Shuichi Ohashi

TL;DR: Endoscopic thyroid surgery by the axillo‐bilateralbreast approach (ABBA) is a better method than BA and can be a feasible option, particularly for young patients who opt for the better cosmetic outcome.

TL;DR: LIGS may be an appropriate new, minimally-invasive operation for gastric myogenic tumors and should be considered for cases of patients with a gastric leiomyoma adjacent to the cardia.

TL;DR: If video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is to be considered as a treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax, it must reduce postoperative ipsilateral recurrence by training practitioners not to overlook blebs during the procedure and/or consider widening the area of pleurodesis.

TL;DR: Laparoscopic colorectal surgery appears to allow an earlier recovery after the operation than the classical open procedure, and it is less invasive as assessed by convalescence.

TL;DR: Postoperative inflammatory parameters of patients with Crohn’s disease examined and compared with those of 17 patients who underwent conventional open surgery were significantly lower and the time taken to normalize body temperature and leukocyte counts was significantly shorter in the LAS group than in the laparotomy group.