Kyoto University Hospital

Effects of installing a volatile organic compound-removal filter in a clinical embryology laboratory on embryo development

Objective: Improving embryo quality is essential for increasing pregnancy and live birth rates in assisted reproductive technology (ART). The culture environment strongly influences embryo quality, and air quality is one of its key components. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pr...

Lipid Burden and Efficacy of Preventive PCI of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaques: Post Hoc Analysis From the PREVENT Trial

BACKGROUND: Preventive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of non–flow-limiting lesions (fractional flow reserve >0.80) that are high-risk plaques has emerged as a potential strategy to reduce cardiac events. However, identifying which lesions derive the greatest benefit fro...

Three cases of Dravet syndrome with electrical status epilepticus in sleep: Case reports

Background Interictal electroencephalography (EEG) findings in Dravet syndrome (DS) evolve with age. EEG is typically normal during early infancy; however, various abnormalities may later emerge, including generalized spike-and-wave activity. Nevertheless, cases of DS associated...

Peri-Plate Gas Detected on Cervical CT as an Exploratory Imaging Indicator of Esophageal Perforation After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery

STUDY DESIGN: Exploratory, single-center retrospective observational study. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate candidate imaging markers associated with esophageal perforation in patients undergoing reoperative anterior cervical exploration more than 1 month after anterior cervical spine sur...

EQUIVALENT STRENGTH AND GAIT AFTER TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY AND UNICOMPARTMENTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY, BUT HIGHER FUNCTIONAL SCORES IN UKA: A PROPENSITY SCORE–MATCHED STUDY HIGHLIGHTING THE ROLE OF RANGE OF MOTION

Purpose The aim of this study was to compare clinical outcomes, including functional scores, muscle strength, and gait ability, between unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) after adjusting for baseline characteristics. Methods Propensity scor...

Insulin Dosing Is Associated With Cardiac Sympathetic Predominance Independent of Glycemic Profiles in Type 1 Diabetes Under Free-Living Conditions

While insulin activates the sympathetic nervous system in experimental settings, whether therapeutic insulin administration is associated with cardiac sympathetic predominance under free-living conditions remains unclear. This prospective observational study investigated the asso...

P1.124. Clinical Outcomes of Esophageal Cancer With Lymph Node Metastasis Invasion Into Other Organs (T4LN)

Abstract Topic Esophageal Cancer: Oncology/Radiation Therapy Background The standard treatment for T4 esophageal cancer without distant metastasis is definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). In the Japanese Classification of Esophageal Cancer, 12th Edition, T4 refers to both primary...

A Retrospective Clinical Study of 44 Cases of Parapharyngeal Space Tumors

副咽頭間隙腫瘍はまれな疾患であり，治療方針の決定に苦慮することが多い。本検討では，手術適応の決定に関連する臨床因子を探索することを目的として，当院で診療した44例を後方視的に解析した。初回治療方針により手術群16例，経過観察群28例に分類し，性別，年齢，症状，腫瘍体積，腫瘍位置，FNAC施...