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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Using EndoTrac, a Novel Traction Device.
Digestion
September 2021
Divison of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
Background: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is recognized as a minimally invasive and curative treatment for superficial gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. However, ESD is still challenging and time-consuming with a high risk of adverse events such as bleeding and perforation. Various traction methods have been explored for maintaining good visualization of the submucosal layer during ESD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDownstaging of lymph node metastasis after neoadjuvant intraperitoneal and systemic chemotherapy in gastric carcinoma with peritoneal metastasis.
Eur J Surg Oncol
August 2019
NPO to Support Peritoneal Dissemination Treatment, Osaka, Japan; Peritoneal Dissemination Center, Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital, Kishiwada, Japan; Department of Surgery, Kusatsu Genaral Hospital, Shiga, Japan. Electronic address:
Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical features and prognosis of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM) after neoadjuvant intraperitoneal and systemic chemotherapy.
Methods: A total of 69 gastric cancer patients with PM and LNM who received neoadjuvant intraperitoneal and systemic chemotherapy (NIPS) of intraperitoneal docetaxel (DXT) and cisplatin (CDDP); intravenous chemotherapy of DXT and CDDP and oral S-1in Kishiwada Tokushukai Hospital between January 2008 and February 2017. After surgical resection, the response of LNMs was studied to confirm the effect of NIPS on LNMs.