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@#Objective To explore whether surgery combined with adjuvant chemotherapy can bring survival benefits to patients with cervical and upper thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods The clinical data of patients with cervical and upper thoracic ESCC who underwent R0 resection and neck anastomosis in our department from 2006 to 2010 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients received neoadjuvant therapy or adjuvant radiotherapy were excluded. The adjuvant chemotherapy group was given a combination of taxanes and platinum based chemotherapy after surgery; the surgery alone group did not receive adjuvant chemotherapy. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze the survival difference between the adjuvant chemotherapy group and the surgery alone group. Results A total of 181 patients were enrolled, including 141 (77.9%) males and 40 (22.1%) females, with an average age of 61.0±8.2 years (80 patients aged≤61 years, 101 patients aged>61 years). There were 70 (38.7%) patients of cervical ESCC, and 111 (61.3%) patients of upper thoracic ESCC. Eighty-seven (48.1%) patients underwent postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy, and 94 (51.9%) patients underwent surgery alone, and the basic clinical characteristics were well balanced between the two groups (P>0.05). The median survival time of patients in the adjuvant chemotherapy group and the surgery alone group was 31.93 months and 26.07 months, and the 5-year survival rate was 35.0% and 32.0%, respectively (P=0.227). There was no statistical difference in median survival time between the cervical ESCC and upper thoracic ESCC group (31.83 months vs. 29.76 months, P=0.763). For cervical ESCC patients, the median survival time was 45.07 months in the adjuvant chemotherapy group and 14.70 months in the surgery alone group (P=0.074). Further analysis showed that the median survival time of lymph node negative group was 32.53 months, and the lymph node positive group was 24.57 months (P=0.356). The median survival time was 30.43 months in the lymph-node positive group with adjuvant chemotherapy and 17.77 months in the lymph-node positive group with surgery alone. The survival curve showed a trend of difference, but the difference was not statistically significant (P=0.557). Conclusion There is no statistical difference in the long-term survival of cervical and upper thoracic ESCC patients after R0 resection. Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy may have survival benefits for patients with cervical ESCC and upper ESCC with postoperative positive lymph nodes, but the differences are not statistically significant in this setting.
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@#Objective To evaluate the clinical outcomes of larynx-preserving limited resection with total thoracic esophagectomy and gastric pull-up reconstruction for the treatment of cervical esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) without tumor involvement of the larynx and hypopharynx compared with the upper thoracic ESCC. Methods Retrospective and comparative analysis of consecutive patients with cervical and upper thoracic ESCC who underwent R0 surgical resection from 2006 to 2011 in our center was performed. Kaplan-Meier method was used to calculate the patients’ survival. Results In total, 44 pairs of patients, including 71 males and 17 females with an average age of 60.66±8.49 years were enrolled in the study after propensity score matching. The baseline characteristics of the two groups of patients were well balanced. There was no statistical difference in the operation time (P=0.100), blood loss (P=0.685), mortality rate in 30 days (P=1.000), total complication rate (P=0.829), cervical anastomosis leakage (P=0.816), mechanical ventilation (P=1.000), normal oral diet within 15 days (P=0.822) and anastomosis recurrence rate (P=0.676) between the two groups. Survival analysis showed that there was no statistical difference in survival time between the cervical group [31.83 (95%CI 8.65-55.02) months] and upper thoracic group [37.73 (95%CI 25.29-50.18) months, P=0.533]. The 5-year survival rates were 32.6% and 42.1%, respectively. Conclusion Larynx-preserving limited resection with total thoracic esophagectomy and gastric pull-up reconstruction for the treatment of cervical ESCC without involvement of the larynx and hypopharynx may result in a similar clinical outcome to upper thoracic ESCC.
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Objective@#To investigate the effect of nursing intervention on information-motivation-behavioral skill (IMB) model in patients with adjuvant chemotherapy after radical resection of upper thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.@*Methods@#A total of 128 patients with adjuvant chemotherapy after radical resection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from December 2016 to June 2018 were enrolled. The random number table method was used to divide them into control group (64 cases) and study group (64 cases). The control group received routine nursing, and the study group took the IMB model of nursing intervention on the basis of the control group. The intervention time was 2 months. Postoperative rehabilitation (feeding time, time to get out of bed, and length of hospital stay), pre-intervention self-efficacy score (Strategies Used by People to Promote Health, SUPPH), European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Quality of Life-Core 30 Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30), complications (reflux esophagitis, chest cavity), the incidence of effusion, infection, anastomotic leakage, and satisfaction of nursing work were compared.@*Results@#The feeding time of the study group was (3.39±0.72) d, the time of getting out of bed (2.26±1.02) d, the length of hospital stay (9.19±1.68) d, which was shorter than that of the control group (4.48±0.81), (4.07±1.55), (12.26±2.35) d, the difference was statistically significant (t=8.046, 7.804, 8.502, P<0.05). After intervention, the self-decision, self-decompression, and positive attitude scores of the two groups were higher than those before the intervention, and the study group was (11.19±1.28), (28.37±2.79), (39.98±5.01), respectively, higher than the control group. The differences were statistically significant (t= 7.239, 5.036, 5.057, P < 0.05). After intervention, the social function, emotional function, role function and physical function score of the two groups were higher than those before the intervention, and the study group were (69.02±6.87), (70.61±7.65), (69.68±6.80), (72.55±6.51). The scores were higher than those of the control group (61.13±7.03), (63.64±7.44), (60.22±7.05), and (65.86±6.08), and the difference was statistically significant (t=5.225-6.422, P<0.05). The complication rate was 7.81% (5/64) in the study group and 20.31% (13/64) in the control group. The difference was statistically significant (χ2=4.137, P <0.05). The nursing job satisfaction of the study group was 92.19% (59/64), which was higher than that of the control group 79.69% (51/64). The difference was statistically significant (χ2=4.137, P<0.05).@*Conclusions@#The intervention of IMB model in the treatment of patients with adjuvant chemotherapy after radical resection of upper esophageal squamous cell carcinoma can effectively improve their self-efficacy, reduce postoperative complications, shorten the postoperative rehabilitation time, and improve the quality of life of patients and improve the satisfaction of their nursing work.
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Objective To investigate the effect of nursing intervention on information-motivation-behavioral skill (IMB) model in patients with adjuvant chemotherapy after radical resection of upper thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods A total of 128 patients with adjuvant chemotherapy after radical resection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from December 2016 to June 2018 were enrolled. The random number table method was used to divide them into control group (64 cases) and study group (64 cases). The control group received routine nursing, and the study group took the IMB model of nursing intervention on the basis of the control group. The intervention time was 2 months. Postoperative rehabilitation (feeding time, time to get out of bed, and length of hospital stay), pre-intervention self-efficacy score (Strategies Used by People to Promote Health, SUPPH), European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer-Quality of Life-Core 30 Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-C30), complications (reflux esophagitis, chest cavity), the incidence of effusion, infection, anastomotic leakage, and satisfaction of nursing work were compared. Results The feeding time of the study group was (3.39±0.72) d, the time of getting out of bed (2.26±1.02) d, the length of hospital stay (9.19±1.68) d, which was shorter than that of the control group (4.48±0.81), (4.07±1.55), (12.26±2.35) d, the difference was statistically significant (t=8.046, 7.804, 8.502, P<0.05). After intervention, the self-decision, self-decompression, and positive attitude scores of the two groups were higher than those before the intervention, and the study group was (11.19±1.28), (28.37±2.79), (39.98±5.01), respectively, higher than the control group. The differences were statistically significant (t=7.239, 5.036, 5.057, P<0.05). After intervention, the social function, emotional function, role function and physical function score of the two groups were higher than those before the intervention, and the study group were (69.02 ± 6.87), (70.61 ± 7.65), (69.68±6.80), (72.55±6.51). The scores were higher than those of the control group (61.13±7.03), (63.64±7.44), (60.22±7.05), and (65.86±6.08), and the difference was statistically significant (t=5.225-6.422, P<0.05). The complication rate was 7.81% (5/64) in the study group and 20.31% (13/64) in the control group. The difference was statistically significant (χ2=4.137, P<0.05). The nursing job satisfaction of the study group was 92.19% (59/64), which was higher than that of the control group 79.69% (51/64). The difference was statistically significant (χ2=4.137, P<0.05). Conclusions The intervention of IMB model in the treatment of patients with adjuvant chemotherapy after radical resection of upper esophageal squamous cell carcinoma can effectively improve their self-efficacy, reduce postoperative complications, shorten the postoperative rehabilitation time, and improve the quality of life of patients and improve the satisfaction of their nursing work.