Application of vascularized fibular graft for reconstruction and stabilization of multilevel cervical tuberculosis: A case report.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric inguinal hernia is one of the most common diseases in children, and laparoscopy is the main surgical method. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a new modified 2-port laparoscopic herniorrhaphy with Kirschner wire (TLHK) for inguinal hernia in children. METHODS:A total of 5304 children wit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cao Z,Chen J,Li Z,Li G

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upper extremity vein thrombosis (UE-VT) are more and more frequent pathologies and yet little studied. The aim is to describe the clinical and ultrasound features, UE-VT-related diseases, and the prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) and associated deaths.All UE-VT patients diagnosed by Doppler-ultrasound in Nantes Un...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ploton G,Pistorius MA,Raimbeau A,Denis Le Seve J,Bergère G,Ngohou C,Goueffic Y,Artifoni M,Durant C,Gautier G,Connault J,Espitia O

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Multiple pulmonary leiomyomatous hamartoma (MPLH) is an extremely rare benign disease that mostly occurs in women of reproductive age. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 32-year-old female patient recently diagnosed with multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules. She has the symptoms of dry cough, chest tightness, dyspnea on exe...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng D,Zhang F,Hu K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-abdominal infection (IAI) after hepatectomy is an important morbidity. Identification of risk factors that could be avoided in the perioperative period may reduce the prevalence of IAI after hepatectomy for hepatocelluar carcinoma (HCC).Between January 1995 and December 2009, all patients with HCC who underwent ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tang H,Lu W,Yang Z,Jiang K,Chen Y,Lu S,Dong J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although studies have shown that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and hypertension are linked as comorbidities, it remains unclear whether COPD is independently associated with the risk of hypertension or is caused by common risk factors such as age and smoking. The objective of this study was to investiga...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim SH,Park JH,Lee JK,Heo EY,Kim DK,Chung HS

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the clinical, microbiologic, and outcome characteristics of 72 patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated histoplasmosis (4 newly described) reported in Europe over 20 years (1984-2004). Seven cases (9.7%) were acquired in Europe (autochthonous), whereas the majority involved a history of ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Antinori S,Magni C,Nebuloni M,Parravicini C,Corbellino M,Sollima S,Galimberti L,Ridolfo AL,Wheat LJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare preoperative dual-time point F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake pattern with intraoperative 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) fluorescence in high-grade gliomas. In addition, we assessed for possible associations with a pathologic parameter (Ki-67 index).Thirty-one patients with high-gr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim YI,Cho KG,Jang SJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have investigated the incidence of and risk factors for acute exacerbation (AE) in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) after lung resection surgery. However, the incidence and risk factors for AE-ILD after non-pulmonary surgery are not known. The aim of this study was to investigate the incid...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Takao S,Masuda T,Yamaguchi K,Sakamoto S,Horimasu Y,Nakashima T,Miyamoto S,Iwamoto H,Fujitaka K,Hamada H,Hattori N

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary cutaneous non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) is an uncommon entity, representing 10% of all extranodal NHLs. Among all cutaneous sites, the scalp is a rare site of representation. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 92-year-old Chinese man visited our hospital with a multiple-nodular huge scalp mass on the right parieto-oc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liao C,Yang M,Liu P,Zhang W

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in breast cancer management might make the use of postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) redundant in the treatment of pT1/T2N1 patients. We investigated the impact of PMRT on disease-free survival (DFS) in these patients who have a low risk of locoregional recurrence (LRR) after contemporary multidiscipli...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang JS,Lee J,Kim KH,Sohn JH,Kim SI,Park BW,Chung HC,Keum KC,Suh CO,Kim YB

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic heart failure (CHF), the final phase of various heart diseases, is a serious public health problem resulting in high hospitalization rates, mortality, and increasing health care costs. Nuanxin capsule (NXC), a Chinese herbal formula, has been widely used in the treatment of CHF. However, the safety a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li Z,Zhang Y,Yuan T

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), prognostic indicators to customize subsequent biologically conformal radiation therapy may be obtained via 2-(fluorine-18)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). This retrospective study assessed the prognostic signi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Fei Z,Chen C,Huang Y,Qiu X,Li Y,Li L,Chen T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostaglandin E1 (P) or methylcobalamin (M) treatment has been suggested as a therapeutic approach for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in many clinical trial reports. However, the combined effects of 2 drugs still remain dubious. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this report was to evaluate the efficacy of M plus P...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jiang DQ,Zhao SH,Li MX,Jiang LL,Wang Y,Wang Y

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in the mechanism of action and potential pleiotropic effects between statins and fibrates would potentially drive a different effect on various laboratory parameters, but this remains controversial because of a paucity of reports comparing them. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the effects o...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Takeuchi S,Takahashi Y,Asai S

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) and lacunar infarcts are common manifestations of cerebral small vessel disease. However, the association between the location of CMBs and lacunar infarcts is unclear. Our study aimed to clarify the relationship between the location of CMBs and lacunar infarcts.This study retrospectively an...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Gao Z,Zhai Y,Zhao X,Wang W,Wu W,Wang Z,Liu R,Wang X

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:B-type Raf kinase (BRAF) mutation is proved to be a critical predictive factor in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) with aggressive characteristics. However, the association between BRAF mutation and cervical lymphatic metastasis in PTC is controversial. METHODS:We searched papers on the study of BRAF mutation...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma H,Wang R,Fang J,Zhong Q,Chen X,Hou L,Feng L,Chen X,Huang Z,Zhao H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess whether the pattern of presentation and the outcome of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) have changed over the last 3 decades, we evaluated 1400 patients, divided into 3 groups: group I (1975-1987), group II (1988-1997), and group III (1998-2007). We observed a significant increase in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Varettoni M,Corso A,Cocito F,Mangiacavalli S,Pascutto C,Zappasodi P,Pica G,Lazzarino M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy has been well established for the management of primary and recurrent inguinal hernias. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has now been accepted as a less invasive alternative to conventional laparoscopic surgery. However, commercially available access devices for SILS had ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chen QL,Chen K,Huang DY,Pan Y,Yan JF,Wang XF,Cai XY

更新日期：2020-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The correlation between single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs12807809 in Neurogranin (NRGN) gene and Schizophrenia (SCZ) was investigated by several studies, whereas the results were conflicting. Thus, we performed the present meta-analysis to combine and analyze the available studies in order to provide a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Jin L,An Z,Xu B,Mu D,Fu S,Hu H,Shi Y,Luo X,Yi Q

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is an observational study to determine the most relevant parameter of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for predicting recurrence in cervical cancer. Fifty-six patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIB-IVA cervical can...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hong JH,Min KJ,Lee JK,So KA,Jung US,Kim S,Eo JS

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) has been divided into 4 consensus molecular subtypes (CMSs), of which CMS4 has the mesenchymal identity and the highest relapse rate. Our goal is to develop a prognostic signature by integrating the immune system and mesenchymal modalities involved in CMS4. METHODS:The gene expressio...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang B,Wang L,Liu Z,Shao B,Jiang W,Shu P

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 beta (HNF1B) plays an important role in embryonic development, namely in the kidney, pancreas, liver, genital tract, and gut. Heterozygous germline mutations of HNF1B are associated with the renal cysts and diabetes syndrome (RCAD). Affected individuals may present a variety of renal develo...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Alvelos MI,Rodrigues M,Lobo L,Medeira A,Sousa AB,Simão C,Lemos MC

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, there is no clear agreement regarding which is the best method to detect a connective tissue disease (CTD) during the initial diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases (ILD). The aim of our study was to explore the impact of a systematic diagnostic strategy to detect CTD-associated ILD (CTD-ILD) in clinical pra...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Hernandez-Gonzalez F,Prieto-González S,Brito-Zeron P,Cuerpo S,Sanchez M,Ramirez J,Agustí C,Lucena CM,Paradela M,Grafia I,Espinosa G,Sellares J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aim to screen the mutations of 3 hearing loss (HL) genes (GJB2, SLC26A4, and 12S rRNA) in 71 cases with nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL) using microarray and SNPscan, and identify the roles of nonhotspot mutation of these genes in the screening of NSHL. Seventy-one cases with moderate or severe neurosensory deafnes...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Han R,Li L,Duan L,Xia Y,Kuyaxi P,Zhao J,Zhao Q,Zhang H,Chen Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mixed convolution kernel alters his properties geographically according to the depicted organ structure, especially for the lung. Therefore, we compared the image quality of the mixed convolution kernel to standard soft and hard kernel reconstructions for different organ structures in thoracic computed tomography ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Neubauer J,Spira EM,Strube J,Langer M,Voss C,Kotter E

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly spreading disease that has been in a public health emergency of international concern since its outbreak in 2020. Due to the complex pathogenesis and susceptibility of COVID-19, many commonly used drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 have not shown excellent cl...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Shao G,Huang S,Cui Y,Yang D

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Colorectal liver metastasis develops in 50% of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, whereas concurrent intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and colorectal liver metastases is extremely rare. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 72-year-old man was referred to our hospital complaining of abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Cheng X,Zhao F,Chen D,Yang P,Zhong W,Xu X,Wang W

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No risk assessment tool is available for identifying high risk population of breast cancer (BCa) in Hong Kong. A case-control study including 918 BCa cases and 923 controls was used to develop the risk assessment model among Hong Kong Chinese women.Each participant received an in-depth interview to obtain their lifest...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang F,Dai J,Li M,Chan WC,Kwok CC,Leung SL,Wu C,Li W,Yu WC,Tsang KH,Law SH,Lee PM,Wong CK,Shen H,Wong SY,Yang XR,Tse LA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the trends in consumption of antibiotics and evaluate the antibiotic prescription rates in the pediatric population in Lithuania during 2003 to 2012.A cross-sectional study. Data of systemic antibiotic use in pediatric population for outpatient treatment was derived from Nati...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Karinauske E,Kasciuskeviciute S,Morkuniene V,Garuoliene K,Kadusevicius E

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter-related bladder discomfort (CRBD) is a distressing symptom complex after surgery, especially in male patients who have had urinary catheterization under general anesthesia. In this prospective, randomized, controlled trial, we compared dorsal penile nerve block (DPNB) with 0.33% ropivacaine with intravenous t...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li JY,Yi ML,Liao R

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00