Objective To investigate the value of evaluation of pelvic floor ultrasound in the transvaginal modified patch repair and sacrospinous ligament fixation in uterine prolapse patients. Methods Thirty-two patients with uterine prolapse were included in the retrospective study from March 2016 to January 2017 in Hangzhou maternity and child health care hospital. All patients were detected by pelvic floor ultrasound before operation and cured by vaginal patch bilateral sacral spine ligament fixation treatment after. Of them, 8 cases were complicated with cystocele and 3 cases with anorectal prolapse, and all the complications were treated at the same time. The observations of the change of position, shape and activity of the implant by transvaginal at rest, on maxium Valsalva and contraction, and the transperineal pelvic ultrasound were performed to evaluate the change of pelvic floor function and compare the distance from the lowest point of the bladder, uterus and the rectal ampulla to reference line (the horizontal line at the lower margin of the pubic bone), area of levator hiatus and the thickness of the puborectalis muscle before and after operation. Results The patches were observed 2D and 3D postoperatively by pelvic ultrasound. The U-shaped hyperecho could be clearly shown around the cervix and activity of patches were clearly shown. The observation of 32 cases of patients with pelvic viscera situation by the transperineal 2D and 4D pelvic ultrasound: the distance from the lowest point of the bladder, uterus and the rectal ampulla to reference line and the thickness of the puborectalis muscle enlarged after operation (0.65±1.85 vs 0.15±1.85, 2.80±1.10 vs -1.00±1.50, 0.60±1.90 vs-0.55±1.55,0.51±0.24 vs 0.37±0.19)onmaxium valsalva,the area of levator hiatus decreased after operation (20.15±7.20 vs 29.00±9.50).The differences were both statistically significant (all P < 0.05). Uterine prolapse were not found after operation. In the 8 cases with cystocele, 5 cases were cured and 3 cases were improved. And all the 3 cases of patients with anorectal prolapse were all cured. Conclusion Combined application of transvaginal and transperineal pelvic ultrasound can clearly show the suspension of the patch after the treatment of modified patch repair and Sacrospinous ligament fixation, which provide valuable imaging information in the evaluation of preoperative pelvic functionand postoperative therapeutic effect.

Objective:To offset the shortage of traditional large-scale population surveillance and provide early-warning signals in the early stage of the outbreak of COVID-19, people in Chongqing had carried out severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) monitoring since 2023.Methods:After COVID-19 was managed with measures against Class B infectious diseases, we selected five sewage treatment plants with automatic sample collection facilities in four districts of the main city. Two samples of sewage from each sewage treatment plant were collected every week. Then SARS-CoV-2 from these samples was concentrated by aluminum hydroxide adsorption-precipitation, detected and analyzed by multiple real-time fluorescent RT-PCR.Results:From January 16 to December 31 of 2023, a total of 496 sewage samples were monitored, of which 285 samples were positive by SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid assay, with a total detection rate of 57.46%. The detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 in weeks 3-5, 18-21 and 40-47 was 100.00%. The daily mean nucleic acid concentration of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage peaked in the 18th week, and then began to decline, entering a low level and fluctuated in epidemic period. The variable trend of daily mean concentration of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid was basically consistent with daily number of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients or SARS-CoV-2 positive rate in fever clinic counted by infectious disease monitoring system.Conclusions:The detection rate of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage of Chongqing is relatively high, especially in April to May, and sewage monitoring can indirectly reflect the status of COVID-19 infection.

Objective: To study the clinicopathologic characteristics, immunophenotype, pathologic diagnosis and differential diagnosis of myxoid adrenocortical adenomas. Methods: The clinical data, histological features and immunohistochemical results of 4 cases of myxoid adrenocortical adenomas were analyzed, which were collected from January 2014 to December 2016 at Guangdong General Hospital, with review of literature. Results: Four cases of myxoid adrenocortical adenomas were presented. The patients ages ranged from 26 to 45 years (mean =35 years). Microscopically, it showed a typical morphology, characterized by small-sized tumor cell cords or pseudo-glands embedded in an abundant extracellular myxoid matrix. Immunohistochemical staining showed tumor cells were strongly positive for Melan A, vimentin and focally for α-inhibin, one case showed strong and diffuse positivity for CAM5.2, and two cases showed diffuse positivity for synaptophysin, while negative for CgA, S-100 protein, epithelial antigen, CK7, CK20 and CKpan. Conclusions Myxoid adrenocortical adenomas are extremely rare, which may cause confusion with metastatic well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumours, sex cord-stromal tumoursor metanephric adenoma. Recognition of this entity would be beneficial for pathologists to avoid misdiagnosis, and unnecessary treatment.