Publications by authors named "Kotaro Oho"

Peritoneal dialysis can be performed at home, and the transfer of solutes in the blood and other body fluids is slow compared to hemodialysis, reducing the load on the circulatory organs and lessening the frequency of hospital visits. We encountered a male patient in his 70s on peritoneal dialysis for end-stage renal failure who developed obsolete mandibular fracture-associated pseudarthrosis accompanied by osteomyelitis, which was treated with noninvasive reduction and fixation using circumferential wiring after the resolution of inflammation. The inflammation was resolved by an intravenous drip infusion of ampicillin and lavage of the local region through the fistulated region during hospitalization, and sequestrum was removed under local anesthesia.

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