Objective To investigate the effectiveness and the surgical experience of bronchoplasty and pulmonary artery reconstruction in the treatment of lung cancer of the left pulmonary artery affected. Methods From January, 1990 to December, 2004, 16 patients with lung cancer of the left pulmonary artery affected underwent bronchoplasty and pulmonary artery reconstruction. According to TNM classification, 16 patients were in stage ⅢA. The surgical procedures included sleeve resection of bronchus in 16 cases, sleeve resection of pulmonary artery in 11 and wedge resection of pulmonary artery in 5. Results The overall 1, 3 and 5-year survival rates were 75.0 %, 45.5 %, and 33.3 % respectively. Conclusion The results suggest that brenchoplasty and pulmonary artery reconstruction for the patients with lung cancer of pulmonary artery affected is an effective surgical technique. This method extends the surgery indications to patients with poor lung function and senility by reducing the ratio of pneumonectomy and improving postoperative quality of life. Therefore, it is clinically valuable.

Acupuncture for Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) pays attention to the syndrome differentiation theory, but also emphasizes the differentiation of the meridians, to obtain the better effective. At present, the clinical treatment of BPH is mainly based on deep acupuncture with filiform needle, electroacupuncture, warm acupuncture and moxibustion and comprehensive treatment of acupuncture and moxibustion, especially the comprehensive treatment of warm acupuncture combined with needle, Traditional Chinese Medicine and western medicine. Acupuncture treatment of BPH can reduce the prostate volume of patients, improve their lower urinary tract symptoms, improve their quality of life, without sever adverse events. BPH patients are often accompanied by emotional problems. It is suggested that acupuncture "treating spirit" should be further developed in clinical treatment to promote the application of acupuncture in the treatment of this disease.