Characteristics and risk factors of local recurrence in resected pancreatic cancer / 中华普通外科杂志

Objective:To investigate the characteristics and risk factors of local recurrence in resected pancreatic cancer.Methods:The clinicopathological data of 190 patients in whom recurrent sites can be identified after radical resection of pancreatic cancer from Sep 2013 to Aug 2020 at the Cangzhou Central Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The survival time and clinicopathological characteristics of local recurrence were compared with those of other recurrence types. Cox risk regression model was used to analyze the risk factors of local recurrence.Results:The recurrence sites were local (49 cases, 25.8%), liver (53 cases, 27.9%), lung (35 cases, 18.4%), peritoneal (25 cases, 13.2%) and multiple sites (28 cases, 14.7%). Patients mRFS and mOS were 17.8 months and 30.9 months respectively. The clinicopathological features of patients with local recurrence were compared with those of other recurrence types [tumor diameter ( P=0.023), preoperative CA199 level ( P=0.021), peripancreatic nerve plexus invasion ( P=0.031), lymphovascular invasion ( P=0.004), surgical margin state ( P<0.001) and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy ( P=0.038)]. Tumor diameter ( P=0.018), peripancreatic nerve plexus invasion ( P=0.002) and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy ( P=0.004) were independent factors for local recurrence in resected pancreatic cancer, and only peripancreatic nerve plexus invasion was not associated with other recurrence types. Conclusions:Local recurrence in resected pancreatic cancer has important impact on the prognosis of patients. Peripancreatic nerve plexus invasion is an independent factor affecting local recurrence.

Short-term outcome of Heidelberg triangle dissection in laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer / 中华胰腺病杂志

Objective:To investigate the short-term outcome of Heidelberg triangle dissection in laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) for pancreatic cancer.Methods:The clinical data of 84 patients with pancreatic head cancer who underwent LPD from July 2015 to September 2020 in the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery of the Cangzhou Central Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. According to the scope of surgical dissection, the patients were divided into the control group ( n=45) and the Heidelberg group ( n=39). In the control group, routine lymph node dissection was performed, and in the Heidelberg group, all blood vessels, lymphatic tissue and nerve tissue in the Heidelberg triangle area were dissected on the basis of routine lymph node dissection. Operation-related indicators (operation duration, intraoperative blood loss, cases of patients with intraoperative blood transfusion, fasting time and hospitalization duration after operation), postoperative complications (pancreatic fistula, biliary fistula, lymphatic fistula, bleeding and delayed gastric emptying) and postoperative pathological parameters (surgical margin, degree of differentiation, tumor size, cases of nerve invasion, number of dissected lymph nodes, lymph node metastasis and TNM stage) were compared between the two groups. Results:Compared with the control group, the operation time of the Heidelberg group was longer [ (334.85±24.95)min vs (305.09±24.54)min], theincidence of lymphatic fistula was higher (15.4% vs 2.2%), the rate of >1 mm at surgical margin was higher (76.9% vs 53.3%), and the total number of lymph nodes dissection was more [ (11.31±2.46) vs (9.49±2.28)]. All the differences between the two groups were statistically significant ( P<0.05). However, there were no significant differences on the intraoperative blood loss, cases of patients with intraoperative blood transfusion, postoperative hospital stay and fasting time, incidence of pancreatic fistula and biliary fistula, bleeding, delayed gastric emptying, degree of differentiation, tumor size, cases of nerve invasion, lymph node metastasis and TNM stage between the two groups. Conclusions:LPD combined with Heidelberg triangle dissection for pancreatic cancer was feasible and safe, which can increase the R 0 resection rate, remove more lymph nodes, reduce the local recurrence of pancreatic cancer and improve the prognosis of patients.

The clinical analysis of Menetrier disease / 中华普通外科杂志

Objective To investigate the clinical features of Menetrier disease and the related treatment progresses.Methods The clinical data of 7 patients with Menetrier disease who were admitted to Cangzhou Central Hospital from Jan 1997 to Mar 2018 were retrospectively analyzed.Results There were 3 males and 4 females.The main clinical manifestations were abdominal pain (n =5),loss of appetite (n =4),nausea and vomiting (n =2),weight loss (n =4),edema (n =3),hypoalbuminemia (n =6) and anemia (n =6).All patients had typical imaging findings.Two of the patients underwent non-surgical treatmen with temporary symptom reliefs.Finally,6 patients received surgical treatment including Subtotal gastrectomy in 1 patient,total gastrectomy in 5 patients.All the 6 cases underwent surgery successfully with no serious complications.5 cases were followed-up data until April 2018.All were in good condition,Hemoglobin and albumin levels were within the normal range.Conclusion According to the clinical manifestations and the related auxiliary examinations,this disease is easy to diagnose.Surgical treatment is the only way to cure Menetrier disease.

Total laparoscopic radical resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma in 30 cases / 中华普通外科杂志

Objective to investigate the feasibility of laparoscopic radical resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma.Methods From June 2016 to June 2018,30 patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HCC) underwent total laparoscopic radical resection.Results Surgery was successfully performed in all cases without conversion,15 cases underwent hilar bile duct resection,and hilar lymph node dissection,14 cases underwent left hemi-hepatectomy and caudate lobectomy,and 1 case underwent extrahepatic bile duct resection.The operation time was 258-336 min,(286.8 ± 18) min,intraoperative bleeding was 60-210 ml (139.7 ±38.0) ml.Postoperative bile fistula occurred in 5 cases,healed conservatively after 5 days,stress ulcer in 1 case,and intestinal anastomotic bleeding in 1 case,were all cured by themselves.Postoperative hospitalization was 7-12 days (mean 8.9 d).After 6-12 months follow-up,3 cases died of recurrent and metastatic cancer after 6 months of operation,27 cases were alive.Conclusion Total laparoscopic radical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma is safe and feasible.

Anti-tumor experimental study of mouse multi-subtype heat shock protein/peptide vaccine combined with PD-L1 immunological checkpoint inhibitor / 中国肿瘤临床

Objective: To evaluate the anti-tumor activity of mouse multi-subtype heat shock protein/peptide (mHSP/P) vaccine in combination with a programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor in mouse sarcoma. Methods: Immunohistochemical staining and en-zyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) was used to quantitatively identify the expression of heat shock proteins (HSP70, HSP90, Grp94) in the sarcoma cell line MCA207. From the protein suspension prepared, mHSP/P and Grp94/peptide (Grp94/P) sarcoma vac-cines were isolated using chromatography and were identified by Western blot (WB). Flow cytometry was used to determine their cy-totoxic effects. The levels of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) produced upon mHSP/P and Grp94/P stimulation were measured by Elisa. The effect of sarcoma vaccines on the growth and survival of sarcoma was evaluated in mice. The expression of PD-L1 on the surface of MCA207 sarcoma cells was evaluated by immunofluorescent staining. The effect of IFN-γ treatment on the expression of PD-L1 was determined by WB. Animal experiments explored the effects of PD-L1 inhibitor in combination with mHSP/P treatment on tumors. Results: Tumor tissue carries a variety of HSP subtypes (HSP70, HSP90, Grp94). We successfully isolated sarco-ma tissue-derived mHSP/P and Grp94/P tumor vaccines, which were identified by WB; flow cytometry analysis demonstrated their cy-totoxicity. The levels of IFN-γ and TNF-α cytokines upon mHSP/P stimulation were significantly higher than that observed upon Grp94/P stimulation (P<0.05). The expression of PD-L1 on the surface of sarcoma cells increased with IFN-γ treatment. Animal experiments demonstrated that PD-L1 inhibitor in combination with mHSP/P significantly increased the immune response against tumor (P<0.05). Conclusions: Tumor-derived mHSP/P and Grp94/P can be used as tumor vaccines in animal models. The mHSP/P can elicit a stronger anti-tumor immune response than Grp94/P. IFN-γ stimulates the expression of PD-L1 in sarcoma cells, which results in immune eva-sion. The PD-L1 inhibitor in combination with mHSP/P increased the anti-tumor effect in the tumor microenvironment.

Clinical characteristics and antimicrobial susceptibility of neonatal Listeria septicemia / 中华围产医学杂志

Objective To investigate the clinical features and antimicrobial susceptibility of neonatal Listeria septicemia.Methods Eleven cases of neonatal Listeria septicemia that were treated in the Huzhou Maternity and Children Health Hospital from March 2013 to March 2017 were enrolled in this study.Clinical data including the results of bacterial culture,antimicrobial susceptibility test and antibiotic treatment were collected and retrospectively analyzed.Moreover,maternal history of Listeria monocytogenes (LM) infection before delivery was retrieved.Results All of the 11 mothers had fever before delivery and nine of them showed different grades of amniotic fluid contamination during delivery.Clinical symptoms of the 11 neonates included dyspnea (11 cases),fever (ten cases),apnea (nine cases),slow response and feeding difficulty (nine cases),convulsion (six cases),vomiting and abdominal distension (two cases),pulmonary hemorrhage (one case),progressive jaundice (one case) and systemic skin bleeding point (one case).All cases showed abnormal results of blood routine test and increased calcitonin and C-reactive protein.Ten cases received cercbrospinal fluid examination,seven of which were abnormal.Altogether 17 strains of LM were isolated from various specimens.These strains were all sensitive to piperacillin-tazobactam,ampicillin-sulbactam,meropenem,vancomycin,cotrimoxazole,ciprofloxacin and gentamycin,but resistant to oxacillin.Strains those were sensitive to penicillin,ampicillin,erythromycin and clindamycin accounted for 10/17,11/17,9/17 and 8/17,respectively.The 11 neonates were treated with piperacillin-tazobactam,meropenem or vancomycin.All of them improved (11/11)and ten were cured (10/11).All cases were followed up through phone calls at one week and one month after discharge.Two were lost to follow-up,while thc others were all in good condition.Conclusions Neonatal Listeria septicemia is usually a severe disease characterized by rapid progression and mainly presented with dyspnea and fever,besides there is a high possibility of purulent meningitis.Some LM strains are resistant to single-agent penicillin antibiotics.However,antibiotics such as piperacillin-tazobactam,meropenem and vancomycin are effective in the treatment of neonatal Listeria septicemia.

Clinical value assessment of chemiluminescence for urine asymmetric dimethylarginine / 中华检验医学杂志

Objective To explore the clinical application value of chemiluminescence detection of urine asymmetric dimethylarginine ( ADMA ) in pregnancy-induced hypertension ( PIH ) . Methods Collected the 24 h urine from 60 normal pregnancy women and 72 PIH pregnancy women who were admitted to Huzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital from May 2014 to April 2015 by the case-control study , Determination of urine ADMA content by chemiluminescence ( CLIA ) and high performance liquid chromatography ( HPLC ) , the results between two assays were analyzed by the Rank sum test , receiver operating characteristic ( ROC) curve and pearson correlation analysis .Results Compared with the normal control group , the urine ADMA concentration in the PIH group was significantly increased by HPLC and CLIA, and the concentration of ADMA by CLIA in the PIH group was 68.18(57.25,81.55)μmol/L higher than that of the normal control group 30.11(22.69,42.97)μmol/L(Z=-8.139,P<0.001),and the concentration of ADMA by HPLC in the PIH group by HPLC was 71.11(57.65,82.89)μmol/L higher than that of the normal control group 28.11(21.06,42.99)μmol/L(Z=-8.356,P<0.001).The difference was statistically significant .The two methods of urine ADMA concentration were highly positively correlated with PIH blood pressure.The correlation coefficient r values were 0.746 and 0.763, respectively, the P values were 0.007 and 0.008 respectively.Conclusions CLIA can better detect the ADMA concentration in urine of pregnant women with PIH , and has a good clinical diagnosis ability .The ADMA concentration in urine is related to the blood pressure level of PIH .

Effects of manganese deficiency on serum hormones and biochemical markers of bone metabolism in chicks.

In order to investigate the effect of manganese (Mn) deficiency on bone metabolism in chicks, ninety 1-day-old male Arbor Acre chicks were randomly divided into 3 groups and each group were given a diet having a different concentration of Mn (60 mg kg(-1), control group; 40 mg kg(-1), Mn-deficient group I; 8.7 mg kg(-1), Mn-deficient group II). The serum was collected at 42 days old. Tests were performed to evaluate the changes in the levels of PTH, CT, ALP, TrACP, HOP TNF-alpha, OC, Mn and Ca in the serum of the chicks and the results showed that the levels of CT, ALP, TrACP, HOP, and Mn decreased markedly (P < 0.05), while PTH, Ca, and TNF-alpha increased markedly (P < 0.05) due to manganese deficiency in the diet, which indicates that Mn deficiency results in disorder of bone regulatory hormones and enzymes of bone metabolism in the serum.