Publications by authors named "Sayaka Horii"
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- * A biopsy confirmed the presence of mucinous carcinoma with a Gleason score of 4+3=7, indicating a moderately aggressive cancer, and the disease was classified as stage cT3bN0M0.
- * After undergoing robotic surgery for prostate removal and lymph node dissection, follow-up showed no signs of cancer recurrence, suggesting that surgery can lead to a favorable outcome for patients with this aggressive form of prostate cancer.
A 54-year-old man was admitted to internal medicine due to unidentified fever persisting for 3 months, and was examined. Then, he was referred to our department for suspected pyelonephritis. Although he was initially being treated for pyelonephritis, right epididymitis occurred during the course of treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: We aimed to analyze surgical outcomes of open or laparoscopic adrenalectomy for solitary adrenal metastasis and assess the factors influencing survival.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our institutional clinicopathological database for cases of adrenalectomy for solitary adrenal metastasis from solid tumors between 2000 and 2017.
Results: Twenty-five patients underwent open adrenalectomy (n = 11) or laparoscopic adrenalectomy (n = 14).
A 55-year-old man was diagnosed with an abdominal tumor and referred to our department. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a 15-cm tumor in the retroperitoneum. The inferior vena cava was compressed ventrally, the right ureter laterally, and the right kidney toward the head.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 24-year-old man visited our emergency room with testicular pain and left shoulder pain, and was admitted to our hospital for diagnosis of bilateral epididymitis. Antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medication were started, but the symptoms did not improve. During hospitalization, ulcerous lesions, erythema nodosum, folliculitis-like exanthema and multiple oral aphtha appeared.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRapid turnover of novice nurses eventually results in a shortage of veteran nurses. This study aimed to clarify the factors affecting rapid turnover of novice nurses in a prospective manner. We carried out an investigation in 20 university hospitals whose directors of nursing service departments accepted our request to cooperate with our research program.
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