The Tokai journal of experimental and clinical medicine
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Tokai J. Exp. Clin. Med. · Dec 2006
Esophagogastrostomy before proximal gastrectomy in patients with early gastric cancers in the upper third of the stomach.
This study was designed to assess the outcome of esophagogastrostomy before proximal gastrectomy in patients with early gastric cancers in the upper third of the stomach. ⋯ Esophagogastrostomy before proximal gastrectomy may be less invasive, simpler, and produce better outcomes than conventional procedures for the surgical treatment of early gastric cancer in the upper third of the stomach.
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Tokai J. Exp. Clin. Med. · Dec 2006
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in treatment of stabbing chest injuries.
Since 1994, we have performed video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in order to treat thoracic trauma. In general, emergency surgery is performed for trauma injuries incurred by knives. ⋯ Among these eighteen cases, two were characterized by wounds to the internal thoracic artery, and they had to be switched over to open thoracotomy due to excessive bleeding. In conclusion, open thoracotomy should be performed in cases in which the patient is in a state of shock due to severe intrathoracic bleeding; however, in cases in which the vital signs are stable, thoracoscopic surgery may be carried out to stop intrathoracic bleeding, to repair the lung injury by suturing, as well as by performing a partial resection of the lung.