Efficacy and safety of computed tomography-guided microwave ablation with fine needle-assisted puncture positioning technique for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background: In microwave ablation (MWA), although computed tomography (CT) scanning can overcome gas interference, it cannot achieve real-time localization. Therefore, the puncture technique is more important in CT-guided ablation.

Aim: To compare the fine needle-assisted puncture (FNP) positioning technique and the conventional puncture (CP) technique for the safety and efficacy of CT-guided MWA in treating hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Comparison of the efficacy and safety among apatinib plus drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), apatinib plus conventional TACE and apatinib alone in advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of apatinib plus drug-eluting bead (DEB) transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), apatinib plus conventional TACE (cTACE) and apatinib alone in advanced intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) patients. We analyzed 35 advanced ICC patients retrospectively, including the apatinib plus DEB-TACE group (n=10), the apatinib plus cTACE group (n=12) and the apatinib group (n=13). Treatment response, survival data (including progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS)) and adverse events were assessed during the follow-up.

Preoperative Acute Pain Is Associated with Postoperative Delirium.

Background: Studies have provided some evidence that pain is a risk factor for postoperative delirium (POD). Therefore, we investigated the relationship between preoperative pain and POD after noncardiac surgery.

Methods: POD was assessed with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and preoperative cognition was assessed with the Mini-Mental State Examination.

Efficacy and Safety of Apatinib in Treatment of Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: An Observational Study.

Purpose: Unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) has a poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of apatinib for patients with unresectable ICC.

Patients And Methods: A total of 10 patients with unresectable ICC were enrolled for this single-center observational study between March 2, 2016, and August 27, 2019.

Transarterial chemoembolization for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: A comparison of the efficacy and safety of 2 embolic agents.

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of 2 different embolic agents, namely gelatin sponge particle (GSP) and Lipiodol, for transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).We retrospectively reviewed 87 consecutive patients with unresectable HCC who underwent Lipiodol TACE with lobaplatin and 87 consecutive patients with unresectable HCC who underwent GSP TACE with lobaplatin between January 2013 and June 2017 in our institution as the initial treatment. Both groups were compared considering the clinical and laboratory outcomes and imaging findings before and after TACE.

[CT measurement and clinical application of double-row suture anchor reconstruction for the treatment of Tossy type III acromioclavicular joint dislocation].

Objective: To study feasibility and reliability of reconstruction of the acromioclavicular ligament with double-row suture anchor for the treatment of acromioclavicular joint dislocation through coracoid coronal CT measurement, and to provide a new operation method for treating acromioclavicular joint dislocation.

Methods: Total 60 healthy people received CT examination of shoulder joint, including 30 males and 30 females, ranging in age from 18 to 50 years old. The coronal width, thickness and 20 degree camber angle in the medial part of the toot of coronal were measured using CT scan.

[Clinical safety and effectiveness of propofol medium and long chain fat emulsion in general anesthesia for cesarean section].

Objective: To investigate the Clinical safety and effectiveness of propofol medium and long chain fat emulsion injection for cesarean section.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted in 88 cesarean section surgeries performed between January, 2014 and June, 2015 with epidural anesthesia in 44 cases (control) and with total anesthesia with propofol/long chain fat emulsion injection in 44 cases (observation group). The maternal mean arterial pressure (MAP), SpO(2), and heart rate and neonatal umbilical dynamic venous blood gas analysis (pH, PO(2), pCO(2)) were compared between the two groups.

Efficacy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization combined with cytokine-induced killer cell therapy on hepatocellular carcinoma: a comparative study.

Background And Objective: Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells have high anti-tumor activity for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Whether CIK cell therapy can eradicate residual cancer cells and prevent or postpone tumor relapse after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) should be testified. This study was to evaluate the efficacy of CIK cell therapy combined with TACE on HCC.