Kagoshima City Hospital

Intensive preoperative glucose management including hospitalization is associated with lower surgical site infection in patients with diabetes: A retrospective multicenter observational study

AIMS: Perioperative glycemic control reduces surgical complications, such as surgical site infection (SSI), but evidence regarding the effect of preoperative hospitalization for this purpose is limited. In Japan, some patients with diabetes are admitted for 1-2 weeks before surge...

Safety of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biliary Drainage in Patients with Distal Malignant Biliary Obstruction with Large-Volume Ascites

Background/Aims: The safety and efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) in patients with large-volume ascites (LVA) remain unclear. We aimed to evaluate the safety of EUS-BD in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction complicated by LVA. Metho...

Relationship between initial dose, dose intensity, and survival in unresectable pancreatic cancer treated with nanoliposomal irinotecan, fluorouracil, and folinic acid

Abstract While nanoliposomal irinotecan with fluorouracil and folinic acid (NFF) is a standard second-line regimen for unresectable pancreatic cancer (uPC) after gemcitabine-based therapy, the effects of initial dosing and relative dose intensity (RDI) in routine practice are unc...