Published in Clinical case reports
Mesothelioma is a rare tumor usually located on the pleura. In this typical location, it is closely linked to asbestos exposure. However, in other locations such as in peritoneal mesothelioma, the association to asbestos remains unusual. © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Published in The Journal of international medical research
Most cases of female genital tuberculosis (TB) are asymptomatic and are thus difficult to diagnose. Coexistence of genital TB and ovarian serous cystadenofibroma (OSCAF) is rare and easily ignored or misdiagnosed. We report a 26-year-old woman with coexistence of genital TB and OSCAF, and with an adnexal mass detected by B-ultrasound. Laparoscopic ...
Published in Journal of surgical oncology
This study aimed to investigate the association between different metastatic sites and survival in endometrial cancer (EC) patients with International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IVB disease. FIGO stage IVB patients with EC were selected from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database. Overall survival (OS) an...
Published in Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research
Background: Acute brain death (ABD) is associated with inflammation and lung injury. Direct peritoneal resuscitation (DPR) improves blood flow to the vital organs after ABD. DPR reduces lung injury, but the mechanism for this is unknown. Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomized to five groups (n = 8/group): (1) Sham (no ABD); (2) Targeted ...
Published in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hematopathology : JCEH
Published in Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
Objective To develop an ideal surgical procedure for neobladder reconstruction in experimental porcine models. Methods Six experimental female pigs weighting 28-33 kg underwent transplantation of autologous peritoneum for bladder reconstruction under general anesthesia.The flaps were used to reconstruct the orthotopic neobladder by suturing with th...
Published in The Veterinary record
Intraperitoneal administration of ceftriaxone maintains therapeutic abdominal concentrations for 24 hours in healthy horses. Therefore, it is a possible treatment for septic peritonitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of ceftriaxone as an adjuvant treatment in horses with septic peritonitis. Twenty-six horses with clinical signs...
Published in Frontiers in Oncology
Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether radiomics imaging signatures based on computed tomography (CT) could predict peritoneal metastasis (PM) in gastric cancer (GC) and to develop a nomogram for preoperative prediction of PM status. Methods: We collected CT images of pathological T4 gastric cancer in 955 consecutive patients of tw...
Published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Peritoneal hyalinizing vasculopathy (PHV) represents the cornerstone of long-term peritoneal dialysis (PD), and especially characterizes patients associated with encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis. However, the mechanisms of PHV development remain unknown. A cross sectional study was performed in 100 non-selected peritoneal biopsies of PD patients....
Published in Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research
Purposes: Formation of peritoneal adhesions is a common consequence of abdominopelvic surgeries and remarkably increases the mortality and morbidity. Moreover, peritoneal adhesions linked to chronic abdominopelvic pain and infertility in women. Various attempts for prevention of peritoneal adhesions were reported. However, these methods either rema...
