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Objective To summarize the experience in the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic spleen rupture.MethodsThe diagnosis and treatment of consecutive 293 patients with traumatic spleen rupture from January 1992 to October 2000 were reviewed.ResultsThe diagnosis was established by the history of injury, clinical presentations, diagnostic peritoneal punctures, abdominal ultrasonography and/or CT. The accuracy rate of diagnosis was 96 3% (282/293). Thirty one patients were treated nonoperatively and cured. Two hundred and fifty of 259 patients treated operatively were cured.Seven had postoperative complications with effusion in the splenic fossa.The total cure rate was 95 9%(281/293).Twelve patients died of uncontrolable hemorrhage or severe multiple injuries.ConclusionsSplenectomy for the treatment of traumatic spleen rupture is satisfactory.The morbidity and mortality of splenectomy are low.
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Objective To improve the understanding of acute typhlitis.Methods all 5 cases of acute typhlitis from February 1999 to August 2001 were reviewed,5 cases were preoperatively misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis and subsequently performed emergency operations.Moreover,misdiagnosis was made intraoperatively as tumor in 2 cases,Crohn disease in 2 cases and diverticulitis in 1 case.Right hemicolectomy was performed in 4 cases;resection of necrotic mass and ileostomy was performed in 1 case.Results The pathologic change was acute non-specific inflammation of cecum in 5 cases.All cases recovered uneventfully.They are in good condition during the follow-up range 4 to 30 months.Conclusions The clinical manifestation of typhlitis was nonspecific.It was extremely difficult to diagnose preoperatively.Inflammatory mass of external lateral wall of cecum was characteristic finding of typhlitis during laparatomy.It is difficult to differentiate from tumor or Crohn disease at intraoperation.Right hemicolectomy was satisfactorily recommended.
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Objective To investigate the relationship between continuous hyperglycemia and the progression of early acute pancreatitis (AP) Methods Five hundred and twelve AP patients were included in this study, in which 418 patients were mild acute pancreatitis (MAP) and 94 were severe acute pancretitis (SAP) Fasting blood sugar was determined and APACHE Ⅱ score was calculated on admission, 2nd and 3rd day of hospitalization respectively Serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF?) and C reaction protein (CRP) levels were determined on the 2nd day of hospitalization Results The incidence of hyperglycemia was higher in SAP patients than that in MAP patients (74 5% vs 25 8%, P =0 001) In SAP, APACHE Ⅱ score in continuous hyperglycemia group (CHG) was significantly higher than that of non continuous hyperglycemia group (NCHG) on admission, 2nd and 3rd day of hospitalization respectively (13?4 vs 11?3, P =0 017; 13?4 vs 11?3, P =0 010; 14?4 vs 10?4, P =0 010, respectively) Continuous hyperglycemia was related to the severity of SAP ( ? 2=7 77, P =0 005) Moreover, serum TNF? and CRP levels of the CHG were also markedly higher than that of NCHG (20?14 vs 14?11, P =0 019; 123?81 vs 93?55, P =0 036, respectively) Conclusion Continuous hyperglycemia might be a risk factor for the aggravation of early acute pancreatitis