We report on eight patients who developed brain metastases following uterine cervical cancer. The mean interval between diagnosis of the primary cancer and diagnosis of the brain metastasis was 28.4… (More)
The 26th Annual International Conference of the…
2004
In an effort to develop small-diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts (< 6 mm), collagen and fibrin gels seeded with human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMCs) were constructed in a… (More)
The purpose of this study was to clarify the incidence of limb salvage and patient survival rates among elderly patients with advanced leg ischemia. We reviewed the records of 159 patients treated… (More)
A 42-year-old Japanese man who had undergone amputation of the left leg below the knee because of Buerger disease required emergency thrombectomy 7 months later. He complained of acute abdominal pain… (More)
We report here a case of severe acute pancreatitis associated with systemic AA amyloidosis in a 69-year-old rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patient. AA amyloid deposition was detected on the walls of small… (More)
We performed 167 femoropopliteal bypass surgeries in 151 patients (95 patients underwent above-knee bypass and 56 below-knee bypass) from December 1985 to December 2000 with the use of prosthetic… (More)
A knitted Dacron velour externally supported prosthesis was broken in two pieces at the supported portion 3 years after femoroposterior tibial bypass grafting. This type of graft problem has never… (More)
We documented a case of systemic lupus erythematosus with clinical features of multiple sclerosis who developed transverse myelopathy. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the presence of an abnormal… (More)
Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy is increasingly applied for patients with wound dehiscence or mediastinitis caused by surgical site infection (SSI) after open-heart surgery. We have used wall… (More)
A new surgical intraluminal graft implantation technique was undertaken in a 27-year-old man with a massive, life-threatening, high-flow congenital arteriovenous malformation (AVM) involving the left… (More)