The effect of no drainage in patients who underwent thyroidectomy with neck dissection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

abstract：RATIONALE:Up to one third of all schizophrenic patients are classified as having treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS). This subgroup faces remarkable medical and psychosocial damages, and pharmacotherapy is often limited due to nonresponse and/or side effects. Maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (M-ECT) might be e...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Moeller S,Kalkwarf N,Lücke C,Ortiz D,Jahn S,Först C,Braun N,Philipsen A,Müller HHO

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial contouring is a complex procedure performed to alter tissue contents and restore facial appearance. However, it is difficult to measure the amount of the tissue volume that is needed. This study demonstrated the use of preoperative computer simulation (PCS) and 3-dimensional (3D) printing in contouring procedur...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zeng H,Yuan-Liang S,Xie G,Lu F,Fu R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study analyzed the effectiveness of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) for pain relief caused by necrosis of femoral head (NFH).Totally, 80 cases of patients with NFH were analyzed and then were assigned to a treatment group or a control group in this study. Of these, 40 cases in the treatm...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ji QH,Qiao XF,Wang SF,Zhao P,Liu SC,Xue Y,Qiao JM,Li YB

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this observational study was to examine the prevalence of obesity in children of 6 to 8 years of age from primary public schools over a period of 6 years and the associated environmental and metabolic health risk factors.This was a cohort observational study to investigate the prevalence of obesity in c...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Sentalin PBR,Pinheiro AO,Oliveira RR,Zângaro RA,Campos LA,Baltatu OC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Angiosarcoma is an extremely rare malignant tumor of endothelial origin. The majority of studies reporting angiosarcoma have been concerned with the clinical and pathological aspects, with limited reporting of their imaging findings. To our knowledge, angiosarcoma of the adrenal gland is very rare. Herein we ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li XM,Yang H,Reng J,Zhou P,Cheng ZZ,Li Z,Xu GH

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with lymph nodes posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve (LN-prRLN) metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).A total of 81 PTC patients who underwent total/near-total thyroidectomy with LN-prRLN dissection in the Department...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yuan J,Li J,Chen X,Zhong Z,Chen Z,Yin Y,Du J,Cong S,Wu Z

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Retrograde drilling is a well accepted procedure for osteochondral lesion of the talus and subchondral cyst with intact overlying cartilage. It has good results in most reports. Compared to anterograde drilling, retrograde drilling can protect the integrity of the articular cartilage. The purpose of this stud...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jeong SY,Kim JK,Lee KB

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The size of the elderly population and the incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) in this group appear to be rapidly increasing, although published information based on more detailed older age groupings are lacking.This study aimed to determine the clinical features and outcomes of elderly patients in PTC.All ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chereau N,Trésallet C,Noullet S,Godiris-Petit G,Tissier F,Leenhardt L,Menegaux F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Graves ophthalmopathy (GO) is one of the remaining enigmas in thyroidology. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are strongly recommended but their effects are not completely satisfactory and adverse reactions can occur. Tripterygium glycosides (TG) is a promising component extracted from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwH...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu X,Gao C,Liu X,Gao T

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to introduce this surgical technique laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy combined with single-anastomosis duodenal-jejunal bypass (LDJB-LSG), and to confirm this new surgical technique was safe in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) of patients with body mass index (BMI) higher than 27.5 kg/m...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li YX,Fang DH,Liu TX

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the efficacy and safety of radiotherapy for patients with oligometastases from colorectal cancer (CRC).This was a retrospective cross-sectional study. Patients with liver and/or lung oligometastatic lesions from CRC treated with curative-intent radiotherapy in West C...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He X,Zhang P,Li Z,Bi F,Xu F,Wang X,Shen Y,Li Q,Qiu M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Inflammatory demyelinating neuropathies such as Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) are autoimmune disorders that may have a common pathogenesis. Here, we describe 2 unique cases of FSGS, 1 with GBS and the othe...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Mao Y,Zhang M,Liu S,Xu Y,Xue J,Hao C,Lai L

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous epidemiological studies have reported the relationship between CXC motif chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) synonymous polymorphism (rs2228014), and risk of cancer, but the results remained conflicting and controversial. Therefore, this study was devised to evaluate the genetic effects of the rs2228014 po...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu Y,Zhang C,Xu W,Zhang J,Zheng Y,Lu Z,Liu D,Jiang K

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary gastric epithelioid angiosarcoma is a highly aggressive endothelial cell malignancy and may pose a great diagnostic challenge. PATIENT CONCERNS:Here we describe the case of a 56-year-old man presented with melena and epigastric dull pain for 2 weeks. DIAGNOSIS:Primary gastric epithelioid angiosarcom...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xia J,Shi D,Wu Z,Chen Y,Liu B,Chen L,Metta W,Zheng Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess the frequency of comorbidities and multimorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients under biologic therapy and their effects on biological disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) choice, timing, and response.Hacettepe University Biologic Registry (HUR-BIO) is sing...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Armagan B,Sari A,Erden A,Kilic L,Erdat EC,Kilickap S,Kiraz S,Bilgen SA,Karadag O,Akdogan A,Ertenli I,Kalyoncu U

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate current situation of postoperative pain management in medical institutions in Shandong Province.A questionnaire was developed on the basis of guidelines of acute pain and pain quality assessment scale. The questionnaire was used to obtain information regarding the nature and sca...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu D,Ma J,Zhang Z,Yu A,Chen X,Feng C,Lei W

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the risk factors for developing renal involvement and severe kidney disease in Chinese childhood Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) patients.This was a retrospective study of 2731 children with HSP diagnosed between 2012 and 2015. We analyzed their demographic data, clinical manifestations, and laboratory test...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang K,Sun X,Cao Y,Dai L,Sun F,Yu P,Dong L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the efficacy, and safety of the intensive conditioning regimen consisting of cladribine, cytarabine (Ara-C), and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) plus modified busulfan (Bu) combined with cytoxan (Cy) (BuCy), prior to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) in patients wi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang J,Zhao J,Fei X,Yin Y,Cheng H,Zhang W,Gu J,Yang F,Yang Y,Xue S,Tian Z,He J,Zhang S,Wang X

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nocardia is a ubiquitous environmental pathogen that causes infection primarily following inhalation into the lungs. It is generally thought to cause infection primarily in immunocompromised patients, but nonimmunocompromised individuals are also at risk of infection. We sought to compare risk factors, clinical manife...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Steinbrink J,Leavens J,Kauffman CA,Miceli MH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term results of computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous radiofrequency thermocoagulation (PRT) for glossopharyngeal neuralgia (GPN).A retrospective review of medical records for patients with GPN who were treated with CT-guided PRT between 2003 and 2014 was perfor...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang X,Tang Y,Zeng Y,Ni J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nasal surgeries have been applied to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients with nasal obstruction for decades. However, the efficiency of nasal surgery in improving OSA remains controversial.The aim of this study was to identify whether isolated nasal surgery can improve apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). METHODS...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu J,Zhao G,Li Y,Zang H,Wang T,Wang D,Han D

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to estimate the direct medical costs of managing chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and its complications based on health-care resources in South Korea. METHODS:The study design was multicenter, retrospective, non-interventional, and observational. Between September 2013 and April 2014, health-care ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim DY,Yoon KT,Kim W,Lee JI,Hong SH,Lee D,Jang JW,Choi JW,Kim I,Paik YH

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The significant ultrasonic characteristics of amniotic band syndrome (ABS) are the malformations of fetal affected parts and the band-like echoes in amniotic cavity. This article first suggests that the fetal hand adhered to umbilical cord with restricted movement provides some values in the diagnosis of ABS ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Niu Z,Meng H,Zhang X,Ouyang Y,Zhang Y,Wu X

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) has gained worldwide popularity as one of the most commonly used minimally invasive management of urinary tract stones. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ESWL for patients with kidney stones (KS). MATERIALS AND METHODS:This pro...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cao L,Wang YQ,Yu T,Sun Y,He J,Zhong Y,Li X,Sun X

更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical illness insurance to reduce the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure was implemented in China in 2012. The aim of this study is to explore the implementation status and medical guarantee effect of critical illness insurance in various cities.We extracted insurance reimbursement data for 2014 from the ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fang P,Pan Z,Zhang X,Bai X,Gong Y,Yin X

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the utility of left atrial volume index (LAVI) and markers of coagulation and hemostatic activation (MOCHA) in cryptogenic stroke (CS) patients to identify those more likely to have subsequent diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AF), malignancy or recurrent stroke during follow-up.Consecutive CS patients wh...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ellis D,Rangaraju S,Duncan A,Hoskins M,Raza SA,Rahman H,Winningham M,Belagaje S,Bianchi N,Mohamed GA,Obideen M,Sharashidze V,Belair T,Henriquez L,Nahab F

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patency of the right hepatic vein (RHV) of the liver graft is essential for successful living-donor liver transplant (LDLT). We developed a simple technique for RHV reconstruction that does not require the use of cadaveric veins or additional time to prevent stenosis.Of 159 patients who underwent LDLT at our instituti...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee TB,Choi BH,Yang KH,Ryu JH,Park YM,Chu CW

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preoperative evaluation of the curability of gastric and cardia cancer is important to avoid risks of unnecessary surgery. Our previous study has reported several clinical parameters associated with incurable gastric surgery. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the correlation between CA125 and the curability of gastr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Luo T,Chen W,Wang L,Zhao H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The periaqueductal gray (PAG) plays a pivotal role in pain modulation. We attempted to examine the relation between injury of the PAG and central pain in patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).Sixty-one patients with mild TBI with central pain and 31 healthy control subjects were recruited for this study. Vis...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jang SH,Park SM,Kwon HG

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the age, gender, time, and etiology differences of traumatic lower limb fractures (TLLFs) in a population of children (≤18 years old), we retrospectively reviewed 936 children who had TLLFs and who came to our university-affiliated hospitals from 2001 to 2010. This study enrolled 657 males (70.2%) and 2...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu H,Wang H,Shao B,Lu H,Zhang S,Ou L,Chen Y,Xiang L

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00