Li, Zhongqi Zhou, Quan Lu, Jun Zhang, Haibin Teng, Lisong
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Carcinosarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm comprising both epithelial and mesenchymal components. Hepatoid adenocarcinoma (HAC) is another rare type of cancer. To date, there are only four reported cases of concurrent carcinosarcomas with HAC across all tumor types, all of which were observed in uterine tumors. Here, we report an unusual case of g...
Chen, Yong Li, Haifeng Dai, Liansheng Yin, Qudong Li, Dong Wang, Xinming
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To examine the imaging evidence of the use of percutaneous compression plate (PCCP) in promoting femoral neck fracture healing compared with cannulated screws (CS). This retrospective study enrolled patients with femoral neck fractures undergoing internal fixation procedures. The patients were divided into a PCCP group and a CS group with imaging a...
Lin, Chun-Hsuan Wu, Wen-Jeng Li, Ching-Chia Ke, Hung-Lung Jhan, Jhen-Hao Wen, Sheng-Chen
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To investigate postoperative risk factors for transient urinary incontinence (TUI) after different en bloc holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) techniques. We retrospectively analyzed 169 consecutive patients who underwent HoLEP using the original en bloc technique (n = 41), en bloc with early mucosal strip detachment technique (n = 72...
Wang, Zheng Ren, Yi Du, Fangfang Sun, Yafang Jiang, Wei
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A 57-year-old woman was diagnosed with IDH-wildtype (IDHwt) astrocytoma (World Health Organization grade II) with the molecular characteristics of glioblastoma. She underwent concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy according to the Stupp protocol in combination with a multi-target antiangiogenic drug and additional intrathecal chemotherapy using m...
Kato, Yoichiro Ikarashi, Daiki Kikuchi, Daichi Takayama, Misato Kanzaki, Seiko Ito, Akito Tamura, Daichi Matsuura, Tomohiko Maekawa, Shigekatsu Kato, Renpei
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To investigate if the use of therapeutic agents for dysuria is a risk factor for the primary recurrence of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). First, patients with NMIBC were divided into two groups: the non-recurrence group and the recurrence group. Patient characteristics were compared between both groups. The risk factors of recurrence t...
Jiang, Lisha Ma, Qingxin Zhu, Guonian Lai, Xiaoqin Liu, Qian Shi, Ming Ma, Hongsheng
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A 68-year-old man presented to the Urology Clinic, West China Hospital, Chengdu, with a suspected right adrenal gland mass that had persisted for two months. He had no associated lumbodynia, dizziness or palpitation. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed an uneven density and contrast-enhanced oval-like mass with smooth edges in the right adr...
Hiltunen, Janika Eloranta, Marja-Liisa Lindgren, Auni Keski-Nisula, Leea Anttila, Maarit Sallinen, Hanna
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This study aimed to compare outcomes of mini-invasive surgical treatment of endometriosis, especially conventional laparoscopy with robotic-assisted laparoscopy, and to evaluate the quality of life. One hundred three consecutive patients with endometriosis who had surgery from 2014 to 2017 owing to an indication of pain were enrolled in this retros...
Fan, Hai-Peng Zhu, Zhi-Xia Xu, Jia-Jun Li, Yu-Tang Guo, Chun-Wen Yan, Hong
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This study aimed to clarify the mechanism by which the long non-coding RNA cancer susceptibility candidate 9 (CASC9) alleviates sepsis-related acute kidney injury (S-AKI). A lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced AKI model was established to simulate S-AKI. HK-2 human renal tubular epithelial cells were treated with LPS to establish an in vitro model, an...
Li, Li Ai, Yuhang Wang, Xiaoting Zhang, Hongmin Ma, Xinhua Huang, Li Ai, Meilin Peng, Qianyi Zhang, Lina
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To investigate the effect of focused ultrasonography on clinical outcomes of septic shock. Patients with septic shock were randomized into an integrated cardiopulmonary ultrasonography (ICUS) group and conventional (CON) group. Within 1 hour of admission, the ICUS group underwent ICUS examination for hemodynamic decision-making, while the CON group...
Wang, Shuanhu Liu, Yakui Shi, Yi Guan, Jiajia Liu, Mulin Wang, Wenbin
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To develop and externally validate a prognostic nomogram to predict overall survival (OS) in patients with resectable colon cancer. Data for 50,996 patients diagnosed with non-metastatic colon cancer were retrieved from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Patients were assigned randomly to the training set (n = 34,168) ...
