Publications by authors named "T Akai"
Goals: To clarify the characteristics of desmoid tumors in Japanese patients with familial adenomatous polyposis after colectomy.
Background: Few comprehensive reports have been published on desmoid tumors in Asian patients with familial adenomatous polyposis.
Study: This retrospective study included the data of 81 patients with familial adenomatous polyposis who underwent surgery between 1978 and 2021.
Far ultraviolet-C irradiation at 222 nm has potent bactericidal effects against severe infections such as peritonitis, with minimal cytotoxicity. Bacterial peritonitis due to bowel perforation is a serious condition with high mortality despite current treatments. This study investigated the safety and efficacy of intraperitoneal far ultraviolet-C irradiation at 222 nm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Crohn's disease causes acute and chronic inflammation that often make the preoperative evaluation of surgical risks difficult. Myosteatosis is used for the evaluation of muscle quality to assess sarcopenia. However, data on the relationship between myosteatosis and surgical outcomes in patients with Crohn's disease are lacking.
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- This study investigates how enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVSs) behave in adults with moyamoya disease (MMD) before and after surgical revascularization.
- Researchers quantified EPVSs using MRI scans before surgery and at 3 months and 2 years post-surgery to assess changes.
- Findings revealed that older age, posterior cerebral artery (PCA) involvement, and impaired cerebral blood flow (CBF) are linked to the number of EPVSs, which significantly decreased after surgery, particularly in cases with PCA involvement and CBF impairment.
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- - The study examined how changes in the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) before and after surgery impact outcomes in patients with colorectal cancer, focusing on those with stage II/III disease.
- - Results showed that patients with a decrease in PNI post-surgery had significantly higher rates of recurrence and mortality, indicating worse overall and recurrence-free survival compared to those whose PNI did not decrease.
- - The findings suggest that monitoring perioperative PNI changes could serve as an effective way to predict a patient's prognosis and risk of cancer recurrence following surgery.