Background: Bile duct injury (BDI) is one of the serious complications in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), but there is currently a lack of systematic review of risk factors related to BDI after LC. This study conducts meta-analysis on the risk factors related to bile duct injury after LC, the purpose is to provide reference basis for preventing and reducing BDI after LC.
Methods: Using the Computer to retrieve of Chinese and English databases such as CNKI, WANFANG Data, the VIP Network, PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, etc.
Rationale: Chordomas are rare malignant neoplasms arised from residual embryonic notochordal tissue, mostly located in the axial midline. Tumors along extra-axial locations in the head and neck are rare. Chordomas located in the jugular foramen are extremely rare, with a low incidence of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (IFR) caused by is very rare but has an extremely high fatality rate. There have been only seven cases of IFR caused by reported in English and, of these, only three patients survived. In this article, we present another case of IFR caused by , in which the patient was initially treated successfully but then deteriorated due to a relapse of leukemia 2 mo later.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Treatment of complicated hepatolithiasis is complex and difficult. In this report, we present a novel approach to manage complicated hepatolithiasis using the rigid choledochoscope guided by CT-based 3D reconstruction technique with or without hepatectomy.
Methods: Between February 2012 to December 2013, 25 patients with complicated hepatolithiasis underwent rigid choledochoscope guided by CT-based 3D reconstruction technique combined with or without hepatectomy.