The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Jichi Medical University,Approval No.A21-029.
BACKGROUND Estimation of the functional reserve of the remnant liver is important to reduce morbidity and mortality.AIM To estimate the functional reserve of the remnant liver in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma...
Supported by the Medical Health Science and Technology Project of the Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission,No.2016KYA009 and No.2020KY044.
BACKGROUND Sequential transarterial chemoembolization(TACE)and portal vein embolization(PVE)are associated with long time interval that can allow tumor growth and nullify treatments'benefits.AIM To evaluate the effect...
Post-hepatectomy liver failure(PHLF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality following major liver resection. The development of PHLF is dependent on the volume of the remaining liver tissue and hepatocyte funct...
Remnant gastric cancer(RGC) and gastric stump cancer after distal gastrectomy(DG) are recognized as the same clinical entity. In this review, the current knowledges as well as the non-settled issues of RGC are present...
AIM: To investigate remnant gastric cancer(RGC) at various times after gastrectomy, and lay a foundation for the management of RGC.METHODS: Sixty-five patients with RGC > 2 years and< 10 years after gastrectomy(RGC Ⅰ...
Supported by German Society for Research,No.117/1-1:A2.2
AIM: To investigate middle hepatic vein(MHV)management in adult living donor liver transplantation and safer remnant volumes(RV).METHODS: There were 59 grafts with and 12 grafts without MHV(including 4 with MHV-5/8 re...
Gastric stump carcinoma was initially reported by Balfore in 1922,and many reports of this disease have since been published. We herein review previous reports of gastric stump carcinoma with respect to epidemiology,c...
In October 2009, a 71-year-old female was diagnosed with a cystic tumor in the tail of the pancreas with an irregular dilatation of the main pancreatic duct in the body and tail of the pancreas. A distal pancreatectom...
The liver is a solid organ with a wide variety of primary benign or malignant tumors as well as metastatic lesions.Surgical resection of these tumors remains the only curative modality.Several limitations,however,do n...
AIM: To investigate the capacity of shunts to relieve portal hypertension and decrease the safe minimal liver remnant in pigs.METHODS: A subtotal hepatectomy with < 60 mL blood loss and without hepatic pedicle occlusi...