Publications by authors named "Yan-Long Sun"

Article Synopsis
  • The text discusses a type of edible fungus that has been used as a tonic for centuries, highlighting its polysaccharides that have various health benefits.
  • These benefits include antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-tumor properties, which are influenced by the structure of the polysaccharides.
  • The review aims to summarize methods for characterizing these structures and their effects, contributing to the development of medicinal polysaccharides.
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Objective: To explore effective method to avoid iatrogenic bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC).

Methods: 10 492 patients underwent LC from May 1996 to May 2006, 8566 of them were treated by the method to identify the cystic duct, common hepatic duct, and common bile duct during LC (tri-duct method group), and the left 1926 cases whose cystic duct failed to be exposed easily were treated with the method to identify at least two of the 4 structures (cystic lymph node, Hartmann's pouch, cystic artery, and emptiness of cystic triangle) so as to help identify the cystic duct (tri-duct plus tri-structure group). The operating time, amount of blood loss, open conversion rate, and morbidity were compared between these 2 groups.

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