Oral function status of older patients seeking dental implant treatment.

Purpose: In recent years, dental implant treatment has become an option for prosthetic treatment for missing teeth and is often performed in older patients. However, the complex oral functional decline in old age presents challenges in terms of frailty prevention, making oral function management after prosthetic treatment crucial. Nonetheless, the actual status of oral function in older patients seeking dental implant treatment remains unclear.

Regular Oral Health Management Improved Oral Function of Outpatients with Oral Hypofunction in Dental Hospital: A Longitudinal Study.

This longitudinal study aimed to clarify the impact of regular oral health management for oral hypofunction on the oral function of older dental outpatients. The 68 participants enrolled in this study were older dental outpatients (mean age 78.5 ± 8.

Long-term recurrence-free survivor after laparoscopic removal of solitary adrenal metastasis from endometrial adenocarcinoma.

Solitary adrenal metastasis from endometrial adenocarcinoma is extremely rare. We report herein the case of a laparoscopically resected solitary adrenal metastasis originating from endometrial adenocarcinoma. The patient was a 55-year-old woman who had undergone total abdominal hysterectomy for stage IIIc endometrial carcinoma, followed by 7 courses of adjuvant chemotherapy comprising carboplatin and paclitaxel.

[A case of retroperitoneal serous cyst resected by laparoscopic surgery].

A 40-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of pain extending from the left lateral abdomen to the left inferior limb. The abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed an 8x7x12 cm retroperitoneal serous cystic mass. The serum carcinoembryogenic antigen (CEA) level was slightly elevated to 2.

[Clinical study of prostate specific antigen failure after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: a single center experience].

Between January 1996 and December 2007, 111 patients with prostate cancer underwent radical prostatectomy, including 34 who received preoperative hormonal therapy. In this study, we reviewed 77 patients who did not undergo neoadjuvant hormonal therapy. The mean age was 65.