Feasibility Study for the Long-Term Management of Refractory Hyperkeratotic Eczema with Calcipotriol and Betamethasone Dipropionate (Daivobet), Viaminate and Concomitant Conventional Therapies: A Retrospective Study.

Background: The available treatments for refractory hyperkeratotic eczema are inadequate with frustrating results. We, therefore, incorporated Calcipotriol and Betamethasone Dipropionate (Daivobet), and Viaminate into the mainstay treatment to improve the clinical symptoms. The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of Daivobet and Viaminate as a potential treatment alternative for refractory hyperkeratotic eczema.

Efficacy and Safety of NTrap® Stone Entrapment and Extraction Device for Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy.

Purpose: NTrap® stone entrapment and extraction device (NTrap®) is a device used to extract and remove stones from the urinary tract and to minimize retrograde stone migration during ureterolithotripsy (URS). This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of NTrap® in URS.

Methods: From Jan 2014 to June 2017, 148 patients underwent URS with the aid of NTrap® (Group A), and 209 patients underwent standard URS without any anti-retropulsion device (Group B).

Type II acquired cutis laxa associated with recurrent urticarial vasculitis: brief report.

Background: Cutis laxa is a connective tissue disease characterized by loose, wrinkled, and redundant skin. It is either inherited or acquired. In most cases, acquired cutis laxa is associated with neoplasms, drugs, and autoimmune diseases.

Metatropic Dysplasia of Nonlethal Variant in a Chinese Child - A Case Report.

Metatropic dysplasia (MD), is a rare skeletal dysplasia occurring predominantly in infants characterized by a distinctive long torso and short limbs; it is as a result of mutations in the TRPV4 gene. However, a clear distinction between various forms of skeletal dysplasias caused by the transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) gene is difficult but could be achieved by a combination of gene sequencing, medical and radiological criteria. We hereby report a case of a 14-month old girl who presented with an abnormal stature.

Early Intratracheal Administration of Corticosteroid and Pulmonary Surfactant for Preventing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants with Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Meta-analysis.

There is uncertain result with regard to the use of inhalation or instillation steroids to prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants. This meta-analysis was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of early airway administration (within 2 days after birth) of corticosteroids and pulmonary surfactant (PS) for preventing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in premature infants with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS). The related studies were retrieved in PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Clinical Trial, CNKI, Wanfang and VIP Database from inception to August 2018.

Aneurysmal Fibrous Histiocytoma: Clinicopathology Analysis of 30 Cases of a Rare Variant of Cutaneous Fibrohistiocytoma.

Aneurysmal fibrous histiocytoma is often clinically misdiagnosed. In this study, we put forward an insight on how to help diagnose this disease clinically. A retrospective chart review was performed on all patients diagnosed with aneurysmal fibrous histiocytoma from 2007 to 2017 in the Department of Dermatology, Union Hospital, China, and all clinical data were collected from the hospital archives.

Clinical significance of functional and anatomical classifications in paraganglioma of the urinary bladder.

Objectives: Paragangliomas of the urinary bladder (PUBs) are challenging catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumors. We aimed to facilitate their diagnosis and treatment by functional and anatomical classifications.

Materials And Methods: Between April 2007 and September 2017, 31 cases from 2 centers were retrieved, in which the patients were pathologically diagnosed with PUB.

Efficacy of Hydroxy-L-proline (HYP) analogs in the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria in Drosophila Melanogaster.

Background: Substrate reduction therapy with analogs reduces the accumulation of substrates by inhibiting the metabolic pathways involved in their biosynthesis, providing new treatment options for patients with primary hyperoxalurias (PHs) that often progress to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). This research aims to evaluate the inhibition efficacy of Hydroxy-L-proline (HYP) analogs against calcium oxalate (CaOx) crystal formation in the Drosophila Melanogaster (D. Melanogaster) by comparing them with Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6).

Comparison of the efficacy and feasibility of laser enucleation of bladder tumor versus transurethral resection of bladder tumor: a meta-analysis.

The transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) remains the most widely used method in the surgical treatment of the non-muscle invasive bladder tumor (NMIBT). Despite its popularity, the laser technique has been widely used in urology as an alternative, via the application of transurethral laser enucleation of bladder tumor. The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy and feasibility between transurethral laser enucleation and transurethral resection of bladder tumor.