Zheng-Hui Guo | PubMed Health

PubMed2005

[Needle laparoscopic varicocelectomy].

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated our method and effects of needle laparoscopic varicocelectomy for the treatment of varicocele. METHODS: 72 patients (105 lateral) diagnosed varicocele were performed laparoscopic varicocelectomy under epidural combined intravenous anesthesia from Feb, 2003 to Apr, 2005. Two 2 mm incisions and one 5 mm incision were made on the midline of lower abdomen, by which two 2 mm trocars and one 5 mm trocar were introduced. Vessel-sealing device (Ligasure) was used to seal the internal spermatic veins. RESULTS: All operations were completed successfully. Mean operation time was 15 minutes unilateral and 21 minutes bilateral. The patients were hospitalized for 3 to 5 days after procedure. Follow-up was scheduled for 6 to 12 months and there was no recurrence. CONCLUSION: Needle laparoscopic varicocelectomy gives favorable effect with minimal invasion, rapid recovery, which is the best choice for the treatment of varicocele.

Adolescent↗

PubMed2003

[Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) expression in superficial transitional cell bladder carcinoma].

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) can promote the proliferation of endothelial cell and angiogenesis. They are important materials in growth, invasion, and metastasis of tumor. There were few reports of their difference in single and multiple superficial transitional cell bladder carcinoma. Our objective was to study the expression of them in single and multiple superficial transitional cell bladder carcinoma and their clinical significance. METHODS: Immunohistochemical method was used to study the VEGF and bFGF expression in 60 cases of superficial transitional cell bladder carcinoma and in 10 cases of normal bladder tissue (as control). RESULTS: The expression levels of VEGF (55.6%), bFGF (50.0%), and coexpression level of VEGF and bFGF (50.0%) in the multiple superficial transitional cell bladder carcinoma were higher than that in single tumor. The recurrent rate in the patients with VEGF high expression (61.1%) was higher than that in the patients with VEGF low expression (16.7%). CONCLUSION: The expression levels of VEGF and bFGF were correlated with the biological behavior of superficial transitional cell bladder carcinoma.

Carcinoma, Transitional Cell↗