An ingested metallic wire migrating from stomach to pancreas treated by laparoscopic surgery: A case report.

Introduction: Foreign bodies inside the pancreas are rare and usually occur after the ingestion of sharp objects such as a fish bone, a sewing needle, or a toothpick. Furthermore, an ingested metallic wire migrating from stomach to pancreas is very rare.

Case Presentation: We report a 36-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital with "3-day history of dull progressive epigastric pain.

Laparoscopic repeat hepatectomy versus conventional open repeat hepatectomy for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Repeat hepatectomy has been proven to be an effective treatment in patients with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (RHCC). However, for RHCC, it is still controversial whether laparoscopic hepatectomy is superior to conventional ones. The present meta-analysis was carried out to investigate the safety and overall effect of laparoscopic repeat hepatectomy (LRH) to open repeat hepatectomy (ORH) for patients with RHCC.

Spontaneous internal hemorrhage of a giant hepatic hemangioma: A case report.

Rationale: Hepatic hemangioma, a benign liver tumor, can rarely spontaneously rupture and hemorrhage, which is then associated with significant mortality. The diagnosis of internal hemorrhage is challenging and the management is disputed.

Patient Concerns: We describe the case of a 52-year-old female patient with chief complaints of fever and anemia, with no history of recent trauma.

Radiofrequency-Assisted Partial Splenectomy Plus Splenopexy--A Modified Surgical Procedure for Wandering Spleen: A Case Report.

Wandering spleen is an extremely rare clinical condition characterized by abnormal anatomical position of the spleen. Up to now, its etiology remains unknown, and the best surgical procedure is still an area to explore in the future. In this article, we present the case of a 24-year-old woman with wandering spleen combined with congenital heart disease and pigeon chest.

Significance of MD-2 and MD-2B expression in rat liver during acute cholangitis.

Aim: To investigate the expression of myeloid differentiation protein-2 (MD-2), MD-2B (a splicing isoform of MD-2 that can block Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/MD-2 LPS-mediated signal transduction) and TLR4 in the liver of acute cholangitis rats.

Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats (SPF level) were randomly divided into four groups: (A) sham-operated group; (B) simple common bile duct ligation group; (C) acute cholangitis group; and (D) acute cholangitis anti-TLR4 intervention group (n = 25 per group). Rat liver tissue samples were used to detect TLR4, MD-2 and MD-2B mRNA expression by fluorescence quantitative PCR in parallel with pathological changes.