[Clinical value of early liquid resuscitation guided by passive leg-raising test combined with transthoracic echocardiography in patients with septic shock].

Objective: To explore the clinical value of early fluid resuscitation guided by passive leg-raising test (PLR) combined with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in patients with septic shock.

Methods: A prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted. Seventy-four patients with septic shock admitted to China-Japan Friendship Hospital from January 2017 to October 2018 were enrolled.

Comparison of Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes Between Self-Locking Stand-Alone Cage and Cage with Anterior Plate for Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Meta-Analysis.

Objective: This meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the therapeutic effects in clinical and radiologic outcomes of a self-locking stand-alone cage (SSC) and cage-with-plate (CP) for multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF).

Methods: A systematic search was performed for all comparative studies reported up to August 2018. Operative time, hospital stay, intraoperative blood loss, Japanese Orthopedic Association score, Neck Disability Index (NDI), cervical and segmental Cobb angle, intervertebral height, fusion rate, incidence of subsidence, dysphagia, and adjacent segment degeneration were analyzed with the RevMan 5.