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Wu CC, Lin CJ, Kuo KK, Chen WT, Ker CG, Chai CY, Tsai HP, Yang SF. Correlation between Cancer Stem Cells, Inflammation and Malignant Transformation in a DEN-Induced Model of Hepatic Carcinogenesis. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2022; 44:2879-86. [PMID: 35877422 DOI: 10.3390/cimb44070198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Revised: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Chronic inflammation and cancer stem cells are known risk factors for tumorigenesis. The aetiology of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) involves a multistep pathological process that is characterised by chronic inflammation and hepatocyte damage, but the correlation between HCC, inflammation and cancer stem cells remains unclear. In this study, we examined the role of hepatic progenitor cells in a mouse model of chemical-induced hepatocarcinogenesis to elucidate the relationship between inflammation, malignant transformation and cancer stem cells. We used diethylnitrosamine (DEN) to induce liver tumour and scored for H&E and reticulin staining. We also scored for immunohistochemistry staining for OV-6 expression and analysed the statistical correlation between them. DEN progressively induced inflammation at week 7 (40%, 2/5); week 27 (75%, 6/8); week 33 (62.5%, 5/8); and week 50 (100%, 12/12). DEN progressively induced malignant transformation at week 7 (0%, 0/5); week 27 (87.5%, 7/8); week 33 (100%, 8/8); and week 50 (100%, 12/12). The obtained data showed that DEN progressively induced high-levels of OV-6 expression at week 7 (20%, 1/5); week 27 (37.5%, 3/8); week 33 (50%, 4/8); and week 50 (100%, 12/12). DEN-induced inflammation, malignant transformation and high-level OV-6 expression in hamster liver, as shown above, as well as applying Spearman’s correlation to the data showed that the expression of OV-6 was significantly correlated to inflammation (p = 0.001) and malignant transformation (p < 0.001). There was a significant correlation between the number of cancer stem cells, inflammation and malignant transformation in a DEN-induced model of hepatic carcinogenesis in the hamster.
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Yokoe M, Hata J, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Asbun HJ, Wakabayashi G, Kozaka K, Endo I, Deziel DJ, Miura F, Okamoto K, Hwang TL, Huang WSW, Ker CG, Chen MF, Han HS, Yoon YS, Choi IS, Yoon DS, Noguchi Y, Shikata S, Ukai T, Higuchi R, Gabata T, Mori Y, Iwashita Y, Hibi T, Jagannath P, Jonas E, Liau KH, Dervenis C, Gouma DJ, Cherqui D, Belli G, Garden OJ, Giménez ME, de Santibañes E, Suzuki K, Umezawa A, Supe AN, Pitt HA, Singh H, Chan ACW, Lau WY, Teoh AYB, Honda G, Sugioka A, Asai K, Gomi H, Itoi T, Kiriyama S, Yoshida M, Mayumi T, Matsumura N, Tokumura H, Kitano S, Hirata K, Inui K, Sumiyama Y, Yamamoto M. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos). J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2018; 25:41-54. [PMID: 29032636 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 497] [Impact Index Per Article: 82.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The Tokyo Guidelines 2013 (TG13) for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis were globally disseminated and various clinical studies about the management of acute cholecystitis were reported by many researchers and clinicians from all over the world. The 1st edition of the Tokyo Guidelines 2007 (TG07) was revised in 2013. According to that revision, the TG13 diagnostic criteria of acute cholecystitis provided better specificity and higher diagnostic accuracy. Thorough our literature search about diagnostic criteria for acute cholecystitis, new and strong evidence that had been released from 2013 to 2017 was not found with serious and important issues about using TG13 diagnostic criteria of acute cholecystitis. On the other hand, the TG13 severity grading for acute cholecystitis has been validated in numerous studies. As a result of these reviews, the TG13 severity grading for acute cholecystitis was significantly associated with parameters including 30-day overall mortality, length of hospital stay, conversion rates to open surgery, and medical costs. In terms of severity assessment, breakthrough and intensive literature for revising severity grading was not reported. Consequently, TG13 diagnostic criteria and severity grading were judged from numerous validation studies as useful indicators in clinical practice and adopted as TG18/TG13 diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis without any modification. Free full articles and mobile app of TG18 are available at: http://www.jshbps.jp/modules/en/index.php?content_id=47. Related clinical questions and references are also included.
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- Masamichi Yokoe
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy and Ultrasound, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Section of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Family Medicine, Mie Prefectural Ichishi Hospital, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Pediatric Surgery, Oita University, Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Surgical Gastroenterology/Hepatopancreatobiliary Unit, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Hepatobiliary Center, Paul Brousse Hospital, Villejuif, France
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- Department of General and HPB Surgery, Loreto Nuovo Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Chair of General Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery "Taquini", University of Buenos Aires, DAICIM Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital Italiano, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Surgery, Fujinomiya City General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Seth G S Medical College and K E M Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Hospital Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Surgery Centre, Department of Surgery, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Global Health, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Hemodialysis and Surgery, Chemotherapy Research Institute Kaken Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan.,Department of EBM and Guidelines, Japan Council for Quality Health Care, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, JR Sapporo Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Gomi H, Solomkin JS, Schlossberg D, Okamoto K, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Ukai T, Endo I, Iwashita Y, Hibi T, Pitt HA, Matsunaga N, Takamori Y, Umezawa A, Asai K, Suzuki K, Han HS, Hwang TL, Mori Y, Yoon YS, Huang WSW, Belli G, Dervenis C, Yokoe M, Kiriyama S, Itoi T, Jagannath P, Garden OJ, Miura F, de Santibañes E, Shikata S, Noguchi Y, Wada K, Honda G, Supe AN, Yoshida M, Mayumi T, Gouma DJ, Deziel DJ, Liau KH, Chen MF, Liu KH, Su CH, Chan ACW, Yoon DS, Choi IS, Jonas E, Chen XP, Fan ST, Ker CG, Giménez ME, Kitano S, Inomata M, Mukai S, Higuchi R, Hirata K, Inui K, Sumiyama Y, Yamamoto M. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2018; 25:3-16. [PMID: 29090866 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Antimicrobial therapy is a mainstay of the management for patients with acute cholangitis and/or cholecystitis. The Tokyo Guidelines 2018 (TG18) provides recommendations for the appropriate use of antimicrobials for community-acquired and healthcare-associated infections. The listed agents are for empirical therapy provided before the infecting isolates are identified. Antimicrobial agents are listed by class-definitions and TG18 severity grade I, II, and III subcategorized by clinical settings. In the era of emerging and increasing antimicrobial resistance, monitoring and updating local antibiograms is underscored. Prudent antimicrobial usage and early de-escalation or termination of antimicrobial therapy are now important parts of decision-making. What is new in TG18 is that the duration of antimicrobial therapy for both acute cholangitis and cholecystitis is systematically reviewed. Prophylactic antimicrobial usage for elective endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is no longer recommended and the section was deleted in TG18. Free full articles and mobile app of TG18 are available at: http://www.jshbps.jp/modules/en/index.php?content_id=47. Related clinical questions and references are also included.
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- Harumi Gomi
- Center for Global Health, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Section of HPB Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, Mie Prefectural Ichishi Hospital, Mie, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Pediatric Surgery, Oita University, Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fujinomiya City General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of General and HPB Surgery, Loreto Nuovo Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital Italiano, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Seth G S Medical College and K E M Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Hemodialysis and Surgery, Ichikawa Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan.,Department of EBM and Guidelines, Japan Council for Quality Health Care, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Liau KH Consulting PL, Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Surgery Centre, Department of Surgery, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea
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- Surgical Gastroenterology/Hepatopancreatobiliary Unit, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Hepatic Surgery Centre, Department of Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Liver Surgery Centre, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Chair of General Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery "Taquini", University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, DAICIM Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Pediatric Surgery, Oita University, Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, JR Sapporo Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Kiriyama S, Kozaka K, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Pitt HA, Gabata T, Hata J, Liau KH, Miura F, Horiguchi A, Liu KH, Su CH, Wada K, Jagannath P, Itoi T, Gouma DJ, Mori Y, Mukai S, Giménez ME, Huang WSW, Kim MH, Okamoto K, Belli G, Dervenis C, Chan ACW, Lau WY, Endo I, Gomi H, Yoshida M, Mayumi T, Baron TH, de Santibañes E, Teoh AYB, Hwang TL, Ker CG, Chen MF, Han HS, Yoon YS, Choi IS, Yoon DS, Higuchi R, Kitano S, Inomata M, Deziel DJ, Jonas E, Hirata K, Sumiyama Y, Inui K, Yamamoto M. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos). J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2018; 25:17-30. [PMID: 29032610 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 326] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Although the diagnostic and severity grading criteria on the 2013 Tokyo Guidelines (TG13) are used worldwide as the primary standard for management of acute cholangitis (AC), they need to be validated through implementation and assessment in actual clinical practice. Here, we conduct a systematic review of the literature to validate the TG13 diagnostic and severity grading criteria for AC and propose TG18 criteria. While there is little evidence evaluating the TG13 criteria, they were validated through a large-scale case series study in Japan and Taiwan. Analyzing big data from this study confirmed that the diagnostic rate of AC based on the TG13 diagnostic criteria was higher than that based on the TG07 criteria, and that 30-day mortality in patients with a higher severity based on the TG13 severity grading criteria was significantly higher. Furthermore, a comparison of patients treated with early or urgent biliary drainage versus patients not treated this way showed no difference in 30-day mortality among patients with Grade I or Grade III AC, but significantly lower 30-day mortality in patients with Grade II AC who were treated with early or urgent biliary drainage. This suggests that the TG13 severity grading criteria can be used to identify Grade II patients whose prognoses may be improved through biliary drainage. The TG13 severity grading criteria may therefore be useful as an indicator for biliary drainage as well as a predictive factor when assessing the patient's prognosis. The TG13 diagnostic and severity grading criteria for AC can provide results quickly, are minimally invasive for the patients, and are inexpensive. We recommend that the TG13 criteria be adopted in the TG18 guidelines and used as standard practice in the clinical setting. Free full articles and mobile app of TG18 are available at: http://www.jshbps.jp/modules/en/index.php?content_id=47. Related clinical questions and references are also included.
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- Seiki Kiriyama
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Section of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Endoscopy and Ultrasound, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital Singapore and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Cheng Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- General Surgery and Minimal Invasive Surgery "Taquini", University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,DAICIM Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of General and HPB Surgery, Loreto Nuovo Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Surgery Centre, Department of Surgery, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Center for Global Health, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Hemodialysis and Surgery, Ichikawa Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan.,Department of EBM and Guidelines, Japan Council for Quality Health Care, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital Italiano, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterolgical and Pediatric Surgery, Oita University, Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, USA
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- Surgical Gastroenterology /Hepatopancreatobiliary Unit, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Surgery, JR Sapporo Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Okamoto K, Suzuki K, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Asbun HJ, Endo I, Iwashita Y, Hibi T, Pitt HA, Umezawa A, Asai K, Han HS, Hwang TL, Mori Y, Yoon YS, Huang WSW, Belli G, Dervenis C, Yokoe M, Kiriyama S, Itoi T, Jagannath P, Garden OJ, Miura F, Nakamura M, Horiguchi A, Wakabayashi G, Cherqui D, de Santibañes E, Shikata S, Noguchi Y, Ukai T, Higuchi R, Wada K, Honda G, Supe AN, Yoshida M, Mayumi T, Gouma DJ, Deziel DJ, Liau KH, Chen MF, Shibao K, Liu KH, Su CH, Chan ACW, Yoon DS, Choi IS, Jonas E, Chen XP, Fan ST, Ker CG, Giménez ME, Kitano S, Inomata M, Hirata K, Inui K, Sumiyama Y, Yamamoto M. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 25:55-72. [PMID: 29045062 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 386] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mayumi T, Okamoto K, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Solomkin JS, Schlossberg D, Pitt HA, Yoshida M, Gomi H, Miura F, Garden OJ, Kiriyama S, Yokoe M, Endo I, Asbun HJ, Iwashita Y, Hibi T, Umezawa A, Suzuki K, Itoi T, Hata J, Han HS, Hwang TL, Dervenis C, Asai K, Mori Y, Huang WSW, Belli G, Mukai S, Jagannath P, Cherqui D, Kozaka K, Baron TH, de Santibañes E, Higuchi R, Wada K, Gouma DJ, Deziel DJ, Liau KH, Wakabayashi G, Padbury R, Jonas E, Supe AN, Singh H, Gabata T, Chan ACW, Lau WY, Fan ST, Chen MF, Ker CG, Yoon YS, Choi IS, Kim MH, Yoon DS, Kitano S, Inomata M, Hirata K, Inui K, Sumiyama Y, Yamamoto M. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: management bundles for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 25:96-100. [PMID: 29090868 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Management bundles that define items or procedures strongly recommended in clinical practice have been used in many guidelines in recent years. Application of these bundles facilitates the adaptation of guidelines and helps improve the prognosis of target diseases. In Tokyo Guidelines 2013 (TG13), we proposed management bundles for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis. Here, in Tokyo Guidelines 2018 (TG18), we redefine the management bundles for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis. Critical parts of the bundles in TG18 include the diagnostic process, severity assessment, transfer of patients if necessary, and therapeutic approach at each time point. Observance of these items and procedures should improve the prognosis of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis. Studies are now needed to evaluate the dissemination of these TG18 bundles and their effectiveness. Free full articles and mobile app of TG18 are available at: http://www.jshbps.jp/modules/en/index.php?content_id=47. Related clinical questions and references are also included.
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- Toshihiko Mayumi
- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Center for Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Kitakyushu City Yahata Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Section of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Professor of Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Medical Director, TB Control Program, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Hemodialysis and Surgery, Ichikawa Hospital, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba, Japan.,Department of EBM and Guidelines, Japan Council for Quality Health Care, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Global Health, Mito Kyodo General Hospital, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Pediatric Surgery, Oita University, Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Fujinomiya City General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Endoscopy and Ultrasound, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of General and HPB Surgery, Loreto Nuovo Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India
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- Hepatobiliary Center, Paul Brousse Hospital, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital Italiano, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Liau KH Consulting PL, Mt Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Surgical and Specialty Services, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Surgical Gastroenterology/Hepatopancreatobiliary Unit, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Seth G S Medical College and K E M Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Hospital Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Surgery Centre, Department of Surgery, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
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- Director, Liver Surgery Centre, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Division of General Surgery, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Gastroenterological and Pediatric Surgery, Oita University, Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, JR Sapporo Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Second Teaching Hospital, Fujita Health University, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Mori Y, Itoi T, Baron TH, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Pitt HA, Ukai T, Shikata S, Noguchi Y, Teoh AYB, Kim MH, Asbun HJ, Endo I, Yokoe M, Miura F, Okamoto K, Suzuki K, Umezawa A, Iwashita Y, Hibi T, Wakabayashi G, Han HS, Yoon YS, Choi IS, Hwang TL, Chen MF, Garden OJ, Singh H, Liau KH, Huang WSW, Gouma DJ, Belli G, Dervenis C, de Santibañes E, Giménez ME, Windsor JA, Lau WY, Cherqui D, Jagannath P, Supe AN, Liu KH, Su CH, Deziel DJ, Chen XP, Fan ST, Ker CG, Jonas E, Padbury R, Mukai S, Honda G, Sugioka A, Asai K, Higuchi R, Wada K, Yoshida M, Mayumi T, Hirata K, Sumiyama Y, Inui K, Yamamoto M. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: management strategies for gallbladder drainage in patients with acute cholecystitis (with videos). J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 25:87-95. [PMID: 28888080 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Endo I, Takada T, Hwang TL, Akazawa K, Mori R, Miura F, Yokoe M, Itoi T, Gomi H, Chen MF, Jan YY, Ker CG, Wang HP, Kiriyama S, Wada K, Yamaue H, Miyazaki M, Yamamoto M. Optimal treatment strategy for acute cholecystitis based on predictive factors: Japan-Taiwan multicenter cohort study. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 24:346-361. [PMID: 28419741 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although early laparoscopic cholecystectomy is widely performed for acute cholecystitis, the optimal timing of a cholecystectomy in clinically ill patients remains controversial. This study aims to determine the best practice for the patients presenting with acute cholecystitis focused on disease severity and comorbidities. METHODS An international multicentric retrospective observational study was conducted over a 2-year period. Patients were divided into four groups: Group A: primary cholecystectomy; Group B: cholecystectomy after gallbladder drainage; Group C: gallbladder drainage alone; and Group D: medical treatment alone. RESULTS The subjects of analyses were 5,329 patients. There were statistically significant differences in mortality rates between patients with Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) scores below and above 6 (P < 0.001). The shortest operative time was observed in Group A patients who underwent surgery 0-3 days after admission (P < 0.01). Multiple regression analysis revealed CCI and low body mass index <20 as predictive factors of 30-day mortality in Grade I+II patients. Also, jaundice, neurological dysfunction, and respiratory dysfunction were predictive factors of 30-day mortality in Grade III patients. In Grade III patients without predictive factors, there were no difference in mortality between Group A and Group B (0% vs. 0%), whereas Group A patients had higher mortality rates than that of Group B patients (9.3% vs. 0.0%) in cases with at least one predictive factor. CONCLUSION Even patients with Grade III severity, primary cholecystectomy can be performed safely if they have no predictive factors of mortality. Gallbladder drainage may have a therapeutic role in subgroups with higher CCI or higher disease severity.
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- Itaru Endo
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Global Health Mito Kyodo General Hospital University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
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- Emeritus Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Kiriyama S, Takada T, Hwang TL, Akazawa K, Miura F, Gomi H, Mori R, Endo I, Itoi T, Yokoe M, Chen MF, Jan YY, Ker CG, Wang HP, Wada K, Yamaue H, Miyazaki M, Yamamoto M. Clinical application and verification of the TG13 diagnostic and severity grading criteria for acute cholangitis: an international multicenter observational study. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 24:329-337. [PMID: 28419764 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Tokyo Guidelines 2007 (TG07) first presented the diagnostic and severity grading criteria for acute cholangitis. Subsequently updated in 2013, the Tokyo Guidelines (TG13) have been widely adopted throughout the world as global standard guidelines. We set out to verify the efficacy of these TG13 criteria in an international multicenter study. METHODS We reviewed 6,063 patients who were clinically diagnosed with acute cholangitis in Japan and Taiwan over a 2-year period. The TG13 diagnostic and severity grading criteria were retrospectively applied, and 30-day mortality was investigated. RESULTS A diagnosis of acute cholangitis was made in 5,454 (90.0%) patients on the basis of the TG13 criteria, and in 4,815 (79.4%) patients on the basis of the TG07 criteria. The 30-day mortality rates of patients with Grade III, Grade II, and Grade I were 5.1%, 2.6%, and 1.2%, respectively, and increased significantly along with disease severity. The mortality rate in the 1,272 Grade II cases where urgent or early biliary drainage was performed was 2.0% (n = 25), which was significantly lower than that of 3.7% (n = 28) in the other 748 cases. CONCLUSION By using the TG13 diagnostic and severity grading criteria, more patients with possible acute cholangitis can be diagnosed, and patients whose prognosis can potentially be improved by early biliary drainage can be identified. The TG13 criteria are appropriate and useful for clinical practice.
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- Seiki Kiriyama
- Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Global Health Mito Kyodo General Hospital University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy at National Center for Child Health and Development - National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
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- Emeritus Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Gomi H, Takada T, Hwang TL, Akazawa K, Mori R, Endo I, Miura F, Kiriyama S, Matsunaga N, Itoi T, Yokoe M, Chen MF, Jan YY, Ker CG, Wang HP, Wada K, Yamaue H, Miyazaki M, Yamamoto M. Updated comprehensive epidemiology, microbiology, and outcomes among patients with acute cholangitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 24:310-318. [PMID: 28371094 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The international practice guidelines for patients with acute cholangitis and cholecystitis were released in 2007 (TG07) and revised in 2013 (TG13). This study investigated updated epidemiology and outcomes among patients with acute cholangitis on a larger scale for the first time. METHODS This is an international multi-center retrospective observational study in Japan and Taiwan. All consecutive patients older than 18 years of age and given a clinical diagnosis of acute cholangitis by clinicians between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2012 were enrolled. Those who met the diagnostic criteria of acute cholangitis by TG13 were statistically analyzed. RESULTS A total of 7,294 patients were enrolled and 6,433 patients met the TG13 diagnostic criteria. The severity distribution was Grade I (37.5%), Grade II (36.2%), and Grade III (26.2%). The 30-day all-cause mortality was 2.4%, 4.7%, and 8.4% in Grade I, II, III severity, respectively (P < 0.001). The incidence of liver abscess and endocarditis as complications of acute cholangitis was 2.0% and 0.26%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS This is the first large scale study to investigate patients with acute cholangitis. This study provides the basis to define the best practices to manage patients with acute cholangitis in future studies.
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- Harumi Gomi
- Center for Global Health Mito Kyodo General Hospital University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of medical informatics, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
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- Emeritus Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Yokoe M, Takada T, Hwang TL, Endo I, Akazawa K, Miura F, Mayumi T, Mori R, Chen MF, Jan YY, Ker CG, Wang HP, Itoi T, Gomi H, Kiriyama S, Wada K, Yamaue H, Miyazaki M, Yamamoto M. Validation of TG13 severity grading in acute cholecystitis: Japan-Taiwan collaborative study for acute cholecystitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 24:338-345. [PMID: 28419779 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The collaborative multicenter retrospective study of acute cholecystitis (AC) was performed in Japan and Taiwan. The aim for this study was evaluation of the clinical value of TG13 severity grading for AC. METHOD The study was designed as an international multicenter retrospective study of AC from 2011 to 2013. Based on the data, we investigated the TG13 severity grading by analyzing the correlations between grade and prognosis, surgical procedures, histopathology, and organ dysfunction and prognosis. RESULTS An investigation revealed that 30-day overall mortality rate was 1.1% for Grade I, 0.8% for Grade II, 5.4% for Grade III. The mortality rate for Grade III was significantly higher than lower grades (P < 0.001). The greater the number of organ dysfunction, the higher the mortality rate (P < 0.001). However, the mortality rate varied depending on the number of organ dysfunction (3.1-25%). With respect to the surgical procedures, laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed for Grade I patients (P < 0.001), and the higher the grade, the more likely open surgery would be selected (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION TG13 severity grading criteria for AC are providing great benefits in actual clinical settings. From this study, the position of each severity grade was obviously confirmed.
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- Masamichi Yokoe
- Department of General Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Global Health Mito Kyodo General Hospital University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Emeritus Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Itoi T, Takada T, Hwang TL, Endo I, Akazawa K, Miura F, Chen MF, Jan YY, Ker CG, Wang HP, Gomi H, Yokoe M, Kiriyama S, Wada K, Yamaue H, Miyazaki M, Yamamoto M. Percutaneous and endoscopic gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis: international multicenter comparative study using propensity score-matched analysis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 24:362-368. [PMID: 28371480 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tokyo Guideline 2013 (TG13) proposed three drainage techniques for the treatment of acute cholecystitis. We evaluated the clinical efficacy and adverse events between percutaneous transhepatic intervention (PTGBI) including percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) and percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder aspiration (PTGBA) and endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage (EGBD). METHODS A cohort study was performed using propensity score matching to reduce treatment selection bias. This involved the analysis of collected data for 1,764 patients who underwent PTGBI and EGBD. RESULTS Propensity score matching extracted 330 pairs of patients. The difference in the clinical success rate within 3 days between PTGBI and EGBD were 62.5% and 69.8%, respectively (P = 0.085). The differences in the suboptimal clinical success rates within 7 days between PTGBI and EGBD were 87.6% and 89.2% (P = 0.579). The differences in the complication rate between PTGBI and EGBD were 4.8% and 8.2% (P = 0.083). The differences in the complication rate among PTGBD, PTGBA and EGBD were 5.6%, 1.6% and 8.2% (P = 0.11). Median required days of PTGBD (3.0 days) was significantly longer than those of PTGBA and EGBD (1.5 and 2.0 days, respectively) (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION The current study showed the PTGBI showed similar clinical efficacy compared with EGBD without significant discrepancy of complication rate for the treatment of acute cholecystitis.
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- Takao Itoi
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of medical informatics, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tauyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Center for Global Health Mito Kyodo General Hospital University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ogaki Municipal Hospital, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Second Department of Surgery, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan
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- Emeritus Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Yokoe M, Takada T, Hwang TL, Endo I, Akazawa K, Miura F, Mayumi T, Mori R, Chen MF, Jan YY, Ker CG, Wang HP, Itoi T, Gomi H, Kiriyama S, Wada K, Yamaue H, Miyazaki M, Yamamoto M. Descriptive review of acute cholecystitis: Japan-Taiwan collaborative epidemiological study. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 24:319-328. [PMID: 28316140 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Masamichi Yokoe
- Department of General Internal Medicine; Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital; Aichi Japan
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- Department of Surgery; Teikyo University School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Division of General Surgery; Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Tauyuan Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery; Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine; Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Medical Informatics; Niigata University; Niigata Japan
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- Department of Surgery; Teikyo University School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine; School of Medicine; University of Occupational and Environmental Health; Fukuoka Japan
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- Department of Health Policy; National Center for Child Health and Development; Tokyo Japan
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- Division of General Surgery; Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Tauyuan Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery; Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Tauyuan Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery; Yuan's General Hospital; Kaohsiung Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine; National Taiwan University Hospital; National Taiwan University College of Medicine; Taipei Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Tokyo Medical University Hospital; Tokyo Japan
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- Center for Global Health; Mito Kyodo General Hospital; University of Tsukuba; Ibaraki Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology; Ogaki Municipal Hospital; Gifu Japan
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- Department of Surgery; Teikyo University School of Medicine; Tokyo Japan
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- Second Department of Surgery; Wakayama Medical University; Wakayama Japan
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- Emeritus Professor; Graduate School of Medicine; Chiba University; Chiba Japan
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- Department of Surgery; Institute of Gastroenterology; Tokyo Women's Medical University; Tokyo Japan
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Iwashita Y, Hibi T, Ohyama T, Honda G, Yoshida M, Miura F, Takada T, Han HS, Hwang TL, Shinya S, Suzuki K, Umezawa A, Yoon YS, Choi IS, Huang WSW, Chen KH, Watanabe M, Abe Y, Misawa T, Nagakawa Y, Yoon DS, Jang JY, Yu HC, Ahn KS, Kim SC, Song IS, Kim JH, Yun SS, Choi SH, Jan YY, Shan YS, Ker CG, Chan DC, Wu CC, Lee KT, Toyota N, Higuchi R, Nakamura Y, Mizuguchi Y, Takeda Y, Ito M, Norimizu S, Yamada S, Matsumura N, Shindoh J, Sunagawa H, Gocho T, Hasegawa H, Rikiyama T, Sata N, Kano N, Kitano S, Tokumura H, Yamashita Y, Watanabe G, Nakagawa K, Kimura T, Yamakawa T, Wakabayashi G, Mori R, Endo I, Miyazaki M, Yamamoto M. An opportunity in difficulty: Japan-Korea-Taiwan expert Delphi consensus on surgical difficulty during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 24:191-198. [PMID: 28196311 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hibi T, Iwashita Y, Ohyama T, Honda G, Yoshida M, Takada T, Han HS, Hwang TL, Shinya S, Suzuki K, Umezawa A, Yoon YS, Choi IS, Huang WSW, Chen KH, Miura F, Watanabe M, Abe Y, Misawa T, Nagakawa Y, Yoon DS, Jang JY, Yu HC, Ahn KS, Kim SC, Song IS, Kim JH, Yun SS, Choi SH, Jan YY, Sheen-Chen SM, Shan YS, Ker CG, Chan DC, Wu CC, Toyota N, Higuchi R, Nakamura Y, Mizuguchi Y, Takeda Y, Ito M, Norimizu S, Yamada S, Matsumura N, Shindoh J, Sunagawa H, Gocho T, Hasegawa H, Rikiyama T, Sata N, Kano N, Kitano S, Tokumura H, Yamashita Y, Watanabe G, Nakagawa K, Kimura T, Yamakawa T, Wakabayashi G, Endo I, Miyazaki M, Yamamoto M. The “right” way is not always popular: comparison of surgeons’ perceptions during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis among experts from Japan, Korea and Taiwan. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2017; 24:24-32. [PMID: 28026137 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cheng CJ, Chen PC, Lian SY, Wang YL, Ho SC, Chen YF, Tang YH, Ker CG. Effects of computed tomography for preoperative diagnosis of acute appendicitis on hospital expenditure. Formosan Journal of Surgery 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fjs.2016.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Iwashita Y, Ohyama T, Honda G, Hibi T, Yoshida M, Miura F, Takada T, Han HS, Hwang TL, Shinya S, Suzuki K, Umezawa A, Yoon YS, Choi IS, Huang WSW, Chen KH, Watanabe M, Abe Y, Misawa T, Nagakawa Y, Yoon DS, Jang JY, Yu HC, Ahn KS, Kim SC, Song IS, Kim JH, Yun SS, Choi SH, Jan YY, Sheen-Chen SM, Shan YS, Ker CG, Chan DC, Lee KT, Toyota N, Higuchi R, Nakamura Y, Mizuguchi Y, Takeda Y, Ito M, Norimizu S, Yamada S, Matsumura N, Shindoh J, Sunagawa H, Hasegawa H, Rikiyama T, Sata N, Kano N, Kitano S, Tokumura H, Yamashita Y, Watanabe G, Nakagawa K, Kimura T, Yamakawa T, Wakabayashi G, Endo I, Miyazaki M, Yamamoto M. What are the appropriate indicators of surgical difficulty during laparoscopic cholecystectomy? Results from a Japan-Korea-Taiwan multinational survey. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2016; 23:533-47. [PMID: 27490841 DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Chiu HC, Hsieh HM, Lin YC, Kuo SJ, Kao HY, Yeh SCJ, Chang WH, Hsiao PJ, Chen YS, Lin SL, Lo GH, Ker CG, Hung YH, Cheng HA, Chou TH, Chou SY, Wang JH, Wang CF. Patient assessment of diabetes care in a pay-for-performance program. Int J Qual Health Care 2016; 28:183-90. [PMID: 26819445 DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzv120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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- Herng-Chia Chiu
- Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan Research Education and Epidemiology Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, 135 Nan-Hsiao Street, Changhua 500-06, Taiwan
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- Department of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Changhua Christian Hospital, 135 Nan-Hsiao Street, Changhua 500-06, Taiwan
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- Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan Department of Business Management, College of Management, National Sun Yat-sen University, 70 Lian Hai Road, Kaohsiung, 80424 Taiwan
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- MacKay Memorial Hospital, No. 92, Section 2, Zhongshan North Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104, Taiwan
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- College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, No. 386, Dazhong 1st Road, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City 813, Taiwan
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- President Superintendent, Choninn Healthcare System, No. 196, Sec. 1, Wenhua Rd., BanqiaoDist. New Taipei City 22041, Taiwan
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- E-DA Hospital; School of Medicine for International Students, I-Shou University 1 ,Yi-Da Road, Yanchao district, Kaohsiung, 82445 Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, 162, Chen-Kong 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80249, Taiwan
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- Yuan's General Hospital, No. 162, Cheng gong 1st Road, Ling ya District, Kaohsiung City 80249, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, Yuan's General Hospital, 162, Chen-Kun 1st Road, Kaohsiung 80249, Taiwan
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- Mennonite Christian Hospital, 44, Min-Chuan Road, Hualien 970, Taiwan
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- Cheng Ching General Hospital, 139 Ping Tien Street, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Education and Research, Jiannren Hospital, 136 Nanyang Road, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan
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- Division of Physical Therapy, Taitung Christian Hospital, 350 Kai-Feng Street, Taitung City, Taitung County 950, Taiwan
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Ker CG, Chen HY, Chen HJ, Tseng IH, Tsai YJ, Lo HW, Juan CC. Challenge of safety margin in laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. Formosan Journal of Surgery 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fjs.2014.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Higuchi R, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Pitt HA, Gouma DJ, Garden OJ, Büchler MW, Windsor JA, Mayumi T, Yoshida M, Miura F, Kimura Y, Okamoto K, Gabata T, Hata J, Gomi H, Supe AN, Jagannath P, Singh H, Kim MH, Hilvano SC, Ker CG, Kim SW. TG13 miscellaneous etiology of cholangitis and cholecystitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2013; 20:97-105. [PMID: 23307005 DOI: 10.1007/s00534-012-0565-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This paper describes typical diseases and morbidities classified in the category of miscellaneous etiology of cholangitis and cholecystitis. The paper also comments on the evidence presented in the Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis (TG 07) published in 2007 and the evidence reported subsequently, as well as miscellaneous etiology that has not so far been touched on. (1) Oriental cholangitis is the type of cholangitis that occurs following intrahepatic stones and is frequently referred to as an endemic disease in Southeast Asian regions. The characteristics and diagnosis of oriental cholangitis are also commented on. (2) TG 07 recommended percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage in patients with cholestasis (many of the patients have obstructive jaundice or acute cholangitis and present clinical signs due to hilar biliary stenosis or obstruction). However, the usefulness of endoscopic naso-biliary drainage has increased along with the spread of endoscopic biliary drainage procedures. (3) As for biliary tract infections in patients who underwent biliary tract surgery, the incidence rate of cholangitis after reconstruction of the biliary tract and liver transplantation is presented. (4) As for primary sclerosing cholangitis, the frequency, age of predilection and the rate of combination of inflammatory enteropathy and biliary tract cancer are presented. (5) In the case of acalculous cholecystitis, the frequency of occurrence, causative factors and complications as well as the frequency of gangrenous cholecystitis, gallbladder perforation and diagnostic accuracy are included in the updated Tokyo Guidelines 2013 (TG13). Free full-text articles and a mobile application of TG13 are available via http://www.jshbps.jp/en/guideline/tg13.html.
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- Ryota Higuchi
- Department of Surgery, Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan.
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Yokoe M, Takada T, Strasberg SM, Solomkin JS, Mayumi T, Gomi H, Pitt HA, Garden OJ, Kiriyama S, Hata J, Gabata T, Yoshida M, Miura F, Okamoto K, Tsuyuguchi T, Itoi T, Yamashita Y, Dervenis C, Chan ACW, Lau WY, Supe AN, Belli G, Hilvano SC, Liau KH, Kim MH, Kim SW, Ker CG. TG13 diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos). J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2013; 20:35-46. [PMID: 23340953 DOI: 10.1007/s00534-012-0568-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Since its publication in 2007, the Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis (TG07) have been widely adopted. The validation of TG07 conducted in terms of clinical practice has shown that the diagnostic criteria for acute cholecystitis are highly reliable but that the definition of definite diagnosis is ambiguous. Discussion by the Tokyo Guidelines Revision Committee concluded that acute cholecystitis should be suspected when Murphy's sign, local inflammatory findings in the gallbladder such as right upper quadrant abdominal pain and tenderness, and fever and systemic inflammatory reaction findings detected by blood tests are present but that definite diagnosis of acute cholecystitis can be made only on the basis of the imaging of ultrasonography, computed tomography or scintigraphy (HIDA scan). These proposed diagnostic criteria provided better specificity and accuracy rates than the TG07 diagnostic criteria. As for the severity assessment criteria in TG07, there is evidence that TG07 resulted in clarification of the concept of severe acute cholecystitis. Furthermore, there is evidence that severity assessment in TG07 has led to a reduction in the mean duration of hospital stay. As for the factors used to establish a moderate grade of acute cholecystitis, such as leukocytosis, ALP, old age, diabetes, being male, and delay in admission, no new strong evidence has been detected indicating that a change in the criteria used in TG07 is needed. Therefore, it was judged that the severity assessment criteria of TG07 could be applied in the updated Tokyo Guidelines (TG13) with minor changes. TG13 presents new standards for the diagnosis, severity grading and management of acute cholecystitis. Free full-text articles and a mobile application of TG13 are available via http://www.jshbps.jp/en/guideline/tg13.html.
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- Masamichi Yokoe
- General Internal Medicine, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, 2-9 Myoken-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8650, Japan.
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Chen JS, Chuang SC, Wang SN, Chang WT, Kuo KK, Lee KT, Ker CG. Natural course of splenic artery aneurysm with associated spontaneous splenorenal shunt in non-cirrhotic liver: an 18-year observational follow-up and review of literature. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2012; 29:55-8. [PMID: 23257258 DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2012.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/09/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Through a review of the literature, a splenic artery aneurysm (SAA) with associated spontaneous splenorenal shunt (SSRS) was only reported in patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. However, a natural course of a SAA with associated SSRS was found in a non-cirrhotic male patient during an 8-year observational follow-up, and thus reported. Initially, splenomegaly and thrombocytopenia were noted; SSRS was observed later with a tortuous dilated splenic artery, and a SAA was then progressively formed and found. The patient received splenectomy with aneurysm resection and SSRS was preserved. Post-operative follow-up revealed that the size of the SSRS was reduced. Through the course, no abnormalities of liver enzymes, portal hypertension, or esophageal-gastric varicose were found in the patient. No positive association was demonstrated between the formation of SSRS and the severity of liver cirrhosis in patients, implying some other factors, e.g., vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mentioned in the literature, might be involved.
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- Jong-Shyone Chen
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Yeh CN, Hwang TL, Huang CS, Lee PH, Wu CW, Chen-Guo K, Jan YY, Chen MF. Clinical practice guidelines for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor in Taiwan. World J Surg Oncol 2012; 10:246. [PMID: 23153013 PMCID: PMC3523083 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-10-246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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For many years, the understanding of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), which are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, has been very limited. However, it is now possible to provide a more precise definition through the use of pathology classification and molecular techniques. Coupled with the advancement of clinical practice, especially the development of targeted therapy, there is now a much better insight into its treatment. At present, organizations such as the National Comprehensive Cancer Network in the USA and the European Society for Medical Oncology in Europe have established a consensus and drawn up guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of GISTs.With experts coming from various districts in Taiwan and combining the most recent clinical data and experiences, the Taiwan Surgical Society of Gastroenterology drafted the first national GIST treatment guidelines after a consensus meeting in 2007. Following subsequent advances in GIST diagnosis and treatment, further revisions and modifications have been made to the original guidelines. We present here the updated consensus and recommendations of the Taiwan Surgical Society of Gastroenterology for the diagnosis and treatment of GIST. We hope these guidelines can help enhance the quality of diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients with GIST in Taiwan.
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- Chun-Nan Yeh
- Department of General Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, #5, Fu-Hsing Street Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Lee KT, Wang SN, Su RW, Chen HY, Shi HY, Ker CG, Chiu HC. Is wider surgical margin justified for better clinical outcomes in patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma? J Formos Med Assoc 2012; 111:160-70. [PMID: 22423670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2011.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2010] [Revised: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Ker CG, Kuo KK, Chang WT, Chen JS, Lee KT, Yang SF, Wu CC, Chai CY. Clinical significance of hepatic cancer stem cells. Formosan Journal of Surgery 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fjs.2011.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Chuang SC, Su YC, Lu CY, Hsu HT, Sun LC, Shih YL, Ker CG, Hsieh JS, Lee KT, Wang JY. Risk factors for the development of metachronous liver metastasis in colorectal cancer patients after curative resection. World J Surg 2011; 35:424-9. [PMID: 21153819 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0881-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Metachronous liver metastasis (MLM) occurs in 20-40% of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients following surgical treatment. The aim of the present study was to determine the risk factors affecting the development of MLM in CRC patients following curative resection. METHODS A total of 1,356 patients who underwent curative intent resection for CRC were retrospectively studied. Of these patients, those who with 30 days postoperative mortality (n=23), incomplete medical record (n=32), synchronous liver metastasis (n=148) and UICC stage IV (n=54) were excluded, and finally 1,099 patients were analyzed, including 977 patients without liver metastasis and 122 patients with MLM-only. Clinical and pathological records for each patient were reviewed from medical charts. The clinicopathologic characteristics of 1,099 patients were investigated. RESULTS The median timing of developing MLM was 13 months with a range of 4 to 79 months. Univariate analysis identified that preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level, depth of invasion, lymph nodes metastasis, vascular invasion, and perineural invasion were significantly correlated with the development of MLM (all P<0.05). Meanwhile, a multivariate analysis showed that preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level>5 ng/ml (Odds Ratio [OR]=1.591; 95% Confidence Interval [CI], 1.065-2.377; P=0.024), tumor depth (OR=2.294; 95% CI, 1.103-4.768; P=0.026), positive lymph node metastasis (OR=2.004; 95% CI, 1.324-3.031; P=0.001) and positive vascular invasion (OR=1.872; 95% CI, 1.225-2.861; P=0.004) were independent prognostic factors contributing to the occurrence of MLM. CONCLUSIONS The present study demonstrates that preoperative serum CEA level, tumor depth, lymph node metastasis, and positive vascular invasion could affect the occurrence of MLM in CRC patients following curative resection, and thus could help to define these high-risk patients who would benefit from enhanced surveillance and therapeutic program(s).
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- Shih-Chang Chuang
- Division of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan.
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Tsai JR, Chang WT, Sheu CC, Wu YJ, Sheu YH, Liu PL, Ker CG, Huang MC. Inadequate energy delivery during early critical illness correlates with increased risk of mortality in patients who survive at least seven days: A retrospective study. Clin Nutr 2011; 30:209-14. [PMID: 20943293 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2010.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2010] [Revised: 08/03/2010] [Accepted: 09/15/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development have been established, and include chronic hepatitis B and C, heavy alcohol consumption, and aflatoxins. In fact, 5%-30% of patients with HCC still lack a readily identifiable risk factor. It has been reported that the majority of ‘‘cryptogenic’’ HCC may be attributed to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, the hepatic presentation of the metabolic syndrome (MS). Obesity is associated with the development of the MS. Recently, adipose tissue has been considered as an endocrine organ because of its capacity to secrete a variety of cytokines, which are collectively known as the adipokines. Leptin, the product of the obese gene, is mainly produced by adipose tissue. Since leptin was first characterized in 1994, accumulated literature has demonstrated the involvement of this adipokine in several areas of human physiology. After binding to its receptor, leptin initiates a cascade of signaling events and subsequent cellular effects. In addition to being the regulatory mediator of energy homeostasis, several in vitro studies have demonstrated the fibrogenic role of leptin in the liver. Furthermore, the deregulated expression of leptin and its receptor have been demonstrated to be associated with a variety of metabolic disorders as well as human cancers. Most importantly, direct evidence supporting the inhibitory and/or activating role of leptin in the process of carcinogenesis and progression of human HCC has been accumulating rapidly. This review aims to provide important insights into the potential mechanisms of leptin in the development of HCC. Hopefully, further investigations will shed light on a new therapeutic target in HCC.
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Wang S, Yeh Y, Wang S, Chen Y, Chuang S, Ker C, Lee K. Decreased Retinol Binding Protein 4 Concentrations are Associated With Cholesterol Gallstone Disease. J Formos Med Assoc 2010; 109:422-9. [PMID: 20610143 DOI: 10.1016/s0929-6646(10)60073-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2009] [Revised: 07/06/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Buell JF, Cherqui D, Geller DA, O'Rourke N, Iannitti D, Dagher I, Koffron AJ, Thomas M, Gayet B, Han HS, Wakabayashi G, Belli G, Kaneko H, Ker CG, Scatton O, Laurent A, Abdalla EK, Chaudhury P, Dutson E, Gamblin C, D'Angelica M, Nagorney D, Testa G, Labow D, Manas D, Poon RT, Nelson H, Martin R, Clary B, Pinson WC, Martinie J, Vauthey JN, Goldstein R, Roayaie S, Barlet D, Espat J, Abecassis M, Rees M, Fong Y, McMasters KM, Broelsch C, Busuttil R, Belghiti J, Strasberg S, Chari RS; World Consensus Conference on Laparoscopic Surgery. The international position on laparoscopic liver surgery: The Louisville Statement, 2008. Ann Surg 2009; 250:825-30. [PMID: 19916210 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e3181b3b2d8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1089] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To summarize the current world position on laparoscopic liver surgery. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Multiple series have reported on the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic liver surgery. Small and medium sized procedures have become commonplace in many centers, while major laparoscopic liver resections have been performed with efficacy and safety equaling open surgery in highly specialized centers. Although the field has begun to expand rapidly, no consensus meeting has been convened to discuss the evolving field of laparoscopic liver surgery. METHODS On November 7 to 8, 2008, 45 experts in hepatobiliary surgery were invited to participate in a consensus conference convened in Louisville, KY, US. In addition, over 300 attendees were present from 5 continents. The conference was divided into sessions, with 2 moderators assigned to each, so as to stimulate discussion and highlight controversies. The format of the meeting varied from formal presentation of experiential data to expert opinion debates. Written and video records of the presentations were produced. Specific areas of discussion included indications for surgery, patient selection, surgical techniques, complications, patient safety, and surgeon training. RESULTS The consensus conference used the terms pure laparoscopy, hand-assisted laparoscopy, and the hybrid technique to define laparoscopic liver procedures. Currently acceptable indications for laparoscopic liver resection are patients with solitary lesions, 5 cm or less, located in liver segments 2 to 6. The laparoscopic approach to left lateral sectionectomy should be considered standard practice. Although all types of liver resection can be performed laparoscopically, major liver resections (eg, right or left hepatectomies) should be reserved for experienced surgeons facile with more advanced laparoscopic hepatic resections. Conversion should be performed for difficult resections requiring extended operating times, and for patient safety, and should be considered prudent surgical practice rather than failure. In emergent situations, efforts should be made to control bleeding before converting to a formal open approach. Utilization of a hand assist or hybrid technique may be faster, safer, and more efficacious. Indications for surgery for benign hepatic lesions should not be widened simply because the surgery can be done laparoscopically. Although data presented on colorectal metastases did not reveal an adverse effect of the laparoscopic approach on oncological outcomes in terms of margins or survival, adequacy of margins and ability to detect occult lesions are concerns. The pure laparoscopic technique of left lateral sectionectomy was used for adult to child donation while the hybrid approach has been the only one reported to date in the case of adult to adult right lobe donation. Laparoscopic liver surgery has not been tested by controlled trials for efficacy or safety. A prospective randomized trial appears to be logistically prohibitive; however, an international registry should be initiated to document the role and safety of laparoscopic liver resection. CONCLUSIONS Laparoscopic liver surgery is a safe and effective approach to the management of surgical liver disease in the hands of trained surgeons with experience in hepatobiliary and laparoscopic surgery. National and international societies, as well as governing boards, should become involved in the goal of establishing training standards and credentialing, to ensure consistent standards and clinical outcomes.
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Huang CW, Lin CY, Huang HY, Liu HW, Chen YJ, Shih DF, Chen HY, Juan CC, Ker CG, Huang CYF, Li CF, Shiue YL. CKS1B overexpression implicates clinical aggressiveness of hepatocellular carcinomas but not p27(Kip1) protein turnover: an independent prognosticator with potential p27 (Kip1)-independent oncogenic attributes? Ann Surg Oncol 2009; 17:907-22. [PMID: 19866239 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0779-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Through data mining the Stanford Microarray Database, the CKS1B transcript was found to be frequently upregulated in hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) with low alpha-fetal protein (AFP) expression. Together with SKP2, CKS1B is known to implicate p27(Kip1) protein turnover promoting cell-cycle progression. METHODS CKS1B, p27(Kip1), and SKP2 were immunostained in 75 HCCs and correlated with clinicopathological features, local recurrence-free survival (LRFS), and overall survival (OS). Silencing of CKS1B and SKP2 with interference short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) was performed in SK-Hep1 and Hep-3B cell lines. RESULTS Immunohistochemically, increased CKS1B and SKP2, and attenuated p27(Kip1) were all associated with tumor multiplicity (P < 0.05) and increasing American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage (P < 0.05). Overexpression of CKS1B significantly correlated with advanced Okuda stages (P = 0.048) and SKP2 overexpression (P = 0.047). Neither CKS1B nor SKP2 was inversely related to p27(Kip1), which was reinforced by no alteration in p27(Kip1) abundance in HCC-derived cells with CKS1B or SKP2 silencing. Both CKS1B overexpression (P = 0.0011 and P = 0.0017) and p27(Kip1) attenuation (P = 0.0079 and P = 0.0085) were predictive of OS and LRFS, respectively, while SKP2 overexpression was associated with worse OS alone (P = 0.0043). Combined assessment of CKS1B and p27(Kip1) was able to robustly distinguish three prognostically different groups (P < 0.0001). In multivariate comparison, CKS1B overexpression represented the strongest independent adverse prognosticator [OS, P = 0.0235, hazard ratio (HR): 4.193; LRFS, P = 0.0204, HR: 4.262], followed by p27(Kip1) attenuation (OS, P = 0.0320, HR: 2.553; LRFS, P = 0.0262, HR: 2.533). CONCLUSIONS CKS1B protein overexpression in HCCs is implicated in clinical aggressiveness but not in p27(Kip1) turnover, implying presence of p27(Kip1)-independent oncogenic attributes. The combined assessment of CKS1B and p27(Kip1) immunoexpressions effectively risk-stratifies HCCs with different prognoses, which may aid in the management of this deadly malignancy.
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- Ching-Wen Huang
- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Lee KT, Lu YW, Wang SN, Chen HY, Chuang SC, Chang WT, Shi HY, Ker CG, Chiu HC. The effect of preoperative transarterial chemoembolization of resectable hepatocellular carcinoma on clinical and economic outcomes. J Surg Oncol 2009; 99:343-50. [PMID: 19226530 DOI: 10.1002/jso.21248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most malignant cancers in the world. The effect of preoperative transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for resectable HCC is still controversial and cost-associated treatments are unknown. METHODS We retrospectively compared clinical outcomes and resource utilization after liver resection between patients who underwent preoperative TACE (TACE-LR group, n = 114) and those who did not (LR group, n = 236). RESULTS The overall mortality rate was 27.54% for the LR group versus 39.47% for the TACE-LR group (P < 0.05). The overall recurrent rates were 29.36% for the LR group versus 35.90% for the TACE-LR group (P > 0.05). Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that preoperative TACE was a significant risk factor (P = 0.002, HR = 1.995, 95% CI 1.297-3.069) for overall long-term survival for HCC. The TACE-LR group had longer mean lengths of stay and higher hospital charges, both at index hospitalization and at 6 months for follow-up. CONCLUSION Preoperative TACE is not only associated with higher medical utilizations, but it is also correlated with higher mortality rates over a 5-year period. The preoperative TACE does not benefit patients with resectable HCC. The golden standard or clinical guidelines should be developed to provide better clinical decisions and decision support for HCC patients.
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- King-Teh Lee
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chang WT, Lee KT, Huang MC, Chen JS, Chiang HC, Kuo KK, Chuang SC, Wang SR, Ker CG. The impact of body mass index on laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Taiwan: an oriental experience. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 16:648-54. [PMID: 19387531 DOI: 10.1007/s00534-009-0102-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2008] [Accepted: 01/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The outcome analysis of obese patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in Asia-Pacific countries is rarely reported. This study examined associations between body mass index (BMI) and clinical outcomes of elective LC in Taiwan. METHODS A total of 627 patients with gallbladder disease due to gallstones undergoing LC were divided into three groups based on BMI: <25.0 kg/m2 (normal, NO; n = 310), 25.0-29.9 kg/m2 (overweight, OW; n = 252), and >30 kg/m2 (obese, OB; n = 65). RESULTS Both overweight and obesity were not associated with conversion and complication rates. The conversion rates of the three groups were 5.5 (NO), 6.0 (OW), and 4.6% (OB), and the complication rates were 3.2 (NO), 2.4% (OW), and 4.6% (OB), respectively. However, overweight and obesity were related to a trend toward longer operating time (NO 67.4 +/- 31.8; OW 77.8 +/- 35.6; OB 79.0 +/- 37.9 min) (P trend <0.001). One death (BMI 40.6 kg/m2) was due to septic complications. In the multivariable logistic analysis, only acute cholecystitis, but not BMI, was a predictor for conversion and complications. CONCLUSIONS Based on these results, it appears that BMI was not associated with clinical outcomes and that LC is a safe procedure in obese patients with uncomplicated gallstone disease in Taiwan.
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- Wen-Tsan Chang
- Division of Hepatobiliarypancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, 100, Tz-You 1st Road, Kaohsiung, 80756, Taiwan
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Chen HY, Juan CC, Ker CG. Laparoscopic liver surgery for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Ann Surg Oncol 2007; 15:800-6. [PMID: 18165879 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9749-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2007] [Revised: 11/11/2007] [Accepted: 11/14/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Laparoscopic hepatectomy is feasible for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) today. This is a retrospective study of the patients with HCC treated by liver resection with a totally laparoscopic approach. METHODS This study recruited 116 patients (92 male, 24 female) that underwent laparoscopic liver resection (LR) for HCC. Patients were divided into two groups: group I: (n = 97, 78 male,19 female) those with a volume of resection less than two segments; group II: (n = 19, 14 male, 5 female) those with a volume of resection of more than two segments. The distribution of the tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage of patients in the two groups was not significantly different. RESULTS Patients resumed full diet on the second or third day after the operation, and the average length of hospital stay was 6 days. The operation time was 152.4 +/- 336.3 min and 175.8 +/- 57.4 min, while blood loss was 101.6 +/- 324.4 mL and 329.2 +/- 338.0 ml, for groups I and II, respectively. Five patients (5.2%) in group I and three patients (15.8%) in group II required blood transfusion (p = 0.122). The mortality rate was zero among our patients and complication rates were 6.2% and 5.2% for groups I and II, respectively. The 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year survival rates were 85.4%, 66.4%, and 59.4% for group I, and 94.7%, 74.2%, and 61.7% for group II, respectively, with no significant difference between two groups (p = 0.1237). CONCLUSION Laparoscopic liver resection is a procedure of significant risk and is more technically demanding in comparison with traditional open method. There was no significant difference in survival rates, based on the volume of resection. Laparoscopic surgery should be performed in selected patients as the postoperative quality of life of patients is better than that with open resection.
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- Hong-Yaw Chen
- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Center, Yuan General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Tanaka A, Takada T, Kawarada Y, Nimura Y, Yoshida M, Miura F, Hirota M, Wada K, Mayumi T, Gomi H, Solomkin JS, Strasberg SM, Pitt HA, Belghiti J, de Santibanes E, Padbury R, Chen MF, Belli G, Ker CG, Hilvano SC, Fan ST, Liau KH. Antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis: Tokyo Guidelines. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:59-67. [PMID: 17252298 PMCID: PMC2784514 DOI: 10.1007/s00534-006-1157-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2006] [Accepted: 08/06/2006] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Antimicrobial agents should be administered to all patients with suspected acute cholangitis as a priority as soon as possible. Bile cultures should be performed at the earliest opportunity. The important factors which should be considered in selecting antimicrobial therapy include the agent’s activity against potentially infecting bacteria, the severity of the cholangitis, the presence or absence of renal and hepatic diseases, the patient’s recent history of antimicrobial therapy, and any recent culture results, if available. Biliary penetration of the microbial agents should also be considered in the selection of antimicrobials, but activity against the infecting isolates is of greatest importance. If the causative organisms are identified, empirically chosen antimicrobial drugs should be replaced by narrower-spectrum antimicrobial agents, the most appropriate for the species and the site of the infection.
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- Atsushi Tanaka
- Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1, Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan
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Wada K, Takada T, Kawarada Y, Nimura Y, Miura F, Yoshida M, Mayumi T, Strasberg S, Pitt HA, Gadacz TR, Büchler MW, Belghiti J, de Santibanes E, Gouma DJ, Neuhaus H, Dervenis C, Fan ST, Chen MF, Ker CG, Bornman PC, Hilvano SC, Kim SW, Liau KH, Kim MH. Diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholangitis: Tokyo Guidelines. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:52-8. [PMID: 17252297 PMCID: PMC2784515 DOI: 10.1007/s00534-006-1156-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2006] [Accepted: 08/06/2006] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Because acute cholangitis sometimes rapidly progresses to a severe form accompanied by organ dysfunction, caused by the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and/or sepsis, prompt diagnosis and severity assessment are necessary for appropriate management, including intensive care with organ support and urgent biliary drainage in addition to medical treatment. However, because there have been no standard criteria for the diagnosis and severity assessment of acute cholangitis, practical clinical guidelines have never been established. The aim of this part of the Tokyo Guidelines is to propose new criteria for the diagnosis and severity assessment of acute cholangitis based on a systematic review of the literature and the consensus of experts reached at the International Consensus Meeting held in Tokyo 2006. Acute cholangitis can be diagnosed if the clinical manifestations of Charcot's triad, i.e., fever and/or chills, abdominal pain (right upper quadrant or epigastric), and jaundice are present. When not all of the components of the triad are present, then a definite diagnosis can be made if laboratory data and imaging findings supporting the evidence of inflammation and biliary obstruction are obtained. The severity of acute cholangitis can be classified into three grades, mild (grade I), moderate (grade II), and severe (grade III), on the basis of two clinical factors, the onset of organ dysfunction and the response to the initial medical treatment. "Severe (grade III)" acute cholangitis is defined as acute cholangitis accompanied by at least one new-onset organ dysfunction. "Moderate (grade II)" acute cholangitis is defined as acute cholangitis that is unaccompanied by organ dysfunction, but that does not respond to the initial medical treatment, with the clinical manifestations and/or laboratory data not improved. "Mild (grade I)" acute cholangitis is defined as acute cholangitis that responds to the initial medical treatment, with the clinical findings improved.
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- Keita Wada
- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan
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Yoshida M, Takada T, Kawarada Y, Tanaka A, Nimura Y, Gomi H, Hirota M, Miura F, Wada K, Mayumi T, Solomkin JS, Strasberg S, Pitt HA, Belghiti J, de Santibanes E, Fan ST, Chen MF, Belli G, Hilvano SC, Kim SW, Ker CG. Antimicrobial therapy for acute cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:83-90. [PMID: 17252301 PMCID: PMC2784497 DOI: 10.1007/s00534-006-1160-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2006] [Accepted: 08/06/2006] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Acute cholecystitis consists of various morbid conditions, ranging from mild cases that are relieved by the oral administration of antimicrobial drugs or that resolve even without antimicrobials to severe cases complicated by biliary peritonitis. Microbial cultures should be performed by collecting bile at all available opportunities to identify both aerobic and anaerobic organisms. Empirically selected antimicrobials should be administered. Antimicrobial activity against potential causative organisms, the severity of the cholecystitis, the patient’s past history of antimicrobial therapy, and local susceptibility patterns (antibiogram) must be taken into consideration in the choice of antimicrobial drugs. In mild cases which closely mimic biliary colic, the administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is recommended to prevent the progression of inflammation (recommendation grade A). When causative organisms are identified, the antimicrobial drug should be changed for a narrower-spectrum antimicrobial agent on the basis of the species and their susceptibility testing results.
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- Masahiro Yoshida
- Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan
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Hirota M, Takada T, Kawarada Y, Nimura Y, Miura F, Hirata K, Mayumi T, Yoshida M, Strasberg S, Pitt H, Gadacz TR, de Santibanes E, Gouma DJ, Solomkin JS, Belghiti J, Neuhaus H, Büchler MW, Fan ST, Ker CG, Padbury RT, Liau KH, Hilvano SC, Belli G, Windsor JA, Dervenis C. Diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 14:78-82. [PMID: 17252300 PMCID: PMC2784516 DOI: 10.1007/s00534-006-1159-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 263] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2006] [Accepted: 08/06/2006] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The aim of this article is to propose new criteria for the diagnosis and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis, based on a systematic review of the literature and a consensus of experts. A working group reviewed articles with regard to the diagnosis and treatment of acute cholecystitis and extracted the best current available evidence. In addition to the evidence and face-to-face discussions, domestic consensus meetings were held by the experts in order to assess the results. A provisional outcome statement regarding the diagnostic criteria and criteria for severity assessment was discussed and finalized during an International Consensus Meeting held in Tokyo 2006. Patients exhibiting one of the local signs of inflammation, such as Murphy’s sign, or a mass, pain or tenderness in the right upper quadrant, as well as one of the systemic signs of inflammation, such as fever, elevated white blood cell count, and elevated C-reactive protein level, are diagnosed as having acute cholecystitis. Patients in whom suspected clinical findings are confirmed by diagnostic imaging are also diagnosed with acute cholecystitis. The severity of acute cholecystitis is classified into three grades, mild (grade I), moderate (grade II), and severe (grade III). Grade I (mild acute cholecystitis) is defined as acute cholecystitis in a patient with no organ dysfunction and limited disease in the gallbladder, making cholecystectomy a low-risk procedure. Grade II (moderate acute cholecystitis) is associated with no organ dysfunction but there is extensive disease in the gallbladder, resulting in difficulty in safely performing a cholecystectomy. Grade II disease is usually characterized by an elevated white blood cell count; a palpable, tender mass in the right upper abdominal quadrant; disease duration of more than 72 h; and imaging studies indicating significant inflammatory changes in the gallbladder. Grade III (severe acute cholecystitis) is defined as acute cholecystitis with organ dysfunction.
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- Masahiko Hirota
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan
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Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) of the nipple-areola complex is very rare. Only 24 cases were reported in the literature and 17 (70.8%) of these cases arose in men. Most of the cases were treated with simple excision. We report on a case of BCC of the nipple-areola complex in a 46-year-old woman, treated with partial mastectomy. Metastasis to the axillary lymph nodes had been noted in 3 (12.5%) of the 24 reported cases of BCC of the nipple-areola complex. Thus, we applied the concept of the sentinel lymph node to detect possible metastases of axillary lymph nodes, letting us avoid the unnecessary axillary lymph node dissection and possible future morbidity.
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- Ching-Wen Huang
- Department of Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Tseng CS, Tang KS, Lo HW, Ker CG, Teng HC, Huang CS. UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A7 genetic polymorphisms are associated with hepatocellular carcinoma risk and onset age. Am J Gastroenterol 2005; 100:1758-63. [PMID: 16086712 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41857.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES It has been demonstrated that the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 1A7*3 allele is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in German and Japanese populations. In this study, therefore, we evaluated the association between UGT1A7 genetic polymorphisms and HCC risk in southern Taiwan, where hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are endemic. METHODS The 217 HCC patients and 291 controls enrolled in this case-control study were genotyped for UGT1A7 polymorphisms using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. RESULTS Univariate logistic regression analysis revealed that presence of UGT1A7*2 and *3 alleles was associated with HCC risk [odds ratio (OR) = 1.50, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04 approximately 2.16 and OR = 1.73, 95% CI: 1.19 approximately 2.52, respectively]. Multiple logistic regression analysis demonstrated that significant independent risk factors for HCC were male gender (OR = 2.53, 95% CI: 1.42 approximately 4.52), HBV infection (OR = 13.73, 95% CI: 8.04 approximately 23.46), HCV infection (OR = 83.93, 95% CI: 37.01 approximately 190.32), and low-activity UGT1A7 genotype [high/low (H/L) genotype: OR = 1.93, 95% CI: 1.12 approximately 3.32; low/low (L/L) genotype: OR = 3.06, 95% CI: 1.50 approximately 6.24]. For male HCC patients, significantly earlier onset age was observed for those bearing the UGT1A7 low-activity genotype as opposed to those with the high-activity analogue (median age: 50 vs 59 yr; p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS An inverse dose-response relationship was demonstrated between the detoxifying activity of the UGT1A7 genotypes and HCC. Of the male HCC patients, median onset age for those carrying an UGT1A7 low-activity genotype was 9 yr lower than those bearing the high-activity variant.
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- Chien-Sen Tseng
- Division of Hepatology, Center of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Tseng CS, Lo HW, Teng HC, Lo WC, Ker CG. Elevated levels of plasma VEGF in patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 43:99-102. [PMID: 15607642 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2004] [Revised: 10/13/2004] [Accepted: 10/18/2004] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) can be produced by monocytes and endothelial cells. It plays important role in angiogenesis and vascular permeability. The phenomenon of extensive plasma leakage into various serous cavities of the body is a cardinal symptom of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). This study was performed to investigate the role of VEGF in patients with DHF. Plasma samples collected from the 53 dengue fever (DF) patients (including 14 patients with DHF), and 5 additional subjects with non-dengue febrile illness as controls were tested for VEGF levels using commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits. The results showed that median plasma levels of VEGF in the patients with DHF (54.6 pg ml(-1)) were significantly higher than those of DF (14.6 pg ml(-1)) and control group (27.1 pg ml(-1)) (P<0.05). In addition, VEGF levels in DF patients were not significantly different from those of control patients with non-dengue febrile illness (P=0.17). Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the clinical variables independently associated with VEGF levels. The data showed that D-dimer levels were significantly associated with VEGF levels. In this study, plasma VEGF levels in patients with DHF were significantly higher than values from DF patients. The association between increased plasma VEGF levels and increased plasma D-dimer levels in the patients with dengue illness suggests that activation of the fibrinolytic system may play a role in VEGF production in the patients with DF.
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- Chien-Sen Tseng
- Department of Internal medicine, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Traumatic abdominal wall hernia is an uncommon complication of abdominal blunt trauma. Handlebar hernia is even more infrequent. To the best of our knowledge, there are fewer than 30 cases of handlebar hernia reported in the English literature. Associated intra-abdominal injuries are infrequent. We present a case of handlebar hernia with jejunal and duodenal injuries. Emergency surgical intervention included primary repair of the disrupted musculofascial defect and injuries of the duodenum and jejunum. Bile-stained discharge from the drain tube was noted, so a second operation was performed about 7 days after the first. Leakage from the sutured jejunal perforation and another irregular perforation in the posterior wall of the fourth portion of the duodenum were noted. The two perforations were debrided and repaired. The muscular and fascial defects were debrided and closed with interrupted sutures. The patient recovered smoothly and was discharged 30 days after the blunt injury. No other major complication was noted 11 months after surgery.
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- Ching-Wen Huang
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Lo HW, Tsai YJ, Chen PH, Chen HY, Ker CG, Juan CC. Radiofrequency ablation for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis. Hepatogastroenterology 2003; 50:645-50. [PMID: 12828052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The majority of hepatocellular carcinoma patients with cirrhosis are not candidates for surgical resection, and local thermal therapy producing destruction of cancer cells was one of the ideal options for treatment. Heat from radiofrequency ablation is generated through agitation caused by an alternating electrical current. The heat of radiofrequency energy results in local cell coagulation and causes cellular ablation necrosis of tumor tissue. METHODOLOGY Eighteen cases of hepatocellular carcinoma were treated with radiofrequency ablation in our institute. We used a RFA 2000 generator (Boston Scientific Co, USA) with LeVeen needle with the maximum diameter of 3.5 cm when the array electrodes were fanned out. The indications for this method included; i) normal prothrombin profile, ii) no ascites, iii) tumor can be detected and approached by ultrasound, iv) tumor cannot be resected or patient is not willing to take the operation. RESULTS No specific complication was noted during or after the procedure. Only two cases needed more analgesics after the procedure. One case was found with burning of the stomach serosa proved by laparoscopic examination, in which radiofrequency ablation was performed to the tumor located in the left lobe of the segment 3. Impedance could not raise up completely in two cases with larger size tumor more than 5 cm. The decreased levels of alpha-fetoprotein were significant (P = 0.005) after radiofrequency ablation treatment. Residual tumor was found in four cases (20%) in the follow-up abdominal computed tomography scan. CONCLUSIONS Radiofrequency ablation resulted in a higher rate of complete necrosis of tumor tissue and the complication rate was low as well. Therefore, we believed that radiofrequency ablation is an ideal treatment modality for most liver tumors, which cannot tolerate the conventional surgical procedures.
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- Hoi-Wan Lo
- Division of Hepatology, Institute of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Yuan's General Hospital, No. 162, Cheng Kung 1st Rd, Kaohsiung 80211, Taiwan
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Ker CG, Chen HY, Chen KS, Jeng IJ, Yang MY, Juan CC, Chen PH, Lo HY, Chai IC, Shih DS, Sheen II. Clinical significance of cell differentiation in hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatogastroenterology 2003; 50:475-9. [PMID: 12749251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Hepatocellular carcinoma is commonly found in Asian countries and prognosis still remains unsatisfactory due to recurrence after surgical tumor resection. METHODOLOGY We try to demonstrate the recurrence and survival time in 99 surgical patients grading by tumor cellular differentiation from surgical specimen. RESULTS The rates of well, moderate, and poor differentiation were encountered in 21 cases (21.2%), 61 cases (61.6%) and 17 cases (17.7%), respectively. Small tumor (< 3 cm) was found in only one (5.9%) in the poor differentiation group and 38.1% and 37.7% in the well and moderate differentiation groups. Capsular invasion was found in 13 (61.9%), 39 (63.9%) and 7 (41.1%) in the well, moderate and poor differentiation group, respectively. We found 41.9% (18/43) and 22.4% (13/58) to be tumor free in capsule invasion (-) and (+) after a period of 18.1 and 29.9 months, respectively. However, the recurrent time was 10.6 and 11.3 months, respectively with no significant difference (p > 0.05). Vascular invasion was more frequent in the poor differentiation group (76.5%) than the well (23.8%) and moderate (60.7%) differentiation groups (P < 0.05). We found 23.5% (4/17) and 35% (21/60) to be tumor free but the recurrence time was 6.5 and 14.1 months for the vascular invasion (-) and (+), respectively. The residual median survival times were 6.5 and 14 months after recurrence, respectively. The tumor recurrence rates were 52.7% (11/21), 52.4% (32/61), and 35.5% (6/17) and recurrence times were 11.7, 11.9, and 4.5 months for the well, moderate and poor differentiation group respectively totally. The recurrence time of young age group (< 39 years old) was shorter than the others and there was no patient of well differentiation less than 40 years old. The recurrence time was shorter in the poor differentiation group but there was no significant difference according to age group. The median survival times were 22.2, 22.9, and 9.5 months for each group, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma cell had a clinical significance and was found to be positively correlated with the invasive proclivity. The median survival time was longer in both the well and moderate differentiation group, but not in the poor differentiation group. The clinical data revealed that the extended operations performed upon the patients with poor differentiation effected the recurrence time but not the survival time.
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- C G Ker
- Division of HBP Surgery, Institute of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Yuan's General Hospital, No. 162, Cheng-Kung 1st Rd., Kaohsiung 80211, Taiwan.
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Chen HY, Ker CG, Juan CC, Lo HW. Laparoscopic subsegmentectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis: a case report. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2000; 16:582-6. [PMID: 11294065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Laparoscopic liver resection is feasible for both benign and malignant disease with present laparoscopic techniques and technology. Laparoscopic liver tumor resection is indicated instead of the conventional hepatectomy if the tumor is located in the peripheral part of the liver. Here, we reported a case of a 73-year-old woman who accepted laparoscopic subsegmentectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma of segment 6. After traditional laparoscopic trocar was settled down under the low pneumoperitoneal pressure of 8 mm Hg, laparoscopic ultrasound allowed exact localization of lesions first and then transection line was marked. Then, dissection the liver parenchyma was carried out with laparoscopic microwave coagulator and ultrasonic aspirator gradually. After operation, she resumed full diet on the second day and was discharged on the 5th post-operative day with no complications and high patient satisfaction. She had follow-up study regularly in our clinic and was disease free at nine months. With the improvement of laparoscopic techniques and the development of new and dedicated technologies, laparoscopic hepatectomy has become feasible.
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- H Y Chen
- Division of HBP Surgery, Institute of Hepato-Gastroenterology, Yuan's General Hospital, No. 162, Cheng-Kung 1st Rd., Kaohsiung 80211, Taiwan
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Ker CG, Chen HY, Juan CC, Chang WS, Tsai CY, Lo HW, Yau MT. Laparoscopic subsegmentectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis. Hepatogastroenterology 2000; 47:1260-3. [PMID: 11100327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Laparoscopic liver resection is feasible for both benign and malignant disease with today's laparoscopic techniques and technology. Location of the tumor at the edge of segment 3, 4, 5, or 6 of our patients makes them an ideal candidate for laparoscopic resection. METHODOLOGY There were 9 patients who underwent laparoscopic subsegmentectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma with cirrhosis. They were classified as Child A in 6 and B in 3 patients. Hepatitis B was found in 5 and Hepatitis C in 4 cases. Preoperative diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma was completed in 7 and definitive histologic diagnosis from frozen section in 2 cases. All 9 patients underwent subsegmentectomy and removal of the tumor with non-tumor cirrhotic liver with a distance of 10 mm at the least margin. Laparoscopic ultrasound allows exact localization of lesions and achievement of adequate resection margin. RESULTS Those patients resumed a full diet on the 2nd-3rd day after the operation and were discharged home on day 4-7 with no complications but one had prolonging discharge due to ascitis from a drainage tube. Finally, the ascitis was controlled by medications for 1 week. All patients had high postoperative satisfaction. CONCLUSIONS Laparoscopic liver resection is a procedure of significant risk and technically demanding. Therefore, it should be performed only by experienced liver surgeons with a high level of laparoscopic skill and in the carefully selected patient.
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- C G Ker
- Division of HBP Surgery, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Lee KT, Wong SR, Cheng JS, Ker CG, Sheen PC, Liu YE. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous cholecystostomy as an initial treatment for acute cholecystitis in elderly patients. Dig Surg 2000; 15:328-32. [PMID: 9845608 DOI: 10.1159/000018647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Acute cholecystitis may atypically present itself in the elderly, thus causing diagnostic and therapeutic problems, and it is well recognized as a high-risk condition for morbidity. The outcome has been attributed to the presence of severe co-morbid disease. In an attempt to minimize the postoperative morbidity and mortality, we performed ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic cholecystostomy (PC) on elderly patients with acute cholecystitis for both initial treatment and subsequent diagnosis of their biliary tract disorders. METHODS Those being more than 70 years old, had acute episode of cholecystitis for more than 48 h and still had positive Murphy's signs and distended gallbladders were candidates for ultrasound-guided PC. RESULTS Forty-two elderly patients underwent ultrasound-guided PC. Once the condition of each patient showed signs of improvement and stability, cholangiography was performed via PC tube. The results of the cholangiography showed 20 patients with gallbladder stones, 16 with common bile duct stones and 6 with acalculous cholecystitis. Once stable enough, 32 patients underwent definite surgery, 18 having cholecystectomies, 14 having cholecystectomies and choledocholithotomies. The 6 patients with acalculous cholecystitis had the PC tube removed 3 weeks later, without further surgery. Two patients had gallbladder stones removed by choledochofiberscope. Two patients had common bile duct stone removed by endoscopic sphincteroplasty. Although postoperative complications occurred in 5 patients (11.9%), no instance of operative mortality was found. CONCLUSION Our findings lead us to conclude that the use of PC in the early treatment of acute cholecystitis in elderly patients can decrease postoperative morbidity and mortality.
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- K T Lee
- Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical College Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan/ROC
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Kuo KK, Sato N, Mizumoto K, Maehara N, Yonemasu H, Ker CG, Sheen PC, Tanaka M. Centrosome abnormalities in human carcinomas of the gallbladder and intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. Hepatology 2000; 31:59-64. [PMID: 10613729 DOI: 10.1002/hep.510310112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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During mitosis, 2 centrosomes ensure accurate assembly of bipolar spindles and fidelity of the chromosomal segregation. The presence of more than 2 copies of centrosomes during mitosis can result in the formation of multipolar spindles, unbalanced chromosome segregation, and aneuploidy. Recent studies have provided evidence that centrosome hyperamplification plays a pivotal role in carcinogenesis. Using immunofluorescence analysis with gamma-tubulin and pericentrin antibodies, paraffin-embedded sections from 40 malignant biliary diseases including gallbladder cancers (GC; n = 13), intrahepatic cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC; n = 19), and extrahepatic bile duct cancers (BDC; n = 8) were examined. Thirty-seven benign biliary diseases including chronic cholecystitis, gallbladder adenoma, hepatolithiasis, and choledochal cyst were included as benign controls. The frequencies of the centrosome abnormalities were 70% for GC, 58% for CCC, and 50% for BDC, respectively. The frequencies of centrosome abnormalities in malignant biliary diseases were significantly higher than in their benign counterparts (GC, CCC, BDC; P =.001,.002, and.001, respectively). The results of current study also indicated that biliary malignancy in the advanced stage (III-IV) displayed a higher frequency of centrosome abnormalities than in the early stage (I-II) (P <.001). We conclude that abnormalities in size, number, and shape of the centrosome are frequently observed in biliary tract malignancy. Centrosome abnormalities started to occur in the early stage of biliary malignancy and became very frequent in the advanced stage. This implies that centrosome abnormality might relate to the transition from early to advanced malignancy in biliary malignancy.
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- K K Kuo
- Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Chen JS, Ker CG, Sheen PC. The role of insulin and glucagon in experimental obstructive jaundice. Hepatogastroenterology 1999; 46:2165-70. [PMID: 10521961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The oxidative phosphorylation of liver mitochondria is regulated by the amount of portal insulin available to the hepatocytes. Thus, hepatic energy is mediated by the values of blood sugar and insulin. Insulin and glucagon are the main fuel homeostats in the liver. This study was performed to investigate the concept of energy mediated by glucose, during the process of obstructive jaundice and its recovery. METHODOLOGY Experimental Wistar rats were studied, with bile duct tied for 4, 7 and 14 days respectively. The serum concentration and relative tissue concentration of insulin and glucagon were measured. And the common bile duct was tied for 4, 7 and 14 days, then relieved by time sequences for 4, 7 and 14 days. Serum concentration and relative tissue concentration of insulin and glucagon were also measured. RESULTS When the common bile duct was tied for 4, 7, and 14 days respectively, the serum concentration and relative tissue concentration of insulin declined (p < 0.05) and glucagon concentration was elevated (p < 0.05). When the common bile duct was tied for 4, 7 and 14 days, then relieved by time sequences for 4, 7 and 14 days, the concentrations of insulin in both groups appeared to decline at first (p < 0.05) and then progressively increase (p < 0.05). The concentrations of glucagon exhibit the reverse behavior. Both serum and tissue concentration are elevated at first (p < 0.05), then progressively decline (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS These studies indicated that, during obstructive jaundice, more fuel is demanded to make up for the energy deficiency. In spite of surgical or non-surgical relief of obstructive jaundice, the energy reserve is still not sufficiently recovered. The recovery of the hepatic energy reserve takes longer than we expected.
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- J S Chen
- Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical College Hospital, Taiwan
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