Publications by authors named "Mizuho Sawai"

Article Synopsis
  • The study investigates the maternal and neonatal outcomes of fetal occiput posterior (OP) deliveries in Japan, as OP positions are often linked to worse maternal outcomes compared to occiput anterior (OA) positions.
  • Conducted at a tertiary hospital, the study analyzed data from 13,852 singleton, vaginal deliveries after 37 weeks from January 2000 to May 2023, finding a significantly higher incidence of complications like assisted deliveries and perineal lacerations in the OP group compared to the OA group.
  • Although OP deliveries led to more maternal complications, such as increased labor time and risks of lacerations and hemorrhage, neonatal outcomes remained similar between the two groups.
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Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a rare condition in which pneumocysts develop in the submucosa or subserosa of the colon. We report herein a case of PCI induced by the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (alphaGI) miglitol. There have been 9 recorded cases of PCI induced by other alphaGIs, but this is the first report of miglitol causing PCI.

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In this study, we elucidated the efficacy of our prophylactic method for wound infection in pull-percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). The total 29 patients received the pull-PEG. The first 8 patients received the oral sterilization with povidone iodine and antibiotics at the time of pull-PEG (Group-I).

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