Objective: To determine the distal resection margin in sphincter-sparing surgery in patients with low rectal cancer based on imaging of large pathological sections.
Methods: Patients who underwent sphincter-sparing surgery for ultralow rectal cancer at Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital within the period from January 2016 to March 2022 were tracked and observed. The clinical and pathological data of the patients were collected and analyzed.
Background And Objective: Vascular cognitive impairment with no dementia (VCIND) is considered to be the prodromal stage of vascular dementia, characterized by insidious onset. Although acupuncture and drug therapies are effective, the optimal therapy for VCIND remains to be further determined. Therefore, we conducted a network meta-analysis to compare the effectiveness of acupuncture therapies and current common medicines for VCIND.
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