Publications by authors named "Kazuki Oba"
Background: Hepatic resection is main approach to treatment of hepatolithiasis, but the long-term follow-up results of hepatic resection for hepatolithiasis are rarely reported.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted of 87 patients with hepatolithiasis who underwent hepatic resection.
Results: The final stone clearance rates were 95%.
Article Synopsis
- A new index called APRI may help predict liver failure after surgery in patients with liver cancer.
- In a study of 366 patients, those with higher APRI levels were more likely to experience postoperative liver failure, with some even resulting in death.
- The findings suggest that patients with APRI scores of 10 or more are at a significantly higher risk for complications following liver resection.
Gallbladder torsion-induced emphysematous cholecystitis in a 16-year-old boy.
J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg
May 2008
The patient was a 16-year-old boy who had turned to the right rapidly as he fielded a baseball that had come to him quickly. Two days after this event, which occurred in July 2004, he was admitted to hospital with repeated vomiting and increasing right hypochondralgia. Laboratory examination on admission showed elevation of the white blood count and of serum C-reactive protein and total bilirubin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Whether a laparoscopic approach is more effective for acute appendicitis than standard open appendectomy remains controversial.
Methods: Clinical records of the 95 consecutive patients who underwent appendectomy for acute appendicitis between April 2002 and December 2005 were reviewed retrospectively. Laparoscopic appendectomy was performed for 62 patients (LA group), while 33 underwent open appendectomy (OA group).
Acute cholecystitis associated with gallbladder carcinoma is very rare in young patients (younger than 30 years of age). Moreover, a definitive preoperative diagnosis is difficult. A 26-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a 5-day history of right upper quadrant pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe etiologic role of alcoholic liver disease for hepatocellular carcinoma is uncertain. To assess the role of alcoholic liver disease on the development of carcinoma, we examined history of alcohol abuse and viral markers in the sera and/or resected specimens in 454 patients who underwent liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. Sera from 20 of the 454 patients were negative for hepatitis B, C, and D viruses.
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