Publications by authors named "Ayako Toyohara"
Background: Chronic pancreatitis occasionally requires surgical treatment that can be performed with various techniques. Often, this type of surgery presents with postoperative complications. We report a case of a successful retrograde pancreatojejunostomy for chronic pancreatitis and infected pancreatic cysts.
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- A case of pancreatic schwannoma was reported, which was initially misidentified as pancreatic carcinoma due to its similar characteristics before surgery.
- A 66-year-old male underwent surgery for what was believed to be pancreatic cancer, but post-operative examinations revealed the mass to be a benign schwannoma instead.
- This case highlights the importance of considering schwannoma in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic tumors, despite its rarity.
Background: Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) is recommended for acute cholecystitis patients at high risk for surgical treatment. However, there is no evidence about the best timing of surgery after PTGBD. Here, we retrospectively investigated the influence of the interval between PTGBD and surgery on perioperative outcomes and examined the optimal timing of surgery after PTGBD.
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