Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio is a Predictive Factor of Malignant Potential for Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms of the pancreas by Riki Ohno, Ryuichi Kawamoto, Mami Kanamoto, Jota Watanabe, Masahiko Fujii, Hiromi Ohtani, Masamitsu Harada, Teru Kumagi, Hideki Kawasaki

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A case of early gastric cancer with a single giant lymph node metastasis by Masato Yoshikawa, Misaki Tamario, Masayoshi Obatake, Koichi Sato, Shigehiko Yagi, Hiromi Otani, Katsumi Kito

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Incidental retroaortic innominate vein in a patient with acute aortic dissection by Hideki Sasaki, Takashi Harada, Hiroshi Ishitoya, Osamu Sasaki

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IgG4-related gastric disease with plasma cell-rich obliterative arteritis accompanied by early-stage gastric cancer: a case report by Masayoshi Obatake, Koichi Sato, Shigehiko Yagi, Hiromi Ohtani, Katsumi Kito

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Efficacy of chemotherapy in elderly patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer: a multicenter review of 895 patients by Taira Kuroda, Teru Kumagi, Tomoyuki Yokota, Nobuaki Azemoto, Aki Hasebe, Hirotaka Seike, Mari Nishiyama, Nobu Inada, Naozumi Shibata, Hideki Miyata, Tomoe Kawamura, Yusuke Imai, Akiko Ueno-Toshimori, Yoshinori Tanaka, Takashi Terao, Yoshiki Imamura, Mitsuhito Koizumi, Hirofumi Yamanishi, Yoshinori Ohno, Yoichi Hiasa, on behalf of the Ehime Pancreato-Cholangiology (EPOCH) Study Group

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Critical left coronary main trunk stenosis, chronic occluded right coronary artery, left subclavian artery occlusion, severe aortic regurgitation and porcelain aorta in a patient w... by Hideki Sasaki, Takashi Harada, Hiroshi Ishitoya, Osamu Sasaki

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High-Quality Genome Sequence Resource of the Taro Pathogen Phytophthora colocasiae by Sachiko Masuda, Takashi Yaeno, Hideaki Shibata, Shuuhei Yorozu, Satoki Yamamoto, Ken Shirasu

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Cardiac amyloidosis screening using a relative apical sparing pattern in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy by Yasuhisa Nakao, Makoto Saito, Katsuji Inoue, Rieko Higaki, Yuki Yokomoto, Akiyoshi Ogimoto, Moeko Suzuki, Hideo Kawakami, Go Hiasa, Hideki Okayama, Shuntaro Ikeda, Osamu Yamaguchi

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A propensity score matching study on robot-assisted radical cystectomy for older patients: comparison of intracorporeal ileal conduit and cutaneous ureterostomy by Fumiya Kadoriku, Yutaro Sasaki, Kyotaro Fukuta, Yuichiro Atagi, Keito Shiozaki, Kei Daizumoto, Ryotaro Tomida, Yoshiteru Ueno, Megumi Tsuda, Yoshito Kusuhara, Tomoya Fukawa, Yutaka Yanagihara, Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Yasuyo Yamamoto, Hirofumi Izaki, Masayuki Takahashi, Sadamu Yamashi, Masaharu Kan, Hiroomi Kanayama

“…Methods From October 2014 to December 2021, 82 patients aged 75 years or older who underwent RARC at Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital, or Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Is the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in pediatric laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair necessary? by Ko Miyazaki, Shinichi Noguchi, Tsuyoshi Kondo

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Variable phenotype expression with a frameshift mutation of the cardiac sodium channel gene SCN5A by Hiroshi Kawakami, MD, Takeshi Aiba, MD, PhD, Tadakatsu Yamada, MD, PhD, Hideki Okayama, MD, PhD, Yukio Kazatani, MD, PhD, Kyoko Konishi, MD, PhD, Ikutaro Nakajima, MD, Koji Miyamoto, MD, Yuko Yamada, MD, Hideo Okamura, MD, Takashi Noda, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Satomi, MD, PhD, Shiro Kamakura, MD, PhD, Naomasa Makita, MD, PhD, Wataru Shimizu, MD, PhD

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Effect of disease duration on the association between C-reactive protein-albumin ratio and endoscopic activity in ulcerative colitis by Shinya Furukawa, Sen Yagi, Kana Shiraishi, Teruki Miyake, Kazuhiro Tange, Yu Hashimoto, Shogo Kitahata, Tomoe Kawamura, Tomoyuki Ninomiya, Kenichirou Mori, Seiyuu Suzuki, Naozumi Shibata, Hidehiro Murakami, Katsuhisa Ohashi, Aki Hasebe, Hideomi Tomida, Yasunori Yamamoto, Eiji Takeshita, Yoshio Ikeda, Yoichi Hiasa

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The albumin to globulin ratio is associated with clinical outcome in Japanese patients with ulcerative colitis by Sen Yagi, Shinya Furukawa, Kana Shiraishi, Teruki Miyake, Kazuhiro Tange, Yu Hashimoto, Shogo Kitahata, Tomoe Kawamura, Tomoyuki Ninomiya, Kenichirou Mori, Seiyuu Suzuki, Naozumi Shibata, Hidehiro Murakami, Katsuhisa Ohashi, Aki Hasebe, Hideomi Tomida, Yasunori Yamamoto, Eiji Takeshita, Yoshio Ikeda, Yoichi Hiasa

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Smartphone-based navigation system enables low-volume surgeons to perform accurate acetabular cup placement: A single-center retrospective study by Chihiro Hiraoka, Tatsuhiko Kutsuna, Tomofumi Kinoshita, Ryosuke Nishimura, Satoru Otowa, Yuji Mandai, Masaki Takao

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The tumor‐to‐liver ratio of the standardized uptake value is a useful FDG‐PET/CT parameter for predicting malignant intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas by Takeshi Utsunomiya, Kohei Ogawa, Naotake Funamizu, Katsunori Sakamoto, Jota Watanabe, Hiromi Otani, Naoto Kawaguchi, Masao Miyagawa, Hirotaka Iwaki, Yasutsugu Takada

“…Methods The records of 88 patients pathologically diagnosed with IPMN after surgery at Ehime University Hospital and Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital from April 2009 to December 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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A double-blinded, randomized controlled clinical trial of hydrogen inhalation therapy for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss by Masahiro Okada, Hideo Ogawa, Taro Takagi, Taro Takagi, Eriko Nishihara, Eriko Nishihara, Tadashi Yoshida, Jun Hyodo, Yusuke Shinomori, Nobumitsu Honda, Takashi Fujiwara, Masato Teraoka, Hiroyuki Yamada, Shin-ichi Hirano, Naohito Hato

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Simple new clinical score to predict hepatocellular carcinoma after sustained viral response with direct-acting antivirals by Takao Watanabe, Yoshio Tokumoto, Kouji Joko, Kojiro Michitaka, Norio Horiike, Yoshinori Tanaka, Atsushi Hiraoka, Fujimasa Tada, Hironori Ochi, Yoshiyasu Kisaka, Seiji Nakanishi, Sen Yagi, Kazuhiko Yamauchi, Makoto Higashino, Kana Hirooka, Makoto Morita, Yuki Okazaki, Atsushi Yukimoto, Masashi Hirooka, Masanori Abe, Yoichi Hiasa

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Association between socioeconomic status and mucosal healing in Japanese patients with ulcerative colitis: a cross-sectional study by Yu Hashimoto, Yoshio Ikeda, Yoichi Hiasa, Hideomi Tomida, Sen Yagi, Shinya Furukawa, Kana Shiraishi, Kazuhiro Tange, Tomoyuki Ninomiya, Seiyuu Suzuki, Naozumi Shibata, Hidehiro Murakami, Katsuhisa Ohashi, Yasunori Yamamoto, Eiji Takeshita, Shogo Kitahata, Teruki Miyake

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Predictive value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for the fatality of COVID-19 patients complicated with cardiovascular diseases and/or risk factors by Akinori Higaki, Hideki Okayama, Yoshito Homma, Takahide Sano, Takeshi Kitai, Taishi Yonetsu, Sho Torii, Shun Kohsaka, Shunsuke Kuroda, Koichi Node, Yuya Matsue, Shingo Matsumoto

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Aging is Associated With Constipation in Japanese Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Post Hoc Analysis by Sen Yagi MD, PhD, Shinya Furukawa MD, PhD, Teruki Miyake MD, PhD, Osamu Yoshida MD, PhD, Kana Shiraishi MD, Kazuhiro Tange MD PhD, Yu Hashimoto MD, PhD, Shogo Kitahata MD, PhD, Tomoyuki Ninomiya MD, PhD, Masakazu Hanayama MD, PhD, Seiyuu Suzuki MD, PhD, Naozumi Shibata MD, PhD, Hidehiro Murakami MD, PhD, Katsuhisa Ohashi MD, PhD, Hideomi Tomida MD, PhD, Yasunori Yamamoto MD, PhD, Eiji Takeshita MD, PhD, Yoshio Ikeda MD, PhD, Yoichi Hiasa MD, PhD

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