Objective To summarize the experiences of a single treatment group in surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma during the past 10 years. Methods From January 2000 to December 2009, 1572 patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma were admitted to the Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, and the clini-cal data of 462 patients in our treatment group were retrospectively analyzed. Among the patients, 314 received surgical treatment, and the remaining 148 received conservative interventions or refused any therapy. Factors that may have influenced the prognosis were analyzed by the Kaplan-Meier method, Log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards model. The correlation of different factors was analyzed by the chi-square test. Results A total of 314 patients underwent surgical treatment and tumor resection was performed in 237 patients, including 174 with R0 resection, 17 with R1 resection, and 46 with R2 resection. There were 91 patients with postoperative complications and 10 in-hospital deaths. A total of 260 patients had been followed up for 5-113 months, and the overall 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were 71.7% , 32.6% and 10.9% , respectively; the 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates of patients with R0 resection were 76. 9% , 48. 6% and 32. 7% , respectively, with a median survival time of 35 months. R0 resection, TNM staging, regional lymph node involvement and tumor differentiation were the independent prognostic factors (RR = 2. 1, 1.9,2.2, 1.7, P<0.05). Conclusions Curative resection is the treatment of choice for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Preoperative systematic evaluation and preparation can improve the radical resection rate and reduce postoperative morbidity.

Objective To analyze the characteristics and prognostic factors of gallbladder carcinoma and investigate the measures of various modus operandi. Methods The clinicopathological data of 181 patients with advanced gallbladder carcinoma treated in our hospital from June 2002 to June 2008 were retrospectively analyzed. SPSS16. 0 software package was used for statistical analysis.Results The overall median survival rate of the 181 patients with gallbladder carcinoma was 6 months. The median survival rate after radical resection for gallbladder carcinoma was 19.5 months,which was remarkably higher than other R1 resection, R2 resection and palliative operation groups (P ＜0. 01) The RO resection rates were 95.5%, 62. 2%, 14.1% and 4.7%, respectively based on different pathological stages of Nevin( Ⅱ , Ⅲ, Ⅳ, and Ⅴ ). There were significant differences among all groups (P＜0.01). The Cox multivariate analysis revealed that pathological stages of Nevin, total bilirubin, CA-199 and therapeutic method had significantly higher risk ratios for gallbladder carcinoma.Conclusion Radical resection may help to improve the survival rate and prognosis of advanced gallbladder carcinoma.

Objective To compare the safety and damage to liver function of 3 methods of hepatic infusive vascular occlusion in hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods Retrospectively, the clinical data of patients undergoing curative liver resection with pan- (n=30) and hemi(n= 30) vascular occlusion or hemi-hepatic artery reservation (n= 30) method were analyzed. Results All patients in the 3 groups had similar surgical duration and blood loss. Two and one patients from group 2 suffered from portal vein impairment and hemorrhea, respectively. Patients from group 1 had higher serum alanine aminotransferase and total bilirubin on days 1 and 7 after surgery. Conclusion Hepatectomy with hemi-hepatic artery reservation, which was not closely related to hepatic hilum, is safe and convenient for the resection of tumor involving hemi-liver and is especially suitable for the patients with severe liver cirrhosis.

OBJECTIVETo develop an HPLC method for content determination of protocatechuic acid, chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid in Zhuang medicine Blumea megacephala (Randeria), and explore the content variation of the 3 components of the herbs harvesting in different months, and provide the scientific basis of reasonable application.

METHODThe determination was carried out on a Shimadzu VP-ODS column (4.6 mm x 250 mm, 5 microm) eluted with acetonitrile and water containing 0.1% phosphoric acid in a linear gradient elution. The flow rate was 1 mL min(-1), and the detected wavelength was set at 258, 327nm.

RESULTThe peak areas and the concentrations of the three components had good linear relationship in the range of 1.7-17 mg x L(-1) for protocatechuic acid, 15.6-156 mg x L(-1) for chlorogenic acid, 3.96-39.6 mg x L(-1) for caffeic acid. The average recoveries were 103.4%, 102.2%, 98.5%, respectively.

CONCLUSIONThe method was proved to be simple, accurate and used for the quality evaluation of Blumea megacephala (Randeria).

Asteraceae ; chemistry ; Caffeic Acids ; chemistry ; Chlorogenic Acid ; chemistry ; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid ; methods ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; chemistry ; Hydroxybenzoates ; chemistry ; Plants, Medicinal ; chemistry

Humans ; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ; diagnosis ; therapy