Neonatal hepatic hemangioma with intestinal obstruction: A report of two cases.

To explore the treatment experience of neonatal hepatic hemangioma (HH) with intestinal obstruction. Case 1 was 2.5 kg at birth and was 7 days old at the time of the visit.

Inhibition of Oocyte Maturation by Follicular Extracellular Vesicles of Nonhyperandrogenic PCOS Patients Requiring IVF.

Context: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common diseases that contribute to subfertility. Recent evidence showed that oocytes of women with PCOS matured in vitro away from the follicular fluid presented better potentials, whereas the reason remained unclear.

Objective: This work aimed to investigate whether follicular extracellular vesicles (EVs) of PCOS patients interfere with the quality of oocytes.

Uterine niche is associated with adverse in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes: a retrospective cohort study.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between uterine niche and reproductive outcomes of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: A reproductive medicine center.

The role of the TGF-β/LIF signaling pathway mediated by SMADs during the cyst formation of Echinococcus in young children.

Objective: The present study aims to explore the correlation of the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β), drosophila mothers against decapentaplegic protein gene (SMAD) 2/3/4, and leukemia inhibitory factors (LIF) with the cyst formation of hepatic Echinococcus granulosus in young children.

Methods: A total of 40 patients who met the diagnostic criteria for children's hydatid disease in people's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region between January 2020 and June 2021 were enrolled a s the study subjects. The cystic fluid of these children was collected as the case group and the corresponding infected viscera or pericystic tissue as the control group, with 40 cases in each group.

A comparison of neuromuscular blockade and reversal using cisatricurium and neostigmine with rocuronium and sugamadex on the quality of recovery from general anaesthesia for percutaneous closure of left atria appendage.

Background: There is a growing interest in minimally invasive left atrial appendage closure therapies. However, for successful catheter surgery, it is necessary to achieve high-quality postoperative recovery. The aim of the study is to comparison of neuromuscular blockade and reversal using cisatricurium and neostigmine with rocuronium and sugamadex on the quality of recovery from general anaesthesia for percutaneous closure of left atria appendage.

Dexmedetomidine combined with sufentanil and dezocine-based patient-controlled intravenous analgesia increases female patients' global satisfaction degree after thoracoscopic surgery.

Background: There are no studies on the use of dexmedetomidine combined with sufentanil and dezocine-based patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) in females undergoing thoracic surgery. We postulate that introducing dexmedetomidine to a combination of dezocine-based PCA drugs and sufentanil will increase female patients' global satisfaction degree.

Methods: One hundred fifty-two female patients with physical classification type I or II according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists undergoing thoracoscopic surgery were arbitrarily classified into two categories, either receiving sufentanil and dezocine-based PCIA (group C) or incorporating dexmedetomidine with sufentanil and dezocine-based PCIA (group D).

Endometrial extracellular vesicles of recurrent implantation failure patients inhibit the proliferation, migration, and invasion of HTR8/SVneo cells.

Purpose: Endometrial extracellular vesicles are essential in regulating trophoblasts' function. This study aims to investigate whether endometrial extracellular vesicles (EVs) from recurrent implantation failure (RIF) patients inhibit the proliferation, invasion, and migration of HTR8/SVneo cells.

Methods: Eighteen RIF patients and thirteen fertile women were recruited for endometria collection.

Influence of Isoflurane Exposure for 15 Consecutive Days on Ovarian Function in Adult Female Mice.

Female infertility after occupational exposure to inhaled anesthetic agents has attracted critical attention, but systematic studies focusing on the impact of inhaled anesthetics on the female reproductive system have not been well-established. We used a murine model to study the effect of isoflurane exposure on infertility in female adult mice and investigated the potential underlying mechanism. One hundred adult female C57 mice were randomly allocated into 5 groups exposed in air containing 0, 2500, 5000, 10 000 or 20 000 ppm isoflurane for 15 consecutive days.

Fertility outcomes of IVF/ICSI after Caesarean section: a cohort study.

Research Question: The study objective was to evaluate the impact of a previous Caesarean section on fertility outcomes in women undergoing IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Design: A retrospective cohort study was designed that included 1793 women undergoing IVF/ICSI who had had a previous delivery from January 2015 to December 2016. The primary outcome was live birth.

A novel nomogram to predict the risk of anastomotic leakage in patients after oesophagectomy.

Background: Anastomotic leakage is a dangerous postoperative complication of oesophageal surgery. The present study aimed to develop a simple and practical scoring system to predict the risk of anastomotic leakage after oesophageal resection.

Methods: A consecutive series of 330 patients who underwent oesophageal cancer surgery from January 2016 to January 2018 at the Shanghai Chest Hospital were included to develop a prediction model.

Esophageal duplication cyst with hemivertebrae: A case report and literature review.

Background: Esophageal duplication cysts (EDCs) are rare congenital anomalies that can be associated with symptomatic spinal abnormalities, but presentations due to EDC symptoms are rarely found in the presence of spinal abnormalities.

Case Summary: A 6-month-old infant weighing approximately 5.0 kg presented with a 2-month pulmonary infection and more recent difficulty swallowing and nutritional intolerance that did not improve with medical treatment.

Tube-graft-Sheet Nano-Objects Created by A Stepwise Self-Assembly of Polymer-Polyoxometalate Hybrids.

In this work, we report the preparation of complex nano-objects by means of a stepwise self-assembly of two polymer-polyoxometalate hybrids (PPHs) in solution. The PPHs are designed and synthesized by tethering two linear poly(ε-caprolactone)s (PCL) of different molecular weights (MW) on a complex of a Wells-Dawson-type polyoxometalate (POM) cluster and its countraions. The higher MW PCL-POM self-assembled into nanosheets, while the lower MW PCL-POM assembled into nanotubes just by altering the ratio of water in the DMF-water mixed solvent system.

[Calcium-activated chloride channels are involved in two-phase hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in rat pulmonary arteries].

The aim of the present study was to investigate the roles of calcium-activated chloride channels (Cl(Ca)) in the two-phase hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV). The second pulmonary artery branches were dissected from male Sprague-Dawley rats, and the changes in vascular tone were measured by using routine blood vascular perfusion in vitro. The result showed that, under normoxic conditions, Cl(Ca) inhibitors (NFA and IAA-94) significantly relaxed second pulmonary artery contracted by norepinephrine (P < 0.

Effects of shenmai injection on pulmonary aquaporin 1 in rats following traumatic brain injury.

Background: Aquaporin-1 (AQP1) has involved in fluid transport in diverse pulmonary edema diseases. Our study aimed to explore the dynamic changes of AQP1 in pulmonary water metabolism in rats following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the protective effect provided by shenmai injection.

Methods: Sixty male Sprague Dawley rats weighting 280 - 300 g were randomly divided into three groups: the normal control group, the model group and the shenmai injection (SMI) group.

Effect of Shenmai injection, a traditional Chinese medicine, on pulmonary dysfunction after tourniquet-induced limb ischemia-reperfusion.

Background: Tourniquet has been considered as a recognized cause of lower limb ischemia-reperfusion injury in the orthopedic field. This study investigates pulmonary function after tourniquet deflation and the protective effect of Shenmai injection (SMI), a traditional Chinese medicine.

Methods: Twenty-eight patients undergoing lower extremity surgery were randomized into a control group (group C) and a SMI group (group S), 14 patients in each group.

TeleOph: a secure real-time teleophthalmology system.

Teleophthalmology (TeleOph) is an electronic counterpart of today's face-to-face, patient-to-specialist ophthalmology system. It enables one or more ophthalmologists to remotely examine a patient's condition via a confidential and authentic communication channel. Specifically, TeleOph allows a trained nonspecialist in a primary clinic to screen the patients with digital instruments (e.

Synthesis and Tribological Properties of WSe(2) Nanorods.

The WSe(2) nanorods were synthesized via solid-state reaction method and characterized by X-ray diffractometer, TEM, and HRTEM. The results indicated the WSe(2) compounds had rod-like structures with diameters of 10-50 nm and lengths of 100-400 nm, and the growth process of WSe(2) nanorods was discussed on the basis of the experimental facts. The tribological properties of WSe(2) nanorods as additives in HVI500 base oil were investigated by UMT-2 multispecimen tribotester.

A secure and synthesis tele-ophthalmology system.

This paper describes a secure and synthesis ophthalmology telemedicine system, referred to as TeleOph. Under a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) channel, patient prerecorded data can be safely transferred via the Internet. With encrypted videoconference and white-board, the system not only supports hospital-to-clinic consultation, but also supplies hospital-tohospital joint discussion.