Non-operative treatment in 105 cases of acute traumatic intracranial hematomas confirmed by CT scan is reported. Results were satisfactory except in 6 cases in which operation was performed because of the worsening of their conditions. In this paper, the indication, method, and advantages of non-operative treatment are also discussed. We believe that the change of state of consciousness, size of hematoma, degree of shift of midline structures and cerebral contusion, and type of hematoma are decisive factors in making the choice of operative or non-operative treatment.

Type 1 diabetes includes two categories:autoimmune (type 1A) and idiopathic (type 1B)diabetes.Fulminant type 1 diabetes is a recently discovered subtype of type 1 diabetes with extremely rapid progression of hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis.The prevalence of fulminant type 1 diabetes among acute-onset type 1 diabetic patients is around 15%-20%.Class Ⅱ HLA genotype and virus infection may contribute to its development.The near-normal HbA_(1C) level despite a very high plasma glucose concentration in patients with ketoacidosis is the clue to diagnosis of fulminant type 1 diabetes.Treatment must be started immediately and aggressively when the diagnosis of fulminant type 1 diabetes is made or strongly suspected.

[Summary] The concept for the pathogenesis of diabetes is now changing from previousinsulinocentric model andinsulin/glucagon bihormonal model to a recentglucagonocentric model.Glucagon excess rather than insulin deficiency may play a more important role in mediating the glucose derangement during insulin insufficiency.Antagonizing glucagon signaling pathway may become a potential therapeutic modality in diabetes.

β cell failure is one of the important components in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes.Protecting and reversing β cell function is a critical part in diabetes treatments.It has been recently discovered that rather than apoptosis,β cell dedifferentiation into an endocrine progenitor-like stage is the main mechanism of β cell failure,which is closely related with the loss of FoxO1 on β cells.Some of these dedifferentiated β cells even have the potency to convert into α-cells.These great discoveries expand our understanding for the β cell exhaustion during the progression of hyperglycemia.It is worthwhile to reconsider our current treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes,especially during the beginning period,to protect rather than stimulate β cells.It also paves the way to develop a brand-new class of hypoglycemic agent to re-differentiate the already dedifferentiated β cells back into insulinsecreting cells.

Vitamin D and parathyroid hormone (PTH) are two classical hormones modulating calcium and phosphorus homeostasis.The rapid development of modern endocrinology has greatly expanded our understanding of these two hormones.The extra-skeleton effects of vitamin D/PTH are well documented,novel findings regarding to the embryonic and adult parathyroid development,and the changing clinical patterns in certain parathyroid-related disorders have been discovered.

microRNAs is a class of non-coding RNA, which is the transcriptional regulator of gene expression at the post transcriptional level.These endogenous non-coding RNA are expressed abnormally in tumor cells, in the tumor cell growth, reproduction, apoptosis and metastasis and other processes play an important regulatory role.Recently, microRNAs was widely regarded as biological diagnostic and prognostic markers of tumor in clinic, has been widely viewed.This article will introduce the important role of miRNA in tumor gene expression, as well as the use of miRNA as a tumor targeted therapy clinical application before the need to solve the problem .

BACKGROUND:Each clinical treatment option for avascular necrosis of the femoral head has its own advantages and disadvantages, but early diagnosis and early treatment are firmly rooted in most of orthopedic doctors, and the purpose of treatment is focused on how to preserve the femoral head and how to maintain the hip function.
OBJECTIVE:To summarize the current opinions and studies concerning the treatment of avascular necrosis of the femoral head, including core decompression and porous tantalum rod implantation, and to elucidate the clinical results and cost-effectiveness of the use of porous tantalum rod.
METHODS:The PubMed database was searched by the first author for the articles on the aspect of pathogenesis, risk factors, disease staging and treatment options of avascular necrosis of the femoral head from January 1985 to August 2013 with the key words of“avascular necrosis”,“osteonecrosis of the femoral head”and “tantalum rod”in titles or abstracts. Literatures exhibiting poor correlation with the research purpose and duplicate literature were excluded, and final y, 42 articles were included in result analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The key point of treating avascular necrosis of the femoral head depends on early diagnosis and early intervention. Core decompression plus porous tantalum rod implantation is a minimal y invasive technique in treating early-stage avascular necrosis of the femoral head, in which the subchondral fracture and the femoral head col apse do not occur. If core decompression and porous tantalum rod implantation is used properly, this option does delay or prevent the progress of avascular necrosis of the femoral head. But, if avascular necrosis of the femoral head is in late stage, which means that subchondral fracture and the femoral head col apse occur, the clinical results of this option are poor. Although porous tantalum rod implantation in the treatment of early-stage avascular necrosis of the femoral head demonstrates good exciting short-term results, the clinical value of its long-term results and cost-effectiveness should be elucidated in multicentre, double-blinded, randomized, control ed trials in the future.

Dilatative arteriopathy is also called Dolichoectasia, presenting as enlarged ,tortuous ,and dilated arteries; especially with involvement of intracranial arteries. The incidence of dolichoectasia is quite low, but it may induce recurrent strokes with poor prognosis and up to now there is no specific management. Our study reviews the potential etiology, epidemiology, symptoms, pathophysiology, prognosis and present status of treatment for dolichoectasia.

Treatment of an aneurysm with a mesh stent alone becomes an emerging technique. The mechanism involves the mesh stents, when it crosses the neck of an aneurysm could change the internal circulation and induce the formation of stable thrombus and in turn assists the growth of neointima for anatomical healing of the aneurysmal neck. The mesh stent technique aimed at vascular reconstruction with expected curing effect for aneurysm together as a simple and safe way to keep the patency of the small arterial branches, just contrary to the covered stent. This technique couldn't be carried out practically in wide scale because of immaturity, therefore we give a comprehesive review in the progress of this field.

Endovascular coil embolization is the first primary technique of choice for treating intracranial aneurysms in many centers around the world ,but some patients still got recanalizations months later,that may lead to death or severe disability just as the same in neurosurgery. This review showed the technic details of the first generation of Matrix bioabsorbable poly-meric material coil ,and analyzed clinical results among many treatment centers,involving the therapeutic measure of intracranial aneurysms.