Multidisciplinary approach of liver metastases from colorectal cancer

Yuki Kitano

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Advances in the management of acute cholecystitis

Danny Mou,Sameer Hirji,Tomas Tesfasilassie

“Real‐time” risk models of postoperative morbidity and mortality for liver transplants

Akinobu Taketomi,Hiroaki Miyata,Hiroto Egawa,Koji Umeshita,Naoaki Ichihara,Shigeru Marubashi,Yasutsugu Takada,Yasuyuki Seto,Yoshihiro Kakeji

Perioperative and prognostic implication of albumin‐bilirubin‐TNM score in Child‐Pugh class A hepatocellular carcinoma

Chie Tanaka,Daisuke Kobayashi,Fuminori Sonohara,Goro Nakayama,Hideki Takami,Hiroyuki Sugimoto,Masahiko Koike,Masamichi Hayashi,Masaya Suenaga,Michitaka Fujiwara,Mitsuro Kanda,Nobutake Tanaka,Norifumi Hattori,Yasuhiro Kodera,Yukiko Niwa

Comparison of the modified Collard and hand‐sewn anastomosis for cervical esophagogastric anastomosis after esophagectomy in esophageal cancer patients: A propensity score‐matched analysis

Akira Tomokuni,Akita Hirofumi,Hidenori Takahashi,Hiroshi Miyata,Hiroshi Wada,Junichi Nishimura,Kazuyoshi Yamamoto,Kei Asukai,Masaaki Motoori,Masahiko Yano,Masayoshi Yasui,Masayuki Ohue,Takeshi Omori,Tomoyuki Matsunaga,Yoshitomo Yanagimoto,Yusuke Takahashi

Looking for the best practice for acute cholecystitis

Laparoscopic endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS) for the gastrointestinal tract: Updated indications

Souya Nunobe

Multicenter retrospective study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the double‐flap technique as antireflux esophagogastrostomy after proximal gastrectomy (rD‐FLAP Study)

Atsushi Muraoka,Kazuhiro Noma,Kohji Tanakaya,Masahiko Nishizaki,Norimitsu Tanaka,Satoru Kikuchi,Satoshi Ueyama,Shinji Hato,Shinya Otsuka,Shunsuke Kagawa,Shunsuke Tanabe,Toshikazu Kimura,Toshiyoshi Fujiwara,Yasuaki Kamikawa,Yasuhiro Choda,Yasuhiro Shirakawa

Current status of postoperative infections after digestive surgery in Japan: The Japan Postoperative Infectious Complications Survey in 2015

Hiroshige Mikamo,Koji Asai,Manabu Watanabe,Toru Niitsuma,Yoshio Takesue

Pitfalls for laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy: Need for a stepwise approach

Jonathan Geograpo Navarro

Transitional impact of short‐ and long‐term outcomes of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate laparoscopic versus open surgery for colorectal cancer from Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study JCOG0404

Hiroshi Katayama,Junki Mizusawa,Masafumi Inomata,Mitsuyoshi Ota,Seigo Kitano,Shigeki Yamaguchi,Shuji Saito,Takeo Sato,The Japan Clinical Oncology Group,Tomonori Akagi,Yusuke Kinugasa

Current status of minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: Is it truly less invasive?

Gosuke Takiguchi,Hiroshi Hasegawa,Kimihiro Yamashita,Masashi Yamamoto,Nobuhisa Takase,Satoshi Suzuki,Shingo Kanaji,Susumu Miura,Takeru Matsuda,Tetsu Nakamura,Yoshihiro Kakeji,Yoshiko Matsuda

Survival outcomes of appendiceal mucinous neoplasms by histological type and stage: Analysis of 266 cases in a multicenter collaborative retrospective clinical study

Chu Matsuda,Hirofumi Ota,Hirofumi Yamamoto,Junichi Hasegawa,Kimimasa Ikeda,Masakazu Ikenaga,Masaki Mori,Masaki Tsujie,Masayuki Ohue,Mitsugu Sekimoto,Riichiro Nezu,Shingo Noura,Taishi Hata,Takamichi Komori,Takashi Takeda,Toshinori Sueda,Tsunekazu Mizushima,Yoshinori Kagawa,Yuichiro Doki

Re‐emerging role of macroscopic appearance in treatment strategy for gastric cancer

Keishi Yamashita,Masahiko Watanabe

Incidence of postoperative complications in transabdominal preperitoneal repair for groin hernia is influenced by poor performance status rather than by old age

Hirokazu Noshiro,Hironori Iwasaki,Jun Nakamura,Noriyuki Egawa,Tatsuya Manabe

Long‐term outcomes after biliary diversion operation for pancreaticobiliary maljunction in adult patients

Go Ohira,Hiroji Shinkawa,Kenjiro Kimura,Masaki Horiike,Sadaaki Yamazoe,Shigekazu Takemura,Shogo Tanaka,Shoji Kubo,Takanori Aota,Toshihiko Shibata

Risk factors for early postoperative complications after D3 dissection for stage II or III colon cancer: Supplementary analysis of a multicenter randomized controlled trial in Japan (JCOG0404)

Hiroshi Katayama,Junki Mizusawa,Masaaki Ito,Masahiko Watanabe,Seigo Kitano,Seiichiro Yamamoto,Tadahiko Masaki,Tomonori Akagi,Yasuhiro Shimada,Yusuke Nishizawa

Gastrografin reduces the need for additional surgery in postoperative small bowel obstruction patients without long tube insertion: A meta‐analysis

Hiroyuki Hachiya,Kazutoshi Takagi,Keiichi Kubota,Norisuke Shibuya,Taku Aoki,Yoshimi Iwasaki

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Preoperative lymphocyte‐to‐monocyte ratio is useful for stratifying the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma patients with a low Cancer of the Liver Italian Program score undergoing curative resection

Keiichi Kubota,Kyung Hwa Park,Mitsuru Ishizuka,Shozo Mori,Takayuki Shimizu,Takayuki Shiraki,Taku Aoki,Yuhki Sakuraoka,Yukihiro Iso

Cancer stroma‐targeting therapy: A new tool for fighting pancreatic cancer?

Surgical quality improvement programs in Japan and USA: Report from the collaborative projects between Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery and American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

Clifford Y. Ko,Hiroaki Miyata,Jessica Y. Liu,Mark E. Cohen,Shigeru Marubashi,Yasuyuki Seto

Total neoadjuvant therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer: Role of systemic chemotherapy

Ri Na Yoo

Clinical analysis of preoperative deep vein thrombosis risk factors in patients with colorectal cancer: Retrospective observational study

Atsushi Ishibe,Chikara Kunisaki,Itaru Endo,Kazuya Nakagawa,Mitsuyoshi Ota,Shinsuke Suzuki,Yusuke Suwa

Cancer‐associated fibroblasts show heterogeneous gene expression and induce vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) in response to environmental stimuli

Kazumi Akimoto,Ken‐ichi Inoue,Ken‐ichiro Yoshida,Masashi Sakuma,Satoko Kishimoto,Shigeru Toyoda,Shuji Suzuki,Teruo Inoue

Clinical usefulness of a perioperative bacteriological culture to treat patients with postoperative pneumonia after esophagectomy

Akira Tomokuni,Hidenori Takahashi,Hirofumi Akita,Hiroshi Wada,Junichi Nishimura,Kazuyoshi Yamamoto,Kei Asukai,Keijiro Sugimura,Masahiko Yano,Masayoshi Yasui,Masayuki Oue,Takeshi Omori,Tomoyuki Matsunaga,Yoshitomo Yanagimoto,Yusuke Takahashi

Surgical principles for optimal treatment of esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma

Daniela Molena,Tamar Nobel

Risk calculator for predicting postoperative pneumonia after gastroenterological surgery based on a national Japanese database

Go Wakabayashi,Hiraku Kumamaru,Hiroaki Miyata,Hiroyuki Konno,Kazuhiko Nakajima,Masaki Mori,Mitsukazu Gotoh,Motoi Uchino,Takashi Ueda,Yasuyuki Seto

Essential updates to the surgical treatment of biliary tract cancer

Hiroto Matsui,Satoshi Matsukuma,Yoshitaro Shindo,Yukio Tokumitsu

Recent advances of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in rectal cancer: Future treatment perspectives

Akira Arimoto,Hiroshi Hasegawa,Kimihiro Yamashita,Masashi Yamamoto,Satoshi Suzuki,Shingo Kanaji,Takeru Matsuda,Tetsu Nakamura,Tomoko Tanaka,Yasuo Sumi,Yoshihiro Kakeji,Yoshiko Matsuda

Sentinel node navigation surgery in esophageal cancer

Yuko Kitagawa

Current status of laparoscopic total gastrectomy

Hidenori Akaike,Kensuke Shiraishi,Yoshihiko Kawaguchi

A new window in gastroenterological surgery

Masaki Mori

Is sentinel node mapping useful for esophageal cancer surgery?

Current state and future evolution of pancreatic islet transplantation

Hideaki Okajima,Shinji Uemoto,Toshihiko Masui

Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Jaffer A. Ajani,Kazuto Harada,Kojiro Eto,Masaaki Iwatsuki,Naoya Yoshida,Shiro Iwagami,Takatsugu Ishimoto,Yoshifumi Baba

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Current status of the “enhanced recovery after surgery” program in gastric cancer surgery

Hitoshi Katai,Masahiro Yura,Shinji Morita,Sho Otsuki,Toshiro Nishida,Yukinori Yamagata

Role of the tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

Robert M. Hoffman,Ryusei Matsuyama,Takashi Murakami,Yuki Homma,Yukihiko Hiroshima

Improvement of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in Japanese obese patients

Hiroaki Nakanuma,Kazuhiro Tada,Kunihiro Saga,Masafumi Inomata,Masayuki Ohta,Takashi Masuda,Takayuki Masaki,Teijiro Hirashita,Yoshinori Ozeki,Yukio Iwashita

Role of nutrition in gastroenterological surgery

Current topics in liver surgery

Shintaro Yamazaki

Neoadjuvant treatment strategy for locally advanced thoracic esophageal cancer

Hirofumi Kawakubo,Tomoyuki Irino,Yuko Kitagawa

Treatment and clinical outcome of clinical T4 esophageal cancer: A systematic review

Kiyokazu Nakajima,Koji Tanaka,Makoto Yamasaki,Masaaki Motoori,Masaki Mori,Tsuyoshi Takahashi,Yasuhiro Miyazaki,Yuichiro Doki,Yukinori Kurokawa,Yutaka Kimura

Diagnostic impact of high serum midkine level in patients with gastric cancer

Fumiaki Shiratori,Kimihiko Funahashi,Masaaki Ito,Satoshi Yajima,Takashi Suzuki,Tatsuki Nanami,Yoko Oshima

Short‐term clinical outcomes of laparoscopic gastrectomy for remnant gastric cancer: A single‐institution experience and systematic review of the literature

Haruhito Sakata,Hideki Hayashi,Hisahiro Matsubara,Kentaro Murakami,Koichi Hayano,Masaya Uesato,Masayuki Kano,Takeshi Fujishiro,Takeshi Toyozumi,Yoshihide Semba

Comparison of the long‐term outcomes of the self‐expandable metallic stent and transanal decompression tube for obstructive colorectal cancer

Atsushi Oyama,Haruka Okano,Haruyuki Tsuchiya,Kei Ito,Masaya Oikawa,Megumi Tanaka,Naoya Akazawa,Takaho Okada,Takashi Tsuchiya,Takashi Yazawa,Tetsuya Kakita,Tetsuya Ohira,Tomoya Abe,Yoshihiro Harada

Risk factors for incisional surgical site infection after elective laparoscopic colorectal surgery

Atsushi Ishibe,Chikara Kunisaki,Hirokazu Suwa,Itaru Endo,Keigo Chida,Masashi Momiyama,Mitsuyoshi Ota,Yusuke Suwa