Multimodal therapy and twenty years of valid management of a patient with chronic hepatitis B in a less developed Western Region in China---case report and review of the literature.

Background: For patients with chronic hepatitis B and cirrhosis in less developed western regions in China, due to constraints of local economic conditions, the choice of treatment measures is often limited. However if patients recieved valid management and effective treatment, they were able to maintain their health and benign prognosis.

Case Presentation: This study narrates the long-term treatment and careful follow-up of a patient with chronic hepatitis B and cirrhosis in a less developed western region in China, and analyzes the prognosis of the disease and countermeasures.

[Comparison of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery and open surgery for portal hypertension: a meta-analysis].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) vs. open surgery (OS) for portal hypertension.

Methods: Relevant literature was retrieved from databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, Chinese Journal Full Text Database, Chinese Vip Datebase, and Chinese Wanfang.