Objective To investigate the effect of narrative medicine mode in perioperative medical and nursing care for patients underwent radical nephrectomy. Methods A total of 124 patients received radical nephrectomy from February 2014 to October 2016 were selected and divided into experimental group and control group by block randomization grouping method with 62 cases each. Narrative medical treatment and care was applied in experimental group while control group received conventional treatment and care. The psychological status and social support of the patients were evaluated by Zung Self-rating Anxiety Scale(SAS), Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and social support rating scale(SSRS), as well as rehabilitation indexes including complications, first feeding time, hospitalization time, costs, etc. Results Anxiety and depression status were existed in both experimental and control groups before operations, and there were no significant difference in all pre-operative scales between two groups (P>0.05). The score of SAS, SDS, SSRS was (44.71 ± 4.67), (40.84 ± 4.05), (43.21 ± 3.60) points after operation and (54.98 ± 5.93), (46.52 ± 5.07), (31.87 ± 3.22) points before operation in experimental group. The score of SAS, SDS, SSRS was (53.24±5.97), (44.63±4.37), (32.61± 2.72) points after operation and (54.92 ± 5.83), (46.53 ± 4.89), (32.16 ± 2.48) points before operation in control group. Significant differences were found between before and after operation in experimental group (t=18.73, 8.85, 18.18, all P<0.01). However, no significant difference could be found between before and after operation in control group (t=1.590, 1.400, 1.910, P>0.05). After operation, the complications, first feeding time, hospitalization time and costs was 22.58%(14/62), (2.50±0.92) d, (11.16±3.72) d, (24.6±4.0) thousand yuan in experimental group, which was 48.39%(30/62), (3.98 ± 1.44) d, (15.48 ± 5.44) d, (40.2 ± 3.1) thousand yuan in control group. Significant differences were found between experimental group and control group (χ2=9.02, t=2.07, 8.06, 3.93, P<0.05 or 0.01). Conclusions Narrative medicine mode can provide medical care filled with respect, empathy, and humanistic concern, andimprove patients′psychological status, thus promoting rehabilitation.

A total of 101 patients undergoing operations for malignant gastrointestinal tumors (stage Ⅱ to Ⅲ) were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive intraperitoneal hyperthermal chemotherapy plus intravenous chemical injection (treatment group, n=51) or routine intravenous chemical injection (control group, n=50). Our results indicated that the recurrence rate and the metastatic rate in the treatment group were significantly lower than those in the control group (25.5% vs. 50.0%, 13.7% vs. 30.0%, both P< 0. 05), although the 3-and 5 year-survival rates were significantly higher (both P < 0. 05). Our data suggest that intraperitaneal hyperthermal chemotherapy plus general chemotherapy after surgery for malignant gastrointestinal tumors could effectively reduce tumor recurrence and metastases and improve long-term survival.

Sixty-one patients with moderate to severe malignant ascites were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive intraperitoneal hyperthermal chemotherapy+intravenous chemical injection (treatment group; n=31) or routine intravenous chemical injection (control group; n=30). Short-term response and reverse effects were observed. Our results indicated that the complete remission rate, part remission rate,and clinical benefit rate in the treatment group was significantly higher than those in the control group (38.71% vs 13.33% ,41.94% vs 16. 67%, and 90.32% vs 66.67%, respectively). No difference in reverse effects was found between the two groups. Our data suggest that intraperitoneal hyperthermal chemotherapy plus general chemotherapy may effectively control the malignant ascites, and the reverse effects might be well tolerated.