Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery]
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Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi · Sep 2009
[Modified posterior closing wedge osteotomy in patients of posttraumatic thoracic lumbar kyphosis].
To evaluate the outcome of posterior trans-pedicle + disc osteotomy in patients with post-traumatic thoracolumbar kyphosis. ⋯ Single posterior trans-pedicle + disc osteotomy technique is suitable to thoracolumbar post-traumatic kyphosis.
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Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi · Sep 2009
[Risk factors predicting the prognosis of orthotopic liver transplantation in hepatopulmonary syndrome].
To observe the effect of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) on hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) and investigate risk factors predicting the prognosis of OLT. ⋯ OLT is an effective treatment for HPS.Shunt of (99)Tc(m)-labeled macro-aggregated albumin in lungs before OLT and mechanical ventilation time after OLT were independent risk factors for the prognosis of OLT in HPS.
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Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi · Sep 2009
[Vertebra morphology measurement in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis population].
To measurement the vertebra morphology using multi-planar reformations method of multi-slice spiral CT (MSCT) in AIS girls, and To compare with age and gender-matched controls in order to affirm the morphology results of abnormal development of the anterior and posterior elements in AIS. ⋯ There are differences in coronal plane vertebra wedging changes in AIS patient. There are high vertebra height, relative shorter posterior column, relative longer anterior-posterior vertebral distance, and relative slender vertebra in 10 - 14 years old AIS patients. This may lead to the initial and progression of scoliosis.
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Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi · Aug 2009
[Characteristics of hemoglobin changes and its significance in critically ill patients].
To investigate characteristics of hemoglobin changes in surgical critically ill patients. ⋯ Prolonged hypo-hemoglobin level (< or = 100 g/L) and valley value in advance suggest bad prognosis.
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To analyze the surgical treatment results and experience of sacral chordoma. ⋯ Chordoma is a biologically aggressive low-grade malignant tumor. Wide resection is a prerequisite for curative treatment of sacrococcygeal chordoma, intralesional curettage causes the risk of high local recurrence for which curative resection in a second or third procedure is more difficult to achieve. In order to preserve near normal bowel and bladder function for the tumor which involves S(3) above, wide en-bloc resection plus piece-meal excision in the cephalad is performed.