Since portal vein arterialization(PVA) was firstly introduced as a treatment in patients with portal hypertension due to liver cirrhosis, the concept of PVA has drawn much attention. In special situations, in hepatobiliary surgery, this procedure remains useful. However, PVA is unphysiological and there is much controversy on its use.This article reviews the current status of PVA in hepatic artery resection or injury, in acute liver failure and in liver transplantation, and suggests future directions in research in PVA.

Objective To evaluate the value of PET-CT in patients with breast cancer and to determine if the PET-CT can provide additional information to predict early response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC).Methods NAC was given to 20 patients with breast cancer confirmed by biopsy puncture from September 2009 to March 2012.The PET-CT was carried out for all patients before NAC.TEC program with three weeks for one cycle was selected.After 6 days of the first cycle,the PET-CT was performed again.The changes of standard uptake value before and after the first cycle were compared.At the same time hand palpation was selected to detect the changes in tumor size before and after the first cycle of NAC.The changes of the standard uptake value and in tumor size need to refer to the pathology Miller & Payne classification methods to evaluate the efficacy of the NAC.Results The SUV were (7.51±1.76) Bq/ml and (4.98±1.61) Bq/ml before and after chemotherapy (t =7.916,P ＜ 0.05) the maximum tumor diameters were (9.62±4.38) cm and (8.89±4.08) cm before and after NAC (t =2.154,P＞ 0.05).SUV had highly correlated with pathological MP classification (r =0.725,P =0.000); while for the tumor size there was no significant change (r =0.026,P =0.824).Conclusion PET-CT can predict the efficacy earlier and is more accurate than clinical efficacy standard for the NAC.

Objective To evaluate gastrobiliary duct drainage in the treatment for iatrogenic distal common bile duct injury found during the operation.Methods We analyzed clinical data of 17 cases with application of gastrobiliary duct drainage in immediate treatment for the injury of distal common bile duct found during the operation from June 2010 to June 2016.Postoperative bile drainage,postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery,time for removal of the gastrobiliary duct and hospitalization time were recorded.Postoperative bile leakage,intestinal fistula and pancreatic leakage were observed.Patients were followed up until June 2016.Results The mean volume of bile drainage on the third postoperative day were (310 ± 112)ml,the mean time of postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery were (3.0 ± 1.5) days,time for removal of the gastrobiliary stent were (7.5 ± 1.0) days and hospitalization time were (9.5 ± 1.5) days.There was no postoperative bile leakage,intestinal fistula and pancreatic leakage.All patients were followed up for a median time of 12 months (range,1-45 months).Meanwhile,we found no significant biliary strictures and cholangitis patients.Conclusion Gastrobiliary duct drainage is a simple,rational and effective treatment for iatrogenic injury of distal common bile duct during common bile duct exploration.

Objective To study the effect of applying gastro-bile duct drainage in iatrogentic injury in the bile duct and reasons of iatrogentic injury in the bile duct. Methods Clinical data of 9 cases with iatrogentic injury in the bile duct were studied retrospectively. Results Nine patients with iatrogentic injury in the bile duct were found in time by affnsion examination, choledochoendoscopy or cholangiography intraoperation, including 5 cases in-jured by metal divining rod,2 cases caused by lithotomy, 1 case injured by laparoscopic elastic separating plier and 1 case injured by common hepatic duct transection. The gastro-bile duct was placed into common bile duct through pa-pilla of duodenum, pylorus and the former wall of gastric. All the cases recovered smoothly. The gastro-bile duct was removed in 8 cases in 6 to 10 days later,in 1 cases in 30 days later,who were followed up for 9 months to 5 years, finding no complications such as stricture of bile duct and retroperitoneal infection. Conclusions Intraoperative cho-ledochoendoacopy,affusion examination and cholangiography are helpful to diagnosis. The better results are achieved by appling gastro-bile duct drainage in iatrogentic injury in the bile duct.

Objective To summarize the features of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and investigate the key points of diagnosis and identification.Methods The retrospective and descriptive study was conducted.The clinical data of 21 patients with AIP who were admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University between February 2012 and February 2015 were collected.All the patients underwent plain and enhanced scans of CT and MRI,and magnetic resonanced cholangio-pancreatography (MRCP),and then received hormone therapy.Eleven patients with pancreatic cancer and 11 normal subjects who were diagnosed by MRI in the same period were selected,and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was calculated and compared.Observation indicators:(1) situation of imaging examination:① pancreatic manifestations:density,signal,atrophy,calcification and enlargement of pancreas,change of pancreatic duct,② manifestations out of pancreas:changes of biliary tract system and kidney,③ diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and ADC:comparisons of ADC among AIP,pancreatic cancer and normal pancreas;(2) diagnosis;(3) treatment and follow-up.The follow-up using outpatient examination and telephone interview was performed to detect the clinical symptoms and signs up to February 2016.Measurement data with normal distribution were represented as (-x)-± s.Comparisons among groups were done using one-way ANOVA.Pairwise comparison was analyzed by Dunnett'T3 test.Results (1) Situation of imaging examination:Of 21 patients,17 received scan of CT and 11 received scan of MRI (7 combined with scan of CT).① Pancreatic manifestations:14 patients had diffuse enlargement of pancreas,with full edge and “sausage-like” change.Plain scan of CT showed uniform isodense shadow,and enhanced scan showed that reduced enhancement in arterial phase and gradually homogenous enhancement in portal vein phase and lag phase with no enhancement in edge of pancreas.Plain scan of MRI showed lesions were manifested as slight hypointensity on T1 weighted imaging (T1WI),slight hyperintensity on T2WI and hyperintensity on DWI.Enhanced scan of MRI showed delayed enhancement,edge of lesions was manifested as slight hypointensity on T1WI and T2WI,without enhancement.Atrophy and calcification of pancreas:3 patients had atrophy of pancreatic parenchyma in which scattered calcification were seen.Enlargement of pancreas:4 patients had localized enlargement of pancreas showing “false tumor-like” change,including 2 with localized enlargement in head of pancreas.Change of pancreatic duct:MRCP showed that diffuse stenosis,local stenosis and local dilatation of pancreatic ducts were respectively detected in 4,3 and 1 patients.② Manifestations out of pancreas:11 patients had changes of biliary tract system,showing intrahepatic bile duct and common bile duct dilation,partial stenosis and extensive bile duct wall thickening.Enhanced scan of MRI showed there was obvious enhancement of bile duct wall.MRCP of 4 patients showed that the beak-like stenosis was seen in the distal common bile duct.Three patients had kidney changes,enhanced scan of CT showed that kidney demonstrated patch-shape hypodense shadow in arterial phase and homogenous enhancement of patch-shape hypodense shadow in lag phase,and plain scan of MRI showed that kidney lesions demonstrated equal signal on T1WI fat suppression (FS) and patch-shape low signal on T2WI FS.Lesions had gradually homogenous enhancement in substance phase and lag phase.③ DWI and ADC:lesions in patients with AIP and pancreatic cancer demonstrated high signal on DWI (b =1 000 s/mm2) compared with adjacent tissues (no involvement in pancreas or normal pancreatic parenchyma),ADC of pancreas in patients with AIP,with pancreatic cancer and with normal population was (0.001 30 ± 0.000 35)mm2/s,(0.000 80 ± 0.000 14) mm2/s and (0.001 60-± 0.000 24) mm2/s,respectively,with a statistically significant difference (F =30.409,P ＜ 0.05).There were statistically significant differences between patients with pancreatic cancer and patients with AIP or normal population (P ＜ 0.05) and no statistically significant difference between patients with AIP and with normal population (P ＞ 0.05).(2) Diagnosis:11 patients were diagnosed by CT examination,with a diagnostic accuracy of 11/17.Eight patients were diagnosed by MRI examination,with a diagnostic accuracy of 8/11.One patient was misdiagnosed as cancer of pancreatic head by CT and MRI examinations,and 1 was misdiagnosed as cancer in the distal common bile duct.(3) Treatment and follow-up:21 patients underwent regular hormone therapy,and 40 mg prednisolone was given orally a daily for 3-4 weeks and then gradually reduced to 5 mg up to complete relief of the symptoms.All the 21 patients were followed up for 12-45 months.Of 17 patients with abdominal pain and distension,symptoms of 7 patients disappeared and symptoms of 10 patients decreased or occasionally occurred.Of 10 patients associated with jaundice,symptoms of 7 and 2 patients disappeared and decreased,respectively,and symptoms of 1 patient subsided.Conclusion CT and MRI examinations of pancreas demonstrate “sausage-like” and “false tumor-like” changes,the non-neoplastic bile and pancreatic duct stenosis combined with IgG4 related diseases in other organs is an important imaging evidence for diagnosis and differential diagnosis of AIP.

Objective To study the effectiveness of different treatment modalities for iatrogenic injury of distal common bile duct during operation.Methods We browsed Chinese Medical Full-text Data-base with the term of “distal common bile duct injury”.All the clinical studies associated with perioperative latrogenic injury of distal common bile duct and adjacent tissue published after 1990 were enrolled,and we collected the clinical data,mortality and reoperation rate with different treatments for analysis.Results Thirty-four case series and case reports with 233 patients were included.14 patients with isolated duodenal injury were excluded.The overall mortality of the remaining 219 patients was 9.6％,and the reoperation rate was 17.4％.A total of 145 patients who were diagnosed with distal common bile duct injury during and after operation from 21 articles were compared.The mortality and reoperation rate were both 1.9％ among 106 patients who were diagnosed during operation.The figures were 43.6％,and 84.6％ among 39 patients who were diagnosed after operation,respectively.In 9 articles with 46 patients,the clinical outcomes of 21 patients who were treated by intraoperative suture was compared with 25 patients who underwent enhanced biliary and retroperitoneal drainage.The mortality and reoperation rates were 0 in both groups.Conclusions Early detection and management are crucial to perioperative common bile duct injury.Furthermore,no significant difference of clinical outcomes observed between bile drainage and perforation suture groups.

Objective To improve the radiological diagnosis of breast cancer .Methods The authors collected 15 cases of breast carcinoma confirmed by operation and pathology. All these cases were misdiagnosed by mammography.Mammographic manifestations and data of clinic were analyzed retrospectively. Results 4 cases changed like small fibroadenoma, 3 cases showed microcalcification, 3 cases showed localized mammary gland architecture distrotion,2 cases showed multiple small patchy shadows in the hyperplasic mammary gland, 2 case showed small focus of increased density, 1 case no abnormal sign, 4 cases among of them can not be palpated mass .Conclusion The combination between palpation and radiology is valuable for diagnosis of breast carcinoma and decreasing misdiagnosis.

Objective To evaluate the effect of esophagofundostomy combined with devascularization for the treatment of portal hypertension.Methods From February 2009 to August 2013,30 cases (research group) underwent esophagofundostomy combined with devascularization,while 56 cases (control group) were treated by devascularization only.Splenectomy was performed in all patients.Results There was no perioperative mortality in either group.The difference of postoperative serum bilirubin,albumin and blood platelet was not statistically significant (t =1.13、0.23、1.53,all P ＞ 0.05) ; The incidence of hepatic encephalopathy in research group and control group was 3％ and 11％,respectively,three years mortality was 14％ and 24％,respectively (x2 =0.61、1.22,all P ＞0.05).The rebleeding rate in research group was lower than control group,there was a significant difference (x2 =4.61,P ＜ 0.05).Research group was superior to control group in improving esophageal-gastric varices and there was a significant difference (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Compared with devascularization,esophagofundostomy combined with devascularization is more effective in reducing esophageal-gastric varices and prevention of rebleeding.

In recent years,liver transplantation donor shortage as one of world medical problems is paid more attention by domestic and overseas scholars.In view of that,heterotopic auxiliary liver transplantation emerges which transplants the whole or some parts of a donor liver outside the original liver position on the condition that some parts or the whole of the original liver were retained.As for the liver transplantation with poor conditions on portal vein,reconstruction of portal vein has become an aporia.Based on this,some scholars put forward the theory——arterialization of portal vein(PVA),namely a method to increase arterial blood supply or replace portal vein blood perfusion of liver by establishing some pathes among artery and portal vein or its branches.The research background and current situation of heterotopic auxiliary liver transplantation with portal vein arterialization,the transplanting position of donor liver,vessel reconstruction,dynamics mechanism after reconstruction and liver regene-ration are summarized in this review.

Objective To summarize the features of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRi) of hepatic cystic echinococcosis, and investigate the key points of identification and diagnosis.Methods The clinical data of 58 patients with hepatic cystic echinococcosis who were admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University from August 2011 to August 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.Patients received plain and enhanced scan of CT and MRI.Hepatic cystic echinococcosis was divided into the 5 types according to the literatures, including unilocular echinococcasis in type Ⅰ, multivesicular hydatid cysts in type Ⅱ, anechoic content with detachment of laminated membrane from the cyst wall in type Ⅲ, calcification of lesions in type Ⅳ and mixed echinococcosis in type Ⅴ.Patients who were diagnosed as with definite or suspected hepatic cystic echinococcosis underwent surgery.The follow-up including observing the recurrence of hepatic cystic echinococcosis was performed by outpatient examination and telephone interview at postoperative month 3, 6, 12 for 1 year and then once every year up to August 2015, and was ended if there was no recurrence for more than 5 years.Results (1) The results of CT and MRI examinations: of the 58 patients, 54 received scan of CT and 21 received scan of MRI.Seventeen patients were detected in type Ⅰ with clear-boundary and low-density cystic lesions by CT examination;MRI examinations showed there were single or multiple, round or oval abnormal signal including low T1WI signal, high T2 WI signal and low T1 WI and T2WI signal of cyst wall.Thirteen patients were detected in type Ⅱ, CT examination showed the daughter cysts of multiple sizes were found in the mother cyst, arranged in honeycomb or wheel shape;MRI examination showed there were lower T1 WI signal in the daughter cyst and higher T2 WI signal in the daughter cyst compared with signal in the mother cyst, and low signal in the cyst wall of the daughter cyst and mother cyst.Six patients were detected in type Ⅲ with capsule in capsule sign and water snake sign by CT examination and ribbon sign by MRI examination.Thirteen patients were detected in type Ⅳ, CT examination showed there were irregular high-density calcified shadow with the performances for return sample or sample volume skins changes.Nine patients in type Ⅴ had more than 2 kinds of lesions.(2) Diagnosis: 4 patients were misdiagnosed by CT examination including 3 with preoperative diagnosis of hepatic cyst and 1 with preoperative diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma of liver, with an accurate rate of diagnosis of 92.6％ (50/54).Two patients with preoperative diagnosis of hepatic cystic adenocarcinoma were misdiagnosed by MRI examination, with an accurate rate of diagnosis of 90.5％ (19/21).(3) Treatment and follow-up: 58 patients underwent surgery, including 40 undergoing internal capsule removal with external capsule suturing (31 with open operation and 9 with laparoscopic operation), 10 undergoing partial hepatectomy and 8 undergoing external capsule enucleation.Of 58 patients, 3 were complicated with effusion of residual cavity, 2 with unclosed external capsule, 1 with bile leakage and then was cured after 4-8 week drainage.Fifty patients were followed up for 12.0-48.0 months with a median time of 27.1 months and a follow-up rate of 86.2％ (50/58).During the follow-up, 1 patient undergoing internal capsule removal had recurrence at postoperative month 8 and was cured by CT-guided interventional therapy using absolute alcohol, and other patients had no recurrence.Conclusions There was a higher accuracy in CT and MRI examinations for hepatic cystic echinococcosis.Honeycomb and wheel shapes are characteristic findings of hepatic cystic echinococcosis in type Ⅱ.The characteristic performances of CT examination for hepatic cystic echinococcosis in type Ⅲ are capsule in capsuleand water snake signs, and characteristic performances of MRI examination is ribbon sign.The ring-like enhancement of edge by MRI examination is an essential of identification and diagnosis between hepatic cystic echinococcosis and hepatic cyst, and irregular calcification is a differential point between hepatic echinococcosis and hepatic tumor.