Relationship Between the Axis of the Humeral Heads and the Spinal Sagittal Alignment in Asymptomatic Volunteers.

Background Currently, there is no known correlation between relevant parameters of respective non-adjacent spinal segments, which suggests the possibility of a third external factor. To our knowledge, no study has examined the humeral head position in consideration of spinal sagittal alignment.This study aims to establish new parameters related to the humeral head axis and evaluate the relationship between the axis of the humeral head and spinal sagittal alignment in asymptomatic volunteers.

A decision tree for predicting the causative pathogens of community-acquired pneumonia from thin-section computed tomography.

Purpose: To determine whether decision trees are useful for predicting organisms that cause community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Materials And Methods: We developed a decision tree for predicting the organisms that cause CAP based on previously reported characteristic computed tomography findings. Sixteen readers (two student doctors, six residents, and eight radiologists) separately diagnosed 68 randomly selected cases of CAP using chest computed tomography.

A case of delayed dyspnea after corrective posterior fusion of the middle and lower cervical spine for dropped head syndrome.

Dyspnea has been reported to occur following posterior occipitocervical fusion. However, there are no documented cases of dyspnea following posterior fixation of the middle and lower cervical spine without posterior occipitocervical fusion. An 80-year-old woman underwent corrective fusion from T4 to the ilium for kyphoscoliosis.

The efficacy of anatomic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma within Milan criteria: A retrospective single-institution case-matched study.

Introduction: Still now, the efficacy of anatomic resection (AR) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is controversial. The aim of this study is to examine it in our cohort and detect an optimal indicator for AR.

Methods: The present study included 656 patients with primary HCC within Milan criteria who underwent hepatectomy from 2000 to 2019.

Usefulness of cell-penetrating peptides and penetration accelerating sequence for nose-to-brain delivery of glucagon-like peptide-2.

Neuropeptides are expected as therapeutic drug candidates for central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.

Thoracic Reciprocal Change Can Be Predicted Before Surgery in Adult Spinal Deformity.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objective: Analysis of postoperative sagittal alignment of the unfused spine is lacking in patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD). The present study aims to evaluate the efficacy of the whole spine full-flexion lateral radiograph to predict the reciprocal change of the unfused spine after correction surgery.

Prognostic Impact of Coagulation Activity in Patients Undergoing Curative Resection for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to elucidate the clinical impact of coagulation disorders on outcomes after curative resection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Patients And Methods: Preoperative coagulation activity in 135 patients, who had undergone curative resections for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma was retrospectively evaluated and the impact on survival outcomes analyzed.

Results: A prolonged prothrombin time-international normalized ratio (PT-INR) (≥1.

Controlled Fabrication of Optical Signal Input/Output Sites on Plasmonic Nanowires.

Silver nanowires have attracted considerable attention as subdiffraction limited diameter waveguides in a variety of applications including cell endoscopy and photonic integrated circuitry. Optical signal transport occurs by coupling light into propagating surface plasmons, which scatter back into light further along the wire. However, these interconversions only occur efficiently at wire ends, or at defects along the wire, which are not controlled during synthesis.

A Novel Method for the Prediction of the Pedicle Screw Stability: Regional Bone Mineral Density Around the Screw.

Study Design: Prospective feasibility study on consecutive patients.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the ability of regional BMD around the pedicle screw to predict the screw fixation.

Summary Of Background Data: Pedicle screw fixation is the gold standard technique for spinal fusion.

Intranasal administration of neuromedin U derivatives containing cell-penetrating peptides and a penetration-accelerating sequence induced memory improvements in mice.

Neuromedin U (NMU) is a neuropeptide that is expressed and secreted in the brain and gut. We previously demonstrated that the intracerebroventricular (i.c.

Successful treatment of mixed yolk sac tumor and mature teratoma in the spinal cord: case report.

Primary spinal germ cell tumors are rare, and spinal nongerminomatous germ cell tumors represent an even rarer subset for which no standard therapy has been established. The authors report the case of a 24-year-old woman with multifocal primary spinal germ cell tumors scattered from T-12 to L-5 that consisted of yolk sac tumor and mature teratoma. After diagnostic partial resection, the patient was treated with 30 Gy of craniospinal irradiation and 30 Gy of local spinal irradiation, followed by 8 courses of chemotherapy based on ifosfamide, cisplatin, and etoposide (ICE).

Antidepressant-like effects exerted by the intranasal administration of a glucagon-like peptide-2 derivative containing cell-penetrating peptides and a penetration-accelerating sequence in mice.

The intracerebroventicular (i.c.v.

LARETH-25 and β-CD improve central transitivity and central pharmacological effect of the GLP-2 peptide.

Depression is a common mental disorder. More than 350 million people of all ages suffer from depression worldwide. Although a number of antidepressants are available, >20% of patients with major depressive disorder suffer from treatment-resistant depression.

Effectiveness of brace treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Objectives: Effectiveness of brace treatment for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) was demonstrated by the BrAIST study in 2013. Objectives of this study were to confirm its effectiveness by analyzing our results and to clarify the factors affecting the results of the treatment.

Materials And Methods: According to the Scoliosis Research Society AIS brace studies standardization criteria, patients with age 10 years or older, Risser 0 to II, less than 1 year post-menarche, curve magnitude 25 to 40 degrees before brace treatment and who received no prior treatment were included in the study.

Milwaukee brace.

The Milwaukee brace had been a standard of nonsurgical treatment for scoliosis since 1954. Milwaukee brace 23-hours wearing protocol was most effective for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. However, Milwaukee brace 23-hours wearing showed an impact on psychosocial functioning of the patients.

Aorta movement in patients with scoliosis after posterior surgery.

Study Design: Retrospective analysis.

Objective: To evaluate movement of the aorta in patients with scoliosis who have undergone the posterior correction and fusion.

Summary Of Background Data: Surgeons check preoperative imaging for pedicle screw placement, but past analyses indicated that the aorta shifts after scoliosis surgery.

New parameters to represent the position of the aorta relative to the spine for pedicle screw placement.

Parameters of the position of the aorta in previous reports were determined for anterior surgery. This study evaluated the relative position of the aorta to the spine by new parameters, which could enhance the safety of pedicle screw placement. Three parameters were defined in a new Cartesian coordinate system.