Comparison of indocyanine green and carbon nanoparticles in endoscopic techniques for central lymph nodes dissection in patients with papillary thyroid cancer.

Background: Injection of carbon nanoparticle (CN) into the thyroid gland is used to stain CLNs in endoscopic surgery of patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). The black-dye technique facilitates the central lymph nodes (CLNs) harvest and parathyroid protection, but improper handling of CN during injection leads to unwanted staining of surrounding tissues and increases the difficulty in anatomical identification. Therefore, a new method is needed to overcome this problem.

Clinical feasibility of imaging with indocyanine green combined with carbon nanoparticles for sentinel lymph node identification in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma.

Background: Although several previous studies demonstrated the feasibility and efficacy of indocyanine green (ICG) for thyroid cancer surgery, ICG was administered through venous injection and focused on parathyroid gland protection. We thus aimed to study the feasibility of imaging using ICG combined with carbon nanoparticles (CNs) in the identification of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in patients diagnosed with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC).

Methods: Two approaches were applied to detect lymph nodes in PTMC surgery.

Total parathyroidectomy with forearm auto-transplantation improves the quality of life and reduces the recurrence of secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease patients.

Background: Our study aims to explore the effect of total parathyroidectomy (PTX) with forearm autotransplantation (FAT) on the quality of life and recurrence of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in chronic kidney disease patients.

Methods: A total of 104 chronic kidney disease patients with SHPT were enrolled and divided into the PTX (n = 62) and PTX + FAT (n = 42) groups. The operation efficacy was evaluated by analyzing preoperative and postoperative values, including levels of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH), serum phosphorus, serum calcium, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), calcium-phosphorus product, signs and symptoms, and MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36) scores.

The Efficacy of Rituximab Combined with 131I for Ophthalmic Outcomes of Graves' Ophthalmopathy Patients.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of introducing both rituximab (RTX) and 131I for active Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) with hyperthyroidism.

Methods: In total, 217 patients suffering from active GO with hyperthyroidism were included in this research. All subjects were randomly assigned to 3 groups.