Medicine
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Case Reports
Treatment of a stage III rima glottidis patient with the oncolytic virus Rigvir: A retrospective case report.
Of all the parts of the larynx, the glottis has the highest frequency of cancer. With disease progression, the vocal cord movement is affected and for advanced stages its anatomical and functional preservation is rarely achievable, if at all. ⋯ Considering the present patient being treated with Rigvir without any standard treatment, the results suggest that Rigvir therapy could be a possible treatment for glottic cancer.
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Case Reports
Small intestinal autotransplantation for spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection: A case report.
Spontaneous isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection (SISMAD) is a rare differential diagnosis for patients presenting with abdominal pain. Due to limited cases reported, surgical management strategies are poorly defined. ⋯ For patients with severe mesenteric ischemia or those who fail to respond to initial conservative treatment, IATx may be a reasonable treatment strategy.
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Retroperitoneal desmoid-type fibromatosis (RPDF) is a rare mesenchymal neoplasm, and it covers a broad spectrum of aggressive monoclonal, fibroblastic proliferation. There is no evidence-based or established optimal treatment available for this intriguing disease yet. Therefore, we here investigated the clinicopathological characteristics, surgical, and survival outcomes in RPDF among Chinese patients. ⋯ The progression-free survival rate was 86.1%, 71.5%, and 62.3% at 1-, 2-, and 3-years, respectively. RPDFs are rare types of tumor, which have characteristically varied natural histories. Surgical resection had a relative favorable outcome, but some patients were associated with burden of significant surgical complications.
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Meta Analysis Comparative Study
Comparison of two-thumb encircling and two-finger technique during infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation with single rescuer in simulation studies: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
The recommended chest compression technique for a single rescuer performing infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation is the two-finger technique. For 2 rescuers, a two-thumb-encircling hands technique is recommended. Several recent studies have reported that the two-thumb-encircling hands technique is more effective for high-quality chest compression than the two-finger technique for a single rescuer performing infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of infant manikin studies to compare two-thumb-encircling hands technique with two-finger technique for a single rescuer. ⋯ This study indicates that the two-thumb-encircling hands technique is a more appropriate technique for a single rescuer to perform high-quality chest compression in consideration of chest compression depth than the two-finger technique in infant manikin studies.
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Meta Analysis
Interventions for cancer-related pain: Protocol of an umbrella systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Several treatments are beneficial for patients with cancer-related pain (CRP), and there are numbers of systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness and safety of these treatments. However, the overall quality of the evidence has not been quantitatively assessed. The aim of this study is to overcome the inconclusive evidence about the interventions of CRP. ⋯ CRD42019131721.