Prospective Randomized Multicenter Comparison of the Clinical Outcomes of V4c and V5 Implantable Collamer Lenses: A Contralateral Eye Study by Takashi Kojima, Yoshihiro Kitazawa, Tomoaki Nakamura, Masahide Takahashi, Kazutaka Kamiya, Kazuo Ichikawa, Akihito Igarashi, Kimiya Shimizu

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Feasibility of Neurorehabilitation Using a Hybrid Assistive Limb for Patients Who Underwent Spine Surgery by Aya Yatsugi, Takashi Morishita, Hiroyuki Fukuda, Naoya Kotani, Kenji Yagi, Hiroshi Abe, Etsuji Shiota, Tooru Inoue

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Pembrolizumab with external radiation therapy effectively controlled TMB-high unresectable recurrent parathyroid cancer: a case report with review of literature by Hiroshi Katoh, Tomoya Mitsuma, Riku Okamoto, Kanako Naito, Takaaki Tokito, Mariko Kikuchi, Takafumi Sangai

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A Case of Skull Base Osteomyelitis with Multiple Cerebral Infarction by Haruka Miyabe, Atsuhiko Uno, Takahiro Nakajima, Natsue Morizane, Keisuke Enomoto, Masayuki Hirose, Toshinori Hazama, Yukinori Takenaka

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Chronic kidney disease and inflammatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis: a potential pathogenic link by Hironari Hanaoka, Takumi Aoki, Taiji Kosaka, Shoichi Yoshinaga, Akiko Shibata, Ryota Sakai, Takahiko Kurasawa, Koichi Amano

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One-stage versus two-stage video-assisted thoracic surgery for synchronous bilateral pulmonary nodules: protocol for a single center, non-randomized clinical trial (OTVATS-1) by Yu Han, Weixun Zhang, Peihang Xu, Zhoujunyi Tian, Yang Hao, Jin Zhang, Tai Ren, Chaoyang Liang

“…Trail registration This study underwent review by the Ethics Committee of China-Japan Friendship Hospital under No. 2023-KY-061-1. …”
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Combined Use of Excimer Laser and High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy to Overcome a Severely Calcified Lesion in Endovascular Therapy by Keisuke Nakabayashi, Shinya Hata, Nobuhito Kaneko, Akihiro Matsui, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Hiroshi Ando, Minoru Shimizu

“…However, these devices in EVT section are considered off-label use in Japan. Therefore, we have to refrain from frequent use of this strategy; however, this method provides an option for severely calcified lesions.…”
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International Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Its Japanese Amendment Have Improved Diagnostic Ability over Existing Criteria by Masahiro Maruyama, Takayuki Watanabe, Keita Kanai, Takaya Oguchi, Takashi Muraki, Hideaki Hamano, Norikazu Arakura, Shigeyuki Kawa

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Fish Tank Granuloma Presenting as a Nasal Cavity Mass by Motoki Sekine, Fumiyuki Goto, Kosuke Saito, Shoji Kaneda, Hikaru Yamamoto, Tomoaki Murakami, Takahide Hamano, Kenji Okami

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Tumor-To-Tumor Metastasis of Poorly Differentiated Gastric Carcinoma to Uterine Lipoleiomyoma by Ryo Kiyokoba, Hiroshi Yagi, Hideaki Yahata, Yoshiaki Kawano, Eisuke Kaneki, Kaoru Okugawa, Kenzo Sonoda, Kiyoko Kato

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Treatment of an Extensive Maxillary Cyst Using Nasal Airway and Balloon Catheter Devices by Atsushi Kasamatsu, Chonji Fukumoto, Morihiro Higo, Yosuke Endo-Sakamoto, Katsunori Ogawara, Masashi Shiiba, Hideki Tanzawa, Katsuhiro Uzawa

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10 Fr S-Type Plastic Pancreatic Stents in Chronic Pancreatitis Are Effective for the Treatment of Pancreatic Duct Strictures and Pancreatic Stones by Ken Ito, Naoki Okano, Seiichi Hara, Kensuke Takuma, Kensuke Yoshimoto, Susumu Iwasaki, Yui Kishimoto, Yoshinori Igarashi

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Retroperitoneal Teratoma in an Adult: A Potential Pitfall in the Differential Diagnosis of Adrenal Myelolipoma by Madoka Kataoka, Hiroshi Fukushima, Yasukazu Nakanishi, Minato Yokoyama, Nobuaki Funata, Toru Motoi, Ken-ichi Tobisu, Fumitaka Koga

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Non-invasive electron paramagnetic resonance imaging detects tumor redox imbalance induced by ferroptosis by Kazuhiro Kato, Hironobu Yasui, Hideo Sato-Akaba, Miho C. Emoto, Hirotada G. Fujii, Maciej M. Kmiec, Periannan Kuppusamy, Masaki Nagane, Tadashi Yamashita, Osamu Inanami

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Mobile Bearing Total Knee Arthroplasty for Valgus Knee Osteoarthritis with Permanent Patellar Dislocation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Kohei Kamada, Tomoyuki Matsumoto, Koji Takayama, Daisuke Araki, Shingo Hashimoto, Shinya Hayashi, Takehiko Matsushita, Ryosuke Kuroda

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Syntactic Comprehension in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Kentarou Yoshizawa, Nao Yasuda, Michinari Fukuda, Yumi Yukimoto, Mieko Ogino, Wakana Hata, Ikuyo Ishizaka, Mari Higashikawa

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Usefulness of an Image Fusion Model Using Three-Dimensional CT and MRI with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Endoscopy as a Multimodal Assistant System in Endoscopic Transsphenoidal... by Akihiro Inoue, Takanori Ohnishi, Shohei Kohno, Naoya Nishida, Yawara Nakamura, Yoshihiro Ohtsuka, Shirabe Matsumoto, Shiro Ohue

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Differences in metabolic characteristics between Metabolically Healthy Obesity (MHO) and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity (MUO) in weight reduction therapy by Shiori Kawai, Hajime Yamakage, Kazuhiko Kotani, Mitsuhiko Noda, Noriko Satoh-Asahara, Koshi Hashimoto

“…The key factors defining MHO and the importance of weight reduction therapy for MHO were also examined. Cohort data from the Japan Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (JOMS) study were analyzed. …”
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Injectable Chitosan Hydrogel Particles as Nasal Packing Materials After Endoscopic Sinus Surgery for Treatment of Chronic Sinusitis by Yusuke Yamashita, Kei Hosoya, Yukio Fujiwara, Yoichi Saito, Masahiro Yoshida, Shoji Matsune, Kimihiro Okubo, Takayuki Takei

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The usefulness of presepsin in the early detection of anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy by Yoshiro Imai, Ryo Tanaka, Kentaro Matsuo, Hidero Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro Asakuma, Hideki Tomiyama, Sang-Woong Lee

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