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  1. Chronic contained rupture is a subtype of an abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture. Its diagnosis is sometimes difficult due to lack of typical symptoms. We would like to report the challenge of diagnosing chronic...

    Authors: Azuma Tabayashi, Takeshi Kamada, Akihiko Abiko, Ryoichi Tanaka and Hajime Kin
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:99
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  2. When the inferior right hepatic vein (IRHV) is present, left hepatic trisectionectomy with resection of the right hepatic vein (RHV) is theoretically possible without reconstruction of the RHV. We here report ...

    Authors: Toshihiro Suzuki, Tomoki Ebata, Yukihiro Yokoyama, Takashi Mizuno, Tsuyoshi Igami, Junpei Yamaguchi, Shunsuke Onoe, Nobuyuki Watanabe and Masato Nagino
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:98
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  3. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS) as a primary cardiac tumor is rare, with extremely poor prognosis owing to high recurrence and invasion. We encountered a patient who presented with a primary cardiac...

    Authors: Shinji Akishima, Akito Imai, Yoshiharu Enomoto and Osamu Shigeta
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:97
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  5. The development of Castleman’s disease in the pulmonary hilum is extremely rare. Although resection of only the lesion is sufficient because of its benign nature, lobectomy or more extensive procedures perform...

    Authors: Masaya Aoki, Go Kamimura, Tadashi Umehara, Aya Harada Takeda, Yui Watanabe, Koki Maeda, Toshiyuki Nagata, Tsunayuki Otsuka and Masami Sato
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:95
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  7. Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct (IPNB) is a bile duct neoplasm characterized as a precursor lesion of cholangiocarcinoma. An invasive component is present in approximately 40 to 80% of reported...

    Authors: Mitsuru Kinoshita, Tadafumi Asaoka, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Takehiko Hanaki, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Hirofumi Akita, Takehiro Noda, Kunihito Gotoh, Shogo Kobayashi, Masaki Mori and Yuichiro Doki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:93
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  8. Traumatic diaphragmatic injury is known to present with the spectrum of symptoms, and most patients would have some symptoms due to abdominal organ herniation. Majority of injuries tend to present on the left ...

    Authors: Hassan Tavakoli, Jalal Rezaei, Seyed Amir Miratashi Yazdi and Mehdi Abbasi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:92
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  9. Primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant tumor. We herein report a case of primary pulmonary leiomyosarcoma that was completely resected by surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

    Authors: Kazuhisa Tanaka, Takekazu Iwata, Kai Nishii, Yukiko Matsui, Tsukasa Yonemoto, Hidetada Kawana, Makiko Itami, Shigetoshi Yoshida and Toshihiko Iizasa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:91
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  10. Collagenous colitis (CC) is a clinicopathologic syndrome characterized by chronic watery diarrhea and distinctive histopathologic features. Spontaneous perforation of CC is extremely rare, because CC is usuall...

    Authors: Haruki Mori, Toru Miyake, Tomoharu Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Sachiko Kaida, Katsushi Takebayashi, Hiroya Iida, Akinori Otsuki, Osamu Inatomi, Katsuyuki Kitoh, Akira Andoh and Masaji Tani
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:90
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  11. Hunter syndrome is an X-linked disorder caused by a deficit of the lysosomal enzyme iduronate-2-sulfatase and is associated with many disorders. Patients with Hunter syndrome often develop inguinal hernias in ...

    Authors: Yoichiro Tada, Manabu Yamamoto, Teppei Sunaguchi, Chihiro Uejima, Akimitsu Tanio, Yuki Murakami, Shuichi Takano, Teruhisa Sakamoto, Soichiro Honjo, Keigo Ashida, Hiroaki Saito and Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:89
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  12. Pulmonary carcinoma patients with low pulmonary function cannot be treated surgically because of the high risk of complications. Diaphragmatic eventration is a disease characterized by diaphragmatic paralysis ...

    Authors: Yukiko Matsui, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Takekazu Iwata, Kazuhisa Tanaka, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Kai Nishii and Toshihiko Iizasa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:88
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  13. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) induces respiratory tract and kidney granulomatous inflammation due to small-vessel vasculitis. However, gastrointestinal involvement, and especially colon perforation, i...

    Authors: Jun Iwabu, Tsutomu Namikawa, Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Toshichika Kanagawa, Junko Nakashima and Kazuhiro Hanazaki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:87
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  14. Duodenal duplication cysts in adults are rare, and a preoperative diagnosis remains difficult because clinical manifestations are nonspecific and variable. We describe a case of a duodenal duplication cyst mim...

    Authors: Sotaro Fukuhara, Saburo Fukuda, Hiroyuki Sawada, Masayuki Shishida, Sho Ishikawa, Kohata Akihiro, Azusa Kai, Yuzoh Hirata, Seiji Fujisaki, Mamoru Takahashi and Hideto Sakimoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:86
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  15. Uretero-arterial fistulas (UAFs) are a rare cause of hematuria and could be fatal often due to a diagnostic delay despite recent advances in the treatment modalities.

    Authors: Hiroki Yamazaki, Toru Nakamura, Yoshiro Otsuki, Mitsuteru Tsuchiya, Takashi Hamano and Hiroshi Adachi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:85
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:108

  16. Congenital XI factor deficiency is a rare disease caused by autosomal recessive inheritance. Clinically, there are few spontaneous hemorrhages, which can cause abnormal bleeding after trauma, surgery, and toot...

    Authors: Hiroka Kondo, Yasumitsu Hirano, Toshimasa Ishii, Kiyoka Hara, Shintaro Ishikawa, Takuhisa Okada, Nao Obara, Liming Wang and Shigeki Yamaguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:84
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  17. Following a total pancreatectomy and a total gastrectomy procedure, patients often present with nutritional and diabetes-related disorders, along with a corresponding decrease in their quality of life. Consequ...

    Authors: Kazufumi Umemoto, Toru Nakamura, Toshimichi Asano, Takahiro Tsuchikawa, Keisuke Okamura, Takehiro Noji, Yoshitsugu Nakanishi, Kimitaka Tanaka and Satoshi Hirano
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:83
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  18. Inferior mesenteric arterioportal fistula (APF) is rare as only 35 case reports in the literature. We herein presented a case of simultaneously double cancer in the rectum and stomach with inferior mesenteric ...

    Authors: Kengo Kai, Koichiro Sano, Kazuhiro Higuchi, Shuichiro Uchiyama, Hideto Sueta and Atsushi Nanashima
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:82
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  20. We encountered an esophageal cancer patient with a double aortic arch (DAA) who underwent radical thoracoscopic esophagectomy with three-field lymph node dissection. A DAA generally makes it difficult to perfo...

    Authors: Hisashi Fujiwara, Takuji Sato, Naoya Okada, Takeo Fujita, Takashi Kojima and Hiroyuki Daiko
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:80
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  21. Formation of a liver abscess due to gastrointestinal perforation by a foreign body is rare. In addition, there are few case reports on laparoscopic surgical treatment of a liver abscess caused by perforation o...

    Authors: Tomoaki Bekki, Nobuaki Fujikuni, Kazuaki Tanabe, Hironobu Amano, Toshio Noriyuki and Masahiro Nakahara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:79
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  22. We report a rare case of esophagopleural fistula (EPF) developing during the postoperative period after pulmonary resection for primary lung cancer.

    Authors: Keisuke Eguchi, Masaharu Ogura, Kazuhiko Hisaoka, Emima Bekku, Shutaro Suda, Tatsuya Shimogawara, Yoshie Kadota, Shigeshi Ono, Fumitaka Asahara, Yutaka Takigawa, Noriaki Wada, Hirotoshi Hasegawa and Junichi Matsui
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:78
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  23. Giant cell tumor (GCT) of the breast is scarce. We report a case of GCT of the breast which was suspected as a malignant breast tumor.

    Authors: Mitsuo Terada, Naomi Gondo, Masataka Sawaki, Masaya Hattori, Akiyo Yoshimura, Haruru Kotani, Yayoi Adachi, Madoka Iwase, Ayumi Kataoka, Kayoko Sugino, Makiko Mori, Nanae Horisawa, Yuri Ozaki and Hiroji Iwata
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:77
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  24. Torsion of the greater omentum is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain in adults and children. It is very difficult to make a correct diagnosis of torsion clinically because it mimics other acute pathologies; ...

    Authors: Jun Kataoka, Toshikatsu Nitta, Masato Ota, Yuko Takashima, Yuta Yokota, Kensuke Fujii, Takeshi Higashino and Takashi Ishibashi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:76
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  25. Rectal duplication cysts are rare gastrointestinal congenital duplicate cysts with various clinical presentations that require different management.

    Authors: Sofia Anastasiadou, Paris Tekkis and Christos Kontovounisios
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:75
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  26. Anatomic variants of the biliary tree present challenges to surgical management during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and affect perioperative outcomes. An aberrant right hepatic duct connecting into the cystic ...

    Authors: Keisuke Oyama, Shin Nakahira, Hisataka Ogawa, Kazuya Kato, Makoto Hasegawa, Takayuki To, Ryosuke Maki, Hoshi Himura, Hidemi Nishi, Nobuyoshi Ohhara, Jota Mikami, Yoichi Makari, Ken Nakata, Masaki Tsujie and Junya Fujita
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:74
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  27. Acute esophageal necrosis is defined as necrosis of the esophageal mucosa causing diffuse black pigmentation of the esophagus, the so-called black esophagus from its endoscopic findings. The prevalence is only...

    Authors: Ryujiro Akaishi, Yusuke Taniyama, Tadashi Sakurai, Hiroshi Okamoto, Chiaki Sato, Michiaki Unno and Takashi Kamei
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:73
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  28. Recurrences after radical esophagectomy are common. The prognosis for recurrent esophageal cancer is generally poor. Recurrences usually occur between 1 and 3 years of surgery, with the duration of median surv...

    Authors: Kosuke Hirose, Hiroshi Saeki, Yuichiro Nakashima, Tomohiro Kamori, Yoshiaki Fujimoto, Tetsuro Kawazoe, Hiroya Matsuoka, Yasuhiro Haruta, Shun Sasaki, Tomoko Jogo, Qingjiang Hu, Yasuo Tsuda, Koji Ando, Eiji Oki, Ryuzo Hiratsuka, Yoshinao Oda…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:72
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  29. Patients with liver metastasis from non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) usually have multiple metastases at other sites and thus rarely undergo liver surgery. We present a case involving successful resection of rapi...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Hakoda, Yasuharu Sekine, Hideo Ichimura, Kazumitsu Ueda, Shigeo Aoki, Hideyuki Mishima, Akihiro Sako, Keisuke Kobayashi, Akiko Sakata and Yukio Sato
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:71
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  30. Fenestration is performed in patients with bronchopleural fistula to avoid a life-threatening situation. However, usually, this procedure is required 9-cm mean length of the incision with rib resection.

    Authors: Masatoshi Kanayama, Yoshinobu Ichiki, Katsuma Yoshimatsu, Yusuke Takeda, Kasumi Kusanagi, Teruaki Ishida, Masataka Mori, Hiroki Matsumiya, Yusuke Nabe, Akihiro Taira, Shinji Shinohara, Taiji Kuwata, Masaru Takenaka, Ayako Hirai, Naoko Imanishi, Kazue Yoneda…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:70
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  31. Although an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is used for preventing pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in patients with deep vein thrombosis, IVC filter penetration in the duodenum is a rare complication.

    Authors: Takayuki Shimizu, Keiichi Kubota, Takashi Suzuki, Takatsugu Matsumoto, Takayuki Shiraki, Yuhki Sakuraoka, Shozo Mori, Yukihiro Iso, Masato Kato, Mitsuru Ishizuka and Taku Aoki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:69
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  32. Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are uncommon mesenchymal neoplasms that present most commonly at intrathoracic sites. SFTs of the liver are rare, with only a few having been reported in the English-language lit...

    Authors: Kyohei Yugawa, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Yohei Mano, Takeshi Kurihara, Shohei Yoshiya, Kazuki Takeishi, Shinji Itoh, Noboru Harada, Toru Ikegami, Yuji Soejima, Kenichi Kohashi, Yoshinao Oda and Masaki Mori
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:68
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  33. Intrahepatic arterioportal fistula (IAPF) is a rare cause of portal hypertension. Interventional radiology (IVR) is generally selected as the first-line therapeutic option. Surgical treatment for IAPF is requi...

    Authors: Hideyuki Takata, Hiroshi Makino, Tadashi Yokoyama, Hiroshi Maruyama, Atsushi Hirakata, Junji Ueda and Hiroshi Yoshida
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:67
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  34. Since a displaced bronchus related to the left upper lobe is an uncommon anatomical anomaly, it has a risk of being accidentally resected during left upper lobe resection unless they are identified preoperativ...

    Authors: Kazuto Ohtaka, Nozomu Iwashiro, Kazunori Watanabe, Tomoko Mizota, Ryo Takahashi, Masato Suzuoki, Kazuteru Komuro, Masanori Ohara, Kichizo Kaga and Yoshiro Matsui
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:66
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  35. Cholangiocarcinoma due to exposure to 1.2-dichloropropane (DCP) or dichloromethane (DCM) is classified as occupational cholangiocarcinoma. We report a case of occupational cholangiocarcinoma diagnosed 18 years...

    Authors: Masahiko Kinoshita, Yasunori Sato, Hiroko Nebiki, Yutaka Tamamori, Naomi Ishii, Takeshi Inoue, Genya Hamano, Akishige Kanazawa and Shoji Kubo
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:65
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  37. Open completion gastrectomy (OCG) has been selected to treat remnant gastric cancer (RGC) due to severe adhesions and difficulty recognizing anatomical orientation after primary gastrectomy. In general, elderl...

    Authors: Masaki Kaihara, Satoru Matsuda, Eisuke Booka, Fumitaka Saida, Jumpei Takashima, Hanako Kasai, Koki Mihara, Atsushi Nagashima and Tomohisa Egawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:63
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  38. Pleomorphic leiomyosarcomas (PLMSs) are extremely rare tumors. We present the first case of hepatic primary PLMS after surgery for gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST).

    Authors: Ryo Muranushi, Kouki Hoshino, Kei Hagiwara, Takahiro Yamanaka, Norihiro Ishii, Mariko Tsukagoshi, Takamichi Igarashi, Hiroshi Tanaka, Akira Watanabe, Norio Kubo, Kenichiro Araki, Norifumi Harimoto, Hayato Ikota, Kei Shibuya, Masaya Miyazaki and Ken Shirabe
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:62
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  39. Solitary adrenal metastasis from colorectal cancer is rare. Adrenal metastasis is usually detected with synchronous multiple metastases in other organs and is, therefore, considered to be unsuitable for surgic...

    Authors: Akinori Tsujimoto, Takeshi Ueda, Hiroyuki Kuge, Takashi Inoue, Shinsaku Obara, Takayuki Nakamoto, Yoshiyuki Sasaki, Yasuyuki Nakamura, Fumikazu Koyama and Masayuki Sho
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:61
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  40. 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. We report a r...

    Authors: Yukiko Wada, Keiichi Okano, Yasuhisa Ando, Jun Uemura, Hironobu Suto, Eisuke Asano, Takayoshi Kishino, Minoru Oshima, Kensuke Kumamoto, Hisashi Usuki and Yasuyuki Suzuki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:60
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  41. Anticoagulation control in active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is challenging because of hypercoagulation and bleeding complications. The strategy for treating chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension...

    Authors: Kayo Sugiyama, Shun Suzuki, Keita Maruno, Toshiki Fujiyoshi, Nobusato Koizumi and Hitoshi Ogino
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:59
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  42. Hemorrhagic hepatic cysts infrequently involve several iconographic changes requiring a differential diagnosis, primarily with a cystic malignancy. We herein report a case of laparoscopy-assisted extended righ...

    Authors: Yasunari Fukuda, Tadafumi Asaoka, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Keiichiro Honma, Eiichi Morii, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Hirofumi Akita, Takehiro Noda, Kunihito Gotoh, Shogo Kobayashi, Masaki Mori and Yuichiro Doki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:58
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  43. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with tumor thrombus (TT) in the right atrium is a critical condition. The general consensus is to perform hepatectomy prior to cavo-atrial thrombectomy because of the risk of unc...

    Authors: Shun-ichi Ariizumi, Chizuo Kikuchi, Fumiaki Tokitou, Shingo Yamashita, Yoshihito Kotera, Akiko Omori, Takaaki Kato, Satoshi Nemoto, Hiroshi Niinami and Masakazu Yamamoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:57
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  44. Patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) have low platelet counts and an increased risk of complications. Therefore, these patients generally require high-dose immunoglobulin therapy and platele...

    Authors: Kouki Hoshino, Norifumi Harimoto, Ryo Muranushi, Kenichiro Araki, Takahiro Yamanaka, Kei Hagiwara, Norihiro Ishii, Mariko Tsukagoshi, Takamichi Igarashi, Hiroshi Tanaka, Akira Watanabe, Norio Kubo, Takehiko Yokobori and Ken Shirabe
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:56
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  45. Schistosomiasis is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas and rarely reported in developed countries. Schistosomiasis often occurs as a chronic illness, which can cause liver and intestinal damage. Append...

    Authors: Hajime Imamura, Masashi Haraguchi, Yuriko Isagawa, Michi Morita, Masataka Hirabaru, Daisuke Kawahara, Hirotaka Tokai, Kazumasa Noda, Shigeki Minami, Keiji Inoue, Junji Irie and Susumu Eguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:55
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  46. Left-sided gallbladder is a relatively rare anatomical variation that is frequently associated with a biliary system anomaly. Here, we describe a case of left-sided gallbladder with acute cholecystitis treated...

    Authors: Ryosuke Hirohata, Tomoyuki Abe, Hironobu Amano, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Masahiro Nakahara, Hideki Ohdan and Toshio Noriyuki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:54
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  47. Management of postpneumonectomy empyema requires comprehensive strategies, especially when the condition is associated with large bronchopleural fistulae. We report a case involving the simple chest closure of...

    Authors: Tetsuya Fukui, Tadashi Matsukura, Yusuke Wakatsuki and Satoko Yamawaki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:53
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  48. Empyema and pyogenic spondylitis are common diseases that are often caused by oral pathogens in direct or hematogenous infection. However, there exists no report describing empyema and pyogenic spondylitis cau...

    Authors: Daisuke Nakamura, Ryoichi Kondo, Akiko Makiuchi and Kenichi Isobe
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:52
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  49. Performing laparoscopic liver resection for giant hemangiomas is challenging, and careful preoperative planning is essential. Controlling intraoperative bleeding and handling surgical instruments within a limi...

    Authors: Yuichiro Okumura, Takehiro Noda, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Takehiko Hanaki, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Hirofumi Akita, Tadafumi Asaoka, Kunihito Gotoh, Shogo Kobayashi, Koji Umeshita, Masaki Mori and Yuichiro Doki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:51
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  50. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has recently been used for the management of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Here, the feasibility and effectiveness of SILS for GIST and indications for SIL...

    Authors: Takashi Tatara, Shingo Kanaji, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryo Ishida, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Masashi Yamamoto, Yoshiko Matsuda, Kimihiro Yamashita, Taro Oshikiri, Takeru Matsuda, Tetsu Nakamura, Yasuo Sumi and Yoshihiro Kakeji
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2019 5:50
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