Pelvic organ function before and after laparoscopic bowel resection for rectosigmoid endometriosis: a prospective, observational study

2016 ◽  
Vol 123 (8) ◽  
pp. 1360-1367 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Riiskjaer ◽  
S Greisen ◽  
M Glavind-Kristensen ◽  
US Kesmodel ◽  
A Forman ◽  
...  
Children ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Florian Freislederer ◽  
Tobias Berberich ◽  
Thomas O. Erb ◽  
Johannes Mayr

Background: Although fracture displacement in children is easily treated by cast wedging, no data on pain associated with the procedure are available. We hypothesized that there is no clinically relevant difference in pain before and after cast wedging in children between 3 and 12 years of age. Patients and Methods: This international, multicenter, prospective, observational study included 68 children (39 male, 29 female) aged 3 to 12 years (median age 8 years) with forearm fractures. Cast wedging was performed 5 to 10 days after the injury. Before starting the procedure, we administered a single oral dose of sodium metamizole (10 mg/kg body weight), and the children inhaled a nitrous oxide/oxygen mixture (50%/50%) during the wedging procedure. Pain was rated on a visual analog scale (VAS) 5 to 10 min before incision of the cast as well as 3 to 5 min and 30 min (maximum remembered pain) after inhalation stop. The degree of bending was judged either by the surgeon or was determined on the basis of first signs of pain expressed by the patient. We assessed the effectiveness of the procedure by obtaining X-ray images in two planes after 3 to 9 days. Results: Among the 68 patients, median VAS score before cast wedging was 0. This increased to a score of 1 (p = 0.015) at 3 to 5 min after the procedure. Median VAS score for the maximum remembered pain measured after 30 min was 0. Median differences in angulation between proximal and distal bone fragments before and after the intervention were 0° (p < 0.0001) in the a.p. view and 8.4° (p < 0.0001) in the lateral view. Conclusion: Cast wedging improved the position of forearm fracture fragments at the expense of minimal short-term pain.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 43-43
Author(s):  
Atsushi Mizokami ◽  
Rie Fukuda ◽  
Taiki Kamijima ◽  
Kouji Izumi ◽  
Yoshifumi Kadono ◽  
...  

43 Background: ARTAs (enzalutamide and abiraterone) have been approved for relapse of prostate cancer in Japan since 2014. However, the efficacy of ARTAs for overall survival (OS) has not yet been proven in Japanese real-world clinical practice. Bone Scan Index (BSI), amount of bone metastasis in a unit of %, has become available for bone scintigraphy using software of BONENAVI (EXINIbone) in Japan. To confirm the benefit of BSI, we conducted a prospective observational study from 2012 to 2017 on mHSPC and mCRPC prior to docetaxel (presented at ASCO-GU 2020). Then we conducted this subanalysis to investigate the real-world benefit of ARTAs on OS before and after docetaxel. Methods: Patients enrolled as the mHSPC (N = 148) and mCRPC (N = 99) groups in the PROSTAT-BSI registry over a 3-year observation period were analyzed with or without ARTAs or flutamide. Patients were evaluated for PSA progression, BSI progression, and OS during hormonal therapy or chemotherapy. Results: In the mHSPC group, 123 patients were treated with combined androgen blockade (androgen deprivation + 80 mg bicalutamide) as an initial hormonal therapy. Thirty-seven patients were treated with flutamide after PSA progression. Thirty-seven patients were also treated with ARTAs as 2nd or later. Docetaxel was used in 25 patients. There was no significant difference in PSA (median: 265.5 and 248.0 ng/mL; P = 0.877) and BSI (median: 1.28% and 1.68%; P = 0.131) between the ARTA (-) and ARTA (+) groups at the start of hormonal therapy, respectively. Despite a median PSA-PFS disadvantage of 16 months in the ARTA (+) group compared to the ARTA (-) group (median: 8.9 and 25.2 months), OS of both groups were comparable (3-year survival rate: 84.0% and 75.7%; HR [95% CI]:0.556 [0.238-1.299], P = 0.232), respectively, indicating favorable effect of ARTA on OS. Furthermore, OS tended to be more extended in patients who received flutamide prior to ARTAs (N = 21) (HR [95% CI]:0.3175 [0.050-2.026], P = 0.225). In the mCRPC group, 8 patients who used ARTA prior to docetaxel were excluded from this analysis. ARTAs were used to treat relapse after docetaxel in 44 patients. Cabazitaxel was used in 14 patients. There was no significant difference in PSA (median: 16.8 and 26.8 ng/mL; P = 0.240) and BSI (median: 2.43% and 1.48%; P = 0.105) between the ARTA (-) and ARTA (+) groups at the start of docetaxel, respectively. There was no significant difference in PSA-PFS between the ARTA (-) and ARTA (+) groups (median PSA-PFS: 4.3 months and 7.0 months; P = 0.999), but OS was significantly better in the ARTA (+) group in the ARTA (-) group (median OS: 28.9 months vs 21.1 months; HR [95% CI]: 0.484 [0.264-0.888]; P = 0.019). Conclusions: This subanalysis demonstrates the benefit of ARTAs for OS before and after docetaxel in clinical practice.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 205521732096051
Author(s):  
Torge Rempe ◽  
Aaron Carlson ◽  
Augusto Miravalle ◽  
Tirisham Victoria Gyang

Objective To prospectively assess anti-JCV antibody index (AI) and its relationship to immunoglobulin levels in ocrelizumab-treated MS patients. Methods Monocentric prospective observational study over 24 months assessing anti-JCV AI and immunoglobulin levels in MS patients before and after initiation of ocrelizumab. Results No significant change in anti-JCV AI titers was observed 458 ± 300 days after initiation of ocrelizumab (n = 45, 0.7 ± 2.21 vs. 0.6 ± 2.06, p = 0.8). Seroconversion occurred in 1/20 initially anti-JCV seronegative patients. There was no correlation between changes in anti-JCV AI and immunoglobulins. Conclusion Treatment with ocrelizumab is not associated with an increase in anti-JCV AI titers.


2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mads Riiskjær ◽  
Axel Forman ◽  
Ulrik S. Kesmodel ◽  
Lars M. Andersen ◽  
Ken Ljungmann ◽  
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