Acute Paraplegia Result from Spinal Ischemia Nine Years After Hybrid Total Arch Repair with Frozen Elephant Trunk: A Case Report.

Spinal cord ischemia due to decreased cord perfusion is a devastating complication in patients with thoracoabdominal dissection following frozen elephant trunk (FET) repair surgery. However, rare occurrence of spinal cord ischemia leading to paraplegia after long-term follow-up of FET repair has been reported. Here, we describe a case of spinal cord ischemia resulting in paraplegia nine years after hybrid total arch repair with FET.

Internal valvuloplasty combined with sleeve wrapping in the treatment of severe deep venous incompetence: A case report.

Background: The main cause of severe chronic venous insufficiency is deep venous incompetence. Deep venous reconstructive surgeries are reserved for cases that do not show a good response to conservative therapies.

Method: We present the case of a 68-year-old man presenting with swelling, pain, and pigmentation in his left lower limb for 14 years and ulcers for 10 years.

Aspiration therapy for acute embolic occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery.

Background: Embolic superior mesenteric artery (SMA) occlusion is associated with high mortality rates. Delayed treatment often leads to serious consequences, including intestinal necrosis, resection, and even patient death. Endovascular repair is being introduced, which can improve clinical symptoms and prognosis and decrease the incidence of exploratory laparotomy.

Simultaneous kissing stent technique with stent grafts for subclavian artery aneurysm: a case report.

Treatment of subclavian artery aneurysm is typically performed as an open procedure. In recent years, the use of an endovascular approach has been reported. We experienced a case of subclavian artery aneurysm treated by simultaneous kissing stent technique.

[Outcome comparison of open versus endovascular techniques in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms].

Objective: To compare the efficacy, cost and safety of endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) versus open surgery in the treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Methods: Retrospective analyses were conducted for the clinical data and follow-up information of 218 cases from January 2002 to December 2011 at our hospital. Open surgery group included 86 patients with an mean age of 65.

[Genetic analysis in the clinical diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV].

Objective: To ascertain the diagnosis of such a rare disease as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV by the technique of DNA(deoxyribonucleic acid)analysis.

Methods: The primer sequences of Col3A1 gene were designed. Genomic DNA was isolated from the peripheral blood samples.

[Surgical treatment of subclavian artery occlusion].

Objective: To explore the effective surgical approaches in treating subclavian artery occlusion.

Methods: Between December 2005 and February 2010, 53 patients with subclavian artery occlusion were treated, including left subclavian artery occlusion (35 cases) and stenosis (5 cases), right subclavian artery occlusion (5 cases) and stenosis (4 cases), and bilateral subclavian artery occlusion (4 cases). There were 40 males and 13 females with an average age of 64 years (range, 22-77 years), including 49 cases of arteriosclerosis obliterans and 4 cases of aortic arteritis.

[Treatment of severe acute deep venous thrombosis in lower extremity].

Objective: To explore the method and effectiveness of treatment for severe acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in lower extremity.

Methods: Eighteen patients with severe acute DVT treated in our hospital from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2008 were retrospectively analysed. All the patients had limb edema and pain, sixteen had limb cyanochroia(one had calf skin ulcer and foot gangrene), two had limb pallor, ten had weakened dorsalis pedis artery pulsation, eight had silent dorsalis pedis artery pulsation.