Objective To evaluate the curative effect of fallopian tube perfusion with ozone water in treating obstructed fallopian tube in pluripara.Methods A total of 116 patients with distal fallopian tube obstruction were included in this study.The diagnosis was confirmed by clinical and laboratory materials.The patients were randomly divided into the study group and the control group with 58 patients in each group.During hospitalization period all patients received interventional recanalization therapy for obstructed fallopian tube.For the patients of the study group,ozone water perfusion of fallopian tube was employed,while for the patients of the control group,fallopian tube perfusion with conventional anti-inflammatory drug and antiadhesion solution was adopted.All the patients were followed up for 6 months,the pregnancy rate and the fallopian tube re-occlusion rate of both groups were calculated,and 2 weeks after the treatment the patients'discomfort symptoms were evaluated.Results The success rate of fallopian tube recanalization,the pregnancy rate and the re-obstruction rate in the study group were 93.1％ (54/58),79.3％ (46/58) and 5.2％(3/58) respectively,which in the control group were 91.4％ (53/58),60.3％ (35/58) and 172％ (10/58) respectively.Statistical analysis indicated that no significant difference in the success rate of fallopian tube recanalization existed between the two groups (P＞0.05).The pregnancy rate of the study group was higher than that of the control group,while the re-obstruction rate in the study group was lower than that in the control group;the differences between the two groups were statistically significant (P＜0.05).No significant differences in discomfort symptom scores existed between the two groups (P＞0.05).Conclusion Fallopian tube perfusion with ozone water can be adopted for tubal recanalization,this technique can effectively improve the postoperative pregnancy rate and reduce the tubal re-obstruction rate.

BACKGROUNDHepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a parasitic disease in humans and caused by the Echinococcus multilocularis (Em). Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) may be the only effective treatment for end-stage hepatic AE. However, in some AE patients, extrahepatic Em can not be completely eliminated after OLT. We aimed to study whether the immunological changes caused by Em evasion may influence the rejective response.

METHODSRat modles of AE were established by injecting the Em suspension into abdomen of Brown Norway (BN) rats. Three months later, in the experimental group, the liver was transplanted from Lewis (LEW) rats to Em-infected BN rats. In the control group, transplantation was from LEW rats to healthy BN rats. Liver tissue and peripheral blood (PB) samples were collected on days 1, 3, 5, and 7 after OLT. Liver tissue was analyzed after hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining; numbers of CD4, CD8, and CD28 on peripheral blood cells were detected by flow cytometry; and expression of the chemokine fractalkine (Fkn) was detected by reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR). Interleukin-10 (IL-10) was measured in the serum by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In every group, eight BN rats were retained for observing survival time.

RESULTSThe survival times of recipients in the experimental group were prolonged compared with those in the control group. The rejective response occurred later and was milder in the experimental group. percentage of CD4, CD8, CD28 T-cells and Fkn mRNA expression were lower in the experimental group. While the serum IL-10 levels were higher in the experimental group than those in the control group.

CONCLUSIONSAcute rejective response after OLT was attenuated in the rats with Em infection, and the recipients` survival time was prolonged. Em may play a role in this process by elevating IL-10 secretion, decreasing the effector T cells, inhibiting the expression of Fkn, which lead to reduce the inflammatory cells infiltration into the liver.

Animals ; CD28 Antigens ; metabolism ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes ; metabolism ; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes ; metabolism ; Echinococcosis, Hepatic ; mortality ; surgery ; therapy ; Echinococcus multilocularis ; pathogenicity ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Flow Cytometry ; Graft Rejection ; immunology ; Interleukin-10 ; blood ; Liver Transplantation ; adverse effects ; Rats ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction