The long-term impact of tumor burden in pT3N0M0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A propensity score-matched analysis.

abstract：RATIONALE:Hepatoid adenocarcinoma (HAC) of the fallopian tubes is a rare malignant tumor in the female reproductive system. PATIENT CONCERNS:An 81-year-old Chinese woman presented with an elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level. DIAGNOSIS:Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan revealed a ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li M,Yang K,Wang P

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational exposure remains a serious problem for medical staff, especially those working in operation rooms. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is prevalent in patients undergoing surgery, and anesthesiologists are at risk of occupational acquisition of blood-borne HBV infection. To the best of our knowledge, there are no dat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tian J,Tan F,Lai L,Deng Y,Chi X,Geng H,Zhu Q

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(Sca) is a ubiquitous filamentous fungus capable of causing invasive disease. We reviewed our electronic microbiology records and the English-language literature. Between 1976 and December 1999 we identified 23 solid organ transplant recipients with Sca infection, 7 of which occurred between December 1987 and December...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Castiglioni B,Sutton DA,Rinaldi MG,Fung J,Kusne S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of metabolic diseases resulting from impaired insulin secretion and/or action. DM is characterized by hyperglycemia that can lead to the dysfunction or damage of organs, including the salivary glands.The aim of this study was to compare the levels of salivary lactate dehydrogenase (LD...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Malicka B,Skoskiewicz-Malinowska K,Kaczmarek U

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Low-grade fibromyxoid sarcoma (LGFMS) is a pathological type of fibrosing fibrosarcoma that appears as a distinctive soft tissue masse with bland histological features. It is mostly located in the deep soft tissues of the extremities. Computed tomography (CT) plays an important role in diagnosing fibrosing fi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang G,Zhao Z,Wei J,Yang J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To provide a basis for disease prevention, this article aimed to clarify the incidence and risk factors of traumatic fractures in China.The China National Fracture Study (CNFS) was a retrospective epidemiological study that recruited a nationally representative sample from 8 provinces, 24 urban cities, and 24 rural co...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liu B,Zhu Y,Liu S,Chen W,Zhang F,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study will examine the effects of oxymatrine on the proliferation of human liver cancer Bel-7404 cells (HLCBC). METHODS:This study will search electronic bibliographic databases available in PUBMED, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, China Biolog...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li J,Liu ZY,Yu HB,Xue Q,Qu XS

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of consecutive patients.The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical effect of biomimetic mineralized collagen (MC) modified polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement and traditional PMMA bone cement for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF).New fracture on...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang X,Kou JM,Yue Y,Weng XS,Qiu ZY,Zhang XF

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Historically, traumatic injuries include penetrating and blunt lesions. Impalement injury represents one of the rarest and potentially dramatic forms of penetrating trauma. If patient reaches hospital alive and is hemodynamically stable, there is a good chance that patient overcomes the traumatic event. Howev...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ugoletti L,Zizzo M,Castro Ruiz C,Pavesi E,Biolchini F,Annessi V

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulinoma is a rare type tumor and its genetic features remain largely unknown. This study aimed to search for potential key genes and relevant enriched pathways of insulinoma.The gene expression data from GSE73338 were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus database. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were ident...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhou W,Gong L,Li X,Wan Y,Wang X,Li H,Jiang B

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：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 investigate the effect of auxiliary Kirschner wire (K-wire) technique in the closed reduction of children with Gartland type III supracondylar humerus fractures by comparing with manual reduction alone.Retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 68 cases of supracondylar humerus fr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dong L,Wang Y,Qi M,Wang S,Ying H,Shen Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Ramsay Hunt syndrome in conjunction with cranial polyneuritis is not extensively documented, and is very easily misdiagnosed. PATIENT CONCERNS:A case of a 53-year-old male with Ramsay Hunt syndrome in conjunction with cranial polyneuritis is presented with early symptoms of vertigo, cephalalgia, and facial p...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng RW,Liu D,Eric TE,Ning YZ,Chen LL,Hu H,Ren Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody (anti-MDA5 Ab) is an autoantigen associated with dermatomyositis (DM). Anti-MDA5 Ab-positive DM patients frequently exhibit clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM), and develop rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RPILD). Even with ear...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Watanabe T,Takizawa N,Nagasaka T,Nakamura Y,Ikai H,Yamamoto M,Murai Y,Takasugi K,Yokoyama-Kokuryo W,Fujita Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:When patients are intubated and treated with mechanical ventilation, the upper respiratory tract is bypassed by the flow of dry and cold air. To prevent disturbances of airway homeostasis, a heat and moisture exchanger filter (HMEF) has been applied to breathing circuit. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 4-month-old male i...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee JE,Kim JH,Kim SO

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A congenital peribronchial myofibroblastic tumor (CPMT) is a rare benign tumor arising from the lungs. Although CPMT is a benign tumor, it is characterized by rapid growth, and is easily misdiagnosed during the prenatal period when the symptoms are nonspecific. The authors present a rare case of CPMT in a premature in...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xia B,Yu G,Hong C,Zhang L,Tang J,Liu C

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is the most common genetic disease in Caucasians which is characterized by an increased intestinal iron absorption, resulting into a progressive accumulation of iron in organs including liver, heart, and pancreas, leading to their progressive dysfunction. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Nowak A,Giger RS,Krayenbuehl PA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of patients underwent hemiarthroplasty for proximal femoral fracture converted to total hip arthroplasty (THA).A total of 138 patients from October 2009 till October 2014 had conversion of their failed hemiarthroplasties following a proximal femoral fracture to total ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Taheriazam A,Saeidinia A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify clinical signs and symptoms of ovarian torsion (OT) in children and to develop a simple predictive score.A chart review of patients with acute adnexal pathologies treated at the University Children's Hospital Basel, Switzerland, between March 2006 and June 2015 was performed. Medi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bolli P,Schädelin S,Holland-Cunz S,Zimmermann P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies have reported an association between cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated antigen 4 gene (CTLA4) polymorphism and susceptibility to asthma, in different populations, but the results have been inconsistent. We performed a meta-analysis of 19 published case-control studies to obtain a reasonably ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng Y,Wang H,Luo L,Liao L,You L,Wang J,Li Q

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the psychological distress and associated risk factors for distress among patients with gastric epithelial neoplasm undergoing endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).A total of 91 patients treated with ESD for gastric epithelial neoplasm between May 2015 and June 2016 were prospectively en...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lee S,Oh ST,Lee H,Lee JS,Pak H,Choi WJ,Jeon HH

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the hypothesis if tocilizumab (TCZ) is effective on disease activity, and also its effect in fatigue and other clinical and psychological disease-related factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with TCZ.A 24-week, multicenter, prospective, observational study in patients with moderate to s...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Corominas H,Alegre C,Narváez J,Fernández-Cid CM,Torrente-Segarra V,Gómez MR,Pan FM,Morlà RM,Martínez FJR,Gómez-Centeno A,Ares LL,Molina RG,González-Albo SP,Dalmau-Carolà J,Pérez-García C,Álvarez CB,Ercole L,Terrancle MÁ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inferior border of the femoral head (IBFH) is widely used as a landmark in femoral artery puncture during invasive coronary angiography (ICA). However, application of this technique can be challenging especially in obese patients. This study was performed to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Kim M,Kim MA,Kim HL,Lee WJ,Lim WH,Seo JB,Kim SH,Zo JH

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The argument on the clinical effects of previous anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction on total knee arthroplasty (TKA) remains to be resolved. The aim of the current study was to compare operative and postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing TKA after ACL reconstruction with a matched cohort ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wang LZ,Liu AH,Wen DJ,Zhou YT

更新日期：2020-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a globally well-accepted surgery because of its good outcome and safety. Although TKA-associated arterial injuries occur, postoperative anterior tibial artery (ATA) occlusion has not been reported yet. Herein, we present a case of ATA occlusion after TKA. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 4...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Li X,Song Y,Wang J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains difficult to treat, despite the recent advances in various anticancer therapies. Immuno-inflammatory response is considered to be a major risk factor for the development of PC in addition to a combination of genetic background and environmental factors. Although patients with P...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Chang JH,Jiang Y,Pillarisetty VG

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on the association between serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism and premature ejaculation (PE) have led to inconsistent results. The purpose of the present meta-analysis was to examine whether 5-HTTLPR polymorphism is associated with PE susceptibility.All eligible st...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ye N,Huang Y,Zhao H,Li G

更新日期：2020-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The hedgehog signaling pathway was first discovered in the 1980s. It is a stem cell-related pathway that plays a crucial role in embryonic development, tissue regeneration, and organogenesis. Aberrant activation of hedgehog signaling leads to pathological consequences, including a variety of human tumors such as pancr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bai Y,Bai Y,Dong J,Li Q,Jin Y,Chen B,Zhou M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this nationwide population-based cohort study, we aimed to evaluate the effects of sleep-related breathing disorders (SBD) on migraine development.Patients ages 20 years or more and diagnosed with SBD between 2000 and 2009 were evaluated as the SBD cohort (n = 3411), and compared with comparison cohort (n = 13,644)...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Harnod T,Wang YC,Kao CH

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00