Effects of platelet-rich plasma combined with exercise therapy for one year on knee osteoarthritis: retrospective cohort study.

Background: Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a promising treatment for knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, exercise therapy and activities of daily living (ADL) guidance are recommended as core treatments in the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) guidelines. However, the effects of PRP combined with exercise therapy are not fully understood.

Relationship Between Patients' "Sense of Participation" in Healthcare and Their Satisfaction A Survey of 5 Hospitals.

Patient participation is considered important for the safety and quality of care. The patient's perception of actually being able to participate in healthcare, namely, the sense of participation, may influence patient satisfaction (PS). This study aimed to quantitatively determine the relationship between sense of participation to healthcare and PS.

Intramural cancer recurrence in the rectum after curative surgery for proximal sigmoid colon cancer: a case report.

Background: Intramural metastasis distant from the primary tumor is rare in colorectal cancer. Here, we present a notably rare and probably the first case of asynchronous intramural recurrence in the rectum after curative surgery for proximal sigmoid colon cancer.

Case Presentation: A 44-year-old man underwent curative sigmoidectomy for proximal sigmoid colon cancer with T3N0M0, Stage IIA tubular adenocarcinomas.

Pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy with FOLFOX for locally advanced sigmoid colon cancer with diverticulitis: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: The standard treatment for locally advanced colon cancer (LACC) without distant metastasis is curative surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, but the long-term outcomes of this strategy are not satisfactory. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is a promising novel option to overcome this issue. Tumor regression is an expected effect of NAC for LACC, but pathological complete response (pCR) is rare.

Patient safety management systems and activities related to promoting voluntary in-hospital reporting and mandatory national-level reporting for patient safety issues: A cross-sectional study.

Both voluntary in-hospital reporting and mandatory national-level reporting systems for patient safety issues need to work well to develop a patient safety learning system that is effective in preventing the recurrence of adverse events. Some of the hospital systems and activities may increase voluntary in-hospital reporting and mandatory national-level reporting. This study aimed to identify the hospital systems and activities that increase voluntary in-hospital reporting and mandatory national-level reporting for patient safety issues.

Prioritization of patient safety health policies: Delphi survey using patient safety experts in Japan.

Various patient safety interventions have been implemented since the late 1990s, but their evaluation has been lacking. To obtain basic information for prioritizing patient safety interventions, this study aimed to extract high-priority interventions in Japan and to identify the factors that influence the setting of priority. Six perspectives (contribution, dissemination, impact, cost, urgency, and priority) on 42 patient safety interventions classified into 3 levels (system, organizational, and clinical) were evaluated by Japanese experts using the Delphi technique.

Relationship of patient safety culture with factors influencing working environment such as working hours, the number of night shifts, and the number of days off among healthcare workers in Japan: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Patient safety culture is defined as a product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies, and patterns of behavior that determine the commitment to, and the style and proficiency of, an organization's health and safety management. Factors influencing healthcare workers' working environment such as working hours, the number of night shifts, and the number of days off may be associated with patient safety culture, and the association pattern may differ by profession. This study aimed to examine the relationship between patient safety culture and working environment.

Patient safety management systems, activities and work environments related to hospital-level patient safety culture: A cross-sectional study.

Improvement in patient safety culture requires constant attention. This study aimed to identify hospital-level elements related to patient safety culture, such as patient safety management systems, activities and work environments.Two questionnaire surveys were administered to hospitals in Japan in 2015 and 2016.

Observing brain function via functional near-infrared spectroscopy during cognitive program training (dual task) in young people.

[Purpose] To study the brain function during a dual task (cycling exercise and cognitive training) via functional near-infrared spectroscopy in young males. [Participants and Methods] Twenty Japanese young male participants were divided into intervention and control groups by simple randomization (n=10 per group). In the intervention group, participants were given a cognitive program training and cycling exercise (dual task).

Exercise using a robotic knee orthosis in stroke patients with hemiplegia.

[Purpose] The Robotics Knee Orthosis (RKO) is a knee-ankle-foot orthosis with active robot assisting technology. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of exercise with the RKO (RKO-exercise) in stroke patients with hemiplegia. [Subjects and Methods] Participants were nine stroke patients with hemiplegia, residing in a convalescent rehabilitation ward.

Estimation of the number of patient deaths recognized by a medical practitioner as caused by adverse events in hospitals in Japan: A cross-sectional study.

Chart reviews have been used to assess the incidence and impact of adverse events, but most of them are not a nationally representative sample. In addition, the definition of adverse events is generally broad and covers unintended events; the relationship to outcome is often unclear, and official estimates have not matched those of medical practitioner's recognition. The number of patient deaths from adverse events remains unknown.

Perioperative patient safety indicators and hospital surgical volumes.

Background: Since the late 1990s, patient safety has been an important policy issue in developed countries. To evaluate the effectiveness of the activities of patient safety, it is necessary to quantitatively assess the incidence of adverse events by types of failure mode using tangible data. The purpose of this study is to calculate patient safety indicators (PSIs) using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination/per-diem payment system (DPC/PDPS) reimbursement data and to elucidate the relationship between perioperative PSIs and hospital surgical volume.