Volume 70, Number 3,4
CONTENTS
August 2023

Review

Technologies, Physician's Caring Competency, and Patient Centered Care : A Systematic Review 307
Leah Anne Christine L. Bollos, Yueren Zhao, Gil P. Soriano, Tetsuya Tanioka, Hideki Otsuka, Rozzano Locsin
Originals

Immune response evaluation after Sputnik V vaccination in Sari healthcare population 317
Ahmad Najafi, Hossien Jalali, Yousef Noshi, Mehrad Mahdavi, Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Amiri
Effects of activation with a Ca ionophore and roscovitine on the development of human oocytes that failed to
fertilize after ICSI
321
Ayako Suto, Yuya Yano, Yuri Yamamoto, Hiroki Noguchi, Asuka Takeda, Shota Yamamoto,
Tomohiro Kagawa, Kanako Yoshida, Kenji Hinokio, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui, Takeshi Iwasa
Early enteral nutrition with arginine compensates for negative nitrogen balance in patients undergoing curative
total gastrectomy
325
Yasuko Okamoto, Takanori Sakaguchi, Yoshito Ikematsu, Toshikazu Kanai, Kazuhisa Hirayama,
Hiroaki Tamura, Tadataka Hayashi, Yoshiro Nishiwaki, Hiroyuki Konno, Katsunori Aoki
A comparison of reoperation rates after single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) between
the procedures with and without anterior plate fixation
334
Nobuaki Tadokoro, Katsuhito Kiyasu, Naoki Aoyama, Shuhei Mizobuchi, Masahiko Ikeuchi,
Kazunobu Kida, Toshikazu Tani, Yusuke Kasai
Role of Nrf2 signaling in development of hepatocyte-like cells 343
Chie Takasu, Shuhai Chen, Luping Gao, Yu Saito, Yuji Morine, Tetsuya Ikemoto, Shinichiro Yamada,
Mitsuo Shimada
Post-meal endogenous insulin secretion was significantly lower in head than in body/tail cancer of the
pancreas
350
Hirotaka Shichijo, Toshio Hosaka, Fumie Takewaki, Yoshikazu Sumitani, Hitoshi Ishida,
Kazuki Yasuda
Assessment of multiple domains of pain following BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination 355
Masashi Izumi, Toru Morimoto, Shota Oda, Dai Ohishi, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Takahiro Shimokawa,
Kazuki Ozaki, Anzu Nakamae, Ryota Saito, Yoshiki Fujii, Naoki Komatsu, Hiromi Seo, Masahiko Ikeuchi
Early Prediction of Radiotherapeutic Efficacy in a Mouse Model of Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Using
18F-FLT and 18F-FDG PET/CT
361
Tamaki Otani, Hitoshi Ikushima, Yoshimi Bando, Michiko Yamashita, Kenmei Kuwahara, Hideki Otsuka,
Kazuya Kondo, Hirokazu Miyoshi
How many times can patients tolerate reoperation for the local recurrence of colorectal cancer in terms of
complications?
369
Koji Komori, Takashi Kinoshita, Yusuke Sato, Akira Ouchi, Seiji Ito, Tetsuya Abe, Kazunari Misawa,
Yuichi Ito, Seiji Natsume, Eiji Higaki, Tomonari Asano, Masataka Okuno, Hironori Fujieda, Satoshi Oki,
Tsukasa Aritake, Kakeru Tawada, Satoru Akaza, Hisahumi Saito, Kiyoshi Narita, Hiroki Kawabata,
Yasuhiro Shimizu
Validation of a dietary balance score in middle-aged and older community-dwelling Japanese 377
Mariko Nakamoto, Tsuzuri Nagashima, Yukiko Tanaka, Satomi Ono, Yuki Iwasaki, Akiko Nakamoto,
Shu Zhang, Kaori Kinoshita, Kanae Furuya, Tomoko Imai, Rei Otsuka, Tohru Sakai
Assessment of dyspnea, ADL, and QOL in the perioperative period in lung cancer patients treated with
minimally invasive surger
388
Zhang Linwan, Kazuya Kondo, Takae Bando, Naoya Kawakita, Hiroaki Toba, Yoshie Imai,
Hiromitsu Takizawa
Molecular species profiles of plasma ceramides in different clinical types of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy 403
Katsuya Morito, Ryota Shimizu, Hanif Ali, Akina Shimada, Tohru Miyazaki, Naoko Takahashi,
M. Motiur Rahman, Kazuki Tsuji, Nobuyuki Shimozawa, Michiyasu Nakao, Shigeki Sano, Momoyo Azuma,
Meera Nanjundan, Kentaro Kogure, Tamotsu Tanaka
Association between middle cerebral artery morphology and branch atheromatous disease 411
Junpei Nagasawa, Kenichi Suzuki, Sayori Hanashiro, Masaru Yanagihashi, Takehisa Hirayama,
Masaaki Hori, Osamu Kano
Differences in incidence rate and onset timing of undiagnosed finger symptom among shoulder surgeries
related to complex regional pain syndrome
415
Jun Kawamata, Naoki Suenaga, Naomi Oizumi, Hisashi Matsumoto, Akira Kikuchi, Masataka Inouee
Prognostic impact of frailty after gastrectomy in elderly gastric cancer patients 423
Masaaki Nishi, Yuma Wada, Kozo Yoshikawa, Chie Takasu, Takuya Tokunaga, Toshihiro Nakao,
Hideya Kashihara, Shinichiro Yamada, Toshiaki Yoshimoto, Mitsuo Shimada
Usefulness of new acoustic respiratory sound monitoring with artificial intelligence for upper airway
assessment in obese patients during monitored anesthesia care
430
Yoshitaka Shimizu, Noboru Saeki, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Mitsuru Doi, Kana Oue, Mitsuhiro Yoshida,
Tamayo Takahashi, Aya Oda, Takuma Sadamori, Yasuo M. Tsutsumi, Nobuaki Shime
Impact of early urinary catheter removal on successful voiding and physical function in stroke patients 436
Megumi Tsuda, Tomoya Fukawa, Yasuyo Yamamoto, Kei Daizumoto, Yutaro Sasaki, Yoshiteru Ueno,
Ryotaro Tomida, Yoshito Kusuhara, Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Masayuki Takahashi, Hiro-omi Kanayama
Factors associated with anxiety and depression among caregivers of patients receiving medical home visits 443
Yoshihiro Okura, Chisato Takeuchi, Harutaka Yamaguchi, Kenji Tani
Lipoprotein (a) is a risk factor of aortic valve calcification in patients with a risk of atherosclerosis 450
Munkhtsetseg Tserensonom, Shusuke Yagi, Takayuki Ise, Yutaka Kawabata, Muneyuki Kadota,
Tomoya Hara, Kenya Kusunose, Koji Yamaguchi, Hirotsugu Yamada, Takeshi Soeki, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki,
Masataka Sata
The association between sarcopenia and functional outcomes in patients undergoing convalescent rehabilitation 457
Yuki Yamasaki, Yui Honda, Mami Inoue-Umezaki, Ryoko Makieda, Yoko Endo, Kozo Hanayama,
Hiroshi Sakaue, Fusako Teramoto
Molecular composition of adiponectin in urine is a useful biomarker for detecting early stage of diabetic kidney
disease
464
Tomoharu Kawano, Motohiro Aiba, Masashi Ishizu, Hiroyasu Mori, Munehide Matsuhisa, Seiichi Hashida,
Tracey Colpitts, Toshihiro Watanabe
Middle-term outcome and complications after primary total hip arthroplasty using a contemporary titanium
tapered wedge cementless femoral stem
471
Yuto Sugimine, Shunji Nakano, Hitoshi Goto, Ryosuke Sato, Tetsuya Enishi, Tomohiro Goto, Koichi Sairyo
Association between early-term birth and hypoglycaemia in large-for-gestational-age
neonates : A retrospective cohort study
476
Makoto Irahara, Takashi Nagai, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Takahiro Tayama, Mari Nii, Sachiko Katayama,
Kana Kasai, Naoko Doi, Osamu Okitsu
Does student evaluation of on-demand video lectures vary with student characteristics? A questionnaire
survey of medical students at Tokushima University
483
Harutaka Yamaguchi, Seito Kagoshima, Yoshihiro Okura, Yoshinori Nakanishi, Keisuke Kawahito,
Kenji Tani
Prognosis of frail older patients treated with intubation and artificial ventilation for respiratory failure 494
Kazuhisa Nakashima, Ken Yoshihara, Kento Kono, Mika Horie, Seiko Tanaka, Keita Kawakado,
Misato Kobayashi, Yohei Shiratsuki, Takae Okuno, Mika Nakao, Yoshihiro Amano, Takamasa Hotta,
Megumi Hamaguchi, Shunichi Hamaguchi, Yukari Tsubata, Taishi Nagao, Noriaki Kurimoto,
Takeshi Isobe
Case reports

Suspected Aspergillus nodule histologically consistent with pulmonary nodular lymphoid hyperplasia : a case repor 499
Shun Morizumi, Atsushi Morishita, Miho Nishiyama, Kiyohide Takahashi, Kenya Sumitomo, Hiroyuki Hino,
Keishi Naruse, Eiji Takeuchi, Shoji Sakiyama, Tsutomu Shinohara
An incidentally discovered paraganglioma that caused sinus arrest after resection 503
Takayuki Sano, Takeshi Inoue, Naoko Irie, Tatsuo Ichikawa, Akira Iai, Kiyoshi Osa, Satoshi Ono,
Kozo Asanuma, Shiori Kaneko, Tadao Kuribara, Itaru Shigeyoshi, Kouta Matsubara, Kanako Suzuki,
Hideki Ishizu, Keishin Sunagawa
A rare case of massive hepatic abscess 6 years after ERCP due to retained biliary stent 508
Ioannis G. Gkionis, Michail I. Giakoumakis, Ifigenia Tzartzalou, George Kavallaris, Pinelopi Nicolaou,
Emmanouil Vardas, Aggelos Laliotis
Primary leiomyoma of the bladder radiologically mimicking a retroperitoneal tumor - a case report 513
Mami Taniuchi, Masato Yanagi, Tomonari Kiriyama, Jun Akatsuka, Hiroya Hasegawa, Hikaru Mikami,
Yuki Endo, Hayato Takeda, Yuka Toyama, Go Kimura, Yukihiro Kondo
A case of successful treatment with eltrombopag for severe immune-related thrombocytopenia induced by
atezolizumab : Case report
516
Saki Harada, Takeshi Imakura, Seidai Sato, Hiroshi Nokihara, Yasuhiko Nishioka
Repeated shunt dysfunction due to Barium allergy that was difficult to differentiate from shunt infection 521
Asami Kikuchi, Shigeomi Yokoya, Hideki Oka, Hiroshi Ohno, Akihiko Hino
Others

A novel computed tomography-based three-column MLP classification of intertrochanteric fracture 524
Qi-Long Jiang, Yan Li, Xin-Wen Bai, Yu Deng, Hao Hong, Jun Li, Yong Cao, Xiao-Yu Peng

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