Publications by authors named "K Saso"

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  • A patient in his seventies was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after imaging revealed a 2 cm mass, leading to a pancreaticoduodenectomy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
  • During surgery, complications arose with weak arterial pulsation, prompting further investigation that revealed celiac artery stenosis, necessitating urgent ligament release.
  • Post-surgery, the patient's liver enzymes improved and he experienced a mild pancreatic leak, but he was discharged after 49 days and has shown no signs of cancer recurrence 9 months later while on adjuvant chemotherapy.
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A 98-year-old woman presented with hematochezia and a circumferential type 2 tumor in the rectum Rb identified on fiberoscopy. We a performed laparoscopic Hartmann's operation and D2 lymphadenectomy for advanced rectal cancer. A sigmoid colostomy was created via the intraperitoneal route.

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We experienced a case of rapidly progressing transverse colon NEC that was treated with laparoscopic right hemispherectomy. A 72-year-old man underwent a follow-up lower gastrointestinal endoscopy at another hospital after a polyp resection. The examination showed a surrounding mass with stenosis of the intestinal tract of the transverse colon.

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Our patient was a 72-year-old man in whom a liver mass was identified on abdominal ultrasonography at the examination for which he was referred to our hospital. Contrast-enhanced CT showed that the liver mass was a hemangioma with a surrounding AP shunt. Gallbladder wall thickening could not be ruled out as gallbladder cancer; however, a high possibility of adenomyomatosis was considered.

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