşcu, Traian, Tobă, Mădălina Elena, Ungureanu, Dan Florin   +3 more
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Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laparoscopic surgery for colovesical fistula associated with sigmoid colon diverticulitis: a review of 39 cases

Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 2019
Objectives: Colonic diverticular disease is widespread in Western countries and its associated with aging. In Japan, diverticulitis and colovesical fistula are also occurring more frequently.
Kenji Tomizawa, Shigeo Toda, Tomohiro Tate, Yutaka Hanaoka, Jin Moriyama, Shuichiro Matoba, Hiroya Kuroyanagi   +6 more
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A resected case of acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas with liver metastasis following chemotherapy using modified FOLFIRINOX

Surgical Case Reports, 2023
Background Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas is a rare exocrine malignancy representing less than 1% of all pancreatic neoplasms. It has been reported that it responds to treatment differently from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and the treatment ...
Shuhei Yamada, Haruka Motegi, Yoshiki Kurihara, Tomonori Shimbo, Isao Kikuchi, Toshiki Wakabayashi, Tsutomu Sato   +6 more
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Preoperative Aortic Calcification Volume Predicts Postoperative Complications in Nonpancreatic Cancer Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Postoperative complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) remain high, particularly in patients with soft pancreatic texture. Abdominal aortic calcification volume (AACV), a surrogate marker of systemic arteriosclerosis, has been associated with increased surgical risk in lower gastrointestinal procedures ...
Masaki Horiuchi, Kentaro Miyake, Kota Sahara, Jun Yamamoto, Yutaro Kikuchi, Yasuhiro Yabushita, Yu Sawada, Yuki Homma, Ryusei Matsuyama, Itaru Endo   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Skeletal Myoblast Cells Enhance the Function of Transplanted Islets in Diabetic Mice

Journal of Diabetes Research
Islet transplantation (ITx) is an established and safe alternative to pancreas transplantation for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients. However, most ITx recipients lose insulin independence by 3 years after ITx due to early graft loss, such that ...
Takeshi Kado, Yoshito Tomimaru, Shogo Kobayashi, Akima Harada, Kazuki Sasaki, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Daisaku Yamada, Takehiro Noda, Hidenori Takahashi, Shunbun Kita, Iichiro Shimomura, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yuichiro Doki, Hidetoshi Eguchi   +13 more
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The treatment strategy of R0 resection in colorectal cancer with synchronous para-aortic lymph node metastasis

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2020
Background Synchronous metastatic para-aortic lymph node (mPALN) dissectionin colorectal cancer has relatively good oncological outcomes, though many patients develop recurrence.
Hajime Ushigome, Masayoshi Yasui, Masayuki Ohue, Naoaki Haraguchi, Junichi Nishimura, Keijirou Sugimura, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Wada, Hidenori Takahashi, Takeshi Omori, Hiroshi Miyata, Shuji Takiguchi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source