经皮腔内顺行球囊扩张结合内切开术治疗肾盂输尿管连接部梗阻

目的观察经皮腔内顺行球囊扩张结合内切开术治疗肾盂输尿管连接部梗阻(UPJO)的疗效。方法回顾分析2010年3月至2012年9月我院采用经皮腔内顺行球囊扩张结合内切开术治疗肾盂输尿管连接部梗阻23例患者的病例资料并行随访。结果患者23例,男性14例,女性9例;年龄21~71岁,平均(39±10.5)岁;左侧10例,右侧13例;原发性UPJO 18例(合并肾结石12例),经皮肾镜碎石术后2例,肾盂输尿管连接部结石开放取石术后1例,开放肾盂成形术后1例,腹腔镜肾盂成形术后1例,狭窄段长度均不超过2cm。所有患者均手术成功,围手术期无严重并发症发生。17例患者纳入随访,其中原发性UPJO患者12例,经皮肾穿刺取石术(PCN)术后患者2例,开放输尿管切开取石术后1例,腹腔镜下肾盂成形术后1例,开放肾盂成形术后1例,术后随访7~31月,未见复发。结论经皮腔内顺行球囊扩张结合内切开术是治疗UPJO安全、有效的手术方式,具有微创、患者耐受度好、术后恢复快的特点,可有选择性地作为治疗UPJO的初始治疗手段。     

Early and late components of error monitoring in violent offenders with psychopathy

BACKGROUND: One of the most recognizable features of psychopathy is the reduced ability to successfully learn and adapt overt behavior. This might be due to deficient processing of error information indicating the need to adapt controlled behavior. METHODS: Event-related potentials (ERPs) and behavioral components of error-monitoring processes were investigated in 16 individuals with psychopathy and in 18 healthy subjects. A letter version of the Eriksen flanker task was used in two conditions. The first condition (normal condition) required participants to press one of two buttons depending on the identity of the target stimulus. The second condition (signaling condition) required them to signal each time they had committed an error by making a second press on a signaling button. Early stages of error monitoring were investigated by using the error-related negativity (ERN/Ne) and post-error slowing as indexes. Later stages were explored by examining the error positivity (Pe) and signaling rates. RESULTS: Both groups showed similar ERN amplitudes and amounts of post-error slowing. The psychopathic group exhibited both reduced Pe amplitudes and diminished error-signaling rates compared with the control group. CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with psychopathy show intact early error processing and automatic behavioral adaptation but have deficits in later stages of error processing and controlled behavioral adaptation. This is an indication that individuals with psychopathy are unable to effectively use error information to change their behavior adequately.     

Pathomechanism and Management of Stroke in COVID-19: Review of Immunopathogenesis,Coagulopathy, Endothelial Dysfunction,and Downregulation of ACE2

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can reportedly manifest as an acute stroke, with most cases presenting as large vessel ischemic stroke in patients with or without comorbidities. The exact pathomechanism of stroke in COVID-19 remains ambiguous. The findings of previous studies indicate that the most likely underlying mechanisms are cerebrovascular pathological conditions following viral infection, inflammation-induced endothelial dysfunction, and hypercoagulability. Acute endothelial damage due to inflammation triggers a coagulation cascade, thrombosis propagation, and destabilization of atherosclerosis plaques, leading to large-vessel occlusion and plaque ulceration with concomitant thromboemboli, and manifests as ischemic stroke. Another possible mechanism is the downregulation of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 as the target action of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Acute stroke management protocols need to be modified during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to adequately manage stroke patients with COVID-19.