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Author : Meyer Gustafson | Published On : 25 Sep 2024

6 vs 56.9 p<0.001) and had worse baseline characteristics (higher American Society of Anesthesiology [ASA] score, presence of back pain, and prevalence of comorbidities, all p<0.001) compared to those who were discharged home. In covariate-controlled multivariate analysis, the home discharge cohort had lower rates of hospital readmission (OR=0.68, 95% CI 0.55, 0.84) and revision surgery (OR=0.56, 95% CI 0.37, 0.85) within three months and return to operating room (OR=0.46, 95% CI 0.34-0.63) and complications (all OR<0.50 except hematoma, p<0.01) within 30 days than the institution discharge cohort.

Severity of disability measured by ODI may influence but does not dictate discharge destination and the associated postoperative outcomes.
Severity of disability measured by ODI may influence but does not dictate discharge destination and the associated postoperative outcomes.
In this article, we investigated the efficiency of surgery in treating symptomatic spinal metastases from neuroendocrine neoplasms and performed univariate analysis for identification of possible prognostic factors.

A retrospective study was performed, enrolling a total of 19 patients who received surgeries in our center for symptomatic spinal metastases from neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN). The Kaplan-Meier method was adopted to estimate overall survival (OS) and recurrence free survival (RFS). Univariate analysis was performed for identification of possible prognostic factors.

All patients recruited displayed stable recovery after surgical intervention, with a median OS of 27.3 months (95% Confidence Interval 16.4-38.1 months) and a median RFS of 23.0 months (95% Confidence Interval 12.1-33.8 months). Postoperatively, 15 patients exhibited improved neurological function based on the Frankel classification, while 16 patients experienced significant pain relief, with mean visual analog scale (VAS) score decreasing from 7.47±2.32-2.47±1.25 (p<0.05). Univariate analysis revealed that the presence of visceral metastases (p=0.034) and extraspinal bone metastases (p=0.016) are both related with poor prognosis. Additionally, well histologic differentiation (p=0.010) and administration of postoperative octreotide (p=0.041) or bisphosphonate (p=0.023) are all indicators for better outcome.

Surgery is an efficient option for treating symptomatic spinal metastases from NEN due to its immediate and assured benefits in pain alleviation, restoration of function and stability reconstruction.
Surgery is an efficient option for treating symptomatic spinal metastases from NEN due to its immediate and assured benefits in pain alleviation, restoration of function and stability reconstruction.The bacterial communities are challenged with oxidative stress during their exposure to bactericidal antibiotics, metals, and different levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) encountered in diverse environmental habitats. The frequency of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and metal resistance genes (MRGs) co-selection is increased by selective pressure posed by oxidative stress. Hence, study of resistance acquisition is important from an evolutionary perspective. To understand the dependence of oxidative stress on the dissemination of ARGs and MRGs through a pathogenic bacterial population, 12 metagenomes belonging to gut, water and soil habitats were evaluated. The metagenome-wide analysis showed the chicken gut to pose the most diverse pool of ARGs (30.4 ppm) and pathogenic bacteria (Simpson diversity = 0.98). The most common types of resistances found in all the environmental samples were efflux pumps (13.22 ppm) and genes conferring resistance to vancomycin (12.4 ppm), tetracycline (12.1 ppm), or beta-lactam (9.4 ppm) antibiotics. Additionally, limiting DO level in soil was observed to increase the abundance of excision nucleases (uvrA and uvrB), DNA polymerase (polA), catalases (katG), and other oxidative stress response genes (OSGs). This was further evident from major variations occurred in antibiotic efflux genes due to the effect of DO concentration on two human pathogens, namely Salmonella enterica and Shigella sonnei found in all the selected habitats. In conclusion, the microbial community, when challenged with oxidative stress caused by environmental variations in oxygen level, tends to accumulate higher amounts of ARGs with increased dissemination potential through triggering non-lethal mutagenesis. Furthermore, the genetic linkage or co-occurrence of ARGs and MRGs provides evidence for selecting ARGs under high concentrations of heavy metals.An analysis of the influence of water regime on the metal accumulation processes of wetland plants can improve the efficiency of phytoremediation. However, few studies have clearly explored the mechanism of influence of water regime on the process of accumulation of metals by the dominant vegetation in Poyang Lake wetland, the largest freshwater lake in China. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of water regime (Flooding condition [FC], Dry condition [DC] and alternate dry and flooding condition [DFC]) on the accumulation of cadmium (Cd) by Artemisia selengensis Turcz. ex Bess., a dominant plant in the Poyang Lake wetland. The results indicated that FC treatment significantly enhanced the accumulation of Cd by Artemisia roots compared with DFC and DC treatments. In addition, the DFC treatment significantly increased the translocation of Cd from roots to shoots compared with the FC treatment. A multivariate statistical analysis indicated that the rhizosphere Cd fraction, iron plaque on the rrmation for deeply understanding the resilience of wetland ecosystems and for enhancing the phytoremediation with wetland plants using water management.This article investigates the current status of the livestock industry (cattle, pigs, sheep, and poultry) in China and assesses the potential for biogas production from anaerobically digested livestock manure. selleck According to calculation results based on the latest data of livestock released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China in 2018, China produced 2 × 1012 kg of manure pollution in 2017, with pig waste representing the largest single manure source. Biogas that can be converted from high organic containing manure is a kind of clean bioenergy with low carbon footprint. In 2017, the energy potential from manure-produced biogas was about 5.74 × 1012-6.73 × 1012 MJ, which corresponds to 4-5% of China's total energy demand. Correlation analysis between biogas production and the livestock industry showed that crop production had significant effects on manure-generated biogas production. However, it is necessary to address the challenges when applying AD technology. Bioenergy potential from manure will be lost during material collection and transportation.