A Safe Surgical Procedure for Old Distractive Flexion Injuries of the Subaxial Cervical Spine

Osamu Kawano,Takeshi Maeda,Eiji Mori,Itaru Yugue,Takayoshi Ueta,Keiichiro Shiba 대한척추외과학회 2017 Asian Spine Journal Vol.11 No.6

Study Design: Retrospective review. Purpose: To describe a safe and effective surgical procedure for old distractive flexion (DF) injuries of the subaxial cervical spine. Overview of Literature: Surgical treatment is required in old cases when a progression of the kyphotic deformity and/or persistent neck pain and/or the appearance of new neurological symptoms are observed. Since surgical treatment is more complicated and dangerous in old cases than in acute distractive-flexion cases, the indications for surgery and the selection of the surgical procedure must be carefully conducted. Methods: To identify a safe and effective surgical procedure, the procedure selected, reason(s) for its selection, and associated neurological complications were investigated in 13 patients with old cervical DF injuries. Results: No neurological complications were observed in nine patients (DF stage 2 or 3) who underwent the anterior-posterior-anterior (A-P-A) method and two patients (DF stage 1) who underwent the posterior method. It was initially planned that two patients (DF stage 2) who underwent the P-A method would be treated using the Posterior method alone; however, anterior discectomy was added to the procedure after the development of a severe spinal cord disorder. Conclusions: The A-P-A method (anterior discectomy, posterior release and/or partial facetectomy, reduction and instrumentation, anterior bone grafting) is considered to be a suitable surgical procedure for old cervical DF injuries.

Tracking of 3D Sound Source Location by Particle Filter with TDOA and Signal Power Ratio

Norikazu Ikoma,Osamu Tokunaga,Hideaki Kawano,Hiroshi Maeda 제어로봇시스템학회 2009 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2009 No.8

A new sound source tracking method in 3 dimensional space using state space modeling approach and particle filter as a state estimation method has been proposed. Not only TDOA (Time Difference Of Arrival) as our previous works including by the authors, but also using power ratio of two sound signals from microphone pair are effectively used in formulation of state space model. Simulational experiments consisting of 1) fundamental tracking with four microphones and 2) human head tracking in car cabin have been conducted with efficient performance in SNR 20dB environment with about 3,000 number of particles.

Clinical Influence of Cervical Spinal Canal Stenosis on Neurological Outcome after Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury without Major Fracture or Dislocation

Tsuneaki Takao,Seiji Okada,Yuichiro Morishita,Takeshi Maeda,Kensuke Kubota,Ryosuke Ideta,Eiji Mori,Itaru Yugue,Osamu Kawano,Hiroaki Sakai,Takayoshi Ueta,Keiichiro Shiba 대한척추외과학회 2016 Asian Spine Journal Vol.10 No.3

Study Design: Retrospective case series. Purpose: To clarify the influence of cervical spinal canal stenosis (CSCS) on neurological functional recovery after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) without major fracture or dislocation Overview of Literature: The biomechanical etiology of traumatic CSCI remains under discussion and its relationship with CSCS is one of the most controversial issues in the clinical management of traumatic CSCI. Methods: To obtain a relatively uniform background, patients non-surgically treated for an acute C3–4 level CSCI without major fracture or dislocation were selected. We analyzed 58 subjects with traumatic CSCI using T2-weighted mid-sagittal magnetic resonance imaging. The sagittal diameter of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) column, degree of canal stenosis, and neurologic outcomes in motor function, including improvement rate, were assessed. Results: There were no significant relationships between sagittal diameter of the CSF column at the C3–4 segment and their American Spinal Injury Association motor scores at both admission and discharge. Moreover, no significant relationships were observed between the sagittal diameter of the CSF column at the C3-4 segment and their neurological recovery during the following period. Conclusions: No relationships between pre-existing CSCS and neurological outcomes were evident after traumatic CSCI. These results suggest that decompression surgery might not be recommended for traumatic CSCI without major fracture or dislocation despite pre-existing CSCS.

DNA methylation predicts recurrence from resected stage III proximal colon cancer

Ahn, Joong Bae,Chung, Woon Bok,Maeda, Osamu,Shin, Sang Joon,Kim, Hyun Soo,Chung, Hyun Chul,Kim, Nam Kyu,Issa, Jean‐,Pierre J. Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2011 Cancer Vol.117 No.9

<P><B>Abstract</B></P><P><B>BACKGROUND:</B></P><P>In colorectal cancer (CRC), DNA methylation anomalies define distinct subgroups termed CpG island methylator phenotype 1 (CIMP1), CIMP2, and CIMP‐negative. The role of this classification in predicting recurrence and disease‐free survival (DFS) in resected stage III CRC was evaluated.</P><P><B>METHODS:</B></P><P>Sporadic cancers from 161 patients were analyzed. Bisulfite pyrosequencing was used to examine the methylation of 2 global DNA methylation markers (LINE‐1, Alu) and 9 loci (<I>MINT1, MINT2, MINT31, P16, hMLH1, P14, SFRP1</I>, SFRP2, and WNT5A). Mutations in BRAF and KRAS were assayed.</P><P><B>RESULTS:</B></P><P>Gene hypermethylation clustered in discrete groups of patients, indicating the presence of CIMP. K‐means clustering analysis identified 3 discrete subgroups: CIMP1 (n = 22, 13.7%), associated with proximal location and <I>BRAF</I> mutations; CIMP2 (n = 40, 24.8%), associated with <I>KRAS</I> mutations; and CIMP‐negative (n = 99, 61.5%), associated with distal location. In proximal CRC, CIMP1 was correlated with a higher recurrence rate (53% for CIMP1, 18% for CIMP2, and 26% for CIMP‐negative) and a worse DFS (<I>P</I> = .015). Also in proximal CRC, LINE‐1 methylation was lower in patients whose cancer recurred compared with those whose cancer did not recur (<I>P</I> = .049). In multivariate analysis, CIMP1 and low LINE1 methylation were independent prognostic factors for DFS in proximal CRC (<I>P</I> = .008 for classification by K‐means clustering analysis; <I>P</I> = .040 for LINE‐1 methylation status).</P><P><B>CONCLUSIONS:</B></P><P>DNA methylation is a useful biomarker of recurrence in resected stage III proximal but not distal CRC. However, as the number of CIMP1 cases was small in distal CRC, further study is required to validate our findings. Cancer 2011. © 2010 American Cancer Society.</P>

Impact of sarcopenia on biliary drainage during neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer

Kunio Kataoka,Eizaburo Ohno,Takuya Ishikawa,Kentaro Yamao,Yasuyuki Mizutani,Tadashi Iida,Hideki Takami,Osamu Maeda,Junpei Yamaguchi,Yukihiro Yokoyama,Tomoki Ebata,Yasuhiro Kodera,Hiroki Kawashima 대한소화기내시경학회 2024 Clinical Endoscopy Vol.57 No.1

Background/Aims: Since the usefulness of neoadjuvant chemo(radiation) therapy (NAT) for pancreatic cancer has been demonstrated, recurrent biliary obstruction (RBO) in patients with pancreatic cancer with a fully covered self-expandable metal stent (FCSEMS) during NAT is expected to increase. This study investigated the impact of sarcopenia on RBO in this setting. Methods: Patients were divided into normal and low skeletal muscle index (SMI) groups and retrospectively analyzed. Patient characteristics, overall survival, time to RBO (TRBO), stent-related adverse events, and postoperative complications were compared between the two groups. A Cox proportional hazard model was used to identify the risk factors for short TRBO. Results: A few significant differences were observed in patient characteristics, overall survival, stent-related adverse events, and postoperative complications between 38 patients in the normal SMI group and 17 in the low SMI group. The median TRBO was not reached in the normal SMI group and was 112 days in the low SMI group (p=0.004). In multivariate analysis, low SMI was the only risk factor for short TRBO, with a hazard ratio of 5.707 (95% confidence interval, 1.148–28.381; p=0.033). Conclusions: Sarcopenia was identified as an independent risk factor for RBO in patients with pancreatic cancer with FCSEMS during NAT.

Correlation between Magnifying Narrow-band Imaging Endoscopy Results and Organoid Differentiation Indicated by Cancer Cell Differentiation and its Distribution in Depressed-Type Early Gastric Carcinoma

Tatematsu, Hidezumi,Miyahara, Ryoji,Shimoyama, Yoshie,Funasaka, Kohei,Ohno, Eizaburou,Nakamura, Masanao,Kawashima, Hiroki,Itoh, Akihiro,Ohmiya, Naoki,Hirooka, Yoshiki,Watanabe, Osamu,Maeda, Osamu,Ando Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.5

Background: A close association between patterns identified by magnifying narrow-band imaging (M-NBI) and histological type has been described. M-NBI patterns were also recently reported to be related to the mucin phenotype; however, detials remain unclear. Materials and Methods: We investigated the cellular differentiation of gastric cancer lesions, along with their mucosal distribution observed by M-NBI. Ninety-seven depressed-type early gastric cancer lesions (74 differentiated and 23 undifferentiated adenocarcinomas) were visualized by M-NBI. Findings were divided into 4 patterns based on abnormal microvascular architecture: a chain loop pattern (CLP), a fine network pattern (FNP), a corkscrew pattern (CSP), and an unclassified pattern. Mucin phenotypes were judged as gastric (G-type), intestinal (I-type), mixed gastric and intestinal (M-type), and null (N-type) based on 4 markers (MAC5AC, MUC6, MUC2, and CD10). The relationship of each pattern of microvascular architecture with organoid differentiation indicated by cancer cell differentiation and its distribution in each histological type of early gastric cancer was investigated. Results: All CLP and FNP lesions were differentiated. The cancer cell distribution showed organoid differentiation in 84.2% (16/19) and 61.1% (22/36) of the two types of lesions, respectively, and there was a significant difference from the unclassified pattern with organoid differentiation (p<0.001). Almost all (94.7%; 18/19) CSP lesions were undifferentiated, and organoid differentiation was observed in 72.2% (13/18). There was a significant difference from the unclassified pattern with organoid differentiation (p<0.05). Conclusions: Cellular differentiation and distribution are associated with microvascular architecture observed by M-NBI.