[Acupoint selection rules of acupuncture and moxibustion for post-stroke epilepsy based on data mining technology].

Objective: To analyze the acupoint selection rules of acupuncture and moxibustion for post-stroke epilepsy by data mining technology.

Methods: The literature regarding acupuncture and moxibustion for post-stroke epilepsy included in CNKI, VIP, Wanfang, SinoMed and PubMed databases from the establishment of the database to August 1st 2022 was retrieved. Microsoft Excel 2019 software was used to establish a database to conduct the descriptive analysis of acupoints; SPSS Modeler 18.

Role of Lower Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Margin Location on Abdominal Lymph Node Metastasis Risk.

Background: Different sites of esophageal cancer are accompanied by different regional lymph node metastasis (LNM) risks. We aimed to investigate the impact of a lower tumor margin on abdominal LNM risk.

Methods: We enrolled patients who underwent esophagectomy for esophageal squamous carcinoma (ESCC) from 2014 to 2017 in West China Hospital.

Whether the start time of elective lung surgery impacts perioperative outcomes and cost?

Background: Fatigue and the long work hours of surgeons have attracted increasing concern in recent years. We aimed to explore whether starting time was associated with perioperative outcomes and cost for elective lung surgery.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on elective lung surgery patients at a high surgery-volume center between September 2019 and November 2019.

A New Risk Factor for Cervical Anastomotic Leakage-Role of The Relative Gastric Length in the Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer.

Background: Blood supply is especially weak near the gastric fundus. Making the anastomosis in this area would increase the risk of anastomotic leakage (AL). In cervical anastomosis, the gastric conduit needs to travel through the thorax.

Case Report: Not a Mediastinal Mass! a Ruptured Giant Coronary Aneurysm That Occurred in a Young Man.

Introduction: Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is a localized coronary artery dilatation that exceeds 1. 5 times the diameter of a standard adjacent segment or the largest coronary vessel. When the expansion is > 2 cm, it is called a "giant" coronary artery aneurysm.

Prognostic value of node skip metastasis on esophageal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The association between NSM and prognosis of esophageal cancer remains controversial, though several studies have been conducted drawing their own conclusion. Therefore, we firstly carried out this meta-analysis aiming to explore the association. We performed a comprehensive literature search online, including PubMed, Embase and Web of Science.

Pretreatment-assisted robot intrathoracic layered anastomosis: our exploration in Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy.

Background: Minimal invasive Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy (MIIVE) with intrathoracic esophago-gastric anastomosis (EGA) is still under exploration and the preferred technique for intrathoracic anastomosis has not been established.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 43 consecutive patients who underwent MIIVE using the series technique called pretreatment-assisted robot intrathoracic layered anastomosis (PRILA), performed by a single surgeon between September 2018 and December 2020. The operative outcomes were analyzed.

The impact of training healthcare professionals' communication skills on the clinical care of diabetes and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Diabetes and hypertension care require effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients. Training programs may improve the communication skills of healthcare professionals but no systematic review has examined their effectiveness at improving clinical outcomes and patient experience in the context of diabetes and hypertension care.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials to summarize the effectiveness of any type of communication skills training for healthcare professionals to improve diabetes and/or hypertension care compared to no training or usual care.

Safety profile of preoperative administration of low-molecular-weight heparin on minimally invasive lung cancer surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Venous thromboembolism remains a common but preventable complication for cancerous lung surgical patients. Current guidelines recommend thromboprophylaxis for lung patients at high risk of thrombosis, while a consensus about specific administration time is not reached. This study was designed to investigate the safety profile of preoperative administration of low-molecular-weight-heparin (LMWH) for lung cancer patients.

Is the routine placement of a feeding jejunostomy during esophagectomy worthwhile?-a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Malnutrition dramatically increases the risk of postoperative complications and delays patient recovery. Therefore, a feeding jejunostomy tube (FJT) is routinely placed during esophagectomy to maintain the postoperative nutrition supply. However, recently published studies have questioned the need of a FJT in every esophageal cancer patient.

Caveolin-1 promotes radioresistance via IRGM-regulated autophagy in lung cancer.

Background: Radiotherapy is the standard therapeutic approach for non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs). However, radiotherapy resistance accounts for major treatment failures in NSCLC patients. Recently, targeting autophagy-related signaling has shown potential to improve radiotherapy.

Association of acute normovolemic hemodilution with decreased length of hospital stay in rhesus-negative patients undergoing major cancer surgeries: a retrospective study.

Background: Shortages of allogeneic blood supplies for rhesus (Rh)-negative patients who are scheduled for major cancer surgeries may cause delays in surgical procedure, resulting in a prolonged length of hospital stay (LOHS). This study investigated the relationship of acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) with LOHS in this patient population.

Methods: Rh-negative patients who underwent major cancer surgeries between January 2015 and April 2020 were included in this retrospective study.

Role of nodal skip metastasis in patients with mid-thoracic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a propensity score matching study.

Objectives: Nodal skip metastasis (NSM) is a common phenomenon in mid-thoracic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (MT-OSCC); however, the prognostic implications of NSM in patients with MT-OSCC remain unclear.

Methods: This retrospective study enrolled 300 patients with MT-OSCC who underwent radical oesophagectomy and who had pathologically confirmed lymph node metastasis from January 2014 to December 2016. The patients were divided into 2 groups according to the presence or absence of NSM.

Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in a Patient with Para-Bombay Phenotype Scheduled for Laparoscopic Radical Gastrectomy: a Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Background: The para-Bombay phenotype, an extremely rare ABO variant, is often clinically mistaken for type O. When the patient with para-Bombay phenotype is scheduled for major cancer surgery, it is challenging for our anesthesiologists to guarantee surgery performed safely without allogenic blood supplies.

Methods: We report a rare case with para-Bombay phenotype undergoing laparoscopic radical gastrectomy.

The efficacy of ischemic conditioning in the prevention of gastroesophageal anastomotic complications: a meta-analysis.

Background: The blood supply to the gastric conduit is thought to be the most crucial factor affecting the healing of the gastroesophageal anastomosis. By selective ligation or embolization of gastric vessels, ischemic conditioning (IC) could promote the hypertrophy and neovascularization of the remaining gastric vessels. So that it could help the stomach adapt to the decline of blood supply before esophagectomy.

Clinical value of preoperative methylated septin 9 in Chinese colorectal cancer patients.

Background: The methylated septin 9 (mSEPT9) assay was the first blood-based test approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a colorectal screening test. However, the diagnostic and prognostic role of preoperative mSEPT9 for colorectal cancer (CRC) in Chinese patients is still unknown.

Aim: To improve the understanding of diagnostic and prognostic factors, serum mSEPT9 was detected in Chinese CRC patients.

The ABCC2 c.-24C>T polymorphism increases the risk of resistance to antiepileptic drugs: A meta-analysis.

Several studies examined a possible link between multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (ABCC2) gene variants and the risk of resistance to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in epilepsy, but the results were contradictory. In this study, a meta-analysis was conducted to assess the relevance of ABCC2 common variants (c.-24C>T, c.

Undiagnosed giant cystic pheochromocytoma: A case report.

Giant cystic pheochromocytomas (GPCCs) are rare adrenal tumors and the majority of them present as asymptomatic. As a result GPCCs often remain undiagnosed until surgery and therefore the surgical team face a greater challenge in perioperative management. The present study describes the case of a 36 year-old woman with an undiagnosed GPCC, which was successfully resected despite the occurrence of perioperative cardiovascular events, including hypertension, hypotension, ventricular arrhythmias, acute heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and the patient was discharged home without any recurrence.

HMGB1 enhances smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration in pulmonary artery remodeling.

HMGB1 is a necessary and critical mediator of acute lung injury and can act as a chemoattractant and anti-apoptosis factor in injury or repair in diseases. In this study we sought to determine whether HMGB1 is involved in the remodeling of pulmonary artery and investigate the mechanism. A rat model of pulmonary artery remodeling was successful induced with LPS infusion and the increasing of pulmonary arteries media was obviously inhibited in rats treated with thrice inject of HMGB1 neutralizing antibody.

[The characteristics of anorectal manometry in Parkinson's disease with constipation and functional constipation].

Objective: To investigate the discrepancy of anorectal function in patients of Parkinson's disease (PD) with constipation and functional constipation (FC).

Methods: Fifteen consecutive male PD patients with constipation and 45 male FC patients were recruited for the study. All subjects underwent colonoscopy or barium enema in order to exclude organic colon diseases.

A comparative study of 22-channel water-perfusion system and solid-state system with 36-sensors in esophageal manometery.

Background: To compare the characteristics between 22-channel water-perfusion manometry (WPM) and solid-state manometry (SSM) with 36 sensors of the pressure measurements, as well as patients' discomfort indices in nose and pharynx, the preparation and operation time of the manometry.

Methods: 12 volunteers were included in the study. Each of the volunteers underwent esophageal manometry by both 22-channel water-perfusion catheter (WPC) and solid-state catheter (SSC) with 36 sensors in random order, and separated by 30 min.

The intrinsic fluorescence spectrum of dilute gastric juice as a novel diagnostic tool for gastric cancer.

Objective: To investigate the intrinsic fluorescence spectrum of gastric juice as a diagnostic method for gastric cancer.

Methods: We collected gastric juice by gastroscopy in 1,870 patients from May 2001 to March 2006, of whom 202 were involved in a preliminary test, 162 in experimental optimization and 1,506 in clinical verification. The best dilution and pH value were chosen in the experimental optimization phase.