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Objective:To compare the survival and prognostic factors of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) and postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) in female patients, aged≥50 years, diagnosed with node-negative breast cancer (≤ 3 cm in size).Methods:Clinical data of eligible early breast cancer patients between 2010 and 2015 were obtained from the SEER database. Patients were divided into the IORT and PORT groups according to the radiotherapy record and propensity score matching (PSM) was subsequently conducted. Kaplan-Meier curve was used to evaluate the overall survival (OS) and breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS) between two groups and Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was used to explore the risk factors of clinical prognosis.Results:7 068 patients were included after PSM. The median follow-up time was 32.0 months. The 5-year OS rates in the IORT and PORT groups were 96.8% and 93.8%, respectively. Univariate Cox analysis showed that radiotherapy, age, histological grade, T stage, estrogen receptor (ER) status and progesterone receptor (PR) status were the independent risk factors for OS, and histological grade, T stage, ER status, PR status and chemotherapy were the independent risk factors for BCSS. Multivariate Cox regression analysis demonstrated that patients who received IORT had better OS than PORT counterparts ( P=0.020). Besides, patients aged≥60 years obtained worse OS than those aged<60 years ( P=0.003). Patients with T 2 stage or ER-negative tumors had worse OS than those with T 1 stage tumors ( P<0.001) or ER-positive tumors ( P=0.001). Patients with grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ tumors achieved worse BCSS ( P=0.004). Subgroup analysis showed that IORT yielded better OS for elderly patients (≥60 years), grade Ⅲ-Ⅳ tumors, infiltrating duct carcinoma, T 2 stage tumors, ER-positive tumors, PR-positive tumors and patients without chemotherapy. Conclusions:IORT may bring benefit for highly selected patients with low risk of recurrence, which is not inferior to PORT in terms of short-term survival. Prospective studies with longer follow-up time are needed to confirm the findings.
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Objective:To investigate the efficacy of sequential mechanical ventilation based on pulmonary infection control window in the treatment of severe pneumonia complicated by respiratory failure in children.Methods:A total of 300 children with pneumonia complicated with respiratory failure who received mechanical ventilation in Jiande Second People's Hospital from January 2016 to December 2017 were included in this study. They were assigned to receive either conventional continuous invasive mechanical ventilation (control group, n = 150) or invasive- noninvasive sequential mechanical ventilation based on pulmonary infection control window (observation group, n = 150) according to the order of admission. Invasive ventilation time, intensive care unit stay, expiratory time, inspiratory time and time to peak tidal expiratory flow, blood gas analysis indexes, incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia, pulmonary hemorrhage and pneumothorax were compared between the two groups. Results:After treatment, PaO 2 value [(97.31 ± 6.39) mmHg vs. (86.24 ± 10.92) mmHg], PaO 2/FiO 2 [(280.78 ± 40.12) mmHg vs. (210.75 ± 40.11) mmHg], pH value [(7.44 ± 0.01) vs. (7.27 ± 0.04)], expiratory time [(1.18 ± 0.12) s vs. (0.89 ± 0.11) s], inspiratory time [(0.79 ± 0.09) s vs. (0.39 ± 0.09) s], time to peak tidal expiratory flow [(0.41 ± 0.02) s vs. (0.21 ± 0.03) s] and the rate of successful weaning (96.67% vs. 78.67%) in the observation were significantly higher than those in the control group ( t = 13.287, 130.381, 9.231, 6.353, 9.793, 10.131, χ2 = 22.475, all P < 0.001). After treatment, PaCO 2 value [(39.76 ± 5.49) mmHg vs. (46.72 ± 7.51) mmHg], invasive ventilation time [(8.11 ± 3.21) d vs. (17.24 ± 4.52) d], intensive care unit stay [(15.03 ± 2.94) d vs. (21.94 ± 4.29) d], the proportion of children having ventilator-associated pneumonia (1.33% vs. 6.67%), the proportion of children having pulmonary hemorrhage (0.00% vs. 2.67%) and the proportion of children having pneumothorax (2.67% vs. 8.00%) in the observation group were significantly higher than those in the control group ( t = 14.798, 10.136, 9.962, χ2 = 5.556, 4.054, 4.225, all P < 0.05). Conclusion:Sequential mechanical ventilation based on pulmonary infection control window for the treatment of severe pneumonia complicated by respiratory failure in children can achieve good curative effects through greatly improving blood gas index and is highly safe.
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Objective To prepare monoclonal antibodies against pneumonia serotype 33F polysac-charides (Pn33Fps) and hepatitis B virus ( HBV) surface proteins ( HBs) by using the conjugate of Pn33Fps and HBs as antigen. Methods The conjugate of Pn33Fps and HBs was used as antigen to immu-nize mice with different immune doses, different immune procedures and different immune sites. Mouse spleen cells with higher antibody level after immunization were isolated and fused with SP2/0 myeloma cells. The hybridoma cells were screened specifically with Pn33Fps or HBs to prepare corresponding monoclonal antibodies. Results Serum antibodies against Pn33Fps and HBs were induced by immunizing mice with the conjugate. Monoclonal cell lines capable of continuously expressing antibodies against Pn33Fps or HBs were obtained. It has been proved that the recovery rates of samples of Pn33Fps and HBs prepared in three bat-ches tested with ascites monoclonal antibodies prepared by these two monoclonal cell lines were between 95％ and 105％. Conclusions Monoclonal antibodies against Pn33Fps and HBs could be prepared simul-taneously by immunizing mice with the conjugate of Pn33Fps and HBs and used for the quantitative detection of Pn33Fps and HBs.
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Objective@#To prepare monoclonal antibodies against pneumonia serotype 33F polysaccharides (Pn33Fps) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface proteins (HBs) by using the conjugate of Pn33Fps and HBs as antigen.@*Methods@#The conjugate of Pn33Fps and HBs was used as antigen to immunize mice with different immune doses, different immune procedures and different immune sites. Mouse spleen cells with higher antibody level after immunization were isolated and fused with SP2/0 myeloma cells. The hybridoma cells were screened specifically with Pn33Fps or HBs to prepare corresponding monoclonal antibodies.@*Results@#Serum antibodies against Pn33Fps and HBs were induced by immunizing mice with the conjugate. Monoclonal cell lines capable of continuously expressing antibodies against Pn33Fps or HBs were obtained. It has been proved that the recovery rates of samples of Pn33Fps and HBs prepared in three batches tested with ascites monoclonal antibodies prepared by these two monoclonal cell lines were between 95% and 105%.@*Conclusions@#Monoclonal antibodies against Pn33Fps and HBs could be prepared simultaneously by immunizing mice with the conjugate of Pn33Fps and HBs and used for the quantitative detection of Pn33Fps and HBs.
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Objective To investigate the clinical value of noninvasive monitoring technique in intracranial hemorrhage and secondary brain edema after operation for traumatic brain injury (TBI).Methods A retrospective case-series analysis was done on 196 TBI patients (128 males and 68 females,aged 18-60 years old,median age 36.5 years old) admitted from January 2014 to December 2015 and treated surgically with simultaneous implantation of intracranial pressure (ICP) probe.There were 89 patients with Glasgow coma score (GCS) 6-8 points and 107 with GCS 9-12 points.The values of ICP were recorded.The changes of cerebral electrical impedance (CEI) were monitored in all patients through the BORN-BE noninvasive monitor.Results The disturbance factor of the BORN-BE noninvasive monitor in brain edema in the cerebral stage exhibited a strongly positive correlation with ICP (R =0.954,R2 =0.910,P ＜ 0.05).All the rebleeding occurred within 24 hours after operation in the study.The disturbance factor showed a significant reduction in the bleeding side,which exhibited a strongly negative correlation with the volume of cerebral hemorrhage (R =-0.982,R2 =0.964,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion After operation for TBI,the ICE changes from dynamic noninvasive monitor can reflect the severity of brain edema digitally,indicating that the postoperative rebleeding and its volume may play an important role in selection of optimal treatment.
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Objective To evaluate laparoscopic local resection for the treatment of gastric tumors. Methods The clinical data of 78 patients who received laparoscopic local resection at the PLA General Hospital from February 2006 to January 2010 were retrospectively analyzed. According to the tumor site and free range, total laparoscopic gastrectomy was applied to 45 patients, laparoscopic local resection was applied to 22 patients, laparoscopic and endoscopic tumor resection was applied to 11 patients. The efficacies of the surgical approaches were investigated. Results Laparoscopic local resection was successfully performed on the 78 patients without conversion to open surgery. The mean operation time and operative blood loss were 75 minutes (range, 45-120 minutes) and 60 ml (range, 35-90 ml), respectively. The mean diameter of the tumor was (2.5±1.3)cm (range, 0.7-4.8 cm). No mortality or morbidity occurred postoperatively. The bowel function recovery time and the duration of hospital stay were 35 hours (range, 25-42 hours) and 7.5 days (range, 6-9 days), respectively. The results of postoperative pathological examination verified that 63 patients were with gastric stromal tumor, 11 patients were with benign gastric diseases, including 5 with gastric heterotopic pancreas, 2 with inflammatory pseudotumor, 2 with hyperplastic polyp, 1 with schwannomas and one with angioma. Four patients were with carcinoid, 3 carcinoids were located in mucous layer and 1 invaded into muscular layer. The median time of follow-up was 26 months, and no anastomotic stenosis or port-site metastasis was observed. Of the 63 patients with gastric stromal tumor, 2 were treated with imatinib mesylate, 1 had tumor recurrence and received reoperation. Conclusion Laparoscopic local resection is safe and feasible for the treatment of benign gastric neoplasms, stromal tumor and early gastric tumors.