ObjectiveTo investigate clinical outcomes and summarize perioperative management experience of heart valve replacement (HVR)in elderly patients. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed clinical data of 47 elderly patients undergoing HVR in Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College from January 2011 to May 2014. There were 19 male and 28 female patients with their age of 60-79 years. There were 35 patients with rheumatic heart disease, 10 patients with degenerative valvular disease, and 2 patients with congenital bicuspid aortic valve. Preoperatively, there were 23 patients in NYHA functional class Ⅱ, 19 patients in class Ⅲ, and 5 patients in class Ⅳ. All the patients received HVR under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and some patients received concomitant tricuspid valvuloplasty (TVP), left atrial thrombectomy or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Postoperative mortality, morbidity and heart function improvement were evaluated. ResultsTwenty-seven patients received mitral valve replacement (MVR), 15 patients received aortic valve replacement (AVR), and 5 patients received MVR+AVR. Concomitantly, 4 patients received TVP, 3 patients received left atrial thrombectomy, and 6 patients received CABG. Operation time was 138-412 (196±52)minutes, CPB time was 48-301 (108±33)minutes, aortic cross-clamping time was 34-196 (87±21)minutes, and length of hospital stay was 12-31 (19±5)days. There was no intraoperative death, and 2 patients (4.3%)died postoperatively because of left ventricular failure and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome respectively. Twenty-three patients (51.1%)had postoperative complications including respiratory failure in 6 patients, pulmonary infection in 5 patients, arrhythmias in 5 patients, wound infection in 2 patients, pleural effusion in 2 patients, low cardiac output syndrome in 2 patients, and acute renal failure in 1 patient. Forty-five survival patients were followed up by telephone, online video and at the outpatient department for 1-32 months, and follow-up rate was 100%. There were 11 patients in NYHA functional classⅠ, 32 patients in class Ⅱ, and 2 patients in class Ⅲ. ConclusionAccording to clinical characteristics of elderly patients with valvular heart disease, meticulous surgical techniques and perioperative management can effectively reduce mortality and morbidity after HVR.
目的 讨论多窗技术+凝血酶封闭在CT导向下经皮肺穿刺活检中的应用价值。 方法 2009年6月－2010年3月收集分析由同一工作组连续完成的CT导向下肺穿刺活检患者共128例，其中A组58例，采用双窗技术+注射生理盐水；B组70例，采用多窗技术+注射凝血酶）。比较两组患者的诊断阳性率、气胸及肺出血发生率的差异。 结果 128例均穿刺成功，A组的穿刺诊断阳性率、气胸发生率及肺出血发生率分别为87.9%、13.8%、17.5%。B组的穿刺诊断阳性率为92.9%，气胸发生率为8.6%，肺出血发生率为5.7%。两组穿刺诊断阳性率和气胸发生率的差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）；B组肺出血的发生率均明显低于A组，两组间肺内出血的发生率差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。 结论 多窗技术+凝血酶针道封闭技术能有助于减少气胸、肺出血等肺穿刺活术的并发症，具有重要的临床应用价值。
ObjectiveTo explore the safety, effectiveness and minimally invasive cosmetic evaluation results of treatment for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) by video-assisted lateral neck dissection (VALND) or open lateral neck dissection (OLND).MethodsThe clinical data of patients with PTC who received surgical treatment in the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School from June 2015 to December 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. The data of 94 cases in the VALND group (n=47) and the OLND group (n=47) were finally included in this study, and perioperative conditions and minimally invasive cosmetic evaluation results between the two groups were studied.ResultsThere were no statistical differences of lateral metastatic lymph node numbers, operative time, postoperative drainage volume, drainage tube removal time and postoperative hospitalization days between the two groups (P>0.05). The lateral retrieved lymph node numbers, intraoperative blood loss, the degree of cervical paresthesia and the degree of cosmetic satisfaction in the VALND group were significantly better than those in the OLND group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference of surgical complications between the two groups (P>0.05).ConclusionWithout sacrificing surgical safety and effectiveness, VALND has better cosmetic effect and less neck trauma than OLND, which is worthy of clinical application and promotion.