Establishment and validation of a nomogram to predict postoperative anemia after total hip arthroplasty.

Background: Anemia is a common complication of total hip arthroplasty (THA). In this study, we evaluated the preoperative risk factors for postoperative anemia after THA and developed a nomogram model based on related preoperative and intraoperative factors.

Methods: From January 2020 to May 2023, 927 THA patients at the same medical center were randomly assigned to either the training or validation cohort.

Early clinical efficacy analysis of enhanced recovery following surgery combined with interscalene brachial plexus block for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

To explore the early clinical value of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) with interscalene brachial plexus block (ISB) for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ARCR). We enrolled 240 patients who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, randomly divided into 3 groups (n = 80 each). Groups A, B, and C underwent only surgery, surgery + ERAS, and ISB + surgery + ERAS, respectively.

Testosterone undecanoate supplementation together with human chorionic gonadotropin does not impair spermatogenesis in males with isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism: a retrospective study.

Gonadotropin therapy is commonly used to induce virilization and spermatogenesis in male isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) patients. In clinical practice, 5.6%-15.

An Assisted Diagnosis System for Detection of Early Pulmonary Nodule in Computed Tomography Images.

Lung cancer is still the most concerned disease around the world. Lung nodule generates in the pulmonary parenchyma which indicates the latent risk of lung cancer. Computer-aided pulmonary nodules detection system is necessary, which can reduce diagnosis time and decrease mortality of patients.

Risk Analysis for Pathological Changes in Pulmonary Parenchyma Based on Lung Computed Tomography Images.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to design a content-based medical image retrieval system, which helps excavate and assess pathological change of pulmonary parenchyma for risks analysis.

Methods: A data set including lung computed tomography images obtained from 115 patients who experienced pathological changes in pulmonary parenchyma is used. Using morphological theory, images are preprocessed and decomposed into groups of pixel blocks (words), which construct vocabulary.

[Quantitative evaluation of the degrees of traditional Chinese medicine qualitative syndromes of osteoporosis].

Objective: To establish a quantitative estimate model for diagnosing traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes of patients with osteoporosis.

Methods: Symptoms and signs of osteoporosis and methodology related to syndrome research were collected by reviewing medical literature. The symptoms and sighs were quantitatively classified into three, two or one category according to a 100-mm visual analog scale.

[A study of diagnostic criteria for traditional Chinese medicine syndromes in osteoporosis].

Objective: To establish diagnostic criteria for common traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes in osteoporosis.

Methods: Based on the collection and analysis of related medical literature, clinical investigation, and expert discussion, a draft of preliminary diagnostic criteria for the basic syndromes of TCM in patients with osteoporosis was formulated. Then it was used in clinic for verification and revised repeatedly until a formal version of diagnostic criteria was satisfactorily achieved.

[Effect of continuous femoral nerve block in analgesia and the early rehabilitation after total knee replacement].

Objective: To evaluate the benefit and safety of continuous femoral nerve block in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty.

Methods: From December 2008 to August 2009, 80 patients with total knee arthroplasty were randomly divided into two groups, 40 patients in each group. In group A the pain-control was dominanted by continuous femoral nerve block, there were 5 males adn 35 females with an average age of (65.