Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of compound carraghenates suppositories in the treatment of wounds after anal fissure operation. Methods:Eighty-eight cases of patients with anal fistula post-operation wounds were diagnosed from June 2011 to June 2014 and randomly divided into the observation group (n=44) and the control group (n=44). The control group was treated with the conventional treatment and the observation group was treated with external compound carraghenates suppositories additionally. The efficacy, average healing time, growing time of granulation tissue and removal time of necrotic tissue, pain disappear-ance time and wound edema disappearance time after the operation and the area of wound surface in the two groups were observed and compared. Results:After the 14-day treatment, the time of wound healing, granulation growth and cure in the observation group was shorter than that in the control group (P<0. 05). In the observation group, the total effective rate (93. 18%) was higher than that in the control group (77. 27%, P<0. 05). After the 7-day and 14-day treatment, the pain score and wound edema score in the observa-tion group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0. 05), and the wound area was significantly smaller than that in the control group (P<0. 05). Conclusion:The clinical efficacy of external compound carraghenates suppositories in the treatment of wounds after anal fissure operation is significant, safe and reliable.

Background Bevacizumab and triamcinolone acetonide (TA) has been widely used in the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME) clinically,but the effectiveness of both treatment has disadvantage.Therefore,some researchers try to combine bevacizumab with TA for the management of DME,but its efficacy is controversial.Objective This study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of intraovitreal injection of bevacizumab combined with TA versus bevacizumab for DME.Methods The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of bevacizumab combined with TA versus bevacizumab via intraovitreal injection for DME were searched from Pubmed,EMbase,Cochrane Library,CNKI.The methodological quality of the literature was evaluated according to evidencebased medicine (EBM),and the quality of the RCTs was appraised based on the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 5.0.The outcome indicators including the change values of central macular thickness (CMT) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) as well as the safety indicators including topical and system adverse response of RCTs were analyzed with Cochrane Collaboration' s software RevMan 5.0.Results Nine RCTs were included with 665 eyes.The decrease value of CMT was more remarkable in the bevacizumab combined with TA group than that of the only bevacizumab group 12 weeks and 18 weeks after intravitreal injection (WMD =-44.69,95％ CI:25.27-64.11,P ＜ 0.000 001 ; WMD =-66.86,95％ CI:40.67-93.05,P ＜ 0.000 001).However,no significant differences were found in the change value of CMT in 6 weeks and 6 months after injection between the two groups (WMD =-15.40,95％ CI:-4.04-34.85,P =0.12 ; WMD =-2.57,95％ CI:-19.62-24.75,P =0.82).The improvement value of BCVA (LogMAR) in the bevacizumab combined with TA group was superior to that of the only bevacizumab group 6 weeks after injection (WMD =-0.04,95 ％ CI:-0.08--0.00,P =0.05),but there were no significant differences between the two groups at 12weeks,18 weeks and 6 months after treatment (WMD =-0.04,95％ CI:-0.12-0.05,P=0.36;WMD =-0.04,95％ CI:-0.11-0.03,P=0.28; WMD =0.03,95％ CI:-0.05-0.12,P=0.45).The incidence rate of transient anterior response after injection was not significantly different between the two groups (RR =0.89,95％ CI:0.49-1.60,P =0.70).Secondary ocular hypertension after injection occurred in 30 eyes in the bevacizumab combined with TA group,but no hypertension was seen in the only bevacizumab group.Conclusions Compared with only bevacizumab,intravitreal injection of bevacizumab combined with TA has a better efficacy in improving CMT but no obvious dominant in increasing BCVA for early DME.Intravitreal injection of bevacizumab combined with TA seemingly has a higher risk of inducing controllable ocular hypertension than administration of only bevacizumab.

AIM: To investigate the effect of microRNA (miR)-30c on the viability and migratory ability of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) by targeting plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1).METHODS:The HUVECs were transfected with miR-30c mimic and inhibitor or negative control (NC), and then the expression levels of miR-30c, PAI-1 mRNA and protein were detected by RT-qPCR and Western blot.The viability and migratory ability of HUVECs were measured by CCK-8 assay and wound healing test .After bioinformatic analysis, the assessment of miR-30c binding to PAI-1 3’-UTR was carried out using a luciferase reporter gene assay .RESULTS:miR-30c directly down-regu-lated PAI-1 levels by binding to the 3’ UTR seed sequence of PAI-1 mRNA.Furthermore, transfection of a miR-30c mimic down-regulated the expression of PAI-1 at mRNA and protein levels, leading to enhanced migratory ability and viability of the HUVECs.However, transfection of a miR-30c inhibitor up-regulated the expression of PAI-1 at mRNA and protein le-vels, leading to decreased migratory ability and viability .CONCLUSION:Regulation of miR-30c level changes the migra-tory ability and viability of HUVECs by affecting the PAI-1 expression, indicating the involvement of miR-30c in modulating endothelial function .

ObjectiveTo assess whether intravenous contrast medium would result in acute kidney injury (AKI), and to determine the risk factors associated with contrast induced AKI (CI-AKI) and its outcome.Methods A retrospective observational study was conducted in intensive care unit (ICU) of Fuyang People's Hospital in Zhejiang Province from January 1st 2011 to December 31st 2014. All enrolled critically ill patients had accepted CT scan, and the hospital length of stay was longer than 48 hours, and the patients who needed renal replacement treatment were excluded. Patients were divided into contrast medium group and control group. AKI was defined according to Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) criteria (serum creatinine content over 26.4μmol/L or 50% increase of it from baseline within 48 hours). The incidence of AKI was compared between the two groups, and risk factors for CI-AKI were determined by multiple logistic regression analysis. The relationship of CI-AKI and outcomes were also analyzed. Results A total of 2 370 critically ill patients were enrolled during the period. 474 (20.0%) of the 2 370 patients received contrast medium, and 70 of them suffered from CI-AKI (14.8%). In 1 896 patients who did not receive contrast medium, 235 of them suffered from AKI (12.4%). There was no significant difference in the incidence of AKI between two groups (χ2= 1.905,P = 0.168). After several confounding factors were adjusted, multiple logistic regression analysis showed that contrast medium was not found to associate with AKI in critically ill patients [odds ratio (OR) = 1.66, 95% confidence interval (95%CI) = 0.72-3.90,P = 0.201], and high acute physiology and chronic health evaluationⅡ (APACHEⅡ) score (OR = 1.70, 95%CI = 1.33-2.40,P< 0.001), sepsis (OR= 8.06, 95%CI =3.28-17.80,P< 0.001), shock (OR= 3.57, 95%CI = 1.73-8.01,P< 0.001) and use of nephrotoxic agent (OR= 1.96, 95%CI = 1.25-2.63,P = 0.015) were risk factors of CI-AKI. Ten of 70 patients with CI-AKI died (14.3%), and 21 out of 404 patients without CI-AKI, died (5.2%). There was no significant difference in the mortality rate (χ2= 8.060, P = 0.005). It was shown by multiple logistic regression analysis that age (OR=1.30, 95%CI = 1.05-1.71,P = 0.027), male sex (OR = 1.13, 95%CI = 1.05-1.20,P = 0.039), APACHEⅡscore (OR = 1.07, 95%CI = 1.03-1.18,P< 0.001), and sepsis (OR = 3.29, 95%CI = 1.92-6.46,P< 0.001) were highly associated with mortality of critically ill patients in whom contrast medium was used. However, the occurrence of CI-AKI showed no influence on the mortality rate (OR = 1.70, 95%CI = 0.88-3.56,P = 0.227).Conclusions The use of contrast medium is not a risk factor of CI-AKI in critically ill patients. CI-AKI will not raise mortality rate in ICU patients.

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Objective To analyze the association of postnatal weight gain proportion of very low birth weight (BW) preterm babies and the onset of severe retinopathy of prematurity,and investigate the optimal cut-off points and predictive ability of postnatal weight gain (WG) proportion for the onset of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).Methods A retrospective cohort study.257 preterm infants underwent screening whose weight was less than 1500 g were enrolled in this study.Risk factors include BW,gestational age (GA),history of oxygen inhalation,need for blood transfusions,Apgar score in 1 to 10 minutes,embryo number,delivery mode,in vitro fertilization infants,and WG proportion within 6 weeks after birth and other systemic diseases were recorded.Their correlation with severe ROP is analyzed.Clinical outcomes were divided into severe ROP group (patients who suffered from ROP and required treatment) and mild and no ROP group (patients who suffered from ROP but do not require treatment and-patient without ROP).The severe ROP group included 18 patients and mild and no ROP group included 239 patients.Multiple logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve were used to determine if the WG proportion was independently related to severe ROP development and if it was capable of predicting severe ROP.This study determines the predict value by comparing the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of independent risk factors.Results GA (t=-4.835,P＜0.001),BW(t=-5.192,P＜0.001),history of oxygen inhalation (x2=6.001,P=0.009),proportion of infants who had oxygen inhalation for more than 10 days(x2 =10.019,P=0.002),postnatal WG proportion at 1 week(t =-3.663,P＜ 0.001),postnatal WG proportion at 2 weeks(t=-3.425,P=0.001) had significant difference between two groups.Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that GA (β =-0.858,P =0.008),BW (β =-0.005,P =0.010),postnatal WG proportion at 2 weeks (β=-8.745,P =0.035) were correlated to severe ROP significantly.And their area under the ROC were 0.836[95％ confidence interval (CI):0.752-0.920],0.826 (95％CI:0.947-0.903),0.744 (95％CI:0.598-0.891) respectively.The optimal cut-off points of GA,BW,and postnatal WG proportion at 2 weeks were 28.41 weeks,1241.96 g,12.80％ respectively.Conclusion Low WG proportion at 2 weeks of very low BW preterm babies is an important and independent risk factor for severe ROP and has certain predictive value of the onset of severe ROP.

Objective To observe the foveal contour characteristic of idiopathic epiretinal membrane (iERM).Methods A total of 53 eyes in 52 patients with iERM who underwent pars plana vitrectomy with epiretinal membrane and inner limiting membrane peeling were enrolled in this retrospective study.All eyes received the examination of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and minimum resolution angle in logarithmic (logMAR) best corrected visual acuity (BCVA).Foveal contour grading was according to the ratio of central macular thickness (CMT) to the thickness of the retina 1 mm away on OCT line scan:Grade 0,depressed;Grade 1,flat;Grade 2,elevated.Baseline foveal contour grade was as follows:28 eyes with Grade 1 (Group 1),and 25 eyes with Grade 2 (Group 2).The mean logMAR BCVA was 0.40±0.26 in Group 1,and 0.60±0.27 in Group 2 respectively.The mean CMT was (433.52± 133.05) μm and (571.70± 85.40) μm respectively.The logMAR BCVA and CMT both demonstrated significant difference between the two groups (t=-2.825,-4.512;P＜0.05).OCT images and BCVA at 1,3 months after surgery were collected and analyzed.The change in foveal contour,BCVA and CMT were evaluated.The relationship between surgical outcome and different preoperative grading was analyzed.Results Foveal contour grade at 3 months after surgery was as follows:15 eyes with Grade 0,21 eyes with Grade 1,and 17 eyes with Grade 2,demonstrating significant difference compared with baseline (Z=-3.588,P＜0.05).In Group 1,there were 12 eyes with Grade 0,10 eyes with Grade 1,and 6 eyes with Grade 2 postoperatively.In Group 2,there were 3 eyes with Grade 0,11 eyes with Grade 1,and 11 eyes with Grade 2 postoperatively.The postoperative foveal contour grade was significantly different between the two groups (Z=-2.466,P＜0.05).The logMAR BCVA at 1,3 months after surgery both improved significantly compared with baseline (P＜0.05) in Group 1 (t=3.226,5.439) and Group 2 (t=-4.137,5.919).The logMAR BCVA at 1,3 months after surgery demonstrated significant difference between the two groups (t=-2.231,-2.291;P＜0.05).The CMT decreased significantly at 1,3 months after surgery in Group 1 (t=-2.674,4.090) and Group 2 (t=-9.663,-9.865) compared with baseline (P＜0.05).TheCMT at 1,3 months after surgery demonstrated significant difference between the two groups (t=-2.825,-3.003;P＜0.05).The improvement of logMAR BCVA 3 months after surgery was negatively correlated (P＜0.05) with preoperative logMAR BCVA (r=— 0.758) and preoperative CMT (r 0.359).Conclusion In iERM eyes,flat foveal contour had better surgical prognosis than elevated ones.

Objective To investigate the effects of intravitreous injection of conbercept for macular edema secondary to retinalvein occlusion(RVO) during 6 months period.Methods A retrospective clinical study.34 patients (34 eyes) were included in this study,who were diagnosed with macular edema due to retinal vein occlusion by ophthalmologic examination,fundus photography,optical coherence tomography (OCT),fundus fluorescein angiography and other methods.The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was examined using the international standard visual acuity chart,and the results were converted to the logMAR visual acuity.The average logMAR BCVA was 0.90 ± 0.68,and the mean macular central retinal thickness (CMT) was (672.27±227.51) μm before treatment.All subjects received intravitreal injection of 0.5 mg conbercept (0.05 ml) at the first visit.Injections were repeated based on the visual acuity changes and the OCT findings.34 eyes received 69 times of injection,the average number of injections was 2.03 ± 1.03.BCVA,OCT were examined before and after treatment using the same method.BCVA and CMT changes,drugs and treatments associated cardiac and cerebral vascular accident,intraocular pressure elevation,retinal tears,retinal detachment,endophthalmitis and other complications after treatment were observed.Linear correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between prognosis BCVA and baseline BCVA,correlation between prognosis BCVA and baseline CMT,and also correlation between BCVA and CMT at different time points before and after treatment.Results At 1 week and 1,2,3,6 months after treatment,the average logMAR BCVA was 0.65±0.61,0.56±0.61,0.46±0.55,0.56±0.71,0.44±0.48 respectively.During 1,2,3,6 months after treatment,the mean logMAR BCVA were improved with statistically significant difference (Z=34.029,47.294,41.338,43.603;P＜0.05),while 1 week after treatment showed no obvious improvement (Z=21.941,P＞0.05).At 1 week and 1,2,3,6 months after treatment,the average CMT was (285.89 ± 96.69),(256.65 ± 143.39),(278.68 ± 156.92),(290.11 ± 188.17),(217.15 ± 48.04) μm respectively.At 1 week and 1,2,3,6 months after treatment,the mean CMT were all decreased with statistically significant difference (Z=68.500,98.735,93.235,91.132,109.162;P＜0.05).There was a positive correlation between the prognosis visual acuity and preoperative visual acuity (r=0.682,P＜0.05).However,there was no correlation between the prognosis vision and the degree of macular edema before treatment (r=0.078,P＞0.05).Before and 3,6 months after treatment,BCVA was negatively correlated with CMT (r=0.491,0.416,0.386;P＜0.05),while there was no correlation in other time points (r =0.145,0.217,0.177;P＞ 0.05).Systemic adverse reactions and persistent intraocular pressure elevation,iatrogenic cataract,retinal detachment,retinal tear,endophthalmitis and ocular complications were never found in the follow-up period.Conclusion Intravitreal conbercept is a safe and effective approach for RVO,which can significantly improve visual acuity and reduce CMT.

Objective:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of conbercept in patients with choroidal neovascularization secondary to chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC-CNV).Methods:A retrospective case study was performed.The medical records of 13 patients (14 eyes) diagnosed as chronic CSC-CNV in Hangzhou Branch of Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from September 2015 to January 2018 were collected.All the study eyes received intravitreal injection of conbercept (0.05 ml/0.5 mg) under one intravitreal injection and pro re nata (PRN) treatment.The best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and central macular thickness (CMT) before initial injection and 1 week, 1 month, 2, 3 and 6 months after initial injection were measured and analyzed.This study followed the Declaration of Helsinki and written informed consent was obtained from each patient before initial injection.The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hangzhou Branch of Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University (No.2019-029-K-28).Results:During the 6-month follow-up, the mean administration times was 1.93±0.83, and all the CNV secondary to CSC did not grow outside the retinal pigment epithelium layer.The BCVA values before initial injection and 1 week, 1 month, 2, 3 and 6 months after initial injection were 0.51±0.32, 0.43±0.34, 0.36±0.35, 0.31±0.28, 0.27±0.29 and 0.26±0.30, respectively, with a significant difference among different time points ( F=21.225, P<0.05). The BCVA values at each time point after initial injection were significantly better than that before initial injection (all at P<0.05). The CMT values before initial injection and 1 week and 1 month, 2, 3, 6 months after initial injection were (299.07±132.90), (216.50±70.94), (203.00±61.87), (234.29±95.70), (194.21±46.46) and (207.43±55.46) μm, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant among different time points ( F=3.768, P<0.05). The CMT values at each time point after initial injection were significantly better than that before initial injection (all at P<0.05). No severe treatment complications were observed during the follow-up period. Conclusions:Intravitreal injection of conbercept is safe and can effectively reduce the CMT and improve BCVA of chronic CSC-CNV patients in the short term.

Background The introvitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide (TA) before vitrectomy for retinal with choroidal detachment (RD/CD) can alleviate inflammatory response,but it easily lead to complications under the low intraocular pressure.The study on the efficiency and safety of subtenon injection of TA for treatment of RD/CD is lack.Objective This study was to evaluate the efficiency and safety of subtenant injection of TA with vitrectomy for treatment of RD/CD.Methods A retrospective study was adopted.The data of 22 eyes of 22patients who received subtenon injection of TA with vitrectomy for RD/CD were collected and analyzed in Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from May 2010 to June 2014.TA of 40 mg in 0.4 ml was administered subtenantly 5 days before RD repair surgery.After initiating the treatment,the therapeutic effects on uvitis were analyzed.Intraocular pressure was monitored and CD height and range were determined by B type ultrasonography before injection and 5 days after injection respectively.In addition,blood glucose and blood pressure of the patients were evaluated.Results Ocular inflammation alleviated to some degree after TA injection in all 22 eyes.The mean intraocular pressure was (5.4±2.9) mmHg (1 mmHg =0.133 kPa) in pre-injection and (8.2±4.3) mmHg in postinjection,showing a significant difference between them (t =3.430,P ＜ 0.01).The mean maximum CD height was 5.2 (3.1,6.6)mm in pre-injection and 0.9 (0,3.8)mm in post-injection,with a significant difference between the before and after injection (Z=-4.198,P＜0.01).The mean CD range was 12 (10,12) clock before injection and 3(0,6) clock after injection,and no significant difference was found between before and after injection (all at P＞0.05) (Z=-4.124,P＜0.01).There were no statistically significant difference in the changes of blood glucose and blood pressure between before and after injection.The LogMAR visual acuities were 2.14±0.46,1.29±0.57 and 1.17±0.55 before injection and 1 month,3 months after injection,respectively,with a siginificant difference among them (F =22.060,P＜0.001).The retinal reattachment rate was 95.5 ％.Conclusions Subtenon injection of TA seems to be a good option for perisurgical management of RD/CD patients,which can alleviate uvitis,increase intraocular pressure,reduce CD height and CD range.