ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical effect of Maze Ⅳ in the treatment of elderly patients with valvular heart disease and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF).MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 78 elderly patients with cardiac valve disease combined with persistent AF in our hospital from 2017 to 2018. The patients were allocated to two groups including a trial group (n=37) and a control group (n=41). There were 21 males and 16 females aged 61 to 74 (65.2±2.5) years in the trial group. There were 23 males and 18 females aged 62 to 76 (64.8±3.3) years in the control group. The clinical effects of the two groups were compared.ResultsThere was no statistical difference in baseline data between the two groups (P>0.05). The aortic occlusion time, extracorporeal circulation time, and operation time of the trial group were longer than those of the control group with statistical differences (P<0.05). There was no statistical difference in postoperative ventilator assistance time, complication rate, mortality, ICU retention time, perioperative drainage, red blood cell transfusion volume, or length of hospital stay between the two groups (P>0.05). At the time of discharge, postoperaive 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month, the maintenance rates of sinus rhythm in the control group were statistically different from those of the trial group (P<0.05). Compared with the control group, left atrial diameter, left ventricular end diastolic diameter and the decrease of pulmonary artery systolic blood pressure were statistically different (P<0.05).ConclusionMaze Ⅳ is safe and effective in the treatment of elderly patients with valvular heart disease and persistent AF, which is conducive to the recovery and maintenance of sinus rhythm, and is beneficial to the remodeling of the left atrium and left ventricle and the reduction of pulmonary systolic blood pressure with improvement of life quality of the patients.
ObjectiveTo analyze the risk factors affecting the postoperative ileus after total gastrectomy in elderly patients with gastric cancer. MethodsThe elderly patients with gastric cancer after total gastrectomy admitted to the Second Department of General Surgery of Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital from January 2015 to December 2020 were retrospectively collected and the postoperative ileus was analyzed. Meanwhile the risk factors affecting the postoperative ileus after total gastrectomy in the elderly patients with gastric cancer were analyzed using univariate and multivariate logtistic regression analyses. ResultsA total of 306 elderly patients with gastric cancer who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria of this study were collected, 33 (10.8%) of whom suffered the postoperative ileus after surgery. The results of multivariate logtistic regression analysis showed that the preoperative anemia [OR (95%CI)=2.740 (1.181, 6.356), P=0.019], preoperative complicated intestinal obstruction [OR (95%CI)=3.286 (1.208, 8.935), P=0.020], open operation [OR (95%CI)=3.753 (1.298, 10.848), P=0.015], and operative time ≥400 min [OR (95%CI)=3.902 (1.705, 8.925), P=0.001] increased the risk probability of postoperative ileus after total gastrectomy in the elderly patients with gastric cancer. ConclusionsAccording to the analysis results of this study, the preoperative anemia and complicated intestinal obstruction, as well as the adopted open surgery and operation time ≥400 min are the risk factors of postoperative ileus in elderly patients with gastric cancer after total gastrectomy. When total gastrectomy is chosen for elderly patients with gastric cancer, preoperative physical status needs to be adjusted, such as correcting anemia and removing preoperative intestinal obstruction. During operation, the operation modus should be prior to the minimally invasive surgery according to the individual conditions of elderly patients and the operation skills of surgeons should be improved so as to reduce postoperative ileus.