Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy of laparoscopic hepatic caudate lobectomy.Methods:The retrospective and descriptive study was conducted. The clinicopathological data of 5 patients with hepatic caudate lobe tumor who were admitted to the General Hospital of PLA Northern Theater Command from July 2018 to June 2021 were collected. There were 2 males and 3 females, aged 49(range, 26-55)years. All 5 patients underwent laparoscopic hepatic caudate lobectomy. Observation indicators: (1) intraoperative situations; (2) postoperative situations; (3) follow-up. Follow-up was conducted using telephone interview or outpatient examination to detect tumor recurrence. The follow-up was up to March 2023. Measurement data with skewed distribution were represented as M(range) and count data were described as absolute numbers. Results:(1) Intraoperative situations. All 5 patients underwent laparoscopic hepatic caudate lobectomy with the left approach, including 3 cases receiving laparoscopic partial resection of hepatic caudate lobe, 1 case receiving laparoscopic partial resection of hepatic caudate lobe+left lateral lobectomy and 1 case receiving laparoscopic partial resection of hepatic caudate lobe+cholecystectomy. Intraoperative hilar occlusion was performed in 3 patients. The operation time and volume of intraoperative blood loss of 5 patients was 240(range, 180-370)minutes and150(range, 100-200)mL, respectively. (2) Postoperative situations. On the first day after surgery, the levels of albumin, alanine aminotransferase, and aspartate aminotransferase in 5 patients was 32.9(range, 29.2-40.3)g/L, 104.09(range, 57.11-1 018.67)U/L, and 67.13(range, 58.00-852.66)U/L, respectively. Three of 5 patients showed no significant changes in prothrombin time (PT) on the first day after surgery, while two patients did not undergo PT test. On the third day after surgery, the visual analogue score of 5 patients was mild pain. Among the 5 patients, 1 case had anal exhaust on the postoperative 1st day, and 4 cases had anal exhaust on the postoperative 2nd day. The time to drainage tube removal for 5 patients was 6(range, 4-10)days. There was no postoperative complication such as bleeding, infection, bile leakage or liver failure in 5 patients. Results of postoperative histopathological examination showed that 2 cases with adenoma, 2 cases with cavernous hemangioma and 1 case with smooth myolipoma. The duration of postoperative hospital stay of 5 patients was 6(range, 5-11)days. (3) Follow-up. All 5 patients were followed up for 22 (range, 19-51)months, and there was no tumor recurrence.Conclusion:It is safe and feasible to selectively carry out laparoscopic hepatic caudate lobectomy by strictly gras-ping the indications.

Objective This study aimed to investigate the levels of non-enzymatic antioxidants among patients with depression at different age stages.Methods One hundred thirty five patients with depression(including 63 elderly patients aged 60 years and older,and 72 young and middle-aged patients under 60 years old)and 98 healthy controls(including 46 elderly controls aged 60 years and older,and 52 young and middle-aged controls aged under 60 years old)were enrolled.Serum levels of non-enzymatic antioxidants(uric acid,total bilirubin,albumin)were assessed.Results Multiple analysis of variance showed the main effects of depression factors on uric acid and total bilirubin were significant(P<0.05).Uric acid[(314.30±85.18)μmol/L vs.(339.68±85.27)μmol/L],total bilirubin[(12.81±6.16)μmol/L vs.(15.09±5.97)μmol/L]levels were lower in patients with depression than in controls(P<0.05).There was an interactive effect between age and depression factors on the levels of albumin(P<0.001),and the levels of albumin[(41.05±3.97)g/L vs.(46.01±4.49)g/L]were lower in group of the elderly patients with depression than those in group of the young and middle-aged patients with depression(P<0.01).Conclusion Patients with depression have abnormalities in levels of non-enzymatic antioxidants which are more severe in elderly patients.