The presence of recipient lymphocytes in grafts is thought to equate with rejection. Thus, we
wished to follow the fate of lymphocytes after transplant of the small bowel. Three complete …

68-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and vomiting. After initial conservative
therapy, laparotomy showed multiple ulcers of the ileum, one of which had perforated and …

Background Few studies have investigated the burst pressure of side-to-side anastomoses
comparing different stapling devices that are commercially available. Objectives We …

Background: Staplers make it possible to create a gastrointestinal anastomosis quickly,
easily, and securely. Staplers have undergone several improvements. We herein evaluate the …

To minimize intraoperative bleeding and allow more accurate resection, we have devised a
new technique for hepatectomy. In addition to occlusion of the afferent vessels, we occlude …

With advances of combined modality therapy, prognoses in esophageal cancer have been
improving. After resection of esophageal cancer, the development of gastric tube cancer is a …

Background/Aim: There have been several attempts to prevent the development of a
postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after distal pancreatectomy (DP); however, there is no …

気管支性嚢胞は, 縦隔発生の嚢胞性腫瘤の中では頻度の高い疾患であるが, 一般に, 中縦隔から
後縦隔に発生し, 特に気管分岐部付近に好発する. 今回, 我々は前上縦隔, 胸腺内に発生し, 術前, …

Introduction Pancreatic cancer often invades the duodenum; however, it rarely causes duodenal
bleeding. Presentation of case We describe a case of a 77-year-old Japanese woman …

Background/Aim: Malignant biliary obstruction (MBO) is a life-threatening condition. We
aimed to investigate the outcome of salvage percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) …