1.Necessity of antibiotics usage in septoplasty
Guohua ZHANG ; Mingchao DENG ; Qingfeng RONG
The Journal of Practical Medicine 2016;32(16):2674-2676
Objective To discuss the necessity of antibiotics usage in septoplasty , and to provide evidences for the standardization of the therapy and rational use of antibiotics in septoplasty. Methods Eighty-seven patients who had undergone septoplasty were randomly divided into three groups: Group A: without antibiotics; Group B: antibiotics only preoperative prophylaxis; Group C: antibiotics both preoperative and postoperative for five days. The clinical effect and complication rate were compared among three groups. Results There were no statistical significance among three groups for clinical effect and complication rate (P > 0.05). Conclusions The infection rate in septoplasty is very low , and the use of prophylactic antibiotics in elective septoplasty can neither improve efficacy nor reduce postoperative complications , so it is not essential.
2.Optimization of Sulfated Technology of Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae Polysaccharides by Orthogonal Design and Observation of Anti-tumor Activity of Modified Products
Jun QIN ; Guanghai DENG ; Mingchao LUO ; Wei ZHU
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2017;34(2):254-260
Objective To optimize the sulfated modification conditions for Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae polysaccharides (RSGP),and to investigate the possibility of enhancing the activity of RSGP after sulfating modification.Methods RSGP was modified by cholorosulfonic acid-pyridine.With the yield,carbohydrate content and sulphate substitution degree as the observation indexes,L9 (34)orthogonal design was used to optimize reaction time,reaction temperature and reagent ratio.The degree of sulphate substitution was determined by barium chloride turbitimetry,and the carbohydrate content was detected by sulfuric acid-phenol method.Then the structures of the sulfated modified products were analyzed by infrared radiation (IR) spectrum.Methyl thiazolyl tetrazolim(MTT)assay was used to determine the anti-tumor activity of sulfated RSGP on HepG2 and MCF-7 cell lines.Results The optimized modification conditions of RSGP were sulfating RSGP with cholorosulfonic acid-pyridine in the ratio of 1:6 for 4.5 hours at 60 ℃.The MTT assay results showed that the sulfated RSGP could inhibit the growth and proliferation of human liver cancer HepG2 cell line and human mammary cancer MCF-7 cell line in concentrationdepending manner.Conclusion It is feasible for sulfating modification of RSGP with cholorosulfonic acid-pyridine,and sulfating modification can enhance the anti-tumor activitv of RSGP.
3.Alzheimer's disease complicated with type 2 diabetes and hippocampal injury: from oxidative stress to autophagy
Junnan GUO ; Junshi ZHANG ; Weiya HE ; Mingchao YAN ; Sang HU ; Shuang LIANG ; Jinbo DENG
Chinese Journal of Neurology 2015;48(7):556-563
Objective To study the pathological alterations,such as oxidative stress,cell proliferation and insulin resistance,especially autophagy,in Alzheimer' s disease (AD) complicated with type 2 diabetes (AD + T2DM).Methods The mouse models of T2DM,AD and AD + T2DM were used in the study,and totally 80 mice were divided into four groups:control group,T2DM group,AD group and AD + T2DM group.Morris water maze was applied to test the ability of learning and memory among the above mentioned groups.In the meantime,insulin resistance index,the expression of insulin receptor substrate 2,oxidative stress,cell proliferation and autophagy were observed with chemical analysis,immunofluorescent labeling,transmission electron microscopy and Western blotting.Results On day 4,the difference of time to find Morris water maze in control group,T2DM group,AD group and AD + T2DM group ((26.08 ±4.93) s,(38.46 ± 4.07) s,(47.32 ± 5.86) s,(53.01 ± 6.12) s,F =2.454,P =0.025) was statistically significant,and the time in AD + T2DM group was longer than that in AD group (t =-3.624,P =0.033).Compared with control group,insulin resistance occurred in T2DM group,AD group and AD + T2DM group (4.35 ± 0.48,16.12 ± 3.57,7.03 ± 3.11,18.78 ± 5.06,F =5.602,P =0.009),and the reduction of insulin receptor substrate 2 expression,the oxidative stress reaction,neural proliferative suppression and autophagy (F =418.344,222.514,436.250,113.934,23.772,35.469,all P < 0.05) were induced in T2DM group,AD group and AD + T2DM group,which were more serious in AD + T2DM group than in AD group (t =-2.796,21.723,-8.041,9.037,-4.403,-32.011,-26.593,all P <0.05).Conclusion AD + T2DM mice suffered more serious cognitive impairment than AD and T2DM mice.The oxidative stress levels of AD + T2DM mice were upregulated,and thus led to the inhibition of cell proliferation,eventually leading to promotion of autophagy.
5.Evaluation of the effectiveness of cough test during tension-free vaginal tape procedure in preventing post-operative voiding dysfunction
Xin ZHU ; Xin GOU ; Weiyang HE ; Mingchao XIAO ; Ming WANG ; Yuanzhong DENG ; Jian KANG
Chinese Journal of Urology 2012;33(9):669-671
Objective To evaluate the value of cough test in the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT)procedure.Methods A cohort of 85 women with stress urinary incontinence underwent the TVT procedure with cough test (n =41) or without cough test (n =44).Patients in cough test group were performed according to the Ulmsten’s method strictly,with the stress of tape adjusted in light of cough test; whereas in other 44 operations,the tape was placed on the urethral tract without stress,and no cough test was performed.The urine catheter was removed after 48 hours postoperatively and follow-up evaluation was carried out at 12 month postoperatively.Results TVT procedure was carried out successfully in all patients by a single experienced surgeon.Four cases of urinary retention and 5 cases of voiding difficulty were observed in the cough test group.However,urinary retention or voiding difficulty was not detected in the nun-cough test group.Based on the twelve-month follow-up results,the cure rate was 92.6% (38/41) in the cough test group and 93.1% (41/44) in the non-cough test group.Flow-pressure study indicated that 11 cases in cough test group were in the obstruction zone,while only 3 cases in the obstruction zone were detected in the non-cough test group.Conclusions TVT is a safe as well as effective minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat female stress urinary incontinence.However,Adjusting stress of tape in accordance with cough test during the TVT may potentially increase the incidence of urinary dysfunction postoperatively.Therefore,no convincing evidence was gained to support the efficacy of cough test during TVT in terms of preventing postoperative voiding dysfunction.