Objective
To sum up the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of postoperative complications of carotid body tumor.
Methods
The clinical data of 27 patients (30 aneurysms) with carotid body tumor who treated in our hospital from June 2005 to June 2016 were analyzed retrospectively.
Results
Of the 27 patients, 24 patients had unilateral lesions and 3 patients had bilateral lesions, with a total of 30 aneurysms. Three patients received color Doppler ultrasound, 18 patients received computed tomography angiography, 3 patients received magnetic resonance angiography, and 6 patients received digital subtraction angiography. According to Shamblin classification: 10 aneurysms belonged to typeⅠ, 16 aneurysms belonged to typeⅡ, 4 aneurysms belonged to type Ⅲ. Twenty aneurysms were treated with simple stripping, 6 aneurysms were treated with tumor resection and external carotid artery resection, 2 aneurysms were resected by resection, partial carotid artery resection plus external-internal carotid artery anastomosis, 2 aneurysms were resected by resection, resection of internal carotid artery, external carotid artery, and common carotid artery, as well as internal carotid artery-common carotid artery bypass. All patients underwent a successful operation with no death. After surgery,1 patient suffered from hemiplegia, 2 patients suffered from hoarseness, and 1 patient suffered from cough. Of the 27 patients, 24 patients were followed-up from 3 months to 4 years, with a median time of 2.3 years. During the follow-up procedure, the 1 patient with hemiplegic recovered to more than three levels of muscle strength after 6 months after rehabilitation, the 2 patients with hoarseness and 1 patient with cough returned to normal after 2 months after symptomatic treatment. There was no recurrence during follow-up procedure, and no other complications occurred.
Conclusion
Computed tomography angiography and magnetic resonance angiography are propitious to the definitive diagnosis of carotid body tumor, and actively surgical treatment should be performed once diagnosis of carotid body tumor.
Objective To investigate the depression status，score of asthma control test (ACT) and quality of life in asthma patients before and after health care education according to Global Initiative for Asthma guidelines.Methods 59 enrolled outpatients with asthma were asked to self-administer the CES-D (center for epidemiologic studies-depression) scale，ACT scale and the quality of life (QOL) questionnaire respectively.All the patients were educated and treated by health care professionals under the guidance of GINA 2004.After average of 2.5 months ± 15 days，they were asked to self-administer all the scales and questionnaire mentioned above once again on return visit.The data was collected and analyzed statistically based on whether or not the patient had depression according to the CES-D score and the data before and after the education was compared statistically.Results （A）40.7% (24/59) of the patients had depression emotion before guided treatment，and after that the percentage significantly decreased to 13.6% (8/59) (Plt;0.05).（B）Comparing the depressive and non-depressive groups，there was significant difference in 3 of 5 domains in QOL excluding limitation of activity and self concern about health (Plt;0.05) before guided treatment.While on return visit 3 domains in QOL excluding limitation of activity and psychologic status had shown a significant difference (Plt;0.05).There was no significant difference in ACT score before guided treatment，while wise versa after that (Plt;0.05).（C）Before guided treatment the depression status was inversely correlated with 3 in 5 domains of QOL (symptoms of asthma，psychologic status and response to irritant)，as well as QOL as a whole (Plt;0.05)，but not with the other two domains of QOL scale and ACT score.After guided treatment，the depression status had inverse correlation with QOL and 3 in 5 domains of QOL scale (excluding limitation of activity and psychologic status) (Plt;0.05)，as well as ACT score (Plt;0.05).Conclusions The symptoms of asthma and response to irritants are common factors that influence the depressive emotion in asthma population.While psychologic status and self concern about health are both important factors that can not be overlooked.Health care education is important for asthma patients in view of appropriate treatment，symptom control and relief of depression emotion.
