[A case of advanced gastric cancer with tumor embolus in the portal vein successfully treated with S-1 and CDDP therapy].

A 50-year-old man with advanced gastric cancer and a tumor embolus in the portal vein was referred to our hospital. We diagnosed the tumor as cStage III B (cT3, cN2, cH0, P0, M0) gastric cancer, and selected neoadjuvant S-1 (80 mg/m2) and CDDP (60 mg/m2) therapy for him. After 2 courses of chemotherapy, the embolus in the portal vein disappeared.

Single incision endoscopic surgery for lumbar hernia.

Single Incision Endoscopic Surgery (SIES) has emerged as a less invasive surgery among laparoscopic surgeries, and this approach for incisional hernia was reported recently. This is the first report of SIES for an incisional lumbar hernia. A 66-year-old Japanese woman was referred to our institution because of a left flank hernia that developed after left iliac crest bone harvesting.