Surgical results of anterior corpectomy in the aged patients with cervical myelopathy

Retrospective study on the results of anterior corpectomy for the treatment of cervical myelopathy in patients over 70 years old. To evaluate the surgical results of anterior corpectomy in aged patients with multilevel cervical myelopathy and to investigate the probable pathomechanism by radiographic study. There are few data focused on the surgical results and post-operative complications of anterior corpectomy in aged patients with cervical myelopathy. Twenty patients 70 years of age or older who underwent anterior corpectomy, titanium mesh cage (TMC) reconstruction and anterior plate fixation for the treatment of compressive cervical myelopathy were reviewed. The average age at the time of operation was 75 years. Neurologic deficits before and after surgery were assessed using a scoring system proposed by the Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA Score). Clinical results and post-operative complications were compared with those of patients 69 years old or younger as a control. Pre-operative Radiologic evaluation of every patient consisted of anterior–posterior, lateral, bilateral oblique, flextion, and extension radiographs, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spine. Any factor causing spinal cord compression and the sign of cervical instability were recorded. Surgical-related complications occurred in seven patients in the aged group. The incidence of complications was 35% in the aged patient group and 9.7% in the control group respectively. Although the difference was striking, no statistical significance was found between the two groups. One patient died of respiratory failure resulting from pulmonary infection. The mortality rate was 5%. The pre-operative mean JOA score was 9.3 (from 3 to 14) in the aged patient group. Nineteen patients were followed at least 2 years and the mean JOA score was 13.4 (from 8 to 17). 68.4% of the aged patients achieved a good or excellent result. There was no statistical difference in the recovery rate of JOA score between the aged group (58.1%) and control group (67.0%). In the pre-operative radiographs, the incidence of cervical instability was much higher in the control group (32%) than in the aged group (5%) and multilevel cord compression caused by posterior disc space osteophytes was more common in the aged group. Anterior corpectomy combined with TMC fusion and plate fixation provides favorable neurologic recovery even in the patients over 70 years old. However, the incidence of surgical related complications shows a conspicuous increasing in the aged patients. Overcompensation mechanism for cervical instability is the probable cause of degenerative cervical spondylotic myelopathy in aged patients.     

成人间充质干细胞体外成骨的初步研究

目的 建立一种分离和培养成人骨髓来源的间充质干细胞（MSCs）的方法,观察成人MSCs体外成骨潜能。方法 用Percoll分离液分离出骨髓中的单个核细胞,并在含10％胎牛血清的低糖DMEM培养液中培养。通过传代培养扩增MSCs。为促进成人MSCs体外成骨性分化,第5传代培养时加入成骨性添加剂,培养第4、12天分别用流式细胞仪分析成人MSCs表面分子的表达,并用碱性磷酸酶组化染色和Von Kossa染色。结果 成人MSCs是骨髓黏附细胞中有相应细胞表面蛋白表达和形态均的一细胞群。成骨性添加剂可作用于传代培养的成人MSCs,表现为培养皿表面有相互连接的结节状聚合体、碱酶染色阳性细胞数量增多、Von Kossa染色可见钙化的基质沉积。结论 所建立的成人MSCs的分离和培养条件可分选出骨髓黏附细胞中一组独特的细胞群,成人MSCs具有体外成骨潜能。     

腹腔镜肾上腺切除术三种入路途径的临床比较

目的比较腹腔镜肾上腺切除术三种手术入路途径的临床效果,探讨适宜的手术入路途径.方法86例接受腹腔镜肾上腺切除术.采用三种不同的手术入路途径(经腹腔前入路即TAA,腹膜后侧入路即RLA,腹膜后腰入路即RPA).结果通过RPA及RLA途径完成手术,时间短于TAA(P＜0.01).在RLA和RPA中输血量少于TAA.在TAA,住院时间明显长于在RPA和RLA.在并发症发生率和中转开放手术率方面,TAA明显高于RPA和RLA.在RPA和RLA,中转开放手术经常是由于胸膜撕裂,特别在右侧;而在TAA经常是由于内脏损伤.结论后腹膜入路更加适于腹腔镜肾上腺切除术.     

Pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the effect and timing of incisional and intraperitoneal bupivacaine

PURPOSE: To examine the combined preemptive effects of somatovisceral blockade during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). METHODS: One hundred fifty-seven patients under general anesthesia receiving local infiltration and/or topical peritoneal local anesthesia were studied. Patients were randomized to receive a total of 150 mg (0.25% 60 mL) bupivacaine via periportal (20 mL) and intraperitoneal (40 mL with 1:200,000 epinephrine) administration of each. Group A received preoperative periportal bupivacaine before incision and intraperitoneal bupivacaine immediately after the pneumoperitoneum. Group B received periportal and intraperitoneal bupivacaine at the end of the operation. Group C (preoperative) and Group D (postoperative) received only periportal bupivacaine and Group E (preoperative) and Group F (post-operative) received only intraperitoneal bupivacaine. The control group received no treatment. Pain and nausea were recorded at one, two, three, six, nine, 12, 24, 36, and 48 hr postoperatively. RESULTS: Throughout the postoperative 48 hr, incisional somatic pain dominated over other pain localizations in the control group (P <0.05). The incisional pain of groups A, B, C and D was significantly lower than that of the control group in the first and second hours. The incisional pain of groups A and C was significantly lower than that of the control group in the first three hours. CONCLUSION: Incisional pain dominated during the first two post-operative days after LC. Preoperative somato-visceral or somatic local anesthesia reduced incisional pain during the first three post-operative hours. A combination of somato-visceral local anesthetic treatment did not reduce intraabdominal pain, shoulder pain or nausea more than somatic treatment alone. Preoperative incisional infiltration of local anesthetics is recommended.     

术前熟悉手术环境对手术病人焦虑水平的影响

为探讨手术病人术前的焦虑状态及术前熟悉手术环境对其焦虑水平的影响 ,将 96例择期手术病人随机分为对照组与观察组各 48例 ,观察组病人由手术室护士于术前 2～ 3d接往手术室进行环境熟悉、介绍情况等。对照组无此干预行为。两组采用焦虑状态 /特性询问表 (STAI量表 )分别于术前 3～ 4d及 2 0～ 30 m in测量其焦虑水平。结果术前 2 0～ 30 min观察组焦虑水平显著低于术前 3～ 4d;对照组显著高于术前 3～ 4d(均 P<0 .0 5 ) ;且术前2 0～ 30 m in观察组焦虑水平显著低于对照组 (P<0 .0 1)。说明病人被送往手术室的过程及第一次进入手术室时 ,陌生的环境使病人的焦虑水平增高 ;而术前熟悉手术环境能有效降低其焦虑水平。     

Thoracic ossification of ligamentum flavum caused by skeletal fluorosis

Thoracic ossification of ligamentum flavum (OLF) caused by skeletal fluorosis is rare. Only six patients had been reported in the English literature. This study reports findings from the first clinical series of this disease. This was a retrospective study of patients with thoracic OLF due to skeletal fluorosis who underwent surgical management at the authors' hospital between 1993 and 2003. Diagnosis of skeletal fluorosis was made based on the epidemic history, clinical symptoms, radiographic findings, and urinalysis. En bloc laminectomy decompression of the involved thoracic levels was performed in all cases. Cervical open door decompression or lumbar laminectomy decompression was performed if relevant stenosis was present. Neurological status was evaluated preoperatively, at the third day postoperatively, and at the end point of follow-up using the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) scoring system of motor function of the lower extremities. A total of 23 cases were enrolled, 16 (69.6%) males and 7 (30.4%) females, age ranging from 42 to 72 years (mean 54.8 years). All patients came from a high-fluoride area, and 22 (95.7%) had dental fluorosis. Medical imaging showed OLF together with ossification of many ligaments and interosseous membranes, including interosseous membranes of the forearm (18/23 patients 78.3%), leg (14/23 patients 60.9%), and ribs (11/23 patients 47.8%). OLF was classified into five types based on MRI findings: localized (4/23 patients 17.4%), continued (12/23 patients 52.2%), skip (3/23 patients 13.0%), combining with anterior pressure (2/23 patients 8.7%), and combining with cervical and/or lumbar stenosis (2/23 patients, 8.7%). Urinalysis showed a markedly high urinary fluoride level in 14 of 23 patients (60.9%). Patients were followed up for an average duration of 4 years, 5 months. Paired t-test showed that the JOA score was slightly but nonsignificantly increased relative to preoperative measurement 3 days after surgery (P = 0.0829) and significantly increased at the end of follow-up (P = 0.0001). In conclusion, Fluorosis can cause ossification of thoracic ligamentum flavum, as well as other ligaments. Comparing with other OLF series, a larger number of spinal segments were involved. The diagnosis of skeletal fluorosis was made by the epidemic history, clinical symptom, imaging study findings, and urinalysis. En bloc laminectomy decompression was an effective method.     

Impaired hepatic regeneration by ischemic preconditioning in a rat model of small-for-size liver transplantation

OBJECTIVE: Graft size is one of the major risk factors in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation and rapid regeneration is an essential post-operative requirement. Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) has been shown to be an effective strategy in the reduction of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury and stimulation of liver regeneration. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of IPC on liver regeneration in small-for-size liver grafts. METHODS: We employed a rat orthotopic liver transplantation model using small-for-size (30%) grafts, in the presence or absence (control) of IPC (10 min of ischemia followed by 15 min of reperfusion). Survival rate, graft injury, hepatocellular proliferation, cell cycle progression, Stat3 activation, as well as TNF-alpha and IL-6 expression were assessed. RESULTS: IPC significantly enhanced the extent of graft injury and hindered hepatic regeneration in small-for-size liver grafts. The 7-day survival rate was also reduced by IPC, but failed to reach statistical significance. IPC did not affect TNF-alpha levels, but significantly decreased the elevation of IL-6 after reperfusion. These findings were correlated with down-regulation of cyclin E and cyclin D1, and decreased numbers of PCNA-positive nuclei in IPC grafts. These results were inconsistent with Stat3 activation, as P-Stat3 exhibited a stronger and prolonged pattern of expression in the IPC group, compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS: Ischemic preconditioning may impair liver regeneration in small-for-size liver grafts by decreasing IL-6 and blunting cell cycle progression, through a mechanism at least partially independent of Stat3.     

p16INK4A immunohistochemistry is superior to HPV in situ hybridization for the detection of high-risk HPV in atypical squamous metaplasia

In situ hybridization (ISH) assays for high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) and immunohistochemical (IHC) assays for surrogate markers such as p16 can be useful in detecting HR-HPV in cervical dysplasia, but the use of these markers in problematic cervical biopsies has not been well-established. We evaluated 3 chromogenic ISH assays (Ventana INFORM HPVII and HPVIII and DakoCytomation GenPoint) in conjunction with p16 IHC and HPV polymerase chain reaction in a study set consisting of 12 low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, 16 high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions, and 30 benign cervix samples. A test set of 28 cases of atypical squamous metaplasia were also evaluated withVentana HPVIII ISH and p16 IHC. In the study set, the sensitivity of the DakoCytomation ISH assay (which detects HPV subtypes 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 52, 56, 58, 59, and 68) was similar to the Ventana HPVII assay but less than that of the Ventana HPVIII ISH assay (both of which detect HPV subtypes 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, and 66) and less than p16 IHC (55.6% vs. 53.6 vs. 69.2% vs. 82.1%). All HPV ISH assays exhibited 100% specificity. p16 reactivity consisted of 2 patterns: focal strong and diffuse strong. Because focal strong p16 reactivity was identified in benign squamous epithelium (6.7% cases) and dysplastic epithelium, it was considered an equivocal result and only diffuse strong reactivity was considered to be specific for the presence of HR-HPV. In the squamous intraepithelial lesions study set, the difference in sensitivity between Ventana HPVIII ISH and p16 was not statistically significant. However, in the atypical squamous metaplasia test set cases, p16 reactivity (focal strong and diffuse strong) was significantly more sensitive than Ventana HPVIII ISH in correlating with the presence of human papillomavirus as detected by polymerase chain reaction (83.3% vs. 33.3% P=0.004). Because focal strong p16 reactivity is less specific, cases with this staining pattern are considered atypical and require further evaluation by other means. Overall, p16 IHC is considered the best candidate for the initial assessment of cervical biopsies that are histologically indeterminate for dysplasia given its wide availability, comparative ease of interpretation, and high sensitivity and specificity.     

人体生物敷料在腹腔开放治疗中的临床疗效

目的 探讨人体生物敷料（灭活的同种异体皮肤）作为腹腔开放临时覆盖物的临床疗效.方法 回顾性分析2011年1月至2014年1月南京军区南京总医院收治的44例因外伤行腹腔开放治疗患者的临床资料.所有患者腹腔开放后以改良三明治法作为临时关腹技术.2011年1月至2012年12月共33例行腹腔开放治疗患者采用凡士林纱布为腹腔临时覆盖物,设为凡士林纱布组（33例）;2013年1月至2014年1月共11例行腹腔开放治疗患者采用人体生物敷料为腹腔临时覆盖物,设为人体生物敷料组（11例）.采用门诊和电话随访,随访时间截至2014年10月.比较两组患者肠道空气瘘发生率、植皮时间、术前和术后2周内血液感染学指标（WBC、中性粒细胞所占比例、降钙素原及C反应蛋白）,住院时间、住院费用以及总体预后.计量资料比较采用独立样本t检验和重复测量方差分析;率或构成比的比较采用Fisher确切概率法.结果 凡士林纱布组患者中,肠道空气瘘发生率为42.4％（14/33）,人体生物敷料组患者中无一例出现肠道空气瘘,两组比较,差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）.凡士林纱布组植皮时间为（15±6）d,人体生物敷料组为（11±3）d,两组比较,差异有统计学意义（t =2.10,P＜0.05）.凡士林纱布组患者术前、术后第1、3、7、14天降钙素原分别为（1.20±0.60） μg/L、（2.50±0.90） μg/L、（1.70±0.30） μg/L,（1.90±0.40） μg/L、（2.70±0.60）μg/L,显著高于人体生物敷料组的（0.90 ±0.30） μg/L、（1.80±0.60） μg/L、（1.30 ±0.50） μg/L、（0.60±0.20） μg/L、（0.30±0.07） μg/L,两组比较,差异有统计学意义（F=8.50,P＜0.05）;两组患者WBC、中性粒细胞所占比例和C反应蛋白分别由术前的（13.8±2.4）×10^9/L和（12.9±2.1）×10^9/L、0.90±0.09和0.88 ±0.06、（81±19） mg/L和（136±28） mg/L变化为术后第14天的（16.2±3.3）×10^9/L和（7.9±3.0）×10^9/L?     

腹腔镜输尿管膀胱吻合术治疗内在型输尿管子宫内膜异位症12例

目的 评价腹腔镜输尿管膀胱吻合术治疗输尿管子宫内膜异位症（内异症）合并重度肾积水的有效性和安全性.方法 回顾性分析2012年2月至2013年12月在中山大学附属第一医院妇科收治的12例合并重度肾积水的深部浸润型内异症（DIE）患者的临床资料,包括患者的术前症状、术前肾积水直径、手术时间、术中出血量、切除病变输尿管长度、病灶距离膀胱的长度、术后住院天数和并发症等.结果 12例患者均在腹腔镜下完成患侧输尿管狭窄部分节段切除术并输尿管膀胱吻合术和盆腔内异症根治术.术前肾积水直径平均为8.85 cm,手术时间为平均361 min,术中出血量平均为429ml,切除输尿管的长度平均为2.26 cm,病灶距离膀胱的长度平均为4.36 cm,平均术后住院天数为12.45 d.发生并发症5例（41.67％）.术后全部患者疼痛症状明显减轻或消失,肾盂积水明显好转.结论 腹腔镜输尿管膀胱吻合术治疗输尿管内异症合并重度肾积水预后良好,但需警惕并发症的发生.