Objective To summarize the general situation of perioperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) and summarize the perioperative antithrombotic strategies. Methods Domestic and international literatures and guidelines on antithrombotic therapy were collect and reviewed. Results VTE was common during the perioperative period. Reasonable assessment of each patient’s condition during the perioperative period, as well as reasonable use of anticoagulant, antiplatelet drugs, and hemostatic agents could reduce the incidence of VTE events during the perioperative period. Conclusions Clinicians need to properly assess the timing of the usage and discontinuation of antithrombotic drugs, weigh the risk of thrombosis and bleeding, develop a rational and scientific antithrombotic strategy based on the specific circumstances of each patient. Simultaneously, hemostatic agents need to be prescribed perioperatively to reduce the incidence of thromboembolic complications.
Objective To approach the convenient prediction methods about surgical indications of adhesive ileus. Methods Two thousand and thirtyfour patients with adhesive ileus were analyzed retrospectively between January 1996 and January 2010 in the Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University， and 1 992 patients were included into this model. Seventeen factors which could influence the surgical decisions, including period of intestinal obstruction (X1), frequency of attack (X2), history of operation on abdominal region (X3), continuous and severe abdominal pain (X4), severe or frequent vomiting (X5), severe abdominal distention (X6), hemafecia (X7), fever (X8), heart rate (X9), shock or hypotension (X10), touching a swell ansa intestinalis (X11), hypoactive bowel sound (X12), peritonitis (X13), white blood cell (WBC) count of peripheral blood (X14), obstruction ansa interstinalis fixation and a severe expansion by abdominal erect position plain film (X15), peritoneal cavity free air (X16), and seroperitoneum whether or not by B ultrasonic examination (X17) were analyzed by binary logistic regression. Then prediction schedule whether patients with adhesive ileus needed emergency operation was gained by the theory of logistic regression analysis. Results Eight items were included in the prediction model by the method of forward stepwise which were X1, X2, X4, X9, X13, X14, X15, and X17, respectively. The probability of operation could be calculated by the following formula: logit(P)=expZ/（1+expZ）, where, Z={-7.813+〔-1.942×X1(1)/2.290×X1(2)/2.765×X1(3)〕+2.801×X2+2.692×X4+10.610×X9(1)/13.279×X9(2)+3.422×X13+〔-3.048×X14(1)/16.992×X14(2)〕+6.113×X15+2×X17}， which X1（1）, X1（2）, and X1（3） were periods of intestinal obstruction 3－5 d, 5－7 d, and ≥7 d, respectively. X9(1) and X9(2) were heart rates of 60－100/min and ≥100/min, respectively. X14(1) and X14(2) were WBC counts of peripheral blood of (10-20)×109/L and ≥20×109/L， respectively. The patient had to accept surgical procedure when the value of P was more than 0.5. The coincidence was 99.00%, sensitivity was 96.17%, specificity was 99.53% in 1 992 patients. The coincidence was 96.20%, sensitivity was 90.00%, specificity was 96.84% in 105 patients between January 2010 and April 2010 in this hospital. Conclusion The prediction schedule is a good useful value, but the coefficients is corrected following the cases increasing.
ObjectiveTo summarize the changes of inguinal hernia in The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University in the past 7 years and the curative effect of each procedure.MethodsRetrospectively searched the clinical data of 1 078 patients with inguinal hernia operated in The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University from January 2011 to December 2017. According to the surgical procedure, patients were divided into tissue repair group, laparoscopic hernia repair group (laparoscopic group), and open tension-free hernia repair group (open group). Subsequently, the patients of the open group were divided into the mesh plug technique group, the plain patch technique group, and the Ultrapro Hernia System (UHS) group. The postoperative of each procedure, such as recurrence, chronic pain, foreign body sensation, hard touch of the surgical site, male sexual function, and fertility status were compared.ResultsIn 1 078 patients, 52 patients underwent tissue repair, 889 patients underwent open tension-free hernia repair (687 patients were counted with mesh-seal tablets, 100 patients with plain patch count, 102 patients with preperitoneal hernia repair), and 137 patients underwent laparoscopic hernia repair. There was no significant difference in the incidence of total complication, chronic pain, foreign body sensation, and male sexual function decline in the laparoscopic group and the open group (P>0.05). However, the recurrence rate and hard touch of the surgical site rate of the laparoscopic group were lower (P<0.05), and the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) score was also slightly lower (P=0.047). There was no significant difference in the incidence of the recurrence, chronic pain, foreign body sensation, and male sexual function decline between the three subgroups of the open group, but the total complication rate and hard touch of the surgical site rate in the UHS group were lower than those in the mesh plug group and the plain patch group (P<0.05).ConclusionsLaparoscopic repair of the inguinal herniorrhaphy has lower incidence of occurrence, it is worthy of clinical promotion. In the open tension-free surgery, the retroperitoneal herniorrhaphy may be a better choice.
ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of using alanyl-glutamine dipeptide on clinical outcome for gastric cancer patients with nutritional risk after total gastrectomy. MethodsThis study was carried out in the period from March to August 2015. The nutritional risk was screened by continuous sampling method in the new hospitalized patients with gastric cancer who would undergo total gastrectomy. The patients were grouped randomly. Alanyl-glutamine was given to the experimental group patients. The clinical data of the two groups were analyzed, such as the laboratory parame-ters of nutritional status and hepatorenal function, complications of surgery, the nutrition-related hospitalization day, etc. ResultsThe preoperative data were consistent in the two groups of the included 40 cases. The results showed, in the third and seventh days after surgery, the level of plasma albumin was higher in the experimental group than in the control group〔(33.9±5.6) g/L vs. (30.8±4.0) g/L and (36.6±3.9) g/L vs. (33.9±4.2) g/L, respectively). Also, the CD4+/CD8+ cells immune index was significantly improved in the experimental group after surgery (1.7±0.7 vs. 1.2±0.3, P < 0.05). The recovery time of intestinal function〔(65.7±5.3) h vs. (71.6±7.2)h, P < 0.01)〕and nutrition-related hospitalization day〔(10.1±1.8) d vs. (11.7±1.9)d, P < 0.01)〕in alanyl-glutamine dipeptide group were shorted than that in the control group. No serious adverse drug reactions were found in the patients during the treatment period. ConclusionApplication alanyl-glutamine to the patients with nutritional risk after total gastrectomy could partly improve clinical outcome indicators.