Drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization as neoadjuvant therapy pre-liver transplantation for advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: The objectives of this study were to assess the safety and efficacy of drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization (DEB-TACE) as neoadjuvant therapy before liver transplantation (LT) for advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to analyze the prognostic factors.

Aim: To determine whether DEB-TACE before LT is superior to LT for advanced-stage HCC.

Methods: A total of 99 individuals diagnosed with advanced HCC were studied retrospectively.

Safety and efficacy of an integrated endovascular treatment strategy for early hepatic artery occlusion after liver transplantation.

Background: Hepatic artery occlusion (HAO) after liver transplantation (LT) is typically comprised of hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) and stenosis (HAS), both of which are severe complications that coexist and interdependent. This study aimed to evaluate an integrated endovascular treatment (EVT) strategy for the resolution of early HAO and identify the risk factors associated with early HAO as well as the procedural challenge encountered in the treatment strategy.

Methods: Consecutive orthotopic LT recipients (n = 366) who underwent transplantation between June 2017 and December 2018 were retrospectively investigated.

Case report of a 28-year-old man with aortic dissection and pulmonary shadow due to granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

Background: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is characterised by the main violation of the upper and lower respiratory tract and kidney. GPA is considered a systemic vasculitis of medium-sized and small blood vessels where aortic involvement is extremely rare.

Case Presentation: A 28-year-old male was admitted to the hospital due to 4 h of chest pain.

Changes in intestinal microflora in rats with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Aim: To implement high-throughput 16S rDNA sequencing to study microbial diversity in the fecal matter of rats with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS).

Methods: Intratracheal instillation of lipopolysaccharide was used to induce ALI, and the pathological changes in the lungs and intestines were observed. D-lactate levels and diamine oxidase (DAO) activities were determined by enzymatic spectrophotometry.

Comparative study of c-Fos expression in rat dorsal vagal complex and nucleus ambiguus induced by different durations of restraint water-immersion stress.

Restraint water-immersion stress (RWIS) of rats induces vagally-mediated gastric dysfunction. The present work explored the effects of different durations of RWIS on neuronal activities of the dorsal vagal complex (DVC) and the nucleus ambiguous (NA) in rats. Male Wistar rats were exposed to RWIS for 0, 30, 60, 120, or 180 min.

c-Fos expression in the supraoptic nucleus is the most intense during different durations of restraint water-immersion stress in the rat.

Restraint water-immersion stress (RWIS) can induce anxiety, hypothermia, and severe vagally-mediated gastric dysfunction. The present work explored the effects of different durations of RWIS on neuronal activities of the forebrain by c-Fos expression in conscious rats exposed to RWIS for 0, 30, 60, 120, or 180 min. The peak of c-Fos induction was distinct for different forebrain regions.

[Magnetic resonance imaging and radiography for diagnosis of lower limb osteosarcoma: a comparative study].

Objective: To investigate the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for lower limb osteosarcoma by comparing the findings between X-ray and MRI.

Methods: Fifteen surgically or pathologically confirmed patients with lower limb osteosarcoma (11 males and 4 females) underwent both plain and enhanced MRI (with CT scanning in 4 cases) in addition to radiography, and the findings were compared.

Results: The diagnostic accuracy of both MRI and X-ray film was 100%.