Cardiovascular Diseases ; Humans ; Osteoporosis

Animals ; Antigens, Nuclear ; DNA ; genetics ; metabolism ; DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded ; DNA Repair ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Humans ; Ku Autoantigen

Apoptosis ; Cell Cycle ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Proliferation ; Humans ; Neoplastic Processes ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun ; genetics ; metabolism ; physiology

Factor Analysis, Statistical ; Health Policy ; Leadership ; Occupational Health Services ; organization & administration

Adult ; Cranial Nerve Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; Diagnostic Errors ; Facial Nerve ; pathology ; Hemangioma ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Male

Adult ; Aged ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; blood ; Blood Proteins ; analysis ; Breast Neoplasms ; blood ; diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasm Proteins ; blood ; Protein Array Analysis ; Proteomics ; methods ; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the safety and clinical outcomes of the novel simplified no-flip surgical approach to Shang Ring male circumcision in adults.

METHODSA total of 528 adult males, aged 18 - 58 (mean 35) years, 63 with phimosis and 465 with redundant prepuce, underwent no-flip Shang Ring circumcision with or without removal of the outer ring. The operation time and intraoperative blood loss were recorded and observations were made on such complications as postoperative bleeding, infection, edema, and wound dehiscence.

RESULTSThe operation time, intraoperative blood loss, and 2-hour postoperative pain score were (3.8 +/- 0.3) min, (0.6 +/- 0.1) ml, and 7.3 +/-0.3, respectively. Spontaneous ring detachment occurred at 21.6 +/- 2.1 days postoperatively in 12.7% of the patients (67/528) who had chosen not to remove the rings. Of those who preferred removal of the outer ring (87.3% [461/528]), none experienced any pain at the ring removal 7 days after the operation. Postoperative complications included infection in 3 cases (0.56%) and mild edema in 9 (1.70%), but no bleeding and wound dehiscence. Totally, 518 (98.1%) of the patients felt satisfied with the postoperative penile appearance.

CONCLUSIONNo-flip Shang Ring circumcision, with no need for removal of the inner ring, is a safe and simple approach for adult males, which is superior to conventional Shang Ring circumcision for requirement of fewer surgical instruments, shorter operation time, lower incidence of complications, and better satisfaction with the penile appearance. However, these advantages are to be further demonstrated by more randomized controlled trials.

Adolescent ; Adult ; Circumcision, Male ; instrumentation ; methods ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Phimosis ; surgery ; Postoperative Complications ; Young Adult

Adolescent ; Adult ; Ammonia ; adverse effects ; Burns, Chemical ; etiology ; therapy ; Burns, Inhalation ; etiology ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Young Adult

Near infrared spectra in the range of 11501.4 ～ 6047.7 cm- 1 were used for simultaneously determination four oestrogens and progestogens: estradiol, estriol, medroxyprogesterone acetate and estrone. Constant offset elimination data pretreatment and partial least square regression method were used to resolve the spectra overlap of the four substancesas well as the tetrahydrofuran solvent. 100 samples were taken as the calibration set getting a correlation coefficient of 0. 99. The relative deviations for prediction samples were < 5 %. Some measuring factors influencing regressive accuracy like moistrue, temperature and dissolvent were discussed.

Humans ; Nasal Cavity ; Paranasal Sinuses