Hepatic encephalopathy due to intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt successfully treated by balloon occluded retrograde transvenous embolization with GDCs.

We report a 65-year-old man with hepatic encephalopathy due to an intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt that was successfully occluded by balloon occluded retrograde transvenous embolization with Guglielmi and interlocking detachable coils as performed percutaneously.

[Long-term survival of patient with gastric cancer treated by S-1 + paclitaxel combination chemotherapy against multiple liver metastases after gastrectomy and adrenalectomy].

The patient was a 74-year-old man whose chief complaint was epigastralgia. A detailed examination revealed a gastric cancer located from antrum to duodenal bulb with multiple liver metastases. Because of a difficulty with oral intake, we performed a distal gastrectomy at first.

[Two cases of advanced rectal cancer resected successfully after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with FOLFOX regimen].

We describe here two cases of locally advanced rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgery. The first patient was a 54-year-old man whose chief complaint was bloody stool. A detailed examination revealed a rectal cancer with direct invasion of the primary rectal carcinoma into the prostate.

Survival and clinical evaluation of salvage operation for cervical lymph node recurrence in esophageal cancer.

Background/aims: Although extended lymphadenectomy for thoracic esophageal cancer is widely practiced in Japan, solitary supraclavicular lymph node recurrence (SCLR) has often become a problem. This study was designed to evaluate the survival and clinical benefit of salvage cervical lymphadenectomy.

Methodology: Between 1989 and 2001, 153 patients underwent esophagectomy for esophageal cancers.