Publications by authors named "R Furuya"
Introduction: Zinc deficiency is highly prevalent in HD patients. On the other hand, it remains unknown about the role of zinc in their nutritional status.
Methods: We conducted an open-label randomized controlled trial.
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- The study evaluated the benefits of surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for patients with borderline resectable (BR) or unresectable (UR) pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), aiming to reduce biases in previous research.
- Researchers analyzed 124 patients from a hospital in Japan and used various statistical methods to control for biases like immortal time bias when comparing outcomes between those who had surgery and those who did not.
- Results showed that surgery after NAC led to significantly better overall survival rates compared to just chemotherapy, highlighting the potential advantages of surgical intervention for these patients.
Background: Aspergillus spp. are rare causes of surgical site infections (SSIs). Specifically, Aspergillus section Nigri, commonly identified as Aspergillus niger through morphological findings, has infrequently been reported as an abdominal SSI pathogen.
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