BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine the safety and feasibility of minimally invasive gastrectomy in patients who underwent preoperative chemotherapy for highly advanced gastric cancer. METHODS: Preoperative chemotherapy was indicated for pat...
Esophagus : official journal of the Japan Esophageal Society 20(1) 63-71 2023年1月 [査読有り]
BACKGROUND: Anastomotic leakage of cervical esophagogastrostomy following radical esophagectomy for esophageal cancer has reduced over time; however, postoperative anastomotic stricture still occurs at a considerably high rate. We developed a nove...
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 70(6) 575-583 2022年3月 [査読有り]
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to clarify the association between frailty evaluated using the clinical frailty scale (CFS) and outcomes in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. METHODS: We retrospectively included 67 patients (aged ≥ 75 y...
Diseases of the esophagus : official journal of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus 32(12) 1-8 2019年12月 [査読有り]
Esophagectomy represents the standard treatment strategy for superficial esophageal cancer diagnosed pathologically as submucosal disease (pT1b) following an endoscopic resection (ER). However, chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is expected to become an alte...
Annals of surgical oncology 26(12) 4016-4026 2019年11月 [査読有り]
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to clarify the relationship between frailty and postoperative outcomes of laparoscopic gastrectomy for old-old patients with resectable gastric cancer. METHODS: The study retrospectively analyzed 96 consecutive patient...