Patello-femoral complications associated with total knee arthroplasty

The patello-femoral articulation accounts for a significant number of the complications that occur after total knee replacements and which require re-operation. These include problems with stability, component wear, fracture, loosening, and osteonecrosis. With careful attention to prosthetic design and surgical technique, these complications can be minimized. Guest Lecture presented at the 26th meeting of the Japanese Society for Replacement Arthroplasty in Tokyo on February 2, 1996     

Successful surgical treatment of secondary kwashiorkor after total gastrectomy: Report of a case

We report herein the case of a 56-year-old woman who developed secondary Kwashiorkor 9 years after undergoing a total gastrectomy for early gastric cancer. Until she began developing the symptoms of Kwashiorkor, including general fatigue, edema of the face and extremities, anemia, alopecia, and weight loss, she had been leading a normal life post-gastrectomy. Her symptoms were alleviated by total parenteral nutrition (TPN) therapy, but reappeared soon after TPN therapy was discontinued. Therefore, she required several subsequent courses of TPN. In an attempt to permanently resolve the ongoing Kwashiorkor symptoms, reconstructive surgery involving transposition of the jejunum from the previous Graham method to the interposition method was performed 10 years after the initial gastrectomy. After the second operation, her malnutrition was completely alleviated, and she has been in good health for the 8 years since. To our knowledge, there has been no other report of the symptoms of secondary Kwashiorkor after total gastrectomy being alleviated by altering the procedure of reconstruction of the intestinal tract. Thus, we recommend surgical treatment to alter the digestive continuity to a more physiological pathway for selected patients with secondary Kwashiorkor syndrome.     

胸腹水中唾液酸含量在鉴别良恶性疾病上的价值

本文测定恶性、炎性和肝硬化3组胸腹水中的总唾液酸(TotalSialic Acid TSA)和脂质结合唾液酸(Lipid-bound Sialic Acid LSA)含量,结果表明恶性组和炎性组的 TSA 和 LSA 明显高于肝硬化组,但恶性组和炎性组的 TSA 和 LSA 则无明显差异。恶性、炎性和肝硬化组的 TSA 值分别为499.52±183.98mg/L、508.68±208.79mg/L 和117.71±70.46mg/L;LSA则分别为146.28±103.62mg/L、115.26±72.13mg/L 和58.90±35.46mg/L。以肝硬化组的 TSA+2SD 作为恶性组和肝硬化组的鉴别值,其敏感性为88%,特异性为90.47%,有效性为89.13%。LSA 则无鉴别价值。     

ENTERAL VERSUS PARENTERAL NUTRITION AFTER OESOPHAGOGASTRIC SURGERY: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED COMPARISON

Background: There appears to be an emerging consensus that early postoperative nutritional support benefits the high-risk patient by decreasing septic morbidity, maintaining immunocompetence and improving wound healing. Enteral nutrition via a feeding jejunostomy has been associated with serious complications, with a reported mortality rate as high as 10%. while total parenteral nutrition has also been associated with a wide variety of complications. Methods: Ninety-seven patients undergoing oesophagectomy or gastrectomy underwent pre-operative nutritional assessment and were randomized to receive either total parenteral nutrition (47 patients) or enteral nutrition (50 patients). Results: There was no significant difference in the number of catheter-related complications between the two groups, but 9 (45%) patients in the total parenteral nutrition group had major morbidity (potentially fatal in two patients) requiring active intervention. Conclusions: This study demonstrates enteral nutrition to be safe and associated with mainly reversible minor complications. It is probable that immediate postoperative enteral feeding conserves the gut's integrity. Whether this leads to a reduction in postoperative septic complications has not been demonstrated by this study although there appears to be a trend in this direction, supporting the concept of enteral feeding as ‘primary therapy’. This can be safely, simply and economically achieved using a feeding jejunostomy placed at the time of surgery.     

Clinical importance,statistical significance and the assessment of economic and quality-of-life outcomes

The assessment of economic and quality-of-life outcomes of health care interventions is moving into a new era, with such assessments increasingly being made within the context of controlled clinical trials. Traditionally the measurement of many variables in economic evaluations, particularly costs, has been deterministic. In the context of clinical trials the measurement of variables is stochastic, with the standard principles of statistical inference being applied to analyse differences between treatments in terms of effectiveness. Economists participating in clinical research are therefore being called upon to specify the sample size for the economic component of the evaluation and to undertake statistical tests for differences in cost or cost-effectiveness. This paper discusses the current methodological issues surrounding stochastic measurement in clinical trials, discusses the additional issues raised by the assessment of economic and quality-of-life outcomes and specifies the challenges facing economists if they are to answer the questions now being posed about economic analysis by statisticians and clinical researchers. It is concluded that application of the standard principles of statistical inference to economic data is not straightforward and will require value judgements to be made about statistical significance and economic importance, which may differ from those already made in purely clinical studies.     

The Evaluation of Routine Andrological Parameters in Human Semen/Auswertung der Routine-Parameter der Andrologie am Sperma

A study was carried out to evaluate the andrological parameters in 540 human semen specimens divided into groups according to sperm counts. The parameters were: motility percentage and grade, percentage of viability and of morphologically normal sperm and immature cells. The Duncan multiple range test and the Kruskal-Wallis test with multiple comparison of ranks were used in the statistical analyses. Of particular interest, among other our findings, were the significant differences obtained by comparing the group with sperm counts up to 5 x 10(6) per ml semen and that with counts ranging from 5.1 to 10 x 10(6) per ml semen. This was true for all parameters with the exception of semen volume. Comparison of the oligozoospermic groups (up to 20 x 10(6)/ml) with those having higher sperm counts also showed significant differences. There was a trend towards improvement of the examined parameters with the increase in sperm density, but with a remarkable heterogeneity particularly within the oligozoospermic groups. In all groups motility, viability and morphological normality of sperm showed a positive correlation with each other. "Normal values" of the parameters studied could be derived from scatterplot charts over the entire range of sperm counts and from the statistical evaluation of the grouped material.     

快速康复外科理念在膀胱癌患者根治性全膀胱切除术围术期护理中的应用效果

目的 分析快速康复外科(FTS)理念在膀胱癌(BC)患者根治性全膀胱切除术围术期护理中的应用效果。方法 回顾性收集我院147例BC患者,均接受根治性全膀胱切除术治疗,将2017年1月～2018年10月在围术期接受常规护理干预的73例作为对照组,将2020年1月～2021年10月在围术期接受FTS理念干预的74例作为观察组,比较两组围术期情况、不同时间点(术前1d、术后1h、1d)疼痛程度、并发症。结果 观察组术后首次下床活动、术后首次排气以及住院时间均短于对照组(P＜0.05);两组不同时间、组间、交互作用下视觉模拟疼痛评分(VAS评分)比较,差异具有统计学意义(P＜0.05),两组术前1d VAS评分比较,无明显差异(P＞0.05);而与对照组术后1h、1d VAS评分相比,观察组均较低(P＜0.05);观察组、对照组并发症发生率分别为31.08%、41.10%,组间比较,无明显差异(P＞0.05)。结论 FTS理念应用于BC患者,能减轻疼痛程度,缩短术后首次下床活动、术后首次排气时间,促进术后恢复。     

生物标志物联合检测在脓毒症相关急性肝损伤患者中的应用价值

目的:探讨生物标志物联合检测对脓毒症相关急性肝损伤患者的早期诊断和预后评估的价值。方法:收集内蒙古科技大学包头医学院第一附属医院重症医学科(ICU)2019年11月-2022年1月收治的104例脓毒症患者临床资料,按照入ICU时是否发生急性肝损伤分为脓毒症相关急性肝损伤组(n=42)和非肝损伤组(n=62),将脓毒症相关急性肝损伤患者按28 d是否存活分为存活组(n=16)和死亡组(n=26),记录104例患者入ICU 6 h内血清正五聚蛋白3(PTX-3)、C-反应蛋白(CRP)、降钙素原(PCT)、总胆红素(TBIL)、谷草转氨酶(AST)、谷丙转氨酶(ALT)、凝血酶原时间国际标准化比值(INR值)、凝血酶原时间(PT)、凝血酶原活动度(PTA)、血小板(PLT)、入ICU 24 h内急性生理与慢性健康状况评估量表II(APACHEII)评分最差值及序贯器官衰竭评估(SOFA)评分;同时记录脓毒症相关急性肝损伤患者28 d预后。PTX-3的相关性采用Spearman相关分析;绘制受试者工作特征曲线(ROC曲线),计算ROC曲线下面积(AUC),分析各指标单独检测以及联合检测对脓毒...     

全喉切除术中保留甲状软骨膜对手术进程和术后恢复影响的探讨

目的：探讨保留甲状软骨膜对全喉切除手术进程和病人术后恢复情况的影响。方法：在甲状软骨膜下游离甲状软骨并切断其上角。不结扎和切断舌骨下肌群和喉上动脉。保留之甲状软骨膜用以加强修复咽壁黏膜。结果：本组病例较经典全喉切除术手术时间缩短30min以上。手术中出血在100ml以下。患者术后第2d下床活动，第4d开始进食流质。手术创口均一期愈合。结论：全喉切除术中保留甲状软骨膜可有效地简化手术步骤，减少创伤和出血。利用甲状软骨膜加强咽壁黏膜缝合口，进一步减少了咽漏的发生.     

健康成人血液流变学与血脂相关性的实验研究

目的：研究健康成人血液流变学指标与血脂之间的相关性。方法：抽取西安市某单位健康查体人群各项检查结果齐全的资料117例，其中男性79例，女性38例，将采集的数据进行统计分析。结果：男性和女性之间，TG、HBV、LBV、HRV、LRV、CV、CY均有显著差异（P〈0.05）；女性资料中，血脂指标与血液流变学指标的相关性无统计学意义（P〉0．05）；男性资料中，血液流变学指标与血脂指标有相关性（P〈0．05）。结论：控制血液粘度和血脂水平是防止和减低心脑血管疾病发生的重要环节。