AIM: To explore retinal microvascular changes in migraine patients using meta-analysis.METHODS: The National Library of Medicine PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library were searched to find relevant studies, and the search period was from the creation of database to June 2023. Two investigators independently screened the literatures, extracted data, and evaluated the quality of included studies using the NOS scale. STATA15.0 was used for Meta-analysis and publication bias evaluation, sensitivity analysis was performed for results with large heterogeneity, and the funnel plot and Egger were used to assess the publication bias of the literature.RESULTS:A total of 12 studies, including 217 patients(252 eyes)with migraine with aura(MA), 283 patients(388 eyes)with migraine without aura(MO), and 374 healthy individuals(479 eyes), were included in this Meta-analysis. Several optical coherence tomography angiography(OCTA)indicators, including foveal avascular zone(FAZ)macular or optic disc perfusion density were compared and analyzed. The Meta-analysis results showed that compared with healthy controls, patients with MA had a significant increase in FAZ area and perimeter, a significant decrease in perfusion density of the macular deep capillary plexus(mDCP)except for the fovea, and a significant decrease in perfusion density of the radial peripapillary capillaries(RPC)around the optic disc; the FAZ parameters were significantly increased in MO, while the differences in perfusion density of the macular superficial capillary plexus(mSCP), mDCP and RPC were not statistically significant, except for the perfusion density in the parafovea mDCP.CONCLUSIONS: Both MA and MO patients had an enlarged FAZ area, patients with MA had a significant decrease in mDCP perfusion density, and migraine patients had some degree of retinal ischemia.

Objective:To compare the medium and long-term efficacy between the deltoid split approach and the conventional deltopectoral approach in locking plate fixation for proximal humerus fractures.Methods:A retrospective study was performed in the 65 patients with proximal humerus fracture who had been operatively treated at Department of Orthopedics, The Third People's Hospital of Nantong from January 2018 to December 2020. They were 20 males and 45 females with an age of (64.6±9.2) years. Of them, 34 were assigned to fixation with proximal humerus internal locking system (PHILOS) through the deltoid split approach (minimally invasive group), and 31 to PHILOS fixation through the deltopectoral approach (conventional group). The 2 groups were compared in terms of general data, operation time, intraoperative blood loss, hospital stay, fracture union time, intraoperative fluoroscopy, postoperative 2-year imaging scores, and Constant-Murley shoulder score at the last follow-up.Results:There was no significant difference in the preoperative general data between the 2 groups, showing comparability ( P>0.05). In the minimally invasive group and the conventional group, respectively, the intraoperative blood loss was (97.9±16.6) mL and (155.8±27.4) mL, and the frequency of intraoperative fluoroscopy (12.0±1.8) times and (6.7±1.8) times, both showing a statistically significant difference ( P<0.05). There was no significant difference in operation time, hospital stay, or fracture union time ( P>0.05). All patients were followed up for (43.9±5.5) months. There was no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups in postoperative 2-year imaging scores ( P>0.05). Compared with the conventional group, patients in the minimally invasive group had significantly lower Constant-Murley strength scores and significantly lower Constant-Murley scores for the Neer four-part fractures ( P<0.05). Postoperatively, one case of screw protrusion and one case of complete ischemic necrosis occurred in both groups while one case of partial ischemic necrosis was observed in the minimally invasive group and 3 cases of partial ischemic necrosis were observed in the conventional group. Conclusions:In locking plate fixation for proximal humerus fractures, compared with the deltopectoral approach, the deltoid split approach shows advantages of less soft tissue damage, less intraoperative bleeding, and less destruction of the blood supply to the humeral head. However, the deltopectoral approach may be more appropriate for the Neer four-part fractures.

Objective To investigate the risk factors of in-hospital mortality and establish a risk prediction model for patients receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(VA-ECMO).Methods We retrospectively collected the data of 302 patients receiving VA-ECMO in ICU of 3 hospitals in Guangdong Province between January,2015 and January,2022 using a convenience sampling method.The patients were divided into a derivation cohort(201 cases)and a validation cohort(101 cases).Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to analyze the risk factors for in-hospital death of these patients,based on which a risk prediction model was established in the form of a nomogram.The receiver operator characteristic(ROC)curve,calibration curve and clinical decision curve were used to evaluate the discrimination ability,calibration and clinical validity of this model.Results The in-hospital mortality risk prediction model was established based the risk factors including hypertension(OR=3.694,95%CI:1.582-8.621),continuous renal replacement therapy(OR=9.661,95%CI:4.103-22.745),elevated Na2+ level(OR=1.048,95%CI:1.003-1.095)and increased hemoglobin level(OR=0.987,95%CI:0.977-0.998).In the derivation cohort,the area under the ROC curve(AUC)of this model was 0.829(95%CI:0.770-0.889),greater than those of the 4 single factors(all AUC<0.800),APACHE Ⅱ Score(AUC=0.777,95%CI:0.714-0.840)and the SOFA Score(AUC=0.721,95%CI:0.647-0.796).The results of internal validation showed that the AUC of the model was 0.774(95%CI:0.679-0.869),and the goodness of fit test showed a good fitting of this model(χ2=4.629,P>0.05).Conclusion The risk prediction model for in-hospital mortality of patients on VA-ECMO has good differentiation,calibration and clinical effectiveness and outperforms the commonly used disease severity scoring system,and thus can be used for assessing disease severity and prognostic risk level in critically ill patients.

Objective To investigate the risk factors of in-hospital mortality and establish a risk prediction model for patients receiving venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation(VA-ECMO).Methods We retrospectively collected the data of 302 patients receiving VA-ECMO in ICU of 3 hospitals in Guangdong Province between January,2015 and January,2022 using a convenience sampling method.The patients were divided into a derivation cohort(201 cases)and a validation cohort(101 cases).Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to analyze the risk factors for in-hospital death of these patients,based on which a risk prediction model was established in the form of a nomogram.The receiver operator characteristic(ROC)curve,calibration curve and clinical decision curve were used to evaluate the discrimination ability,calibration and clinical validity of this model.Results The in-hospital mortality risk prediction model was established based the risk factors including hypertension(OR=3.694,95%CI:1.582-8.621),continuous renal replacement therapy(OR=9.661,95%CI:4.103-22.745),elevated Na2+ level(OR=1.048,95%CI:1.003-1.095)and increased hemoglobin level(OR=0.987,95%CI:0.977-0.998).In the derivation cohort,the area under the ROC curve(AUC)of this model was 0.829(95%CI:0.770-0.889),greater than those of the 4 single factors(all AUC<0.800),APACHE Ⅱ Score(AUC=0.777,95%CI:0.714-0.840)and the SOFA Score(AUC=0.721,95%CI:0.647-0.796).The results of internal validation showed that the AUC of the model was 0.774(95%CI:0.679-0.869),and the goodness of fit test showed a good fitting of this model(χ2=4.629,P>0.05).Conclusion The risk prediction model for in-hospital mortality of patients on VA-ECMO has good differentiation,calibration and clinical effectiveness and outperforms the commonly used disease severity scoring system,and thus can be used for assessing disease severity and prognostic risk level in critically ill patients.

In the early stage of diabetes retinopathy(DR),the change in the molecular level is often earlier than chan-ges in retinal microvessels.Under the chronic high-glucose environment,oxidative stress,epigenetic changes and other mechanisms cause retinal mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA)damage,affect the transcription process of mtDNA coding genes,and damage the electronic transport chain,leading to a vicious cycle of free radicals,which accelerates the apoptosis of retinal capillary pericytes and endothelial cells,leads to retinal microcirculation dysfunction,and cause DR.This paper will review the epigenetic changes,oxidative stress,damage to replication and repair system,gene mutation and other aspects,in order to elaborate on the research progress of retinal mtDNA damage in the pathogenesis of DR.

Objective:The investigation and research on the application status of Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient (HVPG) is very important to understand the real situation and future development of this technology in China.Methods:This study comprehensively investigated the basic situation of HVPG technology in China, including hospital distribution, hospital level, annual number of cases, catheters used, average cost, indications and existing problems.Results:According to the survey, there were 70 hospitals in China carrying out HVPG technology in 2021, distributed in 28 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central Government). A total of 4 398 cases of HVPG were performed in all the surveyed hospitals in 2021, of which 2 291 cases (52.1%) were tested by HVPG alone. The average cost of HVPG detection was (5 617.2±2 079.4) yuan. 96.3% of the teams completed HVPG detection with balloon method, and most of the teams used thrombectomy balloon catheter (80.3%).Conclusion:Through this investigation, the status of domestic clinical application of HVPG has been clarified, and it has been confirmed that many domestic medical institutions have mastered this technology, but it still needs to continue to promote and popularize HVPG technology in the future.

Objective:To analyze the risk factors related to lung cancer in participants with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening, to provide data support for identifying high-risk groups of lung cancer and to improve the effectiveness of LDCT lung cancer screening.Methods:A total of 5 366 asymptomatic subjects (2 762 males and 2 604 females) who underwent LDCT lung cancer screening were recruited at Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from 2014 to 2017. The result of LDCT and the risk factors of participants were analyzed. The LDCT positive results were defined as solid or part-solid nodules≥5 mm and non-solid nodule≥8 mm. A total of 12 factors were included and multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors associated with lung cancer in the study.Results:Of the 5 366 asymptomatic subjects, 389 were positive and 4 977 were negative for LDCT screening. Among them, 26 of 389 positive cases were confirmed as lung cancers pathologically, and the detection rate of stage I lung cancer was 92.3% (24/26). Multivariate logistic regression showed that age, smoking, low level of education were the relevant risk factors for lung cancer and positive nodules. A stratified analysis of age showed that no risk factors were detected in the 40-49 years old group, while age, smoking, low level of education (primary school and below) were recognized as risk factors in the ≥50 years old group. No statistically significant risk factor was detected between the lung cancer group and the positive nodules group.Conclusions:Age, smoking, and low level of education (primary school and below) are related risk factors for lung cancer and positive nodules. People aged 50 years or older, smoking, and low level of education may be a high risk group for lung cancer. LDCT can effectively detect early lung cancer.

Objective:To analyze the risk factors related to lung cancer in participants with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening, to provide data support for identifying high-risk groups of lung cancer and to improve the effectiveness of LDCT lung cancer screening.Methods:A total of 5 366 asymptomatic subjects (2 762 males and 2 604 females) who underwent LDCT lung cancer screening were recruited at Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from 2014 to 2017. The result of LDCT and the risk factors of participants were analyzed. The LDCT positive results were defined as solid or part-solid nodules≥5 mm and non-solid nodule≥8 mm. A total of 12 factors were included and multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors associated with lung cancer in the study.Results:Of the 5 366 asymptomatic subjects, 389 were positive and 4 977 were negative for LDCT screening. Among them, 26 of 389 positive cases were confirmed as lung cancers pathologically, and the detection rate of stage I lung cancer was 92.3% (24/26). Multivariate logistic regression showed that age, smoking, low level of education were the relevant risk factors for lung cancer and positive nodules. A stratified analysis of age showed that no risk factors were detected in the 40-49 years old group, while age, smoking, low level of education (primary school and below) were recognized as risk factors in the ≥50 years old group. No statistically significant risk factor was detected between the lung cancer group and the positive nodules group.Conclusions:Age, smoking, and low level of education (primary school and below) are related risk factors for lung cancer and positive nodules. People aged 50 years or older, smoking, and low level of education may be a high risk group for lung cancer. LDCT can effectively detect early lung cancer.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the current status of diagnosis and management of acute appendicitis (AA) in China. METHODS: Questionnaire survey was used to retrospectively collect data of hospitalized patients with AA from 43 medical centers nationwide in 2017 (Sort by number of cases provided: Jinling Hospital of Medical School of Nanjing University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Lu'an People's Hospital, Tengzhou Central People's Hospital, Dalian Central Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Dongying People's Hospital, Jinjiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Huangshan Shoukang Hospital, Xuyi People's Hospital, Nanjing Jiangbei People's Hospital, Lanzhou 940th Hospital of PLA, Heze Municipal Hospital, The First College of Clinical Medical Science of China Three Gorges University, Affiliated Jiujiang Hospital of Nanchang University, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Affiliated Central Hospital of Shandong Zaozhuang Mining Group, The Third People's Hospital of Kunshan City, Xuzhou First People's Hospital, The 81st Group Army Hospital of PLA, Linyi Central Hospital, The General Hospital of Huainan Eastern Hospital Group, The 908th Hospital of PLA, Liyang People's Hospital, The 901th Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, The Fourth Hospital of Jilin University, Harbin Acheng District People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Nanjing Luhe People's Hospital, Taixing Municipal People's Hospital, Baotou Central Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Linyi People's Hospital, The 72st Group Army Hospital of PLA, Zaozhuang Municipal Hospital, People's Hospital of Dayu County, Taixing City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Suzhou Municipal Hospital, Beijing Guang'anmen Hospital, Langxi County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanyang Central Hospital, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University).The diagnosis and management of AA were analyzed through unified summary. Different centers collected and summarized their data in 2017 and sent back the questionnaires for summary. RESULTS: A total of 8 766 AA patients were enrolled from 43 medical centers, including 4 711 males (53.7%) with median age of 39 years and 958 (10.9%) patients over 65 years old. Of 8 776 patients, 5 677 cases (64.6%) received one or more imaging examinations, and the other 3 099 (35.4%) did not receive any imaging examination. A total of 1 858 (21.2%) cases received medical treatment, mainly a combination of nitroimidazoles (1 107 cases, 59.8%) doublet regimen, followed by a single-agent regimen of non-nitroimidazoles (451 cases, 24.4%), a nitroimidazole-free doublet regimen (134 cases, 7.2%), a triple regimen of combined nitroimidazoles (116 cases, 6.3%), nitroimidazole alone (39 cases, 2.1%) and nitroimidazole-free triple regimen (3 cases, 0.2%). Of the 6 908 patients (78.8%) who underwent surgery, 4 319 (62.5%) underwent laparoscopic appendectomy and 2589 (37.5%) underwent open surgery. Ratio of laparotomy was higher in those patients under 16 years old (392 cases) or over 65 years old (258 cases) [15.1%(392/2 589) and 10.0%(258/2 589), respectively, compared with 8.5%(367/4 316) and 8.0%(347/4 316) in the same age group for laparoscopic surgery, χ²=91.415, P<0.001; χ²=15.915,P<0.001]. Patients with complicated appendicitis had higher ratio of undergoing open surgery as compared to those undergoing laparoscopic surgery [26.7%(692/2 589) vs. 15.6%(672/4 316), χ²=125.726, P<0.001].The cure rates of laparoscopic and open surgery were 100.0% and 99.8%(2 585/2 589) respectively without significant difference (P=0.206). Postoperative complication rates were 4.5%(121/2 589) and 4.7%(196/4 316) respectively, and the difference was not statistically significant (χ²=0.065, P=0.799). The incidence of surgical site infection was lower (0.6% vs. 1.7%, χ²=17.315, P<0.001), and hospital stay was shorter [6(4-7) days vs. 6(5-8) days, U=4 384 348.0, P<0.001] in the laparoscopic surgery group, while hospitalization cost was higher (median 12 527 yuan vs. 9 342 yuan, U=2 586 809.0, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS The diagnosis of acute appendicitis is still clinically based, supplemented by imaging examination. Appendectomy is still the most effective treatment at present. Laparoscopic appendectomy has become the main treatment strategy, but anti-infective drugs are also very effective.
Acute Disease ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; therapeutic use ; Appendectomy ; Appendicitis ; diagnosis ; therapy ; China ; Female ; Health Care Surveys ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Treatment Outcome ; Young Adult

Objective To explore the risk factors related to the development and progression of lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis (LDS).Methods A total of 71 patients with LDS or degenerative spinal stenosis (DSS) were retrospectively.Thirty-six patients with LDS (group LDS) and 35 patients with DSS (group DSS) were enrolled.Spinopelvic parameters including pelvic incidence (PI), pelvic tilt (PT), sacral slope (SS), lumbar lordosis (LL), thoracic kyphosis (TK), regional lumbopelvic lordosis angles (PR-LI, PR-L2, PR-L3, PR-L4, PR-L5), pelvic morphology (PR-S1), lumbar 4 slope (L4 S) and lumbar 5 slope (L5 S) were assessed on whole spine lateral radiographs in a standing position.All the parameters from LDS will compared with those of DSS and normal population respectively, Student's t-test was used to compare each parameter among the LDS, DSS and normal population.Results PI [ (57.67±11.78) °], SS [ (37.83±9.17) °] and LL [ (54.65±11.45) °] in group LDS were significantly greater than those of group DSS [ (44.47±8.75) °, (28.18±9.02) °, (38.97±15.59) °] and normal reference value [ (44.75±9.01) °, (33.57±7.64) °, (48.75±10.03) °] (P＜0.05).L4 S [ (8.18±9.98) °] and L5 S [ (19.96±8.33) °] in group LDS were greater than the group DSS[ (3.32±7.95) °, (10.87±8.02) °] (P＜0.05).The PR-L4 [ (57.63±13.44) °], PR-L5 [ (45.76±10.92) °] and PR-S1 [ (27.91±10.41) °] in group LDS were significantly smaller than those of group DSS [ (65.48±10.70) °, (56.33±9.15) °, (38.63±7.29) °] (P＜0.05).Conclusion Greater PI may lead to the development and progression of lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis.L5 S is a parameter that can be used to predict the risk of LDS.The lower regional lumbopelvic lordosis angles in LDS were smaller than those of DSS.