A case of transanal barotrauma by high-pressure compressed air leading to transverse colon perforation with extensive colon serosal tear.

Introduction And Importance: Compressed air is used to apply paint, wash vehicles or machines, and remove water droplets after washing the precision instrument. Barotrauma due to high-pressure compressed air is extremely rare.

Case Presentation: We report a case of transverse colon perforation caused by a compressed air gun in a 20-year-old male.

Effects of forest growth in different vegetation communities on forest catchment water balance.

Forest ecosystems are critical for adjusting the dynamic balance of the hydrological cycle. This balance is affected by vegetation community types, phenology, and forest density. Previous long-term catchment-scale model studies have focused on changes in forest areas while ignoring the above factors.

A rare case of meningeal carcinomatosis and internal auditory canal metastasis presenting with the deafness for gastric cancer.

Background: Meningeal carcinomatosis is a very rare metastatic site of gastric cancer and meningeal carcinomatosis without other metastatic sites is much extremely rare. Herein, we report our experience with a very rare case of meningeal carcinomatosis which was difficult to diagnose the recurrence by general systemic examination and was found due to the deafness despite the sustained high tumor markers.

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old man consulted a hospital with vomiting and hematemesis.

Optimal Tumor Reduction Rate and Modalities for Predicting pCR in Women With Breast Cancer.

Background/aim: To predict pCR during neoadjuvant chemotherapy is still difficult. The aim of this study was to evaluate the optimal tumor reduction rate and modalities for predicting pCR after two cycles of docetaxel.

Patients And Methods: We analyzed 52 patients with HER2-positive or triple-negative breast cancer.

Analysis of the Outcomes in Central Venous Access Port Implantation Performed by Residents via the Internal Jugular Vein and Subclavian Vein.

Objective: The central venous access port (CVAP) has played an important role in the safe administration of chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition. The aim of the present study was to clarify the optimal access vein for CVAP implantation when performed by residents rather than attending surgeons.

Methods: A consecutive cases of CVAP implantation via the subclavian vein (SV) using a landmark-guided technique or via the internal jugular vein (JV) using an ultrasound-guided technique were divided into 2 groups according to whether the intervention was performed by a resident or an attending surgeon.

Measurement of air-sea exchange of dimethyl sulfide and acetone by PTR-MS coupled with gradient flux technique.

We developed a new method for in situ measurement of air-sea fluxes of multiple volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by combining proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) and gradient flux (GF) technique. The PTR-MS/GF system was first deployed to determine the air-sea flux of VOCs in the open ocean of the western Pacific, in addition to carbon dioxide and water vapor. Each profiling at seven heights from the ocean surface up to 14 m took 7 min.

Effects of intermittent 5-fluorouracil and low-dose cisplatin therapy on advanced and recurrent gastric cancer.

Background: Although combination therapy consisting of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and cisplatin for the treatment of gastric cancer has been reported, no consistent regimen has been established. Our aim was to determine the optimal treatment schedule of this therapy, for patients with advanced or recurrent gastric cancer.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a phase II study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combination therapy consisting of intermittent 5-FU and low-dose cisplatin in 26 patients with advanced or recurrent gastric cancer.

Complete dissection of a hepatic segment after blunt abdominal injury successfully treated by anatomical hepatic lobectomy: report of a case.

A 21-year-old male patient was transferred to the emergency room of our hospital after suffering seat belt abdominal injury in a traffic accident. Abdominal computed tomography revealed a massive hematoma in the abdominal cavity associated with deep hepatic lacerations in the right lobe. The presence of a solid tissue possibly containing pneumobilia was observed above the greater omentum.

Laparoscopy-assisted right hepatectomy in a case of Fasciola hepatica.

Laparoscopic hepatectomy provides the usual advantages of a minimally invasive surgery. This study presents a case of Fasciola hepatica infection that was successfully treated with laparoscopic hepatectomy. The patient was referred because of persistent fever and right hypochondralgia with a huge mass occupying the right lobe of the liver, which was detected by imaging analysis.