Gastroenterology

[A Case Report of Laparoscopy Assisted Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer with an Adachi Type VI Anomaly (Group 27)Institution].

We report the case of a 79-year-old man, with gastric cancer detected on upper gastrointestinal endoscopic examination performed by a nearby medical clinic, and referred to our hospital, in April 201X. He was diagnosed with gastric cancer(ML, less, 0- II a+ II c, tub 1-2, cT1bN0M0, cStage I A). We performed laparoscopy assisted distal gastrectomy, D1+lymph node dissection, and Billroth I (B- I )re...

[Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX for Unresectable Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas - A Case Report].

A 38-year-old male presented to our hospital with complaint of vomiting. A CT demonstrated a mass sized 42mm in the pancreatic head invading to the duodenum and a liver mass sized 15mm in the medial segment. Biopsy revealed adenocarcinoma. Due to liver metastasis, he was deemed surgically unresectable. He was started on FOLFIRINOX therapy after gastrojejunum bypass operation. After 15 courses of t...

[Cell-Free and Concentrated Ascites Reinfusion Therapy for Malignant Intractable Ascites from Colorectal Cancer].

Malignant intractable ascites worsens not only patient symptoms but also their daily activities. It often leads to a patient discontinuing or postponi...

[A Case of Gastric Remnant Cancer after Proximal Gastrectomy with Jejunum Pouch Interposing Reconstruction].

A 83-year-old man was diagnosed an earlygastric remnant cancer on the site of jejuno-gastrostomyafter proximal gastrectomywith jejunum interposing rec...

[Analysis of the Relationship between the Change of Drain Amylase Value and Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula after Pancreaticoduodenectomy].

To diagnose postoperative pancreatic fistula(POPF)after pancreaticoduodenectomy(PD)during early post operative days, we evaluatedwhether a change in d...

[A Case of Alpha-Fetoprotein-Producing Gastric Cancer with Synchronous Liver Metastasis Achieving Recurrence-Free Survival for Five Years by Gastrectomy, Hepatectomy, and Adjuvant Chemotherapy].

a-fetoprotein(AFP)-producing gastric cancer is relatively rare and tends to show a poor prognosis because of hepatic and lymph node metastasis. We exp...

Defining the Role of Minimally Invasive Proctectomy for Locally Advanced Rectal Adenocarcinoma.

OBJECTIVE: National examination of open proctectomy (OP), laparoscopic proctectomy (LP), and robotic proctectomy (RP) in pathological outcomes and ove...

Successful treatment with afatinib for pancreatic metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma: a case report.

Metastatic lung cancer of the pancreas is rare and optimal treatment protocols have not been determined. An asymptomatic 53-year-old man with primary ...

Challenges in adapting existing clinical natural language processing systems to multiple, diverse health care settings.

OBJECTIVE: Widespread application of clinical natural language processing (NLP) systems requires taking existing NLP systems and adapting them to dive...

Machine Learning-Based Gene Prioritization Identifies Novel Candidate Risk Genes for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

BACKGROUND: The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are chronic inflammatory disorders, associated with genetic, immunologic, and environmental factors...

Design and Validation of a Biosensor Implantation Capsule Robot.

We have proposed a long-term, noninvasive, nonrestrictive method of delivering and implanting a biosensor within the body via a swallowable implantati...

Identification of human flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) inhibitors using a machine learning based consensus virtual screening.

Human Flap endonuclease1 (FEN1) is an enzyme that is indispensable for DNA replication and repair processes and inhibition of its Flap cleavage activi...

Machine Learning Algorithms for Objective Remission and Clinical Outcomes with Thiopurines.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Big data analytics leverage patterns in data to harvest valuable information, but are rarely implemented in clinical care. Optimi...

Metabolite Profiling of ADB-FUBINACA, A New Synthetic Cannabinoid.

Metabolite profiling of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) is critical for documenting drug consumption. N-(1-amino-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-(...

[Effectiveness of percutaneous endoscopic technique in treatment of intraspinal cement leakage after percutaneous vertebroplasty].

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of percutaneous endoscopic technique in the treatment of intraspinal cement leakage after percutaneo...

[Effect of porcine small intestinal submucosa extracellular matrix in promoting vitality and functional gene expression of hepatocyte].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of porcine small intestinal submucosa extracellular matrix (PSISM) on the vitality and gene regulation of hepatoc...

Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery using the iArmS operation support robot: initial experience in 43 patients.

Objective The intelligent arm-support system, iArmS, which follows the surgeon's arm and automatically fixes it at an adequate position, was developed...

Machine-Learning Algorithms Predict Graft Failure After Liver Transplantation.

BACKGROUND: The ability to predict graft failure or primary nonfunction at liver transplant decision time assists utilization of scarce resource of do...

Deep learning for polyp recognition in wireless capsule endoscopy images.

PURPOSE: Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) enables physicians to examine the digestive tract without any surgical operations, at the cost of a large vo...

Robotic pancreas transplantation in a type 1 diabetic patient with morbid obesity: A case report.

RATIONALE: Obesity is considered a relative contraindication to pancreas transplantation due to increased risks of wound-related complications. Roboti...