In Situ Preservation of Parathyroid Gland With Vasculature for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Is Associated With Higher PTH Levels After Total Thyroidectomy.

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of parathyroid gland vasculature preservation in-situ technique (PGVPIST) on postoperative parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcium plasma levels in thyroid patients undergoing total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Methods: Patients with PTC who underwent total thyroidectomy by either the conventional technique (group 1, January 2019 to January 2020) or PGVPIST (group 2, January 2020 to January 2021) were compared.

Reliable Postmortem Molecular Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis: Co-localization of Mast Cell Degranulation and Immunoglobulin E in Allergic Throat Tissues.

Anaphylaxis is a serious reaction that may cause death in half an hour without diagnostic characteristic in autopsies. Mast cell (MC) degranulation combined with immunoglobulin E (IgE) plays the key roles in anaphylaxis. Unavailability of serum and instability of measured serum in postmortem diagnoses sometimes limit the opinion of medical experts.

Anatomical Variations in Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves in Thyroid Surgery.

Objective: To study terminal bifurcation of recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLNs) with original direction to larynx entry and to decrease the risk of vocal cord paralysis in thyroid patients.

Methods: The RLNs of 294 patients (482 sides) were dissected according to the branches into the larynx, and the original direction of each RLN trunk in thyroid surgery was recorded.

Results: (1) About 30.

Reduction in postoperative hypoparathyroidism following carbon nanoparticle suspension injection combined with parathyroid gland vasculature preservation.

Objective: We evaluated the effectiveness of carbon nanoparticle suspension injection combined with parathyroid gland vasculature preservation to identify and preserve the parathyroid gland to reduce postoperative hypoparathyroidism following thyroidectomy.

Material And Methods: Fifty patients with thyroid tumors received carbon nanoparticle suspension injection combined with parathyroid gland vasculature preservation (group A). Serum calcium and PTH levels were recorded and compared with those of 50 control patients who underwent a standard thyroidectomy procedure (group B).

Up-regulated expression of type II very low density lipoprotein receptor correlates with cancer metastasis and has a potential link to β-catenin in different cancers.

Background: Very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) has been considered as a multiple function receptor due to binding numerous ligands, causing endocytosis and regulating cellular signaling. Our group previously reported that enhanced activity of type II VLDLR (VLDLR II), one subtype of VLDLR, promotes adenocarcinoma SGC7901 cells proliferation and migration. The aim of this study is to explore the expression levels of VLDLR II in human gastric, breast and lung cancer tissues, and to investigate its relationship with clinical characteristics and β-catenin expression status.