Objective To evaluate the importance of wide canal sign (increased anteroposterior diameter of the spinal canal at L5) in the MR diagnosis of lumbar isthmic spondylolisthesis.Methods One hundred cases of bilateral isthmic spondylolisthesis at L5 confirmed with conventional radiography and/or CT were randomly collected.Another age and sex matched 100 cases without spon-dylolisthesis were collected as control group.The sagittal canal diameters at the L1 and L5 levels were measured and analyzed for all 100 cases of bilateral isthmic spondylolisthesis and 100 control subjects.For each group,the sagittal canal ratio(defined as the maxi-mum anteroposterior diameter of the canal at L5 level divided by the diameter of the canal at L1 )was calculated and compared be-tween the two groups ,and anylyzed with ROC curve.Results The mean midline sagittal anteroposterior diameter was (22.3 ± 1.34)mm at L5 in patients with lumbar isthmic spondylolisthesis,and (18.8±1.57)mm in the control subjects.The sagittal canal ratio was 1.32 in the isthmic spondylolisthesis group and 1.12 in the control subjects,which was different significantly.ROC curve illustrated that the sagittal canal ratio 1.25 was a most meanful point with 88% sensitivity and 90% specificity.Conclusion The sag-ittal canal ratio at L5 is bigger than 1.25 meaning abnormally increased sagittal canal diameter (wide canal sign),which specifically indicates the presence of bilateral pars interarticularis defects.Using this sign can help to make correct MR diagnosis and differential diagnosis of isthmic spondylolisthesis .

Objective Different types of colon cancer have a big difference in their clinical features and prognosis.The article aimed to provide theoretical basis for the diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer patients by analyzing the differences of clinical features and survival rates between hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) and sporadic colon cancer.Methods Retrospective analysis was made on 22 HNPCC cases and 105 cases of sporadic colon cancer in our hospital from January 2007 to January 2012 to get the clinical features and prognosis by comparative analysis.Results Compared with sporadic group, the early onset(under 40 years) (36.37％ vs 9.52％), mucinous adenocarcinoma (59.09％ vs 17.14％), low differentiation (45.45％ vs 16.19％), TNM stage (III+IV) (54.55％ vs 26.66％), lymph node metastasis (81.82％ vs 57.14％), multiple primary carcinoma (36.36％ vs 7.62％) and parenteral tumor (22.73％ vs 5.71％) were higher in HNPCC group, but the 5 year survival rate was lower in HNPCC group, and there were significant differences between two groups(P<0.05);but there were no significant difference in gender, tumor size, location and operation (P>0.05) between two groups.Multiple primary tumors were independent risk factors for survival in HNPCC group (P<0.05), lymph node metastasis and TNM stage were independent risk factors for survival sporadic group (P<0.05).Conclusion Compared with sporadic colon cancer, HNPCC is characterized by early onset, low differentiation, high incidence of multiple primary tumors and poor prognosis, which is of great importance to find HNPCC patients or suspicious HNPCC patients.

Objective To design a fast method based on wavelet analysis for fMRI data. Methods Lifting wavelet decomposition instead of stationary wavelet decomposition was utilized to separate paradigm responsive signal and confound ones in fMRI data, while frequency analysis was used to find out the wavelet scales in which paradigm responsive signal existed, then reconstructed signal from these scales was subjected to correlation analysis for actived pixels. Results Analyzing visual fMRI data revealed that when the significant level was α＜10-6, the proposed method gave more sensitive results than correlation analysis, but process time decreased on a large scale compared with the one based on the stationary wavelet transform. At the mean time, the proposed method only used 24 timepoints of data for wavelet reconstruction while one based on stationary wavelet transform used 256 timepoints of data. Conclusion The proposed method is the fast one based on wavelet transform for analyzing fMRI data, which also gives an effective technique for compressing fMRI data.

Objective To establish stable and convenient atomic fluorescence spectrometry to determine selenium concentration.Methods The samples were digested by nitric acid-perchloric acid and the selenium was determined by hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry with step-flow injection technology in NaBH4 acid and 100 g/L K3Fe(CN)6 system.Results The relative standard deviation of the method was less than 5%,the concentration of detection limits was 0.81 ?g/L and the recovery rate ranged from 93.1% to 102.2%.Conclusion Atomic fluorescence spectrometry was convenient and reliable in determining solenium,the digest method of test tube was better than that of normal electrothermal board.

Objective To evaluate clinical and CT features of the 4 th lumbar vertebral spondylolisthesis (L 4DS ) as well as CT value in its diagnosis. Methods CT features of 36 cases of L 4DS were observed and interarticular distance (IAD) and facet joint angle (FJA) were measured and compared with control group.Results Patients with L 4DS mostly were over 40 years old. CT features included degenaration, spondylolisthesis and spinal canal stenosis. IAD and FJA were significantly narrowed. Conclusion CT axial scans combined with plain films,CTM and MPR clearly shows basic changes of L 4DS , providing useful details for clinical management. Narrow posterior vertebral part are important factors leading to L 4DS.

Objective To evaluate the value of susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI)sequence in the diagnosis of metastatic en-cephaloma pre and after radiotherapy by comparing the appearance of the SWI and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging(T1 WI). Methods Thirty-eight lung cancer patients with brain metastases underwent SWI and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging re-spectively before and 2-3 months after radiotherapy.Evaluated the two methods by score(the score ranged from 0-3,0 represen-ted no showing,1 represented not showing clearly,2 represented could judging,3 represented showing obviously).Results Before radiotherapy,SWI detected 1 61 lesions of metastases and could obviously show tumor vascular in brain metastases (mean score 2.73±0.05).Contrast-enhanced T1 WI detected 1 61 lesions(mean score 1.93±0.04 ).SWI showed significantly higher score than enhanced T1 WI(P <0.05)through paired sample t test.After radiotherapy,SWI found 98 lesions (mean score 1.47±0.1 1 )and en-hanced T1 WI found 140 lesions (mean score 1.80±0.07),enhanced T1 WI had significantly higher score than SWI(P <0.05).Con-clusion SWI is superior to contrast-enhanced T1 WI to show the metastases before radiotherapy and can show tumor vascular in brain metastases obviously.SWI is inferior to enhanced T1 WI after radiotherapy.It has some value and may provide a new method for evaluating effects of radiotherapy.

Objective: To investigate the effects of tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) on proliferation, migration, invation and apoptosis of gastric cancer MGC-803 cells and the possible mechanisms. Methods: Human monocyte THP-1 was cultured in vitro. After being added with PMA and IL-4, the levels of interleukin-12 (IL-12) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) in cell supernatant were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). MGC-803 cells at logarithmic phase and M2-type TAM cells were divided into single cell culture group, non-contact co-culture group and contact co-culture group according to different culture methods. MTT assay was used to detect the proliferation of MGC-803 cells, Transwell assay was used to detect cell migration and invasion, andAnnexin V-FITC/ PI staining flow cytometry was used to examine the apoptosis and cell cycle changes of MGC-803 cells; In addition, the mRNAand protein expressions of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and MMP-2 were detected by Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (qPCR) and Western blotting. Results: Compared with PMA group, the level of IL-12 in cell supernatant of PMA+IL-4 group decreased significantly while the level of IL-10 increased significantly (all P<0.05), indicating THP-1 cells were successfully induced to differentiate into M2-type TAM. Compared with the single cell culture group, the non-contact co-culture group and the contact co-culture group exhibited: (1) significantly increased proliferation rate of MGC-803 cells (P<0.05)； (2) increased number of migrated and invaded cells (all P < 0.05)； (3) significantly decreased apoptotic rate (P<0.05)； (4) increased proportion of S, G2 phase cells and decreased proportion of G1 phase cells (all P<0.05)；and (5) significantly increased mRNA and protein expressions of MMP-9 and MMP-2 (all P<0.05). Conclusion: TAM can promote the proliferation, migration and invasion of gastric cancer MGC-803 cells, relieve G1 phase arrest and reduce cell apoptosis, which may be related to the up-regulation of MMP-9 and MMP-2 expression in gastric cancer cells.

Objective To explore the characteristics of operation,curative effects and operative management in elderly patients of age older than 70 years with coronary heart disease receiving coronary artery bypass grafting.Methods 108 elderly patients of age older than 70 years with coronary heart disease were divided into two groups:OPCAB group(n = 76) and CCABG group (n = 32) The clinical curative effects, early postoperative mortality and complications of the two groups were compared and analyzed respectively. Results OPCAB group was better than CCABG group in these series(P ＜ 0.05): The early postoperative mortality (5.8%, 11.2%)、 myocardial infarction (2.9%, 10.6%), respiration failure(8.7%, 17.5%), pulmonary complications: (11.8%, 31.5%) 、complication of CNS:(1.8% ,9.8%) 、acute renal failure(1.8% ,6.2%) ,the time of intubation: (9.3 ±4.5), (25.4 ±7.5) h,ICU stay(3.1 ± 1.8) ,(7.1 ±2.9) d,hospital stay(15.5 ±8.6) ,(26.4 ±8.6)d. Conclusion OPCAB could reduce operative mortality and complication, it should be the first option for the surgery of elder patients with coronary heart disease;surgical skills and correct perioperative management were the key factors to assure surgical outcome.

OBJECTIVE:To compare the preventive effects and safety of aspirin and clopodogrel respectively used for vascular restenosis after coronary intimal striping with coronary artery bypass grafting. METHODS:110 patients with coronary atherosclerot-ic heart disease were divided into aspirin group (55 cases) and clopodogrel group (55 cases). All patients intravenously mi-cro-pumped Nitroglycerin injection 10 mg+5% Glucose injection totally 20 mL for maintaining 48-72 h after coronary intimal strip-ing with coronary artery bypass grafting,intravenously pumped Dopamine hydrochloride injection 1-5 μg/kg if necessary. Unplug the endotracheal tube after surgery,patients received Cefuroxime sodium for injection 1.5 g adding into Sterile water for injection 50 mL,intravenous injection,3 times a day,for 2-3 d. Meanwhile,patients were orally given Rosuvastatin calcium tablet 10 mg 30 min after daily dinner,8-week was a course,for 3 courses. Based on it,aspirin group received Aspirin enteric-coated tablet with initial dose of 300 mg,once a day,orally taking 100 mg from the second day,once a day,for 6 months;clopodogrel group received Clopidogrel hydrogen sulfate tablet with initial dose of 300 mg,once a day,orally taking 75 mg from the second day, once a day,for 6 months. Graft patency rate,and platelet aggregation rate,platelet aggregation compliance rate,fibrinogen(Fg), D-dimer (D-D),platelet count (PLT),tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) before and after treatment,and the incidence of adverse reactions in 2 groups were observed. RESULTS:There were no significant differences in the graft patency rate and inci-dence of adverse reactions in 2 groups (P>0.05). Before treatment,there were no significant differences in platelet aggregation rate,platelet aggregation compliance rate,Fg,D-D,PLT and t-PA in 2 groups (P>0.05). After treatment,platelet aggregation rate,Fg and D-D level in 2 groups were significantly lower than before,platelet aggregation compliance rate,PLT and t-PA level were significantly higher than before,with statistical significance(P<0.05),while there were no significant differences between 2 groups(P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Based on conventional treatment,both aspirin and clopidogrel used for coronary intimal strip-ing with coronary artery bypass grafting can inhibit platelet aggregation,reduce thrombosis,maintain vascular patency and prevent vascular restenosis,with good safety.

Objective To investigate the feasibility of hydrogen proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1 H-MRS)for detection of Wallerian degeneration of the pyramidal tract after cerebral infarction.Methods Multiple metabolic indices including NAA,Cho, Cr of the bilateral cerebral peduncle were detected by using 1 H-MRS in 1 5 patients with unilateral middle cerebral artery infarction and 1 5 age-matched healthy volunteers,NAA/Cr,Cho/Cr were also calculated.Comparing the difference between cerebral infarction group and the control group ,the ROC curve was analyzed.Results The values of NAA/Cr in the ipsilateral cerebral peduncle of cerebral infarction patients were significantly lower than that of the contralateral,and there were significant differences between the two groups(P <0.05).The values of NAA/Cr in the ipsilateral cerebral peduncle of cerebral infarction patients decreased (P <0.05),as compared with that of the control group.The area under the ROC curve was 0.947,the truncation point was 1.63.The NAA/Cr val-ues of the contralateral cerebral peduncle of cerebral infarction patients had no significant differences compared with the control group (P >0.05),the Cho/Cr values of the ipsilateral and the contralateral cerebral peduncle had no significant difference compared with the control group (P >0.05).Conclusion 1 H-MRS can detect Wallerian degeneration of the pyramidal tract after cerebral infarction.