The instability of elbow is common among patients who suffered f ro m acute fracture or dislocation or from chronic strain. It is crucial to correct ly deal with the acute injury of the elbow, otherwise it would become chronic in stability of the elbow which is difficult to treat. This paper reviews the liter ature about the clinical representation, diagnosis and treatment of elbow instab ility. The surgical principle is to convert a complex fracture-dislocation patt ern into a simple dislocation pattern. Surgery should try to restore the anatomi c structure of the elbow, including articular surfaces and soft tissues. In inju ries to the ulnohumeral joint, reconstruction of the lateral tissues is the key to restoring joint stability. The premier treatment of recurrent instability of elbow is surgical treatment.

Objective:To analyze the clinical outcomes of the locking compression plate(LCP) fixation for the unstable sacral fracture.Methods: Nine patients with unstable sacral fracture were treated with locking compression plate fixation in our department,including 7 males and 2 females,with an average age of 34.8 years(ranged from 25 to 49 years).AO classification system found 1 B_(1),4 B_(2),2 B_(3) and 2 C_(1) type.Dennis classification found 6 Ⅰ section sacral fracture and 3 Ⅱ section sacral fracture.Incisions(6-8 cm) were made from each side of superior iliac spine to ipsilateral inferior iliac spine along iliac crest.After the fractures or dislocations were exposed and reduced,LCPs were chosen and remodeled.The iliosacral posterior ligaments were restored if injured.The LCP was pushed cutaneously to the other incision,placed on both dorsal ilia and fixed with locking screws.Each side of postal LCP was fixed with 3 locking screws for effective fixation.The reduction and fixation of fractures or dislocation were assured by radiostereoscopy.The operations lasted 45 min averagely(ranged from 30-80 minutes) and no patient needed blood transfusion.The average X-ray exposure period was 4 min(from 2-10 minutes).Results: All the patients were followed-up for a mean of 13.8 months,ranged from 6 months to 21 months.There was no iatrogenic nerve injury.The function and the feeling of sacroiliac joint and low extremities recovered to normality.According to the Majeed standards,the results were excellent in 4,good in 4,and fair in 1.Conclusion: The locking compression plate fixation is a simple and effective treatment for the unstable sacral fractures,with less trauma and complications.

From the roots of Aconitum pseudostapfianum W. T. Warig,ten diterpenoid alkaloids were isolated and identified as 14-benzoyl-8-O-methylaconine (Ⅰ ),aconitine(Ⅱ),deoxyaconitine(Ⅲ),penduline (Ⅳ),yunaconitine (Ⅴ), neolinine (Ⅵ), 15?-hydroxyneoline (Ⅶ), neoline (Ⅷ), talatisamine (Ⅸ)and aconosine (Ⅹ). I has not been previously found in nature.

Objective To explore the clinic results of the locking compression plate fixation for injuries at the posterior ring of pelvis. Methods 5 patients with injuries at the posterior ring of pelvis were treated with locking compression plate fixation. 2 of them resulted from crashing, 2 from crushing and 1 from falling. They included 4 males and 1 female and their average age was 35.6 years. According to AO classification system, there were 1 type B1, 2 type B2, 1 type B3 and 1 type C1; according to Dennis classification system, there were 4 section I fractures and 1 section II fracture. Results All the patients were available at follow-up, with a mean period of 5.8 months (ranging from 3 to 12 months). The average intraoperative time was 50 minutes (ranging from 30 to 80 minutes), and no patient underwent blood transfusion because the intraoperative blood loss was only 100 to 400 mL. There was no iatrogenic nerve injury and all the incisions healed during the primary procedure. The function and sense of sacroiliac joint and low extremities recovered to normal. Conclusion The locking compression plate fixation is one of the effective methods for treatment of injuries at the posterior ring of pelvis, for it is simple and minimally traumatic, and has a low rate of complications.

Objective To evaluate the effect of esophagogastric intramural implantation anastomosis after esophagectomy. Methods One thousand and two hundred thirty-six patients with esophageal and cardial cancers were treated by esophagogastric intramural implantation anastomosis after esophagectomy. The mucosal layer, the esophageal and gastric muscular layers were on three different levels after the anastomosis. Results Among 1236 patients, 842 cases were esophageal cancer,and 394 cases were cardial cancer.The anastomoses were performed in different levels including 15 cases below the pharynx, 193 cases on neck,634 case above the aortic arch and 394 cases below the aortic arch. One of the patients died 24 hours after the operation due to myocardial ischemia, and two of them died of respiratory failure. Anastomotic leakage, stenosis and refluxing esophagitis did not appear in this series. Conclusions Esophagogastric intramural implantation anastomosis can decrease the incidence of anastomotic leakage, stenosis and refluxing esophagitis after esophagectomy.

Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of ultrasound elastography hardness score and area ratio to identify benign and malignant lesions.Methods 90 patients with breast lumps were selected and divided into the malignant and non -malignant group according to surgical pathology diagnosis,they were 40 cases (a total of 45 tumors)and 50 cases (a total of 57 tumors),two groups of patients were detected in ultrasound elastography,anal-ysis of imaging hardness ratings and area ratio and other information,to investigate the clinical diagnostic value. Results The ultrasound elastography of 50 cases with benign tumor were 0 -2 point,7 cases were 3 -4 point, 7 cases with malignant tumors were 0 -2 point,38 cases were 3 -4 point,the difference between the two groups were statistically significant (χ2 =28.55,P <0.05);The average area ratio of benign tumor was (1.01 ±0.27),malignant tumors was (2.28 ±1.68),the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(t =9.22,P =0.001);the sensitivity,specificity,accuracy of elastography hardness rating in diagnosis of malignant breast tumors were 87.72%,84.44%,86.27%,the area ratio method were 85.96%,86.67%,86.27%,joint inspection of the two groups were 96.49%,95.55%,96.08%,joint inspection had obvious advantages,the difference was statistically sig-nificant(χ2 =16.24,13.58,P <0.05).Conclusion Ultrasound elastography hardness rating combined area ratio has a higher accuracy rate for differentiating benign and malignant breast tumors.

AIM　To investigate the chemical constituents of Rubus chroosepalus Focke. METHODS The methanol extracts were suspended in H2O and then extracted with EtOAc. Column chromatography was used for separation and purification, while spectral analysis was used for identification. RESULTS　Seven compounds were isolated and identified as 2α,3β-dihydroxy-urs-12,19-dien-23,28-oic acid (I), 2α,3β,23-trihydroxy-urs-12,18-dien-28-oic acid (IIa), 2α,3β,23-trihydroxy-urs-12,19-dien-28-oic acid (IIb), 2α,3α-dihydroxy-urs-12,18-dien-28-oic acid (IIIa), 2α,3α-dihydroxy-urs-12,19-dien-28-oic acid (IIIb), and the acetonide of IIIa and IIIb (IVa and IVb). CONCLUSION　I was found to be a new pentacyclic triterpenoid acid.

Object To study the chemical constituents from the root of Rubus innominatus S. Moore (Rosaceae). Methods Twelve compounds were isolated from the methanol extract by repeated column chromatography over normal and reversed phase silica gels. Their structures were identified by analysis of their spectral data and comparing TLC with authentic samples. Results Ten triterpenic acids and two steroids were isolated and identified. The antibacterial test indicated some triterpenic acids had antibacterial activity. Conclusion All compounds were obtained from the plants of Rubus L. for the first time.

Objective To investigate the relationship between apoptcsis, expressions of VEGF and clinicopathological characteris- tics, and prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods Sixty-one surgical specimens of primary esophageal squa- mous cell carcinomas were examined for VEGF by immunohistochemical staining (S-P). Apoptcsis was determined by TUNEL (TdT media- ting dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling) method. Clinicopathologic features were examined by histopathology. The prognostic impacts of these pa- rameters were analyzed by univariate and survival analysis. Results AI and VEGF were well correlated with differentiation, TNM stage. Lower tumor differentiation and higher TNM stage were related to decreasing AI and VEGF. In addition, VEGF in the groups of invasion be- yond muscularis and lymph node metastasis is significant higher than that in invasion reaching muacularis and no lymph node metastasis (P <0.01). But there were no significant correlation between AI and invasion( P>0.05). The simple-factor analysis results showed that the decrease of AI, VEGF, lymph node metastases, lower tumor differentiation, and invasion reaching muscularis were related to decrease of sur- vival rate. However, multivariate Cox analysis demonstrated that only AI and VEGF were the significant prognostic factors. Conclusions Apoptosis and angiagenesis participate in ESCC and promote its growth. VEGF is related to angiogenesis of ESCC. The increase of VEGF may promote invasion and lymph node metastasis. AI and VEGF are significant prognostic factors in ESCC.