To explore how the thickness of the femoral lateral wall influences the effectiveness of internal fixation systems used to treat intertrochanteric fractures. CT images of the pelvis and femur of a male adult were used to construct an intertrochanteric fracture model (AO/OTA 31-A2) with various thicknesses of the femoral lateral wall (FLW). Four finite element (FE) models were created with the lateral femoral walls being 10 mm, 20 mm, 30 mm, and 40 mm thick.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Carbapenem-resistant (CRKP) infection has proven to be difficult to control and typically presents with devastating effects.
Methods: This retrospective study was conducted on the renal recipients at our institution between January 2021 to January 2022. Clinical data was collected to identify factors associated with CRKP infection and clinical outcomes.
Background: Potent immune-suppressive therapy has been demonstrated to increase the risk of infective endocarditis (IE) in renal recipients. Reports of () endocarditis in renal recipients are scarce, thus limiting understanding of the disease.
Case Presentation: We describe a case of native valve endocarditis caused by in a 35-year-old male patient.
Background: Our objective is to build a model based on Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2 (PI-RADs v2) and assess its accuracy by internal validation.
Methods: Patients who took prostate biopsy from 2014 to 2015 were retrospectively collected to compose training cohort according to the inclusion criteria and patients in 2016 composing validation cohort. Diagnostic performance was evaluated by analyzing the area under the curve (AUC), calibration curves, and decision curves.
Background: We aimed to confirm the advantages of a modified hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic living donor nephrectomy (HARPLDN) compared to the performance of standard retroperitoneoscopic living donor nephrectomy (RPLDN).
Methods: One hundred twenty-eight consecutive surgical cases were categorized into 2 groups, one receiving standard RPLDN (group 1) and one receiving modified HARPLDN (group 2). Perioperative factors of both groups were evaluated retrospectively, including donors' demographics, overall operating time, warm ischemia time (WIT), graft vessel length, blood loss, complications, pain visual analogue scale (VAS) scores, hospital stay, and matched recipients' perioperative outcomes.
Photodegradation of pollutions by TiO2 under irradiation of weak UV and visible lights was one of the key points to expand the application of heterogeneous photocatalysis. Based on the adsorption phase synthesis, N doping and co-doping with N and Fe2O3 were employed to prepare TiO2 multi composite photocatalysts. The activity of these photocatalyts was evaluated by photodegradation of methyl-orange illuminated under weak UV and visible lights.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To discuss the necessity of prophylactic contralateral nephroureterectomy in renal transplantation patients with upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC).
Methods: In our study 15 renal transplantation patients with upper urinary tract TCC were involved from Dec.2006 to May 2013.
We retrospectively evaluated the clinical outcome of penile prosthesis implantation (PPI) in Chinese patients with severe erectile dysfunction (SED). From July 2000 to December 2011, 224 patients (mean age: 35.9±11.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPremature ejaculation (PE) is a common sexual disorder in men that is mediated by disturbances in the peripheral and central nervous systems. Although all pharmaceutical treatments for PE are currently used 'off-label', some novel oral agents and some newer methods of drug administration now provide important relief to PE patients. However, the aetiology of this condition has still not been unified, primarily because of the lack of a standard animal model for basic research and the absence of a widely accepted definition and assessment tool for evidence-based clinical studies in patients with PE.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBeijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban
August 2010
Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy and patient and partner's satisfaction with penile prosthesis implantation (PPI) for treating Chinese patients with severe erectile dysfunction (SED).
Methods: One hundred and sixty-eight SED patients were successfully treated by PPI from July 2000 to June 2010. Of the 146 (86.
Objectives: To investigate clinical features of Chinese patients with severe primary erectile dysfunction (S-PED) and to identify the ideal treatment options for this population.
Methods: Patients with PED were screened for enrollment in our study. Sexual history, marital status, and erectile function were evaluated by inquiry including International Index of Erectile Function-5.