Auricular acupressure and VR for preventing preoperative constipation in Stanford type B aortic dissection.

Preoperative constipation in patients with Stanford type B aortic dissection (TBAD) poses significant risks by increasing abdominal pressure, potentially complicating aortic stability. Traditional constipation management may be limited by both physiological and psychological factors. This study evaluates the efficacy of auricular acupressure combined with virtual reality (VR) technology in preventing preoperative constipation in TBAD patients, exploring its impact on both constipation severity and nursing satisfaction.

Inflammatory Biomarker-Based Risk Prediction Model for Endovascular Reconstruction in Acute Lower Limb Ischemia: A Multicenter Development and Validation Study.

Background: Inflammatory markers are associated with poor prognosis of peripheral vascular diseases. We aim to determine the relationship between inflammatory markers and the prognosis of acute lower limb ischemic disease and to construct and verify a prognostic model based on inflammatory indicators.

Methods: We evaluated 295 patients with a diagnosis of acute lower limb ischemia (ALI) from multiple centers between 2020 and 2023.

Retraction note: Efficacy and safety analysis of transarterial chemoembolization and transarterial radioembolization in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma descending hepatectomy.

[This retracts the article on p. 687 in vol. 15, PMID: 37206075.

Efficacy of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts in treating cirrhotic esophageal-gastric variceal bleeding.

Background: Esophageal-gastric variceal bleeding (EGVB) represents a severe complication among patients with cirrhosis and often culminates in fatal outcomes. Interventional therapy, a rapidly developing treatment modality over the past few years, has found widespread application in clinical practice due to its minimally invasive characteristics. However, whether transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) treatment has an impact on patient prognosis remains controversial.

HMGB2 Deficiency Mitigates Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm by Suppressing Ang-II-Caused Ferroptosis and Inflammation via NF- Pathway.

Background: Ferroptosis is a new form of cell death, which is closely related to the occurrence of many diseases. Our work focused on the mechanism by which HMGB2 regulate ferroptosis and inflammation in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

Methods: Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot were utilized to assess HMGB2 levels.

Efficacy and safety analysis of transarterial chemoembolization and transarterial radioembolization in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma descending hepatectomy.

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignant tumors in the world, which is seriously threatening the lives of patients. Due to the rapid development of the disease, patients were in the middle and advanced stages at the time of diagnosis and missed the best time for treatment. With the development of minimally invasive medicine, interventional therapy for advanced HCC has achieved promising results.

Clinical efficacy comparison of sclerosing embolization with 3% polidocanol and the microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy in primary varicocele patients.

Varicocele is a more common male genitourinary system disease with sperm quality dysfunction or discomfort. This study was aimed to compare the clinical efficacy of sclerosing embolization with 3% polidocanol and the microsurgical subinguinal varicocelectomy in treating primary varicocele. Total of 59 patients with primary varicocele receiving a 3-month postoperative follow-up were included to analyse their biochemical parameters and clinical outcomes, including the operative time, hospitalization time, postoperative recurrence rates, and complication rate.

Knockdown of Circular Ubiquitin-specific Peptidase 9 X-Linked Alleviates Oxidized Low-density Lipoprotein-induced Injuries of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells by Mediating the miR-148b-3p/KLF5 Signaling Pathway.

There is evidence that the development of atherosclerosis (AS) involves the dysregulation of circular RNAs. This study aimed to investigate the role of circular ubiquitin-specific peptidase 9 X-linked (circUSP9X) in AS cell models. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) treated with oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) were used as cell models of AS.

Combined fenestrated/chimney thoracic endovascular repair for the treatment of blunt traumatic aortic injury: A case report.

Blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) is an extremely serious medical condition with a high rate of associated mortality. Recent advances in techniques such as thoracic endovascular repair offer new opportunities to manage the critical BTAI patients in an efficacious yet less invasive manner. A 65 year-old-male suffered from multiple injuries after a fall, including BTAI in the aortic arch, which resulted in dissection of the descending thoracic-abdominal aorta and iliac artery, development of an intimal flap in the left common carotid artery, and dissection of the left subclavian artery.

[Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm and aortic bifurcation stenosis by unibody bifurcation stent graft].

Objective: To sum up experience in unibody bifurcation stent graft in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm with aortic bifurcation stenosis.

Methods: Clinical data of 19 cases of abdominal aortic aneurysm and aortic bifurcation stenosis received endovascular treatment using unibody bifurcation stent graft in Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital during March 2009 and March 2018 were collected. The clinical characteristics, surgery procedure and follow-up results were reviewed.

Induction of chlamydospore formation in fusarium by cyclic lipopeptide antibiotics from Bacillus subtilis C2.

The culture filtrate of Bacillus subtilis strain C2 showed strong activity against the pathogenic fungus Fusarium solani f. sp. radicicola.

Induction of trap formation in nematode-trapping fungi by a bacterium.

Three soil bacterial strains were identified as Chryseobacterium sp. TFB on the basis of their 16S rRNA gene sequences. Conidia of Arthrobotrys oligospora produced a few mycelial traps (MT) and conidial traps (CT) when cultured with bacterial cells that they did not produce when cultured with a bacterial cell-free culture filtrate.