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  1. Transcatheter valve replacement is contraindicated in patients with active infective endocarditis. However, few reports suggest that it could be beneficial for high-risk surgical patients with healed infective...

    Authors: Yusuke Takei, Ryujiro Suzuki, Ikuko Shibasaki, Michiaki Tokura, Takahisa Nasuno, Hiroko Yazawa, Mayo Wada, Fumiya Saito, Shigeru Toyoda and Hirotugu Fukuda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:155
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  2. Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement is commonly performed to treat hydrocephalus and complications are not uncommon. We report here a case of generalized peritonitis caused by migration of the abdominal ...

    Authors: Takeshi Morinaga, Osamu Nakahara, Akira Tsuji, Kunitaka Kuramoto, Masayoshi Iizaka, Shintaro Hayashida, Yuki Ohya, Yasuyuki Hitoshi and Yukihiro Inomata
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:154
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  3. Pancreas divisum (PD), the most common pancreatic anomaly, is caused by the failure of pancreatic bud fusion in the embryo. Although most cases are asymptomatic, it can cause pancreatitis or epigastric pain. W...

    Authors: Tokuro Baba, Toru Yamazaki, Masato Sakai, Koichiro Matshuda, Koji Amaya, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki and Yasuhiro Okada
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:153
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  4. Few reports of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the breast have been published worldwide. Furthermore, primary anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive IMT of the breast is extremely rare. To date,...

    Authors: Yasutaka Kawakita, Keisei Anan, Kanako Kurata, Kenichiro Koga, Michiyo Saimura, Sadafumi Tamiya, Kazuyoshi Nishihara, Shoshu Mitsuyama and Toru Nakano
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:152
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  5. Early-stage colorectal cancer (CRC) is often treated endoscopically, but additional surgical resection may be considered depending on pathological findings.

    Authors: Yumeto Mikuni, Michio Tani, Nobuki Ichikawa, Hiroki Matsui, Shin Emoto, Tadashi Yoshida, Takuya Otsuka, Shigenori Homma, Takahashi Norihiko and Akinobu Taketomi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:151
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  6. Intestinal duplication and ectopic pancreas are two rare independent congenital anomalies. Few reports describe cases of patients with ectopic pancreas in an intestinal duplication causing acute peritonitis.

    Authors: Chihiro Yoshikawa, Kazuhiro Migita, Ichiro Yamato, Masato Ueno, Hisanori Kashizuka, Koichi Murakami and Hirofumi Ishikawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:150
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  7. As the number of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) increases, the incidence of IBD-related colorectal cancer (CRC) is also on the rise. Crohn’s disease (CD)-related CRC has been reported to have a...

    Authors: Daisuke Kaneshiro, Yuusuke Sanechika, Kazuki Kishi, Daichi Sakai, Kazuya Iwamoto, Mitsunobu Takeda, Yujiro Nakahara, Tomofumi Ohashi, Atsushi Naito, Kenta Furukawa, Jeongho Moon, Mitsunobu Imasato, Tadafumi Asaoka and Tsunekazu Mizushima
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:149
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  8. Duplicated left gastric artery (LGA) is a rare anomaly. With an incidence of only 0.4%, its clinical significance remains largely unrecognized.

    Authors: Hikota Hayashi, Noriyuki Hirahara, Takeshi Matsubara, Satoshi Takao, Hiroki Okamura, Kosuke Nakamura, Takashi Kishi, Takahito Taniura, Hitomi Zotani, Kazunari Ishitobi and Yoshitsugu Tajima
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:148
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  9. 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 ...

    Authors: Shuhei Yamada, Haruka Motegi, Yoshiki Kurihara, Tomonori Shimbo, Isao Kikuchi, Toshiki Wakabayashi and Tsutomu Sato
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:147
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  10. Postoperative sternal infection caused by Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is rare, but associated with a high 2-year mortality rate of 40%. Decision-making around treatment strategy is challenging. Here, w...

    Authors: Takahiro Yanagihara, Tomoyuki Kawamura, Kenji Minagi, Yasuharu Sekine, Kazuto Sugai, Hideo Ichimura and Yukio Sato
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:146
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  11. Small bowel cancer (SBC) is a rare malignancy that is often diagnosed at an advanced stage. Palliative chemotherapy is the standard treatment for patients with metastatic SBC. The relevant literature on conver...

    Authors: Miku Obayashi, Shimpei Otsuka, Ryo Ashida, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Mihoko Yamada, Takeshi Kawakami, Katsuhiko Uesaka and Teiichi Sugiura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:145
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  12. Nonocclusive mesenteric ischemia (NOMI), an ischemic bowel disease without a disruption of the mesenteric blood flow or strangulation of the mesentery or intestine, may cause a lethal clinical course. We repor...

    Authors: Koichi Okamoto, Hiroto Saito, Mari Shimada, Takahisa Yamaguchi, Toshikatsu Tsuji, Hideki Moriyama, Jun Kinoshita, Keishi Nakamura, Itasu Ninomiya, Hiroyuki Takamura and Noriyuki Inaki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:144
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  13. After orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), complications such as hepatic artery stenosis, thrombosis, and bleeding are possible. Hepatic artery pseudoaneurysms (HAP) are prone to rupture, rupture hemorrhage...

    Authors: Kazuki Sasaki, Tadafumi Asaoka, Shogo Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Daisaku Yamada, Yoshito Tomimaru, Takehiro Noda, Hiroshi Wada, Kunihito Gotoh, Hidenori Takahashi, Noboru Maeda, Yasushi Kimura, Yusuke Ono, Yuichiro Doki and Hidetoshi Eguchi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:143
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  14. Type 1 gastric neuroendrine tumor (NET) is usually associated with chronic atrophic gastritis and forms multiple lesions. While most cases of type 1 gastric NET are generally slowly growing, some develop regio...

    Authors: Nozomi Funatsu, Kentaro Hara, Maki Takagi, Atsushi Onodera, Kohdai Ueno, Kazuya Endo and Haruhiko Cho
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:142
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  15. Duplication of the alimentary tract can occur in any of its parts. For duodenal duplication, complete resection is particularly difficult when the ampulla of Vater is on the duplicated lumen and a deliberate m...

    Authors: Naruki Higashidate, Saki Sakamoto, Nobuyuki Saikusa, Yoshinori Koga, Daisuke Masui, Hirotomo Nakahara, Misa Nakamura, Mamoru Saikusa, Masahiro Kinoshita and Tatsuru Kaji
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:141
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  17. Trastuzumab-based chemotherapy is a standard treatment regimen for human epithelial growth factor 2 (HER2)-positive gastric cancer. This is a case of a patient who has survived 12 years after being diagnosed w...

    Authors: Satoshi Yoshioka, Naoto Takahashi, Muneharu Fujisaki, Kenji Takeshita, Yuta Takano, Fumiaki Yano, Naoki Toya and Ken Eto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:139
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  18. Segmental absence of intestinal musculature (SAIM) is a partial defect of the intrinsic muscular layer of the intestinal tract. In this report, we describe a case of perforation of the sigmoid colon due to SAI...

    Authors: Kosuke Funaki, Tomonori Akagi, Hidefumi Shiroshita, Yusuke Itai, Kiminori Watanabe, Takashi Shuto, Yoshitake Ueda, Tsuyoshi Etoh, Shinji Miyamoto, Tsutomu Daa and Masafumi Inomata
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:138
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  19. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the breast is a rare form of breast cancer, accounting for approximately 0.1% of all breast cancers. It is known for its rapid tumor growth and poor prognosis with no establish...

    Authors: Misato Araki, Koshi Matsui, Kohji Takagi, Emi Kanaya, Shinichi Sekine, Shiho Nagasawa, Toru Watanabe, Takeshi Miwa, Katsuhisa Hirano, Takamichi Igarashi, Haruyoshi Tanaka, Kazuto Shibuya, Isaya Hashimoto, Shozo Hojo, Isaku Yoshioka, Tomoyuki Okumura…
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:137
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  20. Pancreatic lipomas (PLs) arising from the adipose tissue in the pancreatic parenchyma are rare among pancreatic tumors. Coexisting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and PLs have not been previously repor...

    Authors: Seiji Nakahara, Shunsuke Doi, Satoshi Nishiwada, Satoshi Yasuda, Minako Nagai, Kota Nakamura, Yasuko Matsuo, Taichi Terai, Yuichiro Kohara, Takeshi Sakata, Yuji Nitta, Kohei Morita and Masayuki Sho
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:136
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  22. Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (SFTP) is a mesenchymal tumor. Patients with SFTP generally have only one lesion. We herein report an extremely rare case of multiple SFTPs that were multicentric and unila...

    Authors: Takuya Watanabe, Eriko Suzuki, Naoko Yoshii, Takuya Kohama, Kensuke Iguchi, Suiha Takeuchi, Minori Nakamura, Takumi Endo and Masayuki Tanahashi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:134
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  23. Myxoid liposarcoma (MLS), with its risk factors, tends to spread to the lungs and extraperitoneally, with intraperitoneal metastases occurring rarely. We present an unusual case of a myxoid liposarcoma that me...

    Authors: Fumika Kamehama, Tatsuya Kinjo, Yoshihiro Miyagi, Tomonori Furugen, Takao Teruya, Tomoko Tamaki, Naoki Wada and Mitsuhisa Takatsuki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:133
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  24. In Japan, about 6% of esophageal cancers are adenocarcinomas, although most of them arise from Barrett’s epithelium. Adenocarcinoma arising from heterotopic gastric mucosa (HGM) is very rare. Due to its rarity...

    Authors: Shohei Nogi, Kazuhiro Noma, Masashi Hashimoto, Takuya Kato, Naoaki Maeda, Shunsuke Tanabe, Yasuhiro Shirakawa and Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:132
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  25. Foreign body (FB) ingestion is a common event in children. The management of the ingested FB depends on the location, type, number, size of the FBs, patient age, and symptoms. Although most FBs pass spontaneou...

    Authors: Michiaki Ikegami, Yuichiro Miyaki, Takashi Hamano, Yurina Taira and Toshiaki Takahashi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:131
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  27. The surgical strategy for thoracic esophageal cancer that invades the lungs is controversial. In particular, invasion of the pulmonary vein is often regarded unresectable. We successfully applied bilateral vid...

    Authors: Masakazu Fujii, Naoya Okada, Hiroaki Kato, Satoshi Ishihara, Masaru Abe, Takumi Yamabuki, Kentaro Kato, Minoru Takada, Yoshiyasu Ambo, Takeshi Yokoyama and Yoshihiro Kinoshita
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:129
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  28. Owing to recurrent aspiration pneumonia and airway stenosis secondary to thoracic deformities, tracheostomy or laryngotracheal separation are often necessary in children with severe motor and intellectual disa...

    Authors: Tsuyoshi Iwanaka, Takeshi Shiraishi, Ryuichiro Hirose and Toshihiko Sato
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:128
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  29. Musculocutaneous (MC) flaps are more resistant to infection than implants, but no clinical results have been reported so far about the grafting of MC flap to the overtly infected sites.

    Authors: Yuki Ishii, Hitomi Matsuki, Nozomi Uozumi and Shoji Oura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:127
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  30. A few cases of small omphalocele with umbilical evagination of the bladder have been reported. However, its embryology is yet to be elucidated. Only a few reports have indicated the existence of urachal anomal...

    Authors: Haruka Kobayashi, Tokuro Baba, Masaaki Kuda, Satoshi Ieiri and Mitsuhisa Takatsuki
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:126
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  32. Follicular cholangitis (FC) is a benign bile duct disease that was first reported 2003. Pathologically, it is characterized by lymphoplasmacytic infiltration with multiple lymphoid follicle formations under th...

    Authors: Kenji Koneri, Takanori Goi, Hokahiro Katayama, Noriyuki Tagai, Michiaki Shimada, Hidetaka Kurebayashi, Katsuji Sawai, Mitsuhiro Morikawa, Masato Tamaki, Yasuo Hirono, Satomi Hatta, Yoshiaki Imamura and Makoto Murakami
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:124
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  33. Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) is an uncommon neoplasm generally affecting muscle tissue. It presents rarely in abdominal viscera and even more rarely occurs in the pancreas. All types of pancreatic sar...

    Authors: Eric J. Weiler, Thomas Murickan, Crystal N. Drayer, Sajjaad H. Samat and Michael A. Kia
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:123
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  34. Mixed acinar-neuroendocrine carcinoma (MANEC) of the pancreas is a rare tumor. We report a case of successful surgical resection of expansively growing MANEC of the pancreas with microsatellite instability (MS...

    Authors: Kenji Yoshino, Yosuke Kasai, Manabu Kurosawa, Atsushi Itami and Kyoichi Takaori
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:122
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  35. Palliative endoscopic stent placement may be considered in patients with malignant gastrointestinal obstruction. Stent migration is a potential complication, particularly for those placed at a surgical anastom...

    Authors: Kiwa Son, Koji Shindo, Kenoki Ouchida, Taiki Moriyama, Koji Tamura, Kinuko Nagayoshi, Yusuke Mizuuchi, Naoki Ikenaga, Kohei Nakata and Masafumi Nakamura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:121
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  36. Hepatic pseudoaneurysm (HPA) is a rare complication that can occur after liver trauma and carries a high risk of rupture. HPA is usually asymptomatic until rupture, so performing routine surveillance of liver ...

    Authors: Tomoyuki Sugi, Tsunehiko Maruyama, Reiji Nozaki, Masato Kawahara, Megumi Kamoshida, Sakura Narita, Hideya Takaku, Kazuaki Azuma, Yoshiro Chiba and Tatsuya Oda
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:120
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  37. The prognosis of esophageal cancer (EC) with organ invasion is extremely poor. In these cases, definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by salvage surgery can be planned; however, the issue of high morbidit...

    Authors: Tasuku Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Noma, Naoaki Maeda, Takuya Kato, Kazuya Moriwake, Kento Kawasaki, Masashi Hashimoto, Shunsuke Tanabe, Yasuhiro Shirakawa and Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:119
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  38. Intramural metastasis (IM) of esophageal cancer is classified as distant metastasis according to the Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer, and it is well-known to be associated with a poor prognosis. W...

    Authors: Ayako Wakasugi, Yasue Kimura, Keita Natsugoe, Tomonori Nakanoko, Kentaro Nonaka, Sho Nambara, Qingjiang Hu, Ryota Nakanishi, Mitsuhiko Ota, Eiji Oki, Yoshinao Oda and Tomoharu Yoshizumi
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:118
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  39. Pancreatic head resection following proximal gastrectomy jeopardizes the blood flow of the remnant stomach owing to right gastroepiploic conduit sacrifice, thereby necessitating total gastrectomy. However, owi...

    Authors: Masaru Matsumura, Masahiro Kobayashi, Satoshi Okubo, Shusuke Haruta, Rikako Koyama, Hironori Uruga, Junichi Shindoh, Tsunao Imamura, Yutaka Takazawa and Masaji Hashimoto
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:117
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  40. Acute diaphragmatic hernia is a life-threatening condition caused by prolapse of an abdominal organ into the thoracic cavity through a defect in the diaphragm. We present herein a case of acquired diaphragmati...

    Authors: Kazuya Endo, Kentaro Hara, Koichi Nemoto, Nozomi Goto, Kazuhisa Nishina, Nozomi Funatsu, Maki Takagi, Kohdai Ueno, Atsushi Onodera and Haruhiko Cho
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:116
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  42. Hyperparathyroidism in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia 1 is attributed to the excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) from multiple parathyroid glands. This can be successfully treated thro...

    Authors: Yuko Ohara, Yuka Kadomatsu, Toyone Kikumori and Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:114
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  43. Transport with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the hospital setting can become a challenge as well as in the out-of-hospital setting. In particular, the management of intra-hospital transport wit...

    Authors: Ignazio Condello, Giuseppe Nasso, Gaetano Contegiacomo, Carlo Solimando, Giuseppe Balducci, Domenico Scaringi, Pasquale D’Alessandro and Giuseppe Speziale
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:113
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  44. With advances in breast cancer treatment, the importance of de-escalation therapy to reduce harm during the treatment of elderly patients has attracted attention in recent years. Certain patient populations ar...

    Authors: Ayaka Isogai, Haruru Kotani, Masataka Sawaki, Masaya Hattori, Akiyo Yoshimura, Ayumi Kataoka, Kazuki Nozawa, Yuri Ozaki, Yuka Endo, Akira Nakakami, Rie Komaki and Hiroji Iwata
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:112
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  45. Clostridium perfringens sepsis has been reported to have a rapid onset and severe clinical outcome. We herein report a case of C. perfringens sepsis associated with massive intravascular hemolysis after left hepa...

    Authors: Yuuko Tohmatsu, Mihoko Yamada, Shimpei Otsuka, Katsuhisa Ohgi, Ryo Ashida, Hanako Kurai, Haruna Yasui, Takashi Sugino, Katsuhiko Uesaka and Teiichi Sugiura
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:111
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  46. Mirizzi syndrome (MS) is a complicated form of longstanding, symptomatic cholelithiasis. According to Beltran Classification MS Type V has been introduced to describe the cholecystoenteric fistula, with or wit...

    Authors: Miltiadis Lalountas, Nikolaos Smyrlis, Stylianos Vladimiros Mouratidis and Panagiotis Makedos
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:110
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  47. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, often subclinical in childhood, is reactivated during a state of cell-mediated immunodeficiency. In cases of organ damage, patients can require medical treatment for an infecti...

    Authors: Sae Kawata, Jumpei Takamatsu, Yuichi Yasue, Aya Fukuhara and Jinkoo Kang
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:109
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  48. Tracheobronchial injury (TBI) is a rare but potentially life-threatening trauma that requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. We present a case in which a patient with COVID-19 infection was successfully treat...

    Authors: Shoji Kuriyama, Kazuhiro Imai, Kasumi Tozawa, Shinogu Takashima, Ryo Demura, Haruka Suzuki, Yuzu Harata, Tatsuki Fujibayashi, Sumire Shibano and Yoshihiro Minamiya
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:108
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  49. Esophagogastric bypass is performed for esophageal strictures. Mucus retention, known as mucocele, sometimes occurs at the stricture oral side of the remnant esophagus. It is often asymptomatic and is expected...

    Authors: Takeshi Yamashita, Koji Otsuka, Satoru Goto, Tomotake Ariyoshi, Kentaro Motegi, Masahiro Kohmoto, Akira Saito, Koichiro Fujimasa, Yoshihito Sato, Rei Kato, Tetsuo Sawatani and Masahiko Murakami
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:107
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  50. Necrotizing fasciitis in neonates is a rare and life-threatening infection involving necrosis of the skin, subcutaneous tissues, deep fascia, and sometimes underlying muscles, with a fulminant course and high ...

    Authors: Mitsumasa Okamoto, Yudai Tsuruno and Hiroaki Fukuzawa
    Citation: Surgical Case Reports 2023 9:105
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