Several reconstruction techniques are available after gastrectomy. Roux-en-Y reconstruction following distal gastrectomy is the reference in terms of long-term functional and endoscopic outcomes. It is the preferred reconstruction for benign lesions and early gastric cancer. In patients with advanced gastric cancer, BillrothII (reconstruction is an acceptable alternative. After total gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y reconstruction is the simplest solution, with satisfactory functional outcome. Addition of a jejunal reservoir seems to improve long-term outcome after total gastrectomy and could be of benefit to patients with good prognosis. After distal or total gastrectomy, hand-sewn anastomoses should be preferred because of lower costs. Mechanical sutures can facilitate transhiatal esophagojejunostomy. After proximal gastrectomy, esophago-gastric anastomosis is the basic reconstruction method. Gastric remnant is made into gastric tube in the operation. The effect of pyloroplasty remains controversial, and further study is needed to improve the quality of life after operation.
Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y ; methods ; Gastrectomy ; Gastroenterostomy ; methods ; Humans ; Reconstructive Surgical Procedures ; methods ; Stomach Neoplasms ; surgery

OBJECTIVE: Study the clinical characteristics, treatment results and prognostic factors of hypopharyngeal carcinoma. MMETHOD: A retrospective analysis was performed of 97 hypopharyngeal cases that were treated in Department of Dtolaryngology of our hospital from January 2008 to December 2012. 93 cases of them are male patients, and 4 cases are female patients. The tumors are originated from pyriform sinus(75 cases), posterior pharyngeal wall (16 cases) and post-cricoid area (6 cases). Of the 97 patients,21 patients were treated with partial hypopharynx resection (21. 6%), 7 were treated with partial laryngectomy+ partial hypopharynx resection (7. 2%), 53 were treated with total laryngectomy+partial hypopharynx resection (54. 6%), 12 were treated with total laryngectomy and total hypopharynx resection, gastric-pharyngeal anastomosis (12. 4%) and 4 were treated with total laryngectomy and total hypopharynx resection, enteric-pharyngeal anastomosis (4. 1%). Sixty-one cases undergo postoperative radiotherapy in Oncology. Use Chi-square test to do enumeration data analysis, the survival rate is calculated with the life table method, survival analysis with Kaplan-Meier method, parallel Log-rank test. Cox regression multivariate analysis model is used to find the factors affecting prognosis. RESULT: The follow-up rate of this group was 90. 7%. All patients' 1-year survival rate is 76. 0% , 3-year survival rate is 56. 0%, pathological lymph node metastasis rate is 71. 1%, occult lymph node metastasis rate is 19. 6%. Local recurrence rate is 21. 6%. The main reasons of death in patients include : cervical lymph node metastasis in 7 patients (21. 9%), local recurrence in 12 cases (37. 5%), distant metastases in 10 patients (31. 3%) and so on. Univariate analysis showed that tumor size (P<0. 01) and tumor T stage (P<0. 05) have impact on survival prognosis, no risk factors was found with Cox regression multivariate analysis. CONCLUSION Hypopharyngeal carcinoma is difficult to be found early, prone to recurrence and metastasis after operation, carefully chosen surgical excision and neck dissection, adjuvant postoperative radiation therapy is the main treatment strategy. Posterior pharyngeal wall carcinoma tend to have higer recurrence and metastasis rate than the other two types of hypopharyngeal caocinom, and treatment would cause much larger injury, so more attention should be paid to this type of hypopharyngeal caocinom.
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Female ; Head and Neck Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Humans ; Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; surgery ; Hypopharynx ; surgery ; Laryngectomy ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; Male ; Neck Dissection ; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ; Pharynx ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck ; Survival Rate ; Treatment Outcome

Objective: To study the influence of pre-operative disease course on the operation and post-operation quality of life of adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Methods: A total of 110 AIS patients who were treated with classic posterior correction, pedicle internal fixation were divided into two groups according to their disease courses (n=55): short course group with a pre-operation course <2 years (S group), long course group with a pre-operation course ≥2 years (L group). The gender, Lenke type, and major curve Cobb angle were matchable between the two groups. Various radiographic measurements and indices like fusion level, intraoperative blood loss and scores of SRS-22 scale were compared between the two groups before operation, immediately, and 2 years after operation. Results: The pre-operative Cobb angles of the major curve were similar between the two groups, but the flexibility of the major curve averaged (55.7±18.77)% in the S group and (48.1±18.24)% in the L group (P = 0.034). Pre-operative Cobb angles of the minor curve were larger in L group than those in S group ([30.1±12.10]° in the S group and [34.8±10.85]° in the L group, P = 0.035). The post-operative radiographic measurements and the blood loss/infusion were similar between the two groups. The number of fused vertebrae in the L group was significantly more than that in the S group (P = 0.027). The parameters in the SRS-22 scale, including function/activity, pain, self-image/appearance, and mental health were similar between the two groups during follow-up. And the L group had a significantly lower satisfaction rate of treatment compared with the S group ([4.0±0.70] vs [3. 7±0.78], P = 0.037). Conclusion: The flexibility of the curve in AIS decreases with the increase of disease course, and the disease course might be a risk factor for the scoliosis progression of the minor side. Patients with a disease course ≥2 years have more fused vertebrae than those with a disease course <2 years. The length of pre-operative disease course has influence on the quality of life of AIS patients after operation.

Objective: To search for effective volatile oil of Chinese crude drug for killing demodex in vitro. Methods: The demodex mites were collected by adhesive cellophane tape technique. The killing effects of different volatile oils against Df and Db were observed by microscope. Normal saline and Xinfu Manling Ointment were used as negative and positive controls, respectively. Skin irritation tests for normal and wounded skin and acute toxicity test were carried out using rabbit skin. Results: The volatile oils of 6 Chinese crude drugs, including clore, orange fruit, manchurian wildginger, cinnamon bark, rhizoma alpinae, and pricklyash peel, were highly potent in killing Df and Db in vitro; and the volatile oil of clore and manchurian wildginger had a better killing effect against Df than Db(P< 0.05). The scores for irritation to normal and wounded rabbit skin were 0.2 and 0.3, respectively, and acute toxicity test showed no obvious toxicity. Conclusion: The volatile oils of the 6 mentioned Chinese crude drugs have satisfactory anti-mite activities in vitro. The volatile oil of clore shows a remarkable activity against demodex in vitro, with good skin safety.

Objective To investigate the role of CT three-dimensional reconstruction (3D-CT) in the diagnosis of bronchial foreign body.Methods Thirty-seven suspected pediatric cases of bronchial foreign bodies underwent CT scanning and 3D-CT reconstruction,whose accuracy was defined by bronchoscopical or surgical findings.Results For all the 37 cases,chest X-ray showed 8 cases (group A) had bronchial foreign body,while 29 cases(group B) were negative.In group A,CT findings suggested lung infection in 5 cases,congenital pulmonary dysplasia-lung lobe absence in 2 cases and tracheo-esophageal fistula in 1 case.In group B (29 patients),25 cases with bronchial foreign bodies were suspected by CT scanning and further bronchoscopical examination confirmed the existence of 24 cases of vegetable foreign body,one case of the tracheal tumor.For the four cases with negative result of bronchial foreign bodies after CT scanning,lung infection and laryngitis were confirmed in two cases respectively.Among the 24 surgically-confirmed cases of vegetable foreign bodies,CT scanning showed tracheobronchial foreign body in fourteen positive results,irregular tracheal stenosis in six cases and obstructive atelectasis,emphysema,pneumonia in seven each.Tracheobronchial foreign body and irregular tracheal stenosis were direct signs,accounting for 74%(20/27).Obstructive atelectasis,emphysema and pneumonia were indirect signs,accounting for 26%(7/27).Conclusion 3D-CT plays an important role in diagnosis and differential diagnosis of bronchial foreign body.

Animals ; Hypothyroidism ; physiopathology ; Learning ; Memory ; Mice ; Motor Activity

Blast Injuries ; Deafness ; etiology ; Humans

In this paper, we propose a new active contour algorithm, i. e. hierarchical contextual active contour (HCAC), and apply it to automatic liver segmentation from three-dimensional CT (3D-CT) images. HCAC is a learning-based method and can be divided into two stages. At the first stage, i.e. the training stage, given a set of abdominal 3D-CT training images and the corresponding manual liver labels, we tried to establish a mapping between automatic segmentations (in each round) and manual reference segmentations via context features, and obtained a series of self-correcting classifiers. At the second stage, i.e. the segmentation stage, we firstly used the basic active contour to segment the image and subsequently used the contextual active contour (CAC) iteratively, which combines the image information and the current shape model, to improve the segmentation result. The current shape model is produced by the corresponding self-correcting classifier (the input is the previous automatic segmentation result). The proposed method was evaluated on the datasets of MICCAI 2007 liver segmentation challenge. The experimental results showed that we would get more and more accurate segmentation results by the iterative steps and the satisfied results would be obtained after about six rounds of iterations.
Algorithms ; Humans ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional ; Liver ; diagnostic imaging ; Models, Theoretical ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Proper use of biochemical software is helpful for medial post-graduate students to establish scientific thinking behavior during research and to improve their creative capability.Exploration on curriculum of biomedical software application was made based on course objective and content,modern teaching methods and practical assessment methods.Results showed that this training course can enhance the students' understanding and practical skill of related software,which is fundamental for further research work.

Objective To observe and compare the accurate dynamic changes of types Ⅰ, Ⅲ, Ⅴ, and Ⅵ collagens in the wound healing processes of the rabbit cornea undergoing laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) or photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) and to investigate the possible mechanisms of corneal haze and myopic regression. Methods New Zealand White rabbits were divided into 8 groups: normal control group (n=6), 1, 7 d, and 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 month groups (n=14). Every rabbit underwent LASEK in one eye while the other one with PRK. We used Western blot analysis to compare the wound healing process of dynamic changes of types Ⅰ, Ⅲ, Ⅴ, and Ⅵ collagens in the rabbit cornea at every time point. The results were analyzed with data analysis software. Results Western blot analysis showed that after LASEK, the cornea wound healing with types Ⅰand Ⅲ collagens were much faster than that of PRK, and the wound response was also much weaker. Whereas for types Ⅴ and Ⅵ collagens, their dynamic changes were similar between LASEK and PRK, and they both reached the peak value at 3 month after the surgery, but LASEK group returned to normal earlier than PRK group. The value of these two types of collagens after PRK was higher than that by LASEK. The changes of these four types of collagens may offer us at least partial explanation to the difference of formation of corneal haze and refractive regression. Conclusion There are significant differences between LASEK and PRK in types Ⅰ, Ⅲ, Ⅴ, and Ⅵ collagens or the time of reacting, reaching apex, and returning to normal. LASEK has slighter intensity of reaction. The results indicate that there is excessive aggradation of collagens after PRK, which may be the histological foundation of obvious haze and myopia regression.