Publications by authors named "Shuhei Yokokawa"

A 74-year-old woman with no history of trauma visited our hospital with right-sided abdominal pain and general malaise. Blood tests revealed elevated inflammatory markers. A computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a 8 cm mass and subcapsular hematoma on the lower pole side of the right kidney.

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Introduction: A rectoprostatic fistula complicating a prostatic abscess is extremely rare, and there are many uncertainties regarding its treatment and prognosis.

Case Presentation: We present the case of a 68-year-old male who presented with rectal bleeding. Computed tomography reveals a prostatic abscess in contact with the rectum.

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(Purpose) To determine the efficacy of scheduled intravenous or oral acetaminophen administration after robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP) in our hospital. (Subjects and methods) We retrospectively analyzed 173 patients who underwent RARP at our hospital between April 2019 and December 2020. The patients were divided into three groups (A, B, and C) according to the use of postoperative analgesia.

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A 70-year-old man visited his doctor because of hip pain and gross hematuria. Digital rectal examination and computed tomography revealed a prostatic abscess. Although antibiotics were prescribed, his symptoms did not improve; he was transferred to our hospital, where transurethral fenestration of the prostatic abscess was performed.

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Introduction: Testicular injury with a tunica albuginea tear is typically reconstructed by primary closure. We herein describe the successful use of a tunica vaginalis flap for reconstruction of a ruptured testis for which primary closure was not possible.

Case Presentation: A 21-year-old man visited our hospital with scrotal swelling after a baseball struck his left testis.

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