Low-pressure Pneumoperitoneum for Laparoscopic Surgery Using a Disposable,Flexible Abdominal Wall Retractor

Abstract: Since April 1991, we have studied 160 patients who had had a successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Nine patients who presented with chronic cholecystitis with severe local adhesion and who were also considered to require a longer operative time were selected as suitable candidates for this procedure. They were successfully treated under a zero- to four-mmHg low-pressured pneumoperitoneum procedure combined with total abdominal wall lifting using a disposable, flexible vinyl tube retractor. This method enabled exactly the same clear laparoscopic vision as is possible in the routinely-used high-pressure pneumoperitoneum even in the marginal portions of the abdominal cavity. Moreover, it facilitated early reinsufflation after the cauterization-produced smoke was exhausted, which minimized the operative time and reduced the surgeon's anxiety concerning the maintenance of a sufficiently airtight condition. We believe that this low-pressure pneumopeqitoneum procedure also benefits the poor-risk patient who has restricted cardiopulmonary function, especially during advanced laparoscopic surgery which requires a longer operative and anesthetic time.     

W／H^2和W／H^3指数在儿童少年肥胖评价中的适用性

身高体重指数因其测量计算简便、误差小而在儿童少年肥胖评价中逐渐受到重视，但Ｗ／Ｈ２和Ｗ／Ｈ３在儿童少年肥胖评价中的适用性仍有争议，为了探讨两指数在儿童少年肥胖评价中的适用性，在西安市７～１８岁儿童少年中进行了本研究，结果发现在７～１３岁间Ｗ／Ｈ３指数比Ｗ／Ｈ２指数好，而在１４岁以后Ｗ／Ｈ２比Ｗ／Ｈ３更合适。     

A monitoring,feedback, and triggering system for reproducible breath-hold MR imaging

A technique is described that provides improved reproducibility of breath-holding for MR image acquisition by monitoring the superior-inferior (S/I) position of the diaphragm. The method incorporates detection of the level of inspiration using an MR signal, rapid display to the patient of diaphragm position to enable breath-hold adjustment, and triggering of image data acquisition once appropriate position is attained. The response time of the system is short, approximately 10 ms. Studies in six volunteers using this method demonstrate a considerable decrease in the S/I range of diaphragm position over 10 consecutive periods of suspended respiration. The mean range is 1.3 mm with the system, while it is 8.3 mm without using it is expected that this method will be of assistance in many abdominal and cardiothoracic studies that use breath-hold techniques.     

2022年欧洲临床营养与代谢学会和欧洲肥胖研究学会《肌肉减少性肥胖的定义和诊断标准共识》解读及启示

近年来,欧洲临床营养与代谢学会（ESPEN）和欧洲肥胖研究学会（EASO）的专家组成员对肌肉减少性肥胖（SO）的相关研究进行了系统地评价。2022年2月,ESPEN和EASO共同发布了《肌肉减少性肥胖的定义和诊断标准共识》,该共识对SO的定义和诊断进行了详细的阐述,旨在就SO的定义和诊断达成共识,为研究人员和临床工作者提供参考依据,以推进SO预防和治疗的发展。本文主要对《肌肉减少性肥胖的定义和诊断标准共识》中SO的定义,诊断流程包括筛查、诊断和分期标准,拟采用的方法和相关的参数等主要内容进行梳理和解读,旨在为国内医务工作者提供更多参考。     

高脂饮食诱导的内脏肥胖小鼠模型存在性别差异

目的:比较不同性别BALB/c小鼠采用高脂饮食建立肥胖模型的差异。方法:32只4周龄无特定病原体级BALB/c小鼠（雌雄各半）随机分为雌性对照组、雌性高脂组、雄性对照组和雄性高脂组,每组8只。雌性对照组和雄性对照组采用普通饮食,雌性高脂组和雄性高脂组采用高脂饲料喂养,喂养12周后测量小鼠体重、内脏脂肪比、空腹血糖、葡萄糖耐量、血脂、代谢相关激素水平,并采用16S rRNA测序检测小鼠粪便菌群构成。结果:高脂饮食干预导致雄性小鼠体重和内脏脂肪比明显增加,病理表现为单个脂肪面积明显增大,肝脏脂肪滴堆积,总胆固醇、空腹血糖、口服糖耐量试验时间-血糖曲线下面积以及血清胰岛素水平明显上升（均P<0.05）,并出现明显胰岛素抵抗（P<0.01）。而雌性高脂组体重、内脏脂肪比、血清胰岛素和瘦素水平与雌性对照组差异均无统计学意义（均P>0.05）。高脂干预后小鼠肥胖相关肠道菌群相对丰度显著变化并存在性别差异,其中雄性高脂组肥胖相关菌属（如布劳特菌）相对丰度明显增加,菌群结构变化更明显。结论:高脂饮食喂养12周4周龄BALB/c雄性小鼠可稳定建立以内脏脂肪堆积、代谢功能紊乱和肠道菌群变...     

Effects of epidural bupivacaine and epidural morphine on bowel function and pain after hysterectomy

A comparison was made of the effects of continuous epidural analgesia with bupivacaine and intermittent epidural morphine on bowel function after abdominal hysterectomy. The duration of postoperative ileus was assessed as the time from the end of operation to the first postoperative passage of flatus and feces. Twenty-two patients were randomly allocated to two equal groups. An "epidural morphine" group received general anesthesia and epidural morphine for postoperative pain relief, and an "epidural bupivacaine" group was given combined general anesthesia and epidural anesthesia with 0.5% bupivacaine intraoperatively and epidural analgesia with 0.25% bupivacaine postoperatively. Epidural morphine or bupivacaine was given for 42 h postoperatively. Pain intensity (visual analog scale) was low in both groups, but lower (P less than 0.05) in the epidural bupivacaine group. The time to first passage of flatus was 22 +/- 16 h in the epidural bupivacaine group and 56 +/- 22 h in the epidural morphine group (P less than 0.001). The time to first postoperative passage of feces was shorter (P less than 0.05) in the former than in the latter 57 +/- 44 h vs 92 +/- 22 h). The patients of the epidural bupivacaine group started intake of oral fluids earlier (P less than 0.01) and to a greater extent (P less than 0.05) than those in the epidural morphine group. It is concluded that the duration of postoperative ileus after hysterectomy is shorter when epidural bupivacaine is given for postoperative pain relief than when this is achieved by epidural morphine.     

Hypothalamic knife-cut hyperphagia and obesity in weanling rats

In previous reports weanling female rats fed a high-fat diet had a delayed response to hypothalamic knife cuts. In the present report similar cuts in similar rats fed a standard low fat diet became overweight without delay, suggesting that dietary fat is a critical variable in juvenile onset obesity. Adult rats given knife-cuts comparable to those in the weanlings gained weight far more rapidly and achieved higher weights than did those cut as weanlings, suggesting that appetite modulating axons can develop after weaning. Finally, group vs single housing did not influence the age of onset or the magnitude of knife-cut obesity.     

Flutamide-metformin plus an oral contraceptive (OC) for young women with polycystic ovary syndrome: switch from third- to fourth-generation OC reduces body adiposity

BACKGROUND: Low-dose flutamide-metformin has been developed as a background therapy for non-obese adolescents and young women with hyperinsulinaemic hyperandrogenism, a variant of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). We verified whether the lipolytic efficacy of flutamide-metformin in women with PCOS is enhanced by giving an oral contraceptive (OC) co-therapy that contains drospirenone, instead of gestodene, as progestin. METHODS: An open-labelled study was carried out in which non-obese women with PCOS (n = 29; age approximately 20 years), who had been on a combination of flutamide (62.5 mg/day), metformin (850 mg/day) and ethinylestradiol-gestodene for 8-15 months, were randomized for replacement of the gestodene OC by a drospirenone OC. Assessments of endocrine-metabolic state and body composition (by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) were performed at randomization and after 6 months. RESULTS: The switch to drospirenone OC was accompanied by a reduction of total and abdominal fat (mean -0.8 and -0.5 kg) and by an increment of lean body mass (+0.6 kg; all P < 0.01), so that body adiposity was strikingly reduced without changing body weight. CONCLUSION: In non-obese women with PCOS, low-dose flutamide-metformin reduces total and abdominal fat excess more effectively if contraceptive co-therapy contains drospirenone, instead of gestodene, as progestin.     

PPARY2基因Pro12Ala和C1431T多态性及其单倍型与2型糖尿病和肥胖的相关性研究

目的 研究过氧化物体增殖活化受体γ2(peroxisome proliferator activated receptorγ2,PPARγ2)基因Pro12Ala和C1431T多态性及其单倍型与汉族人2型糖尿病、肥胖的关系.方法 应用聚合酶链反应-限制性片段长度多态性的方法,对207例2型糖尿病患者和101名非糖尿病对照者进行PPARγ2基因Pro12Ala和C1431T多态性研究.结果 (1)在非糖尿病对照人群中Aal 12等位基因频率是0.064,T1431等位基因频率是0.252.单倍型分析显示Pro12Ala和C1431T两个位点连锁不平衡(D'=0.63,r2=0.074),组成了3种常见单倍型Pro-C、Pro-T和Ala-T.(2)Pro12Ala和C1431T多态性分布及其单倍型分布频率在2型糖尿病组与对照组组间差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05).(3)Pro12Ala变异与糖尿病患者的血压、血脂相关,地等位基因降低非肥胖糖尿病患者的舒张压(P<0.05),而对肥胖糖尿病患者的血脂水平无保护作用(P<0.05);C1431T多态性与糖尿病患者的超重和肥胖相关,超重和肥胖的糖尿病者T等位基因频率相对较高(P<0.05).结论 Pro12Ala和C1431T多态性可能在汉族人糖尿病发病中不是起主要作用;C1431T多态性与糖尿病患者的超重和肥胖相关.