Publications by authors named "Y Mizusawa"
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- Hepatic portal venous gas is a rare condition linked to severe bowel issues like ischemic colitis or cancer, as illustrated by a case involving a 72-year-old man with ileocecal cancer and sepsis from Klebsiella pneumoniae.
- The patient was admitted for diabetes control but developed fever and septic shock without typical abdominal symptoms; imaging revealed gas in the portal vein, indicating a serious underlying infection.
- Early detection through abdominal ultrasound was crucial, highlighting that hepatic portal venous gas should prompt urgent investigation to address potential infections or complications from underlying conditions.
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- Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic skin disease that causes intense itching, and dupilumab is a treatment that can help relieve its symptoms, although it may not work equally fast for facial areas in all patients.
- A study analyzed skin samples from the foreheads and abdomens of patients with moderate to severe AD and healthy controls to see how cytokine levels vary in different body areas.
- It was found that certain cytokines linked to Th1 and Th17 responses were more prevalent on the forehead, while Th2 cytokines showed varied expression—suggesting that these differences in cytokine profiles could influence how well AD treatments work in different areas of the body.
Background: While seasonality of hospital-acquired infections, including incisional SSI after orthopaedic surgery, is recognized, the seasonality of incisional SSI after general and gastroenterological surgeries remains unclear.
Aim: To analyse the seasonality and risk factors of incisional SSI after general and gastroenterological surgeries.
Methods: This was a retrospective, single-institute, observational study using univariate and multivariate analyses.
Background: The recent guidelines from the European and American Hernia Societies recommend a continuous small-bite suturing technique with slowly absorbable sutures for fascial closure of midline abdominal wall incisions to reduce the incidence of wound complications, especially for incisional hernia. However, this is based on low-certainty evidence. We could not find any recommendations for skin closure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: This study compared the clinical outcomes of men with Klinfelter syndrome based on karyotype.
Methods: The authors analyzed the outcomes of microdissection testicular sperm extraction (micro-TESE) performed on 57 patients with Klinfelter syndrome (KS) at our clinic.
Results: The average ages of the non-mosaic and mosaic KS groups were 32.