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Objective To explore the value of preoperative spleen-liver volume ratio for predicting recurrence of primary liver cancer after hepatectomy.Methods Clinical data of 75 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing hepatectomy were analyzed retrospectively.According to the preoperative spleen-liver volume ratio,these patients were divided into 2 groups:those with spleen-liver volume ratio ＜ 0.8,and spleen-liver volume ratio≥0.8.Patients were followed-up until March 2014.Cox ratio risk pattern analysis was used for the recurrent correlative factors.Results Univariate analysis showed that preoperative AFPL3％ ≥ 10％,the maximum diameter of the tumor ＞ 5 cm,the number of tumor ＞ 3,spleen-liver volume ratio ≥0.8,vascular invasion,positive resection margin and hepatic or portal vein tumor thrombus were all risk factors of poor disease-free survival (P ＜ 0.05).Cox regression analysis revealed that spleen-liver volume ratio ≥0.8,AFP-L3％ ≥10％,the maximum diameter of the tumor ＞5 cm and hepatic or portal vein tumor thrombus were independent predictors of poor disease-free survival after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma(P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Preoperative spleen-liver volume ratio ≥0.8 was an independent adverse predictor of poor disease-free survival.
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Objetive To investigate the effect of Fasudil on the hepatic ischemia repeffusion injury on rats of obstructive jaundice.Methods 160 mature SD rats were randomly assigned into 2 large groups,namely experimental group (Group A) and control group (Group B).While each large group was subdivided into 4 subgroups,including sham operation subgroups(Group A1 and B1),obstructive jaundice model subgroups(Group A2 and B2),ischemia reperfusion model subgroups (Group A3 and B3)and obstructive jaundice plus ischemia reperfusion model subgroups (Group A4 and B4).In Group A2 and B2,obstructive jaundice models were made on rats by double ligating and cutting the common bile ducts.In Group A3 and B3,the ischemia reperfusion injury models were built by blocking the hepatic portal vessel for 30 minutes before reperfusion.In Group A4 and B4,the ischemia reperfusion injury models were built in 1 week after building the obstructive jaundice models.For Group A,10 mg/kg fasudil was intraperitoneally injected at 30 minutes before ischemia.For Group B,equal amount of physiological saline was injected.Samples were gained on zero hour,1 hour,2 hour and 6 hour post reperfusion.The serum indexes for liver function and serum Endothelin 1 level were tested and analyzed through SPSS.Pathological changes of liver were viewed correspondingly.Results Compared to control groups (Group Bs),experimental groups (Groups As) have better liver function,lower Endothelin 1 level (P ＜ 0.05),as well as less severe microscopic histological damage.Conclusion Fasudil can effectively protect rats of obstructive jaundice from hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury.
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Objective To explore the efficacy of intraductal chilled saline perfusion (ICSP) to reduce the thermal bile duct injury during the treatment of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) associating with occlusion of hepatic blood supply in rabbits.Methods 16 healthy New Zealand white rabbits were divided into 2 groups.Rabbits of the ICSP group were placed tubes in the common bile duct after laparotomy,and ICSP was performed during the RFA procedure accompanied with hepatic blood occlusion.While for rabbits of the non-ICSP group,hepatic blood occlusion and RFA were performed without ICSP.RFA electrodes were placed about 5 mm away from the hilus hepatis approximately.Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) was administrated to evaluate the sizes of the ablative zones after the procedure.On post-procedure 6 week,ultrasonography was prerformed to evaluate the changes of the biliary structure,and liver specimens of rabbits wcrc obtained for histopathologic observation of main bile ducts.Results Post-procedure CEUS examination showed that there was no significant difference in the size of the ablative zone between the groups (P ＞0.05).On post-procedure 6 week,rabbits of the ICSP group appeared with biliary dilatation more frequently by ultrasonography (P ＜0.05),and a higher degree of the injury of main bile duct by histopathologic observation (P ＜0.05).Conclusions In treatment of RFA accompanied with hepatic blood occlusion,RFA-induced bile duct injury may be decreased significantly with ICSP.