Laparoscopic surgery for fallopian tube torsion due to benign tumour in the third trimester of pregnancy: a case report and literature review.

Isolated fallopian tubal torsion is rare among women of reproductive age, and it is even rarer during pregnancy. Despite its rare incidence, it is important to consider this diagnosis to facilitate prompt and effective intervention. We present the case of a pregnant woman in her third trimester who presented with acute right abdominal pain.

Serum vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP) concentration and rs7041 genotype may be associated with preterm labor.

Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency is common during pregnancy and may cause complications such as preterm labor (PTL). This study was aimed to investigate the effect of the vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP) rs7041 genotype, which has a significant effect on vitamin D metabolism and PTL.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 32 pregnant women who had spontaneous PTL and 54 pregnant women who had no specific findings as a control group.

Randomized controlled study comparing the analgesic effects of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia and patient-controlled epidural analgesia after open major surgery for pancreatobiliary cancer.

Background: This randomized clinical trial was performed to compare pain scales between intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) and patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) in patients undergoing open surgical resection of major pancreatobiliary malignancies.

Methods: One hundred ten patients were randomly assigned to the PCEA or IV-PCA group. We compared the numeric rating scale pain score during ambulation on postoperative day (PD) 2 and at rest (at 06:00, 12:00, and 18:00) from PD 1 to 7, the serum level of troponin I on PD 1, and the incidence of postoperative complications between the two groups.

Correlational analysis of bone health status and vitamin D-related biomarkers in women working in agriculture.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of bone health in women working in agriculture and analyze the associations between bone health and various vitamin D-related biomarkers.This observational study enrolled women working in agriculture (n = 210) and control occupations (n = 180). The concentration of serum total 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH)D] was measured using the Elecsys Vitamin D Total Kit, and serum vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP) was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Mild Fetal Tricuspid Regurgitation in the First Trimester as a Predictor of Perinatal Outcomes.

: This study aimed to investigate whether mild fetal tricuspid regurgitation (TR) at 11 to 13 weeks of gestation affects perinatal outcomes. Since fetal right ventricular load is associated with placental resistance, we hypothesized that fetal mild TR would be associated with perinatal outcomes as a consequence of abnormal placentation. : We retrospectively evaluated 435 women with first-trimester scan data.

Analysis of vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP) gene polymorphisms in Korean women with and without endometriosis.

Objective: Vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP) mediates various biological processes in humans. The goal of this study was to investigate whether VDBP gene polymorphisms could predispose Korean women to endometriosis.

Methods: We prospectively enrolled women with endometriosis (n = 16) and healthy controls (n = 16).

Differences in 25-hydroxy vitamin D and vitamin D-binding protein concentrations according to the severity of endometriosis.

Objective: To investigate serum 25-hydroxyl vitamin D (25(OH)D) and vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP) concentrations in women with endometriosis according to the severity of disease.

Methods: Women with mild endometriosis (n = 9) and advanced endometriosis (n = 7), as well as healthy controls (n = 16), were enrolled in this observational study. Serum total 25(OH)D concentrations were analyzed using the Elecsys vitamin D total kit with the Cobas e602 module.

Angiopoietin-1 and -2 and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in ovarian grafts after cryopreservation using two methods.

Objective: The favored method of preserving fertility in young female cancer survivors is cryopreservation and autotransplantation of ovarian tissue. Reducing hypoxia until angiogenesis takes place is essential for the survival of transplanted ovarian tissue. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of angiopoietin-1 (Angpt-1), angiopoietin-2 (Angpt-2), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in ovarian tissue grafts that were cryopreserved using two methods.

Proximal Resection Margins: More Prognostic than Distal Resection Margins in Patients Undergoing Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma Resection.

Purpose: Even though the therapeutic gold standard of hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCCA) resection is cancer-free resection margin (RM), surgical treatment still remains challenging. This study evaluated the prognostic significance of RM status in resected HCCA patients and identified survival prognostic factors.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed records of 96 HCCA patients who underwent surgery from 2001 to 2012 and analyzed the RM status and prognostic factors that affecting survival.

Survival analysis after liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: A consecutive cohort of 1002 patients.

Background And Aim: The improvements in surgical technique and perioperative management in the recent decades may warrant revisit for survival outcomes and prognostic factors after liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to analyze the survival outcomes after liver resection for HCC for a consecutive cohort of 1002 patients.

Methods: This study was performed by analyzing the clinicopathological and follow-up data of 1002 consecutive patients who underwent liver resection for HCC from April 2001 to December 2013.

Celiac axis stenosis as a rare but critical condition treated with pancreatoduodenectomy: report of 2 cases.

We describe 2 cases of patients with loss of hepatic arterial flow during surgery for pancreatic head cancer due to celiac stenosis caused by median arcuate ligament compression. The first case underwent pylorus-resecting pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic head cancer. After resection of the gastroduodenal artery, flow in the common hepatic artery disappeared, and celiac axis stenosis was identified.

Effects of preoperative ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block on pain after laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer: a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Background: Although laparoscopic colorectal surgery decreases postoperative pain and facilitates a speedier recovery compared with laparotomy, postoperative pain at trocar insertion sites remains a clinical concern. The objective of this study was to assess the effects of a preoperative ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block on pain after laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer.

Methods: In total, 58 patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic surgery following a diagnosis of colorectal cancer were included in this study.

High-dose hepatitis B immunoglobulin therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma with hepatitis B virus-DNA/hepatitis B e antigen-positive patients after living donor liver transplantation.

Aim: To investigate the impact of high-dose hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) recurrence and overall survival after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

Methods: We investigated 168 patients who underwent LDLT due to HCC, and who were HBV-DNA/hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) -positive, from January 2008 to December 2013. After assessing whether the patients met the Milan criteria, they were assigned to the low-dose HBIG group and high-dose HBIG group.

Torsion of a parasitic myoma that developed after abdominal myomectomy.

Iatrogenic parasitic myomas are rare. The condition is defined by the presence of multiple smooth-muscle tumorous nodules in the peritoneal cavity. This may be attributable to seeding of myoma particles during uterine surgery.

Expression of angiogenic factors in cryopreserved mouse ovaries after heterotopic autotransplantation.

Objective: Revascularization is critical for successful ovarian tissue transplantation. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiopoietin-2 (angpt-2) are the principal mediators of neovascularization. This study was designed to assess VEGF and angpt-2 levels in cryopreserved ovarian tissue after heterotopic autotransplantation.

Practice patterns in the management of threatened preterm labor in Korea: A multicenter retrospective study.

Objective: This study aimed to examine clinical practice patterns in the management of pregnant women admitted with threatened preterm labor (TPL) in Korea.

Methods: Data from women admitted with a diagnosis of TPL were collected from 22 hospitals. TPL was defined as regular uterine contractions with or without other symptoms such as pelvic pressure, backache, increased vaginal discharge, menstrual-like cramps, bleeding/show and cervical changes.

Clinicopathological features and prognosis of combined hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma after surgery.

Background: Combined hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CC) is a rare subtype of primary liver cancer consisting of both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC). Because of the rarity of this tumor, its feature is poorly understood. The present study aimed to evaluate the clinicopathological features and long-term prognosis of patients with cHCC-CC after surgery and to compare with those of the patients with stage-matched HCC and CC.

Pretransplant absolute monocyte count in peripheral blood predicts posttransplant tumor prognosis in patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: Preoperative absolute monocyte count in peripheral blood (AMCPB) is closely associated with prognoses in not only various malignancies but also hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether pretransplant AMCPB predicts posttransplant outcomes in patients with HCC undergoing liver transplantation (LT).

Method: We retrospectively analyzed relationships between clinicopathologic factors involving pretransplant AMCPB and tumor recurrence or survival in 256 patients who had undergone LT for HCC between January 2005 and April 2012.

Prognostic significance of preoperative peripheral blood monocyte ratio in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: Leukocyte subsets in peripheral blood, which include neutrophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes, have not been well established as prognostic factors in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent curative hepatic resection for HCC at the National Cancer Center, Republic of Korea, from 2001 to 2008 were enrolled in this retrospective study. Clinicopathologic factors, cancer-specific survival (CSS), and disease-free survival (DFS) were analyzed with respect to preoperative lymphocyte subsets, especially monocyte ratio.

ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation without graft local infusion and splenectomy.

Background: Graft local infusion and splenectomy in ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) are associated with high rates of operative complications.

Methods: Consecutive ABO-I LDLT patients treated at the National Cancer Centre between January 2012 and February 2013 were identified. The protocol for ABO-I LDLT at the study centre included the administration of rituximab (300 mg/m(2)) at 2 weeks preoperatively, followed by plasma exchanges (target isoagglutinin titre: ≤ 1:8), basiliximab (20 mg on the day of surgery and on postoperative day 4), and i.

Graft-to-recipient weight ratio lower to 0.7% is safe without portal pressure modulation in right-lobe living donor liver transplantation with favorable conditions.

Background: The low graft-to-recipient weight ratio (GRWR) in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is one of the major risk factors affecting graft survival. The goal of this study was to evaluate whether the lower limit of the GRWR can be safely reduced without portal pressure modulation in right-lobe LDLT.

Methods: From 2005 to 2011, 317 consecutive patients from a single institute underwent LDLT with right-lobe grafts without portal pressure modulation.

Influence of the vitrification solution on the angiogenic factors in vitrificated mouse ovarian tissue.

Objective: To investigate the effect of the dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and EFS-40 during vitrification on the expression of angiogenic factors in vitrified mouse ovarian tissue.

Methods: The ovarian tissues were obtained from 5 or 6 weeks aged ICR mouse. Ovarian tissues were divided into four groups: ovarian tissue without cryopreservation (control, group I), ovarian tissue vitrified with 15% DMSO (group II), ovarian tissue vitrified with EFS-40 (group III), and ovarian tissue slowly frozen with 10% DMSO (group IV).

Jejunal varix bleeding with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy: report of two cases.

We present 2 patients showing afferent jejunal varix bleeding around hepaticojejunostomy caused by extrahepatic portal vein obstruction after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy (PPPD). The case 1 was a 58-year-old woman who had recurrent anemia and hematochezia 3 years after undergoing PPPD. On the portography, the main portal vein was obliterated and collaterals around hepaticojejunostomy were developed.