Clinical Usefulness of Bakri Balloon Tamponade in the Treatment of Massive Postpartum Uterine Hemorrhage.

Intrauterine globe-shaped metreurynter tamponade has been used for some time to treat massive postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). More recently, the Bakri balloon has come into use to treat PPH. It is made of silicon, possesses a drainage lumen, and has a sausage-like spindle shape.

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and insulin resistance in children.

Various pathological conditions can cause fatty liver in children. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in children has been known since 1983. However, NASH diagnosed in childhood does not have a favorable outcome.

Cryotherapy for massive vulvar lymphatic leakage complicated with lymphangiomas following gynecological cancer treatment.

Vulvar lymphatic leakage is a severe complication associated with gynecological cancer treatments. However, standard treatment strategies have not yet been determined. We encountered a rare case of a 76-year-old multiparous woman suffering from massive lymphatic fluid leakage from the entire vulva, and papules developed and were identified as lymphangiomas.

Inguinal hernia containing functioning, rudimentary uterine horn and endometriosis.

Background: Inguinal hernia containing uterus and endometriosis is exceedingly rare. Most inguinal endometriosis is located at an extrapelvic site near the round ligament. We report a case of a patient with inguinal hernia containing rudimentary uterine horn and endometriosis.

Triglyceride accumulation by peroxisome proliferators in rat hepatocytes.

Peroxisome proliferators (PxPs) induce peroxisomal beta-oxidation (Px-ox) in the liver of rodents and have a hypolipidemic function. To investigate hypolipidemic effect of PxPs, the relationship between TG fluctuation and Px-ox activity, as an indicator of the function of PxPs, was studied in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Nafenopin (Nf) treatment of hepatocytes caused an increase in Px-ox activity in association with cellular TG accumulation in a time-dependent manner with a coefficient of r=0.

Inhibiton of NF-kappaB activation during ischemia reduces hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.

The aim of this study was to determine whether nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) inhibitors are efficient against hepatic ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. We previously demonstrated that xanthine oxidase-derived reactive oxygen species activate NF-kappaB during ischemia. However, the role of NF-kappaB activation during ischemia in post-reperfusion injury remains unclear.