Analysis of atypical computed tomography features of primary small intestinal lymphoma / 中华消化杂志

Objective@#To investigate the atypical computed tomography (CT) features of primary small intestinal lymphoma (PSIL), and its correlation with pathology.@*Methods@#From July 2007 to June 2018, at Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, the clinical features and CT imaging data of 29 histopathologically diagnosed PSIL with atypical CT features were retrospectively analyzed.@*Results@#A total of 29 cases were all confirmed as Non-Hodgkin′s lymphoma including 23 cases of B cell lymphoma and six cases of peripheral T cell lymphoma. In 24 PSIL patients, the intestinal wall was unevenly thickened. While five cases had intra- and extra-intestinal masses. Images of four PSIL patients showed heterogeneous density at unenhanced CT scan, five cases presented with heterogeneous mild to moderate enhancement and five cases demonstrated with obvious enhancement at portal venous phase. Multiple ulcers in mucosa were found in 20 cases, and obviously abnormal mucosal enhancement was found in five cases, and 13 cases showed rough serosa layer of intestinal wall and the fat gap around the intestinal wall disappeared. Adjacent organs were involved in four cases and intestinal obstruction occurred in eight cases.@*Conclusion@#The atypical imaging of PSIL can be heterogeneous density of the lesion, heterogeneous or obvious enhancement at enhanced scan, multiple ulcers on the mucosal surface, thickening of the mucosal surface, blurred peripheral fat space, involvement of adjacent organs and intestinal obstruction.

Analysis of atypical computed tomography features of primary small intestinal lymphoma / 中华消化杂志

Objective To investigate the atypical computed tomography (CT) features of primary small intestinal lymphoma (PSIL),and its correlation with pathology.Methods From July 2007 to June 2018,at Ruijin Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,the clinical features and CT imaging data of 29 histopathologically diagnosed PSIL with atypical CT features were retrospectively analyzed.Results A total of 29 cases were all confirmed as Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma including 23 cases of B cell lymphoma and six cases of peripheral T cell lymphoma.In 24 PSIL patients,the intestinal wall was unevenly thickened.While five cases had intra-and extra-intestinal masses.Images of four PSIL patients showed heterogeneous density at unenhanced CT scan,five cases presented with heterogeneous mild to moderate enhancement and five cases demonstrated with obvious enhancement at portal venous phase.Multiple ulcers in mucosa were found in 20 cases,and obviously abnormal mucosal enhancement was found in five cases,and 13 cases showed rough serosa layer of intestinal wall and the fat gap around the intestinal wall disappeared.Adjacent organs were involved in four cases and intestinal obstruction occurred in eight cases.Conclusion The atypical imaging of PSIL can be heterogeneous density of the lesion,heterogeneous or obvious enhancement at enhanced scan,multiple ulcers on the mucosal surface,thickening of the mucosal surface,blurred peripheral fat space,involvement of adjacent organs and intestinal obstruction.

Pathological staging criteria for carcinoma in the remnant stomach: an exploratory study / 中华胃肠外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the prognostic value of the tumor-ratio-metastasis (TRM) staging system for carcinoma in the remnant stomach(CRS).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Clinicopathological data of 91 CRS patients who underwent surgery at Peking University People's Hospital between March 1992 and December 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. According to the ratio of metastatic lymph node to dissected lymph node, the R staging was obtained, and the pN staging was replaced by the R staging to create the TRM staging. To compare the predictive accuracy of TRM and tumor-node-metastasis (TNM, UICC version 7), the R staging and pN staging were included in the prognostic factor analysis model, and the survival curve, c-index, and 95% confidence interval (CI) of the TRM staging and TNM staging system were compared. A higher c-index value means higher prediction accuracy.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of 91 CRS patients, 77 were male and 14 were female with the mean onset age of (65.2±10.4) years. The mean interval from the first operation to CRS onset was 156(6-600) months. The primary diseases of 49(53.8%) cases were benign and of 42(46.2%) cases were malignant. The median number of retrieved lymph node (RLN) was 8 (0-38), and 64 patients (70.3%) had an RLN ≤15. Lymph node metastasis occurred in 50 patients (54.9%). pN staging result was as follows: 41 cases in N0 stage, 14 in N1 stage, 19 in N2 stage, and 17 in N3 stage. R staging result was as follows: 41 cases in R0 stage, 4 in R1 stage, 19 in R2 stage, and 27 in R3 stage. TNM staging result was as follows: 13 cases in stage I(, 25 in stage II(, 10 in stage III(a, 23 in stage III(b, and 6 in stage III(c. TRM staging result was as follows: 13 cases in stage I(, 24 in stage II(, and 4 in stage III(a, 18 in stage III(b, and 18 in stage III(c. Univariate analysis showed that tumor diameter ≥7 cm (HR=2.696, 95%CI: 1.307-5.563, P=0.007), T3-4 stage (HR=4.350, 95%CI: 1.949-9.707, P=0.000), N2-3 stage (HR=1.883, 95%CI: 1.167-3.038, P=0.009), R2-3 stage (HR=1.642, 95%CI: 1.026-2.628, P=0.039), TNM III(-IIII( stage (HR=2.448, 95%CI:1.490-4.021, P=0.000), and TRM III(-IIII( stage (HR=2.504, 95%CI:1.515-4.137, P=0.000) were related to prognosis. Tumor diameter, pT staging, and pN staging were included in the Cox multivariate analysis, and the result showed that pT staging (HR=5.507, 95%CI:2.254-13.454, P=0.000) and pN staging (HR=1.698, 95%CI: 1.022-2.789, P=0.041) were independent risk factors for overall survival of CRS in this group. While R staging replaced pN staging and was included in the Cox multivariate analysis together with tumor diameter and pT staging, the result showed that R staging was not an independent risk factor for CRS in this group (HR=1.622, 95%CI: 0.866-2.329, P=0.164). Survival curve revealed pN and TNM staging systems provided better stratified curves according to each staging than R and TRM staging systems. The overall survival c-index of TNM and TRM staging systems was 0.813(95%CI: 0.732-0.826) and 0.809(95%CI: 0.741-0.847) respectively, and no significant difference in predictive accuracy was found (P=0.693). In 42 patients with primary malignance, the overall survival c-index of TNM and TRM staging systems was 0.774(95%CI: 0.589-0.901) and 0.761(95%CI: 0.596-0.912) respectively, and there was no significant difference in predictive accuracy as well (P=0.881).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>TRM staging is not superior to TNM staging (7th UICC) in evaluating the resected samples of CRS.</p>

Meta-analysis of gastric stump cancer after gastrectomy for gastric cancer / 中华胃肠外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the clinicopathological features and prognosis of gastric stump cancer (GSC) following subtotal gastrectomy for gastric cancer, to compare the clinicopathologic differences between narrow GSC and generalized GSC, and to compare the prognosis between GSC and primary proximal gastric cancer (PPGC) after radical resection.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Literatures of GSC-associated clinical study were searched by computer from the Cochrane Library, Medline, PubMed, CNKI, Wanfang and VIP databases, and the retrieval period was from the establishment of database to December 31, 2017.</p><p><b>INCLUSION CRITERIA</b>(1) GSC was defined as a carcinoma arising in the gastric remnant after radical gastrectomy for gastric cancer, and confirmed by the pathological or histological examination, the elapsed time from the initial operation was not considered in the definition. (2) Retrospective or prospective clinical cohort study. (3) Study included at least one of below items: gender, anastomotic type in gastric cancer surgery, the interval between the initial surgery and diagnosis of GSC, the location, treatment, pathological differentiation, pathologic stage, lymph node metastasis rate and prognosis of GSC. (4) When similar studies were reported by the same institution or author, either the better quality study or the newest publication was chosen.</p><p><b>EXCLUSION CRITERIA</b>(1) Abstracts, reviews, case reports, meeting record, editorials and repeated research. (2) Studies including patients with initial non-gastric cancer. In this study, gastric stump cancer(GSC) after gastric cancer was divided into two groups: the incidence without limit interval time (generalized GSC group) and above 10 years (narrow GSC group). Selective trials were Meta-analyzed by the Stata13.0 software and statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 21.0 software.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>A total of 27 literatures were finally enrolled, which comprised 1463 GSC patients, including 1146 males and 317 females. The generalized group and narrow GSC group had 921 and 542 patients respectively. The generalized GSC group and the narrow GSC group did not significantly differ in terms of previous reconstruction mode, types of differentiation, pathologic T staging, postoperative pathology tumor-node-metastases staging, and distant metastasis rate (χ=2.341, 0.926, 0.350, 0.965, 2.311 respectively, all P>0.05). As compared to generalized GSC group, narrow GSC group had higher ratio of male patients (82.8% vs. 75.7%, χ=9.909, P=0.002), more lesions locating in anastomotic stoma (37.8% vs. 26.1%, χ=18.091, P=0.000), higher ratio of patients undergoing radical resection (84.2% vs. 70.3%, χ=11.738, P=0.001), higher positive rate of postoperative lymph node (45.8% vs. 34.5%, χ=6.319, P=0.012), and larger size of tumor [(5.9±2.2) cm vs. (4.5±1.9) cm, t=9.151, P=0.000]. The overall 5-year survival rate and postoperative pathology stage III(-IIII( survival ratio in narrow GSC group were higher compared to general GSC group (42.7% vs. 30.6% and 27.5% vs. 18.1%, respectively), which were significantly different (χ=10.938, P=0.000; χ=4.128, P=0.042), while the postoperative pathology stage I(-II( survival ratio was not significantly different between two groups (67.3% vs. 67.0% respectively, χ=0.015, P=0.92). There was no significant difference in the 5-year survival rate between GSC with radical resection and PPGC(RR=1.04, 95%CI:0.79-1.36, P=0.805) and the 5-year survival rate of same postoperative pathology stage was not significantly different between two groups (I(-II( stage: RR=1.08, 95%CI:0.93-1.26, P=0.328; III(-IIII( stage: RR=0.59, 95%CI:0.33-1.04, P=0.111).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>There are some different clinicopathological features between the generalized and the narrow GSC after gastric cancer surgery. The prognosis of GSC after radical resection is similar to primary proximal gastric cancer.</p>

The design and assessment of a novel simulated training system for cardiac surgery / 生物医学工程学杂志

Simulations can mimic the environment that refers to the surgery operation to improve the technical skills of the trainees. In this paper, we designed a new cardiac surgery simulative training system. The isolated pig heart was selected as the heart model. A mechanical device was designed to achieve the beating of heart model. At the same time, adjusting frequencies of mechanical movement could change the rating of heartbeat. In order to validate the rationality of the system, 12 non-medical specialty students and 12 medical specialty students were divided into two groups, which consecutively accepted seven-days of training for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting using the cardiac surgery simulative training system. The time for completing bypass grafting before and after training were recorded. And the bridging outcomes of each trainee were assessed by 3 surgery cardiac surgeons using the object structured assessments of technical skill (OSATS) criteria. After training, each trainee could finish the bypass suturing in a shorter time than before training, and the scores of each trainee assessed by OSATS criteria were also improved. The results showed that the cardiac surgery simulative training system had better training effect in improving the surgical techniques, operation skills and proficiency of surgical instruments of trainees.

Therapeutic Efficacy of Ezetimibe Combined with Tirofiban in the Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients and Its Influence on the Content of Ischemia Modified Albumin / 中国药房

OBJECTIVE:To investigate therapeutic efficacy of ezetimibe combined with tirofiban in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome patients and its influence on the content of ischemia modified albumin (IMA) in peripheral blood.METHODS:A total of 82 patients with acute coronary syndrome in our hospital from Jan.2016 to Jan.2017 were divided into observe group and control group according to random number table,with 41 cases in each groups.All patients were given general treatment containing statins,glyceryl trinitrate and so on.Control group was additionally given Ezetimibe tablet 10 mg orally once a day.Observation group was additionally given Tirofiban hydrochloride sodium chloride injection 5 mg intravenously once a day,on the basis of control group,for consecutive 15 d.Clinical efficacies of 2 groups were evaluated.The dose of glyceryl trinitrate,duration and frequency of angina pectoris attack,left ventricular function indexes (SV,LVDD,CO,LVEF) were compared before treatment and after last medication.The contents of IMA in peripheral blood were detected before treatment and 3,6,9,12,15 h after the first day medication.ADR of the 2 groups were observed closely during the treatment.RESULTS:The total response rate of observation group was 92.7％,which was significantly higher than 72.3％ of control group (P＜0.05).Compared with before treatment,dose of glyceryl trinitrate and the content of IMA in 2 groups were decreased significantly after last medication,duration and frequency of angina pectoris attack were shortened significantly;the levels of SV,CO and LVEF were increased significantly while the level of LVDD was decrease significantly;the effect of observation group was significantly better than that of control group,with statistical significance (P＜0.05).No severe ADR was found in all patients during the treatment.CONCLUSIONS:Based on general treatment of glyceryl trinitrate therapeutic efficacy of ezetimibe combined with tirofiban is better than that of ezetimibe alone in the treatment acute coronary syndrome patients,and can decrease the content of IMA in peripheral blood more quickly.

Diagnosis of autoimmune pancreatitis with computed tomography / 中华消化杂志

Objective To investigate the computed tomography (CT) features of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP).Methods The CT imaging data of 33 patients with AIP confirmed by pathology and/or steroid therapy were retrospectively analyzed.Image analysis including the shape of pancreas, density of lesion, contrast enhancement, the changes of pancreatic duct and biliary duct, peripancreatic appearances and adjacent organ involvement.T test was performed for statistical analysis.Results Among 33 patients with AIP, 23 cases (70%) with pancreatic parenchyma diffuse enlargement, eight cases (24%) with partial enlargement and two cases (6%) with normal pancreas.The lesions appeared hypoattenuating or isoattenuating on plain CT scan.After contrast-enhanced scan, the average CT values of lesions were (75.7±17.0) Hu at arterial phase, which was lower than that of venous phase (90.7±12.0) Hu, and the difference was statistically significant (t=3.378,P=0.002).The lesions demonstrated as progressive enhancement at venous phase.Among 33 patients, the main pancreatic duct was visible in six patients (18%).Sixteen patients (48%) presented with intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary tract dilatation caused by intrapancreatic common bile duct stenosis.Thickened envelope-like structure around the lesions, presenting as capsule sign was seen in 14 patients (42%).Extra-pancreatic organ involvement was found in seven patients including three cases of kidney involvement.After treated with steroid, seven patients repeated CT which showed different degrees of improvement.Conclusion The main CT findings of AIP are diffuse and partial enlargement of pancreas with progressive enhancement at venous phase, envelope-like structure around pancreas, and stenosis of intrapancreatic common bile duct, which are important in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of AIP.

Diagnosis and treatment analysis of 23 intestinal obstruction patients caused by intra-abdominal hernia with no abdominal surgery history / 中国基层医药

Objective To analyze the diagnosis and treatment of intestinal obstruction patients caused by intra-abdominal hernia with no abdominal surgery history ,in order to raise awareness .Methods Clinical data of 23 intestinal obstruction patients caused by intra-abdominal hernia with no abdominal surgery history were retrospectively analyzed.The clinical manifestations ,type,and risk factors were analyzed .And its diagnosis and prevention was dis-cussed.Results 23 patients were caused by intestinal blood circulation disorders ,in which there were 11 cases small intestine mesentery hernia ,2 cases duodenal hernia ,2 cases pericecal hernia ,3 cases omentum hernia ,1 case obturator hernia,2 cases congenital dysplasia and intestinal mesenteric torsion induced small hernia ,2 cases formation of intra-abdominal pressure alone belted intestine ,8 cases of intestinal necrosis .22 patients were cured after surgery ,1 case died,12 cases had postoperative complications .The incidence rate of postoperative complications of patients with in-testinal necrosis was 59.3%( wound infection 37.1%, pneumonia 22.2%), which was significantly higher than 11.8%of patients without intestinal necrosis (wound infection 5.9%,pneumonia 5.9%)(χ2 =3.861,3.861,all P<0.05).Conclusion The intestinal obstruction caused by intra-abdominal hernia with no abdominal surgery history is closed loop obstruction , preoperative diagnosis is difficult , with the rapid progression of the disease , and intestinal strangulation ,intestinal necrosis can occur in the short term whithout timely surgical treatment .Therefore ,early diagno-sis and prompt surgical treatment is the key to the diagnosis and treatment of intestinal obstruction caused by intra -ab-dominal hernia with no abdominal surgery history .

Effect of Panax Notoginseng Saponins on Cerebral Water Content and Thrombin of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Rats / 中国中医药信息杂志

Objective To investigate the effects of Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) on the cerebral water content and thrombin in the rats with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and explore its mechnism for treating ICH. Methods SD male rats were randomly divided into blank group, sham operation group, model group and treatment group, and time points of 6, 24, 48, 72 h and 7 d were observed. ICH rat model was induced by collagenase and heparin in saline solution injected into caudate nucleus. The treatment group was injected PNS intraperitoneally once a day, and the cerebral water content was assessed by dry-wet weight method. Both content of fibrinogen (FIB) and thrombin clotting time (TT) in 48 h were measured. Results The cerebral water content of model group increased at every time point compared with blank group and sham operation group (P0.05). Conclusion PNS may play a role in treating ICH by decreasing cerebral water content, FIB and TT of ICH rats.

Survey on Physiological and Psychological Symptoms of Drug Abusers under Rehabilitation Period Through Labor / 中国康复理论与实践

@#Objective To investigate the physiological and psychological symptoms of drug abusers under rehabilitation period through labor.Methods A self-designed clinical symptoms questionnaire and Eysenck Personality Questionaire (EPQ) were used to evaluate 1 004 drug abusers under rehabilitation period through labor, and the related symptoms were analyzed.Results The mainly physiological symptoms were fatigue, forgetfulness, aching pain of joints, arrhythmia and discomfort of limbs, and the mainly psychological symptoms are drug craving, insomnia and anxiety. The mean scores of P and E were higher in those who had the drug craving symptoms ( P<0.01), and the mean scores of N were higher in those who had the insomnia or anxiety symptoms ( P<0.01).Conclusion The mainly physiological symptoms of drug abusers under rehabilitation period through labor are fatigue, forgetfulness, aching pain of joints, arrhythmia and discomfort of limbs, which are probably caused by the unbalance of the nervous and internal secretive systems, and the plastisity of the nervous system. The psychological symptoms may due to the effect of morphine and the personality of the drug abusers.