Publications by authors named "F K N Yoshioka"
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- A 54-year-old woman had laparoscopic surgery to remove a non-functional left kidney due to a ureter stone in September 2022, and the procedure was successful.
- Seven hours after surgery, she experienced chest pain, but tests ruled out serious heart issues and significant blood clots in the lungs.
- The chest pain was attributed to pneumomediastinum, and after a stable recovery, she was discharged without complications on the 10th day after her surgery.
Introduction Patients who have jaw or tongue defects owing to head and neck cancer or congenital disease suffer from oral dysfunction such as speech, swallowing, and mastication. Although maxillofacial prostheses are applied to improve oral functions, their oral functions remain compromised compared to those of patients without jaw or tongue defects. On the other hand, it has been reported that oral hypofunction could lead to malnutrition in the general elderly.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to evaluate the usefulness and safety of gelatin-thrombin matrix sealants (GTMSs) in minimally invasive microscopic discectomy, a surgical procedure commonly used to treat lumbar disc herniation. Out of 484 patients who underwent minimally invasive microscopic discectomy between April 2018 and December 2022, 35 patients with a history of surgery at the same level were excluded, resulting in a total of 449 patients included in the study. Among them, 316 patients were treated using GTMS, whereas 133 were treated using collagen-based absorbable local hemostatic agents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 40-year-old man with a four-year history of infertility was referred to our department. The semen analysis revealed low motility, and the blood test showed low luteinizing hormone levels. Gonadotropin therapy was initiated upon the diagnosis of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
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- Dual-energy computed tomography (DE-CT) can help distinguish between subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and iodine contrast leaks (SAIL) after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for stroke victims.
- Of the 81 patients studied, 25% had SAH and 63% had SAIL; those with SAIL experienced larger infarct volumes one day post-MT (95 mL vs 29 mL).
- Importantly, SAIL was linked to malignant brain edema (MBE), affecting 22% of patients with SAIL compared to just 3% without it, while SAH did not show a similar association.