Publications by authors named "Kazuhito Oka"
Sarcopenia has been reported to relate to poor prognosis in various malignant cancer types. The present study aimed to clarify the prognostic impact of skeletal muscle mass (SMM) loss after curative gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer. A total of 119 patients who underwent curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer between 2009 and 2016 were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Recent studies have shown that the DNA damage response (DDR) is activated in precancerous lesions, suggesting that neoplastic cells may avoid apoptosis by impairing the DDR which acts as a barrier against tumor progression. To define the role of the DDR pathway in human colorectal carcinoma, we investigated the level of phosphorylated proteins of the DDR pathway.
Results: Immunostaining for pATM, gammaH2AX and pChk2 revealed that all were significantly expressed during tumor progression in advanced carcinoma (vs.
Article Synopsis
- A 44-year-old woman was hospitalized due to severe abdominal pain and distention, which was diagnosed as cecal volvulus linked to mobile cecum syndrome after imaging studies.
- Emergency colonoscopy revealed issues in the cecum and led to effective treatment, with elective laparoscopic surgery planned 18 days later.
- The surgery involved suturing the cecum to the lateral peritoneum, and the patient recovered well, demonstrating that laparoscopic cecopexy is a recommended approach for this condition.
Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute gangrenous cholecystitis.
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech
February 2007
Treatment of severe acute cholecystitis by laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains controversial because of technical difficulties and high rates of complications and conversion to open cholecystectomy. We investigated whether early laparoscopic cholecystectomy is appropriate for acute gangrenous cholecystitis. Pathologic diagnoses and outcomes were analyzed in patients who underwent laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy at our hospital, January 2002 to September 2005.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 63-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for investigation of upper abdominal pain and vomiting. Ultrasonography (US) showed a hyperechoic mass in the right lower abdomen, and computed tomography (CT) showed a low-density mass and intestinal invagination. Thus, we made a diagnosis of intestinal lipoma with intussusception and performed laparoscopic partial resection of the ileum, including the tumor.
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