1.Total laparoscopic right hemi-hepatectomy: a report of 4 cases
Bin CHEN ; Liuxin CAI ; Fabiao ZHANG ; Shangdong Lü ; Zheping FANG
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2011;17(3):211-212
Objective To explore the method and clinical effect of laparoscopic anatomical right liver resections. Method The candidates for laparoscopic right hepatic lobectomys were 4 cases including 3 cases of liver hemangioma and 1 case of hepatorrhexis. Results The laparoscopic right hepatic lobectomy we performed saccess bully in all the 4 patients, operation time was (470±42.7)min. The blood loss in operation was ( 1950± 881.3) ml. The postoperative hospital stay was ( 15 ± 2.9) days.There was not complcation. Conclusions Laparoscopic right hepatic libectomy is feasible and safe.For the patients with benign liver disease, it is an operation with less operation wound.
2.The expression and significance of urokinase-type plasminogen activator and its receptor in squamous cell carcinoma of hypopharynx.
Zhenghua LÜ ; Xiaojie MA ; Xinliang g PAN ; Dayu LIU ; Xinyon LUAN
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2008;22(21):961-967
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor (uPAR) in squamous cell carcinoma of hypopharynx and reveal the correlation of the major clinicopathological parameters and prognosis.
METHOD:
Samples of 48 hypopharyngeal carcinoma and 10 normal hypopharyngeal tissue were detected by immunohistochemistry method (SP method) for urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor (uPAR). The correlation between the expression of urokinase-type plasminogen activator and its receptor and the major clinicopathological parameters of hypopharyngeal carcinoma were analyzed by rank sum test and Spearman correlation analysis. Overall survival were analyzed according to Kaplan-Meier and log-rank statistics, the prognostic relevance of uPA and uPAR and conventional prognostic factors were analyzed by Cox analysis.
RESULT:
In 48 hypopharyngeal carcinoma specimens, positive expression rates of uPA and uPAR were 77.1% and 68.75% respectively, which were significantly higher than in normal tissues (P < 0.01). The uPA and uPAR positive expression was correlated with pathological grading, lymph node metastases and growth mode of hypopharyngeal carcinoma. The positive expression rate for uPA and uPAR in patients with lower pathological grading, lymph node metastases and invasion growth mode were significantly higher than in patients with higher pathological grading, non-lymph node metastases and non-invasion growth mode. Patients were followed-up postoperatively. The positive expression of uPA and uPAR were correlated with prognosis (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01). According to Log-rank statistics, patients with positive expression of uPA and uPAR had a significantly shorter survival time than those with negative expression of uPA and uPAR. Multivariate Cox analysis revealed that three independent prognostic factors for overall survival time were clinical stage, invasion growth mode and uPAR expression.
CONCLUSION
The positive expression of uPA and uPAR in hypopharyngeal carcinoma were significantly higher than in normal tissues. uPAR is a new independent and strong biologically prognostic factors, which positive expression may be a powerful aid in evaluating metastatic potential and High-Risk patients in early stage of hypopharynx carcinoma ryngeal carcinoma.
Adult
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Aged
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
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metabolism
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pathology
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Female
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Humans
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Hypopharyngeal Neoplasms
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metabolism
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pathology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Neoplasm Staging
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Prognosis
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Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator
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metabolism
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Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
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metabolism