Objective To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of intestinal vessel malformation(IVMF). Methods A retrospectively studiy on the clinical data of 21 cases of IVMF was made. Results The clinical characterstics of IVMF were long course and hemorrhage. The hemorrhage was intermittent and self-limited, which mostly showed black stool or positive in occult test. Of 15 examined by angiography, pathological changes were found in 12 coses and 1 was suspected. All 21 cases underwent operations, of them,14 cases were found pathological changes by touch, diaphany and methylene blue injection,while the other 7 cases were confirmed by endoscopy during operation. Conclusion Angiography is an effective method. During the operation,diaphany must be regarded as a routine examination,methylene blue injection is simple and effective,and endoscopy is also very important.

Objective To investigate the expression of heparanase and vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C) protein in human gastric carcinoma, and to evaluate its clinical implications during the progress of gastric carcinoma. Methods The expression of heparanase and VEGF-C protein in 97 cases of gastric cancer, adjacent tissues and normal tissues in 20 subjects was determined by immuno- histochemistry. Results The positive rate of heparanase and VEGF-C protein in tumor tissues (61.9% and 66.0%) were significantly higher than those in adjacent tissues of cancer (7.2% and 5.0%) and normal tissues (8.3% and 5.0%, P 0.05) . The positive expression of VEGF-C protein in the tumor tissues was significantly related with serosal infiltration, lymphatic invasion, lymph node metastasis and TNM stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ (P0.05). The 1, 3 and 5-year survival rates of patients with expression of heparanase or VEGF-C protein were significantly less than that of patients without expression of heparanase or VEGF-C (P

Objective To investigate the changes of liver function and white blood cell of patients with liver cirrhosis,portal hypertension and secondary hypersplenism underwent laparoscopic splenectomy(LS) and open splenectomy(OS).Methods We analyzed 76 clinical data of patients with liver cirrhosis,portal hypertension and secondary hypersplenism,among those 27 underwent LS,49 OS from Mar 2003 to Mar 2006 retrospectively.Blood samples were obtained and analyzed preoperatively and postoperatively on days 1,3, and 7,including alanine aminotransferase(ALT),aspartate aminotransferase(AST),total bilirubin(TBil),directed bilirubin(DBil) and white blood cell(WBC).Results Between LS and OS,the serum levels of Tbil and Dbil had significant difference on the 1st postoperative day(P

Objective To establish a simple and stable orthotopic segmental small bowel transplantation model in rats.Methods Eighty male SD rats were divided into donors and recipients.Orthotopic segmental small bowel transplantation was performed by end-to-side anastomosis between donor abdominal aorta tundish-shape patch with arteria mesenterica superior pedicle and abdominal aorta of the recipients; end-to-end anastomosis between the portal vein of the donors and the left renal vein of the recipients was done using the cuff technique ; the large part of the small bowel of the recipients was excised,and it was replaced by the segmental intestine of the donors.Results The operation time of the donors and recipients were (40 ± 5) minutes and (50 ±8)minutes,respectively.The warm ischemia time and cold ischemia time were (5 ± 2) minutes and (15 ± 5) minutes,respectively.The anastomosis time of arteries and veins were (5 ± 2) minutes and (4 ± 2) minutes,respectively.The survival time of 90.0％ (36/40) of rats was more than 10 days.Conclusion The modified rat model of orthotopic segmental small bowel transplantation is easy to manipulate,and has the advantages of short operation time,high survival rate and stability.

Objective To investigate the risks of operative contamination of surgical gear by exfoliated cancer in 78 patients who received surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma.Methods Surgical gear from 78 patients who were operated for primary hepatocellular carcinoma were divided into four groups:A.surgical instruments; B.surgeon gloves; C.gauze and gloves used for cleaning equipment; D.gauze and gauze pad used for cleaning operation area.Saline was used to soak the surgical gear followed by low speed centrifugation.The precipitate was stained and then observed for cancer cells.Results The positive rates of cancer cell on surgical gear were significantly associated with the TNM stage,tumor location,tumor size,and surgical approach.The positive rate of liver cancer cell on surgical gear in TNM stage Ⅲ was higher than TNM stage Ⅰ / Ⅱ (56.3％ vs 21.7％,P=0.002).The positive rate of cancer cell on surgical gear was significantly related to tumor size and location (P=0.006,P=0.001).The positive cancer cell detection rate of non-anatomical liver resection was significantly higher than anatomical resection (53.8 ％ vs 26.9 ％,P =0.019).The positive cancer cell detection rate was significantly associated with different types of surgical gear (P=0.008),in which group C showed the highest cancer cell detection rate.Conclusion The risks of cancer cell contamination of surgical gear were significantly associated with progression of hepatocellular carcinoma,tumor size,location and surgical approach,and also associated with the frequency in the use of surgical gear,the operation scope of contact and the nature of surgical gear.

Objective This study investigated a method to rapidly inactivate tumor cells on surgical instruments intraoperatively.Methods Tumor cells were collected by immersing and washing the surgical instruments in 37 ℃ saline.The precipitation was collected by low speed centrifugation and then was cultured to harvest the tumor cells.The tumor cells were immersed in saline and distilled water of different temperatures for different duration of time.Inverted microscopy was used to investigate the changes in morphology.Results After immersion in 55 ℃ distilled water for 60 seconds,the tumor cells were swollen,the cell membranes disappeared,the sizes of the nuclei were reduced,the chromatin was condensed,and some cells lysed and separated from each other.Additionally,these tumor cells floated in the culture medium and lacked any living cells adhering to the walls of the bottle.In the group of tumor cells treated with 55 ℃ saline for 60 seconds,there were no obvious morphological changes of the tumor cell or nucleus.Conclusion The intraoperative immersion of surgical instruments in 55 ℃ distilled water for 60 seconds could completely inactivate tumor cells.

Objective To investigate the relationship between positive peritoneal exfoliated cancer cells and the clinicopathological features of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma before any invasive treatment.Methods Of the 92 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent laparotomy,ascites fluid was collected in the patients with peritoneal ascites; and peritoneal lavage fluid was collected in those patients without peritoneal ascites.Then,shedded cancer cells in these fluid samples were detected.Results The positive rates of peritoneal cancer cells were associated with the TNM stage,tumor location and tumor size.The positive detection rate of cancer cells in TNM stage Ⅲ and Ⅳ was significantly higher than stage Ⅰ and Ⅱ (38.1％ vs 8.0％ ; P =0.0005).The positive detection rate was higher in tumors located closer to the surface (P =0.0 002),and with larger diameter (P =0.00 007).Conclusion Peritoneal cancer cells were significantly correlated with tumor stage,tumor location and size in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Objective To investigate the impact of enteral nutrition (EN) through jejunal feeding tube on the nutritional status and immunologic function of patients during chemotherapy after total gastrectomy.Methods Totally 86 patients with gastric cancer who had undergone total gastrectomy with radical resection and jejunostomy received adjuvant venous chemotherapy in our department from January 2009 to June 2010.They were divided into EN group ( n =43 ) and control group ( n =43 ) according to the hospitalization number.The EN group maintained the jejunostomy tube until the end of 6 courses of chemotherapy,and was given EN support for 7 days through jejunal tube during each course of chemotherapy; the control group removed the tube before chemotherapy without further dietary restriction or nutrition support.The nutritional and immunologic indicators on the 1 st day before chemotherapy and the 1st day after 6 chemotherapy courses were measured.ResultsThree patients in the EN group withdrew from the study because of catheter blockage or catheter loss and 2 patients in the control group failed to complete the trial because of chemotherapy side effects or economic reasons; 81 patients entered the final analysis.After 6 courses of chemotherapy,both groups experienced body weight loss,but the percentage is significantly lower in EN group than in control group (6.9％ ± 0.95％ vs.11.2％ ± 1.32％,P =0.0000).Compared with the nutritional status before the first chemotherapy,the prognosis nutritional index (PNI) in both groups declined after the 6th chemotherapy.Such decline was not statistically significant in EN group ( P =0.1534) but was significant in control group (P =0.0000).The PNI in EN group after chemotherapy was significantly higher than that in control group (P =0.0040).The levels of IgG,NK,CD4 +,and CD4 +/CD8 + were significantly higher in EN group than in control group ( P =0.0083,0.0143,0.0000,and 0.0000,respectively) after chemotherapy.ConclusionEN during postoperative chemotherapy may improve the nutritional status and immunologic function in gastric cancer patients after total gastrectomy.

Nowadays more and more biologists and immunologists focus on Galectin-1 due to the in -depth study of Galectins.As one of the important member of Galectins,Galectin-1 distributes widely,exists in a variety of tissues and cells,involves in cell adhesion,proliferation,apoptosis and inflammatory reaction,and results in a variety of physiological and pathological process.Recent studies have found that Galectin-1 expression in a variety of malignant tumor with a close relationship with tumor occurrence,invasion,development,anti-tumor immunity,and metastasis.It may be a potentially new target for cancer and inflammation therapies.This present paper reviews the current research about Galectin-1 and tumor progression.

Objective:The study is to investigate whether macrophage migration inhibitory factor(MIF)-173 single nucleotide polymorphism(SNP) correlates with inflammatory bowel disease(IBD) in Chinese Han population in Zhejiang Province.Methods:MIF-173 SNP alleles were typed using tetra- primer amplification refractory mutation system(ARMS) and restriction fragment length polymorphisms(RFLP)-PCR in 142 healthy subjects and 98 patients with inflammatory bowel disease(IBD),respectively.At the same time,the PCR products were cloned and sequenced.Results:We detected three kinds of genotypes at the MIF-173 locus,no deviation from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were observed.The result was the same from tetra-primer ARMS and RFLP-PCR.Statistical analysis showed,the frequency of MIF-173 CC genotype was significantly higher in patients with ulcerative colitis(UC) 15.5% than in healthy individuals 5.6%(P