AIM:To compare long-term results of gastric cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic and open gastrec-tomy in a single unit.METHODS:From February 2000 to September 2004,all patients with adenocarcinoma of the stomach w...AIM:To compare long-term results of gastric cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic and open gastrec-tomy in a single unit.METHODS:From February 2000 to September 2004,all patients with adenocarcinoma of the stomach were assessed to entry in this longitudinal prospective non-randomized trial.Primary endpoint was cancer-related survival and secondary endpoints were overall survival,evaluation of surgical complications and mortality.RESULTS:Fifty-eight patients were enrolled.Forty-seven patients were followed-up(range 11-103,me-dian 38 mo).Four patients were lost at follow up.Twenty-two patients underwent a laparoscopic gastric surgery(LGS)and 25 had a standard open procedure(OGS).No statistical difference was found between the two groups in terms of 5 years cancer-related mortality rate(50% vs 52%,P = 1),and 5 years overall mortal-ity rate(54.5% vs 56%,P = 1).Accordingly,cancer-related and overall survival probability by Kaplan-Meier method showed comparable results(P = 0.81 and P = 0.83,respectively).We found no differences in surgical complications in the 2 groups.There was no conversion to open surgery in this series.CONCLUSION:LGS is as effective as OGS in the man-agement of advanced gastric cancer.However LGS can-not be recommended routinely over OGS for the treat-ment of advanced gastric cancer.展开更多
Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the treatment of traumatic hemothorax by closed pleural drainage using a central venous catheter(CVC),compared with using a conventional chest tube.Methods:A prospectiv...Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the treatment of traumatic hemothorax by closed pleural drainage using a central venous catheter(CVC),compared with using a conventional chest tube.Methods:A prospective controlled study with the Ethics Committee approval was undertaken.A total of 407 patients with traumatic hemothorax were involved and they were randomly assigned to undergo closed pleural drainage with CVCs(n=214) or conventional chest tubes(n=193).The Seldinger technique was used for drainage by CVC,and the conventional technique for drainage by chest tube.If the residual volume of the hemothorax was less than 200 ml after the daily volume of drainage decreased to below 100 ml for two consecutive days,the treatment was considered successful.The correlative data of efficacy and safety between the two groups were analyzed using t or chi-squared tests with SPSS 13.0.A P value of less than 0.05 was taken as indicating statistical significance.Results:Compared with the chest tube group,the operation time,fraction of analgesic treatment,time of surgical wound healing,and infection rate of surgical wounds were significantly decreased(P<0.05) in the CVC group.There were no significant differences between the two groups in the success rate of treatment and the incidence of serious complications(P>0.05),or in the mean catheter/tube indwelling time and mean medical costs of patients treated successfully(P>0.05).Conclusions:Management of medium or large traumatic hemothoraxes by closed thoracic drainage using CVC is minimally invasive and as effective as using a conventional large-bore chest tube.Its complications can be prevented and it has the potential to replace the large-bore chest tube.展开更多
文摘AIM:To compare long-term results of gastric cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic and open gastrec-tomy in a single unit.METHODS:From February 2000 to September 2004,all patients with adenocarcinoma of the stomach were assessed to entry in this longitudinal prospective non-randomized trial.Primary endpoint was cancer-related survival and secondary endpoints were overall survival,evaluation of surgical complications and mortality.RESULTS:Fifty-eight patients were enrolled.Forty-seven patients were followed-up(range 11-103,me-dian 38 mo).Four patients were lost at follow up.Twenty-two patients underwent a laparoscopic gastric surgery(LGS)and 25 had a standard open procedure(OGS).No statistical difference was found between the two groups in terms of 5 years cancer-related mortality rate(50% vs 52%,P = 1),and 5 years overall mortal-ity rate(54.5% vs 56%,P = 1).Accordingly,cancer-related and overall survival probability by Kaplan-Meier method showed comparable results(P = 0.81 and P = 0.83,respectively).We found no differences in surgical complications in the 2 groups.There was no conversion to open surgery in this series.CONCLUSION:LGS is as effective as OGS in the man-agement of advanced gastric cancer.However LGS can-not be recommended routinely over OGS for the treat-ment of advanced gastric cancer.
文摘Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the treatment of traumatic hemothorax by closed pleural drainage using a central venous catheter(CVC),compared with using a conventional chest tube.Methods:A prospective controlled study with the Ethics Committee approval was undertaken.A total of 407 patients with traumatic hemothorax were involved and they were randomly assigned to undergo closed pleural drainage with CVCs(n=214) or conventional chest tubes(n=193).The Seldinger technique was used for drainage by CVC,and the conventional technique for drainage by chest tube.If the residual volume of the hemothorax was less than 200 ml after the daily volume of drainage decreased to below 100 ml for two consecutive days,the treatment was considered successful.The correlative data of efficacy and safety between the two groups were analyzed using t or chi-squared tests with SPSS 13.0.A P value of less than 0.05 was taken as indicating statistical significance.Results:Compared with the chest tube group,the operation time,fraction of analgesic treatment,time of surgical wound healing,and infection rate of surgical wounds were significantly decreased(P<0.05) in the CVC group.There were no significant differences between the two groups in the success rate of treatment and the incidence of serious complications(P>0.05),or in the mean catheter/tube indwelling time and mean medical costs of patients treated successfully(P>0.05).Conclusions:Management of medium or large traumatic hemothoraxes by closed thoracic drainage using CVC is minimally invasive and as effective as using a conventional large-bore chest tube.Its complications can be prevented and it has the potential to replace the large-bore chest tube.
