Pain and immune function in patients undergoing gastric cancer surgery following stellate ganglion block with total intravenous anesthesia.

Background: Stellate ganglion block is a commonly used sympathetic nerve block technique that restores the balance of the sympathetic and vagal nervous systems of the body and inhibits sympathetic nerve activity.

Aim: To analyze the effect of a stellate ganglion block combined with total diploma intravenous anesthesia on postoperative pain and immune function in patients undergoing laparoscopic radical gastric cancer (GC) surgery to provide a reference basis for the formulation of anesthesia protocols for radical GC surgery.

Methods: This study included 112 patients who underwent laparoscopic radical surgery for GC between January 2022 and March 2024.

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[Expression and significance of IFN-γ and IL-4 in the effusion and peripheral blood of chronic otitis media with effusion patients].

Objective: To explore the shift of Th2/Th1 type cytokine profiles in middle ear and peripheral blood of chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) patients.

Methods: Middle ear effusions (MEEs) and peripheral bloods were collected from 30 COME patients between April 2011 and July 2012 at Department of Otolaryngology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University. Peripheral blood samples were collected from 20 healthy controls.