Chinese Med J Peking
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Chinese Med J Peking · Jan 2014
Human infection with a novel avian-origin influenza A (H7N9) virus: serial chest radiographic and CT findings.
Rapidly progressive pneumonia infection with H7N9 virus is a novel disease, and limited information is available concerning serial chest radiographic and computed tomography (CT) findings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in serial radiologic findings in patients with H7N9 pneumonia. ⋯ The most common radiologic findings at presentation are multifocal or diffuse areas of consolidation and GGOs in H7N9 pneumonia. HRCT in sequence can show more changes in rapid progression of disease and a slow decrease of both size and opacity of the lesions plays an important role in the evaluation of H7N9 pneumonia.
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Chinese Med J Peking · Jan 2014
Profiles of and correlation between objective and subjective outcome assessments following open-door laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy.
Open-door laminoplasty is widely used in the treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). This study aimed to investigate the profiles of and correlation between objective and subjective short-term outcome assessments after open-door laminoplasty for CSM. ⋯ Patients benefit from surgery by postoperative restitution of neurological function with early recovery of sensory function, followed by a gradual transition to motor function improvement. At the early stage of recovery, improvement in the mJOA score essentially correlated with improvements in the physical domains of the SF-36, while at the later stage, mJOA score improvement was associated with improvements in both mental and physical domains of the SF-36.
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Chinese Med J Peking · Jan 2014
Comparative StudyComparative study of minimally invasive versus open esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in a single cancer center.
In order to minimize the injury reaction during the surgery and reduce the morbidity rate, hence reducing the mortality rate of esophagectomy, minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) was introduced. The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative outcomes in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma undergoing minimally invasive or open esophagectomy (OE). ⋯ MIE and OE appear equivalent with regard to early oncological outcomes. There is a trend that hospital LOS and hospital expenses are reduced in the MIE group than the OE group.