Objective To compare the clinical efficacy between standard sequential early enteral nutrition (EEN) plus parenteral nutrition (PN) and PN alone in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. Methods Werandomly divided 126 patients who underwent laparotomy gastrointestinal surgery into EEN + PN group (n = 62) and PN group (n = 64). The levels of blood nutrition-related indicators, biochemical indicators, and inflammatory indicators were determined before surgery and 3 and 7 days after surgery, and the gastrointestinal function recovery time, complications, nutritional support cost, and length of hospital stay were compared between two groups. Results The preoperative nutrition-related indicators, biochemical indicators, and inflammatory indicators showed no significant differences between two groups (P >0. 05). Three days after operation, however, the levels of prealbumin in EEN + PN group were significantly higher than those in PN group [(160. 3 ±23. 0) g/L vs. (137.0±28.7) g/L, P=0.000]. Seven days after operation, the levels of albumin [(33.6±3.8) g/L vs. (31.8±4.7) g/L, P = 0.042], prealbumin [(210.6±34.6) g/L vs. (154.8 ±36.9) g/L, P=0.000], and lymphocyte cell count [(2.33±0.53) x 109/L vs. (1.04±0.36) × 109/L, P = 0. 046] in EEN + PN group were significantly higher than those in PN group, and the levels of serum γ-glutamyltransferase [(48. 12 ± 33.84) U/L vs. (71.54±34.00)U/L, P=0.048], C-reactive protein [(31.15 ± 19.00) mmol/L vs. (45.90 ± 23.21) mmol/L, P=0.042], total cholesterol [(3.09±0.83) mmol/L vs. (3.29±0.91) mmol/L, P = 0. 045] and low density lipoprotein [(2.01 ± 0. 39) mmol/L vs. (2. 31 ± 0. 72 ) mmol/L, P = 0. 049] were significantly lower than those in PN group. The postoperative gastrointestinal function recovery time in EEN + PN group was significantly shorter than that in PN group [(65. 7 ± 15. 6) hours vs. (75. 1 ± 27. 0) hours, P = 0. 036], and the total cost of perioperative nutrition in EEN + PN group was also significantly lower than in PN [(2634. 5 ±1306. 8) RMB vs. (3058. 6 ± 1216. 0) RMB, P= 0.046]. Conclusion Standard sequential EEN plus PN can increase the post-operative prealbumin level, improve the immune function, promote the recovery of gastrointestinal function, and decrease the cost of nutritional support.

The guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of hyperthyroidism and other causes of thyrotoxicosis published by the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in 2016,complement and improve the 2011 edition guidelines.The new guidelines put more emphases on the differential diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis;indications of treatment methods including antithyroid drugs (ATD),131I and surgery were revised;a new therapeutic strategy was also put forward for the hyperthyroidism patients being to undergo emergency thyroid surgery.More researches in Asia were included,which provided a certain value for the revision of Chinese guidelines.This article mainly interprets the suggestions for the surgical diagnosis and treatment of hyperthyroidism in 2016 ATA guidelines.

Objective:To evaluated the safety and feasibility of dissection of lymph nodes posterior to right recurrent laryngeal nerve (ⅥB compartment) in endoscopic thyroidectomy through gasless axillary posterior approach.Methods:A total of 350 cases with right lobe papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) who underwent endoscopic lobectomy, isthmusectomy and central compartment neck dissection via gasless axillary posterior approach based at the Department of General Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University from June 2020 to December 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Summarize the clinical, pathological characteristics, and postoperative complications of the patients. SPSS 25.0 was used for statistical analysis of the data.Results:All 350 patients underwent endoscopic surgery successfully, with no conversion to open surgery. There were 303 females and 47 males, with an average age of (36.3±9.2) years. Of those, 287 patients were in pT1a stage, 62 in pT1b stage, and one patient in pT2 stage. There was no T3 or T4 stage patient. The mean numbers of yielded lymph nodes in right central compartment and ⅥB compartment were 8.11±4.65 (range, 1-31) and 2.62±1.86 (range, 1-12), respectively. ⅥB compartment metastasis was detected in 52 (14.86%) of 350 patients. The incidence of transient recurrent laryngeal nerve injury was 0.86%(3/350). Postoperative hematoma occurred in three patients (0.86%).Conclusion:The dissection of ⅥB compartment in endoscopic thyroidectomy through gasless axillary posterior approach is safe and feasible in selected PTC patients