BACKGROUND: Multiple linear stapler firings during double stapling technique (DST) after laparoscopic low anterior resection (LAR) are associated with an increased risk of anastomotic leakage (AL). However, it is difficult to predict preoperatively t...
Journal of Nippon Medical School = Nippon Ika Daigaku zasshi
Jan 1, 2023
Development of surgical support robots began in the 1980s as a navigation and auxiliary device for endoscopic surgery. For remote surgery on the battlefield, a master-slave-type surgical support robot was developed, in which a console surgeon operate...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2022
The patient was referred to our hospital because of bloody stool and anorectal pain, and a colonoscopy revealed a tumor in the lower rectum. Although no distant metastasis was found, the tumor was suspected to have invaded the distal prostate. Neoadj...
Colorectal cancer remains the 3rd most common cancer diagnosed among men and women in the United States. With improved screening, premalignant rectal lesions and rectal cancers are being detected at earlier stages. In addition, the use of neoadjuvant...
Rectal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the preferred method for the diagnosis of rectal cancer as recommended by the guidelines. Rectal MRI can accurately evaluate the tumor location, tumor stage, invasion depth, extramural vascular invasion, and...
Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery
Mar 25, 2021
To investigate the feasibility of transumbilical single-incision plus one port (SIPOP) robotic total mesorectal excision. Clinical data of a 70-year-old male patient with BMI 22.1 kg/m(2) who successfully underwent transumbilical single-incision pl...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Jan 1, 2021
We present a case of locally advanced rectal cancer(LARC)treated by robot assisted intersphincteric resection(ISR)and lateral lymph node dissection(LLND)after neoadjuvant chemotherapy(NAC). The patient was a 69-year-old female with the diagnosis of a...
The American journal of gastroenterology
Jan 1, 2020
Most colorectal polyps are diminutive, and malignant potential for these polyps is uncommon, especially for those in the rectosigmoid. However, many diminutive polyps are still being resected to determine whether these are adenomas or serrated/hyperp...
Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
Dec 1, 2019
A 67-year-old man presented with bloody stools. Colonoscopy showed a small submucosal tumor in the lower rectum. As the tumor was small, follow-up was chosen. Although he was instructed to undergo reexamination 1 year later, he did not comply. Four y...
Rectal prolapse (RP) is often seen in patients over the age of fifty, particularly women. These patients frequently suffer from other concomitant pathologies like rectocele, sigmoidocele, cystocele, or even enterocele. Rectopexy with a mesh has been ...