1.Research progress in the diagnosis and treatment of radiocarpal fracture-dislocation
Yu LIU ; Shaolong FENG ; Zeju CHEN ; Langqing ZENG ; Yuwen JIANG
Chinese Journal of Trauma 2023;39(5):459-464
Radiocarpal fracture-dislocation (RFD) is a rare injury normally associated with the destruction of bones, joints and ligaments. The improper diagnosis and treatment of RFD will cause severe complications and affect the long-term function of wrist joints. The difficulties of clinical diagnosis and treatment lie in the accurate diagnosis, identification and reconstruction of the structure of specific injury. As the foreign and domestic literatures are mainly case analyses or systemic case reports rather than large-scale reports, there still lacks a systemic knowledge of the standard diagnosis and treatment of RFD clinically, thus leading to problems such as missed diagnosed or misdiagnosed, improper application of treatment methods and incomplete reconstruction. Therefore, the authors reviewed relevant literatures about the features, diagnosis and treatment of RFD, in order to provide references for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of RFD.
2.Efficacy of robot-assisted laparoscopic resection for choledochal cysts
Lizhi LI ; Di XU ; Yang LIN ; Shaolong ZENG ; Kang LI ; Xiaoqin LIAO
Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2022;28(12):898-901
Objective:To study the clinical results of robot-assisted laparoscopic resection for choledochal cysts.Methods:From October 2020 to June 2022, clinical data on 20 patients who underwent choledochal da Vinci robot-assisted laparoscopic choledochal cyst resection at Fujian Provincial Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Forty-two children with choledochal cysts were included in this study. There were 16 males and 26 females, aged 25 (range 15.0 to 45.0) months. The operations were carried out by the same team of surgeons. These patients were divided into two groups based on the surgical methods: children who underwent da Vinci robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery were in the robotic group ( n=20) and children who underwent single-port (transumbilical) laparoscopic surgery were in the laparoscopic group ( n=22). The general clinical data, operation time, intraoperative blood loss, fasting time, hospital stay, total medical costs and complications were collectd and analysed. Follow-up was performed in outpatient visits. Results:Both the 2 groups underwent surgery successfully, and no patient was converted to laparotomy. When compared with the laparoscopic group, intraoperative blood loss [(10.65±3.75) vs. (14.86±3.75) ml], indwelling time of abdominal drainage tube [(5.45±2.21) vs. (7.05±1.94) d] and fasting time [(4.00±1.49) vs. (6.05±1.43) d] in the robotic group were significantly less, while the operation time [394(299, 422) vs. 351(269, 380) min] and hospitalization cost [(79 200±4 000) vs. (31 100±3 000) yuan] were significantly increased (all P<0.05). The differences in postoperative complication rates and pain score between the two groups showed no significant differences (all P>0.05). On follow-up, no patients developed complications such as cholangitis, jaundice, intestinal obstruction and cholangiocarcinoma, except for one patient in the laparoscopic group who developed cholangitis after surgery. Conclusion:Robot-assisted laparoscopic choledochal cystectomy was effective and safe in treatment of children with choledochal cysts.
3.Predictive value of shoulder joint anatomical features to the small and medium rotator cuffre-tear rate after rehabilitation
Bo YUAN ; Ming TIAN ; Shaolong ZHANG ; Dong MA ; Yumin LI ; Junjie ZENG
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2023;43(18):1193-1200
Objective:To explore the correlation between the anatomical features of shoulder joint and the re-tear rate after surgical repair for small and medium-sized rotator cuff tears.Methods:From June 2017 to June 2019, 55 patients who were diagnosed with small or medium-sized rotator cuff tears and treated with arthroscopic single-row repair were enrolled. Demographics including age, sex, disease course, history of smoking and diabetes mellitus, re-tear rates, Constant-Murley score, University of California, Los Angeles score (UCLA) at 6-month, 1-year, 2-year and 3-year after operation were collected. Postoperative critical shoulder angle (CSA) and acromial index (AI) were measured and calculated based on CT scan. The patients were divided into two groups: patients who got re-tear history during follow-up were included into endpoint re-tear (ER) group, and those who got no re-tear history during follow-up were included into endpoint non-tear (EN) group. One-way Anova was used to compare the CSA\AI among different follow-up point. Fisher's exact test was used to compare sex, morbidity of smoking and diabetes between the ER and EN groups. Two independent samples t-test were used to compare age, disease course, CSA and AI at 1-day after operation, functional scores at each follow-up point between the two groups. Binomial logistic regression analysis was performed to test CSA and AI at 1-day after operation as the risk factors of rotator cuff re-tear at 6-month, 1-year, 2-year and 3-year after operation. The predictive efficacy of CSA and AI at 1-day after operation on re-tear rate at 3-year after operation were evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate the correlation between postoperative CSA/AI and postoperative functional recovery. Results:The CSA and AI of ER group were insignificantly different among all follow-up point ( P>0.05), the CSA and AI of EN group were significantly different among all follow-up point ( F=14.163, P<0.001; F=4.635, P<0.001). The re-tear rates at 6-month, 1-year, 2-year and 3-year after operation were 3.6%, 7.3%, 12.7%, 18.2%. The Constant-Murley score and UCLA scores of ER group at 3-year after operation were 93.60±2.84 and 32.30±1.49, respectively while in EN group, they were 92.11±4.10 and 33.18±1.27, respectively, there were no difference of the Constant-Murley score and UCLA score between ER and EN group at 3-year after operation ( P>0.05). CSA at 1-day after operation was the risk factor to re-tear at 1-year, 2-year and 3-year after operation [ OR=4.622, 95% CI (1.01, 21.06), P=0.048; OR=7.071, 95% CI (1.52, 32.87), P=0.013; OR=3.40, 95% CI (1.42, 8.12), P=0.006]. CSA and AI at 1-day after operation had certain predictive efficacy for rotator cuff re-tear at 3-year after rehabilitation, and CSA was more specific than AI, the optimal cutoff values of CSA and AI at 1-day after operation for predicting rotator cuff re-tear at 3-year after operation were 35.3°and 0.69, the AUC were 0.87 [ OR=3.40, 95% CI (1.42, 8.12), P<0.001]、0.77 [ OR=1.33, 95% CI (0.87, 2.02), P=0.008] respectively. CSA and AI had no relationship with postoperative functional recovery. Conclusion:Greater CSA and AI were predictive factors of small and medium-sized rotator cuff re-tear 1-3 years after surgery with CSA being more specific than AI. However, CSA and AI had no relationship with postoperative functional recovery.
4.Correlation analysis between anatomical features of shoulder joint and postoperative stiffness after rotator cuff repair
Bo YUAN ; Ming TIAN ; Shaolong ZHANG ; Dong MA ; Yumin LI ; Junjie ZENG
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics 2023;43(24):1655-1662
Objective:To investigate the correlation between anatomical features of shoulder joint and postoperative stiffness after rotator cuff repair.Methods:212 patients diagnosed with rotator cuff injury undergoing rotator cuff repair in Civil Aviation General Hospital from March 2016 to December 2021 were enrolled. There were 97 male and 115 female with an average age of 58.87±9.69 years old (range, 41-72). The patients were divided into stiffness group (SG) and non-stiffness group (NG) according to the range of shoulder joint motion at 3-month after operation. Preoperative and postoperative joint anatomical features including critical shoulder angle (CSA), acromial index (AI), lateral acromion angle (LAA) were measured and calculated through CT scan and 3-dimension reconstruction. Age, sex, course of disease, body mass index, tendon fatty infiltration degree, type of rotator cuff injury according to DeOrio & Cofield classification, suture method, and preoperative and 3-month postoperative range of shoulder motion (flexion, abduction, and external rotation), preoperative stiffness condition were collected. All factors between two groups were compared, and binomial logistic regression analysis was performed to find out the risk factors of postoperative joint stiffness. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted to evaluate the predictive efficacy of postoperative CSA, AI, and LAA for postoperative joint stiffness.Results:43 patients were enrolled in SG and 169 patients were enrolled in NG. Age, sex, course of disease, body mass index, tendon fatty infiltration degree, type of rotator cuff injury according to DeOrio & Cofield classification, suture method, and preoperative range of shoulder motion (flexion, abduction, and external rotation) between two groups were insignificantly different ( P>0.05). The ratio of patients with preoperative stiffness in SG is higher than that in NG (χ 2=40.38, P<0.001). Postoperative CSA and AI of SG were greater than those of NG ( t=5.44, P<0.001; t=4.89, P<0.001), and postoperative LAA of SG was smaller than that of NG group ( t=-5.86, P<0.001). Preoperative stiffness, large postoperative AI and small postoperative LAA were all risk factors of joint stiffness after rotator cuff suture [ OR=9.32, 95% CI(3.44, 25.27), P<0.001; OR=2.39, 95% CI(1.58, 3.62), P<0.001; OR=0.64, 95% CI(0.46, 0.91), P=0.012]. Postoperative CSA, AI and LAA had a certain predictive effect on postoperative joint stiffness (AUC>0.70). LAA was the most sensitive factor and CSA was the most specific factor. The optimal cutoff values of CSA, AI and LAA were 34.4°, 0.70 and 74.5° respectively, and the AUC for predicting postoperative joint stiffness were 0.76 [ OR=0.98, 95% CI(0.69, 0.84), P<0.001]、0.78[ OR=2.39, 95% CI(0.70, 0.84), P<0.001]、0.76[ OR=0.64, 95% CI(0.68, 0.83), P<0.001]. Conclusion:Postoperative CSA, AI and LAA had predictive efficacy on joint stiffness after rotator cuff repair. The greater postoperative CSA and AI or smaller postoperative LAA indicates increased risk of postoperative joint stiffness. LAA was the most sensitive factor and CSA was the most specific factor.