Protection of skin with subcutaneous administration of 5% dextrose in water during superficial radiofrequency ablation in a rabbit model.

Purpose: This study was to evaluate the efficacy of subcutaneous administration of 5% dextrose in water (D5W), to prevent skin injury during radiofrequency (RF) ablation.

Materials And Methods: Twenty-four rabbits were divided into three groups: a pre-injection group, a perfusion group, and a control group. Ablative zones were created in the superficial part of the thigh muscle for 6 min.

[Midterm results of thoracic aortic dissection endovascular repair in conjunctions with the location of Adamkiewicz artery].

Objective: To evaluate the effects of using longer xenografts in conjunctions with the location of Adamkiewicz artery (AKA) on midterm outcomes of endovascular treatment for thoracic aortic dissection.

Methods: From March 2005 to September 2011, 217 patients with type B dissection were recruited. There were 143 males and 74 females with a mean age of 65 ± 11 years.

[Predicting value of dynamic alteration of blood neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio on recurrence-free survival in patients with advanced colon cancer after operation and chemotherapy].

Objective: To evaluate whether neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio(NLR) predicts risk of recurrence in patients with advanced colon cancer undergoing curative resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy.

Methods: A total of 149 patients with advanced colon cancer undergoing curative resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy(FOLFOX6 protocol) were included. NLR was calculated preoperatively and before chemotherapy.

[Effect of suprarenal fixation on renal function in endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair patients].

Objective: to assess the the mid-term renal function of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) patients following supra-renal endovascular repair.

Methods: from March 2005 to December 2009, 290 AAA patients were included and grouped depending upon whether they had received infra-renal (IR) or supra-renal (SR) EVAR. SR was performed in 173 patients, with a mean age of (72 ± 8) years and 85.

Total vascular exclusion technique for resection of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Aim: To improve the low resection rate, poor prognosis and to control the massive hemorrhage during operation, total vascular exclusion (TVE) technique was used in hepatectomies of advanced and complicated hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs).

Methods: Five hundred and thirty patients with HCCs were admitted in our hospital. They were divided into TVE technique group (group A: n=78), Pringle maneuver method group (group B: n=176) and unresectable group (group C: n=276).