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  1. In adult patients with primary or recurrent coarctation of the aorta (CoA), extra-anatomic bypass grafting (EABG) has been widely used as a surgical treatment option. However, there have been few reports on ps...

    Authors: Keisuke Shibagaki, Shingo Kunioka, Yuta Kikuchi, Naohiro Wakabayashi, Tomonori Shirasaka, Natsuya Ishikawa and Hiroyuki Kamiya

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:50

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  2. Disseminated carcinomatosis of the bone marrow (DCBM) is often associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and a poor prognosis. Moreover, the timing of the diagnosis varies. We presented here...

    Authors: Shunsuke Sato, Yuji Ishibashi, Koichiro Kawasaki, Ryoto Yamazaki, Fumihiko Hatao, Yasuhiro Morita and Kazuhiro Imamura

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:49

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  3. Chlamydial infection is a difficult-to-diagnose type of sexually transmitted disease that occurs mainly in young people. We report a case of bowel obstruction caused by intrapelvic adhesions formed by chlamydi...

    Authors: Yuta Shibasaki, Makoto Sohda, Hiroomi Ogawa, Chika Katayama, Naoya Ozawa, Chika Komine, Kunihiko Suga, Katsuya Osone, Takuhisa Okada, Takuya Shiraishi, Ryuji Katoh, Takehiko Yokobori, Akihiko Sano, Makoto Sakai, Ken Shirabe and Hiroshi Saeki

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:47

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  4. Hepatocellular adenoma (HCA) subtypes are considered as risk factors for malignant transformation; thus, an accurate diagnosis is important. We report a case of resected HCA previously diagnosed as unclassifie...

    Authors: Ryo Muranushi, Kenichiro Araki, Norifumi Harimoto, Takehiko Yokobori, Kouki Hoshino, Kei Hagiwara, Norihiro Ishii, Mariko Tsukagoshi, Takamichi Igarashi, Akira Watanabe, Norio Kubo, Shinichi Aishima and Ken Shirabe

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:46

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  5. Cholesterol crystal embolism (CCE) following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is rare.

    Authors: Ryoga Hamura, Koichiro Haruki, Ryota Iwase, Kenei Furukawa, Yoshihiro Shirai, Shinji Onda, Takeshi Gocho and Toru Ikegami

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:45

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  6. Hepatic angiomyolipoma (HAML) is a rare liver tumor, and hepatectomy is the only effective treatment. Due to the difficulty of correct diagnosis of HAML before surgery by image studies, more than 36.6% of repo...

    Authors: Yoh Asahi, Toshiya Kamiyama, Tatsuya Orimo, Shingo Shimada, Akihisa Nagatsu, Yuzuru Sakamoto, Chihiro Ishizuka, Kazuya Hamada, Hirofumi Kamachi, Emi Takakuwa, Tomoko Mitsuhashi and Akinobu Taketomi

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:44

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  7. Renoportal anastomosis is an option for the portal vein reconstruction of a liver transplantation with grade 4 portal vein thrombosis and a splenorenal shunt. Here, we report the case of gastrointestinal bleed...

    Authors: Wataru Nakanishi, Shigehito Miyagi, Kazuaki Tokodai, Atsushi Fujio, Toshiaki Kashiwadate, Kengo Sasaki, Yoshihiro Shono, Mineto Ohta, Yoshikatsu Saitoh, Michiaki Unno and Takashi Kamei

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:43

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  8. Skeletal muscle metastasis from gastric cancer is rare and has a poor prognosis. We reported a case of gluteal muscle metastasis with peritoneal dissemination from gastric cancer during postoperative adjuvant ...

    Authors: Shotaro Korehisa, Akira Kabashima, Michihiro Ichimanda, Kenji Umeda, Hidenori Koso, Kazuhiro Yada, Motoki Arakane and Hideaki Anai

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:42

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  9. Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a CD30-positive T-cell lymphoma, which is a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. ALCL rarely presents in the gastrointestinal tract, and the esophageal involvement in of ...

    Authors: Yuto Hozaka, Ken Sasaki, Takuro Nishikawa, Shun Onishi, Masahiro Noda, Yusuke Tsuruda, Yasuto Uchikado, Yoshiaki Kita, Takaaki Arigami, Shinichiro Mori, Kosei Maemura, Satoshi Ieiri, Yoshifumi Kawano, Shoji Natsugoe and Takao Ohtsuka

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:41

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  10. Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disorder that can involve multiple organs. It is characterized by IgG4-positive plasma cell-rich storiform fibrosis and obliterati...

    Authors: Masayoshi Obatake, Koichi Sato, Shigehiko Yagi, Hiromi Ohtani and Katsumi Kito

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:40

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  11. Patients with advanced-stage breast cancer often demonstrate pancreatic metastases. However, pancreatic metastases resection from breast cancer has been rarely performed, with only 20 cases having been reporte...

    Authors: Atsuki Nagao, Tamaki Noie, Hajime Horiuch, Haruyasu Yamada, Masashi Momiyama, Kentaro Nakajima, Shouichi Satou, Hitoshi Satodate, Satoshi Nara and Yasushi Harihara

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:39

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  12. Right sleeve lower lobectomy is rarely performed because pulmonary function of the middle lobe is not spared to the extent of the other lobes and achieving a proper bronchial anastomosis is technically more di...

    Authors: Hirokazu Hamasaki, Chika Shirakami, Tatsuya Yamada, Yamato Motooka, Kosuke Fujino, Koei Ikeda and Makoto Suzuki

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:38

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  13. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a primary tumor with the highest frequency of pancreatic metastasis. Although surgical resection can improve the prognosis of some patients with pancreatic metastasis of RCC (PM-R...

    Authors: Shinya Sakamoto, Masaru Matsumura, Keigo Tani, Satoshi Nemoto, Kazuhito Tsuchida, Fumitaka Koga and Yasuji Seyama

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:37

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  14. The snorkel technique for a juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (JAAA) is an important treatment option for high-risk patients. We report the lift snorkel technique through the trans-femoral access for a type...

    Authors: Eisaku Ito, Takao Ohki, Naoki Toya, Hikaru Nakagawa, Ryou Nishide, Kohei Okazaki and Tadashi Akiba

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:36

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  15. Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is characterized by the presence of hundreds to thousands of colonic polyps, and extracolonic manifestations are likely to occur. Pancreatic tumors are rare extracolonic ma...

    Authors: Daishi Naoi, Koji Koinuma, Hideki Sasanuma, Yasunaru Sakuma, Hisanaga Horie, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Kokichi Sugano, Mineko Ushiama, Teruhiko Yoshida and Naohiro Sata

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:35

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  16. Cholangiolocellular carcinoma (CoCC) is an extremely rare disease comprising less than 1% of all primary malignant liver tumors. No effective treatment other than resection has been established. Herein, we rep...

    Authors: Yuto Hozaka, Yota Kawasaki, Satoshi Iino, Tetsuya Idichi, Yuki Hirase, Kiyonori Tanoue, Yuko Mataki, Hiroshi Kurahara, Kosei Maemura, Takaaki Arigami, Shinichi Ueno, Shoji Natsugoe and Takao Ohtsuka

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:34

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  17. Extramedullary hematopoiesis is a compensatory response occurring secondary to inadequate bone marrow function and is occasionally observed in essential thrombocythemia (ET). This disease usually presents as m...

    Authors: Kiyotaka Hosoda, Akira Shimizu, Koji Kubota, Tsuyoshi Notake, Shinsuke Sugenoya, Koya Yasukawa, Hikaru Hayashi, Ryoichiro Kobayashi and Yuji Soejima

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:33

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  18. No standard treatment for anorectal fistula cancer, such as multidisciplinary therapy, has been established due to the rarity of the disease. Herein, we investigated patients with cancer associated with anorec...

    Authors: Katsuya Osone, Hiroomi Ogawa, Chika Katayama, Yuta Shibasaki, Kunihiko Suga, Chika Komine, Naoya Ozawa, Takuhisa Okada, Takuya Shiraishi, Ryuji Katoh, Makoto Sakai, Akihiko Sano, Takehiko Yokobori, Nozomi Matsumura, Makoto Sohda, Ken Shirabe…

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:32

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  19. Extended excision of the permeation organ neighborhood is often performed in locally invasive colon cancer, and it is reported to have a survival benefit. In addition, some cases of secondary lymph node metast...

    Authors: Seiichiro Eto, Nobuo Omura, Tetsuya Shimada, Teruyuki Takishima, Hideyuki Takeuchi, Wataru Kai, Keita Kodera, Tomo Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Hirabayashi and Hidejiro Kawahara

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:31

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  20. Gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is often caused by Helicobacter pylori and has a good prognosis. Rarely, patients with MALT lymphoma may have gastric cancer and have a poor prognosis.

    Authors: Takashi Yokoyama, Tetsuya Tanaka, Suzuka Harada, Takeshi Ueda, Goki Ejiri, Shoh Sasaki, Maiko Takeda and Atsushi Yoshimura

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:30

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  21. Cyclic neutropenia is a disease that causes a neutropenic decrease in peripheral blood in a cycle of about 21 days. It is a rare hereditary disorder with an estimated incidence of 0.5–1 cases per million popul...

    Authors: Saki Nishikawa, Michinori Hamaoka, Hideki Nakahara and Toshiyuki Itamoto

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:29

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  22. Surgery is an effective treatment for desmoid fibromatosis, but it may be difficult, depending on the location or local spread of the tumor, and the decision to perform surgery must be made carefully. We herei...

    Authors: Daiki Noda, Miyuki Abe, Yohei Takumi, Kentaro Anami, Michiyo Miyawaki, Hideya Takeuchi, Atsushi Osoegawa and Kenji Sugio

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:28

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  23. Amoebiasis caused by the protozoan species Entamoeba histolytica rarely develops into fulminant amoebic colitis (FAC), but when it does, it shows an aggressive clinical course including colonic perforation, necro...

    Authors: Takahiro Tomino, Mizuki Ninomiya, Ryosuke Minagawa, Rumi Matono, Yumi Oshiro, Daichi Kitahara, Takuma Izumi, Daisuke Taniguchi, Kosuke Hirose, Yuichiro Kajiwara, Kazuhito Minami and Takashi Nishizaki

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:27

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  24. Intestinal obstruction caused by a tumor is very rare in newborns, and the preoperative diagnosis is difficult. We herein report a rare case of neonatal colonic obstruction due to solitary intestinal myofibrom...

    Authors: Yu Sugai, Yutaka Hirayama, Yasushi Iinuma, Kengo Nakaya, Takato Aikou, Shotaro Taki, Hideki Hashidate and Yoshiaki Kinoshita

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:26

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  25. Intra-ampullary papillary-tubular neoplasm (IAPN) has been classified as a Vater papillary tumor. The prognosis of IAPN is generally relatively good. Here, we describe a patient with a mucinous adenocarcinoma ...

    Authors: Hiroaki Fujita, Keinosuke Ishido, Norihisa Kimura, Taiichi Wakiya, Hayato Nagase, Tadashi Yoshizawa, Toshihiro Haga, Shintaro Goto, Hiroshi Kijima and Kenichi Hakamada

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:25

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  26. Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)-producing tumors can cause leukocytosis despite an absence of infection. G-CSF-producing tumors have been reported in various organs such as the lung, esophagus, a...

    Authors: Kimihisa Mizoguchi, Kazuhisa Kaneshiro, Makoto Kubo, Yoshihiko Sadakari, Yoshizo Kimura, Koichi Higaki, Toshiro Ogata and Masahiko Taniguchi

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:24

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  27. With the introduction of dose-dense therapy, the use of primary pegfilgrastim (PEG-G) has been increasing in breast cancer treatment. A rare side effect of PEG-G is aortitis. We describe a case of PEG-G-induce...

    Authors: Yoichi Koyama, Kayo Adachi, Mio Yagi, Yoko Go, Kyoko Orimoto, Saori Kawai, Natsuki Uenaka, Miki Okazaki, Mariko Asaoka, Saeko Teraoka, Ai Ueda, Kana Miyahara, Takahiko Kawate, Hiroshi Kaise, Kimito Yamada and Takashi Ishikawa

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:23

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  28. Repeat pulmonary metastasectomy (PM) considerably improves the prognosis of patients with pulmonary metastases of osteosarcoma. Reports have demonstrated a significantly improved prognosis in patients who have...

    Authors: Satoshi Takamori, Hiroyuki Oizumi, Jun Suzuki and Katsuyuki Suzuki

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:22

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  29. Mediastinal branching of the A7a from the right main pulmonary artery (PA) is extremely rare. Herein, we report a patient with an aberrant mediastinal A7a who underwent right basal segmentectomy for lung cancer.

    Authors: Yoshiaki Takase, Hiroyoshi Tsubochi, Ei Yamaki and Osamu Kawashima

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:21

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  30. Teratoma is a true neoplasm and originates from the three germ cell layers and it can contain any tissue derived from these layers. The location of teratoma is variable according to the age group. In adults, s...

    Authors: Ziyad Alyousef, Maryam Aleissa, Ohood Alaamer and Nahar Alselaim

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:20

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  31. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenic disease characterized by sickle hemoglobin (HbS). Patients homozygous for HbS experience symptoms resulting from sickled erythrocytes no later than adolescence. However...

    Authors: Toshimitsu Iwasaki, Satoshi Nara, Yuuki Nishimura, Hiroki Ueda, Yoji Kishi, Minoru Esaki, Kazuaki Shimada and Nobuyoshi Hiraoka

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:19

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  32. Bile duct tumor thrombus (BDTT) is one of the features of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the resection of HCC with BDTT, it is important to detect the BDTT tip to decide the appropriate point of b...

    Authors: Masaru Matsumura, Yasuji Seyama, Hiroyuki Ishida, Satoshi Nemoto, Keigo Tani and Jun Imamura

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:18

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  33. Idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of the mesenteric veins (IMHMV) is a rare ischemic bowel disease with venous occlusion resulting from the proliferation of smooth muscles in the venous intima. In most patient...

    Authors: Kohei Yamada, Masatsugu Hiraki, Toshiya Tanaka, Daisuke Mori, Futoshi Tanaka, Tatsuya Manabe, Hitoshi Aibe, Kenji Kitahara and Hirokazu Noshiro

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:17

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  34. Fibromatosis-like metaplastic carcinoma (FLMCa), classified as a metaplastic carcinoma of the breast, is a very rare type of metaplastic carcinoma. We report a case of FLMCa that was difficult to diagnose.

    Authors: Daiki Takatsuka, Hiroyuki Ogura, Yuko Asano, Akiko Nakamura, Kei Koizumi, Norihiko Shiiya and Satoshi Baba

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:16

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  35. Type I gastric neuroendocrine tumors (GNETs) originate from hyperplasia of enterochromaffin­like (ECL) cells and are commonly detected in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis, including autoimmune gastriti...

    Authors: Junya Kitadani, Toshiyasu Ojima, Keiji Hayata, Masahiro Katsuda, Shinta Tominaga, Naoki Fukuda, Hideki Motobayashi, Shotaro Nagano, Masaki Nakamura and Hiroki Yamaue

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:15

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  36. De Garengeot hernia, wherein the appendix is present within a femoral hernia, is a rare disease; therefore, the clinicopathological features remain to be clarified. This study aimed to reveal the clinicopathol...

    Authors: Shigeaki Tsuruta, Hideo Miyake, Hidemasa Nagai, Yuichiro Yoshioka, Norihiro Yuasa and Masahiko Fujino

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:14

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  37. A sigmoid volvulus occurs when a segment of the colon twists upon its mesentery. This infliction is associated with old age, multiple co-morbidities, and the male sex. We present a rare case of sigmoid volvulu...

    Authors: Mohammad Saba, Joshua Rosenberg, Gregory Wu and Gudata Hinika

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:13

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  38. A pigmented carcinoid is an extremely rare variant of carcinoid characterized by melanin pigmentation of the tumor, with only five cases described in the literature. In addition, thymic carcinoids are rare in ...

    Authors: Yasushi Sakamaki, Ryo Tanaka, Daisuke Ishida, Hiromi Tsuji, Asako Mike and Hironao Yasuoka

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:12

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  39. A communicating bronchopulmonary foregut malformation (CBPFM) group IB is very rare congenital malformation. Group IB is associated with tracheoesophageal fistula and esophageal atresia (TEF-EA) and a portion ...

    Authors: Toshio Harumatsu, Tatsuru Kaji, Ayaka Nagano, Mayu Matsui, Masakazu Murakami, Koshiro Sugita, Makoto Matsukubo and Satoshi Ieiri

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:11

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  40. Spontaneous regression (SR) is a rare phenomenon in which a cancer disappears or remits without treatment. We report a case of breast cancer that showed spontaneous tumor regression in the surgical specimen af...

    Authors: Masahiro Ohara, Yumiko Koi, Tatsunari Sasada, Keiko Kajitani, Seishi Mizuno, Ai Takata, Atsuko Okamoto, Ikuko Nagata, Mie Sumita, Kaita Imachi, Mayumi Watanabe, Yutaka Daimaru and Shingo Kawamura

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:10

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  41. Congenital pyloric atresia (CPA) is a rare gastrointestinal anomaly frequently associated with epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Although the complications of familial isolated CPA are minor, delays in diagnosis can...

    Authors: Ryuta Saka, Dan Yamamoto, Seika Kuroda, Souji Ibuka, Tasuku Kodama and Toshimichi Hasegawa

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:9

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  42. Knowledge of anatomical abnormalities and variations in pulmonary vessels and bronchi is critical for patients requiring a lung segmentectomy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a tumor ex...

    Authors: Hiroki Matsumoto, Hidemi Suzuki, Takahide Toyoda, Terunaga Inage, Kazuhisa Tanaka, Yuichi Sakairi, Fumihiro Ishibashi, Takahiro Nakajima and Ichiro Yoshino

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:8

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  43. Bariatric surgery is effective for the treatment of patients with morbid obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), for body weight loss and glycemic control. However, in Japan, there has been no previous re...

    Authors: Hidetaka Ichikawa, Hirofumi Imoto, Naoki Tanaka, Hiroaki Musha, Shojiro Sawada, Takeshi Naitoh, Takashi Kamei and Michiaki Unno

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:7

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  44. The indication of surgical resection for liver metastasis from gastric cancer (GC) is still limited and controversial because of its more aggressive oncological characteristics than liver metastasis from color...

    Authors: Naosuke Nakamichi, Masahiro Tsujiura, Tomohiro Matsui, Taiga Yamamoto, Ayana Yoshioka, Hidekazu Hiramoto, Yoshimi Ouchi, Takeshi Ishimoto, Toshiyuki Kosuga, Satoshi Mochizuki, Susumu Nakashima, Masamichi Bamba, Mamoru Masuyama and Eigo Otsuji

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:6

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  45. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is gaining ground as a minimally invasive treatment for early gastric cancer (EGC) that has a negligible risk of lymph node metastasis. According to the 5th edition of Ja...

    Authors: Ayako Kamiya, Hitoshi Katai, Kenichi Ishizu, Takeyuki Wada, Tsutomu Hayashi, Sho Otsuki, Yukinori Yamagata, Takaki Yoshikawa, Shigeki Sekine, Tomohiko Nishi, Yuka Kawasaki, Takafumi Ito and Hideharu Domoto

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:5

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  46. The management of large abdominal wall defects, such as omphalocele or gastroschisis, remains a challenge for pediatric surgeons. Though several techniques have been described to repair those conditions, there...

    Authors: Miki Toma, Toshihiro Yanai and Shiho Yoshida

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:4

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  47. Vascular invasion involving a tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava and/or right atrium is an unfavorable prognostic factor after intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma resection. We report an intrahepatic cholang...

    Authors: Genya Hamano, Shigekazu Takemura, Shogo Tanaka, Hiroji Shinkawa, Takanori Aota, Hiromichi Fujii, Takashi Murakami, Yuko Kuwae and Shoji Kubo

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:3

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  48. Acute obstruction of the hepatic vein (HV) or the portal vein (PV), particularly when it occurs during liver surgery, is potentially fatal unless repaired swiftly. As surgical interventions for this problem ar...

    Authors: Yutaro Kato, Atsushi Sugioka, Masayuki Kojima, Junichi Yoshikawa, Yoshinao Tanahashi, Sanae Nakajima, Akira Yasuda, Gozo Kiguchi, Yuichiro Uchida, Toshihiro Yasui, Tatsuya Suzuki, Hokuto Akamatsu, Ryota Hanaoka, Hiroyuki Nagata, Ryoichi Kato and Ichiro Uyama

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:2

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  49. Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare disorder of heme synthesis. Patients with EPP mainly show symptoms of photosensitivity, but approximately 20% of EPPs are associated with the liver-related complic...

    Authors: Akiko Shimazaki, Takuma Hashimoto, Masaya Kai, Tetsuzo Nakayama, Mai Yamada, Karen Zaguirre, Kentaro Tokuda, Makoto Kubo, Ken Yamaura and Masafumi Nakamura

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2021 7:1

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  50. Biliary atresia in very low birth weight (VLBW) and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants is rarely reported, and the optimal timing of Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) in these cases remains unclear.

    Authors: Yuki Kawano, Koichiro Yoshimaru, Yasuyuki Uchida, Keisuke Kajihara, Yukihiro Toriigahara, Takeshi Shirai, Yoshiaki Takahashi and Toshiharu Matsuura

    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2020 6:321

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