Objective To evaluate the clinic role of diffusion tensor imaging in diagnosis of central nervous system diseases with damage of white matter fibro bands.Methods Ten healthy volunteers and sixty-four patients(31 cases of cerebral vascular disease, 7 cases of demyelinating disease, 7 cases of inflammatory disease, 10 cases of tumor, 2 cases of degenerative disease, 2 cases of congenital brain dysgenesis, 3 cases of brain atrophy, and 2 cases of others) underwent MRI examination, which included conventional T 1WI, T 2WI, T 2 Flair and diffusion tensor. Fractional anisotropy(FA) were measured in white matter tracts and gray matter.Results Ablation of white matter fibro tracts and reduction of FA could be found in 59 patients(92.1%).Erosion like alteration was seen in 12 patients(20.3%).In all the patients with tumors showed push and displacement of the white matter fibro tracts.Conclusion Diffusion tensor imaging can show lesions in white matter at early stage of some diseases.It is better in displaying damage or displacement of white matter tracts than conventional MRI.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of bipolar-plasmakinetic transurethral enucleation and resection of the prostate (B-TUERP) in day surgery. METHODS: From January 2021 to August 2022, 34 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) underwent B-TUERP in day surgery in the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University. Patients completed the screening and anesthesia evaluation before admission and received the standard surgery which implements "anatomical enucleation of the prostate" and "absolute bleeding control" on the same day of admission, and by the same doctor. Bladder irrigation was stopped, catheter was removed and the discharge evaluation was performed on the first day after operation. The baseline data, perioperative conditions, time of recovery, treatment outcomes, hospitalization costs, and postoperative complications were analyzed. RESULTS: All operations were successfully conducted. The average age of the patients was (62.2±7.8) years, average prostate volume was (50.2±29.3) mL. The average operation time was (36.5±19.1) min, the average hemoglobin and blood sodium were decreased by (16.2±7.1) g/L and (2.2±2.0) mmol/L, respectively. The average postoperative length of hospital stay, and total length of hospital stay were (17.7±2.2) and (20.8±2.1) h, respectively, and the average hospitalization cost was (13 558±2320) CNY. All patients were discharged on the day after surgery except for one patient who was transferred to a general ward. Three patients received indwelling catheterization after catheter removal. The 3-month follow-up results showed a substantial improvement in the International Prostate Symptom Score, quality of life score and maximum urinary flow rate (all P<0.01). Three patients experienced temporary urinary incontinence, 1 patient experienced urinary tract infection, 4 patients were diagnosed with urethral stricture and 2 patients experienced bladder neck contracture. No complications above Clavien grade Ⅱ occurred. CONCLUSIONS The preliminary results showed that B-TUERP ambulatory surgery is a safe, feasible, economical and effective treatment for appropriately selected patients with BPH.
Male ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Aged ; Prostate/surgery* ; Prostatic Hyperplasia/surgery* ; Ambulatory Surgical Procedures ; Quality of Life ; Feasibility Studies ; Retrospective Studies ; Treatment Outcome