Quality of Life Status and Influencing Factors Among Patients with Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Objective: The objective of the study was to describe the quality of life (QoL) status and investigate the influencing factors of QoL among patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Methods: A retrospective analysis at a single center was performed, and the clinical data of 161 patients with DVT admitted to West China Hospital of Sichuan University from June 2019 to June 2020 were collected with the Villalta scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Chronic Venous Insufficiency Questionnaire (CIVIQ). The relationship between QoL and influencing factors, including characteristics, course of DVT, postthrombotic syndrome (PTS), psychological status, and behaviors, was analyzed by Student's -test, analysis of variance and multiple linear regression.

Ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for primary small saphenous vein insufficiency.

Background: We performed this single-centre prospective study, aimed to analyse the safety and efficacy of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for primary isolated small saphenous vein (SSV) insufficiency.

Methods: From June 2017 to June 2019, patients with primary SSV insufficiency and receiving ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy were included in this study. The collected data included demographics of patients, clinical treatment results, occlusion rate and the patient's venous clinical severity score (VCSS) before and after surgery at 6-month follow-up.

[Pathophysiological Study on Thoracic Ascending Aorta of Mice with 11 Heterozygous Mutation in Norepinephrine-induced Hypertension Model].

Objevtive: To explore the thoracic ascending aortic （TAA） pathophysiological characteristics of heterozygous mutant 11 mice under the norepinephrine-induced hypertension mode.

Methods: Female heterozygous mutant 11 and wild type 11 mice were selected as experimental group (HET group) and control group (WT group)，respectively. The hypertensive model was induced by intraperitoneal injection of norepinephrine (NE)，and TAA diameter and invasive blood pressure (Bp) data were collected dynamically in real time using high-frequency ultrasound imaging and invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring technique，so as to indirectly analyze TAA compliance of two groups of mice.

Risk Factors for Preoperative Anxiety and Depression in Patients Scheduled for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

Background: Perioperative emotional disorders of patients underwent abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is an emerging area of study, and preoperative mental distress of those patients remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and identify the risk factors of preoperative anxiety and depression in patients scheduled for AAA repair.

Methods: A total of 189 patients who underwent elective AAA repair between 2015 and 2016 were included in this study.

Electroacupuncture for the prevention of postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction in participants undergoing vascular laparotomy under general anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction (PGD) is a common complication following laparotomy under general anesthesia (GA). Abdominal distension occurs in 8-28% of surgeries within 24 h postoperatively. The present study aimed to analyze the efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) for the prevention of PGD by applying preoperative EA stimulation of PC6 (), ST36 (), and ST37 () bilaterally twice within 24 h prior to surgery, compared with no acupuncture treatment.

[Two Methods of Internal Iliac Artery Exclusion in Endovascular Aorta Repair: a Middle-long Term Follow-up Study].

Objective: To compare the middle and long term results of two internal iliac artery exclusionmethods (with or without coils) in endovascular aorta repair (EVAR).

Methods: Clinical data of patients who underwent EVAR from January 2006 to December 2013 were analyzed retrospectively. The participants were divided into two group: coils were not used in Group A, but were used in Group B.

Unusual case of digestive hemorrhage: celiac axis-portal vein arteriovenous fistula.

A case of intractable upper gastrointestinal-hemorrhage was reported in a patient with portal hypertension caused by an arterioportal fistula (APF), namely, celiac axis-portal vein arteriovenous fistula. Portal hypertension caused by extrahepatic-APFs is extremely rare. Trauma, malignancy, and hereditary causes are the common etiology of APFs; but were absent in our patient.

[Establishment of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm model in rats].

Objective: To establish a new reliable experimental abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rat model that simulates human aneurysms and has high survival rate.

Methods: Twenty-four SD rats were randomly divided equally into two groups (male: female=1: 1). Intraluminal saline infusion was given to rats in group A.

Electroacupuncture for the prevention of postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction in patients undergoing vascular surgery under general anesthesia: study protocol for a prospective practical randomized controlled trial.

Background: Postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction (PGD) is one of the most common complications following major surgeries under general anesthesia (GA). Despite ongoing research and new drug treatments, abdominal distension within 24 h postoperatively occurs in 8%-28% of all surgeries. We aim to analyze the effectiveness of preventing PGD by preoperatively stimulating Neiguan (PC6), Zusanli (ST36) and Shangjuxu (ST37) bilaterally twice a day compared with sham-acupuncture treatment and standard treatment.

[Surgical vascular by-pass operation of lower limb artery occlusion in patients with diabetic foot].

Objective: To document the effectiveness and patient experience of surgical treatment for diabetic lower limb arterial occlusion.

Methods: Out of 290 diabetic patients with lower limb arterial occlusion, 69 received by-pass operation because of severe stenosis below the abdominal aorta and severe ulcers in feet from April 2004 to April 2011. We reviewed the experience and outcome of the 69 diabetic patients who underwent surgical operations on lower limb arterial occlusion.