Economic impact of powered stapler in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for lung Cancer in a Chinese tertiary hospital: a cost-minimization analysis.

Background: To assess the economic impact of powered stapler use in video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for lung cancer in a Chinese tertiary care hospital.

Methods: This study identified 388 patients who received VATS lobectomy using the ECHELON powered stapler (n = 296) or the ECHELON manual stapler (n = 92) for lung cancer in a Chinese tertiary hospital. Multiple generalized linear regression analyses were conducted using data on hospital costs and patient characteristics to develop predictive equations for hospital costs in a cost-minimization analysis (CMA) model comparing hospital costs associated with the ECHELON powered stapler and the ECHELON manual stapler.

Clinical outcomes of powered and manual staplers in video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for lung cancer.

This retrospective cohort study identified patients who underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy for lung cancer from January 2016 to December 2018 in a Chinese tertiary general hospital. The electronic hospital medical records associated with the VATS lobectomy for lung cancer were the data sources. Based on the analysis of 433 patients with the utilization of staplers in their VATS lobectomy for lung cancer, using powered stapler was associated with significantly shorter operation time and postsurgery hospital stay length than using the manual stapler in the multivariable generalized linear regression analyses with the adjustment of patient characteristics.

Clinical and economic impact of oxidized regenerated cellulose for surgeries in a Chinese tertiary care hospital.

 To assess the impact of oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC) on blood transfusion and hospital costs associated with surgeries. This retrospective cohort study selected ten surgeries to create propensity-score matching groups to compare ORC versus nonORC (conventional hemostatic techniques such as manual pressure, ligature and electrocautery). NonORC was associated with both higher blood transfusion volume and higher hospital costs than ORC in endoscopic transnasal sphenoidal surgery, nonskull base craniotomy, hepatectomy, cholangiotomy, gastrectomy and lumbar surgery.

[Effects of aconitine poisoning and Shuang-huang-lian treatment on the expression of myocardial ryanodine receptor].

Objective: To study the impact of aconitine and Shuang-huang-lian injection on the expression of myocardial ryanodine receptor (RyR2) and to discuss the anti-arrhythmic mechanisms of Shuanghuanglian against aconitine poisoning.


Methods: A total of 52 SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: aconitine group (group A, n=20), Shuang-huang-lian group (group B, n=20) and control group (group C, n=12). Aconitine at a dose of 0.