[Clinical Significance of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients with Prostate Cancer].

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), a simple marker of systemic inflammatory response, has clinical and prognostic value in patients with cancer. We evaluated the role of NLR prior to biopsy in patients suspected of having cancer prostate cancer. In this retrospective study, we reviewed the records of 204 patients who underwent prostate biopsy in Mizushima Kyodo Hospital between August 2002 and June 2015 and collected the following data : age, C-reactive protein (CRP), prostate volume (PV), clinical cancer staging, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) prior to biopsy , Gleason score (GS), NLR.

[An ileal neobladder-enteric fistula 10 years after a radical cystectomy with ileal neobladder construction].

A 67-year-old male underwent a radical cystectomy and ileal neobladder construction in September 2002. He developed adhesive ileus postoperatively and underwent an intestine-ascending colon bypass operation with a side-to-side anastomosis in December of 2002. Subsequently, the patient developed ileus frequently, which improved with conservative management.

Cavernous nerve reconstruction during radical prostatectomy by sural nerve grafting: surgical technique in nerve harvesting and grafting.

The authors performed cavernous nerve reconstruction by nerve grafting in 22 patients (unilateral-16, bilateral-6) between August 2001 and June 2004. Harvesting of the sural nerve was unexpectedly more difficult than nerve grafting in the extremities or the head and neck, because a knee and lumbar bending position was impossible due to the pelvic surgical field. Suture of the grafted nerve on the distal side required great effort, because there was only sufficient space for one hand at the maximum in a deep region of the pelvic cavity, and the nerve ends easily become invisible by inflow of even a small amount of urine or blood.

[Three dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) for localized prostate cancer under field adjustment with implanted gold markers: early clinical outcome].

Three dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) for localized prostate cancer under field adjustment with gold marker implantation was performed according to the treatment strategy based on the clinical risk factors to the patients who chose external beam radiotherapy. The treatment strategy contains indications for laparoscopic staging lymphadenectomy and neoadjuvant combined androgen blockade (CAB). This protocol was applied to 19 patients at Kagawa University Hospital from July 2001 to December 2003.

Transitional cell carcinoma of the ureteral stump eight years after nephrectomy for benign disease.

A case of primary carcinoma of the ureteral stump is reported. A 68-year-old man presented with asymptomatic gross hematuria. He had undergone a right nephrectomy for a benign disease previously.