Successful Laparoscopic Treatment of Small-bowel Obstruction in Early Pregnancy.

Small-bowel obstruction (SBO) during pregnancy is uncommon and can be difficult to diagnose. Therefore, the condition is associated with significant maternal and fetal mortality. We report a case of successful laparoscopic treatment of SBO in early pregnancy.

Colonic ischemia possibly due to resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) used to manage amniotic fluid embolism: a case report.

Background: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) can control massive postpartum hemorrhage.

Case Presentation: A 41-year-old woman transferred to hospital following cesarean section presented in refractory hemorrhagic shock. REBOA was blindly performed in the emergency department.

A case report of a 19-week gravid patient with a dehisced abdominal wound and treated with V.A.C. ATS(®) Therapy System.

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is an effective treatment for various non-healing wounds, and V.A.C.

A feasibility study of carboplatin and weekly paclitaxel combination chemotherapy in endometrial cancer: a Kansai Clinical Oncology Group study (KCOG0015 trial).

Objectives: The optimal chemotherapy regimen for women with endometrial cancer has not been established. We assessed the feasibility, toxicity and clinical efficacy of combination triweekly carboplatin and weekly paclitaxel in women with endometrial cancer.

Methods: Eligible patients had histologically confirmed primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer (Group A), or had localized high-risk features (Group B).

MR imaging evaluation of postmenopausal adnexal masses: correlation with final pathologic diagnosis.

Objective: Adoption of transvaginal ultrasound in usual clinical settings allowed us to find asymptomatic adnexal masses more frequently in postmenopausal women. These masses were traditionally considered as the indication of surgical excision to determine histological diagnosis. Recently, if the appearance of that is simple cyst, conservative management may be acceptable because ultrasound benign diagnosis is proved to be reasonably reliable.