Tumor blood vessel in 3D reconstruction CT imaging as an risk indicator for growth of pulmonary nodule with ground-glass opacity.

Objective: Despite the vital role of blood perfusion in tumor progression, in patients with persistent pulmonary nodule with ground-glass opacity (GGO) is still unclear. This study aims to investigate the relationship between tumor blood vessel and the growth of persistent malignant pulmonary nodules with ground-glass opacity (GGO).

Methods: We collected 116 cases with persistent malignant pulmonary nodules, including 62 patients as stable versus 54 patients in the growth group, from 2017 to 2021.

Lung hamartoma resembling lung cancer: a report of three cases.

Pulmonary hamartoma is a benign lung tumor. However, it is difficult to distinguish this lesion from other diseases imaging. Three patients with pathologically confirmed pulmonary hamartoma in our department were analyzed.

Pulmonary cryptococcosis mimicking lung cancer: 3 case report.

Introduction And Importance: Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an opportunistic pathogen. However, it is difficult to differentiate it from other diseases by imaging. Therefore, the clinical presentation and imaging features of patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis are analyzed and summarized to improve clinicians' early recognition of the disease.

Hypocomplementemia in primary Sjogren's syndrome: association with serological, clinical features, and outcome.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to assess the clinical characteristic of hypocomplementemia (HC) in primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS), and to address possible risk factors and the prognosis associated with HC in pSS patients.

Methods: pSS patients with HC in Hebei General Hospital from September 2016 to March 2019 were retrospectively analyzed and compared to those with normocomplementemia (NC). Logistic regression analysis was used to detect risk factors.

Development and Validation of a Preoperative CT-Based Nomogram to Differentiate Invasive from Non-Invasive Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma in Solitary Pulmonary Nodules.

Purpose: This study aimed to develop and validate a preoperative CT-based nomogram combined with clinical and radiological features for distinguishing invasive from non-invasive pulmonary adenocarcinoma.

Patients And Methods: A total of 167 patients with solitary pulmonary nodules and pathologically confirmed adenocarcinoma treated between January 2020 and December 2020 at Hebei General Hospital were retrospectively assessed. To evaluate the probability of invasive pulmonary adenocarcinoma, we developed three models, the multivariate logistic regression model, the stepwise logistic regression model, and the cross-validation model.

Interstitial lung disease in Primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Background: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) may cause life-threatening complications of primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS), and has a poor prognosis in terms of survival and quality of life. To date, few studies have investigated the risk factors for ILD detected by high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) in pSS patients with or without respiratory symptoms.

Methods: Data of 333 patients with newly diagnosed pSS were retrospectively analysed.

Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictive Factor of Growing Malignant Pulmonary Ground-glass Opacity.

Background: The object of the study was to elucidate the relationship between the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and the growth of pulmonary ground-glass opacity (GGO) in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma.

Methods: All patients with GGO following surgical procedures were enrolled, with the time of follow-up and the variation tendency of GGO recorded. Meanwhile, laboratory parameters, age, gender, smoking history, histology, tumor size, and stage were recorded.

Clinical features and risk factors of Raynaud's phenomenon in primary Sjögren's syndrome.

Objective: The aim at the current study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and risk factors of Raynaud's phenomenon (RP) in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS).

Methods: Retrospective analysis of the medical records of 333 new-onset pSS patients was performed. Demographic, clinical, and serological data were compared between individuals with and without RP.

Patients with early-onset primary Sjögren's syndrome have distinctive clinical manifestations and circulating lymphocyte profiles.

Objectives: To further investigate the clinical characteristics and circulating lymphocyte profiles of patients with early-onset primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS).

Method: Data of 333 patients with pSS were analysed retrospectively. Early onset was defined as a pSS diagnosis at an age of 35 years or younger.

Comparison of non-intubated and intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries of major pulmonary resections for lung cancer-a meta-analysis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the safety feasibility and safety feasibility of non-intubated (NIVATS) and intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries (IVATS) during major pulmonary resections.

Methods: A meta-analysis of eight studies was conducted to compare the real effects of two lobectomy or segmentectomy approaches during major pulmonary resections.

Results: Results showed that the patients using NIVATS had a greatly shorter hospital stay and chest-tube placement time (weighted mean difference (WMD): - 1.

A decellularized porcine pulmonary valved conduit embedded with gelatin.

To prepare a tissue-engineered pulmonary valved conduit (PVC) with good tensile strength and biocompatibility. Sixty adult porcine PVCs were used to determine the optimal decellularization time. Five juvenile porcine decellularized PVCs and five juvenile porcine crosslinked PVCs were subsequently prepared according to the optimized decellularization and crosslinking methods.

Circulating Tumor Cells as a Screening and Diagnostic Marker for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Background: Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have become potential diagnostic biomarker for several types of cancer, including lung cancer. In this study, we aim to determine whether CTCs detected by CellCollector can be used for early-stage diagnosis of lung cancer.

Methods: In this study, we recruited 64 volunteers, among whom 44 were suspected lung cancer patients requiring surgical treatment and 20 were healthy volunteers.

Meta-analysis of segmentectomy versus wedge resection in stage IA non-small-cell lung cancer.

Background: Although limited resection was once considered the surgical treatment for patients with Phase IA non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), there has been an ongoing controversial surgical indication for wedge resection and segmentectomy in recent years. The objective of this study was to compare overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) of segmentectomy and wedge resection for early stage NSCLC, using a meta-analysis.

Methods: Systematic research was conducted using four online databases to search for studies published before 2017.