Periampullary carcinomas arise within 2 cm of the major duodenal papilla and comprise carcinomas of the ampulla, distal common bile duct, pancreas, and duodenum. Their clinical features and anatomic… (More)
Robotic surgery can enhance a surgeon’s laparoscopic skills through a magnified three-dimensional view and instruments with seven degrees of freedom compared to conventional laparoscopy. This study… (More)
Function-preserving minimally invasive pancreatectomy is thought to be an ideal approach for pancreatic benign and borderline malignant lesions requiring pancreatectomy. However, it is not that easy… (More)
We found that LTR-directed transcription of the human endogenous retrovirus K can be induced by HSV-1 infection. The effect was mediated by the action of a HSV-1 immediate early protein, ICP0 and… (More)
The U3 region of the human endogenous retrovirus W long terminal repeat (HERV-W LTR) contains several putative regulatory sequences that regulate the transcription of neighboring cellular genes, as… (More)
Margin-negative pancreatectomy provides only chance to cure pancreatic cancer. However, borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (BRPCa) has the risk of incomplete palliative resection. We… (More)
Of 582 patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy, 4% had complications. The most common complications were fever (23%) and bleeding necessitating transfusion (12%). Extravasation was seen… (More)
BACKGROUND & AIMS
A different spectrum of genetic changes including p53, c-erbB-2, c-met, adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), and deleted in colorectal cancer (DCC) is involved in gastric cancer (GC).… (More)
Benign and borderline malignant pancreatic tumors are increasing. Function-preserving and minimally invasive pancreatectomy may be an ideal approach for these tumors. The authors retrospectively… (More)
BACKGROUND
Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is one of the most common complications after pancreatoduodenectomy (PD). Because an objective, universally accepted definition of DGE does not yet exist, it… (More)