BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: There are currently limited data available summarizing the clinical outcomes and safety of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) in cases of advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study aimed to assess e...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
29394700
Malignant intractable ascites worsens not only patient symptoms but also their daily activities. It often leads to a patient discontinuing or postponing chemotherapy. In the present study, we introduced cell-free and concentrated ascites reinfusion t...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
28133247
A72 -year-old woman who complained of abdominal pain and distention visited the emergency clinic of our hospital in April 2014. Computed tomography(CT)showed an omental mass and a pelvic mass with massive ascites. The fluid was removed by abdominal a...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
28133157
A 75-year-old woman was diagnosed with aplastic anemia 6 months ago and was under follow-up at our hospital. She had originallypresented to our hospital because of ongoing diarrhea and abdominal pain. Her blood tests showed a rise in inflammatorymark...
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
30708109
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Many patients with cirrhosis who undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) screening for esophageal varices (EVs) are found to have no or only small EVs. Endoscopic screening for EVs is therefore a potentially deferrable procedure t...
Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association
32500456
BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis of Peritoneal metastasis (PM) is clinically significant regarding optimal treatment selection and avoidance of unnecessary surgical procedures. Cytopathology plays an important role in early screening of PM. We aimed to de...