[Objective]To investigate the value of double plates in the anterior approach for the treatment of jumping multilevel CSM.[Method]From July 2003 to July 2004,21 cases of jumping multilevel CSM and 7 cases of CSM were operated with single level discectomy/anterior corpectomy and self-iliac bone graft and fixation by double plates.During the 6,9,12 month follow-up,bone fusion were assessed and neurological function、complications were recorded.[Result]All patients were followed up for 16~32 months(24 months on average).Based on JOA evaluation,the average improving rate was 88.5%.And 82.1% fusion was achieved at 6 months,the fusion rate reached 89.3% and 93% at 9 and 12 months accordingly.There were 6 cases with complications in the donor site of grafting.Indications of this approach:the compressing pathology was located anterior to the spinal cord.This included central,broad-based disc herniations and large bridging osteophytes at or adjacent to the level of the disc space.And it was especially indicated for patients with jumping multilevel CSM who did not have a lordotic spine.Complications:complications occurring with this approach could be related to injuries to the soft tissue during dissection or to the neurological elements.In addition,postoperative fusion or hardware failure could occur.[Conclusion]Single level discectomy/anterior corpectomy and self-iliac bone graft and fixation by double plates is an effective treatment to the jumping multilevel CSM.It allows restoration of the spinal canal and neural foramen to normal dimensions to decompress the spinal cord.To the cases of jumping multilevel CSM that have a kyphotic deformity,it allows anterior decompression and reconstruction of the spine to help restore a lordotic curvature.

OBJECTIVETo compare the long-term survival of total laparoscopic radical distal gastrectomy (TLDG) with delta-shaped anastomosis and laparoscopic assisted radical distal gastrectomy (LADG) with tubular anastomosis.

METHODSThe study retrospectively analyzed the clinical and pathologic data of 160 distal gastric cancer patients who underwent laparoscopic radical distal gastrectomy with Billroth I anastomosis at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from December 2012 to March 2015. All the patients were definitively diagnosed as primary gastric carcinoma before operation, and no evidences of invasion to adjacent organs, distant metastasis or enlarged fused lymph nodes around important vessels were discovered by image tests. Eighty-six patients underwent TLDG with delta-shaped anastomosis (delta-shaped anastomosis group, DSG) and 74 patients underwent LADG with tubular anastomosis (tubular anastomosis group, TAG) in two surgery teams who had different experience of gastroduodenostomy. All the patients agreed the operation and signed informed consent. All patients followed until October 2015 when the final cumulative survival rate was counted. Survival was analyzed by Kaplan-Meier method.

RESULTSThe baseline data were comparable and operations were successfully completed. Postoperative follow-up time of DSG was 7-32 months, follow-up rate was 91%(78/86), and 11 of whom died of the gastric cancer. The cumulative survival rate by the end of the follow-up was 82.8%. Postoperative follow-up time of TAG was 7-33 months, follow-up rate was 95%(70/74), 7 of whom died of the gastric cancer. The cumulative survival rate by the end of the follow-up was 81.7%. The intergroup difference of cumulative survival rate was not significant(χ(2)=1.210, P=0.271). No stage I patient died of gastric cancer in both groups. The cumulative survival rate by the end of the follow-up of stage II was 87.2% vs. 93.3%(DAG vs. TAG, χ(2)=0.426, P=0.514) ,and in stage III was 65.3% vs. 37.6%(DAG vs. TAG, χ(2)=0.718, P=0.397), and the differences were not significant.

CONCLUSIONThe TLDG with delta-shaped anastomosis and LADG with tubular anastomosis have similar long-term survival for distal gastric cancer treatment.

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