Mie Chuo Medical Center

Case of salvage en bloc vertebrectomy for locally progressive T12 breast cancer metastasis after failed radiotherapy and systemic therapy

Background: Isolated local progression of breast cancer spinal metastases may occur despite adjunctive radiotherapy and systemic therapy. Here, a 71-year-old female underwent a salvage en bloc vertebrectomy for a locally progressive T12 breast cancer spinal metastasis that newly...

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...