Portal hypertension caused by viral post hepatic liver cirrhosis has brought a heavy burden to medical treatment in China. In addition to liver transplantation, the treatments include drugs, endoscopy, intervention and surgery, but the effect is not satisfactory. At present, the consensus and guideline for portal hypertension often focuse on a single treatment, and there is an urgent need for reasonable, standardized and individualized treatment to minimize the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and improve the long-term survival of patients, which should also be the ultimate goal of multi-disciplinary treatment (MDT) mode of portal hypertension. The MDT diagnosis and treatment method of portal hypertension needs to be obtained in combination with the general situation of patients (including liver function level, upper gastrointestinal bleeding risk, hypersplenism, etc.) and local medical advantages. For patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding, the treatment with less trauma and good hemostatic effect should be selected as far as possible. Patients with previous bleeding history or bleeding cessation should improve the relevant evaluation as soon as possible and submit it to MDT for discussion and selection of the next appropriate treatment. Drugs and endoscopy can be used for high-risk groups of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Whether surgical preventive treatment can benefit patients or not needs further large sample research support. Minimally invasive surgery is the development direction of surgical treatment. Combination of internal and external treatment may give full play to their respective advantages, reducing the risk of bleeding and improving long-term survival.
Objective To compare the analgesic effect, duration and incidence of adverse reactions of liposome bupivacaine (LB) and bupivacaine hydrochloride after intercostal nerve block in single-port thoracoscopic lung surgery. Methods In Department of Thoracic Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University between September 2023 and March 2024, 228 patients who needed to undergo thoracoscopic lung surgery were selected and divided into two groups by random number table method: a group B with bupivacaine hydrochloride (n=118), and a group LB with LB (n=110). Intraoperative intercostal nerve block was performed under endoscopy, and the time of first use of analgesic drugs after surgery, cumulative use of opioids 72 h after surgery, incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting, length of stay and other indicators were evaluated and recorded. Results Visual analogue scale (VAS) scores at 4 h, 8 h, 12 h, 24 h, 48 h and 72 h in the LB group were significantly lower than those in the group B (P<0.05). The total number of activities within 48 h after surgery in the group B was significantly lower than that in the LB group (P<0.05), and the postoperative hospitalization stay in the LB group was shorter than that in the group B, but the difference was not statistically significant. There was no statistical difference between the two groups in postoperative adverse reactions. Conclusion Intercostal nerve block with LB during single-port thoracoscopic lung surgery can significantly reduce postoperative pain, improve quality of life, and promote recovery of the patients. It is worthy of clinical application.
【Abstract】ObjectiveTo prospectively study the effects of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) on the changes of liver function and nutritional metabolism in postoperative patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension. MethodsFortyeight cases with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension who were collected from February 2003 to January 2004 were randomly divided into 2 groups (24 patients in each group). All patients were given the low calorie parenteral nutrition support and exogenous albumen after operations. Patients in the study group received rhGH from the second day after operations and physiological saline was used in the control group instead. The effects were evaluated in terms of protein metabolism, liver function, blood glucose level at different phases before and after the intervene. Death rates of in patients were also recorded in both groups. ResultsThe rising amplitude of albumen in the study group had been significantly larger than that of the control group from the seventh day after intervene (P＜0.05). The blood transaminase levels (ALT，AST) in the study group were significantly lower than that of the control group (P＜0.05). The blood glucose level of both groups decreased over time and returned to normal on day 14 after intervene, but there was no significant difference for both glucose and plasma bilirubin level between the two groups before and after the intervene (Pgt;0.05). The rates of death were similar, although the length of stay in the study group was much shorter than that of the control group. ConclusionrhGH may inhibit the catabolism, correct hypoproteinemia, improve liver function for postoperative patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension, and reduce their length of stay.