Objective To explore the best parameters of impulse Nd:YAG laser-aided debonding for ceramic bracket.Methods The removal of ceramic bracket from enamel surface by laser irradiation was investigated in vitro.Fifty-four premolars were used to test the tensile strength and 32 premolars for pulp cavity temperature test.The results were compared according to the laser setting(output power:0,2,3,5 W;time:2,4 s),the average force(830.3,556.5 g) necessary to break the adhesion between ceramic bracket and tooth,the different edible pigment on bracket surface(black or not).Results The bonding strength of ceramic bracket was significantly reduced by laser irradiation,averagely by 48%.The average bonding strenth in the six groups for tensile strength test was of statistical difference(P

Objective:To investigate the effect of initiator on pulsed Nd:YAG laser in the acid resistance of human teeth in vitro. Methods:A total of 25 enamel-samples and 25 dentine-samples were divided into laser plus initiator (a layer of Beijing black ink) group and laser only group.Each of the two groups was divided into five subgroups.The samples in the 5 subgroups were irritated by Na:YAG laser with an energy(J/cm2) of 0,20,30,40 and 50 respectively. Then all samples were immersed in 0.1 mol/L lactic acid demineralization solutions(pH 4.5) for 48 h at 37 ℃. The concentration of Ca 2+ (?10 -6 g) dissolved in the solution was measured by the calcium selective electrode. Results:Laser of 20-50 J/cm2 decreased the Ca 2+ concerntration in demineralization solution(P0.05).The initiator plus laser of 30-40 J/cm2 decreased the Ca 2+ release of dentine samples than laser only group (P

Objective To investigate the effects of pulsed Nd∶YAG laser combined with NaF solution on acid resistance of human dental enamel and dentin in vitro Methods A total of 20 enamel samples and 20 dentin samples were treated with both laser plus NaF, laser only, NaF only, or no treatment(control) Then all samples were immersed in lactic acid demineralization solution(pH 4 5) for 48 h at 37 ℃ The concentration of Ca 2+ (?10 -6 g) dissolved in the solution was measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry Results In both enamel and dentin samples, the lowest mean Ca 2+ concentration was recorded in laser plus NaF treated group (62 055?5 879,137 474?4 444)?10 -6 g The control samples showed the highest mean of Ca 2+ concentration (143 760?5 443 and 182 726?16 115)?10 -6 g The mean Ca 2+ concentration in laser plus NaF - or NaF - or laser treated group decreased significantly as compared with that in the control( P

objective to find a proper pathway for the regional chemotherapy of pancreatic carcinoma. Method A total of 39 cases of unresectable pancreatic carcinoma was collected and divided into five groups. Ⅰ: celiac artery group, 5 cases; Ⅱ: gastroduo-denal artery group,24 cases;15 cases were directly inserted into this artery (ⅡB)and 9 cases indirectly through gastroepiploric artery (ⅡA). Ⅲ: gastroepiploric right artery group, Scases; Ⅳ: splenic artery group, 5 cases. Result. For these groups, the first group can be detected that the pancreatic head is clearly dyed; in the second group the pancreatic head was apparently dyed. The body and tail of pancreas were clearly dyed in the splenic artery group and failed in the second group. Conclusion For pancreatic head carcinoma, the gastroduodenal artery is the first choice; splenic artery is proper for the carcinoma in the body and tail of pancreas.

AIM: To investigate the influence of serum apolipoprotein (apo) CII concentrations on the distribution of serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) subclasses. METHODS: Serum HDL subclasses in 247 subjects were determined by two dimensional gel electrophoresis-immunodetection. RESULTS: With the increase in serum apolipoprotein CII levels, age, BMI, the contents of TG, TC, apoB100, apoCII, apoCIII, apoE, preβ_1-HDL, preβ_2-HDL, HDL_3b and HDL_3a increased significantly, but the contents of HDL-C, HDL_(2a) and HDL_(2b) decreased remarkably. The contents of preβ_1-HDL increased with the rise in apoCII and apoA I levels, whereas the content of HDL_(2b) increased with the rise in serum apoA I level in the same apoC II group, but decreased with the increase in serum apolipoprotein CII level in the same apoA I group. With the increase in the ratio of apoCII/ apoCIII, the content of preβ_1-HDL elevated, but the content of HDL_(2b) decreased. The correlation analysis illustrated that the apoCII level was positively correlated with preβ_1-HDL (r=0.186, P<0.01), but inversely correlated with HDL_(2b) (r=-0.149, P<0.05). The apoA I level was positively associated with all HDL subclasses (r in the range of 0.349-0.587, P<0.01). In addition, the apoCIII level was positively correlated with preβ_1-HDL (r=0.184, P<0.01) and preβ_2-HDL (r=0.178, P<0.01), while the apoE level was positively correlated with HDL_(3a) (r=0.040, P<0.05). The apoB100 level was inversely correlated with HDL_(2a) (r=-0.102, P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The particles of HDL show a general shift towards smaller size with the increase in apoCII levels, indicating that the maturation of HDL is abnormal. Whereas the contents of apoA I level correct the effect of apoCII on the distribution profile of HDL subclasses. The ratio of apoCII/apoCIII might also been taken as one of the indexes reflecting the distribution profile of serum HDL subclasses.

Objective To summarize the clinicopathological characteristics and analyze the prognostic factors of young gastric cancer patients.Methods Data of 1 801 gastric cancer patients (divided into ≤45 years of age group,n =230 cases,and ＞ 45 years old group,n =1 571 cases) undergoing gastrectomy in Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery,Fujian Provincial Cancer Hospital,from June 1999 to November 2015 were retrospectively analyzed.Results Compared with the elderly patients,those ≤45 years old were more female with higher percentage of signet ring cell carcinoma,M1 and non radical resection while less in the upper stomach area (P ＜ 0.05),but there was no statistical difference in tumor size,depth of invasion,lymph node metastasis,Borrmann type,TNM stage,peripheral nerve involvement,cancer embolus,positive margin.Prognostic analysis showed the difference of 5-years survival rate was not statistically significant between young and elderly patients.But the 5-year survival rate in young patients with signet ring cell carcinoma undergoingt radical gastrectomy was better than that of elderly patients (P =0.047,0.038).Multivariate regression analysis showed that M staging and surgical modality were independent prognostic factors for these ≤ 45 years old patients.Conclusion Although there are special clinicopathological features of gastric cancer in young patients,but the postoperative prognosis is relatively the same as those elderly patients.

Objective To investigate the relationship between perineural invasion and clinicopathological factors of gastric cancer or prognosis of patients.Methods The retrospective case-control study was conducted.The clinicopathological data of 1 801 patients with gastric cancer who were admitted to the Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Fujian Medical University between March 1999 and November 2015 were collected.All the patients received surgery in order to the radical resection of gastric cancer,and total gastrectomy or two-thirds and above of gastrectomy and D2 lymph node dissection were performed.Patients with preoperative stage Ⅲ of clinical staging underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy.Patients with T3-T4 of histopathologic stage,T1-T2 of positive lymph nodes and T2N0 of high risk factors (low differentiated tumor,lymphovascular invasion,perineural invasion and age ＜ 50 years) underwent postoperative chemotherapy.Observation indicators:(1) treatment situations;(2)pathological characteristics;(3) follow-up results;(4) prognostic factors.Follow-up using outpatient examination and telephone interview was performed once within 1 month postoperatively,once every 3 months within 2 years postoperatively and once every 6 months from 3 to 5 years postoperatively up to February 2016.Follow-up included inquiry,physical examination,routine blood test,biochemical test,carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA),CA19-9,color Doppler ultrasound or computed tomography (CT) and endoscopy.Measurement data with normal distribution were represented as (x)±s and comparison between groups was analyzed using the t test.Measurement data with skewed distribution were described as M (range).Ordinal data was analyzed by the nonparametric test.The univariate analysis and multivariate analysis were done using the COX regression model.The hazard ratio (HR)and 95％ confidence interval (CI) were calculated.The survival curve and survival analysis were respectively drawn and done by the Kaplan-Meier method and Log-rank test.Result (1) Treatment situations:all the 1 801patients underwent traditional open surgery,including 1 570 undergoing radical resection and 231 undergoing palliative surgery.Of 1 801 patients,1 029 received total gastrectomy,540 received distal gastrectomy,201 received extended gastrectomy and 31 received resection of residual stomach.Operation time,volume of intraoperative blood loss,number of lymph node dissected and duration of hospital stay were (173±40) minutes,(224-±91) mL,30± 13 and (15±9) days,respectively.Of 1 801 patients,79 underwent preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy and 906 underwent postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy.(2) Pathological characteristics:results of pathological examinations of 1 801 patients showed that 509 had positive perineural invasion and 1 292 had negative perineural invasion.Tumors located in the upper region,middle region and lower region of stomach,whole stomach and stump stomach were respectively detected in 173,189,123,12,12 patients with positive perineural invasion and 395,417,428,29,23 patients with negative perineural invasion.Type Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ and Ⅳ of Borrmann type were respectively detected in 13,213,244,39 patients with positive perineural invasion and 92,511,629,60 patients with negative perineural invasion.The good and poor tumor differentiations and tumor diameter ＜5 cm and ≥5 cm were respectively detected in 172,337,244,265 patients with positive perineural invasion and 536,756,833,459 patients with negative perineural invasion.Stage Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ,Ⅳv of histopathologic stage,T1,T2,T3,T4 of invasive depth,NO,N1,N2,N3 of lymph node metastasis and positive and negative lymphovascular invasion were respectively detected in 27,54,346,82,17,24,26,442,77,84,109,239,383,126 patients with positive perineural invasion and 263,283,623,123,188,169,289,646,409,219,312,352,437,855 patients with negative perineural invasion,with statistically significant differences in above indexes between positive and negative perineural invasion patients (X2 =14.142,Z =-2.098,X2 =9.061,41.536,Z=-10.389,-13.824,-8.638,X2 =252.624,P＜ 0.05).(3) Follow-up results:1 629patients were followed up for 1.0-99.0 months,with a median time of 37.3 months.The 5-year overall survival rate was 58.5％.(4) Prognostic factors:results of univariate analysis showed that tumor location,Borrmann type,degree of tumor differentiation,tumor diameter,histopathologic stage,invasive depth,lymph node metastasis,lymphovascular invasion and perineural invasion were factors affecting prognosis of patients with gastric cancer (HR=1.209,1.303,1.496,2.303,3.368,2.057,1.812,2.013,1.332,95％ CI:1.123-1.301,1.171-1.449,1.290-1.736,2.001-2.649,3.012-3.767,1.856-2.279,1.694-1.939,1.749-2.317,1.126-1.576,P＜0.05).Resuhs of multivariate analysis showed that tumors located in the upper and middle of stomach,whole stomach and stump stomach,tumor diameter ≥ 5 cm,stage Ⅱ-Ⅳ of histopathologic stage,T2-T4 of invasive depth,N1-N3 of lymph node metastasis,positive lymphovascular invasion and positive perineural invasion were independent risk factors affecting prognosis of patients with gastric cancer (HR =1.087,1.234,2.663,1.174,1.136,1.254,1.272,95％ CI:1.008-1.172,1.063-1.432,2.292-3.095,1.035-1.332,1.044-1.236,1.064-1.501,1.066-1.516,P＜0.05).The 5-year survival rate was 49.1％ in 509 patients with positive perineural invasion and 60.7％ in 1 292 patients with negative perineural invasion,respectively,with a statistically significant difference (X2 =11.270,P＜0.05).The 5-year overall survival rate was 41.1％ in 383patients with positive perineural invasion and lymphovascular invasion,77.1％ in 126 patients with positive perineural invasion and negative lymphovascular invasion,49.1％ in 437 patients with negative perineural invasion and positive lymphovascular invasion and 92.1％ in 855 patients with negative perineural invasion and lymphovascular invasion,respectively,with a statistically significant difference (X2=244.368,P＜0.05).Conclusion Perineural invasion is a high risk factor affecting prognosis of patients with gastric cancer,and it may be useful in evaluating prognosis of patients with gastric cancer.

Objective : The patients with inguinal hernia were treated with plug mesh hernia repair. Methods:The hernia sacs were isolated and dissected back to the internal ring. The unoperated sacs were allowed to drop back through the internal ring into the abdominal cavity. A cone-shaped mesh hernia plug is inserted tapered end through ring and placed into position just beneath the crura. All our repairs were reinforced a second piece of flat was placed from the pubic tubercle, overlying the direct space. Results : Com-paired with conventional suture surgical techniques, a plug repair uses less disscection and ensures tenssion free hernioplusty. Conclusion : We believe that the two factors are the most important reseasons for greater patients confort, rapit rehabilitation, decreased recurrence and lessened overall complication rates with the mesh hernia plug techniques.

OBJECTIVETo compare the consistency of root canal configuration types of mandibular first premolar by using micro-CT and radio visio graphy (RVG).

METHODSOne hundred extracted mandibular first premolars with complete dental root and apex which received no endodontic treatment were randomly selected. Each tooth was radiographed with RVG through a buccolingual and mesiodistal direction, and then scanned with micro-CT and reconstructed. The classifications of the root canal types according to Vertucci's type with the two methods were compared.

RESULTSThe canal patterns were classified as type I (67%), type III (3%), type V (18%), type VII (2%), additional type (10%) with micro-CT and canal patterns as type I (71%), type III (2%), type V (23%), type VII (1%), additional type (3%) with RVG. 63% of teeth showed one canal in both micro-CT and RVG. Only 25% of teeth were diagnosed as complex canal by the same canal type in both micro-CT and RVG. The Kappa value between micro-CT and RVG was 0.541 which suggested that the two kinds of methods had intermediate consistency. 82.8% of the premolars with root groove had two or more than two canals.

CONCLUSIONAlthough RVG can basically reflect the root canal system type of the mandibular first premolars in vitro, it offers poor accuracy images to complex root canals. Micro-CT three-dimensional images could clearly and precisely display the root canal system morphology of the mandibular first pre-molars in vitro.

Bicuspid ; Dental Pulp Cavity ; Humans ; Mandible ; Molar ; Root Canal Therapy ; Tooth Root ; X-Ray Microtomography

OBJECTIVETo explore the risk factors and prognosis of No.8p lymph node metastasis in cases with advanced gastric cancer.

METHODSClinicopathological and follow-up data of 790 cases with advanced gastric cancer undergoing gastrectomy (including No.8p lymphadenectomy) from October 2003 to October 2013 in Fujian Provincial Tumor Hospital were analyzed retrospectively. Patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy were excluded. Associations of No.8p lymph node metastasis with clinicopathological characteristics and metastasis in other regional lymph node were analyzed. Prognostic difference between positive No.8p group and negative No.8p group was examined.

RESULTSPositive No.8p lymph node was found in 93 cases (11.8%) among 790 cases with advanced gastric cancer. Univariate analysis showed that gender [male 9.8%(56/572) vs. female 17.0%(37/218), P=0.005], preoperative CEA level [<5 μg/L 28.0%(61/218) vs. ≥5 μg/L 5.6%(32/572), P=0.005], tumor size[diameter <5 cm 3.8%(13/346) vs. ≥5 cm 18.0%(80/445), P=0.000], tumor location [gastric fundus and cardiac 10.7% (26/244) vs. gastric body 13.5% (30/222) vs. gastric antrum 10.1% (31/308) vs. total gastric 37.5%(6/16), P=0.007], Borrmann staging [type II( 1.9%(4/211) vs. type III( 11.6% (54/464) vs. type IIII( 30.4%(35/115), P=0.000], tumor differentiation [high 0/8 vs. moderate 6.7%(25/372) vs. low 16.6%(68/410), P=0.000], T staging [T2 2.4%(4/170) vs. T3 13.1%(35/267) vs. T4 15.3%(54/353), P=0.000], N staging [N0 0 (0/227) vs. N1 2.2%(5/223) vs. N2 15.2%(26/171) vs. N3 36.7%(62/169), P=0.000] were closely associated with the No.8p lymph node metastasis. Multivariate analysis that revealed gender (OR=1.762, 95%CI: 1.020-3.043), tumor size (OR=1.107, 95%CI: 1.020-1.203), N staging (OR=4.093, 95%CI: 2.929-5.718), tumor differentiation (OR=1.782, 95%CI:1.042-3.049), and metastasis in No.8a(OR=5.370, 95%CI: 3.425-8.419), No.3(OR=1.127, 95%CI:1.053-1.206), No.6(OR=1.221,95%CI: 1.028-1.450), No.7(OR=2.149, 95%CI: 1.711-2.699), No,11p(OR=2.085, 95%CI: 1.453-2.994), No.14v(OR=2.604, 95%CI: 1.038-6.532) group lymph nodes were the independent risk factors of No.8p lymph node metastasis. One-year, 3-year and 5-year survival rates in positive No.8p group were 85.7%, 47.5% and 22.6%, and those in negative No.8p group were 96.2%, 82.5% and 70.3% respectively, whose differences were significant (χ=109.767, P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONSMetastasis in Np.8p lymph nodes is an important factor affecting the prognosis of patients with advanced gastric cancer. In patients with female gender, tumor diameter ≥5 cm, preoperative late N staging, low tumor differentiation or metastasis in No.8a, No.3, No.6, No.7, No.11p, No.14v group lymph nodes, thorough clean rance of No.8p group lymph node should be considered.

Carcinoembryonic Antigen ; blood ; Female ; Gastrectomy ; Humans ; Lymph Node Excision ; methods ; Lymph Nodes ; physiopathology ; surgery ; Lymphatic Metastasis ; diagnosis ; pathology ; physiopathology ; Male ; Multivariate Analysis ; Neoplasm Grading ; statistics & numerical data ; Neoplasm Staging ; statistics & numerical data ; Prognosis ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Sex Factors ; Stomach Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; mortality ; surgery ; Survival Rate