Background: The resolution of 8K ultra-high-definition imaging technology (7680 × 4320 pixels) is 16-fold higher than the current high-definition technology (1920 × 1080 pixels). 8K/two-dimensional (2D) laparoscopy was clinically available in 2014, but few reports concerning its application have been published. The aim of this study was to evaluate the appropriate methods of usage and problems learned from clinical use of 8K/2D laparoscopy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: How does making origami cranes under a dry box affect Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) scores in medical students?
Design: Four medical students from Asahikawa Medical University (tertiary hospital) participated. They made origami cranes under a dry box (origami crane training) five days per week for four weeks. The time required to make each origami crane (origami crane time) and degree of completion were evaluated.
Portal annular pancreas (PAP) is a rare congenital pancreatic anomaly, in which the uncinate process of the pancreas fuses to the body of pancreas behind the portal vein. Here, we report a case of PAP with common hepatic arterial anomaly, which was identified during surgery. A 57-year-old man who had branch type intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm in the head of the pancreas developed a nodule in the cystic lesion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe case was a 50s male with chief complaints of body weight loss and nausea. A clinical finding was Stage IV gastric cancer of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. We diagnosed it unresectable and started 5-FU+CDDP as the first-line chemotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The expandable metallic stent (EMS) have been used to treat obstructive colorectal cancer. We used EMS in 13 out of 14 cases of obstructive colorectal carcinoma patients (insertion rate 93%). Of these 13 cases, 6 cases were male patients, and 7 cases were female patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 68-year-old man underwent Miles'operation for advanced rectal cancer. Local recurrence occurred 9 months following the operation. We started the combined therapy of low-dose CPT-11 and doxifluridine (5'-DFUR).
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