A novel remnant liver-first strategy for liver autotransplantation in patients with end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis: a retrospective case series.

Background: Ex vivo liver resection combined with autotransplantation is an effective therapeutic strategy for unresectable end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE). However, ex vivo liver resection combined with autotransplantation is a technically demanding and time-consuming procedure associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The authors aimed to present our novel remnant liver-first strategy of in vivo liver resection combined with autotransplantation (IRAT) technique for treating patients with end-stage HAE.

The pretransplant neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a new prognostic predictor after liver transplantation for hepatocellular cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aim: Recently, many reports showed that the pretransplant neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) may be correlated with the prognosis of patients undergoing liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular cancer (HCC). However, their results still remained controversial. Thus we performed a meta-analysis of 13 studies to estimate the prognostic value of pretransplant NLR.

[The relationship between systemic inflammatory response syndrome and severity of acute pancreatitis combined with plateau erythrocythemia].

Objective: To explore the relationship between systemic inflammatory response syndrome(SIRS) and severity of acute pancreatitis combined with plateau erythrocythemia in the high altitude.

Methods: A retrospective analysis on the clinical data which involved acute pancreatitis combined with plateau erythrocythemia (n = 40) and without plateau erythrocythemia (n = 40) admitted from September 2006 to September 2009 was conducted. According to the unified standards, these cases were divided into plateau erythrocythemia group and no plateau erythrocythemia group.

[The changes and significance of multiple organ functions in acute pancreatitis patients under hypoxic condition on plateau].

Objective: To explore characteristics of the pathogenesis and progression of the acute pancreatitis (AP) in high altitude and the relationship between AP and plateau erythrocythemia.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of the clinical data of AP was conducted for 103 inpatients who were admitted during 2003 and 2005 to the People's Hospital of Qinghai Province, including 12 cases of AP complicated with plateau erythrocythemia and 91 cases of AP no complicating plateau erythrocythemia. The patients were divided into a group of 57 cases living in high altitude (>3 000 m) and 46 patients in lower altitude group (<2 200 m).