Publications by authors named "Y TERADA"

Background: When inserting central venous catheters, inadvertent injury of major vessels is a rare yet critical complication. Direct surgery is sometimes overly invasive. This report describes a subclavian artery injury caused by inadvertent cannulation of a dialysis catheter, successfully treated with a covered stent.

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Accurate prediction of the difference in binding free energy between compounds is crucial for reducing the high costs associated with drug discovery. Relative binding free energy perturbation (RBFEP) calculations are effective for small structural changes; however, large topological changes pose significant challenges for calculations, leading to high errors and difficulties in convergence. To address such issues, we propose a new approach─PairMap─that focuses on introducing appropriate intermediates for complex transformations between two input compounds.

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The plane running between two adjacent pulmonary segments consists of a very thin layer of connective tissue through which the pulmonary vein also runs. To perform an anatomically correct segmentectomy, this segmental plane needs to be divided. Before the operation, the locations of vessels and bronchi are confirmed by three-dimensional computed tomography.

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Background: Organ procurement organizations coordinate organ donation through 2 distinct models of care: the conventional model, in which donors are managed at hospitals where brain death occurs, and the specialized donor care facility (SDCF) model, where brain dead donors are transferred to a freestanding facility. The aim of this study is to compare operating room efficiency for procurements between the SDCF and conventional models of care.

Methods: We performed a prospective analysis of operating room efficiency between thoracic donor procurement operations performed at a SDCF and other organ procurement organizations using the conventional model of care.

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Article Synopsis
  • The "no-touch" technique allows for safe navigation of a guiding catheter during carotid artery stenting, especially in patients with complicated arterial lesions.
  • A specially designed 4-Fr Newton-shaped catheter minimizes contact with stenotic lesions while advancing to the target area.
  • In a study of eight procedures, this technique was successful in all cases, showing it can be effective for patients with tortuous anatomy and floating thrombi without causing complications.
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