Toshihiko Watanabe

Medical perspective on the systemic challenges involving indirect disaster-related deaths in Japan

Motohiro Tsuboi, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Hye‐Jeong Park, Masaharu Tsubokura et autres

Disaster-related deaths can be classified as direct and indirect disaster-related deaths that are becoming more predominant in Japan. To reduce indirect disaster-related deaths, accurate statistics based on medical documentation are essential. However, the definition and reporting of such deaths in Japan present …

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Successful Treatment of Transverse Testicular Ectopia by Laparoscopically Assisted Orchiopexy.

Eri Tei, Hitoshi Hirakawa, Masaharu Mori, Naoko Komatsuzaki et autres

Transverse testicular ectopia (TTE) is a rare congenital malformation where both testes descend through the same inguinal canal and are located in the same hemiscrotum. It is usually treated with transseptal orchiopexy. In this article, we report the case of a 1-year-old …

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Primary thymic germinoma in an 11‐year‐old male with Lowe syndrome

Toshiko Takezoe, Toshihiko Watanabe, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Kotaro Tomonaga et autres

Primary thymic germinoma

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Primary Thymic Germinoma in an 11-year-old boy with Lowe Syndrome

Toshiko Takezoe, Toshihiko Watanabe, Katsuhiro Ogawa, Kotaro Tomonaga et autres

An 11-year-old boy with Lowe syndrome developed secondary sexual characteristics within a few weeks, suggestive of precocious puberty. His blood tests were positive for serum-human chorionic gonadotropin, and imaging revealed a right thymic lobe mass containing small cystic lesions. A germ cell …

Historical Cohort Study of Congenital Isolated Hypoganglionosis of the Intestine: Determining the Best Surgical Interventions

Yohei Yamada, Teizaburo Mori, Nobuhiro Takahashi, Takumi Fujimura et autres

No standard diagnostic method or surgical treatment for congenital isolated hypoganglionosis (CIHG) has been established. This study aimed to analyze the clinical outcomes of patients with CIHG and identify the best surgical interventions provided thus far. Data on surgical interventions in 19 …

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東北医科薬科大学 1 年次に行った薬害講義の教育効果

Toshihiko Watanabe, Kunio Itoh, Koichi Machida

Learning about the circumstances that led to drug-induced suffering in the past is important to create a society without such suffering in the future. As some students have never heard of the thalidomide tragedy or HIV-tainted blood scandal that occurred before they …

Encouraging Young Pediatric Surgeons and Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Pediatric Endosurgery Workshop by Self-Assessment and an Objective Skill Validation System

Katsuhiro Ogawa, Satoshi Ieiri, Toshihiko Watanabe, Yuko Bitoh et autres

Background: Japanese pediatric endosurgery experts conducted a workshop for young pediatric surgeons in Russia in collaboration with Russian expert pediatric surgeons. This study was aimed to develop a contributive workshop program and evaluate its impact on young pediatric surgeons. Methods: A 2-day …

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Laparoscopic Approach to Presacral Recurrence of Sacrococcygeal Teratoma.

Eri Tei, Hitoshi Hirakawa, Masaharu Mori, Yuki Yamamoto et autres

removal of the tumor along with the coccyx in the prone position. During a routine follow up, ultrasonography indicated a possible local recurrence, 5 months after the initial operation. The magnetic resonance imaging revealed a polycystic formation with a diameter of 20 …

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Symposium on disaster-related deaths after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Motohiro Tsuboi, Yuta Tani, Toyoaki Sawano, Akihiko Ozaki et autres

Disaster deaths can be classified into direct and indirect deaths. Direct deaths are those caused by the direct physical effects of disasters, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and radiation exposure. Indirect deaths are those caused by secondary health effects such as emergency evacuation, …

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Rim‐type indocyanine green fluorescence pattern in a child with undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver treated with navigation surgery

Yuki Yamamoto, Takahiro Shimizu, Masaharu Mori, Chizuko Okamatsu et autres

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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Novel ureteral navigation with a fluorescent catheter during hemi-hysterectomy in cloacal exstrophy

Toshihiko Watanabe, Takahiro Shimizu, Masaharu Mori, Yuki Yamamoto et autres

We used a near-infrared ray catheter (NIRC) in a child with cloacal exstrophy presenting with hematometra and assessed whether the NIRC could help with complicated adhesiolysis during hemi-hysterectomy in children. A 6-French pig tail-type NIRC was inserted into the left ureter with …

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Photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid: A new diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical aid for neuroblastoma

Toshihiko Watanabe, Yoshiaki Nishio, Yuki Yamamoto, Takahiro Shimizu et autres

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