MediLite3DNet: A lightweight network for segmentation of nasopharyngeal airways.

The precise segmentation and three-dimensional reconstruction of the nasopharyngeal airway are crucial for the diagnosis and treatment of adenoid hypertrophy in children. However, traditional methods face challenges such as information loss and low computational efficiency when addressing this task. To overcome these issues, this paper introduces an innovative lightweight 3D medical image segmentation network-MediLite3DNet.

Comprehensive multicentre retrospective analysis for predicting isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant lower-grade gliomas.

Objective: To differentiate glioma grading and determine isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation status, which are crucial for prognosis assessment and treatment planning in glioma patients.

Methods: This retrospective study included patients diagnosed with adult diffuse glioma from 1 January, 2018 to 31 July, 2023 in two independent institutions. It documented and analysed clinical and radiographic features.

Higher radiation doses after partial laryngectomy may raise the incidence of pneumonia: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Currently, studies have shown that a high dose of radiotherapy to the throat have various harmful and adverse effects on the patients' laryngeal function, resulting in the development of pneumonia. This study aimed to explore how radiotherapy dose affected the probability of pneumonia following laryngeal cancer surgery.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analysis was done on patients diagnosed with laryngeal cancer between 2010 and 2020 and were treated surgically and with postoperative radiotherapy in the same institution.

Application Value of Flexible Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing in Acute Stoke Patients With Dysphagia.

Background: The aim was to study the application value of flexible endoscopic examination of swallowing (FEES) for the aspiration screening, the diagnosis of dysphagia and evaluation of the therapeutic effect in acute stoke patients with dysphagia.

Methods: A total of 525 patients with acute stoke who were hospitalized from October 2015 to January 2021 in the Rehabilitation Medicine Department of our hospital underwent FEES for analyzing the characteristic performance. Twenty-one cases of them were examined by video fluoroscopic swallow study and compared with the results of FEES for evaluating the reliability of the FEES, the reliability of diagnosis of dysphagia, and the consistency of the 2 methods.

Experience of low-temperature plasma radiofrequency treatment of 53 patients with tongue hemangioma.

Background: The main treatments of hemangioma of the tongueare are injection of sclerotherapy, freezing, surgical resection or combined application of the above methods. It is extremely difficult to remove it completely. Even if combined with multiple methods, it is often unable to control its continued growth, and many important physiological functions of the tongue will be affected, resulting in poor quality of life for patients.

The Neutralizing Antibody Response Elicited by Tembusu Virus Is Affected Dramatically by a Single Mutation in the Stem Region of the Envelope Protein.

Tembusu virus (TMUV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that most commonly affects adult breeder and layer ducks. However, a TMUV-caused neurological disease has also been found in ducklings below 7 weeks of age, highlighting the need to develop a safe vaccine for young ducklings. In this study, a plaque-purified PS TMUV strain was attenuated by serial passage in BHK-21 cells.

[Analysis of monitoring results of Mattress-type of sleep monitoring system in elderly patients with OSAHS].

Objective: To investigate the sleep monitoring feature of the MSMS in elderly patients with OSAHS.

Method: One hundred and ninety patients diagnosed with OSAHS were divided into elderly group and non elderly group according to age, then the results of MSMS were analyzed.

Result: Majority elderly patients were with mild to moderate OSAHS.

Generation of a reliable full-length cDNA of infectiousTembusu virus using a PCR-based protocol.

Full-length cDNA of Tembusu virus (TMUV) cloned in a plasmid has been found instable in bacterial hosts. Using a PCR-based protocol, we generated a stable full-length cDNA of TMUV. Different cDNA fragments of TMUV were amplified by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR, and cloned into plasmids.

[Nasal mucosa recovery after endoscopic surgery using the plasma radiofrequency ablation at low temperature for treatment of nasal inverted papilloma].

Objective: To assess the therapeutic effect and study the role of nasal mucosa epithelization after endoscopic surgery using the plasma radiofrequency ablation at low temperature in patients with nasal inverted papilloma.

Method: The clinical data of 104 patients with nasal inverted papilloma underwent endoscopic surgery u sing the plasma radiofrequency ablation at low temperature from July, 2008 to July, 2012 were analyzed,and the recovery of mucosa was observed under nasal endoscope.

Result: The mucosa recovery extent showed a decreasing trend from mucosa pattern degree I to III, where the difference was statistically significant by chi-square test between groups (P < 0.

[Preliminary investigation of coblation for early glottic carcinoma].

Objective: To establish whether Coblation is a suitable modality for removal of early glottic carcinoma.

Methods: Fourteen patients with early glottic carcinoma (Tis-T2) without lymph node metastasis underwent resection of laryngeal cancer lesions using transoral endoscopic coblation (TEC), without pre- or post-operative radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Results: No severe complication such as bleeding and dyspnea occurred in the cases.