Objective To investigate the method to repair immedicable ulcer in skull cap in senile patient and the clinical effect of expanded bipedical axialflap in skull cap. Methods From September 2002 to June 2006, 5 patients with immedicable and chronic ulcer in skull cap were treated. All patients were males, aging 55-76 years. Among them, the causes of disease were trauma in 1 case, infection in 1 case, squamous cell carcinoma in 2 cases, and basal cell carcinoma in 1case. The disease course was 625 months. All patients had been treated by 1-4 operations. The area of ulcer ranged from 5 cm×3 cm to 10 cm×9 cm. At first stage,soft tissue expander was implanted under the frontal branch of superficial temporal artery and the musculus frontalis according to preoperative design. Then periodic saline injection was carried out after operation. At second stage, the soft tissue expander was taken out. The immedicable ulcer in skull cap was removed,then expanded bipedical axial flap in forehead was designed and transferred to the wound according to the size of the wound. And the donor site was covered with odd expanded flap or splitthickness skin graft. The defect size was 6.0 cm×3.5 cm to 12.0 cm×10.5 cm. The size of the flap was from 26 cm×10 cm to 34 cm×17cm. Results All the expanded bipedical axial flap survived after operation. The wound had a primary healing. The donor sites healed well. No complications occurred at donor site. All patients were followed up from 3 to 24 months (mean 10 months).No ulcer recurrence and no incompetence in papebral fissurewas found. The patients were satisfied with the operation results. Conclusion The satisfactory clinical results are obtained in repairing immedical ulcer in skull cap in old patients by using expanded bipedical axial flap in skull cap. This operation design can be used as a new method to repair immedical ulcer in skull cap in senile patients.
ObjectiveTo compare the clinical effect of proximal femoral nail antirotation (PFNA) and locking proximal femoral plate (LPFP) for femoral intertrochanteric fracture in elderly patients. MethodsWe respectively analyzed the clinical data of 116 senile patients with femoral intertrochanteric fracture treated between October 2008 and March 2014. Among them, 60 were treated with PFNA, and 56 were treated with LPFP. We compared the two groups of patients in terms of operating time, surgical blood loss, surgical complications, walking exercise time, fracture healing time and joint function recovery. ResultsA total of 115 patients had regular follow-up from 12 to 24 months (averaging 15.7 months). One patient died. The operating time was (83.26±14.81) minutes in PFNA group and (102.58±15.31) minutes in LPFP group. The surgical blood loss was (202.16±33.14) mL in PFNA group and (255.80±45.92) mL in LPFP group. The walking exercise time was (1.80±0.91) weeks in PFNA group and (3.48±3.03) weeks in LPFP group. The fracture healing time was (11.80±2.26) weeks in PFNA group and (12.14±2.21) weeks in LPFP group. The postoperative Harris score for hip joint was 84.56±9.55 in PFNA group and 82.47±9.22 in LPFP group. There were statistical differences in operating time, surgical blood loss and walking exercise time (P<0.05), while no statistical differences were found in fracture healing time and postoperative Harris score for hip joint (P>0.05). ConclusionPFNA and LPFP are effective methods for femoral intertrochanteric fracture in elderly people, but PFNA has a shorter operating time, less surgical blood loss and earlier walking exercise time.
ObjectiveTo evaluate the feasibility and safety of da Vinci robotic surgery for elderly patients with pulmonary lobectomy. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 50 patients in General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region of Thoracic Surgery between May 2012 and March 2015.The patients were divided into two groups. Twenty five patients aged over 70 years underwent radical operation of lung cancer with da Vinci Robot System were allocated into a robot group with 17 males and 8 females at age of 72.6 ±2.5 years. Another 25 senile patients with radical surgery by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) were allocated into a thoracoscopic group with 17 males and 8 females at age of 72.5±2.4 years. The patients in the two groups underwent pulmonary lobectomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection. The clinical effect of the two groups was compared. ResultsAll patients were diagnosed as lung cancer. Twenty five patients all completed surgery under da Vinci Robot System in the robot group. In the thoracoscopic group, one patient was converted to thoracotomy. There were statistical differences in amount of blood loss (66.2±44.2 ml vs. 356.0±349.2 ml, P=0.000), lymph node number (23.2±9.8 vs. 11.3±5.6, P=0.012), and postoperative bed time (3.5±0.9 d vs. 4.2±1.1 d, P=0.017) between the two groups. Effect in the robot group was superior to that in the thoracoscopic group. ConclusionDa Vinci robotic surgery system for elderly patients with lung cancer radical surgery is safe, effective, and less thoracoscopic surgery trauma, recovery faster.