Objective To explore the curative effect and prognosis of traditional Chinese medicine combined with western medicine in the treatment of silicosis patients.Methods 74 patients with silicosis were selected as the research subjects.According to the admission time,the patients were divided into the observation group and the control group,37 patients in each group.The control group was treated with conventional western medicine,the observation group was given the combined treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine.The clinical curative effect,pulmonary function index,symptoms improved time and the reduce of lung shadow were observed and compared.Results The reduction rate of lung shadow in the observation group was 75.67％,which in the control group was 62.16％,there was statistically significant difference between the two groups (u =2.419,P =0.015).The total effective rate of the observation group was 86.49％,which of the control group was 67.57％,there was statistically significant difference between the two groups (u =2.116,P =0.034).After treatment,the vital capacity (VC),forced vital capacity(FVC) and the first second forced expiratory volume (FEV1) in the observation group were (69.15 ± 18.34)％,(71.08 ± 16.93)％,(68.91 ± 18.75)％,respectively,which in the control group were (63.37 ± 20.53) ％,(63.13 ± 18.69) ％ and (55.47 ± 17.58) ％,respectively,which in the two groups were higher than those before treatment,which in the observation group increased significantly,there were statistically significant differences between the two groups (t =6.778,P =0.000,t =8.836,P =0.000,t =10.133,P =0.000).The wheezing,cough,pulmonary rales and other symptoms improved time in the observation group were shorter than those in the control group,the differences were statistically significant (t =8220,P =0.000,t =6.836,P =0.000,t =6.909,P =0.000).Conclusion Traditional Chinese medicine combined with western medicine in the treatment of silicosis has higher reduction rate of lung shadow,lung function improved significantly,shorter improved time of cough,wheezing and other symptoms,its curative effect is better than western medicine.

Objective The aim of study is to evaluate the efficacy of a new complementary midurethral sling surgery in treating recurrent or persist female stress urinary incontinence (SUI) after primary Synthetic mid-urethral slings (MUSs).Methods The methods was used in 32 patients who had suffered recurrent or persist SUI patients after primary MUSs during June 2005 and July 2011.Their primary MUSs were:TVT 2 cases,IVS 4 cases,TVT-O 17 cases,TOT 3 cases,T-sling 1case,other MUSs 5 cases.9 cases complained SUI symptoms continued after primary surgery and had no improvement after 6 months following up.23 cases reported SUI symptoms recurrent and aggravated in 6 months after primary operation and had no improvement 1 year after operation.All these patients have been treated with surgery,a trans-vaginal mid-urethral sling on descending pubic ramus.In this study we followed up these patients for one year after this complementary operation and evaluated operating time,blood loss,efficacy and complications.Results In this study the operating time was 41.1±13.1 minutes,blood loss was 70.6±23.8 ml.30 patients kept urinary catheter 6 h after operation and 2 kept urinary catheter 48 h after operation.All patients could micturate after removed urinary catheter and average residual urine was 23.8 ± 21.4 ml (range 0-80 ml).The average in-patients duration was 4.8± 1.1days.SUI symptoms still persisted in two patients after second operation,subjective cure was achieved in 26 patients and the symptoms obviously improved in 4 patients when they left hospital.The efficient rate was 93.8％ (30/32) left hospital and after 3 months,93.3％ (28/30) after 6 months and 86.2％ (25/29) after 1 year.There were 2 cases of recurrence and 1 case of mesh erosion after 1 year,no other operative complications were reported.Conclusions Our study found that it is a efficient operation to treat SUI recur or persist after primary.