Objective To explore the advantages and application of adjustable shunt valve in treatment of chil-dren with Communicating hydrocephalus. Methods Eighty six consecutive children undergoing surgery treatment for Communicating hydrocephalus from January 2006 to July 2011 were included in this retrospective study. Fifty cases re-ceived adjustable shunt valve whereas the rest received standard shunt valve. Results The success rate was 84.00% in the adjustable shunt valve group and 63.89%in the standard shunt valve group. Complication rate was 16.00%in the ad-justable shunt valve group and 36.11% in the standard shunt valve group. Inadequate and excessive shunt rate was 69.23% in the standard shunt valve group and zero% in adjustable shunt valve group. Compared with standard shunt valve group, adjustable shunt valve group had significantly higher success rate and lower complication rate (All P<0.05). Conclusions Adjustable shunt valve effectively reduce the complication rate and improve the success rate. In addition, adjustable shunt valve is superior to standard shunt valve in the treatment of children with communicating hydrocephalus because it fits for the development of children.

Objective To explore the significance of combined detection of tumor markers cancer embryo antigen (CEA) ,alpha fetoprotein (AFP ) ,carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9 ) and carbohydrate antigen 72-4 (CA72-4 ) in digestive tract tumors . Methods The electrochemical luminescence method was adopted to detected the CEA ,AFP ,CA19-9 and CA72-4 levels in 106 cases of digestive tract malignant tumor confirmed by pathological examination (malignant tumor group) ,110 cases of digestive tract be-nign diseases (benign disease group) and 60 persons undergoing the healthy physical examination (control group) in our hospital from January to December 2015 .The differences were compared among various groups and the positive detection rates of 4 markers in the patients with digestive tract tumors were compared .Results The serum levels of CEA ,AFP ,CA19-9 and CA72-4 levels in the malignant tumor group were significantly higher than those in the benign disease group and control group(P<0 .05);the benign disease group and normal control group had no statistically significant difference (P>0 .05) .In the single indicator detection of ser-um CEA ,AFP ,CA19-9 and CA72-4 ,AFP had the highest detection rate in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ,which was 74 .19% ;the positive detection rate of CA 72-4 in gastric cancer was highest ,which was 60 .71% ;the positive detection rate of CA 19-9 in pan-creatic cancer was highest ,which was 75 .00% ;the positive detection rate of CEA was not high without specificity in various tumor diseases .The positive detection rate of 4-item combined detection was significantly higher than that of single item detection (P<0 .05) .Conclusion The detection of tumor markers CEA ,AFP ,CA19-9 and CA72-4 is conducive to the identification of tumor types ,meanwhile they can improve the detection rate of gastrointestinal cancer and conduces to early diagnosis and early treatment for the patients .

Objective:To evaluate the safety and feasibility of endovascular recanalization for non-acute internal carotid artery occlusion (NA-ICAO), and to propose a new angiographic classification.Methods:From April 2015 to October 2019, 95 consecutive patients with symptomatic NA-ICAO who received endovascular recanalization were retrospectively analyzed in Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University. All the patients were divided into four groups according to DSA: type Ⅰ, petrous segments were distally reconstituted by collateral vessels; type Ⅱ, cavernous segments were distally reconstituted by collateral vessels; type Ⅲ, ophthalmic segments were distally reconstituted by collateral vessels; type Ⅳ, communicating segments were distally reconstituted by collateral vessels. Study data including clinical characteristics, surgical details, lesion classification, recanalization rate and perioperative complications. For the counting data, the χ 2 test was used to compare between groups. For the quantitative data, the ANOVA was used for the normal distribution data, otherwise the Kruskal-Wallis H test was used. The primary safety outcome was any stroke or death within 30 days. Results:Among the 95 patients, 67 (70.53%) had successful recanalization. The recanalization rates of type Ⅰ－Ⅳ were 92.31% (36/39), 81.82% (18/22), 47.83% (11/23) and 18.18% (2/11) respectively (χ2=29.557, P<0.001). And the complication rates of the four types were 5.13% (2/39), 13.64% (3/22), 21.74% (5/23) and 9.10% (1/11) respectively. The incidence of perioperative ischemic stroke was 2.11% (2/95). No other serious stroke and death occurred. Conclusions:Endovascular recanalization may be feasible and safe for carefully selected patients with NA-ICAO and therefore represents an alternative treatment. The patients with type Ⅰ and Ⅱ lesions had higher recanalization rates, while the patients with type Ⅳ lesions had significantly lower recalculation rate. The new angiographic classification is conducive to the selection of suitable patients and difficulty in grading.