Clinical Features and Prognosis of Patients with Castleman's Disease / 中国实验血液学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To analyze the clinical features and prognosis of patients with Castleman's disease (CD) and improve the diagnosis and treatment of CD.@*METHODS@#Clinical data of patients diagnosed with CD by pathological biopsy in Gansu Provincial Hospital from January 2009 to November 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. According to clinical classification, the patients were divided into two groups: UCD (unicentric CD) group (n=20) and MCD (multicentric CD) group (n=9). The clinical manifestations, laboratory examination, treatment regimens, pathological examination and follow-up data were statistically analyzed.@*RESULTS@#There were no significant differences in average age and gender ratio between UCD group and MCD group. In UCD patients, 80.0% were hyaline vascular type, and 20.0% were plasma cell type. In MCD patients, 33.3% were hyaline vascular type, 55.6% were plasma cell type, and 11.1% were mixed type. There was significant difference in pathological classification between the two groups (P=0.039). The UCD patients usually presented asymptomatic single lymph node enlargement with mild clinical symptoms, while the MCD patients were characterized by multiple superficial and deep lymph node enlargement throughout the body. The incidences of asthenia, splenomegaly, serous effusion in MCD group were higher than those in UCD group (P<0.05). Meanwhile, the incidences of anemia, hypoproteinemia, increased ESR, elevated serum globulin and elevated β2-microglobulin were significantly higher than those in UCD group too (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidences of abnormal WBC, PLT and elevated LDH between the two groups (P>0.05). Among 20 patients with UCD, 13 cases reached complete remission (CR), 1 case achieved partial remission (PR). Among 9 patients with MCD, 3 cases received CR and 4 cases received PR.@*CONCLUSION@#Patients with CD requires pathological examination for diagnosis. Patients with UCD show mild clinical symptoms, good surgical treatment effect and good prognosis. Patients with MCD have diversified clinical manifestations and relatively poor prognosis, and these patients require comprehensive treatment.

Molecular mechanism of Chuanxiong Rhizoma in treating coronary artery diseases / 中草药·英文版

Objective: Most of the studies on the herb Chuanxiong Rhizoma (CR) have focused on the L-arginine-nitric oxide (NO) pathway, but the nitrate-nitrite-NO (NO

The Influence of Serum Homocysteine Level to the Prognosis of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients and Analysis of Related Factors / 中国实验血液学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To analyze the influence of serum homocysteine (Hcy) levels to the prognosis of newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) patients, and to explore related factors affecting the prognosis of the patients.@*METHODS@#The clinical pathological data of 180 newly diagnosed MM patients treated in our hospital from March 2013 to February 2015 were collected, and the patients were divided into high and low Hcy groups based on the median Hcy. The survival curves of the patients in the two groups were drawn to compare the differences of the survival; univariate and multivariate survival analysis was used to observe the influence of serum cysteine to the prognosis of newly diagnosed MM patients; the clinicopathological data of the patients with high and low Hcy in the two groups was compared, Pearson test was used to further analyzes the relationship between Hcy and different factors, and explores the related factors of Hcy affecting the prognosis of the patients.@*RESULTS@#The median survival times of patients in the high and low Hcy groups were 32 (5-59) and 41 (7-71) months, respectively. The 3-year survival rate of the patients in high Hcy group was significantly lower than those in low Hcy group, and the difference shows statistically significant (P<0.05). The results of univariate survival analysis showed that the OS of newly diagnosed MM patients whom with advanced age, high bone disease grade, high-level bone marrow plasma cell count, LDH, C-reactive protein, Cr, β@*CONCLUSION@#Serum Hcy level has a correlation trend with the survival of newly diagnosed MM, which is affected by factors such as Hb.

Application of intravenous sedation in 2 582 cases of oral and maxillofacial surgery / 北京大学学报(医学版)

OBJECTIVE@#To analyze the clinical data of patients undergoing intravenous sedation in oral and maxillofacial surgery, to understand the epidemiological characteristics, to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous sedation for oral surgery, and to summarize our experience.@*METHODS@#We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of patients undergoing intravenous sedation between January 2010 and December 2018 in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School of Stomatology. The gender, age, source, disease types, the values of perioperative vital signs, the use of sedatives and analgesics, duration of surgery and sedation, effect of sedation during the operation and the postoperative anterograde amnesia were analyzed.@*RESULTS@#A total of 2 582 patients experienced oral surgery by intravenous sedation. The peak age was 3.5 to 10 years and between 21 to 40 years. Supernumerary teeth (38%, 981/2 582) and impacted third molars (30%, 775/2 582) were the major disease types, and other types of disease accounted for 32 percent (826/2 582). The values of heart rate(HR), mean arterial pressure(MAP), respiration rate(RR) and bispectral index(BIS) showed statistically significant differences at the time of before sedation, local anesthesia injection, surgical incision, 10 min after operation and the end of operation. In the study, 69%(1 781/2 582) cases received midazolam alone, 7%(181/2 582) cases received propofol alone, and 24% (620/2 582) cases received midazolam and propofol combined for intravenous sedation. Fentanyl (33%, 852/2 582)was the most common intravenous analgesic we used, followed by flurbiprofen axetil (23%, 594/2 582) and ketorolac tromethamine (6%, 157/2 582). Besides, 35% (907/2 582) patients didn't use any intravenous analgesic during the surgery. The average operation time was (31.2±20.8) min, and the average sedation time was (38.4±19.2) min. During the surgery procedure, most of the patients scored on a scale of 2 to 4 according to the Ramsay sedation score (RSS). The postoperative anterograde amnesia rates of local anesthesia injection, surgical incision and dental drill during surgery were 94% (2 431/2 582), 92% (2 375/2 582) and 75% (1 452/1 936).@*CONCLUSION@#Intravenous sedation on the oral and maxillofacial surgery is effective and safe, can make the patients more comfortable, and should be further promoted and applied.

Feasibility of implementing percutaneous kyphoplasty in field comprehensive surgical shelter / 医疗卫生装备

Objective To investigate the feasibility to execute percutaneous kyphoplasty(PKP) in the field comprehensive surgical shelter during kinds of natural disasters. Methods Five experimental pigs underwent PKP in a comprehensive surgical shelter during simulated natural disasters, and were observed for operating time, intraoperative blood loss, complications and postoperative survival rate. Results All the 5 pigs had the operations completed successfully with high postoperative performances in extremities motion and survival rate, and the mean operating time was(43±5.7)min and the mean intraoperative blood loss was (42±3.6)ml.Cement penetrated into the intervertebral space of one pig with satisfactory extremities motion,while no complications occurred in the other pigs.Conclusion The comprehensive surgical shelter proves to enable PKP,and thus extends emergency treatment to the frontier during simulated natural disasters.

Accuracy and safety of pedicle screw placement for spinal deformity under intraoperative CT-assisted / 局解手术学杂志

Objective To evaluate the accuracy and safety of pedicle screw placement for spinal deformity under intraoperative CT-as-sisted.Methods The clinical data of 28 patients with spinal deformity,who underwent intraoperative CT-assisted placement of pedicle screws in our hospital from March 2014 to March 2017,were analyzed retrospectively.Intraoperative CT-assisted placement of pedicle screws was to observe the position of pedicle screws and adjust the screw position.The safety of pedicle screw fixation was assessed by the postoperative complications.Results All 28 patients of scoliosis were successfully performed surgery.A total of 402 pedicle screws were placed in the spines and the placements of 64 screws of them were adjusted according to intraoperative CT findings.Of 402 screws,377 were placed in the pedicles,13 by grade 1 pedicle breach,8 by grade 2 pedicle breach and 4 by grade 3 pedicle breach according to Gertzbein-Robbins classifi-cation of pedicle screw placement accuracy.No complication was directly related to the screws placement.No patient required reoperation due to the misplacement of the pedicle screws.Conclusion Intraoperative cone-beam CT scan can help the surgeon improve the accuracy and safety of pedicle screw placement for spinal deformity with less complication.

Comparison on value of X-ray and CT guided percutaneous biopsy in diagnosis of thoracic and lumbar space occupying lesions / 局解手术学杂志

Objective To investigate the value of intraoperative X-ray guided and CT guided percutaneous biopsy in the diagnosis of thoracic and lumbar space occupying lesions.Methods A total of 97 patients with thoracic and lumbar space occupying lesions who were not diagnosed clinically in our hospital from May 2011 to July 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.All patients underwent percutaneous vertebral biopsy under the guidance of Artis-Zeego robot in the Artis-Zeego complex operating room of our hospital.Thoracic vertebral body biopsy in patients with a total of 46 cases were divided into T group,in which X-ray guided percutaneous biopsy in 25 cases were divided into T-x group,CT guided percutaneous biopsy in 21 cases were divided into T-ct group.Lumbar puncture biopsy in patients with a total of 51 cases were divided into L group,in which X-ray guided percutaneous live review of 24 cases were divided into L-x group,CT guided percutaneous biopsy in 27 cases were divided into L-ct group.According to the packet respectively in X-ray or CT monitoring,the use of bone biopsy needle under local anesthesia,transpedicular approach for spinal lesions of bone amount,by changing the working path or direction bone biopsy needle of different diameter to save drilling samples which were immediately placed in 10％ formalin,specimens were sent for pathological examination and corresponding pathological and cytological examination.The success rate,diagnostic accuracy and complications of percutaneous biopsy were compared between the two groups in X-ray and CT guided percutaneous vertebral biopsy.Results T-x group of 25 patients,5 patients with puncture failure for intraoperative X-ray monitoring difficulties were transferred to puncture under the guidance of CT,the success rate of puncture was 80％ (20/25).Of the patients with success puncture,6 cases were unidentified by pathological examination,the total diagnostic accuracy rate of biopsy in T-x group was 70％ (14/20).The success rate of puncture in T-ct group was 100％,significantly higher than that of T-x group(P ＜ 0.05).In T-ct group,3 cases were unidentified by pathological examination,the total diagnostic accuracy rate of biopsy was 88.5 ％ (23/26),which was significantly higher than that of T-x group (P ＜ 0.05).In the L-x group,1 case with puncture failure for pain during the operation,the success rate of puncture was 95.8％ (23/24),patients of L-ct group were successfully punctured,the success rate was 100％,the difference between the two groups was not significant(P ＞ 0.05).In the L-x group,2 patients failed to confirm the diagnosis,the diagnostic total accuracy rate of L-x group was 87.5％ (21/23);of the L-ct group,1 cases failed to confirm the diagnosis,the diagnosis total accuracy rate of L-ct group was 96.3％ (26/27),the difference between two groups was not significant (P ＞ 0.05).Complications:In the T-x group,1 cases received additional local anesthetic after puncture for pain;1 patients had transient lower extremity paresthesia,and the symptoms were improved 1 weeks later;1 case with intraoperation puncture site paining was not alleviated and had to stop the puncture.All patients with CT guided biopsy had no complications.Conclusion CT and X-ray guided percutaneous biopsy has important significance in diagnosis and treatment of spinal lesions,and CT guided percutaneous biopsy is safer for thoracic lesions with higher diagnostic rate,while for lumbar lesions fluoroscopy,X-ray or CT guided percutaneous biopsy has the same security and diagnostic rate.

Accuracy analysis of screw-setting through second sacral alar-iliac with interoperative cone beam CT scan / 局解手术学杂志

Objective To evaluate the accuracy and safety of screw placement position through second sacral alar -iliac(S2AI)with in-teroperative cone beam CT(CBCT)scan.Methods Collected 22 patients who underwent second sacral alar-iliac screw implant surgery in our hospital from June 2015 to June 2017.All the patients had intraoperative CBCT scan and conventional CT scan after operation.Regard the postoperative CT scan imageing as gold standard to assess the accuracy and safety of S 2AI screws position.The S2AI tract parameters were measured with intraoperative CBCT images and postoperative CT images respectively.Results There was no significant difference between the S2AI tract parameters which were measured with intraoperative CBCT images and postoperative CT images(P>0.05).Conclusion The intraoperative CBCT scan could accurately evaluate the position of S 2AI screws,as well as clarify the damage of the inner and outer plate of the iliac bone in the process of fixation.Compared with postoperative conventional CT scan,the intraoperative CBCT scan can potentially re-duce the reoperation rate.

Percutaneous alcohol embolization combined with percutaneous vertebroplasty in epidural extension of aggressive vertebral hemangiomas / 局解手术学杂志

Objective To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous alcohol embolization(PAE) combined with percutaneous vertebroplasty(PVP) for aggressive vertebral haemangiomas (AVHs) with epidural extension.Methods The data of 26 consecutive patients underwent PAE combined with PVP for the treatment of AVHs with epidural extension from October 2013 to November 2015 were analyzed retrospectively.The average follow-up time was (12.21 ± 1.34) months.The pain symptom before and after surgery were evaluated with a visual analogue scale (VAS).Results Pre-procedure mean VAS score was (7.23 ± 1.3) and the postoperative VAS score was (3.11 ± 1.9) at last follow-up.Ten patients (38.5％) remained asymptomatic.Eighty-eight percent of the patients with neurosensory disorders had complete regression of these symptoms.Two of the three patients with motor deficit did not show any improvement.No major complication was recorded.Conclusion PAE combined with PVP is a minimally invasive safe and effective therapeutic approach for AVH with epidural extension.This technique appears mainly effective for pain and neurosensory symptoms,but seems less effective for motor deficit relief.

Performance of internal-loop air-lift nitrifying bioreactor / 生物工程学报

The performance of internal-loop air-lift nitrifying bioreactor was good with strong tolerance to influent ammonia concentration (78.49 mmol/L), high volume converting rate (163.18 mmol/L.d) and obvious working stability (ammonia removal > 94.42%). During operation of internal-loop air-lift bioreactor, the nitrifying activated sludge was granulated. The nitrifying granular activated sludge began to appear on day 45. Its average diameter was 0.83 mm, settling velocity was 55.53 m/h and specific ammonia removal rate was 0.95 mmol (NH4(+)-N)/g (VS).d. The nitrifying granular activated sludge had the activity for anaerobic ammonia oxidation with ammonia oxidation rate of 0.23 mmol (NH4(+)-N)/g(VS).d and nitrite reduction rate of 0.24 mmol (NO2(-)-N)/g(VS).d.