Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor-Releasing Polyglycolic Acid Duras Improve Neurological Function after Cerebral Infarction.

Objective: Regenerative therapy using stem cells to treat cerebral infarction is currently in the research phase. However, this method is costly. It also faces other significant challenges, including optimization of timing, delivery methods, and dosage.

High Joule heat as a risk factor for post-endoscopic submucosal dissection electrocoagulation syndrome: A multicenter prospective study.

Background: Thermal damage may lead to inflammation of the peeled mucosal surface during endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).

Aim: To determine the effect of Joule heat on the onset of post-ESD electrocoagulation syndrome (PECS).

Methods: In this prospective study, PECS was characterized by in-hospital fever (white blood cell count: ≥ 10000 μ/L or body temperature ≥ 37.

Effect of Increasing or Decreasing Use of Polypharmacy on Recovery of Activities of Daily Living in Patients With Stroke in the Recovery-Phase Rehabilitation Ward: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Propensity Score Matching.

Polypharmacy is a predictor of adverse outcomes, making its management crucial for improving patient health and recovery. Managing polypharmacy is particularly challenging in patients with stroke with many comorbidities and sequelae. Although reducing inappropriate prescribing is necessary, the number of medications may increase to effectively implement secondary prevention, potentially offsetting any changes in medication count.

Relationship Between Patients' "Sense of Participation" in Healthcare and Their Satisfaction A Survey of 5 Hospitals.

Patient participation is considered important for the safety and quality of care. The patient's perception of actually being able to participate in healthcare, namely, the sense of participation, may influence patient satisfaction (PS). This study aimed to quantitatively determine the relationship between sense of participation to healthcare and PS.

Investigating the effect of prescribing status and patient characteristics on the therapeutic outcomes in patients with diabetes using a leftover drug adjustment protocol.

Treatment for diabetes includes anti-diabetic medication in addition to lifestyle improvements through diet and exercise. In Japan, protocol-based pharmacotherapy management allows drug treatment to be provided through cooperation between physicians and pharmacists, based on a protocol that is prepared and agreed upon in advance. However, there are no studies to clarify the relationship between patient characteristics and therapeutic effects after pharmacist intervention in protocol-based pharmacotherapy management for patients with diabetes.

Multi-stage surgery to treat oesophageal fistula that developed after chemoradiotherapy in two patients with oesophageal cancer: A case report.

Introduction And Importance: Oesophageal fistula is a severe complication that may occasionally develop after chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for oesophageal cancer and is difficult to treat.

Case Presentation: A 51-year-old man who had undergone CRT for oesophageal cancer presented with haematemesis and was diagnosed with a descending aortic aneurysm and an oesophageal fistula. Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair was performed to achieve haemostasis.

Improving image quality using the pause function combination to PROPELLER sequence in brain MRI: a phantom study.

While some MRI systems offer a "pause" function, combining it with the PROPELLER method for image quality improvement remains underexplored. This study investigated whether repositioning the head after pausing during PROPELLER imaging enhances image quality. All brain phantom images in this study were obtained using a 3.

Who should receive single-fraction palliative radiotherapy for gastric cancer bleeding?: An exploratory analysis of a multicenter prospective observational study (JROSG 17-3).

Purpose: Although the Palliative Prognostic Index (PPI) has been used to predict survival in various cancers, to our knowledge, no study has examined its applicability in gastric cancer. This study aimed to determine the baseline PPI cutoff value for recommending single-fraction radiotherapy in patients with bleeding gastric cancer.

Materials And Methods: This was a secondary analysis of the Japanese Radiation Oncology Study Group (JROSG) 17-3, a multicenter prospective study of palliative radiotherapy for bleeding gastric cancer.

Influence of Robot-Assisted Gait Training on Lower-Limb Muscle Activity in Patients With Stroke: Comparison With Conventional Gait Training.

Objective: To measure muscle activity before and after robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) in patients with stroke and examine the differences in muscle activity changes compared with conventional gait training (CGT).

Methods: Thirty patients with stroke (RAGT group, n=17; CGT group, n=13) participated in the study. All patients underwent RAGT using a footpad locomotion interface or CGT for 20 minutes for a total of 20 sessions.

Relationship between changes in quality of life and genitourinary toxicity grade after brachytherapy with I-125 alone for localised prostate cancer.

Background: The relationship between the grading of toxicities based on toxicity criteria and longitudinal changes in quality of life (QOL) scores after permanent prostate brachytherapy (PPB) for localized prostate cancer remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate these relationships.

Materials And Methods: We assessed 107 patients treated with PPB using Iodine-125 alone from May 2007 to April 2010.

Clinical advantage of transmediastinal esophagectomy in terms of postoperative respiratory complications.

Background: Although the transmediastinal approach as a radical esophagectomy for esophageal carcinoma patients has attracted attention, its advantages over the transthoracic approach remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of transmediastinal esophagectomy (TME) in terms of postoperative respiratory complications compared to that of open transthoracic esophagectomy (TTE).

Methods: We reviewed patients with thoracic and abdominal esophageal carcinoma who underwent TME or TTE between February 2014 and November 2021.

Transhiatal bilateral thoracic duct ligation for duplicated thoracic duct injury after esophagectomy: a case report.

Background: The treatment of duplicated thoracic ducts (TDs) injury after esophagectomy generally requires a bilateral transthoracic approach. We present the cases of two patients with postoperative chylothorax who underwent transhiatal bilateral TD ligation for duplicated TDs.

Case Presentation: Two patients diagnosed with chylothorax after esophagectomy performed for thoracic esophageal cancer underwent transhiatal TD ligation.

Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with intermittent closed lock and acute closed lock of the temporomandibular joint: a cross-sectional retrospective study.

Objective: This study aimed to estimate the disc status in intermittent closed lock (ICL) and permanent closed lock (CL) temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) to test the hypothesis that the disc morphology and degree of anterior disc displacement affect the outcomes of these disorders.

Materials And Methods: All patients were clinically examined according to the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders Axis I protocol, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed ICL and CL. Fifty-six joints of 56 patients with ICL and 110 joints of 110 patients with acute CL with a locking period of less than 3 months were included.

Transhiatal chest drainage in mediastinoscope and laparoscope-assisted esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: a retrospective study.

Background: Mediastinoscope and laparoscope-assisted esophagectomy for esophageal cancer occasionally causes postoperative accumulation of pleural effusion despite the preservation of the mediastinal pleura. Transhiatal chest drainage has been reported to be useful for thoracic esophagectomy; however, its use in mediastinoscope and laparoscope-assisted esophagectomy remains unelucidated. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of transhiatal chest drainage in mediastinoscope and laparoscope-assisted esophagectomy.

Hemostatic Effect of Palliative Radiation Therapy in Preventing Blood Transfusions from Bleeding Occurring within Advanced Gastric Cancer.

Purpose: To report the hemostatic effects of palliative radiation therapy (RT) for the prevention of blood transfusions (BT) in patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC).

Methods And Materials: Twenty-eight patients who received palliative three-dimensional conformal RT for hemostasis of gastric bleeding were retrospectively assessed in a study conducted in Japan. The median follow-up was 143.

Acute bilateral suppurative parotitis following treatment of acute decompensated heart failure with noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation.

We present a case of acute bilateral suppurative parotitis in an elderly patient with acute heart failure who was hospitalized and treated with noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation. In this case, sepsis due to infection occurred, leading to severe illness.

[A Case of Reactive Arthritis after BCG Intravesical Infusion Therapy Successfully Treated with Salazosulfapyridine].

The patient was a 70-year-old woman who underwent transurethral resection of bladder tumor in May 2020. She was diagnosed with urothelial carcinoma (high grade, pT1 by pathology). We started bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) intravesical infusion (80 mg Tokyo strain) in August of the same year after a second transurethral resection.

Comparison of Gastric Emptying Time after the Ingestion of Whisky with Isocalorically Adjusted Glucose Solution.

Previous studies have shown that the liquid gastric emptying mainly depended on energy content, regardless of compositional differences. But the gastric emptying of alcoholic beverages remains unclear. Therefore, we performed the present study to compare gastric emptying times between whisky mixed with water and glucose solution with uniform energy contents and volumes.

Temporal Profiles of Symptom Scores After Palliative Radiotherapy for Bleeding Gastric Cancer With Adjustment for the Palliative Prognostic Index: An Exploratory Analysis of a Multicentre Prospective Observational Study (JROSG 17-3).

Aims: Although palliative radiotherapy for gastric cancer may improve some symptoms, it may also have a negative impact due to its toxicity. We investigated whether symptoms improved after radiotherapy with adjustment for the Palliative Prognostic Index (PPI) considering that patients with limited survival tend to experience deterioration of symptoms.

Materials And Methods: This study was an exploratory analysis of the Japanese Radiation Oncology Study Group study (JROSG 17-3).

Anticholinergic Load Is Associated with Swallowing Dysfunction in Convalescent Older Patients after a Stroke.

This study aimed to establish whether anticholinergic load affects the swallowing function of geriatric stroke patients in convalescent stages, as no proven association between the anticholinergic load-based Anticholinergic Risk Scale and the swallowing dysfunction in Japanese patients was known. A retrospective cohort study was conducted on hospitalized older patients undergoing rehabilitation after stroke. The study outcomes included evaluating the patients at hospital discharge using the Functional Oral Intake Scale.