Publications by authors named "Hidetaka Masuda"
Purpose: Little has been reported on routine prophylactic abdominal drainage after gastrectomy, especially after laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG). We conducted this retrospective study on patients undergoing LADG to evaluate the benefit of routine drainage in LADG procedures.
Methods: The subjects were 21 patients who underwent surgery for early gastric cancer (EGC) between January 2004 and March 2008.
Aim: As techniques in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) have improved, the role of routine prophylactic abdominal drainage may be limited. A retrospective review was carried out of patients undergoing elective LC to evaluate the benefit of routine drainage in simple uncomplicated procedures.
Methods: This study of 295 patients with cholecystolithiasis or gallbladder polyp included 145 patients who underwent LC with drainage and 150 patients who underwent LC without drainage between 2003 and 2007.
Background/aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical characteristics of lower bowel perforation (LBP) with chronic renal failure (CRF).
Methodology: In 58 patients with LBP, clinical variables, such as findings of clinical examinations, operative findings, and results of laboratory blood tests were examined as possible prognostic factors for in-hospital death, and compared between CRF and non-CRF groups.
Results: Of the 58 patients, 21 died during hospitalization (mortality rate, 36.
Abdominal wall hematoma is an uncommon cause of acute abdominal pain. We report a case of internal oblique hematoma caused by rupture of the subcostal artery in a 57-year-old woman. Ultrasonography (US) showed a hypoechoic mass in the right lateral abdominal wall.
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