| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/54987 |
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| FullText URL | 71_2_179.pdf |
| Author | Nosaka, Nobuyuki| Tsukahara, Kohei| Knaup, Emily| Yabuuchi, Toshihiko| Kikkawa, Tomonobu| Fujii, Yosuke| Yashiro, Masato| Yasuhara, Takao| Okada, Ayumi| Ugawa, Toyomu| Nakao, Atsunori| Tsukahara, Hirokazu| Date, Isao| |
| Abstract | Newly published clinical practice guidelines recommend intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring in critical care for the management of pediatric acute encephalopathy (pAE), but the utility of ICP monitoring for pAE has been poorly studied. We recently performed direct ICP monitoring for two patients. We observed that although the direct ICP monitoring had clinical benefits with less body weight gain and no vasopressor use in both cases, this monitoring technique is still invasive. Future studies should determine the utility of non-invasive ICP monitoring systems in pAE to further improve the quality of intensive-care management. |
| Keywords | cerebral perfusion encephalopathy child intracranial pressure neurological intensive care |
| Amo Type | Short Communication |
| Publication Title | Acta Medica Okayama |
| Published Date | 2017-04 |
| Volume | volume71 |
| Issue | issue2 |
| Publisher | Okayama University Medical School |
| Start Page | 179 |
| End Page | 180 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| Content Type | Journal Article |
| language | English |
| Copyright Holders | CopyrightⒸ 2017 by Okayama University Medical School |
| File Version | publisher |
| Refereed | True |
| PubMed ID | 28420900 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/54813 |
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| FullText URL | 70_6_493.pdf |
| Author | Yasuhara, Takao| Kuwahara, Ken| Sasada, Susumu| Toyoshima, Atsuhiko| Morimoto, Jun| Kin, Kyohei| Manabe, Hiroaki| Miyoshi, Yasuyuki| Kusumegi, Akira| Takahashi, Yuichiro| Ito, Kiyoshi| Date, Isao| |
| Abstract | Unexpected injuries can have a profound effect on a surgeonʼs performance and thus on patients and surgical departments. Here we describe a technique for performing surgery in the standing position, as done by a surgeon with an Achilles tendon rupture. During his prescribed 45-day non-weight-bearing period for the left ankle after surgery for an Achilles tendon rupture, the surgeon was able to participate in 15 surgeries as an operator or assistant, due to his use of a combination of injured-leg genuflection on a stool and a ʻSurgical Body Supportʼ device. Similarly injured surgeons may benefit from such support. |
| Keywords | Achilles tendon rupture electromyogram genuflection injured leg standing position |
| Amo Type | Short Communication |
| Publication Title | Acta Medica Okayama |
| Published Date | 2016-12 |
| Volume | volume70 |
| Issue | issue6 |
| Publisher | Okayama University Medical School |
| Start Page | 493 |
| End Page | 496 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| Content Type | Journal Article |
| language | English |
| Copyright Holders | CopyrightⒸ 2016 by Okayama University Medical School |
| File Version | publisher |
| Refereed | True |
| PubMed ID | 28003675 |
| JaLCDOI | 10.18926/AMO/50414 |
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| FullText URL | 67_3_197.pdf |
| Author | Yasuhara, Takao| Takahashi, Yuichi| Kumamoto, Shinji| Nakahara, Masayuki| Yoneda, Kotaro| Niimura, Tatsuomi| Tanoue, Takashi| Kusumegi, Akira| Sennari, Takashi| Hijikata, Yasukazu| Manabe, Hiroaki| Miyoshi, Yasuyuki| Date, Isao| Ogawa, Koichi| Nishida, Kenki| |
| Abstract | Some cases with lumbar degenerative diseases require multi-level fusion surgeries. At our institute, 27 and 4 procedures of 3- and 4-level fusion were performed out of a total 672 posterior lumbar interfusions (PLIFs) on patients with lumbar degenerative disease from 2005 to 2010. We present 2 osteoporotic patients who developed proximal vertebral body fracture after 4-level fusion. Both cases presented with gait disability for leg pain by degenerative lumbar scoliosis and canal stenosis at the levels of L1/2-4/5. After 4-level fusion using L1 as the upper instrumented vertebra, proximal vertebral body fractures were found along with the right pedicle fractures of L1 in both cases. One of these patients, aged 82 years, was treated as an outpatient using a hard corset for 24 months, but the fractures were exacerbated over time. In the other patient, posterolateral fusion was extended from Th10 to L5. Both patients can walk alone and have been thoroughly followed up. In both cases, the fracture of the right L1 pedicle might be related to the subsequent fractures and fusion failure. In consideration of multi-level fusion, L1 should be avoided as an upper instrumented vertebra to prevent junctional kyphosis, especially in cases with osteoporosis and flat back posture. |
| Keywords | degenerative lumbar scoliosis osteoporosis pedicle fracture posterior lumbar interbody fusion vertebral body fracture |
| Amo Type | Case Report |
| Publication Title | Acta Medica Okayama |
| Published Date | 2013-06 |
| Volume | volume67 |
| Issue | issue3 |
| Publisher | Okayama University Medical School |
| Start Page | 197 |
| End Page | 202 |
| ISSN | 0386-300X |
| NCID | AA00508441 |
| Content Type | Journal Article |
| language | English |
| Copyright Holders | CopyrightⒸ 2013 by Okayama University Medical School |
| File Version | publisher |
| Refereed | True |
| PubMed ID | 23804144 |
| Web of Science KeyUT | 000320747900010 |
