Laparoscopic resection of lower rectal cancer with telescopic anastomosis without abdominal incisions.

Aim: To assess laparoscopic radical resection of lower rectal cancer with telescopic anastomosis through transanal resection without abdominal incisions.

Methods: From March 2010 to June 2014, 30 patients (14 men and 16 women, aged 36-78 years, mean age 59.8 years) underwent laparoscopic radical resection of lower rectal cancer with telescopic anastomosis through anus-preserving transanal resection.

Efficacy of ilaprazole in the treatment of duodenal ulcers: a meta-analysis.

Aim: To compare the efficacy and tolerance of ilaprazole compared with other proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in the treatment of duodenal ulcer.

Methods: An electronic database search of Medline, Embase, the Cochrane controlled trials register, Web of Science, PubMed, and the Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (updated to July 2013), and manual searches were conducted. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing the efficacy and tolerance of ilaprazole and other PPIs in the treatment of duodenal ulcers was performed.

Diffuse hemolymphangioma of the rectum: a report of a rare case.

Intestinal hemolymphangioma is a rare vascular and lymphatic malformation and is manifested as anaemia and recurrent alimentary tract hemorrhage. Few cases of hemolymphangioma occurring in small intestine, spleen, esophagus and other organs have been reported. We herein report a case of a 37-year-old man with severe rectal bleeding.

Somatostatin analogues in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: The role of somatostatin analogues in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains controversial. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of octreotide on the survival of patients with advanced HCC.

Material/methods: Electronic databases including Medline, Embase, Cochrane controlled trials register, Web of Science and PubMed (updated to Dec 2010) and manual bibliographical searches were conducted.

[Comparative study of recurrent colon cancer and recurrent rectal cancer after radical resection].

Objective: To explore the difference in tumor biological behaviors and prognosis between recurrent colon cancer and recurrent rectal cancer after radical operation.

Methods: Complete clinical and follow-up data of 132 patients with colorectal cancer developed recurrence,including 36 colon cancers and 96 rectal cancers, after curative resection were retrospectively analyzed and compared with respect of clinical pathological features and prognosis between colon and rectal cancer.

Results: Significant differences were found in primary tumor gross type, histological type, tumor differentiation and lymph node metastasis between colon and rectal cancer(P<0.

[Impact of early-stage hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury on other organs of rats].

Objective: To investigate the influence of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion on other organs of rats during the early stage of injury.

Methods: Twenty-five healthy male SD rats were randomized equally into 5 groups according to the different time points in the course of hepatic vascular occlusion and reperfusion, namely pre-occlusion, the end of occlusion, and after 0.5, 2.

[Three-dimensional dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography in liver transplantation].

Objective: To investigate the clinical value of three-dimensional dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) angiography in the liver transplantation.

Methods: MR scanning was performed both before and after the operation in 9 patients elected for liver transplantation, and after three-dimensional reconstruction at a computer workstation, the three- dimensional images of the inferior vena cava, hepatic veins, portal vein and bile duct were obtained.

Results: The three- dimensional images could be rotated in space to show the size, shape, lining of the veins and anatomic relationships between each other.

[Application of ischemic preconditioning before hepatic vascular exclusion for resection of hepatocellular carcinoma].

Objective: To assess the value of clinical application of ischemic preconditioning (IP) before hepatic vascular exclusion for resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accompanied by cirrhosis and explore the possible mechanism underlying the protective effect of this maneuver.

Methods: Thirty-four consecutive patients with resectable HCC were randomized into IP group to receive IP with a 5-min ischemia followed by 5-min perfusion before hepatic vascular exclusion and the control group with simply hepatic vascular exclusion. The liver function, hepatic Fas mRNA expression, caspase-3 activity, apoptosis of the hepatocytes were compared between the two groups.