Surgical Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma With Inferior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus

Background. The optimal management of patients with renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus remains unresolved. Traditional approaches have included resection with or without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. Chemotherapy has played a minor role except for biotherapeutic agents used for metastatic disease.

Methods. From January 1989 to January 1996, 37 patients with renal cell carcinoma and inferior vena cava tumor thrombus underwent surgical resection. The 27 men and 10 women had a median age of 57 years (range, 29 to 78 years). Thirty-six patients presented with symptoms; 21 had hematuria. Distant metastases were present in 12 patients. Tumor thrombi extended to the infrahepatic inferior vena cava (n = 16), the intrahepatic inferior vena cava (n = 16), the suprahepatic inferior vena cava (n = 3), and into the right atrium (n = 2). All tumors were resected by inferior vena cava isolation and, when necessary, extended hepatic mobilization and Pringle maneuver, with primary or patch closure of the vena cavotomy. Cardiopulmonary bypass was necessary in only 2 patients with intraatrial thrombus.

Results. Complications occurred in 11 patients, and 1 patient died 2 days postoperatively of a myocardial infarction (mortality, 2.7%). Twenty patients are alive; overall 2- and 5-year survival rates were 61.7% and 33.6%, respectively. For patients without lymph node or distant metastases (stage IIIa), 2- and 5-year survival rates were 74% and 45%, respectively. The presence of distant metastatic disease (stage IV) at the time of operation did not have a significant adverse effect on survival, as reflected by 2- and 5-year survival rates of 62.5% and 31.3%, respectively. Lymph node metastases (stage IIIc) adversely affected survival as there were no long-term survivors.

Conclusions. Resection of an intracaval tumor thrombus arising from renal cell carcinoma can be performed safely and can result in prolonged survival even in the presence of metastatic disease. In our experience, extracorporeal circulatory support was required only when the tumor thrombus extended into the heart.     

前列腺增生伴逼尿肌无力患者的电切术治疗

目的 :探讨良性前列腺增生 (BPH)伴有逼尿肌无力 (ACD)患者的治疗方法和效果。方法 :对尿动力学检查确认有ACD的 12例BPH并发膀胱出口梗阻 (BOO)的患者 (A组 )进行经尿道前列腺电切术 (TURP)或加膀胱颈内切开术 (TUIBN) ,同时与逼尿肌功能正常或高于正常的行TURP的BPH患者 2 4例 (B组 )进行对照分析。结果 :A组术后 7～ 30d复查 ,国际前列腺症状评分 (IPSS)为 12 .5 8± 0 .70分 (P <0 .0 0 1) ,最大尿流率 (Qmax)为11.0 5± 0 .85ml/s (P <0 .0 5 ) ,均比术前有改善 ,但术后效果不如B组明显 (P <0 .0 0 1)。术后 3、6个月复查IPSS及Qmax,两组略有改变 ,但差异无显著性意义 (P >0 .0 5 ) ,剩余尿测定也均在正常范围。术后 3个月对ACD的 5例复查逼尿肌收缩力 ,无明显改善。结论 :对ACD并伴有BOO的BPH患者可以采取电切术治疗     

Treatment of resistant distal intestinal obstruction syndrome with a modified antegrade continence enema procedure

We report a case of a patient with CF who had a long history of recurrent distal intestinal obstruction syndrome. She had been treated with conventional treatment including gastrografin, n-acetyl cysteine, Klean prep and Picolax. She underwent a modified antegrade continence enema procedure. She currently irrigates her conduit every 2-3 days. She has had no further symptoms of distal intestinal obstruction syndrome.     

Lateral position prevents respiratory occlusion during surgical procedure under general anesthesia in the patient of huge anterior mediastinal lymphoblastic lymphoma

Lymphoblastic lymphoma, an aggressive mediastinal mass, is recognized as serious threat to the patient in developing cardiac tamponade or airway obstruction. Surgical procedure is often required to relieve clinical emergency and to establish prompt pathological diagnosis. However, in such a patient, acute respiratory occlusion in the spine position can be a life-threatening complication during general anesthesia. We describe a 17-year-old man whose cardiac tamponade was treated by pericardial-pleural window through a left anterior thoracotomy in the lateral position. The patient recovered from hemodynamic compromise without showing respiratory occlusion during general anesthesia and remained in the lateral position until extubation. Pathological diagnosis was precursor T-lymphoblastic lymphoma. There were no complications attributable to the operative procedure. Further chemotherapy reduced the mediastinal mass in size after two weeks when the patient developed sepsis and died. Lateral position prevents respiratory occlusion during surgical procedure under general anesthesia in the patient of huge anterior mediastinal tumor with airway obstruction.     

Modified Damus–Kaye–Stansel procedure using aortic flap technique for systemic ventricular outflow tract obstruction in functionally univentricular heart

Damus–Kaye–Stansel procedure is a useful method to relieve the systemic ventricular outflow tract obstruction in functionally univentricular heart. Regurgitation of pulmonary valve and recurrence of systemic ventricular outflow obstruction are the major concerns at the late phase of this procedure. Modification of original Damus–Kaye–Stansel procedure that can prevent the use of prosthetic materials is evaluated. The modified Damus–Kaye–Stansel procedure using aortic flap technique was performed in eight patients with functionally univentricular heart. Patients’ ages ranged from 3 to 28 months (mean 14 months). Follow-up period was 37 months as a mean (9–71 months), and the follow-up was complete. There was no operative mortality and no late death. In addition, there was no recurrence of systemic ventricular outflow tract obstruction throughout the follow-up period. Regurgitation of the pulmonary valve estimated by echocardiography at the latest follow-up was none to trivial in seven patients and mild in one. The modified Damus–Kaye–Stansel procedure using aortic flap technique is a safe, useful and reproducible technique to solve systemic ventricular outflow tract obstruction in functionally univentricular heart, and it can be an alternative for original technique or the so-called double-barrel modification.     

MRI relaxation fluctuations in acute reperfused hemorrhagic infarction.

MRI evaluations of intramyocardial hemorrhage in acute infarction have relied on T(2) and T(2)(*) shortening only. We propose a more comprehensive evaluation of hemorrhagic infarction based on the concept that fluctuations in T(2) and T(1) relaxation in acute reperfused infarction will reflect transient edema and hemoglobin oxidative denaturation to uncompartmentalized methemoglobin. Anteroapical infarction was created via percutaneous balloon in young swine (22-25 kg, N = 12). T(2), T(1), diastolic wall thickness (DWT), and the Gd-DTPA partition coefficient (lambda) were measured on days 0, 2, and 7. DWT was elevated at 1 hr postreperfusion (128% +/- 53%, P = 0.0001), and alleviated on days 2 and 7 (48% +/- 10%, P = 0.008; 53% +/- 24%, P = 0.003). T(2) and T(1) elevations were coincident with early edema (DeltaT(2) = 55% +/- 24%, P < 0.0001; DeltaT(1) = 27% +/- 18%, P < 0.04). T(2) and T(1) were nearly normal on day 2 (DeltaT(2) = 8% +/- 8%, P = 0.27; DeltaT(1) = 0% +/- 1%, P = 0.65). On day 7, T(2) increased while T(1) decreased (DeltaT(2) = 27% +/- 16%, P = 0.005; DeltaT(1) = -14% +/- 10%, P = 0.02). Lambda was elevated by >150% at all time points (P < or = 0.002). Histology verified hemorrhagic injury. T(1) and T(2) fluctuations are consistent with transient edema, as well as hemoglobin oxidative denaturation to decompartmentalized methemoglobin. This methodological development may broaden our understanding of hemorrhagic microvascular injury and improve its detection in clinical populations.     

左右肝管同时狭窄的高位胆管梗阻单双支架治疗的对比性研究

目的分析左右肝管同时狭窄的高位胆管梗阻病例行胆管内双支架放置治疗的临床应用价值。资料与方法29例肝门部胆管梗阻患者，单支架放置13例，双支架放置16例。结果单、双支架放置成功率分别为100％、93．75％（P〉0．05）；术后胆红素下降率分别为58．10％、74．63％（P〈0．05）；6个月、1年的生存率分别为78．82％、38．43％和88．17％、45．16％（P〈0．05）；并发症发生率为19．77％、23．10％（P〉0．05）。结论左右肝管同时狭窄的高位胆管梗阻，双支架放置治疗比单支架放置治疗能更有效地解除黄疸，延长生存期，值得临床推广应用。     

肾盂输尿管连接处梗阻的手术治疗

[目的]探讨肾盂输尿管连接处梗阻（PUJO）的手术方法.[方法]本组18例中采用非离断性肾盂成形成术6例,其中肾盂裁剪加连接处松解4例,离断性肾盂成形术12例.[结果]18例中16例获得随访,非离断性肾盂成形术5例中3例积水明显减轻,2例无明显改善.离断性肾盂成形术1例肾积水加重,其余肾积水均明显改善.两种手术方法疗效比较有明显差异.[结论]离断性肾盂成形术是治疗PUJO的理想方法.     

The posterior urethral valve uropathy: Results of treatment

Nineteen children treated for posterior urethral obstruction due to congenital valve in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria, over a 9-year period have been analysed. Their ages ranged from birth to 12 years. Results show that associated kidney pathology may be irreversible even after successful excision of the valve. This determines the final prognosis, which is worse the younger the child at presentation.     

Diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome Relative value of electrophysiological studies

The diagnostic utility of various electrophysiological techniques was evaluated in patients with thoracic outlet compression syndrome (TOCS). Our results suggest that in true neurogenic TOCS, there is no standard electrophysiological picture, but that this evolves with the severity of the syndrome. The first changes observed are electromyographic, followed by changes in F-wave and SEPs, followed finally by changes in nerve conduction parameters. EMG study was certainly more informative, showing neurogenic damage not only in limbs with neurological signs but also in about 1/4 of limbs with only subjective symptoms. The study of F-wave and SEPs does not seem to be particularly helpful, however, in view of the peculiar changes found in these patients, SEPs may be a useful complement to EMG. Nerve conduction studies were of little utility since changes in these parameters are only found in patients with long-standing anomalies and severe atrophy.