Nagasaki Medical Center

Longitudinal developmental trajectories after epilepsy surgery in early childhood: A biphasic developmental hypothesis

Abstract Objective To evaluate the longitudinal impact of epilepsy surgery on developmental trajectories in young children by comparing developmental rate (DR) during the early postoperative and later follow‐up periods. Methods This single‐center retrospective observational study...

Central Retinal Artery–Oriented Embolization of Periorbital Arteriovenous Malformations: Distal Ophthalmic Artery Coil Protection Enabling Aggressive Nidus Treatment

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Periorbital AVMs are frequently supplied by the ophthalmic artery. Its branch, the central retinal artery, has no effective collateral supply; inadvertent embolization may therefore cause irreversible blindness. Because vision loss has been reported after...

Impact of Circumferential Calcification and Acquired Minimum Lumen Area on 1‐Year Primary Patency After Drug‐Coated Balloon Angioplasty for Femoropopliteal Lesions

BACKGROUND: Severe calcification predicts restenosis after drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty for femoropopliteal lesions, but whether an adequate post-procedural minimum lumen area (MLA) can attenuate this effect, and how intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) circumferential calcif...

Factors Affecting Postoperative Delirium in Patients With Colorectal Cancer

Background/Aim: As the population ages, the number of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) is increasing. It is also said that older adults are at higher risk of delirium. The aim of this study was to investigate risk factors for delirium after CRC surgery, and its impact on per...

On‐Treatment Reassessment of Type IV Collagen 7S and M2BPGi‐Qt Improves Long‐Term Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk Stratification in Chronic Hepatitis B

ABSTRACT Aims Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a major complication in patients with chronic hepatitis B receiving nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) therapy despite effective viral suppression. Although on‐treatment assessment of indirect fibrosis indices has been associated with...

Executive summary of the Japanese clinical practice guidelines for tuberous sclerosis complex-associated epilepsy 2025

Purpose Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)-associated epilepsy often involves focal epilepsy, infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), and drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). This article presents an executive summary of the Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Tuberous Sclerosi...

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...