Background: The treatment of postoperative anastomotic stenosis after excision of rectal cancer is challenging. Endoscopic balloon dilation and radial incision are not effective in all patients. We present a new endoscopy-assisted magnetic compression technique (MCT) for the treatment of rectal anastomotic stenosis.
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February 2017
Objective: To investigate the clinical significance of serum midkine (MK) in children with henoch-schnlein purpura(HSP).
Methods: One hundred and six children with HSP admitted in our hospital from March 2013 to March 2016 were enrolled in HSP group, but then 80 healthy volunteers were used as control. MK, interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), interferon γ (IFN-γ) and IL-17 in peripheral blood were measured by ELISA, biochemical indicators including white blood cell count (WBC), platelet (Plt), C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), D-dimer, immunoglobulin A (IgA), IgE, IgG, IgM and other clinical data were recorded and analyzed.