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Article Synopsis
  • Gastrectomy with D2 dissection and adjuvant chemotherapy is the usual treatment for locally advanced gastric cancer (LAGC) in Asia, but administering post-surgery chemotherapy can be challenging, especially in older patients.
  • This phase II study (KSCC1801) investigated the safety and efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC-SOX) in patients aged 70 and above, finding that it resulted in a high resection rate (92.3%) and a significant pathological response (62.5%).
  • Though NAC-SOX showed promise, there were notable adverse events like neutropenia and a treatment-related death due to severe diarrhea, indicating the need for careful management.
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Ultrasound assisted percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy.

Hepatogastroenterology

August 2009

Dept. of Surgery, Internal Medicine, ILIKAI Medical INC. Kakizoe Hospital Kagamigawa 278, Hirado, Nagasaki 859-5152, Japan.

The percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) cannot be performed for the patient after total gastrectomy. We design the new procedure to make jejunostomy with using an ultrasonography and a regular PEG kit. We name the procedure Ultrasound assisted Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy (USPEJ).

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Personal experience of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Hepatogastroenterology

September 2004

Department of Surgery, Ilikai Medical INC. Kakizoe Hospital, Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan.

Background/aims: We performed laparoscopic cholecystectomy with a surgical team consisting of the same operator and the same first assistant to evaluate a personal learning curve of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Methodology: In the 135 patients who underwent the laparoscopic cholecystectomy, operative complications, postoperative complications and operative time were evaluated on the basis of using different camera assistants and the chronological advancement of the same operator and the same first assistant.

Results: The average operative time was 120 +/- 54 minutes.

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