Publications by authors named "Chizue Ichijo"

Purpose: Pneumothorax often develops in patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS). Here, we examined the effects of conservative and surgical pneumothorax treatments in children with MFS.

Methods: In this study, 23 patients, less than 20 years old, diagnosed with both MFS and pneumothorax between 1999 and 2019 were included.

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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the optimal indication and availability of prophylactic innominate artery transection (PIAT).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of the patients with neurological or neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) who underwent PIAT. Meanwhile, we originally defined the tracheal flatting ratio (TFR) and mediastinum-thoracic anteroposterior ratio (MTR) from preoperative chest computed tomography imaging and compared these parameters between non-PIAT and PIAT group.

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relevance of anal endosonography (AES) during Georgeson laparoscopy-assisted anorectoplasty (GLA) for high/intermediate type imperforate anus (HIIA) using a continence evaluation questionnaire (CEQ) and postoperative AES (post-AES).

Methods: Fifteen HIIA patients who underwent GLA were enrolled in this prospective study. Six had intraoperative AES (op-AES) to confirm the accuracy of the positioning of the pull-through (PT) canal and 9 did not (no-AES).

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Purpose: The objective of this study is to analyze the outcome of surgery for high/intermediate-type imperforate anus using anal endosonography (AES), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and a continence evaluation questionnaire (CEQ).

Methods: In this study, 24 cases of high/intermediate-type imperforate anus were studied. Fifteen of 24 had Georgeson's laparoscopy-assisted anorectoplasty (GLA), and 9 of 24 had Pena's posterior sagittal anorectoplasty (PPA).

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Esophageal replacement continues to be a challenging operation associated with significant morbidity. We report the case of a 5-year-old boy with esophageal atresia treated by jejunal interposition in the anterior sternal space who had revision of the interposed jejunum into the retrosternal space for cosmetic reasons.

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