1.Research progress concerning intramedullary nail fixation for calcaneal fractures
Haowei ZHANG ; Lin LYU ; Ming NI
Chinese Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 2021;23(5):458-460
Calcaneal fractures, common injury to foot, usually require surgery if complicated with an obvious displacement. Since open reduction and internal plate fixation often leads to wound infection, more and more minimally invasive surgery has been adopted for calcaneal fractures. As a minimal invasive treatment, intramedullary fixation can be used to treat calcaneal fractures of Sanders types Ⅰ-Ⅳ. Calcanail and C-Nail are 2 major types of intramedullary nails that have been used to treat calcaneal fractures in Europe and the United States since 2011. This article reviews the basic structural features, biomechanical properties, surgical procedures and clinical efficacy of these intramedullary nails.
2.Non-operative treatment for patients with acute uncomplicated appendicitis
Tong TIAN ; Xiaowei WANG ; Haowei LYU ; Shihong XU
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners 2016;15(8):632-635
Total 786 cases of acute uncomplicated appendicitis(UCAA) were included for analysis.All the cases were given antibiotics as a main treatment.Clinical cure rate and the number of cases requiring surgery were observed.Patients with conservative treatment were followed up and the recurrence was observed.Logistic regression was applied to analyze the risk factors of recurrence.Among 786 cases,774 (98.5%) were treated conservatively and achieved clinical cure;68 cases (9.0%) had recurrence during follow-up,the median time to recurrence was 11 months (1-33 months).Logistic regression analysis showed that age(OR =1.124,95% CI:1.067-3.790,x2 =2.767,P =0.041) and appendix bezoar (OR =1.649,95% CI:1.281-4.055,x2 =3.935,P =0.027) were independent risk factors for recurrence.Non-operative treatment for acute uncomplicated appendicitis shows a good short and long term effects.Surgical excision may be a better choice for the patients with high risks of recurrence.
3.The value of multiplex PCR method based on capillary electrophoresis in detecting common serotypes of respiratory adenovirus infection in children
Yue ZHANG ; Fangfang LYU ; Xiaohui JIA ; Zupan LIN ; Shunhang WEN ; Zhi XU ; Haowei ZHU ; Hailin ZHANG
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics 2022;37(4):256-259
Objective:To establish a common method for detecting serotypes of respiratory adenovirus, and to detect the main serotypes of respiratory human adenovirus (HAdV) infection in children in Wenzhou area.Methods:A multiplex PCR method based on capillary electrophoresis was developed to detect 12 common serotypes of respiratory adenovirus.A total of 1 059 children with acute respiratory infection who were admitted to Yuying Children′s Hospital Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University from January 2018 to December 2019 with positive infection of HAdV detected by the direct immunofluorescence method were recruited and retrospectively analyzed.Multiplex PCR was performed to determine 12 serotypes of respiratory adenovirus, including HAdV-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, 21, 37, 40, 41 and 55.Meanwhile, some samples were randomly selected to examine the consistency in the detection result by the first-generation sequencing method.Results:A total of 1 059 specimens of respiratory secretions with positive HAdV antigen were collected.Detected by multiplex PCR method, 947 cases (89.4%) were positive for 1 serotype, 13 cases (1.2%) were mixed infection with 2 serotypes, and 24 cases (2.3%) were negative.In addition, 75 cases(7.1%) were positive but could not be serotyped.Among the 947 children with the positive infection of a single serotype, 415 cases (43.8%) were HAdV-3 in subgroup B, 318 cases(33.6%) were HAdV-7, 12 cases (1.2%) were HAdV-55, 2 cases (0.2%) were HAdV-21, 108 cases (11.4%) were HAdV-2 in subgroup C, 70 cases (7.4%) were HAdV-1, 16 cases(1.7%) were HAdV-5, and 6 cases(0.6%) were HAdV-4 in subgroup E. HAdV-14, HAdV-37, HAdV-40 and HAdV-41 were not detected.A total of 51 positive samples of HAdV infection detected by multiplex PCR were randomly selected to compare with the detection result by the first-generation sequencing, which were all consistent.Conclusions:This study successfully established a multiplex PCR based on capillary electrophoresis in diagnosing common serotypes of respiratory adenovirus infection in children.HAdV-3, HAdV-7 of subgroup B and HAdV-2 and HAdV-1 of subgroup C were the main serotypes of respiratory adenovirus infection in children of Wenzhou area.HAdV-14, HAdV-37, HAdV-40 and HAdV- 41 were not detected.