Objective To evaluate the effect of nimodipine on postoperative delirium (POD) in elderly patients with lacunar infarction. Methods Sixty patients with lacunar infarction of both sexes, aged 65-80 yr, of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status Ⅱor Ⅲ, scheduled for elective spinal surgery under general anesthesia, were divided into 2 groups (n= 30 each) using a random number table: control group (group C) and nimodipine group (group N). Nimodipine 7. 5 μg·kg-1 ·h-1 was in-travenously infused starting from 30 min before anesthesia induction until the end of surgery in group N, while the equal volume of normal saline was given in group C. At 30 min before infusing nimodipine (T1 ), immediately after tracheal intubation (T2 ), at 1 h after skin incision (T3 ) and at the end of surgery (T4 ), blood samples were taken from the radial artery and jugular bulb for blood gas analysis. Jugular bulb oxygen content, arterial-jugular bulb oxygen content difference, cerebral oxygen uptake rate and jugular-arterial lactate concentration difference were calculated. The concentrations of S100β protein and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in serum of the jugular bulb were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent as-say. The occurrence of POD was recorded within 3 days after operation. Results Compared with group C, jugular bulb oxygen content was significantly increased, and arterial-jugular bulb oxygen content difference and cerebral oxygen uptake rate were decreased at T3,4 , the concentrations of serum S100β protein were de-creased and the concentrations of brain-derived neurotrophic factor were increased at T2-4 , the incidence of POD was decreased (P<0. 05), and no significant change was found in jugular-arterial lactate concentra-tion difference at each time point in group N (P>0. 05). Conclusion Nimodipine can reduce the devel-opment of POD, and the mechanism may be related to improving intraoperative cerebral oxygen metabolism and reducing brain injury in elderly patients.

Objective: To explore the clinical effect and safety of minor liver resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma (HC) of Bismuth-Corlette type Ⅲ and Ⅳ. Methods: From May 2007 to May 2017, the clinical data of 108 patients with Bismuth-Corlette type Ⅲ and Ⅳ HC underwent hepatectomy were collected and analyzed retrospectively.There were 56 males and 52 females, aged (57.2±5.3) years (ranged 48-76 years) .Among the 108 cases, there were 51 cases of type Ⅲa, 40 cases of type Ⅲb and 17 cases of type Ⅳ. Small-scale hepatectomy (≤3 hepatectomy) was performed in 70 cases, including 8 cases of 4b segment resection, 28 cases of 4b segment+5 segment resection, and 34 cases of partial 4 segment+partial 7 segment+partial 1 segment resection. Large-scale hepatectomy was performed in 38 cases (>3 segments) , of which 30 cases were treated with 2 segments+3 segments+4 segments+1 segment, and 8 cases were treated with 5 segments+7 segments+8 segments+1 segment. t′ test was used to analyze the data which did not conform to the normal distribution, and χ² test was used to calculate the incidence of postoperative complications and the 1, 3, and 5-year cumulative overall survival rate. Results: (1) The operation time of minor liver resection group ((180±25)minutes) was shorter than that of major liver resection group ((210±35)minutes) (t′=4.676, P<0.05) , the amount of blooding operation time of minor liver resection group ((310±80)ml) was less than that of major liver resection group ((500±110)ml)in the operation (t′=9.385, P<0.05) , and the difference was statistically significant. (2) The incidence of complications was lower in minor liver resection group and major liver resection group, and the difference was statistically significant (χ²=5.230, P<0.05) . (3) The actual 1-, 3- and 5-year survival rates were 87.1%, 58.4%, 30.0% and 84.2%, 57.9%,31.6%, respectively. There were no significant differences in survival rates in two groups in 1-, 3- and 5-year survival rates (χ²=0.177, P=0.674; χ²=0.005, P=0.946; χ²=0.029, P=0.865) . Conclusions Compared to patients with major liver resection, Minor liver resection for selected patients with HC of Bismuth-Corlette Ⅲ and Ⅳaccording to our criteria achieved better long-term outcomes. Chen′s biliojejunostomy is a simple, effective and safe method, which can be widely used when there are multiple biliary intestinal anastomosese.