Successful totally laparoscopic right trihepatectomy following conversion therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report.

Background: About 20%-30% of newly diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients are surgically feasible due to a variety of reasons. Active conversion therapy may provide opportunities of surgery for these patients. Nevertheless, the choice of surgical procedure is controversial after successful conversion therapy.

Sub-200 fs soliton mode-locked fiber laser based on bismuthene saturable absorber.

Few-layer bismuthene is an emerging two-dimensional material in the fields of physics, chemistry, and material science. However, its nonlinear optical property and the related photonics device have been seldom studied so far. Here, we demonstrate a sub-200 fs soliton mode-locked erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) using a microfiber-based bismuthene saturable absorber for the first time, to the best of our knowledge.

Local blockage of EMMPRIN impedes pressure ulcers healing in a rat model.

Excessive extracellular matrix degradation caused by the hyperfunction of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been implicated in the failure of pressure ulcers healing. EMMPRIN, as a widely expressed protein, has emerged as an important regulator of MMP activity. We hypothesize that EMMPRIN affects the process of pressure ulcer healing by modulating MMP activity.

[Endostatin in different administration routes combined with adriamycin chemotherapy in the treatment of liver cancer xenograft in mice].

Objective: To study the antiangiogenetic and tumor inhibitory effects of endostatin (Es) by intratumoral versus intravenous administration combined with adriamycin (Adm) for treatment of transplanted tumor in mice.

Methods: Forty mice were subjected to subcutaneous implantation of H22 cells and randomly divided into 4 groups by the body weight when the tumor diameter reached 1 cm, namely the control group (with intratumoral and intravenous injection of normal saline), Es intratumoral group (with intratumoral injection Es and intraperitoneal Adm injection), Es vein group (with intravenous Es injection and intraperitoneal Adm injection), and Adm group (with intratumoral saline injection and intraperitoneal Adm injection). The tumor volumes and tumor inhibition rates were calculated, and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and the microvessel density (MVD) of the tumors were examined, with the survival time of the mice also observed.

Adsorption, vibration, and diffusion of O atoms on Rh low-index and (711) stepped defective surfaces.

The adsorption, vibration, and diffusion of O atoms on Rh(100), Rh(111), Rh(110), and Rh(711) surfaces were studied using the 5-parameter Morse potential (5-MP) of interaction between an adatom and a metal surface cluster. Our theoretical calculations provide information about adsorption sites, adsorption geometry, binding energy, and eigenvibration. Our results agreed very well with experimental results.

The adsorption and dissociation of O2 on Cu low-index surfaces.

The extended LEPS of O(2)-Cu single crystal plane systems is constructed by means of 5-MP (the 5-parameter Morse potential). Both the adsorption and dissociation of O(2) on Cu low-index surfaces are investigated with extended LEPS in detail. All critical characteristics of the system that we obtain, such as adsorption geometry, binding energy, eigenvalues for vibration, etc.