Twelve patients with huge rhegmatogenous retinal detachment were treated with electrocoagulation and/or cryosurgery supplemented with extrascleral buckling, annular knotting or macular sling technique. 11 cases were cured but failure occurred to one case. After treatment, the vision was improved in various degrees in different patients.It is concluded that even though the rhegma is large and the retina is wholly detached, the cure rate can be increased if careful preoperative examination and preparation is made, appropriate operative measures selected, electrocoagulation and cryosurgery reasonably adjusted, and the rhegma securely buckled.

Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Quality of Life ; Treatment Outcome

China ; Complementary Therapies ; organization & administration ; Humans ; International Cooperation ; National Institutes of Health (U.S.) ; Research ; organization & administration ; United States

Acupuncture Therapy ; Deglutition Disorders ; etiology ; therapy ; Humans ; Stroke ; complications

In recent years, the theory of cancer stem cells has provided a new perspective on the treatment of cancers including breast cancer. The accurate sorting of breast cancer stem cells is critical. The sorting procedure is consist of 4 steps: isolation of side population, serum-free suspension culture,determination of specific cell surface markers and of the activity of aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 ( ALDH1 ) enzymatic through the ALDEFLUOR assay. Some studies choose drug resistance as an additional method for sorting cancer stem cells because of the enrichment of cancer stem cells after chemotherapy . The controversy about the sorting outcome of breast cancer stem cell mainly focus on molecular markers like CD44+ CD24- and ALDH1+ . The problem needed to be settled is to identify which sorting method and markers are appropriate.

Hydrocarbons, Brominated ; metabolism ; toxicity ; Occupational Exposure

To explore the relationship of the expression of CD44v6 with tumor recurrence in parotid pleomorphic adenoma and its clinical significances,SP immunohistochemical staining was employed in the 10 cases of CPA and 10 cases of PA,10 cases of normal parotids.The relationship of the expression of CD44v6 with tumor recurrence in parotid pleomorphic adenoma was studied.The positive rate of expression of CD44v6 in CPA was much lower than that in PA tissues,the positive rate of expression of CD44v6 in CPA and PA was significantly higher than that in normal parotid tissues.The expression of CD44v6 in CPA tissues was lower than that in PA tissues and may be correlated with tumor recurrence.

Objective To construct the immune genes expression profile database of multiple sclerosis (MS) and to screen the high immune related candidate genes by using microarray analysis Methods Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products on behalf of 484 immune related genes from mixed tissue library were assembled on the modified Oako glass slide The general RNA from MS patients and normal persons lymphocytes was transcripted to cDNA by RT PCR and labelled with cy 3 and cy 5 The two probes were mixed and hybridized with the above mentioned gene chips Scan array 4000 was used for scanning the hybridizing signals and GenePix Pro3 0 for date analysis Results Of the total 484 double genes monitored,22 genes of group one showed changes in expression level of the ratio outside 0 5 and 2.0;27 genes differ in group 2;72 genes change in group 3 With the same consistent gene ID of the double genes, the group one was 6,the group tow was 9 and the group three was 30 Conclusions These results show that the different expression of immune related genes might occur between MS patients and normal persons It might also afford a view of the changes that these genes should be probably related to the occurrence, development or progress of MS The cell immune related genes might be the important and most immune related genes involved in MS pathogenesis The results suggest the deeper insights into the mechanism,relapsing and treatment of MS

Evidence-Based Medicine ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic