[Preliminary Application of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Treatment of Diabetic Ulcers].

Objective: To investigate the role of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the treatment of diabetic ulcers.

Methods: The clinical data of 27 diabetic patients, who underwent CEUS examination of their ulcers in our hospital between April 2021 and July 2022 were collected. Among them, 26 patients suffered from diabetic foot ulcers, 5 of whom underwent amputation during hospitalization, and one patient suffered from hip ulcer.

Intravascular Fasciitis of the Jugular Vein Mimicking Thrombosis and Sarcoma: A Case Report.

Intravascular fasciitis is a rare disease that is a reactive proliferative lesion of myofibroblasts. There are rare reports that intravascular fasciitis has invaded the jugular vein as seen in this case. A 41-year-old female presented with right neck dull pain for 20 days.

[Successful Treatment of Refractory Ischemic Diabetic Foot Ulcers by Combination Therapy of Autologous Platelet-rich Gel and Topical β Adrenergic Receptor Blocker: a Case Report].

History And Clinical Findings: A 76 year-old woman with 8-year history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension was admitted with gangrene of left great toe, 3rd, 4th and 5th toes. Twenty months ago, She started to receive hemodialysis due to end-stage renal disease. She did not have any history of reactive airway disease nor bradycardia that would contraindicate the use of topical beta-blocker.

[Effects of GLP-1 Agonist Exenatide on Cardiac Diastolic Function and Vascular Endothelial Function in Diabetic Patients].

Objective: To study the protective effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) on the left ventricular diastolic function and endothelial function in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: 27 patients with type 2 diabetes were randomly divided into two groups: GLP-1 treated group and insulin treated group. Patients in the GLP-1 group were given GLP-1 analogue and metformin hydrochloride.

[Ultrasound diagnosis of scrotal wall sarcoma].

Objective: To study the ultrasound imaging characteristics of scrotum sarcoma.

Methods: Retrospective analyses of the ultrasound and clinical data of 9 patients with scrotum sarcoma were performed.

Results: Of the 9 patients, 5 had scrotum rhabdomyosarcoma, which included 2 cases of alveolus rhabdomyosarcoma and 3 cases of embryonic rhabdomyosarcoma (including 2 embryonic rhabdomyosarcoma of the tunica dartos in the scrotum).

[Study on the parameter optimization for therapeutic ultrasound mediated microbubble destruction enhancs gene transfection in rat muscle in vivo].

Objective: To search for the most suitable gene transfection conditions for rat muscle in vivo by therapertic ultrasound-mediated microbubble destruction (UMMD).

Methods: A mixture of microbubbles and enhanced green flurescence protein (EGFP) plasmids was injected into rat tibialis anterior muscle and the muscels treated with ultrasound irradiation by different output intensity, duty cycle and irradiation time of therapeutic ultrasound. The transfection efficiency was demonstrated by the EGFP expression results under fluorescent staining and immunohistochemical staining.

[Surgical treatment of sinus tract in diabetic foot with adjacent pedicle fascia flap and arthrodesis].

Objective: To study the therapeutic effect of adjacent pedicle fascia flap filling and arthrodesis in the regional management of sinus tract in diabetic foot.

Methods: From February 2007 to August 2010, 6 patients suffering diabetic foot with sinus tract were included. There were 4 male and 2 female patients, aged 47 to 68 (averaging 58.

[The ultrasound image characteristics of lower extremities arteries in diabetic foot].

Objective: To identify the ultrasound image characteristics of lower limb arteries in diabetic feet.

Methods: 189 patients with diabetic feet were recruited in this study. 375 lower limbs of the patients were classified into grade I-IV according to their Fontaine classifications and accepted Color Doppler Ultrasound examinations.

[Association of glycaemic variability and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus].

Objective: To investigate the relationship between blood glucose fluctuations and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in type 2 diabetic patients.

Methods: 64 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, West China Hospital from July 2009 to March 2012 were recruited in this study. The CIMT were measured bilaterally with high-resolution ultrasonography.

Thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins: impact of ultrasound assessment on successful surgical separation.

In this case report, we present a case of thoraco-omphalopagus conjoined twins who were successfully separated and had long-term survival. We performed ultrasound assessment and found that the twins shared the liver and that the fusion site of their liver had gross communication of blood vessel. Ultrasound cardiogram examination showed that the anomalous vessels that connected their hearts drained from the number 1 infant to the number 2 infant.

[Destruction of synovial pannus of antigen-induced arthritis by ultrasonic cavitation in rabbits].

Objective: To optimize the conditions of ultrasonic irradiation and microbubble of ultrasound cavitation on destruction of synovial pannus of antigen-induced arthritis (AIA) in rabbits.

Methods: Antigen-induced arthritis was successfully induced on bilateral knee joints of 85 rabbits. Each 10 AIA rabbits were divided into two groups to compare various peak negative pressures, different ultrasonic pulse durations, various pulse repetition frequencies, different irradiance duration, different dosages of microbubble contrast agents, different ultrasonic irradiance times.

Changes in serum adiponectin concentrations and endothelial function after intensive insulin treatment in people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a pilot study.

Aims: We aimed to assess changes in serum adiponectin and endothelial function after intensive insulin treatment in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Methods: Patients with newly diagnosed T2DM were randomly assigned to Group A (intensive insulin treatment) or Group B (conventional insulin treatment). Before treatment and 2 weeks after plasma glucose concentrations had been maintained at the specified concentrations, blood samples were obtained to measure serum adiponectin and nitric oxide (NO) concentrations.

Characterization and diagnostic confidence of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for solid renal tumors.

The objective was to determine whether contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) could improve the diagnostic confidence of solid renal masses. CEUS examinations were performed on 51 patients with renal tumors. Histologic findings from surgical specimens (n = 24) or magnetic resonance imaging follow-up (n = 27) were used as reference procedures for definitive diagnosis.

Can contrast-enhanced ultrasound evaluate the severity of acute pancreatitis?

Objectives: To investigate the ability of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the assessment of acute pancreatitis (AP), as well as its diagnostic accuracy in the evaluation of the severity of pancreatitis.

Methods: A prospective double-blind study was carried out in 33 AP patients from May 2007 to January 2008. Each patient underwent both CEUS and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) with the time interval between two examinations less than 72 h.

Postoperative complications in patients with portal vein thrombosis after liver transplantation: evaluation with Doppler ultrasonography.

Aim: To study the postoperative complications in patients with preoperative portal vein thrombosis (PVT) undergoing liver transplantation (LT) and to evaluate the complications with Doppler ultrasonography.

Methods: Retrospective studies were performed on 284 patients undergoing LT (286 LT) with respect to pre- and postoperative clinical data and Doppler ultrasonography. According to the presence and grade of preoperative PVT, 286 LTs were divided into three groups: complete PVT (c-PVT), partial PVT (p-PVT) and non-PVT, with 22, 30 and 234 LTs, respectively.