Objective To explore the the application of sternocleidomastoid lateral path for thyroid cancer surgery lateral neck lymph node cleaning.Methods 40 patients with thyroid carcinoma were detected in the lateral neck lymph node cleaning using sternocleidomastoid lateral path(experimental group)and 40 cases of patients with thyroid cancer in the lateral neck lymph node cleaning cleaning scope with traditional operation method(control group),comparing with success rates,operation time,quality of life and incidence of complications.Results Experimental group can achieve the purpose of curing in the operation,operation field showed more clearly,the lymph node zone Ⅱ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ,Ⅴ number (32,58,50,35)were higher than traditional surgery group(17,35,33,20).Experimental group can significantly shorten the operation time[(30.0±1.20)min vs(45.0±3.10)min].The difference of incidence of near and forward future overall complications was statistically significant between the two group(P<0.05).Conclusion Sternocleidomastoid lateral path in thyroid carcinoma in the lateral neck lymph node cleaning can achieve the purpose of curing,significantly improve the lymph node zone Ⅱ,Ⅲ,Ⅳ,Ⅴ,shorten the operation time,reduce the recent and long-term complications and improve patient's quality of life.

Objective To study the methods and outcome of surgical treatment of distal bile duct carcinoma.Methods The clinical data of 51 cases of distal bile duct carcinoma who underwent surgery were analyzed retrospectively.Of them,28 cases received radical pancreaticoduodenectomy,and 23 cases had internal bile duct drainage procedures.Results The total average survival time was 20 months.The mean survival time of radical and drainage operation was 32 months and 8 months respectively.Postoperative 5-year survival rate in radical pancreaticoduodenectomy group was 17.8%,and in drainage group was 0.The outcome of radical pancreaticoduodenectomy group was significantly better than that of internal bile duct drainage procedures group(P

Objective To study the effect of modified air bag deflation lubrication by Sengstaken-Blakemore tube on voluntary dysphagia induced by esophageal variceal bleeding.Method Twenty seven patients with voluntary dysphagia induced by esophageal and gastric variceal bleeding were managed with modified air bag deflation lubrication with Sengstaken-Blakemore tube.Results The indwelling time for the Sengstaken-Blakemore tube was 3~6 d.There was no complication of gastrointestinal mucosal injury and aspiration complications.Conclusion The modified air bag deflation lubrication by Sengstaken-Blakemore tube may effectively avoid the complications by hemostasis with Sengstaken-Blakemore tube.

Objective To approach the clinical effect of cefoperazone sulbactam associated with tigecycline for treatment of patients with severe pulmonary infection caused by pan drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care unit(ICU). Methods Retrospectively,the treatments of 88 patients with sepsis and pulmonary infection caused by pan drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii admitted in ICU from January,2011 to June,2013 were analyzed,among them antibiotics were used for 82 patients,and the rest 6 patients did not use antibiotics because of family refusal or abandonment of therapy. The patients having used antibiotics were divided into three groups:A group(27 patients)received cefoperazone sulbactam,B group(30 patients)received cefoperazone sulbactam associated with amikacin,and C group(25 patients)received cefoperazone sulbactam associated with tigecycline, antimicrobial treatment being for 7-15 days. The venous blood was collected to determine the changes in white blood cell count(WBC),C-reactive protein(CRP)and procalcitonin(PCT)before and after therapy. The rate of bacteriological efficiency,successful weaning of mechanical instrument,28-day mortality rate and clinical efficacy were observed after therapy in three groups. Results Before therapy,the comparisons of levels of WBC,CRP and PCT among three groups were of no statistically significant difference(all P>0.05),and they were decreased obviously after therapy in three groups among which they were decreased most significantly in C group〔WBC(×109/L):17.01±5.35 vs. 20.40±6.54,18.28±6.41;CRP(mg/L):64.6±8.4 vs. 68.3±12.7,70.0±13.4;PCT(μg/L):20.84±7.26 vs. 36.14±10.12,52.66±13.47,P<0.05〕. The rates of bacteriological efficiency and successful weaning in C group were increased more significantly than those in either A or B groups after therapy(bacteriological efficiency:76.00%vs. 44.44%,46.67%,χ2=9.750,P=0.006;rate of successful weaning:72.00%vs. 40.74%, 43.33%,χ2=12.083,P=0.009),and 28-day mortality rate in C group was much lower than those in A and B groups (24.00% vs. 48.15%,36.67%,χ2=11.510,P=0.030). The total clinical efficiency in C group was much higher than those in A and B groups(76.00%vs. 44.44%,46.67%,both P<0.05). Conclusion Cefoperazone sulbactam associated with tigecycline has significant clinical therapeutic effect in patients with pulmonary infection caused by pan drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in ICU,as it can decrease inflammatory reaction,increase the rates of successful weaning and survival.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression with cervical lymph metastases in papillary thyroid carcinoma. METHODS The expression of COX-2 and VEGF in 79 specimens of papillary thyroid carcinoma were evaluated with SP immunohistochemical methods. In all the 79 cases, there were 46 cases with cervical lymph node metastases and 33 cases without cervical lymph node metastasis. RESULTS The positive expression rates of COX-2 and VEGF in the cases with cervical metastases were 81.6 % and 86.8 % respectively, and in the cases without cervical lymph metastases were 54.5 % and 66.7 % respectively. There was a significant difference in the positive expression rates of COX-2 and VEGF between two groups (P

Objective To evaluate the clinic value of multiple tumor markers plus PSA in diagnosing prostate cancer.Methods We collected serum samples of 140 prostate cancer patients with average age of 68 (48-82) years,104 benign prostate hyperplasia patients with average age of 70 (52-87) years,and 162 healthy people with average age of 38 (23-49) years.We had detected PSA levels and also the protein expressions of XAGE-1b,SSX-2,AM ACR and AKAP4.In healthy people,the ranges of the normal values with 95％ data range were determined.Multiple tumor markers and PSA were calculated their positive rate,specificity and sensitivity in diagnosing prostate cancer.We had randomly chosen one positive serum,and analyzed the 4 protein expressions by Western bolt.We detected the serum with the four markers plus PSA by Luminex medthod,then drew ROC curve and calculated AUC area according to the results.Results Among all those samples,PSA levels of 266 samples were under 4tμg/L,86 samples were between 4-10 μg/L,and 54 samples were above 10 μg/L.The positive rates of XAGE-1b,SSX-2,AMACR and AKAP4 in prostate cancer patients were 53.6％ (75/140),34.3％ (48/140),27.9％ (39/140),44.3％ (62/140) respectively.The AUC of XAGE-1b,SSX-2,AMACR,AKAP4 and PSA were 0.666,0.615,0.551,0.768,0.675 respectively.The AUC of their combination was 0.887; The specificity and sensitivity of single PSA detection and combination detection were 60.0％,46.2％ and 80.0％,82.2％.Among those whose PSA value was between 4-10 μg/L,the AUC of single PSA detection was 0.505,the specificity and sensitivity of single PSA detection were 43.2％ and 31.8％; the AUC of the combination detection was 0.803; their specificity and sensitivity were 83.7％ and 73.2％.Conclusions Compared with the single PSA detection,the combination of XAGE-1b,SSX-2,AMACR,AKAP4 and PSA has been greatly improved the specificity and sensitivity in prostate cancer detection.This tool still has significant value even in patients with PSA value between 4-10 μg/L.

Objective To study the outcome of surgical therapy of perforation of gastric cancer. Methods The clinical data of 37 cases with perforation of gastric carcinoma which underwent different surgical procedures were analyzed retrospectively. Among them,24 cases underwent partial gastrectomy,8 cases underwent radical mastectomy,4 cases had repair of perforation. 1 case received non-operative therapy. Results The preoperative diagnotic rate was 24.3%,and misdiagonsis rate was 75.7%. The perioperative mortality rate was 5.4%,including 1 case that underwent repair of perforation. The post-operative complication rate of patients undergoing palliative gastrectomy,radical gastric cancer operation and repair of perforation was 41.7%,25.0% and 75.0%,respectively,and the mean survival time was 25 months,29 months and 3.0 months,respectively.The partial gastrectomy and radical mastectomy patients had significantly better outcomes than those who underwent repair of perforation or received non-operative therapy.Conclusions For patients with perforation of gastric cancer with resectable lesions and who are in good general coaditon,a one-stage radical gastric resection or palliative subtotal gastrectomy can be performed.

Hunan University of Chinese Medicine has improved the implementation of animal ethics education from the aspects of carrying out elective courses, emphasizing the implementation of pre-class learning, integrating ethics education into experimental teaching, cultivating students' good medical literacy in a subtle way, and further deepening their learning by offering elective courses of animal ethics. The results show that the opening of elective courses and the enforcement of experimental animal ethics education in experimental classes have greatly strengthened the students' experimental animal ethics, which is conducive to the formation of students' medical literacy.

Objective To observe the effect and safety of the endovascular hypothermia through hypothermic intravenous infusion device in the treatment of patients with severe craniocerebral injury compared with conventional surface cooling. Methods A total of 66 cases of patients with severe cranio-cerebral injury were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group with 33 cases in each group according to envelop randomization. The control group received surface cooling, and the observation group was given surface cooling plus endovascular hypothermia through hypothermic intravenous infusion device. The target temperature was 35 ℃maintained for 3-5 days, and natural rewarming was applied at the speed of 0.1-0.5℃/h to 36.0-37.3℃. The time to reach target temperature, the constant stability, the incidence rate and severity of complication such as shiver, arrhythmia, skin injury and agitation were recorded and compared between two groups, as well as the heart rate, breathing rate, pulse rate, blood pressure and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores after 72 h of treatment. Glasgow Outcome Scale scores 30 days after treatment and nursing workload were also calculated and compared. Results The cooling speed, time to reach target temperature and the ability to maintain at 35℃were (1.3±0.2)℃/h, (2.3±0.2) h and (6.5± 1.8)%in the observation group, respectively, compared with (0.5±0.1)℃/h, (3.6±0.6) h and (11.3±2.2)%in the control group, which had significant differences (t=1.862, 2.112, 2.408,P < 0.05). The occurrence rates of shiver, arrhythmia, skin damage and dysphoria and restlessness in the observation group were 33.33%(11/33), 9.09%(3/33), 6.06%(2/33) and 27.27%(9/33), respectively, which were much lower than those in the control group 84.85%(28/33), 15.15%(5/33), 33.33%(11/33), 54.55%(18/33),χ2=1.764-2.733,P<0.05. The heart rate, breathing rate, pulse rate, systolic blood pressure and GCS score after 72 h of treatment were(68.31 ± 3.73)times/min,(16.60 ± 1.52)times/min,(136.35 ± 3.71)mmHg(1 mmHg=0.133 kPa),(34.61 ± 1.05)℃, (9.91±4.05)points in the observation group, while(58.31±3.62)times/min,(19.81±1.83)times/min,(150.66± 2.70)mmHg,(35.65 ± 1.36)℃,(7.63 ± 3.17)points in the control group, and there were significant differences between two groups(t=2.275-3.035, P < 0.05).Besides, the ice-changing ice and turning-over time in the observation group were both remarkably reduced compared with control group, (14.03±3.11) min/h vs (38.12± 2.70) min/h (t=3.356, P<0.05) , (15.08±3.07) min/h vs (26.16±2.54) min/h ( t=3.021, P<0.05). Patients with good recovery, mild disability, severe disability, death in the observation group were 16, 13, 3 and 1 case, while 6, 11, 9, 7 cases in the control group (χ2=2.351,P < 0.05). Conclusions The endovascular hypothermia through hypothermic intravenous infusion device can rapidly reduce and effectively maintain target temperature, reduce the incidence rate of complication, improve the vital signs and decrease the nursing workload in order to improve neurological outcome in the treatment of patients with severe craniocerebral injury.

Photoautotrophic cultivation with heterotrophic cells as seeds (heterotrophic cells/photoautotrophic cultivation) is an effective way for the development of microalgal biofuel, but its development potential from the point of process optimization has not been investigated in literatures. To evaluate this, the optimizations of medium and culture conditions for Chlorella ellipsoidea were studied. In the heterotrophic stage, the biomass concentration reached 11.04 g/L with the optimized medium in flask, which were 28.0% higher than that with the original medium, and the biomass concentration reached 73.89 g/L in 5-L fermenter. In the photoautotrophic stage, the culture medium and conditions were studied in a 2-L column photobioreactor. The maximum biomass concentration, lipid content and lipid productivity reached 1.62 g/L, 36.34% and 6.1 mg/(L·h) under the optimal photoautotrophic conditions. The lipids were mainly composed of C16-C18 fatty acids, which were raw material suitable for biodiesel. After optimization, heterotrophic cells/photoautotrophic cultivation can significantly improve the capacity of biofuel production by Chlorella ellipsoidea, this method is also expected to be an efficient way for the cultivation of other microalgae that can grow heterotrophically.
Biofuels ; Biomass ; Cell Culture Techniques ; Chlorella ; metabolism ; Culture Media ; Fatty Acids ; biosynthesis ; Heterotrophic Processes ; Lipids ; biosynthesis ; Photobioreactors