Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Decompression for Lumbar Lateral Recess Stenosis.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the treatment efficacy of lateral spinal stenosis through the decompression of the nerve root under a multiple planar endoscope. From January 2017 to March 2019, 52 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis or lumbar spinal stenosis combined with intervertebral disc herniation had been treated via transforaminal approach spinal endoscopy. Our study retrospectively analyzed the treatment outcome.

[A case control study of perpendicular or parallel double plate for the treatment of young and middle-aged patients with type C fractures of distal humerus].

Objective: To compare clinical outcomes of perpendicular or parallel double plate in treating type C fractures of distal humerus in adults.

Methods: From March 2009 and March 2013, 40 adult patients with type C distal humerus fractures were treated. The patients were divided into two groups according to fixed form.

Quantitative profiles of the mRNAs of ER-alpha and its novel variant ER-alpha36 in breast cancers and matched normal tissues.

Objective: The novel estrogen receptor-alpha (ER-alpha) variant ER-alpha36 is reported to be functional in the estrogen signaling pathway and is related to tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer. However, ER-alpha36 tends to be a favorable factor for survival in patients without tamoxifen therapy. To investigate the mechanisms behind this paradox, we determined the differences between the transcriptional profiles of ER-alpha36 and full-length ER-alpha (ER-alpha66) in breast cancers and matched normal tissues.

[Multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma: clinical analysis of 168 cases].

Objective: To investigate the clinical features and treatment of multifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

Methods: A retrospective survey was carried out in 648 patients with PTC who underwent surgery from January 1997 to December 2006. One hundred and sixty-eight cases of the patients presented with multiple tumor masses (> or = 2).

Apoptosis induced by preoperative oral 5'-DFUR administration in gastric adenocarcinoma and its mechanism of action.

Aim: To study the apoptosis induced by preoperative oral 5'-DFUR administration in gastric adenocarcinoma and its mechanism of action.

Methods: Sixty gastric cancer patients were divided randomly into three groups (20 each group) before operation: group one:5'-DFUR oral administration at the dose of 800-1200 mg/d for 3 - 5 d, group two: 500 mg 5-FU + 200 mg/d CF by venous drip for 3 - 5 d,group three (control group). One or two days after chemotherapy, the patients were operated.

The Chinese classification system compared with TNM staging in prognosis of patients with primary hepatic carcinoma after resection.

Background: The life expectancy of a patient with primary hepatic carcinoma (PHC) is hard to predict, and it is related to many prognostic factors. The Chinese classification system including five parameters: tumor, vascular thrombosis, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis and Child-Pugh stage developed in 1999 was adopted by the 8th National Conference on Liver Cancer of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association in 2001. In this study, the discriminatory ability of the Chinese classification system was compared with that of the TNM staging in patients for resection of PHC, in addition to the evaluation of prognostic value.