Effect of ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block on the pain, inflammation and oxidation after radical mastectomy

Objective:To study the effect of ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block on the pain, inflammation and oxidation after radical mastectomy.Methods: Patients who underwent radical mastectomy in Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital between March 2015 and December 2017 were selected as the research subjects and randomly divided into the experimental group who accepted ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block combined with general anesthesia and the control group who accepted general anesthesia. The pain mediators, inflammatory molecules and oxidative stress molecules were measured before surgery and 3 d after surgery.Results: Compared with those of same group before surgery, serum NPY, SP, PGE2, CGRP, IL-1β, IL-18, TNF-α, MDA and 8-iso-PGF2 levels as well as peripheral blood NF-κB, NLRP3, NOX4 and MPO expression intensity of both groups of patients were increasing whereas serum SOD levels were decreasing after surgery, and serum NPY, SP, PGE2, CGRP, IL-1β, IL-18, TNF-α, MDA and 8-iso-PGF2 levels as well as peripheral blood NF-κB, NLRP3, NOX4 and MPO expression intensity of experimental group after surgery were lower than those of control group whereas serum SOD level was higher than that of control group.Conclusion:Ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block has significant inhibitory effect on the pain, inflammation and oxidation degree after radical mastectomy.

Development a survival prediction model for patients with Paget disease of the breast based on the SEER database

Background:We explored the risk factors that affect the prognosis of patients with Paget disease of the breast(PD)and constructed a survival prediction model.Methods:The data of PD patients from 2004 to 2014 were collected through the SEER database.The factors affecting the prognosis of PD patients were analysed by a single factor,and the prediction model of the independent risk factor transformation model diagram that affected their 1-,3-,and 5-year survival rates was screened by multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis coefficients.The consistency index was used to evaluate its predictive value,and its predictive performance was tested by the 1000 bootstrap method.Then,the calibration curve was used to verify the predictive performance of the model,and the receiver operating characteristic curve and decision curve analysis were used to assess the sensitivity and practicability of the model compared to the American Cancer Commission staging(AJCC)staging system.Results:The consistency index of the model was 0.795(95%confidence interval 0.773–0.818).The calibration curve shows good consistency,while the receiver operating characteristic curve shows the sensitivity of the model to predict the survival rate of PD at 1,3,and 5 years.Decision curve analysis confirmed that the nomogram can predict the survival rate of PD patients at 1,3,and 5 years instead of the traditional AJCC system.Conclusion:Regarding the independent prognostic factors of age,marital status,AJCC classification,surgery,radiotherapy,chemotherapy and marital status conversion in PD patients,the nomogram established in sequence has higher accuracy and clinical value than the traditional AJCC system.