Successful rescue of renal transplantation with cardiac arrest after electrical storm: A case report.

Rationale: Most patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease are associated with complications such as renal hypertension, renal anemia, hyperkalemia, water-sodium retention, and disorders of acid-base balance after long-term renal replacement therapy, which can lead to increased cardiac burden, some degree of myocardial damage, and finally progress to arrhythmia and heart failure. These are the main reasons why patients with chronic kidney disease are prone to cardiovascular events after renal transplantation.

Patient Concerns: We report a case of sudden onset of ventricular fibrillation on the postoperative second day, with repeated electrical storm accompanied by cardiac arrest during resuscitation, a very long cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) process of 5 hours and 14 minutes, and >20 cycles of cardiac defibrillation.

Development and validation of a gene signature for pancreatic cancer: based on inflammatory response-related genes.

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most common malignant tumors in the world with a poor prognosis. There were limited studies investigating the genetic signatures associated with inflammatory responses, tumor microenvironment (TME), and tumor drug sensitivity prediction. In the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) dataset, we constructed an inflammatory response-related genes prognostic signature for PC, and predictive ability of the model was assessed via the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) database.

Different subpopulations of regulatory T cells in human autoimmune disease, transplantation, and tumor immunity.

CD4CD25 regulatory T cells (Tregs), a subpopulation of naturally CD4 T cells that characteristically express transcription factor Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3), play a pivotal role in the maintenance of immune homeostasis and the prevention of autoimmunity. With the development of biological technology, the understanding of plasticity and stability of Tregs has been further developed. Recent studies have suggested that human Tregs are functionally and phenotypically diverse.

Pancreaticoduodenectomy With Arterial Approach of Total Mesenteric Resection of the Pancreas for Pancreatic Head Cancer.

Background: This study aims to observe and analyze the clinical efficacy of the pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) with total mesopancreas excision (TMpE) via the artery approach for carcinoma of head of the pancreas.

Methods: From October 2015 to October 2016, 60 patients with pancreatic head cancer were enrolled in this study. Twenty-eight patients were treated with PD with TMpE via the artery approach (group A), while 32 patients were treated with PD alone (group B) in our hospital.

Retroperitoneal abscess and acute acalculous cholecystitis after iatrogenic colon injury: report of a case.

Acute acalculous cholecystitis has a high mortality rate due to the difficulties in early diagnosis and high rate of complications like empyema, gangrene and perforation. We report a case of 20-year-old male with acute severe pancreatitis, acute renal failure and acute peripancreatic fluid collection who was transferred to our department after blood filtration treatment in ICU. After percutaneous catheter drainage for 20 hours, the patient got a high fever.

Multiple tumor marker protein chip detection system in diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Background: The clinical stage of the disease at diagnosis often determines the prognosis and survival rate of a patient with pancreatic cancer. Early symptoms of pancreatic cancer are often not obvious on imaging (ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and so on), and when patients present with weight loss, jaundice and abdominal pain and other symptoms, they are usually already in the advanced stages of pancreatic cancer. However, the examination of combined tumor markers might improve their sensitivity or specificity in aiding diagnosis.

Extended local resection for treatment of periampullary carcinoma of vater.

Background: The trauma caused by pancreatoduodenectomy for periampullary carcinoma of vater is often severe and extensive. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of extended local resection in the treatment of periampullary carcinoma of vater.

Methods: The extra-hepaticobiliary tract, the confluence of the pancreatic and biliary duct, vater ampulla and duodenal papilla were resected en bloc in 8 patients with periampullary carcinoma from 1995 to 1998.

Surgical treatment for uncinate process carcinoma of the pancreas.

Objectives: To analyze the clinical features of uncinate process carcinoma of the pancreas and to improve the resection rate.

Methods: From January 1990 to June 1999, 10 patients with pancreas uncinate process carcinoma received Whipple's operation. Portal vein (PV) resection and reanastomosis were performed in 5 patients, and the resected length varied from 2.