AbstractBackground and study aims: The advent of endoscopic techniques in the last decades has produced a change in the approach of the oesophageal leiomyoma.
The aim of the study is to explain our experience in the laparoscopic surgery of the oesophageal leiomyoma.
Materials and methods: We realised a retrospective study of the oesophageal leiomyoma operated on in our centre by the endoscopic approach between
2001 and 2004. There were two females and two males. All were symptomatic and pyrosis was the most frequent symptom. The preoperative
study was an oral endoscopy and barium swallow. In all the cases enucleation was performed, two by thoracoscopy and two by
laparoscopy approach.
Results: The mean operating time was 230 min. No deaths or intraoperative complications occurred and there were no cases of conversion
to open surgery either. The mean postoperative hospital stay was 3.25 days (range 2–4 days). There was no case of recurrence.
Conclusions: The enucleation is an easier procedure and constitutes the therapy of choice of the oesophageal leiomyoma. We think that muscle
borders should be closed after enucleation and that biopsy is not indicated preoperatively. 相似文献
Both cyproterone acetate (CPA) and the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone
agonist (GnRHa) have been shown to be effective for the treatment of
hirsutism. We wished to compare the effectiveness of CPA in two standard
doses with GnRHa and add-back therapy and to compare the length of
remission after these treatments. A total of 60 hirsute hyperandrogenic
women was assigned to the following treatment groups: CPA 2 mg with 35
microg of ethinylestradiol for 21 days each month (Diane group), CPA 50 mg,
days 5-15, and ethinylestradiol 50 microg, days 5-25, each month (CPA
group) or Decapeptyl 3.75 mg i.m. every 28 days with the addition of
conjugated oestrogen 0.625 mg, days 1-21, and medroxyprogesterone acetate
10 mg, days 12-21 (GnRHa group). Hirsutism was graded by the
Ferriman-Gallwey-Lorenzo (FGL) index and anagen hair shaft diameters and
serum luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone were assessed before and
every 3 months during and after treatment. All women were treated for 1
year with 1 year follow-up. At baseline hirsutism and endocrine patterns
were similar in all groups. After one year of treatment, hirsutism
decreased in all groups but the changes were greater (P <0.05) in the
CPA and GnRHa groups than in the Diane group. Serum LH and testosterone
were lowest in the GnRHa group. After withdrawal, hirsutism increased
rapidly in the Diane and CPA groups and after 6 months, FGL scores and hair
shaft diameters were similar to pretreatment values. In the GnRHa group,
hirsutism increased more gradually and after 1 year of withdrawal, FGL
scores and hair diameters were significantly (P <0.05) less than
pretreatment values. Serum LH and testosterone increased rapidly in all
three groups reaching pretreatment values by 6 months. These data suggest
equal efficacy of the GnRHa and the high dose CPA regimen for the treatment
of hirsutism in hyperandrogenic women. GnRHa with add-back treatment
appears to result in a longer remission of hirsutism in comparison with
CPA.
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The objective of this study was to validate the Spanish version of the Othmer and DeSouza Screening Test for Somatization Disorder. We have designed a validity study using the Standardized Polyvalent Psychiatric Interview, an instrument specifically designed to diagnose psychiatric morbidity in medical settings as the ‘golden rule’. The control group displayed ‘functional’ and ‘presenting’ somatization. The Othmer and DeSouza Screening Test, with a threshold of three symptoms, shows 88% sensitivity, 78% specificity and a misclassification rate of 17%. It is concluded that Othmer and DeSouza's screening test, with a threshold of three symptoms, is a useful tool for the diagnosis of somatization disorder in medical and primary care settings in Spain. Discrepancies with US findings are discussed on a cross-cultural basis. 相似文献
Although non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced colopathy is well described, colonic perforations complicating non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug intake are rare. We report a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who was on long-term diclofenac and presented with early colonic stricture formation and a caecal perforation, which to the best of our knowledge, has only been reported once before. It is important to suspect this diagnosis in patients on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy who present with an acute abdomen. 相似文献
Central administration of ACTH in rats induces yawning and stretching. In order to study the effects of REM sleep deprivation on ACTH-induced yawning, the peptide was injected immediately after the REM sleep deprivation period or 24 h later. REM sleep deprivation impaired ACTH-induced yawning, but after a 24-hour recovery period, rats displayed a number of yawns similar to those in control animals. Implications for an involvement of dopaminergic and mainly cholinergic systems are discussed. 相似文献
Objective: To evaluate the effects of feedback reports combined with outreach visits from trained non-physicians on the clinical decision making of general practitioners (GPs) in cardiovascular care.
Design: Pragmatic cluster controlled trial with randomisation of practices to support (intervention group) or no special attention (control group); analysis after 2 years.
Setting: 124 general practices in The Netherlands.
Participants: 185 GPs.
Main outcome measures: Compliance rates for 12 evidence-based indicators for the management of patients with hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, angina pectoris, or heart failure. The evaluation relied on the prospective recording of patient encounters by the participating GPs.
Results: The GPs reported 30 101 clinical decisions at baseline and 22 454 decisions after the intervention. A significant improvement was seen for five of the 12 indicators: assessment of risk factors in patients with hypercholesterolaemia (odds ratio 2.04; 95% CI 1.44 to 2.88) or angina pectoris (3.07; 1.08 to 8.79), provision of information and advice to patients with hypercholesterolaemia (1.58, 1.17 to 2.13) or hypertension (1.55, 1.35 to 1.77), and checking for clinical signs of deterioration in patients with heart failure (4.11, 2.17 to 7.77). Single handed practices, non-training practices, and practices with older GPs gained particular benefit from the intervention.
Conclusions: Intensive support from trained non-physicians can alter certain aspects of the clinical decision making of GPs in cardiovascular care. The effect is small and the strategy needs further development.
OBJECTIVE: Lp(a) lipoprotein is a distinct lipoprotein particle that recently has been found to be associated with cardiovascular disease. A study was conducted to assess the influence of cardiovascular disease risk factors on levels of Lp(a) and to evaluate the effects of age, exercise, and estrogen on these levels. STUDY DESIGN: Two studies, a cross-sectional study of older men (n = 105) and women (n = 75) (mean age 76 years) and a prospective study of younger postmenopausal women (mean age 48 years), were carried out. Lp(a) and other lipoproteins were measured in the two studies and differences were sought by statistical analysis. RESULTS: In the cross-sectional study, serum Lp(a) was similar in men and women and was not influenced by age. Lp(a) levels in men and women were higher when there was more than one cardiovascular disease risk factor present (p less than 0.028). We could not demonstrate such a relationship with other lipid and lipoprotein measurements. In the prospective study exercise alone had no influence on Lp(a) levels. Oral estrogen decreased Lp(a) levels marginally (p = 0.08). The decrease in Lp(a) with oral estrogen was associated with increases in triglycerides (p less than 0.01) and very-low-density lipoprotein (p less than 0.06). CONCLUSIONS: These data confirm that elevated Lp(a) levels are an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Lp(a) levels are primarily influenced by genetic factors and it appears estrogen may have a minor influence on its hepatic synthesis. 相似文献