Efficacy of lymph node dissection around the inferior mesenteric artery with preservation of the left colic artery for rectal cancer.

Objective: We investigated how Japanese D3 dissection with left colic artery (LCA) preservation affects anastomotic leakage after anterior resection with anastomosis for rectal cancer, based on the leak rate. The correlation between LCA preservation, survival, and cancer recurrence after resection was also analyzed.

Summary And Background Data: It remains unclear how LCA preservation affects the anastomotic leak rate and oncological outcomes after resection remains unclear.

spp. have higher fitness for survival, in a pH-dependent manner, in pancreatic juice among duodenal bacterial flora.

Background And Aim: Bacterial infection is involved in the progression of many gastrointestinal diseases, including those of pancreas; however, how and which bacteria colonize in pancreatic juice and tissue have yet to be elucidated. Recently, we reported that exists in the pancreatic juice and tissues of patients with chronic pancreatic disease. Here, we investigated the survival of in duodenal juice with different pH conditions.