Publications by authors named "Kei Hayashi"

Background: The feasibility and outcomes of salvage endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and ESD for metachronous esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC) inside the irradiated field are not clear.

Aims: To explore the viability of ESD for ESCC in areas previously exposed to radiation, identify elements hindering successful ESD, assess prognosis, and elucidate considerations for follow-up.

Methods: Patients with ESCC who underwent salvage ESD or ESD for metachronous ESCC within the previously irradiated field at Kanagawa Cancer Center between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2023, were retrospectively investigated to evaluate patient and lesion characteristics and short- and long-term outcomes.

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  • The study evaluated how a gap in the bone after surgery affects the failure of implants in toy breed dogs with radius and ulna fractures, involving 80 dogs across multiple veterinary centers.
  • Findings showed that dogs with a postoperative fracture gap in the caudal cortex had a significantly higher risk of implant failure compared to those without a gap (23 times more likely).
  • The research emphasizes the importance of properly aligning the bone during surgery to enhance recovery and reduce the risk of implant issues in these small dogs.
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Background: The post-insertion clinical course of esophageal self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) in initially frail patients with esophageal carcinoma (EC) with dysphagia remains unclear. This study aimed to assess dysphagia improvement and evaluate prognosis in initially frail patients with advanced EC following SEMS insertion.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed EC patients with EC who underwent esophageal SEMS insertion at our institution between January 2014 and March 2023.

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No standard treatment has been established for gastric neuroendocrine carcinoma (G-NEC). We present the case of a patient with recurrent G-NEC who achieved a complete response (CR) with nivolumab. A woman in her 70 s, with no significant medical or family history of illness, underwent an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, which revealed a Borrmann type 2 tumor in the gastric antrum.

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  • Toxoplasma gondii is a widespread protozoan pathogen with different clonal types seen across various continents, while South/Central America has more genetically diverse strains.
  • A study compared genome data from Japanese and Chinese T. gondii strains using a new software called POPSICLE and included non-viable strains that were revived for analysis.
  • Results revealed genetic mixing between different haplogroups, indicating complex ancestral relationships between Far East Asian and American T. gondii strains, which enhances our understanding of its spread and evolution.
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Background: Recent studies have reported the therapeutic use of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) using an ultrathin endoscope for targeting pharyngeal and distal side lesions in the stenosis or as a less invasive treatment via the nasal route. However, the effectiveness and safety of these treatments remain undetermined. Therefore, this study aimed to review treatment outcomes and discuss the advantages and precautions of the treatments based on our experience.

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Objective: To describe the short-term outcome of acute arthroscopically assisted ulnar shortening (AUS), to treat short radius syndrome in dogs.

Study Design: Case series.

Animals: Eleven client owned dogs.

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Objective:  The aim of this study was to provide normative ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance imaging (UTE MRI) data of the patellar ligament (PL), cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL) and caudal cruciate ligament (CdCL) in non-lame Beagles.

Study Design:  Eight stifles from four subjects obtained immediately postmortem were imaged using UTE MRI in the true sagittal plane. Regions of interest were drawn manually and the total (T2*), short T2* (T2*S) and long T2* (T2*L) values of the signal decay were calculated to evaluate the bound and free water components of the tendon.

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This study assessed the effects of concurrent intra-articular injection and Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) plate surface treatment with leukoreduced platelet rich plasma (lPRP) on outcomes of dogs undergoing TPLO. A retrospective study of medical records for cases presenting from January 2018 to December 2020 was performed. Client-owned dogs with naturally occurring cranial cruciate ligament rupture that underwent TPLO surgery were divided into two groups.

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Trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) is an oral anticancer agent used as a third- or later-line treatment for patients with metastatic gastric cancer/gastroesophageal junction cancer (mGC/GEJC). The C-reactive protein-to-serum albumin ratio (CAR) is an inflammation-based prognostic marker in gastric cancer. This retrospective study evaluated CAR's clinical significance as a prognostic factor in 64 patients with mGC/GEJC administered FTD/TPI as a third- or later-line therapy.

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Objective: To evaluate the clinical outcomes associated with the Biomedtrix Centerline canine cementless total hip arthroplasty implant (C-THA).

Animals: 17 dogs (20 hips) surgically implanted with C-THA to treat coxofemoral pathology.

Clinical Presentation And Procedures: Dogs with C-THA (2015 through 2020) with follow-up of ≥ 6 months were evaluated.

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Background/aim: Irinotecan and trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) are fourth-line treatment options after third-line nivolumab for advanced gastric cancer (AGC). However, the efficacy and safety of irinotecan and FTD/TPI in the fourth-line setting after third-line nivolumab remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of irinotecan and FTD/TPI in the fourth-line setting after third-line nivolumab.

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Lattice defect engineering has attracted attention due to its ability to develop thermoelectric materials with low thermal conductivity. For MgSi single crystals (SCs), Si vacancy (V) defects can be introduced and consequently result in the formation of dislocation cores. These lattice defects confer MgSi SCs with a lower thermal conductivity compared to MgSi polycrystals.

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Background/aim: Trifluridine/tipiracil (FTD/TPI) is an anticancer-agent that is administered as third-line or later chemotherapy for metastatic gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer (mGC/GEJC). Although inflammatory and nutritional statuses have attracted attention as prognostic factors for patients with mGC/GEJC in this therapy, their usefulness has not been fully clarified. Thus, this study investigated the clinical significance of prognostic nutritional index (PNI), neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and NLR/serum albumin (Alb) ratio in patients administered FTD/TPI.

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  • - Mg (Sb,Bi) is a promising thermoelectric material that operates near room temperature, but requires careful control of defects and microstructure to optimize its performance.
  • - Previous research identified that magnesium vacancies negatively impact the material's efficiency, and this study suggests that reducing bismuth can help mitigate these effects by altering the way electrons and phonons scatter.
  • - The optimized Mg (Sb,Bi) composition achieved notable thermoelectric performance with a peak zT of 1.82 at 773 K and an efficiency of 11.3% at a temperature difference of 473 K, showcasing a practical method to enhance its capabilities.
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Background: Numerous cementless total hip replacement (THR) systems are available for application in dogs and one of the potential differences among these systems is the technique for performing a femoral osteotomy and the amount of bone preserved in the calcar region. However, no quantitative comparison of osteotomy level has been performed for canine THRs to date.

Aims: To develop and validate a method for quantifying the level of the osteotomy at its most distomedial aspect in conjunction with canine THR and to compare osteotomy level between multiple different THRs.

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Objective:  The normal canine supraspinatus tendon has properties commonly attributed to damage such as core hyperintensity and increased width. Little is published regarding the normal tendon, including how senescent changes and sex differences may affect the appearance. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques provide subjective analysis of tendons based on observer assessment of signal intensity and appearance.

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Encyclometra japonica Yoshida and Ozaki, 1929 is a fluke that parasitizes the digestive tract of snakes. When the species was first reported, it was originally characterized on the basis of morphologic features, namely, the characteristics of the 2 testes located obliquely in the anterior-posterior direction, and the position of the ventral sucker one-fourth to one-third from the anterior extremity. Thereafter, more specimens with other morphologic variations were reported, and a new morphologic feature for species discrimination was proposed.

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The solidification kinetics of an alloy from its liquid state forms an underlying basis for microstructural engineering, wherein the state of thermodynamic equilibrium associated with the melt-grown crystal and the quenched amorphous solid denotes the two limits for crystallinity in the alloy synthesis. In this study, we report the implication of the crystalline state on the thermal and electrical transport properties of partially substituted Mn(SiAl) by comparing the single crystals melt-grown by the Bridgman method, and polycrystals synthesized from melt spinning (MS) and subsequent spark plasma sintering (SPS). The rapidly solidified alloys exhibited nanocrystalline microstructures in MS ribbons, while melt-grown single crystals displayed characteristics evolution of MnSi striations with limited solubility of Al.

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Fasciola gigantica and hybrid Fasciola flukes, responsible for the disease fasciolosis, are found in Southeast Asian countries. In the present study, we performed molecular species identification of Fasciola flukes distributed in Terengganu, Malaysia using multiplex PCR for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (pepck) and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) for DNA polymerase delta (pold). Simultaneously, phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (nad1) was performed for the first time on Malaysian Fasciola flukes to infer the dispersal direction among neighboring countries.

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Fasciola gigantica is a major pathogen that causes fasciolosis in Africa. A recent study in Uganda demonstrated that Fasciola flukes were present in 65.7% of slaughtered cattle.

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Morphological examination was made of the larval forms of Grassenema procaviae (Cosmocercoidea: Atractidae), an autoinfective and viviparous nematode parasite in the stomach of Cape hyrax (Procavia capensis). Three different larval stages (second-, third- and fourth-stages), and the adult stage were found among the worms collected at necropsy of 3 hosts, which were reared in a zoo in Japan. Molting phases between the larval stages and the final molt to the adult stage were also observed.

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