1.Advances in diagnosis and treatment of incidental cholangiocarcinoma
Zeping HUANG ; Xinmin WU ; Yamin GUO
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2010;16(1):76-78
Carcinoma of gallbladder is the most frequently encountered malignancy of the biliary system. Early diagnosis is very difficult and the tumour resection rate is low,and the prognosis of carcinoma of gallbladder is very poor. With the increasingly widespread acceptance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC),the number of cases of unsuspected gallbladder carcinoma (UGC) has increased. However,management of UGC is a difficult issue in the absence of established guidelines. High age and history of stones are the risk factors for gallbladder carcinoma and they are related to UGC. Surgical handling and pneumoperitoneum play an important role in the metastasis. The surgical approach used for cholecystectomy would not seem to influence the outcome in patients with UGC. The tumour stage is the most important prognostic factor. To understand UGC better, we review its clinical characteristics,investigation,prognosis and especially the recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.
2.The association of different levels of serum glucose with levels of BP, pancreatic ?-cell function and serum lipid and uric acid
Bixun LI ; Hui HUANG ; Zeping LU
Chinese Journal of Diabetes 1994;0(03):-
The study of subjects with different serum levels (mmol/L) of glucose, including NC (FPG6.1 mmol/L,
3.Characterization of complex pelvic masses with contrast-enhanced ultrasound
Xinling ZHANG ; Dongmei HUANG ; Rongqin ZHENG ; Zeping HUANG ; Yongjiang MAO ; Zhijuan ZHENG ; Xuqi HE
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2011;20(11):968-971
Objective To assess the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in characterization of pelvic masses.Methods Contrast-enhanced ultrasound was performed on 137 patients with pelvic masses.The results were compared to pathological diagnostic criteria.The diagnostic performance was evaluated by using diagnostic test.Results Sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value,accuracy and area under ROC curve in diagnosing complex pelvic masses by using contrast-enhanced ultrasound were as follows:85.3% (29/34),93.2% (96/103),80.6% (29/36),95.0% ( 99/101 ),91.2% ( 125/137 ),0.892,respectively.Conclusions Contrast-enhanced ultrasound provides a simple and curate method for characterization of pelvic masses.
4.A primary study of transvaginal real-time three-dimensional hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography in the assessment of tube patency
Xinling ZHANG ; Jian GU ; Zeping HUANG ; Yongjiang MAO ; Rongqin ZHENG ; Dongmei HUANG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2013;22(11):970-973
Objective To evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of the transvaginal real-time three-dimensional hysterosalpingo-contrast sonography(RT 3D-HyCoSy) with SonoVue in the assessment of tubal patency.Methods Tubal patency was investigated by RT 3D-HyCoSy in 96 unselected infertile patients (a total of 191 tubes).The image quality of RT 3D-HyCoSy was evaluated.Laparoscopy was performed in 35 cases (a total of 70 tubes) of them.The efficacy of the procedure was compared with laparoscopy.Results The mean score of image quality of RT 3D-HyCoSy in ninety-six cases was 2.94 ± 0.26.The accordance between RT 3D-HyCoSy and laparoscopy was good,with the Kappa value was 0.802.Sensitivity,specificity,positive predictive value,negative predictive value and accuracy in diagnosing tubal patency by using RT 3D-HyCoSywas 87.5% (14/16),94.4% (51/54),82.3% (14/17),96.2% (51/53),92.9% (65/70),respectively.Conclusions Transvaginal RT 3D-HyCoSy is a good imaging technique which can display the morphological character of fallopian tube and assess the patency.
5.Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6.0 in female patients with eating disorders
Lian GU ; Jue CHEN ; Yue HUANG ; Qing KANG ; Jiabin HUANG ; Yanling HE ; Zeping XIAO
Chinese Mental Health Journal 2017;31(5):350-355
Objective:To evaluate the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6.0 (EDE-Q 6.0) in female patients with eating disorders.Methods:A total of 239 patients with eating disorder and 142 healthy controls who were recruited consented to participate in the study and completed Chinese EDE-Q 6.0.Confirmatory factor analysis was used in patients to compare the original 4-factor model,1-factor model and 3-factor model.The criterion validity was tested with the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI).Mann-Whitney U analysis was used to compare the differences of EDE-Q 6.0 scores on the two samples to test the empirical validity,and ROC analysis was used to determine the cut-off value.The internal consistency of the scale was tested in two samples.Among all participants,89 patients and 31 healthy controls were retested 1 month later.Results:The original 4-factor model fit better than the other two.The EDE-Q 6.0 total score and the EDI total score had a high consistency in the total sample,patients and controls,respectively (ICC =0.88,0.87,0.73).Patients had higher scores on the EDE-Q 6.0 than controls (Ps <0.01).The mean area under the curve (AUC) of EDE-Q 6.0 was 0.91,the optimal cut-off point of EDE-Q 6.0 was total score ≥ 1.27,sensitivity and specificity were 79.4% and 88.2% respectively.The Cronbach α coefficients were 0.95,0.91,and 0.88 for the total sample,patients and controls respectively.The test-retest reliabilities were 0.73 for the total scale,0.58,0.68,0.69 and 0.71 for the 4 factors.Conclusion:The Chinese version of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6.0 have good psychometric properties and diagnosis accuracy,and it could be used to assess the severity of clinical symptoms.
6.Comparison between baseline and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in characterization of adnexal masses
Xinling ZHANG ; Zeping HUANG ; Rongqin ZHENG ; Yongjiang MAO ; Zhijuan ZHENG ; Xuqi HE ; Dongmei HUANG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2011;20(10):857-860
ObjectiveTo assess the diagnostic performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound(CEUS)in characterization of adnexal masses in comparison with baseline ultrasound.MethodsOne hundred and thirty-seven masses were examined by CEUS and baseline ultrasound.Two independent investigators reviewed the images before and after contrast agent administration.The diagnostic performances were evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis and the interobserver agreement was analyzed.ResultsAfter review of CEUS,ROC analysis revealed significant improvement in differentiating between malignant and benign pelvic masses that the areas under the ROC curve were 0.731 and 0.738 at baseline ultrasound versus 0.891 and 0.903 at CEUS ( P <0.01 ).The accuracy for both investigators also improved significantly after reviewing CEUS.A better interobserver agreement was achieved after reviewing of CEUS (g =0.681 at baseline ultrasound versus κ =0.893 at CEUS) and a better result of specific diagnosis was obtained (73.2% and 74.2% at baseline ultrasound versus 90.7% and 91.2% at CEUS)(all P < 0.01 ).Conclusions Real-time CEUS improves the diagnostic performance in adnexal masses for discrimination between malignancy and benignity and improves the capability in specific diagnosis compared with baseline ultrasound.
7.Value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for differential diagnosis of subserous myoma and ovarian fibroma
Xinling ZHANG ; Xuqi HE ; Rongqin ZHENG ; Yongjiang MAO ; Zeping HUANG ; Zhijuan ZHENG ; Dongmei HUANG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2013;(3):239-242
Objective To explore the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the differential diagnosis of subserous myoma (SM) and ovarian fibroma.Methods CEUS was performed on 58 patients with SM and 26 patients with ovarian fibroma.The enhancement pattern was observed.The diagnostic performance was evaluated by using diagnostic test.Results SM exhibited homogeneous isoenhancement synchronously with the myometrium in early phase.In the late phase,the pseudocapsule remained hyper-enhancement with obvious membraniform sign.Some myomas showed the feeding artery from uterus.Ovarian fibroma demonstrated hyper-enhancement at the periphery portion and hypoenhancement inside.Conclusions The SM and ovarian myomas showed different enhancement patterns,which may provide us some exact information in the differential diagnosis between the two diseases.
8.Measurement of hepatic elastic modulus of health control people and chronic liver disease patients using shear wave elastography
Jie ZENG ; Zeping HUANG ; Rongqin ZHENG ; Zhongzhen SU ; Lili WU ; Tao WU ; Ting ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2012;21(6):481-483
ObjectiveTo explore the feasibility of measurement of hepatic elastic modulus using shear wave elastography (SWE).Methods Hepatic elastic modulus of 95 health control people,70 liver fibrosis patients and 86 liver cirrhosis patients were measured by SWE.ResultsThe success rate of imaging of health control people and liver cirrhosis patients were 100%,the success rate of liver fibrosis patients was a little lower,but there was no significant difference between control people and liver cirrhosis patients or fibrosis patients and liver cirrhosis patients (P > 0.05 ).The modulus of elasticity had a significant difference in health control people,liver fibrosis patients and liver cirrhosis patients (P <0.05).The multiple parameter comparison of mean of three groups also showed a significant difference( P <0.05).The health control people had the lowest modulus of elasticity,the liver cirrhosis patients had the highest modulus of elasticity,there was an obvious upward trend.Conclusions SWE can be applied to the measurement of hepatic stiffness,it can better distinguish above three groups.
9.The Establishment of NMR Characteristic Fingerprint of Cordyceps Sinensis and Its Identification Study
Gang CHEN ; Liang HUANG ; Wenjia LI ; Zeping ZHAN ; Libo XIN ; Zhong AI ; Zhengming QIAN ; Guozhu LIU
World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014;(11):2371-2379
The inundation of Cordyceps sinensis counterfeits in the market makes it difficult to identify. In this study, 21 batches of wild C. sinensis from 3 different regions, 30 batches of naturally cultured C. sinensis and 4 kinds of counterfeits extracted by methanol and water were analyzed using NMR technology. 9 characteristic peaks were defined as quantitative criterion after comparison, and NMR fingerprints of C. sinensis were established. According to the result it is highly similar between naturally cultured C. sinensis and wild ones by comparing their NMR fingerprints. However, NMR spectra of four kinds of adulterants showed differences with C. sinensis. The result also showed that NMR fingerprint of C. sinensis are highly characteristic and specific. The NMR characteristic fingerprint of wild C. sinensis was consistent with the naturally cultured C. sinensis, and it indicated that the chemical constituents of wild C. sinensis and naturally cultured C. sinensis are nearly the same.
10.Reproducibility of the transperineal real-time three-dimensional ultrasound for evaluation of normal female pelvic floor structure
Zeping HUANG ; Yongjiang MAO ; Lixin YANG ; Xinling ZHANG ; Man ZHANG ; Zhijuan ZHENG ; Junyan CAO
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2014;(11):966-969
Objective To study the repeatability and consistency of normal female pelvic floor structure using transperineal real‐time three‐dimensional ultrasound .Methods Forty‐two cases of normal adult female were evaluated by two different experience operator ,using the real‐time three‐dimensional ultrasound diagnostic apparatus .The bladder neck movement degrees and the levator hiatus area were observed after Valsalva condition .Differences between the groups were compared .Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) ,the coefficient of variation (CV) and Bland‐Altman analysis of consistency were evaluated . Results The bladder neck movement degrees and the levator hiatus area measured by the experienced operator (operator 1) and less experienced operator(operator 2) were (18 4.8 ± 5 8.4)cm and (17 7.9 ± 5 4.8) cm ,(17 5.3 ± 3 9.5)cm2 and (17 3.1 ± 4 3.2)cm2 ,respectively .There was no significant difference between the two operators ( P > 0 0.5) .The intra‐ICC were 0 8.9 and 0 9.0 ,CV were 7 2.6% and 3 0.3% .Experienced operator repeatability (ICC= 0 9.9 ,0 9.4) was slightly higher than the less experienced researchers (ICC 0 9.2 ,0 8.1) .The analysis results of Bland‐Altman image showed good consistency between two different operators .Conclusions The current study proves real‐time three‐dimensional ultrasound is a reproducible method for female pelvic floor structure assessment ,and the reproducibility is very well .The detection performance of experienced operator slightly better than the one with less experience ,strengthen the training of junior doctors may further improve the accuracy of measurement .