Kure Medical Center

Abdominal aortic calcification predicts anastomotic leakage after gastrectomy: a multicenter retrospective cohort study from the Hiroshima Surgical study group of Clinical Oncology

Anastomotic leakage (AL) is a critical complication following gastrectomy for gastric cancer (GC). Abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a surrogate marker of systemic atherosclerosis and frailty, has been associated with AL only in single-center studies. This multicenter study e...

Rare isolated basal vein of Rosenthal thrombosis causing thalamic haemorrhage during intensive-phase antituberculous therapy: a case report

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is an uncommon cause of stroke that affects young adults. Involvement of the deep cerebral venous system, especially isolated thrombosis of the basal vein of Rosenthal, is exceptionally uncommon and carries a poor prognosis. Tuberculosis is a reco...

Algorithm for classifying the underlying pathologies in postpartum hemorrhage using bleeding rate, fibrinogen, and fibrin/fibrinogen degradation products: a case series study

Abstract Background Understanding patients’ underlying pathologies is essential for appropriate treatment during postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) management. The objective of this study is to develop an algorithm that quantitatively classifies the underlying pathologies in PPH using c...