Gynecological emergency ultrasound in daytime and at night: differences that cannot be ignored.

Background: Ultrasonography, the preferred adjunct examination method and the differential diagnostic tool for gynecologic emergency, can reflect the change pattern of gynecological diseases in daytime and at night. The purpose of this study was to analyze the diseases through gynecological emergency ultrasound in daytime and at night and to evaluate the day-night difference in the accuracy of ultrasound diagnosis.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis was performed on the 2016 clinical data of the patients who had undergone gynecological emergency ultrasound at The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, and the results of the ultrasound diagnosis were compared with the clinical diagnosis.

Association of four genetic polymorphisms in the vascular endothelial growth factor-A gene and development of ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis.

This study meta-analyzed the literature on possible association of four polymorphisms (+936C/T, -460C/T, -2578C/A and -1154G/A) in the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A gene with risk of ovarian cancer. Meta-analysis of 7 case-control studies involving +936C/T, 4 studies involving -460C/T, 4 studies involving -2578C/A and 2 studies involving -1154G/A showed significant association between -460C/T and ovarian cancer risk. This risk was observed in the total population (allelic model, OR 1.

Phenotypic transformation and migration of adventitial cells following angioplasty.

The present study was designed to investigate the phenotypic transformation and migration of adventitial fibroblasts using 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling following angioplasty and to explore the correlation between adventitial cells and post-angioplasty restenosis. A vascular restenosis model was established in 23 rats by injuring the common carotid artery with a wire. BrDU was used to label the fibroblasts followed by immunohistochemistry for α-actin.

Emergency transcatheter arterial embolization for patients with acute massive duodenal ulcer hemorrhage.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of emergency transcatheter arterial embolization (ETAE) for patients with acute massive duodenal ulcer hemorrhage.

Methods: Twenty-nine consecutive patients with acute massive bleeding of duodenal ulcer were admitted to our hospital from 2006 to 2011. Superselective angiography of the celiac and gastroduodenal arteries was performed to find out the bleeding sites before ETAE, then, embolotherapy was done with gelatin sponge particles or microstrips via a 5 French angiographic catheter or 3 French microcatheter.