Publications by authors named "K Funahashi"
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- Utilizing fluorine substitution can enhance the properties of materials, leading to the development of highly functional copolymers.
- A novel copolymer was created from [1.1.1]propellane and perfluoro(propyl vinyl ether) (PPVE) with distinct alternating sequences, forming an amorphous spin-coated film.
- The copolymer film demonstrated an extremely low surface free energy, even lower than that of polytetrafluoroethylene, due to the random orientation of the fluorine units cancelling out C-F dipole moments.
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- Study aimed to assess the impact of intraoperative lavage cytology on patient outcomes in colorectal cancer surgeries, specifically focusing on stages II-III.
- Out of 1378 patients, lavage revealed positive cytology in only 54 cases, with significant differences in 5-year relapse-free survival and overall survival rates between positive and negative cytology in stage II patients.
- The findings indicate that negative cytology correlates with better outcomes and highlights the effectiveness of lavage cytology in predicting peritoneal recurrence in these cancer patients.
Background: Although accurate preoperative diagnosis of lymph node metastasis is essential for optimizing treatment strategies for low rectal cancer, the accuracy of present diagnostic modalities has room for improvement.
Objective: The study aimed to establish a high-precision diagnostic method for lymph node metastasis of low rectal cancer using artificial intelligence.
Design: A retrospective observational study.
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- * This study involved 163 HCC patients who underwent liver resection, revealing that low preoperative s-CK levels (below 91 U/l) correlated with worse overall and recurrence-free survival rates.
- * The analysis indicated that low s-CK acts as an independent risk factor for poor survival outcomes, particularly in male patients, suggesting it could serve as a valuable prognostic biomarker for HCC.
Objectives: We aimed to identify risk factors for postoperative recurrence (PR) after Altemeier's and Delorme's procedures for full-thickness rectal prolapse (FTRP).
Methods: We enrolled 127 patients who underwent Altemeier's and Delorme's procedures for FTRP between April 2008 and September 2021. We divided the 127 patients into recurrence and non-recurrence groups and conducted univariate and multivariate analyses.