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[A Case of Splenic Lymph Node Metastasis from the Distal Bile Duct Carcinoma Seven Years after a Curative Resection].

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
We report a case of splenic lymph node recurrence 7 years after a distal bile duct carcinoma. A 70s man underwent pylorus ring-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy for distal bile duct carcinoma in 20XX. The pathological diagnosis was T2N0M0, Stage Ⅱ(J...

[Usefulness of the CONUT Score for Predicting the Risk of Surgical Site Infections].

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections(SSIs)occur at a high frequency in patients after rectal cancer surgery and are readily aggravated. Therefore, prophylactic measures for infections based on the evaluation of the patient's perioperative risk are ve...

[Curative Resection for Liver Metastasis Ten Years after Surgery for Rectosigmoid Cancer-A Case Report].

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Here, we report the case of a 73-year-oldfemale patient, who previously underwent high anterior resection for rectosigmoidcancer at the age of 63. Her scheduled5 years of follow-up after colorectal surgery hadbeen finished, but she kept undergoing en...

[A Patient with Multiple Colorectal Liver Metastases for Whom Partial Splenic Embolization Contributed Extremely to Maintain Multidisciplinary Treatment].

Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
After approximately 2.5 years of chemotherapy at the referred hospital, a 69-year-old man with double colon cancer and unresectable liver metastases(H3)sought consultation. A total of 8 liver metastases were deemed resectable; however, the disease wa...

Corneal thickness measurement by secondary speckle tracking and image processing using machine-learning algorithms.

Journal of biomedical optics
Corneal thickness (CoT) is an important tool in the evaluation process for several disorders and in the assessment of intraocular pressure. We present a method enabling high-precision measurement of CoT based on secondary speckle tracking and process...

Accuracy of Kalman Filtering in Forecasting Visual Field and Intraocular Pressure Trajectory in Patients With Ocular Hypertension.

JAMA ophthalmology
IMPORTANCE: Techniques that properly identify patients in whom ocular hypertension (OHTN) is likely to progress to open-angle glaucoma can assist clinicians with deciding on the frequency of monitoring and the potential benefit of early treatment.

The effectiveness of a novel cable-driven gait trainer (Robowalk) combined with conventional physiotherapy compared to conventional physiotherapy alone following stroke: a randomised controlled trial.

International journal of rehabilitation research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Rehabilitationsforschung. Revue internationale de recherches de readaptation
There is increasing interest in gait training devices to improve walking ability in people following stroke. This randomised controlled trial aimed to compare the effectiveness of the Robowalk, a novel cable-driven gait trainer combined with conventi...

Detecting conversation topics in primary care office visits from transcripts of patient-provider interactions.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
OBJECTIVE: Amid electronic health records, laboratory tests, and other technology, office-based patient and provider communication is still the heart of primary medical care. Patients typically present multiple complaints, requiring physicians to dec...