1.A retrospective study on an innovative modular surgical technique in laparoscopic total gastrectomy combined with spleen-preserving hilar lymphadenectomy
Wenjuan LI ; Dechang DIAO ; Xin TANG ; Jiaqi REN ; Ziyan HE ; Xueyang ZHANG ; Bing ZENG ; Xiaochuang FENG ; Weilin LIAO ; Yingnan HU
Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2025;28(9):1059-1063
Objective:This study aimed to propose an innovative modular surgical technique and explore its safety and application value in laparoscopic total gastrectomy combined with spleen-preserving hilar lymphadenectomy for advanced proximal gastric cancer invading the greater curvature.Methods:A retrospective collection was conducted on 34 patients with proximal gastric cancer invading the greater curvature who underwent laparoscopic total gastrectomy combined with spleen-preserving hilar lymphadenectomy in the same center from October 2020 to December 2022. The technical key points, precautions and crucial steps of the modular surgical technique were summarized, and the Clinical indicators were analyzed.Results:All 34 patients successfully completed the operation under laparoscopy without conversion to open surgery. The average operation duration was 151.9±4.1 minutes, and the duration of splenic hilar lymphadenectomy was 12.9±1.5 minutes. The median intraoperative blood loss was 50(20, 50) ml, and the blood loss during splenic hilar lymphadenectomy was 5 (2, 5) ml. The median number of harvested lymph nodes was 32.0 (23.5,39.5), and the number of submitted No.10 lymph nodes was 3 (2, 4). The metastasis rate of No.10 lymph nodes was 20.6% (7/34). No patient had intraoperative complications. During the postoperative hospital stay, one patient had incision infection (Clavien-Dindo I), and one patient had pulmonary infection (Clavien-Dindo II). The time for the first postoperative feeding was 3 (2, 5) days, the time for the first postoperative flatus was 2 (2,3) days, the time for the first postoperative defecation was 3 (3, 4) days, the total postoperative drainage volume was 1047.5 (607.5,1397.5) mL, the time for postoperative drainage tube removal was 7 (6, 9) days, and the length of postoperative hospital stay was 7.0 (6.0, 9.5) days.Conclusions:The application of the innovative modular surgical technique in laparoscopic total gastrectomy combined with spleen-preserving hilar lymphadenectomy can simplify surgical process and enable safe, precise and comprehensive dissection of splenic hilar lymph nodes.
2.Focused issues and prospects of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy
Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2025;28(11):1327-1333
The standardization of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy for colon cancer has been driven by advancements in anatomy and surgical technology, but controversies persist regarding lymph node dissection (LND) extent and surgical plane selection. In the concept of LND, both D3 radical resection and complete mesocolic excision (CME) theoretically define the left side of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) as the boundary for lymphadenectomy, though their clinical values remain to be validated. China's RELARC study shows higher vascular injury rates,but it offers survival benefits in stage III patients. Regarding intestinal resection length, Japanese research confirms that most lymph node metastases are confined within 10 cm of the tumor, indicating that excessive resection may be unnecessary. Exploration of ileocecal-preserving techniques provides new directions for functional preservation. Controversies over LND boundaries focus on the left side of the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) versus the left side of the SMA. Although SMA-left dissection aligns better with lymphatic drainage anatomy, high-quality evidence is lacking. The multi-center RCT (MARCH study) conducted by our team is currently investigating its value for stage III patients. In precision diagnosis and treatment, preoperative imaging features, intraoperative lymphatic tracing, and radiomics models assist in lymph node assessment, but specificity remains insufficient. The application of membrane anatomy concepts in surgical plane selection still requires embryological research to clarify the structure of fused fascia. Future research should focus on standardizing dissection ranges, improving precision in metastasis prediction, and clarifying anatomical planes to promote more precise and personalized surgical approaches.
4.A preliminary study on horizontal sound localization in patients with unilateral sudden hearing loss during the acute phase
Mengyuan ZHU ; Xiaolin HE ; Jiaying LI ; Xing WANG ; Hongping DING ; Linan DIAO ; Xin FU ; Jiaxing LIU ; Zihui ZHAO ; Ningyu WANG ; Juan ZHANG
Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2025;32(5):288-293
OBJECTIVE To preliminarily assess the horizontal sound localization and its influencing factors in patients with unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss during the acute phase.METHODS The azimuth discrimination test and azimuth identification test were completed,with the speech sound(65 dB SPL)as the stimulus.The minimum audible angle(MAA)and root-mean-square error(RMSE)were obtained,and the RMSE of the affected side and the healthy side were calculated respectively.According to the WHO(2021)hearing loss classification criteria,the data were analyzed based on the pure-tone average(PTA)of the affected ear.And the best resident hearing at each frequency of the affected ear was recorded.RESULTS The performance of the unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients in the sound localization varied greatly.Some performed close to the normal level,while others completely lost the ability to localize sound.The RMSE of the moderate hearing loss group(≥35 dB HL)was significantly higher than that of the normal hearing group(P<0.01),the MAA of the moderate to severe hearing loss group(≥50 dB HL)showed statistically significant differencescompared with normal hearing group(P<0.001).The RMSE of the affected side of patients in the severe and above hearing loss group was significantly larger than that of the healthy side.Regression analysis showed that the best resident hearing at each frequency of the affected ear was the most significant factor affecting MAA(R2=0.572,P<0.001)and RMSE(R2=0.768,P<0.001).CONCLUSION The horizontal sound localization of unilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients in the acute phase varies greatly.When the PTA of the affected side reaches moderate hearing loss,the localization ability is significantly lower than that of normal-hearing individuals.The best resident hearing at each frequency of the affected ear is the key factor affecting the localization ability.
5.Preliminary study of gabapentin in the treatment of idiopathic ear fullness.
Tongxiang DIAO ; Qiuhong HAN ; Xin MA ; Yuanyuan JING ; Lin HAN ; Lisheng YU
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 2025;39(3):214-222
Objective:Aural fullness(AF) is one of the common symptoms in ENT outpatient department, the incidence is about 1.4%. Some patients have an unknown etiology and are diagnosed as idiopathic ear congestion. In this paper, the therapeutic effect of gabapentin on some patients with idiopathic ear congestion was studied. Methods:Forty-eight cases of patients with ear distress as the main complaint between January 2024 and September 2024 were examined by questionnaire, specialist physical examination, pure tone audiometry and acoustic impedance. Among them, 19 cases were diagnosed with definite etiology, 29 cases were diagnosed with idiopathic ear congestion, and 7 cases were lost to follow-up in the idiopathic ear congestion group. Twenty-two patients were divided into the administration group(12 cases receiving regular gabapentin treatment for 3-6 weeks) and the control group(10 cases receiving no medication) based on whether they received gabapentin to explore the effect of ear congestion and possible related factors. Results:Among the 12 patients in the medication group, 2 cases of aural fullness disappeared completely, 9 cases had different degrees of relief, and 1 case had no relief Among the 10 patients in the control group, 2 patients' aural fullness disappeared, 1 patient consciously relieved, and the remaining 7 patients had no significant change in ear boredom. According to the Wong-baker Facial expression Scale, the score of ear tightness decreased from 2.83 before medication to 1.51 after medication in the medication group. The remission rate of ear congestion in the medication group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P=0.004). Conclusion:Gabapentin can be used to treat idiopathic aural fullness, which can reduce the symptoms effectively. This suggests that the occurrence of idiopathic aural fullness may be related to neuralgia and central sensitization.
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gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/therapeutic use*
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6.Research and treatment progress of thymoma
Xin DU ; Chao GUO ; Cheng HUANG ; Yeye CHEN ; Ye ZHANG ; Chao GAO ; Xuehan GAO ; Xiayao DIAO ; Shanqing LI
Chinese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2025;41(1):42-48
Thymoma is a malignant tumor originating from thymus epithelial cells, with an incidence of 1.3-2.6 per million. Due to its low incidence, lack of cells and animal models, there are relatively few studies on thymoma, and its diagnosis and treatment progress is relatively slow. The update of 5th edition of WHO Classification of Thoracic Tumors in 2021 and the NCCN( National Comprehensive Cancer Network) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology: Thymoma and Thymoma Cancer in 2024 put forward many new views and suggestions on the diagnosis and treatment strategy of thymoma. This article reviews the research and treatment of thymoma based on the latest research progress in recent years, aiming to improve the clinician's understanding of thymoma, provide reference for treatment, and promote the research of thymoma.
7.Research progress in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia
Jie HUANG ; Jian HAN ; Jian-Xin GUO ; Ge DIAO ; Li LI
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army 2025;50(3):351-357
Preeclampsia(PE)is a severe hypertensive disorder during pregnancy that seriously affects the health of pregnant women and fetuses.Currently,the treatment is merely symptomatic,with unsatisfactory efficacy and often resulting in an increased incidence of therapeutic preterm birth.An increasing number of studies on PE suggest that the"unitary"theory is no longer adequate to elucidate its pathogenesis.PE is regarded as a syndrome influenced by multiple factors,featuring a complex pathogenesis and the potential to affect multiple organs and systems.This review summarizes the latest advancements in the classification,etiology,pathogenesis,and research models(including animal and in vitro models)of PE,aiming to provide references for subsequent research and offer assistance in clinical prevention,screening,and treatment.
8.Research progress and clinical value of parameters in SPECT MPI
Yuanyuan LI ; Ruonan WANG ; Yanhui WANG ; Yingqi HU ; Xin DIAO ; Sijin LI
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2025;45(1):53-56
SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) can obtain many parameters such as myocardial perfusion, morphology, function and mechanical synchronization in one stop, which has become an essential non-invasive examination technique in the diagnosis and treatment of various cardiovascular diseases (CVD). With the continuous development of cardiac SPECT instrument, imaging scheme and image reconstruction algorithm, its application in the diagnosis and treatment of CVD is expanding. This paper reviews the research progress of qualitative, semi-quantitative and quantitative parameters of SPECT MPI in recent years, and expounds the threshold, influencing factors and application value of various parameters.
9.Pharmacological effect and mechanism of tannic acids in Paeoniae Radix Alba.
Jia-Xin DIAO ; Qi-Tong ZHENG ; Meng-Yao CHEN ; Jiang-Chuan HONG ; Min HAO ; Qing-Mei FENG ; Jun-Qi HU ; Xia-Nan SANG ; Gang CAO
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2025;50(6):1471-1483
The chemical composition of Paeoniae Radix Alba(PRA) is complex, with primary secondary metabolites including monoterpenoids, tannins, triterpenoids, and flavonoids. In previous studies on the material basis of PRA, it was found that, in addition to the widely studied characteristic monoterpene glycosides, tannic acid components also play an important role in the efficacy of PRA. However, their pharmacological effects have not been thoroughly investigated. This paper reviews the tannic acid components in PRA, including pentagaloyl glucose(PGG), tetragaloyl glucose(TGG), trigaloyl glucose(TriGG), and gallic acid, along with their structures, properties, and characteristics to provide a detailed discussion of their pharmacological activities and related mechanisms, aiming to offer a theoretical basis for the material basis research and clinical application of PRA.
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10.Establishment and Evaluation of Insomnia Animal Models with Heart and Spleen Deficiency
Jieyao DIAO ; Hui XU ; Yunfeng ZHOU ; Zhen WANG ; Xin ZHAO ; Haoguang QU ; Chongyang GUAN
Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae 2025;31(17):234-243
Heart and spleen deficiency syndrome is the most common syndrome type in patients with insomnia. Based on the theory of disease syndrome-combined animal model, this paper used multiple databases to search for the keywords "heart and spleen deficiency", "insomnia", "sleepless", "disease syndrome-combined animal model", "model evaluation", etc. It selected the literature related to the animal model of insomnia with heart and spleen deficiency in the past 20 years to evaluate from the aspects of model establishment, modeling factors, syndrome model, disease model, macro characterization & macro characterization evaluation scale, micro indicators, etc. It is found that the existing animal model of insomnia with heart and spleen deficiency is not completely constructed by the method of disease syndrome combination of disease modeling factors and syndrome modeling factors. In the model using this method, the single establishment factor of heart and spleen deficiency does not conform to the clinical reality of disease, and the selection of the factors for the insomnia model is not closely related to or even separated from the syndrome performance. There is a problem of insufficient quantification of macro representation when the macro representation of the model replaces the symptoms related to heart and spleen deficiency syndrome and insomnia in an equivalent manner for macro representation evaluation, which can be improved according to the quantitative ideas and examples of the existing macro representation and macro representation evaluation scale. There are few specific indicators of heart and spleen deficiency syndrome in micro indicators. The micro research of heart and spleen deficiency syndrome and the essence of other traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes can be carried out by metabonomics and other technologies combined with the theory of corresponding prescription and syndrome, along the specific related ideas of "prescription and syndrome, treatment principle and selection of prescription, treatment principle and selection of acupoints, as well as therapeutic mechanism and syndrome essence". The future users and researchers of animal models of insomnia with heart and spleen deficiency can get improved methods and ideas through the shortcomings of animal models of heart and spleen deficiency listed in this paper and construct animal models of insomnia with heart and spleen deficiency that are more suitable for clinical practice, so as to establish a more perfect modeling method and evaluation system of disease syndrome-combined animal model.

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