Volume 64, Number 1,2
CONTENTS
February 2017

Reviews

A new concept of transforaminal ventral facetectomy including simultaneous decompression of foraminal and lateral
recess stenosis : Technical considerations in a fresh cadaver model and a literature review
1
Koichi Sairyo, Kosaku Higashino, Kazuta Yamashita, Fumio Hayashi, Keizo Wada, Toshinori Sakai, Yoichiro Takata,
Fumitake Tezuka, Masatoshi Morimoto, Tomoya Terai, Takashi Chikawa, Hiroshi Yonezu, Akihiro Nagamachi,
Yoshihiro Fukui
Primary Biliary Cholangitis : Its Pathological Characteristics and Immunopathological Mechanisms 7
Koichi Tsuneyama, Hayato Baba, Yuki Morimoto, Takaaki Tsunematsu, Hirohisa Ogawa
Actin filament association at adherens junctions 14
Shigenobu Yonemura

Originals


Extracts of citrus Sudachi peel attenuate body weight gain in C57BL/6 mice fed a highfat diet 20
Hitomi Kobayashi, Mami Mitani, Yuka Minatogawa, Satoko Hayashi, Mariko Nakamoto, Emi Shuto, Yoshitaka Nii,
Tohru Sakai
The Posterior Condylar Cartilage Affects Rotational Alignment of the Femoral Component in Varus Knee Osteoarthritis 24
Daisuke Hamada, Keizo Wada, Hiroshi Mikami, Shunichi Toki, Tomohiro Goto, Takahiko Tsutsui, Tomoya Takasago,
Akihiro Nagamachi, Koichi Sairyo
Modification of multiple ion channel functions in vivo by pharmacological inhibition : observation by threshold
tracking and modeling
30
Chimeglkham Banzrai, Hiroyuki Nodera, Ryo Okada, Saki Higashi, Yusuke Osaki, Ryuji Kaji
High intensity zone in lumbar spine and its correlation with disc degeneration 39
Subash C. Jha, Yoichiro Takata, Mitsunobu Abe, Kazuta Yamashita, Fumitake Tezuka, Toshinori Sakai,
Kosaku Higashino, Akihiro Nagamachi, Koichi Sairyoi
Effects of Transplanted Human Cord Blood-Mononuclear Cells on Pulmonary Hypertension in Immunodeficient Mice
and Their Distribution
43
Mikio Sugano, Homare Yoshida, Hirotsugu Kurobe, Hiroki Arase, Hajime Kinoshita, Takashi Kitaichi,
Noriko Sugasawa, Soichiro Nakayama, Kazuhisa Maeda, Minoru Irahara, Tetsuya Kitagawa
Comparison of the efficacy and safety of 10-mg empagliflozin every day versus every other day in Japanese patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus : a pilot trial 50
Fumiaki Obata, Kenji Tani, Harutaka Yamaguchi, Ryo Tabata, Hiroyasu Bando, Issei Imoto
Differences In High-Intensity Signal Volume Between Arterial Spin Labeling And Contrast- Enhanced T1-Weighted Imaging
May Be Useful For Differentiating Glioblastoma From Brain Metastasis
58
Mungunbagana Ganbold, Masafumi Harada, Delgerdalai Khashbat, Takashi Abe, Teruyoshi Kageji, Shinji Nagahiro
A novel lipoprotein (a) lowering drug, D-47, decreases neointima thickening after vascular injury 64
Yutaka Nakaya, Daiju Fukuda, Takashi Oyamada, Kazuo Ogawa, Nagakatsu Harada, Hironori Nakagami,
Ryuichi Morishita, Masataka Sata, Hiroshi Sakaue
Radiographic changes of cervical destructive spondyloarthropathy in long-term hemodialysis patients : A 9-year
longitudinal observational study
68
Akihiro Nagamachi, Mitsuhiko Takahashi, Noriaki Mima, Keisuke Adachi, Kazumasa Inoue, Subash C. Jha,
Akihiro Nitta, Masatoshi Morimoto, Tomoya Takasago, Toshiyuki Iwame, Keizo Wada, Fumitake Tezuka,
Kazuta Yamashita, Humio Hayashi, Ryo Miyagi, Toshihiko Nishisyo, Ichiro Tonogai, Tomohiro Goto,
Yoichiro Takata, Toshinori Sakai, Kosaku Higashino, Takashi Chikawa, Koichi Sairyo
Effect of guided, structured, writing program on self-harm ideations and emotion regulation 74
Takaki Fukumori, Hiromi Kuroda, Masaya Ito, Masami Kashimura
Risk factors for recurrence of gastric cancer after curative laparoscopic gastrectomy 79
Hideya Kashihara, Mitsuo Shimada, Kozo Yoshikawa, Jun Higashijima, Takuya Tokunaga, Masaaki Nishi, Chie Takasu
Factors associated with changes over time in medication-taking behavior up to 12 months after initial mild cerebral
infarction onset
85
Akie Kobayashi, Ayako Tamura, Takako Ichihara, Takako Minagawa
Relationship between Uncertainty and Emotions in Advanced Lung Cancer Patients after Initial Therapy 96
Tomoko Sasai, Chiemi Onishi
A Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum-Sensing autoinducer analog enhances the activity of antibiotics against resistant strains 101
Takashi Amoh, Keiji Murakami, Reiko Kariyama, Kenji Hori, Yasuhiko Irie, Darija Viducic, Katsuhiko Hirota,
Jun Igarashi, Hiroaki Suga, Hiromi Kumon, Yoichiro Miyake
Leukocytapheresis for the treatment of acute exacerbation of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias : a pilot study 110
Akihiro Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Hashimoto, Akira Yamasaki, Miki Takata, Masato Morita, Yoshihiro Funaki,
Kensaku Okada, Yasuhiko Teruya, Takehito Fukushima, Eiji Shimizu
Validity of the Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire for Japanese Patients with Cancer Undergoing
Outpatient Chemotherapy
117
Kiyomi Harada, Kiyo Ochi, Tetsuya Taguchi, Terukazu Nakamura, Motohiro Kanazawa, Naohisa Yoshida,
Hiroko Neriya, Masami Okagaki, Naoko Nishida, Yukie Takishita, Yoko Yamamoto, Sayori Wada,
Masashi Kuwahata, Isao Yokota, Keiko Sekido, Akane Higashi
Protein kinase C-δ signaling regulates glucagon secretion from pancreatic islets 122
Kiyotake Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Mizuguchi, Natsumi Tokashiki, Makoto Kobayashi, Motoyuki Tamaki, Youichi Sato,
Hiroyuki Fukui, Aiko Yamauchi
Nutritional counseling regulates interdialytic weight gain and blood pressure in outpatients receiving maintenance hemodialysis 129
Atsuko Sakai, Hisayo Hamada, Keiko Hara, Kyoko Mori, Takayuki Uchida, Takashi Mizuguchi, Jun Minaguchi,
Kenji Shima, Shu Kawashima, Yasuhiro Hamada, Takeshi Nikawa
Active stretching for lower extremity muscle tightness in pediatric patients with lumbar spondylolysis 136
Masahiro Sato, Yasuyoshi Mase, Koichi Sairyo
Impact of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation nutrition team on evaluating sarcopenia, cachexia and practice of
rehabilitation nutrition
140
Yoji Kokura, Hidetaka Wakabayashi, Keisuke Maeda, Shinta Nishioka, Saori Nakahara
Influential factors on serum albumin concentration in hospitalized chronic kidney disease patients 146
Sakiya Yoshimoto, Kojiro Nagai, Eriko Shibata, Sayo Ueda, Hiroyuki Ono, Masanori Tamaki, Kenji Nishimura,
Fumiaki Obata, Taizo Inagaki, Masanori Minato, Fumi Kishi, Motokazu Matsuura, Naoko Matsui, Itsuro Endo,
Michael Hann, Seij Kishi, Taichi Murakami, Hideharu Abe, Toshio Doi
Effects of primary prevention of child abuse that begins during pregnancy and immediately after childbirth 153
Tsuneo Ninomiya, Hiroko Hashimoto, Hiroe Tani, Kenji Mori
The Co-Existence of Technology and Caring in the Theory of Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing 160
Rozzano C. Locsin

Case reports


Oculomotor Nerve Palsy in a Patient with a Ruptured Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysm 165
Suguru Yokosako, Yuichiro Kikkawa, Ririko Takeda, Toshiki Ikeda, Hiroki Kurita
The reduction and direct repair of isthmic spondylolisthesis using the smiley face rod method in adolescent athlete :
Technical note
168
Kazuta Yamashita, Kosaku Higashino, Toshinori Sakai, Yoichiro Takata, Fumio Hayashi, Fumitake Tezuka,
Masatoshi Morimoto, Akihiro Nagamachi, Koichi Sairyo
Fibroma of tendon sheath on the medial side of the knee : a case report 173
Shunichi Toki, Toshihiko Nishisho, Shoichiro Takao, Ryo Miyagi, Fumitake Tezuka, Akihiro Nagamachi, Koichi Sairyo
Coincident Port-site and Functional End-to-end Anastomotic Recurrences after Laparoscopic Surgery for Colon Cancer :
A case report and literature review
177
Koji Komori, Takashi Kinoshita, Oshiro Taihei, Seiji Ito, Tetsuya Abe, Yoshiki Senda, Kazunari Misawa, Yuichi Ito,
Norihisa Uemura, Seiji Natsume, Jiro Kawakami, Akira Ouchi, Masayuki Tsutsuyama, Takahiro Hosoi,
Itaru Shigeyoshi, Tomoyuki Akazawa, Daisuke Hayashi, Hideharu Tanaka, Yasuhiro Shimizu
Three-year survival in primary cardiac angiosarcoma 181
Naoto Fukunaga, Takeshi Kitai, Yukihiro Imai, Yutaka Furukawa, Tadaaki Koyama
Sudden cardiac death during first-time jogging 184
Hiromitsu Kurata, Akiko Ishigami, Itsuo Tokunaga, Yasushi Nagasaki, Akiyoshi Nishimura
Long-term Results After Open Mitral Commissurotomy for a One-Month-Old Infant With Mitral Stenosis 187
Takashi Kitaichi, Mikio Sugano, Hiroki Arase, Yohei Kawatani, Kanako Kameta, Hirotsugu Kurobe, Eiki Fujimoto,
Akemi Ono, Yasunobu Hayabuchi, Hiroshi Fujita, Hitoshi Sogabe, Tetsuya Kitagawa


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