Short-term outcomes of a self-expandable metallic stent as a bridge to surgery vs. a transanal decompression tube for malignant large-bowel obstruction: a meta …

…, S Matsumoto, N Sakurazawa, Y Kawano, K Sekiguchi… - Surgery today, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Preoperative intestinal decompression, using either a self-expandable metallic stent
(SEMS) as a bridge to surgery (BTS) or a transanal decompression tube (TDT), provides …

Pretreatment neutrophil–to–lymphocyte ratio predicts survival after TAS-102 treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

…, Y Kawano, E Shinozuka, K Sekiguchi… - Anticancer …, 2019 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: TAS-102 is recommended as salvage-line therapy for metastatic colorectal
cancer (mCRC), but practical predictors for its efficacy are lacking. Patients and Methods: In …

Colonic stent-induced mechanical compression may suppress cancer cell proliferation in malignant large bowel obstruction

…, Y Kawano, K Yamahatsu, K Sekiguchi… - Surgical …, 2019 - Springer
Background The short-term safety and efficacy of insertion of a self-expandable metallic colonic
stent (SEMS) followed by elective surgery, “bridge to surgery (BTS)”, for malignant large …

First description of Lachnoanaerobaculum orale as a possible cause of human bacteremia

Y Ida, T Okuyama, K Araki, K Sekiguchi, T Watanabe… - Anaerobe, 2022 - Elsevier
Lachnoanaerobaculum spp. is an obligate anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming, rod-shaped
bacillus. Here, we report the first known case of bacteremia due to L. orale, which was …

[HTML][HTML] Segmental or right hemi-colectomy? The optimal surgical procedure for transverse colon cancer: a propensity score-matched, multicenter, retrospective study

…, H Sonoda, R Ohta, S Shinji, K Sekiguchi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Extended colectomy is sometimes chosen for treatment of transverse colon cancer (TCC)
because of concerns about short- and long-term outcomes. However, there is still a …

Comparison between biweekly and weekly cetuximab in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis

…, H Sonoda, T Kamonvarapitak, K Sekiguchi… - Anticancer …, 2020 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: Although weekly administration of cetuximab is the standard regimen in
patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), the efficacy and safety of a biweekly …

The utility of serum osteopontin levels for predicting postoperative complications after colorectal cancer surgery

K Sekiguchi, A Matsuda, M Yamada… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background/Aim Osteopontin (OPN) is a secretory glycoprotein, which is expressed not only
in osteoblasts, but immune cells including macrophages and activated T cells. Its pleiotropic …

Prognostic role of the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with aflibercept

…, S Shinji, R Ohta, H Sonoda, E Shinozuka, K Sekiguchi… - in vivo, 2020 - iv.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: The efficacy of aflibercept plus 5-fluorouracil, leucovorin and irinotecan (FOLFIRI)
therapy has been demonstrated in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) …

Intraperitoneal migration of a mesh plug from a hernioplasty forming a colocutaneous fistula with the cecum: report of a case

K Sekiguchi, Y Mizuguchi, Y Mamada… - Journal of Nippon …, 2015 - jstage.jst.go.jp
1Department of Surgery, Kamisu Saiseikai Hospital 2Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical
School Tension-free hernia repair with a mesh plug causes relatively low postoperative …

Life‐threatening hemorrhage from the corona mortis after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair: R eport of a case

…, N Sakurazawa, Y Kawano, K Sekiguchi… - Asian Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Along with the increased use of other laparoscopic procedures, laparoscopic inguinal hernia
repair has become widely used because of its minimally invasive nature. Here, we report a …