Objective To explore the diagnosis and re-operation of the recurrent retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcoma(RPS).Methods Clinical data of 25 patients with recurrent RPS were retrospectively analyzed.Results All of 25 cases of recurrent RPS were diagnosed by operation and postoperative pathologic examination.They underwent a total of 42 time operations,with mean time of re-operations was 1.68.Of the 42 time operations,26 time were complete resection,11 time partial resection and 5 time only biopsy.A total of 19 cases underwent removal of contiguous intra-abdominal organs and 5 underwent resection of major invaded blood vessel.The 1-,3-and 5-year survival rate of recurrent RPS was 52.0%,40.0% and 28.0% respectively.The rate of complete resection in recurrent RPS with major blood vessel invasion was 35.7%.In contrast,the complete resection rate in recurrent RPS without major blood vessel invasion was 75%(P=0.013).On the other hand,there was no significant difference in complete resection rate between the recurrent RPS with adjacent organs invasion and the recurrent RPS with no adjacent organs invasion(P=0.462).Conclusions Preoperative imaging results are crucial factor for assessment of operative resectability.Unless there are obvious comtraindications,recurrent RPS should undergo aggressive surgical excision.

Objective To investigate the preopera ti ve diagnosis and the surgical treatment of primary retroperitoneal tumor(PRT). Methods The clinical dat a of 71 patients with PRT were retrospectively analyzed including clinical manif estation, radiologic studies, pathologic examination and surgical procedures. Results There were 32 cases of benign tumor, 38 cases of malignant tumor and 1 case of borderline tumor. Of the 32 patients with benign tumor, 31 underwent complete surgical resection. Of the 38 patients with malignant tumor, 29 underwent complete resection. One patie nt with borderline tumor underwent total resection. The 5-year survival rate of benign PRT was 89.29%, the 5-year survival rate of malignant PRT was 20.80%. Four cases of recurrent benign PRT underwent complete resection. Ten cases of r ecurrent malignant PRT underwent complete resection and 3 underwent partial rese ction. ConclusionsRadiolog ical study is crucial for the diagnosis. Complete resection is the key for the t reatment of PRT.

Accurate evaluation of Crohn′s disease is critical for determination of a therapeutic plan. Computed tomography (CT)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can not only display the intraluminal and intraperitoneal inflammation objectively, but also reveal accurately the affected mesentery and related complications comprehensively, which attracted more and more attention in recent years. This review discussed the choice of CT/MRI examination methods, their roles in determining the severity of intestinal and mesenteric inflammation, the nature of intestinal stenosis, the extent of fistula, abscess and cellulitis, and the value in diagnosing postoperative complications, in order to investigate the application value of CT/MRI examination in clinical diagnosis and treatment of Crohn′s disease.

Objective To analyze the clinicopathological features and prognostic factors of patients with breast invasive ductal carcinoma with extensive intraductal components (EIC).Methods The clinical data of 182 patients of early breast invasive ductal carcinoma undergoing breast-conserving surgery were analyzed retrospectively in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University,and the clinicopathological features and prognosis of two groups of breast cancer patients with EIC positive (n =23) and EIC negative (n =159) were compared.Results In the EIC positive group,ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) was 21.7％ (5/23) and the distant metastasis rate was 4.3％ (1/23);in the EIC negative group,ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) was 1.9％ (3/159) and the distant metastasis rate was 3.8％ (6/159).The Kaplan-Meier curve showed that the 5-year local recurrence-free survival rates in the EIC positive group was lower than that of the EIC negative group (78％ vs.97.7％) (P ＜ 0.001),and the difference was statistically significant,but the 5-year distant metastasis-free survival rates in the two groups was similar (95.7％ vs.96.2％) (P =0.892).COX multivariate analysis showed that EIC was an independent risk factor for local recurrence after breast-conserving surgery in breast invasive ductal carcinoma patients.Conclusions EIC increases the local recurrence rate in patients with breast invasive ductal carcinoma undergoing breast-conserving surgery.

Objective To investigate the mechanism underlying the activation of tissue factor (TF) that leads to coagulation dysfunction in the recipients after liver xenotransplantation. Methods Auxiliary heterotopic liver xenotransplantation was performed in 3 minipigs with α-1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-knockout (GTKO) as the donors and Tibetan macaque (Macaca thibetana) as the recipients. Postoperative coagulation function changes in the recipients were observed. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemical staining were adopted to quantitatively measure the expression levels of monkey and minipig TF messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein in the liver tissues of the primary and transplant livers at different time points before and after transplantation. The recalcification time of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) was recorded in the normal control monkeys and the recipient monkeys before and 2 h after liver transplantation to evaluate the coagulation status in the recipients. Results All three recipients presented with different degrees of coagulation dysfunction after surgery, manifested as a decrease in fibrinogen level and a reduction in platelet count. The monkey TF protein was positively expressed in the primary livers after surgery, whereas negatively expressed in transplant livers before and after liver transplantation. The minipig TF protein was negatively expressed in both primary livers and transplant livers. At postoperative 2 h, monkey TF mRNA was up-regulated by (2.10±0.24) times in the primary liver compared with the preoperative level, whereas the minipig TF mRNA was up-regulated by (1.42±0.15) times compared with preoperative level. There was statistical significance between the primary livers and transplant livers (P=0.014). Compared with PBMC in the normal control monkeys and recipient monkeys before liver transplantation, the recalcification time of the PBMC in the recipient monkeys was significantly shortened at postoperative 2 h (both P<0.001). Conclusions At the presence of coagulation dysfunction after liver xenotransplantation, the level of TF activation in the primary livers is significantly higher than that in the transplant livers. The TF activation in the primary livers is the main cause of coagulation dysfunction after liver xenotransplantation.

Objective:To examine the clinical characteristics, the potential relative factors for postoperative abdominal septic complications, and prognosis factors of surgical recurrence of Crohn disease (CD) patients after the first surgery.Methods:All the CD patients from Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University who had undergone at least one abdominal surgery from January 2007 to December 2017 were included for retrospective analysis. Hospital records were reviewed for information on clinical characteristics. Relative factors of postoperative abdominal septic complications were accessed by Logistic regression models, and prognosis factors of surgical recurrence were accessed by Cox proportional hazards regression models.Results:There were 1 048 patients included (733 males and 315 females), accounting for 1 513 operations. The age was 31(17) years and the length of resected small bowel was 30.0(40.0) cm at the first resection, 20.0(35.0) cm at the second resection, and 20.0(23.5) cm at the third resection. The length of resected small bowel was 25.0(40.0) cm at any resection. At the first abdominal surgery, 70.99%(744/1 048) patients were aged between 17 and 40 years, 66.98%(702/1 048) patients had ileocolonic disease, and 60.40%(633/1 048) patients had penetrating behavior. Penetrating behavior ( OR=8.594, 95% CI: 3.397 to 21.740, P<0.01) and current smoking status ( OR=2.671, 95% CI: 1.044 to 6.832, P=0.040) were significantly associated with an increased risk of postoperative septic complications, whereas staged operation ( OR=0.360, 95% CI: 0.184 to 0.707, P=0.003) was associated with a decreased risk. Male gender ( HR=1.500, 95% CI: 1.128 to 1.995, P=0.005), upper gastrointestinal disease ( HR=1.526, 95% CI: 1.033 to 2.255, P=0.034), penetrating behavior ( HR=1.506, 95% CI: 1.132 to 2.003, P=0.005) and emergency surgery ( HR=1.812, 95% CI: 1.375 to 2.387, P<0.01) were significantly associated with an increased risk of postoperative surgical recurrence, whereas staged operation ( HR=0.361, 95% CI: 0.227 to 0.574, P<0.01) was significantly associated with a decreased risk. Conclusions:In this cohort of CD patients receiving abdominal surgery from an inflammatory bowel disease center, the median age was 31 years and the median length of resected small bowel was 30 cm, at first resection. Patients who have risk factors of adverse postoperative outcome may be benefited from staged surgical approach.

Objective:To examine the clinical characteristics, the potential relative factors for postoperative abdominal septic complications, and prognosis factors of surgical recurrence of Crohn disease (CD) patients after the first surgery.Methods:All the CD patients from Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University who had undergone at least one abdominal surgery from January 2007 to December 2017 were included for retrospective analysis. Hospital records were reviewed for information on clinical characteristics. Relative factors of postoperative abdominal septic complications were accessed by Logistic regression models, and prognosis factors of surgical recurrence were accessed by Cox proportional hazards regression models.Results:There were 1 048 patients included (733 males and 315 females), accounting for 1 513 operations. The age was 31(17) years and the length of resected small bowel was 30.0(40.0) cm at the first resection, 20.0(35.0) cm at the second resection, and 20.0(23.5) cm at the third resection. The length of resected small bowel was 25.0(40.0) cm at any resection. At the first abdominal surgery, 70.99%(744/1 048) patients were aged between 17 and 40 years, 66.98%(702/1 048) patients had ileocolonic disease, and 60.40%(633/1 048) patients had penetrating behavior. Penetrating behavior ( OR=8.594, 95% CI: 3.397 to 21.740, P<0.01) and current smoking status ( OR=2.671, 95% CI: 1.044 to 6.832, P=0.040) were significantly associated with an increased risk of postoperative septic complications, whereas staged operation ( OR=0.360, 95% CI: 0.184 to 0.707, P=0.003) was associated with a decreased risk. Male gender ( HR=1.500, 95% CI: 1.128 to 1.995, P=0.005), upper gastrointestinal disease ( HR=1.526, 95% CI: 1.033 to 2.255, P=0.034), penetrating behavior ( HR=1.506, 95% CI: 1.132 to 2.003, P=0.005) and emergency surgery ( HR=1.812, 95% CI: 1.375 to 2.387, P<0.01) were significantly associated with an increased risk of postoperative surgical recurrence, whereas staged operation ( HR=0.361, 95% CI: 0.227 to 0.574, P<0.01) was significantly associated with a decreased risk. Conclusions:In this cohort of CD patients receiving abdominal surgery from an inflammatory bowel disease center, the median age was 31 years and the median length of resected small bowel was 30 cm, at first resection. Patients who have risk factors of adverse postoperative outcome may be benefited from staged surgical approach.

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the research progress of anterior cutaneous nerve injury and repair in knee arthroplasty. METHODS: The relevant literature at home and abroad in recent years was reviewed and summarized from the anatomy of anterior cutaneous nerve, nerve injury grade, clinical manifestations, prevention and treatment of anterior cutaneous nerve. RESULTS: The anterior cutaneous nerve injury is a common complication of knee arthroplasty. Because the anterior cutaneous nerve branches are many and thin, and mainly run between the first and second layers of fascia, this level is often ignored during surgical exposure. In addition, the knee arthroplasty does not routinely perform the exploration and repair of the cutaneous nerve. So the anterior cutaneous nerve injury is difficult to avoid, and can lead to postoperative skin numbness and knee pain. At present, studies have explored the feasibility of preventing its occurrence from the aspects of improved incision and intraoperative separation of protective nerve. There is no effective prevention and treatment measures for this complication. For patients with skin numbness after knee arthroplasty, the effectiveness of drug treatment is not clear. Local nerve block or nerve excision can be used to treat patients with painful symptoms after knee arthroplasty considering cutaneous pseudoneuroma. CONCLUSION Knee arthroplasty is widely used and anterior cutaneous nerve injury is common in clinic. In the future, more high-quality clinical studies are needed to further explore the prevention and treatment measures of this complication and evaluate the clinical benefits obtained.
Humans ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee/adverse effects* ; Hypesthesia/etiology* ; Skin ; Pain/etiology* ; Knee Joint ; Pain, Postoperative