This paper explored effect of AF internal fixation system in reduction of lumbar vertebral fracture.AF internal fixation system acts fixation and reduction roles for most of spinal blowout fracture through spinal hyperextension or devise opening to reduce fracture blocks in vertebral canal or anterior vertebrae.In addition,it alleviates neural compression to some extent.The collapsed vertebral reduction is achieved by traction of anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments as well as intervertebral annulus fibrosus;the physiologic curvature and vertebral height are restored.Moreover,the spinal stability is maintained.Early functional exercise can promote fracture healing and reduce complications.In treatment of lumbar vertebral fracture by AF internal fixation system,screw entry,reduction,traction,and fusion are completed based on host biomechanics,and biocompatibility of implant and host should be paid more attention.

Objective To evaluate the clinical results of uncemented fully porous-coated long femoral stems in treating Vancouver type B2 periprosthetic femoral fracture following hip arthroplasty.Methods A retrospective analysis was made on 12 patients (12 hips) with Vancouver type B2 periprosthetic femoral fracture treated using the uncemented fully porous-coated long femoral stem prosthesis combined with cerclage fixation with steal-wire or titanium cable devices from February 2006 to January 2013.There were 5 males and 7 females,aged average 69.8 years (range,62 to 79 years).The status of primary arthroplasty was uncemented bipolar hemiarthroplasty in 2 patients and total hip arthroplasty in 10 patients (2 cement and 8 cementless femoral stems).At the final follow-up,Harris hip score for clinical evaluation,Beals and Tower's criteria for radiological evaluation,and complications were recorded.Results There were no intra-operative complications such as femoral perforation and femoral fracture.All patients were followed up for mean 38 months (range,24-72 months).At the last followup,mean Harris hip score was 87.2 points (range,50 to 100 points).All fractures healed at average 16 weeks (range,12-28 weeks).All the 12 hips showed prosthesis stability despite there was one femoral stem subsidence of 3 mm.One patient slipped and sustained another periprosthetic fracture (Vancouver type B1) at postoperative 4 months and was treated successfully with locking plate and cables.According to the Beals and Tower's criteria,there were 10 excellent,1 good and 1 poor results.Final follow-up revealed no complications of deep vein thrombosis,dislocation and prosthesis loosening.Conclusion Uncemented fully porous-coated long femoral stems provide good primary stability that promotes fracture healing and offers a reasonable treatment of Vancouver B2 femoral periprosthetic fracture.

OBJECTIVETo segment veins from brain susceptibility weighted images with inhomogeneous background and veins, noises and complex structures.

METHODSBased on vessel enhancing filtering, an adaptive threshold segmenting method and an adaptive threshold region growing method were proposed. The former method was used to exactly segment part of veins from the original images. Taking the veins segmented by the former method as seeds, the later method was used to extract nearly all the veins.

RESULTSFor simulation data with serious noises and interferences, correct rate above 90% was achieved. And for clinical data, the veins were extracted accurately and the structures of veins were displayed clearly.

CONCLUSIONSThe methods can extract veins from the brain susceptibility weighted images exactly and avoid false segmentation of the other structures effectively. The methods are very robust and stable.

Cranial Sinuses ; anatomy & histology ; Humans ; Image Enhancement ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; methods

Objective To investigate the effect of FBXW7 on the expression and localization of HSF1 in colorectal cancer cells. Methods The expression levels of HSF1 and pHSF1^Ser326 protein in FBXW7 deletion (KO) and wild-type (WT) FBXW7-expressing counterpart colorectal cancer cells were detected by Western blot. The nucleoprotein expression and localization of pHSF1^Ser326 in heat-shocked or recovery stage cells were observed by Western blot and immunofluorescence method. Results The HSF1 expression level in DLD1 cells transfected with FBXW7α was decreased significantly (P < 0.01). The expression levels of HSF1 and pHSF1^Ser326 protein in FBXW7 KO cells were higher than those in WT cells (all P < 0.05). HSF1 and pHSF1^Ser326 in FBXW7 KO cells were mainly expressed in nucleus and weakly expressed in cytoplasm. After warm stimulation, the expression of HSF1 and pHSF1^Ser326 in WT cells recovered to the unstimulated level, while the expression of HSF1 and pHSF1^Ser326 in FBXW7 KO cells were higher in the nucleus (all P < 0.01). Conclusion Loss of FBXW7 could affect the nuclear HSF1 recovery after warm stimulation. It may be associated with FBXW7 deletion inhibiting the degradation of nuclear HSF1.