Objective To understand etiology and available treatment of postoperative peritoneal adhesion. Method Domestic and overseas literatures in recent years about research progress of peritoneal adhesion were reviewed. Results As to the previous research, the operation was the main cause of peritoneal adhesion by the injury, inflammatory reaction, and hypoxia, which further affected the changes of the peritoneal microenvironment through the release of inflammatory cells, inflammatory mediators, cytokines, etc., then disturbed the balance of deposition and dissolution of fibrin and promoted the formation of extracellular matrix and microangiogenesis, resulted in peritoneal adhesion. The main treatment measures were optimizing surgical procedure and improving surgical technique, preventing fibrinolysis and promoting fiber protein degradation, some drug therapies involved molecules and genes, using biologic barrier treatment with drug barrier and mechanical barrier, and some other adjuvant therapies. Conclusions Pathogenesis of peritoneal adhesion is complex and poorly understood currently. There is no effective clinical treatment and intervention for this disease. Research on aspects of cell and molecular of abdominal cavity microenvironment will be beneficial to precise treatment of peritoneal adhesion, and combined medication of multiple targets and multiple links and related interventions are expected to apply for peritoneal adhesion in future.
Objective To explore prognostic factors of unplanned reoperation in Department of General Surgery. Methods The clinical data of 85 patients with unplanned reoperations who treated in the Northern District of the Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital from January 2014 to May 2017 were retrospectively collected. The risk factors such as preoperative basic information, surgical related information, and postoperative information for death of unplanned reoperations were analyzed. Results There were 72 cured patients and 12 deaths in the 85 patients. The univariate analysis results showed that the age was older (P<0.05), the operative time was longer (P<0.05) in the patients with death as compared with the cured patients; the with basic diseases, selective operation, high grade of ASA, preoperative hemoglobin <90 g/L, admission to ICU after unplanned reoperations, postoperative complications, and multiple reoperations were correlated with the mortality of unplanned reoperations (P<0.05). The multivariate analysis results showed that the elderly patients, preoperative hemoglobin <90 g/L, and postoperative complications were the independent prognostic factors (P<0.05). The satisfaction of patients at discharge in the death group was significantly lower than that in the survival group (P<0.05). Conclusion Ederly patient, preoperative hemoglobin <90 g/L, and postoperative complications are independent prognostic factors of unplanned reoperations in Department of General Surgery.
Objective To explore the influencing factors of palliation efficacy in malignant obstructive jaundice. Methods Clinical data of 107 patients with malignant obstructive jaundice who treated in Department of General Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, from March 2014 to December 2017, were retrospectively collected to analyze the influencing factors of palliation efficacy in 1 week and1 month after operation. Results Multivariate analysis results showed that, hilar obstruction and preoperative albumin level were influencing factors of palliation efficacy in 1 week after operation (P<0.05), patients with hepatic portal obstruction, and low preoperative albumin level had poor effect; hilar obstruction, preoperative albumin and total bilirubin level were influencing factors of palliation efficacy in 1 month after operation (P<0.05), patients with hepatic portal obstruction, low preoperative albumin level, and high total bilirubin level had poor effect. Conclusions The obstruction location, preoperative albumin level, and total bilirubin level are the independent influencing factors of palliation efficacy which played an important role in prognostic assessment.
Objective To observe effect of self-designed drug-loaded nanofilm in preventing postoperative peritoneal cavity adhesion during cholecystectomy in New Zealand white rabbit. Methods The 40 New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into blank control group, chitosan group, nanofilm group, and drug-loaded nanofilm group using random number table, the peritoneal cavity adhesions after cholecystectomy at different time (on day 7, 14, 21, and 28) were observed among these 4 groups. Results The adhesion of gallbladder forssa was serious in the blank control group and the adhesion situation had obviously improved among the other three groups, furthermore, the adhesion of the drug-loaded nanofilm group was the slightest. The adhesion score was significantly decreased in the chitosan group, the nanofilm group, or the drug-loaded nanofilm group as compared with the blank control group (P<0.05), which in the drug-loaded nanofilm group was significantly decreased as compared with the chitosan group (P<0.05) or the nanofilm group (P<0.05), which had no significant difference between the chitosan group and the nanofilm group (P>0.05). The nanofilm was degraded on day 14 after surgery and basically completely degraded on day 28 after surgery. The nanofilm degradation points had no significant differences between the nanofilm group and the drug-loaded nanofilm group at different time (P>0.05). Conclusions Drug-loaded nanofilm could prevent postoperative peritoneal cavity adhesion from physical barrier and drug therapy. It provides a new idea for prevention of peritoneal cavity adhesion after general surgery and research and development of new material to prevent peritoneal cavity adhesion in future.
Objective To systematically evaluate efficacy and safety of endoscopic pneumatic dilation and endoscopic stent placement in treatment of achalasia. Methods Eligible studies comparing the pneumatic dilation and the stent placement in treatment of achalasia were identified by an electronic search of MedLine, Embase, ISI Web of Science, the Cochrane Database, China Biology Medicine and Wanfang databases from inception to December 2015. Two reviewers independently screened the literatures, extracted data, and assessed the risk of bias of included studies. Then, RevMan 5.3 software was used for meta-analysis. Results A total of 4 randomized controlled trials including 343 patients with achalasia (176 cases in the pneumatic dilation group, 167 cases in the stent placement group) were subjected to the final analysis. The results of meta-analysis showed that the postoperative short term symptom relief rate had no significant difference between the pneumatic dilation group and the stent placement group 〔RR=1.03, 95%CI (0.95, 1.12),P=0.53〕, the postoperative 2-year symptom relief rate of the stent placement group was significantly higher than that of the pneumatic dilation group 〔RR=0.77, 95%CI (0.64, 0.92),P=0.005〕, but the complications rate of the stent placement group was significantly higher as compared with the pneumatic dilation group 〔RR=0.52, 95%CI (0.40, 0.69),P<0.000 01〕 too. Conclusions Although this meta-analysis has some shortcomings, preliminary results show that short term effects of pneumatic dilation and stent placement in treatment of achalasia are effective, long term effect of stent placement in treatment of achalasia is better as compared with pneumatic dilation, but it’s complications rate is higher. So in clinical diagnosis and treatment, effect, risk, patient’s physical condition, and demand should be considered together; during treatment, we should pay attention to adverse reactions and prepare adequately in order to reducing complications. When complications occur, we should take timely symptomatic treatment.