直肠癌壁外血管侵犯影像学评价的研究进展

直肠癌壁外血管侵犯是影响直肠癌病人预后的重要因素,术前准确诊断壁外血管侵犯,可指导治疗方案的制订,从而改善病人预后和远期生存。MRI检查和CT检查是术前评估直肠癌的主要检查手段。笔者将对影像学检查在直肠癌壁外血管侵犯评价的作用进行综述。     

保留幽门胃切除术后胃排空功能障碍的原因及防治

保留幽门胃切除术(PPG)治疗早期胃癌(EGC)通过减少胃切除的范围、保留幽门、保留迷走神经能够显著改善患者术后生活质量,降低术后倾倒综合征、胆汁返流及胆石症的发生率。腹腔镜辅助保留幽门胃切除术(LAPPG)将微创理念及功能保留结合,具有低侵袭性,最低限度的小肠麻痹,术后早期康复等优势。然而,无论PPG或LAPPG,术后早期胃排空功能障碍(GEF)的发生率较高,表现为食物长期存留于残胃之中,病人通常有饱腹感。本文综述近几年行PPG术后胃排空功能障碍的相关研究进展,为临床一线外科医生行PPG或LAPPG治疗EGC时防治GEF提供参考建议。     

中国腹腔镜直肠癌手术30年回顾与展望

近三十年间,在世界范围对于直肠癌的外科治疗,随着腹腔镜微创技术、全直肠系膜切除等手术理念和新辅助放化疗综合治疗的广泛发展和应用,直肠癌患者的预后得到了明显改善。而我国结直肠外科同道们在顺应世界潮流的同时,积极开展了对于腹腔镜直肠癌手术的相关研究,开展了一系列基于我国国情的直肠癌临床研究,并制定了相应的直肠癌外科治疗指南及专家共识。现今,我国对于直肠癌患者的治疗已进入个体化精准微创医疗时代。在这样的时代背景下,本文对我国腹腔镜直肠癌发展的28年做了系统的回顾,并对今后中国直肠癌外科治疗的未来进行了展望。     

腹腔镜直肠癌根治术

腹腔镜直肠癌根治术已在临床上受到广泛认可。在术中对于手术层面的识别非常的重要,正确的层次识别有利于间隙的游离、盆腔自主神经的保护,其对于手术成功与否以及患者术后生活质量尤为重要。术中需注意直肠系膜与神经前筋膜之间游离,紧贴直肠系膜游离间隙保证直肠系膜的完整,以及实现肿瘤的根治性切除。     

保留左结肠动脉的腹腔镜直肠癌D3根治术对中晚期直肠癌患者的临床效果分析

目的探讨保留左结肠动脉的腹腔镜直肠癌D3根治术(Dixon)对中晚期直肠癌患者的临床效果分析。方法选取2015年12月至2018年1月60例中晚期直肠癌患者资料,根据术式不同分为保留组和未保留组,其中保留组(n=32)采用保留左结肠动脉的Dixon术,未保留组(n=28)采用高位结扎的Dixon术。采用SPSS 22.00软件对数据资料进行处理,围术期各项指标用(x±s)表示,采用独立t检验;术后并发症发生率、淋巴结清扫情况采用χ^2或Fisher检验,P<0.05表示差异有统计学意义。结果保留组肛门排气时间、边缘动脉弓压力显著少于未保留组(P<0.05),其余围术期指标比较均无统计学意义(P>0.05);两组清扫淋巴总数、转移淋巴结数及阳性淋巴结总数差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05),但保留组清扫第253组淋巴结数目显著大于未保留组(P<0.05);保留组吻合口漏发生率3.1%(1/32)显著少于未保留组10.7%(3/28),(P<0.05);两组患者术后1年肿瘤复发、转移发生率差异无统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论相比于高位结扎的Dixon术,保留左结肠动脉不增加术后肿瘤复发转移概率,并且可有效降低吻合口漏的发生率,具有良好的应用前景。     

基于Bevilacqua模型的乳腺癌保乳术患者术后淋巴水肿风险预测的临床研究

目的验证Bevilacqua乳腺癌术后淋巴水肿风险预测模型的临床适用性及可行性。方法回顾性分析2010年1月至2015年12月203例乳腺癌患者临床资料,临床数据分析使用统计学软件SPSS 24.0。Cox回归模型分析乳腺癌患者术后发生上肢淋巴水肿的危险因素,以P<0.05为有统计学意义;绘制ROC曲线,以曲线下面积检验模型预测效果;应用Hosmere-Lemeshow检验评估预测值与实际值的校准程度,以P>0.05为预测模型校准能力较好,预测与实际没有区别。结果所有患者随访共计62~86个月,中位随访时间70个月。术后5年内共发生上肢淋巴水肿患者45例(22.2%)。Cox回归模型分析结果显示,高身体质量指数(BMI)、接受过新辅助化疗、全腋窝淋巴结清扫、接受过放疗是上肢淋巴水肿的独立危险因素。Becilacqua上肢淋巴水肿风险预测模型ROC曲线分析结果显示,模型AUC值为0.711,95%CI(0.651~0.760),有较好的的预测效果。Hosmer-Lemeshow检验结果显示,风险预测模型预测风险与实际无明显差异(P=0.262),校准能力较好,与实际差别不大。结论Bevilacqua术后6个月淋巴水肿风险预测模型的准确性及适用性较高,可用于临床对乳腺癌保乳术后淋巴水肿的预测,可为预防淋巴水肿的发生制定干预决策提供参考。     

Selected Topics in the Pathology of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands in Children and Adolescents

The goals of this chapter in keeping with the overall general themes of this special edition will be (1) to highlight aspects of development of the thyroid and parathyroid glands with particular focus on the role and contribution of the neural crest (or not) and how this may impact on the pathology that is seen, (2) to emphasize those lesions particularly more commonly arising in the pediatric population that actually generate specimens that the surgical pathologist would encounter, and (3) highlight more in depth specific lesions associated with heritable syndromes or specific gene mutations since the heritable syndromes tends to manifest in the pediatric age group. In this light, the other interesting areas of pediatric thyroid disease including medical thyroid diseases, congenital hypothyroidism, anatomic variants and aberrations of development that lead to structural anomalies will not be emphasized here.     

Salivary Intraductal Carcinoma Arising within Intraparotid Lymph Node: A Report of 4 Cases with Identification of a Novel STRN-ALK Fusion

Intraductal carcinoma (IDC) is a rare salivary gland tumor that is considered analogous to ductal carcinoma in-situ of the breast, demonstrating a complex neoplastic epithelial proliferation surrounded by a continuous layer of presumed non-neoplastic myoepithelial cells. It is subcategorized into intercalated duct, apocrine, and hybrid subtypes based on morphologic and immunohistochemical features, with frequent NCOA4-RET and TRIM27-RET fusions, respectively, seen in intercalated duct and hybrid tumors. However, as an expanding clinicopathologic spectrum of IDC has been documented, controversy has emerged as to whether this tumor type is best defined by its intraductal growth pattern or distinctive molecular and immunophenotypic differentiation. Here, we further explore the nature of IDC by evaluating four cases that arose within intraparotid lymph nodes. These intercalated-duct phenotype tumors with diffuse S100 protein expression demonstrated a crowded and complex epithelial proliferation arranged in cystic, cribriform, and micropapillary architecture, surrounded by an intact myoepithelial cell layer, and were completely intranodal. Of two tumors with tissue available for molecular analysis, one demonstrated a NCOA4-RET fusion and one harbored a STRN-ALK fusion that is novel to IDC. Not only does the intranodal presence of IDC present a challenging differential diagnosis, but the complex nature of this proliferation within lymph node tissue raises questions as to whether the myoepithelial component of IDC is actually non-neoplastic in nature. Furthermore, identification of a STRN-ALK fusion expands the genetic spectrum of IDC and adds to evidence of an emerging role for ALK in salivary gland tumors. Further attention to the nature of the myoepithelial cells and documentation of alternate fusion events in IDC may inform continued discussion about its appropriate classification.     

The Efficacy of Radiofrequency Ablation for Bone Tumors Unsuitable for Radical Excision

BackgroundBone tumors can cause severe pain and poor quality of life due to recurrence and non-achievement of complete remission after surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) can be considered for minimally invasive treatment of bone tumors that are difficult to radically excise. In this study, RFA was performed for bone tumors that were difficult to radically excise and did not respond to surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy due to their large sizes and/or locations. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively analyze the clinical characteristics and survival rates of bone tumors after RFA and provide one more treatment option for the future.MethodsThere were 43 patients with bone tumors who underwent percutaneous RFA at our hospital from April 2007 to October 2017. The median age of the patients was 59 years (range, 31–75 years), and the median follow-up duration was 67.2 months (range, 10.2–130.5 months). Of the 43 patients, 26 were male and 17 were female. Thirty-four cases were metastatic bone tumors, 5 were chordomas, 3 were osteosarcomas, and 1 was a giant cell tumor. Pain and functional ability of the patients were evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS) and the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) functional scoring system, respectively. Scores were recorded preoperatively, 1 week postoperatively, and 4 weeks postoperatively. The 1-year, 2-year, and 5-year survival rates were evaluated using the Kaplan-Meier method.ResultsThe mean VAS score was 8.21 preoperatively. The mean VAS score at 1 week, 4 weeks, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks postoperatively were 3.91, 3.67, 3.31, and 3.12, respectively. The mean preoperative MSTS score was 64.0% (range, 32%–87%). The mean postoperative MSTS score was 71.0% (range, 40%–90%). The 1-year, 2-year, and 5-year survival rates were 95.3%, 69.8%, and 30.2%, respectively.ConclusionsAs per our study findings, RFA was effective in reducing pain and improving functional ability of patients with bone tumors that were difficult to radically excise.     

Recurrence of thyroid carcinoma in cervical soft tissue following surgical implantation: Case report

IntroductionThyroid cancer is the most common type of malignant endocrine cancer. Differentiated thyroid cancer, which includes papillary and follicular cancers, represents majority (90%) of all thyroid cancers and has a favorable prognosis.However, a minority of patients develops loco-regional recurrence.Case reportWe report here a rare case of a 63 years-old man who underwent total thyroidectomy in 2015 for multinodular goiter whose histopathological examination revealed a papillary thyroid carcinoma. He received 6 weeks later a 100 mCi of radioactive iodine therapy. In 2017, he was admitted for multiple cervical lymph nodes with high serum thyroglobulin level (234 ng/mL) which required a bilateral central and lateral neck dissection. He was readmitted in 2019 for multiple subcutaneous neck nodules with high serum thyroglobulin level (197 ng/mL). The histopathological examination of the excised nodules revealed a papillary thyroid carcinoma. The patient showed no sign of recurrence after 2 years follow-up.ConclusionLocal soft tissue recurrence followed surgical implantation should be suspected when nodules are determined alongside the thyroid after previous thyroid surgery. Therapy for these soft tissue implants may be difficult; a comprehensive long-term postoperative evaluation should be completed to minimize the risk of recurrence in cervical soft tissue.