1.Value of transrectal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of female traumatic urethral stricture
Tao YING ; Qin LI ; Chunjuan SHAO ; Liang FENG ; Bing HU
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2012;28(7):617-619
Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS)for female traumatic urethral stricture.Methods Fifteen female patients with traumatic urethral stricture were examined by using TRUS and urethrography and the examination results were compared with op-eration findings.Results The ultrasonography results of all patients were in consistency with their operation findings,while the urethrography results of six patients were different from their operation findings.Conclusion TRUS is of great value in the diagnosis of female traumatic urethral stricture.
2.Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of the urogenital hiatus in pelvic organ prolapse women
Tao YING ; Qin LI ; Chunjuan SHAO ; Bing HU
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2011;20(8):688-691
Objective To provide an effective imaging technique for the morphological observation of the urogenital hiatus in pelvic organ prolapse women using three-dimensional ultrasound. Methods In a prospective observational study, forty patients with pelvic organ prolapse and thirty nulliparous women underwent three-dimensional transperineal ultrasound, with the patients supine after bladder emptying. The three-dimensional ultrasound volume was acquired and the form, structure, composition and size of urogeital hiatus were observed in the axial plane set by interior-inferior edge of symphsis pubis and analrectum junction. Results The urogenital hiatus in pelvic organ prolapse women was obviously different from the control's. The size increased sharply, the morphology represented as oval replacing the normal rotundity, the middle line diverged from the normal position, organs inside the hiatus arranged abnormally and the connective tissue defected. Conclusions Three-dimensional ultrasound is an effective imaging method to observe female pelvic floor. Urogenital hiatus in pelvic organ prolapse women displayed abnormities with morphology and structure.
3.Preliminary evaluation of sunitinib as first line therapy in treating patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Jianlin YUAN ; Fuli WANG ; Weijun QIN ; Jun QIN ; Xiaojian YANG ; Chunjuan TIAN ; Rongliang QIN ; Chen SHAO ; Lijun YANG ; Fei LIU ; Geng ZHANG ; Ping MENG ; Longlong ZHANG ; Yu ZHENG ; Guojun WU
Chinese Journal of Urology 2015;(10):742-745
[Abstact] Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of sunitinib as first line therapy in treating those patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma ( mRCC ) .Methods A total of 66 patients , including 42 male and 24 female cases ,with metastatic renal cell carcinoma were enrolled from January 2009 to June 2014.The median age was 52 years (range 26-75 years).According to American Joint Committee On Cancer (AJCC) staging,there were 35 cases of T3 stage,31 cases of T4 stage.All patients had distant metastasis ,including single organ metastasis in 52 patients and multiple organ metastasis in 14 cases.Sixty-one patients received prior radical nephrectomy ,5 patients received biopsy .Sixty-two patients were diagnosed as renal clear cell carcinoma and 4 patients were diagnosed as renal papillary cell carcinoma .Sunitinib was administered in standard 4/2 regimens.Briefly, patient takes 50 mg once a day orally for 4 weeks.Then the sunitinib will be stopped for 2 weeks.Six weeks was defined as 1 cycle.It should be continued until disease progression or occurrence of intolerable adverse reactions .The efficacy of sunitinib should be evaluated within 2 cycles.Results The duration of following-up ranged from 5 to 66 months.The efficacy could be evaluated in 63 patients.Two patients ( 3.2%) achieved complete remission .Twelve patients ( 19.0%) achieved partial remission.Forty-five patients (71.4%) demonstrated stable disease and 4 patients (6.3%)
developed progressive disease .The disease control rate was 93.7%(59/63) and the objective response rate was 22.2%(14/63).2 (3.2%) patients died due to the progression of disease .The most commonⅠ-Ⅱadverse events included fatigue in 36 cases ( 57.1%) , thrombocytopenia in 36 cases ( 57.1%) , hand-foot syndrome in 32 cases (50.8%),hypertension in 27 cases (42.9%),neutropenia in 15 cases (23.8%), hypothyroidism in 12 cases (19.0%), diarrhea in 6 cases (9.5%) and alopecia in 4 cases (6.3%).Ⅲ-Ⅳ adverse events were hand-foot syndrome in 4 cases ( 6.3%) , hypertension in 2 cases ( 3.2%) , neutropenia in 5 cases (7.9%) and thrombocytopenia in 5 cases (7.9%).Most mild adverse reactions after symptomatic treatment could be alleviated ,did not affect the medication .When the adverse events returned to the Ⅰ-Ⅱdegree, the 37.5 mg sunitinib was resumed once daily by orally.NoⅢ-Ⅳadverse events were reported again.Conclusions Sunitinib was efficacious in the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma.Most mild adverse events were tolerable ,and severe adverse events need medical treatment .