Prioritization of the Skills to Be Mastered for the Daily Jobs of Japanese Dental Hygienists by Yoshiaki Nomura, Erika Kakuta, Ayako Okada, Yuko Yamamoto, Hiroshi Tomonari, Noriyasu Hosoya, Nobuhiro Hanada, Naomi Yoshida, Noriko Takei

“…The aim of this study was to surmise the order in which skills should be mastered in terms of priority and to investigate the relationship between daily jobs and the motivation for completing jobs. The Japan Dental Hygienists’ Association conducts a survey on the employment status of dental hygienists in Japan every five years. …”
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Altered Hemodynamics Associated with Pathogenesis of the Vertebral Artery Dissecting Aneurysms by Akira Kurata, Sachio Suzuki, Kazuhisa Iwamoto, Kuniaki Nakahara, Katsutoshi Abe, Madoka Inukai, June Niki, Makoto Sasaki, Kiyotaka Fujii, Shingo Konno, Shinichi Kan, Kazuaki Fukasaku

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A Novel Dry Model for Practicable Sphincterotomy and Precut Needle Knife Sphincterotomy by Akio Katanuma, Takao Itoi, Junko Umeda, Ryosuke Tonozuka, Shuntaro Mukai, Kei Yane, Toshifumi Kin, Kazuaki Matsumoto, Tomoaki Matsumori, Katsushige Gon, Ryo Takaki, Akiko Tomonari

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Molecular Network Associated with MITF in Skin Melanoma Development and Progression by Ichiro Yajima, Mayuko Y. Kumasaka, Nguyen Dinh Thang, Yuji Goto, Kozue Takeda, Machiko Iida, Nobutaka Ohgami, Haruka Tamura, Osamu Yamanoshita, Yoshiyuki Kawamoto, Keiko Furukawa, Masashi Kato

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Pulmonary Artery Intimal Sarcoma Diagnosed Preoperatively by Endovascular Biopsy and Treated via Right Pneumonectomy and Pulmonary Arterioplasty by Daiki Kato, Shohei Mori, Eriko Harada, Rintaro Shigemori, Takamasa Shibazaki, Hideki Matsudaira, Jun Hirano, Hirokazu Ashida, Hiroko Kimura, Michio Yoshitake, Takashi Kunihara, Takashi Ohtsuka

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Spontaneous Symptomatic Pseudoarthrosis at the L2-L3 Intervertebral Space with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Case Report by Keiji Hasegawa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Yasuaki Iida, Yuichirou Yokoyama, Katsunori Fukutake, Ryo Takamatsu, Kazumasa Nakamura, Daisuke Suzuki, Wataru Shishikura, Shintaro Tsuge, Masayuki Sekiguchi, Akihito Wada

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Intrascrotal Dedifferentiated Leiomyosarcoma Originating from Dartos Muscle by Taro Teshima, Sayuri Takahashi, Shoichi Nagamoto, Hideyo Miyazaki, Tohru Nakagawa, Tetsuya Fujimura, Hiroshi Fukuhara, Haruki Kume, Yukio Homma

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The Left Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus within the Primary Sensory Area of Inferior Parietal Lobe Plays a Role in Dysgraphia of Kana Omission within Sentences by Nobusada Shinoura, Akira Midorikawa, Toshiyuki Onodera, Ryozi Yamada, Yusuke Tabei, Yasumitsu Onda, Chihiro Itoi, Seiko Saito, Kazuo Yagi

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Management of Anesthesia under Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Support in an Infant with Severe Subglottic Stenosis by Rie Soeda, Fumika Taniguchi, Maiko Sawada, Saeko Hamaoka, Masayuki Shibasaki, Yasufumi Nakajima, Satoru Hashimoto, Teiji Sawa, Yoshinobu Nakayama

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Laparoscopic Repair for Recurrent Bilateral Inguinal Bladder Hernia following Bilateral Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair by Akira Umemura, Takayuki Suto, Hisataka Fujuwara, Seika Nakamura, Hiroyuki Nitta, Takeshi Takahara, Yasushi Hasegawa, Akira Sasaki

“…He underwent laparoscopic bilateral supravesical bladder hernia repair using a bladder takedown approach and median TAPP. Discussion. In Japan, the current mainstream method of hernioplasty is TAPP. …”
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Chorea as the First Sign in a Patient with Elderly-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Yuko Ariizumi, Tetsutaro Ozawa, Takayoshi Tokutake, Izumi Kawachi, Masaki Hirose, Shinichi Katada, Shuichi Igarashi, Keiko Tanaka, Masatoyo Nishizawa

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Efficacy and Safety of the Traditional Japanese Medicine Keigairengyoto in the Treatment of Acne Vulgaris by Kotaro Ito, Saori Masaki, Manabu Hamada, Tetsuo Tokunaga, Hisashi Kokuba, Kenji Tashiro, Ichiro Yano, Shinichiro Yasumoto, Shinichi Imafuku

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Epithelioid Angiosarcoma Arising from a Huge Leiomyoma: A Case Report and a Literature Review by Takeya Hara, Ai Miyoshi, Yuji Kamei, Nao Wakui, Akiko Fujishiro, Serika Kanao, Hirokazu Naoi, Hirofumi Otsuka, Takeshi Yokoi

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Associations of fasting plasma glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels at less than 24 weeks of gestation with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: the BOSHI study by Seiya Izumi, Noriyuki Iwama, Hirotaka Hamada, Taku Obara, Mami Ishikuro, Michihiro Satoh, Takahisa Murakami, Masatoshi Saito, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Takashi Sugiyama, Shinichi Kuriyama, Nobuo Yaegashi, Kazuhiko Hoshi, Yutaka Imai, Hirohito Metoki, the BOSHI Study Group

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Efficacy and safety of guanabenz acetate treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a study protocol for a randomised investigator-initiated phase IIa study by Atsushi Nakajima, Yasushi Honda, Kento Imajo, Masato Yoneda, Yuji Ogawa, Takaomi Kessoku, Takashi Kobayashi, Anna Ozaki, Asako Nogami, Satoru Saito, Michihiro Iwaki, Kosuke Tanaka, Atsushi Yamamoto, Kota Takahashi, Yuki Kasai, Noritoshi Kobayashi

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Endoscopic Removal of Ingested Dentures and Dental Instruments: A Retrospective Analysis by Ken-ichi Mizuno, Kazuya Takahashi, Kentaro Tominaga, Yuki Nishigaki, Hiroki Sato, Satoshi Ikarashi, Kazunao Hayashi, Takashi Yamamoto, Yutaka Honda, Satoru Hashimoto, Kenya Kamimura, Manabu Takeuchi, Junji Yokoyama, Yuichi Sato, Masaaki Kobayashi, Shuji Terai

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Initial Rotational Instability of the Tapered Wedge-Shaped Type Cementless Stem by Yosuke Iwamoto, Hiroaki Kijima, Hiroshi Tazawa, Natsuo Konishi, Hitoshi Kubota, Shin Yamada, Takayuki Tani, Keiji Kamo, Norio Suzuki, Yoshihiko Okudera, Masashi Fujii, Ken Sasaki, Tetsuya Kawano, Itsuki Nagahata, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Yoichi Shimada

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Angioblast Derived from ES Cells Construct Blood Vessels and Ameliorate Diabetic Polyneuropathy in Mice by Tatsuhito Himeno, Hideki Kamiya, Keiko Naruse, Zhao Cheng, Sachiko Ito, Taiga Shibata, Masaki Kondo, Jiro Kato, Tetsuji Okawa, Atsushi Fujiya, Hirohiko Suzuki, Tetsutaro Kito, Yoji Hamada, Yutaka Oiso, Kenichi Isobe, Jiro Nakamura

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Early initiation of intravenous cyclophosphamide and one‐year outcome in super‐refractory cryptogenic‐new onset refractory status epilepticus by Yasufumi Yorichika, Shuichiro Neshige, Hideaki Sakahara, Narumi Ono, Megumi Nonaka, Yuichiro Tagane, Tomoaki Watanabe, Keisuke Tachiyama, Haruka Ishibashi, Masahiro Nakamori, Takeo Shishido, Shiro Aoki, Hiroki Ueno, Yu Yamazaki, Takahiro Iizuka, Hirofumi Maruyama

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Efficacy of Early Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Transluminal Drainage for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula by Nao Fujimori, Takashi Osoegawa, Akira Aso, Soichi Itaba, Yosuke Minoda, Masatoshi Murakami, Kazuhide Matsumoto, Katsuhito Teramatsu, Yu Takamatsu, Takehiro Takaoka, Takamasa Oono, Eikichi Ihara, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Takao Ohtsuka, Masafumi Nakamura, Yoshihiro Ogawa

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