To introduce the experience of professor JIA Chun-sheng in rapid analgesia and motor function rehabilitation by subcutaneous penetration needling of auricular acupuncture.Subcutaneous penetration needling of auricular...To introduce the experience of professor JIA Chun-sheng in rapid analgesia and motor function rehabilitation by subcutaneous penetration needling of auricular acupuncture.Subcutaneous penetration needling of auricular acupuncture plays a role in rapid analgesia and motor function rehabilitation in treatment of pain in limbs and trunk and/or limb dysfunction caused by migraine,cervical spondylosis,acute lumbar sprain,soft tissue injury,scapulohumeral periarthritis,lumbar disc herniation,sciatica,stroke or cerebral trauma,and it is worthy of being widely promoted and applied clinically.展开更多
Background:Endoscopic ultrasound(EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration(FNA)has become the preferred method to diagnose pancreatic masses due to its minimally invasive approach and diagnostic accuracy.Many studies have sh...Background:Endoscopic ultrasound(EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration(FNA)has become the preferred method to diagnose pancreatic masses due to its minimally invasive approach and diagnostic accuracy.Many studies have shown that rapid on-site evaluation(ROSE)improves diagnostic yield by 10–30%;however,more recent studies have demonstrated effective diagnostic accuracy rates without ROSE.Our study aims to examine whether the current standard of performing ROSE after each FNA pass adds diagnostic value during EUS-guided FNA of pancreatic masses.Methods:We conducted a retrospective case series on patients who underwent EUS-guided FNA of pancreatic masses between February 2011 and October 2014.All cases were performed by one of three endoscopists at Emory University Hospital.Patient demographics,radiologic details of pancreatic masses and pathology reports of the biopsied pancreatic masses were examined.Results:A total of 184 procedures performed in 171 patients were reviewed.The final pathology reports of the biopsied pancreatic masses showed 128(70%)with confirmed malignancy.Only 64(50%)of these 128 cases initially showed malignant cells during ROSE.Among these 64 cases,23%required 5 or more FNA passes to first detect malignant cells.Conclusions:The use of ROSE during EUS-guided FNA of pancreatic masses may increase the diagnostic yield,since malignant cells were often detected during later FNA passes that would otherwise be missed if tissue sampling stopped prematurely.In addition,sample preparation for ROSE may be suboptimal,since malignant cells were only detected in 50%of cases.展开更多
文摘To introduce the experience of professor JIA Chun-sheng in rapid analgesia and motor function rehabilitation by subcutaneous penetration needling of auricular acupuncture.Subcutaneous penetration needling of auricular acupuncture plays a role in rapid analgesia and motor function rehabilitation in treatment of pain in limbs and trunk and/or limb dysfunction caused by migraine,cervical spondylosis,acute lumbar sprain,soft tissue injury,scapulohumeral periarthritis,lumbar disc herniation,sciatica,stroke or cerebral trauma,and it is worthy of being widely promoted and applied clinically.
文摘Background:Endoscopic ultrasound(EUS)-guided fine needle aspiration(FNA)has become the preferred method to diagnose pancreatic masses due to its minimally invasive approach and diagnostic accuracy.Many studies have shown that rapid on-site evaluation(ROSE)improves diagnostic yield by 10–30%;however,more recent studies have demonstrated effective diagnostic accuracy rates without ROSE.Our study aims to examine whether the current standard of performing ROSE after each FNA pass adds diagnostic value during EUS-guided FNA of pancreatic masses.Methods:We conducted a retrospective case series on patients who underwent EUS-guided FNA of pancreatic masses between February 2011 and October 2014.All cases were performed by one of three endoscopists at Emory University Hospital.Patient demographics,radiologic details of pancreatic masses and pathology reports of the biopsied pancreatic masses were examined.Results:A total of 184 procedures performed in 171 patients were reviewed.The final pathology reports of the biopsied pancreatic masses showed 128(70%)with confirmed malignancy.Only 64(50%)of these 128 cases initially showed malignant cells during ROSE.Among these 64 cases,23%required 5 or more FNA passes to first detect malignant cells.Conclusions:The use of ROSE during EUS-guided FNA of pancreatic masses may increase the diagnostic yield,since malignant cells were often detected during later FNA passes that would otherwise be missed if tissue sampling stopped prematurely.In addition,sample preparation for ROSE may be suboptimal,since malignant cells were only detected in 50%of cases.
