Publications by authors named "Meng T Zhou"
Background: The aim of the present study was to describe the clinical features and to assess surgical treatment of intrahepatic hepatolithiasis combined with cholangiocarcinoma (IHCC).
Methods: A total of 107 patients with histopathologically proven IHCC were included in the study and were divided into four groups as follows: the curative resection (CR) group, the palliative resection (PR) group, the radiofrequency ablation (RA) group, and the simple laparotomy group. Demographics, symptoms, and treatment were described and survival data were retrospectively analyzed.
Aim: To investigate the therapeutic effects of fluorouracil (5-Fu) and octreotide (Oct) continuous regional arterial infusion (CRAI,) alone or in combination, was administered in a canine model of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).
Materials And Methods: The animals were divided into five groups; group A (Sham), group B (SAP), group C (SAP and 5-Fu), group D (SAP and Oct), and group E (SAP and 5-Fu + Oct). Levels of amylase, α-tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, thromboxane B2 and 6-keto- prostaglandin F1α were measured both before and after the induction of SAP.
Primary closure versus T-tube drainage after common bile duct exploration for choledocholithiasis.
Langenbecks Arch Surg
January 2011
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefits and harms of primary closure versus T-tube drainage after common bile duct (CBD) exploration for choledocholithiasis.
Methods: A literature search of MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library was done to identify randomized controlled trials assessing the benefits and harms of primary closure versus T-tube drainage after CBD exploration from Jan. 1990 to Apr.
Background: Pathogenesis of severe acute pancreatitis is still unclear, which leads to a lack of proper treatment in severe acute pancreatitis therapeutic strategy.
Objective: To investigate the effect of treatment with antioxidant pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate on pancreas injury in rats with severe acute pancreatitis and its possible mechanism.
Methods: A total of 144 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly allocated into a sham operation group (n=48), a severe acute pancreatitis group (n=48), and a pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate-treated group (n=48).