Laparoscopic excision of the cystic lymphangioma occurred in the lesser omentum: report of a case and review of literature.

Intraperitoneal cyst occurring in the lesser omentum is extremely rare entity. Because of the absence of abdominal symptoms, omental cyst is occasionally found accidentally in imaging examination performed during health screening. We experienced a case of cystic lymphangioma that occurred in the lesser omentum, which was successfully resected under complete laparoscopic procedure.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for gastric decompression after repeated intestinal obstruction after open abdominal surgery.

In patients with repeated intestinal obstructions after open abdominal surgery, aerophagia associated with disturbances in gastrointestinal passage causes the accumulation of large amounts of air, resulting in chronic symptoms including abdominal pain and distention and consequently malnutrition. We successfully used percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) for long-term gastric decompression in 2 cases with aerophagia. The first case was a 69-year-old Japanese man admitted for repeated intestinal obstruction after an appendectomy.

Delayed vascular injury and severe respiratory distress as a rare complication of a central venous catheter and total parenteral nutrition.

Complications related to central venous catheters (CVCs) in the postoperative period can be fatal. We recently had a case of bilateral pleural effusion and respiratory distress caused by delayed vascular injury. A 79-y-old Japanese woman was admitted to our hospital because of advanced gastric carcinoma.

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis associated with massive free air mimicking perforated diffuse peritonitis.

While pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a rare disease entity associated with a wide variety of gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal disorders, PCI associated with massive intra- and retroperitoneal free air is extremely uncommon, and is difficult to diagnose differentially from perforated peritonitis. We present two cases of PCI associated with massive peritoneal free air and/or retroperitoneal air that mimicked perforated peritonitis. These cases highlight the clinical importance of PCI that mimics perforated peritonitis, which requires emergency surgery.

[Predictive value of orotate phosphoribosyltransferase in chemoresistant patients with gastric carcinoma who underwent S-1-based neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy].

S-1, a most effective DPD-inhibitory fluoropyrimidine, used as neoadjuvant/adjuvant chemotherapy has recently been shown to improve clinical outcome in patients with stage II and III advanced stage gastric carcinoma. Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase(OPRTEC 2.4.

Levels and expressions of orotate phosphoribosyltransferase in gastric carcinoma and normal gastric mucosa tissues.

Background: Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRT; EC 2.4.2.

[Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase levels in gastric carcinoma and normal gastric mucosa - correlation with thymidylate synthase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase levels and the changes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy].

Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRT, EC 2.4.2.

[The advances of laparoscopic treatment for gastric cancer].

Recently, laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer is very interesting topic in the treatment of gastric cancer. Therefore,many surgeons are attempting laparoscopic surgery. However, the technique of this surgery has never been established yet.