New technologies and ideas are constantly emerging recently. With the arrival of the era of minimally invasive surgery, most of the colorectal cancer surgeries can be conducted through minimally invasive techniques. In this study, we discuss the status, characteristics, controversy, and consensus of minimally invasive techniques in colorectal cancer surgery.

Clinical Trials as Topic ; Electroacupuncture ; Facial Paralysis ; therapy ; Humans ; Treatment Outcome

Quantitative measurement of strain distribution of arterial vessel walls due to pulsatile blood flow within the vascular lumen is valuable for evaluating the elasticity of arterial wall and predicting the evolution of plaques. The present paper shows that the three-dimensional (3D) strain distribution are estimated through uni-directional coupling for 3D vessel and blood models reconstructed from intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images with the computational. fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical simulation technique. The morphology of vessel wall and plaques as well as strain distribution can be visually displayed with pseudo-color coding.
Arteries ; diagnostic imaging ; physiology ; Elasticity ; Hemodynamics ; Humans ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional ; Pulsatile Flow ; Ultrasonography

Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature

Purpose To investigate the alterations of homotopic functional connectivity and interhemispheric structural connectivity in patients with unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy (unilateral TLE).Materials and Methods Resting-state functional MR imaging data were acquired from patients in the first affliated hospital of Guang Zhou Medical University who were enrolled from Oct.2013 to Oct.2015 with unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy (n=43) [21 left TLE(LTLE) and 22 right TLE(RTLE)] and normal controls (NC) (n=24).We mainly concerned about the functional connectivity between any pair of symmetric interhemispheric voxels which were measured by voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivity (VMHC).Structural magnetic resonance images were acquired in 10 LTLE patients,16 RTLE patients and 20 NCs.Homotopic regions showing abnormal functional connectivity in patients were adopted as regions of interest for DTI.The FA values were compared between groups.Two-sample t test were used.Results Compared with NC group,the LTLE patients showed increased interhemispheric functional connectivity among the bilateral angular gyri,occipital gyri and superior parietal gyri,and decreased functional connectivity between the bilateral supplementary motor areas,middle temporal gyri,medial frontal gyri and inferior parietal lobules.Compared with control subjects,RTLE patients exhibited increased interhemispheric functional connectivity among bilateral inferior occipital gyri,parahippocampa gyri,cerebellum,as well as decreased functional connectivity among the bilateral middle temporal gyri,precentral gyri and inferi or frontalgyri.Statistical results indicated that the FA value of the commissural fiber bundles connecting the bilateral hippocampal gyri was smaller in RTLE patients than NC patients (t=10.55,P＜0.01).The FA value of the association fibers connecting the bilateral hippocampal gyrus had no significant difference between the LTLE group and NC group.Conclusion The increase or decrease of VMHC value in some brain regions in TLE suggested that there were changes in the functional synchronization and coordination in the two hemispheres in patients with unilateral TLE.In the RTLE patients,some brain regions which had abnormal interhemispheric functional connectivity also had structural damage.

Objective To investigate the effects of biological characters of the human ovarian cell line (OVCAR) by stable transfection short hairpin RNA into the target HMGA1 gene. Methods Experiments were divided into two groups: transfected the OVCAR cells with pSilence4. 1-CMV-Hs plasmid as group A, while transfected OVCAR cells with pSilence4. 1-CMV-Hn plasmid as group B, in which stably transfected cells were gained by antibiotic screening. The comparative expressions of HMGA1 were detected by RT-PCR and western blot. Methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) method was applied to measure cell proliferation and at the same time, the cell growth curve was also be mapped. Vitro invasion assay was used to observe the invasion ability of the cancer cells, and the tumor growth of the nude mice inoculated of tumor cells were compared with before and after transfection. Results In group A, the expression level of mRNA and protein HMGA1 gene in OVCAR cells were remarkably reduced before and after the stable transfected with HMGA1 siRNA, in which the percents of mRNA expression were [(86.3±2.7) % vs. (35.8± 3.1) %, P<0.05], the expression of protein were [(68.6±2.8) % vs. (22.3±4.2) %, P<0.05)]. The OVCAR cell growth in stable transfection status was more significantly decreased than that in non-transfection status (P<0.05). In group B, there were no statistical difference in the expression of HMGA1 siRNA, protein and the cell growth between before and after transfection states (P>0.05). The invasion cell numbers were reduced from before to after transfection state in group A [(53±6)vs. (21±6), P< 0.05] ,while there was no significant difference in group B [(51±6)vs. (47±8), P>0.05]. After inoculated transfected cells into nude mice, it took (6.0±0.9) days to grow the planed tumors in group A, which was much shorter than that (12.3±3.9) days in group B (P<0.05 ). After 5 weeks, the tumor weight and volume in group A was were significantly lower than those in group B [(0.8±0.3)g vs. (2.1± 0.4)g, (205±34)mm~3 vs. (987±82) mm~3, all P <0.05]. Conclusion HMGA1 siRNA could remarkably reduce the expression of HMGA1 gene in ovarian cell and also inhabit the ovarian cell growth.

Objective:To establish a method for the determination of rutin in Anoectochili roxburghii. Methods:The detection was carried out by HPLC. A Lanbo-Kromasil C18 column(250 mm × 4. 6 mm,5 μm) was used with methanol-0. 2% phosphoric acid solu-tion (40∶60) as the mobile phase;the detection wavelength was 257nm, the flow rate was 1. 0 ml·min-1 and the column temperature was 30℃. Results:Rutin showed a good linear relationship within the range of 0. 021-0. 433 μg(r=0. 999 6). The average recovery was 96. 65%(RSD=1. 67%, n=9). Conclusion:The method is simple, rapid, specific and reproducible.

Objective To explore the effects of vecuronium bromide within 24 hours in severe bronchial asthma with acute attack with breathing machine in conventional sedatio.Methods Prospective study,double-blind randomized standard control,where 46 cases of patients of severe bronchial asthma with acute attack transferred to ICU using breathing machine in this year were randomly divided into the vecuronium bromide group (muscle relaxant group) and conventional sedation group (normal group) according to medical record number; Two groups of sample compositions were compared by x test,using two independent samples of t test to compare the effects the treatment and prognosis.Results After mechanical ventilation for 15min and 1-3h in muscle relaxant group,patients' vital signs were statistically analyzed,including respiration; Blood gas analysis parameters were as follows:pH,PaO2,PaCO2,SpO2 of these were improved compared with those in the conventional group (P ＜ 0.05) with statistically significant differences;Compared with the conventional group,in the muscle relaxant group,the retention time in ICU (146.20 ± 17.92) hours,(214.15 ± 22.21) hours,the using time of breathing machine (125.93 ± 16.23) hours,(192.89 ± 22.60) hours,and the dosage of glucocorticoid (2.61 ± 0.17) mg · kg-1 · d-1,(3.55 ± 0.26) mg · kg-1 · d-1,anticholinergic agent(6.25 ±0.51) μg · kg-1 · d-1,(10.64 ±0.75) μg · kg-1 · d-1 and β2 adrenergic receptor agonist (0.06 ±0.01)mg · kg-1 · d-1,(0.15 ±0.04)mg · kg-1 · d-1 were all reduced (all P ＜0.05) with statistically significant differences;The patients were smoothly transferred out of ICU,without the adverse events of mechanical ventilation and cardiovascular diseases.Conclusion The use of vecuronium bromide made the patients with severe bronchial asthma in routine sedation use of breathing machine rapidly correct the clinical symptoms and improve the off-period prognosis.

BACKGROUND:With elevated medical levels, limb salvage surgery for limb malignant tumor is valuable day by day. At present, the limb salvage surgery has substituted amputation and becomes mainstream and development direction of present surgical treatment of limb tumors. However, so far, there are no unified surgical indications for proximal femur tumor, which are controversial. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the efficacy of artificial total hip arthroplasty combined with extended resection of tumor sections for proximal femoral bone tumors. METHODS:Patients with proximal femoral bone tumors in the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University were selected and divided into control group and observation group, with 30 patients in each group. According to the disease, lesion curettage, aneurysm wal inactivation, autologous and (or) al ogeneic bone, mixed bone graft and bone graft fixation were selected to treat the control group. The observation group patients received extended resection of tumor sections and total hip arthroplasty. The operative time, intraoperative blood loss, hospital stay and joint function of two groups were compared. 2 years later, patients were revisited. Metastasis and recurrence rate, death rate and quality of life of two groups were compared. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:There was no significant difference in intraoperative blood loss and surgery time between the two groups (P>0.05). However, hospital stay of patients in the observation group was shorter than the control group. The excellent and good rate of recovery of joint function (83%) was higher in the observation group than in the control group (53%). The metastasis and recurrence rate within 2 years after surgery (7%) and death rate (3%) were lower in the observation group than in the control group (30%, 23%). Various indicators of quality of life of patients in the observation group were significantly better than the control group (P<0.05). These results confirmed that artificial total hip arthroplasty in the treatment of proximal femur tumors is safe and effective.

Objective To investigate whether the incidence and severity of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) differs between infants conceived naturally and those who were in vitro fertilization (IVF),and to analyze ROP-related factors,with a comparative case series.Methods This was a study on premature infants who required screening and treatment of ROP in the Second Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University,carried out between January 2008 and April 2012.One thousand and one hundred eighty three infants met the study criteria and were divided into two groups:natural conception (group Ⅰ,1058 infants) and IVF (group Ⅱ,125 infants).Multiple variables were recorded,including birth weight (BW),gestational age (GA),number of births (NOB,singleton/twins/triplets),type of conception (natural conception/IVF),neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS),patent ductus arteriosus (PDA),neonatal asphyxia,neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (NHB),intracranial hemorrhage (IH),congenital heart disease (CHD),neonatal anemia,neonatal sepsis,and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).The results of ophthalmological examinations were also recorded.The incidence of ROP between groups was compared with the Pearson Chi-square test.We applied Spearman correlation analysis to identify the variables that were most significantly associated with ROP.Results There were 138 infants of ROP in group Ⅰ (total 1058,13.0％),and 17 in group Ⅱ (total 125,13.6％),without significant difference in the presence of ROP between two groups (P ＞ 0.05).No significant difference was found in the presence of ROP affected by BW,GA,NOB,NRDS and other diseases between two groups (P ＞ 0.05).A significantly inverse association was found between ROP and BW (P ＜ 0.05),and between ROP and GA (P ＜ 0.05).No association was found between ROP and NOB (P ＞ 0.05).There was no significant difference in the presence of diseases between infants conceived naturally and those by IVF in group ROP (P ＞ 0.05).A significant association was found between ROP and NRDS (P ＜ 0.05).No association was found between ROP and diseases (PDA,neonatal asphyxia,NHB,IH,CHD,neonatal anemia,neonatal sepsis,and BPD).Conclusions Our study shows that IVF was not a risk factor for ROP.