COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF EFFICACY OF PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY AND CRYOTHERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF ACTINIC KERATOSIS

The results of a study on the eﬀectiveness of photodynamic therapy with a photosensitizer fotoditazin and cryotherapy for actinic keratosis are represented in the article. The study included 80 patients with 215 lesions, among them erythematous form of actinic keratosis was diagnosed in 151 (70.2%) cases, hyperkeratotic form – in 46 (21.4%) cases, a pigmented form – in 12 (5.6%) and an atypical variant of the disease – in 6 (2.8%) cases. According to histological type the distribution of tumor was as follows: 19 (54.3%) cases were diagnosed as hypertrophic type, 6 (17.1%) – atrophic, 8 (22.9%) – bowenoid and 2 (5.7% ) – pigmented type. Patients from the study group received one session of photodynamic therapy using laser unit "LAMI" (662 nm) after 2 hours of application of fotoditazin 0.5% gel at dose of 0,2-0,3 ml per 1 cm2 of actinic keratosis focus with the following parameters: the energy density of the laser radiation – 200 J/cm2, power density – 0.14–0.48 W/cm2. In the control group patients underwent cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen with an exposure of 30-60 sec. The comparative analysis of the immediate results showed a tendency for the efficacy of photodynamic therapy to increase (the rate of complete regression was 92.5%) compared with cryotherapy (85.0%) (p>0,05). There were also a tendency for long-term results after photodynamic therapy to improve: three-year recurrence-free survival was 94.6% and 88.2%, respectively. For the photodynamic therapy there were signiﬁcantly fewer adverse reactions, the epithelization time in lesions was signiﬁcantly shorter. Compared with cryotherapy the photodynamic therapy provided signiﬁcantly better cosmetic results (p <0.01), and can be used for out-patient treatment of patients with actinic keratosis.><0.01) and can be used for out-patient treatment of patients with actinic keratosis.

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Role and effectiveness of complex and supervised rehabilitation on overall and hand function in systemic sclerosis patients—one-year follow-up study

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-94549-y ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Michał Waszczykowski ◽

Bożena Dziankowska-Bartkowiak ◽

Michał Podgórski ◽

Jarosław Fabiś ◽

Arleta Waszczykowska

Keyword(s):

Systemic Sclerosis ◽

Hand Function ◽

Exercise Program ◽

Rehabilitation Program ◽

Long Term Results ◽

Home Exercise ◽

Control Group ◽

Study Group

AbstractThe aim of this study was to estimate the long-term results of complex and supervised rehabilitation of the hands in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. Fifty-one patients were enrolled in this study: 27 patients (study group) were treated with a 4-week complex, supervised rehabilitation protocol. The control group of 24 patients was prescribed a home exercise program alone. Both groups were evaluated at baseline and after 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-months of follow-up with the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire (DAHS) as the primary outcome, pain (VAS—visual analog scale), Cochin Hand Function Scale (CHFS), Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI), Scleroderma-HAQ (SHAQ), range of motion (d-FTP—delta finger to palm, Kapandji finger opposition test) and hand grip and pinch as the secondary outcomes. Only the study group showed significant improvements in the DASH, VAS, CHFS and SHAQ after 1, 3 and 6 months of follow-up (P = 0.0001). Additionally, moderate correlations between the DASH, CHFS and SHAQ (R = 0.7203; R = 0.6788; P = 0.0001) were found. Complex, supervised rehabilitation improves hand and overall function in SSc patients up to 6 months after the treatment but not in the long term. The regular repetition of this rehabilitation program should be recommended every 3–6 months to maintain better hand and overall function.

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Clinical Study of Recombinant Human Endostatin Combined with Iressa in Targeted Treatment of Patients with Lung Adenocarcinoma with Pleural Metastasis

Proceedings of Anticancer Research ◽

10.26689/par.v5i4.2328 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 46-50

Author(s):

Yanbing Wang

Keyword(s):

Targeted Therapy ◽

Lung Adenocarcinoma ◽

Adverse Reactions ◽

Control Group ◽

Study Group ◽

Short Term ◽

Recombinant Human Endostatin ◽

Pleural Metastasis ◽

Pleural Metastases

Objective: To evaluate and comprehensively analyze the clinical efficacy of recombinant human endostatin combined with Iressa targeted therapy in patients with pleural metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma. Methods: The interval of the selected study period span was from January 2017 to April 2021. The sample source of the study was 42 patients with lung adenocarcinoma admitted to hospital. The random number table method was used for study grouping, and they were further divided into study groups (n = 21, 14 cases with pleural metastasis) and control group (n=21, 13 cases with pleural metastasis), all patients received systemic chemotherapy with pemetrexed and cisplatin. Patients with pleural metastases in the control group were injected with 60 mg cisplatin into the thoracic cavity. Patients in the study group were treated with Iressa (gefitinib) targeted therapy if genetic testing showed epidermal growth factor receptor (EGRF) mutations, and patients with pleural metastases were treated with pleural metastasis with Endo (recombinant human endostatin YH-16) to control pleural effusion. Two sets of related indicators were compared and analyzed. Results: Comparing the short-term disease control rate, treatment effectiveness and long-term survival rate between the two groups shows that the study group has more advantages (P<0.05). In the comparison between the two groups of serum markers and related indicators, the study group has more advantages (P<0.05), whereas in the comparison between the two groups in the incidence of adverse reactions, there is no significant difference (P>0.05). Based on statistics of the recurrence rate of pleural fluid in the two groups, the study group is significantly lower than the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Recombinant human endostatin combined with Iressa targeted therapy for patients with lung adenocarcinoma with pleural metastasis has significant short-term and long-term effects without serious adverse reactions. It can be fully promoted in medical institutions at all levels.

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Prevention of embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation after resection of left atrium appendage during open heart surgery (pilot study)

HERALD of North-Western State Medical University named after I I Mechnikov ◽

10.17816/mechnikov201810252-57 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 52-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A V Sotnikov ◽

M V Melnikov ◽

V A Marinin ◽

Yu V Kisil ◽

K V Samko

Keyword(s):

Atrial Fibrillation ◽

Left Atrium ◽

Heart Surgery ◽

Open Heart Surgery ◽

Radical Resection ◽

Long Term Results ◽

Control Group ◽

Study Group ◽

Open Heart

Aim. To assess the potential of prevention cardiogenic embolism by resection of left atrium appendage (LAA) during open heart surgery in patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib). Materials and methods. Study design - cohort prospective. Study group consisted of 19 patients with AFib whom during open heart surgery for coronary and/or valvular disease additional radical resection of LAA was made. After removal of the appendage two-layer linear suture to left atrium was performed without leaving a stump. Control group consisted of 20 patients with AFib, in whom during open heart surgery LAA remained intact. Long-term results were studied using CROQ telephone questionnaire. Results. There was no hospital mortality in both groups. Long-term results in control group were followed up to 6 years, in study group up to 2 years. Radical resection of LAA in patients with AFib reduced the risk of thromboembolic events in long-term period. In control group there were 4 strokes (2 of them were fatal), but no strokes in study group (p < 0,05). Conclusion. Radical resection of LAA in patients with AFib during open heart surgery for coronary and/or valvular disease prevents cardiogenic arterial embolism. (For citation: Sotnikov AV, Melnikov MV, Marinin VA, et al. Prevention of embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation after resection of left atrium appendage during open heart surgery (pilot study). Herald of North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov. 2018;10(2):52-57. doi: 10.17816/mechnikov201810252-57).

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LONG-TERM RESULTS OF BRONCHOPLASTIC SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN COMPARISON WITH PNEUMONECTOMIES IN LUNG CANCER

Problems in oncology ◽

10.37469/0507-3758-2017-63-2-234-239 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 63 (2) ◽

pp. 234-239

Author(s):

Yevgeniy Levchenko ◽

Aleksandr Mikhnin ◽

Stepan Yergnyan ◽

Aleksey Barchuk ◽

Leonid Gorokhov ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lung Cancer ◽

Survival Rates ◽

Group Versus ◽

Disease Free Survival ◽

Long Term Results ◽

Control Group ◽

Free Survival ◽

Surgical Interventions ◽

Disease Free

The analysis of long-term results of surgical treatment of 198 patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) I -III stages. Bronchoplasty (BP) interventions were performed in 99 cases, the control group comprised 99 patients after pneumonectomies (PE) corresponding to the main prognostic criteria for patients after BP interventions. A 1-year, 3-year and 5-year observed survival rates of patients were 87.7%, 56.2% and 44.6% after BP versus 82.8%, 54.6% and 35.9% after PE, respectively. A 1-year, 3-year and 5-year disease-free survival in the BP group was 87.9%, 64.2% and 52.3% versus 88.1%, 61.6% and 37.9% in the PE group. The median of overall and disease-free survival was 51.4 and 55.2 months in the BP group versus 46.2 and 41.0 months in the PE group, respectively.

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The first experience of arthroscopy in the case of aseptic necrosis of the femoral head

ORTHOPAEDICS TRAUMATOLOGY and PROSTHETICS ◽

10.15674/0030-59872021239-44 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 39-44

Author(s):

Maxim Golovakha ◽

Vadym Kirichenko ◽

Olexandra Grytsenko ◽

Rostyslav Tytarchuk ◽

Stanislav Bondarenko

Keyword(s):

Femoral Head ◽

Avascular Necrosis ◽

Hip Joint ◽

Comparison Group ◽

Long Term Results ◽

Control Group ◽

Study Group ◽

Hip Joint Replacement ◽

Therapeutic Exercises

Observation of patients with avascular necrosis of the femoral head formed a hypothesis about inability to eliminate the hip contracture by tunneling the femoral head on the background of drug therapy and therapeutic exercises, which causes an unsatisfactory outcomes. Therefore, the was idea to use arthroscopy for performing capsulotomy, synovectomy and removal of free cartilage and bone fragments. Objective. To evaluate efficiency of arthroscopy in patients with avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Methods. In the period from 2010 to 2018, 60 patients were observed. With the I–II stages, absence of inflammatory processes in the joint, body mass index less than 35. In the comparison group (28 patients) we made only tunneling of the femoral head, in the study group (32) at first we performed arthroscopy of the hip joint, capsulotomy, synovectomy, removal of cartilage fragments, and only then — tunneling. We analyzed the proportion of hip joint replacement that was performed in the long term follow up and the intensity of pain by visual analog scale. Results. During arthroscopy we often revealed the joint cartilage lesions — 30 %, articular labrum lesions — 5 %, synovitis — 100 %, CAM impingement — 90 %. In the study group in the first 2 weeks after surgery, the pain was severe more than in the comparison group. Then the pain rate became the same in both groups. In the control group in the period from 3 to 5 years after tunneling of the femoral head, arthroplasty was performed in 11 patients (39.3 %), in the study group for 2 to 3 years after surgery — 8 (25.0 %). Conclusions. Analysis of long-term results of tunneling of the femoral head with arthroscopy of the hip joint in patients with avascular necrosis of the femoral head showed improvement in hip function, no disease progression in 60–75 % patients in 2–3 years after surgery.

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Laparoscopic extralevator abdominoperineal extirpation of the rectum: long-term results

Pelvic Surgery and Oncology ◽

10.17650/2686-9594-2020-10-3-4-34-42 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (3-4) ◽

pp. 34-42

Author(s):

M. A. Danilov ◽

A. V. Leontyev ◽

A. B. Baychorov ◽

Z. M. Abdulatipova ◽

G. G. Saakyan

Keyword(s):

Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy ◽

Disease Free Survival ◽

Main Group ◽

Long Term Results ◽

Control Group ◽

Free Survival ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Oncological Results ◽

Disease Free

Objective: comparative assessment of long-term oncological results of laparoscopic extralevator and traditional abdominal-perineal resection (APR).Materials and methods. The analysis of immediate and long-term oncological results of treatment of 92 patients who underwent traditional laparoscopic and extralevator APR for low rectal cancer. Inclusion criteria were tumors of the lower ampullar rectum, excluding the performance of sphincter-sparing surgical interventions, and patients’ age up to 75 years. Exclusion criteria: distant metastases, histologically confirmed squamous cell carcinoma. Analysis of immediate and long-term results was carried out.Results. The main group included patients who underwent extralevator APR (n = 62), patients in the control group (n = 30) underwent traditional APR. There were no significant differences in the type of neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatment in the comparison groups (p >0.05). In the group of patients operated on in the volume of extralevator APR, 42 received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy versus 19 patients in the group of traditional APR, there was no statistically significant difference (p = 0.21). In the extralevator APR group, perineal plastic surgery was performed significantly more often than in the traditional APR group (p = 0.001). When evaluating the immediate results, there was a statistically significant difference in the total number of complications between the study groups, such complications as bladder dysfunction following after surgery, inflammatory pelvic disease in the perineal wound, perineal hernia occurred significantly more often in the traditional APR group than in the extralevator APR group (p >0.05). In terms of overall and disease-free survival, the groups differed statistically significantly: 5-year overall survival in the main group was 90 % versus 62.5 % in the control group (p = 0.03), 5-year disease-free survival in the main group was 98.5 % versus 65 % in the control group, respectively (p = 0.01).Conclusions. Extralevator APR of the rectum is the most radical surgical intervention than with the traditional APR technique due to the lower risk of a positive circumferention resection margin, therefore, reducing the incidence of local recurrence, and as a result, improving overall and disease-free survival rates compared to the traditional technique.

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STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF THE CATGUT-EMBEDDING METHOD COMBINING WITH HERBAL MEDICINE ON THE TREATMENT OF SCIATICA BY WIND-COLD-DAMP ARTHRALGIA

Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy ◽

10.34071/jmp.2014.4_5.28 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 206-215

Author(s):

Huu Tham Nguyen ◽

Thi Tan Nguyen

Keyword(s):

Herbal Medicine ◽

Traditional Medicine ◽

Clinical Characteristics ◽

Day Treatment ◽

Patient Treatment ◽

Control Group ◽

Controlled Trials ◽

Study Group ◽

Moderate Pain ◽

Embedding Method

Objectives: To investigate clinical characteristics of patients with sciatica in Traditional Medicine Hospital in Thua Thien Hue province; To evaluate the effectiveness of the catgut-embedding method combining with herbal medicine on the treatment of sciatica by wind-cold-damp arthralgia. Subjects and Methods: Patients diagnosed with sciatica by wind-cold-damp arthralgia in-patient treatment in Traditional Medicine Hospital in Thua Thien Hue province. Methods: Clinical and controlled trials, a survey of 72 patients, which were divided into 2 groups: The study group: 36 patients: receiving treatment by catgut-embedding and herbal medicine; The control group: 36 patients: only use herbal medicine. 28-day treatment period. Patients were assessed at admission (T0), after 14 days (T14), after 28 days of treatment (T28). Results: After 28 days of treatment: no severity both 2 groups. The study group fell to 8.3% moderate pain, mostly mild pain (91.7%); the control group was 44.4% moderate pain, mild 55.6%.The catgut-embedding method does not cause any side effects. Key words: catgut-embedding method, sciatica by wind-cold-damp arthralgia

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Long-term outcomes after adolescent in-patient treatment due to alcohol intoxication: A control group study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence ◽

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.02.037 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 162 ◽

pp. 116-123 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Cornelius Groß ◽

Olaf Reis ◽

Ludwig Kraus ◽

Daniela Piontek ◽

Ulrich S. Zimmermann

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Intoxication ◽

Patient Treatment ◽

Control Group ◽

Long Term Outcomes

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Age Dependendent Efficacy of Ace Inhibitors Among Chinese Cardiovascular Patients During Hospitalization Phase

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3126/ajms.v1i2.2947 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 59-63

Author(s):

Tabish Hussain ◽

Li Yu Shu ◽

A Seid Adji ◽

Tumenjavkhlan Sosorburam

Keyword(s):

Myocardial Infarction ◽

Elderly Patients ◽

Ace Inhibitors ◽

Ace Inhibitor ◽

Recovery Period ◽

Control Group ◽

Study Group ◽

Significant Finding ◽

Cardiovascular Patients

Objective: Cardiac failure is a global burden among cardiovascular diseases, and major cause of morbidity and mortality especially among elderly age group. Angiotensin Converting Enzyme(ACE) inhibitors, remained the choice of treatment as they inhibit the renin angiotensin aldosterone system along with reduction in levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, both of them are key factors in progression and complications of heart failure. The aim of this study was to rule out the effect of aging and efficacy of ACE inhibitor, Captopril, among Chinese cardiovascular patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) during the hospitalization phase of therapy. Material & Methods: Randomized control trial at hospital of Tongji Medical College Wuhan, China over a period of more than 1 year from April 2009 till July 2010 recruiting patients in two stages. A total of 260 patients with mean age 65±8 years were recruited. All suffered from first time myocardial infarction and arrived in Cardiac emergency within 72 hours of the event. The participants were then randomly divided in study and control groups which were then further classified in sub-groups depending upon their age. Study group received ACE inhibitor Captopril in addition to standardized therapy while control group just received the conventional therapy for the event. Statistical analyses were done to formulate the corre-lation between multi-variables. Results: Participants were divided in Study group (N=150) (A and C, Young and Old) and the control group (N=110) (B and D, Young and Old). Survival rate was better among elderly on captopril in comparison to younger ones during the hospitalization. The Systolic blood pressure among study group was significantly lower than control group (132.9±16.3mmHg/84.7 ±9.1mmHg vs. 147.1±17.4mmHg/85.1 ±10.9mmHg, P<0.05).Patient’s survival was statistically significant with respect to age (P<0.001). Conclusion: Treatment with Captopril is definitely associated with improved short as well as long term cardiac prognosis and markedly. Captopril therapy is associated with improved long term prognosis and reduced cardiac mortality during the hospitalization phase of the therapy and recovery period. But the most significant finding is that the increased survival after taking Captopril was higher in elderly patients than in younger patients. ACE inhibitors like Captopril in proper dosage play a real vital beneficial role among elderly patients as compared to the younger ones, but still there is need to recruit a large cohort in different ethnic groups with different genetic makeup. Key Words: Myocardial infarction (MI); Ace-inhibitor; Aging DOI: 10.3126/ajms.v1i2.2947Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 1 (2010) 59-63

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