Objective To study the mechanism of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and discuss its clinical significance in the treatment of mid-late stage liver cancer. Methods The patients with mid-late stage liver cancer were treated with HIFU. The changes of photography, pathology and immunology after operation were evaluated. Results It was shown that the results of the photographic, pathologic and immunologic examinations changed during the treatment of the patients with HIFU. Conclusion HIFU is effective and safe for the treatment of mid-late stage liver cancer.

The gastrointestinal motility in which clock genes play a role as molecular basis loses rhythm after spinal cord injury. This article reviewed the mechanism of impacts of acupuncture on the genes.

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell ; metabolism ; pathology ; Chemokine CCL2 ; metabolism ; Fibroblast Growth Factor 7 ; metabolism ; Fibroblasts ; metabolism ; pathology ; Gelatinases ; metabolism ; Humans ; Membrane Proteins ; metabolism ; Mouth Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; Neoplasm Invasiveness ; Neoplasm Metastasis ; Serine Endopeptidases ; metabolism

Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Syndrome ; Temperature

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), especially acupuncture and herbal medicine, is mainly applicated in musculoskeletal diseases, gynaecopathia, functional gastrointestinal diseases and cancer related pain in recent decade over the world. The influence of TCM on quality of life of pain patients received more attention, but still lacked evidence-based basis. Recent years, the basic studies were focusing on the function researches and tried to find out the relationship between functional units with systems biology methods to explain the holistic concept of TCM. After searching the database during 2002 to 2012, this article reviewed the character, development and innovation of TCM applicated in pain management.

Adult ; Churg-Strauss Syndrome ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Myocardial Infarction ; complications

Cochlear Implantation ; Cochlear Implants ; Humans ; Tinnitus

Objective To observe and compare the effects of 2-week YiJinjing Gong practice and pelvic traction in the treatment of acute low back pain(ALBP)in patients with lumbar intervertebral disc herniation(LIDH).Methods Sixty two patients with diagnosed LIDH accompanied with ALBP were randomly divided into YiJinjing Gong group (n=32,received YiJinjing Gong practice twice a day,45min per practice)and pelvic traction group(n=30,pelvic traction,once a day for 60 minutes).All of the treatments lasted for 2 weeks.Roland-Morris questionnaire(MRMQ) and ache vision analogy grading were used for evaluating the effectiveness of treatment before and after the treatment.Before the treatment,and 3 and 6 months after treatment,telephone survey was used to collect the condition of ALBP.Results(1) MRMQ dysfunction scores and visual analog scores were significant reduced after the treatment in both groups(P<0.01).MRMQ dysfunction score Was significantly improved in YiJinjing Gong group comparing to the traction group(P<0.05),but there was no significant difference in visual analog scores between the two groups (P>0.05).(2)Follow-up showed 1 recrudescence in YiJinjing group and 4 in traction group 3 months after the treatment;3 in YiJinjing group and 7 in traction group 6 months after treatment.Conclusion YiJinjing Gong practice can effectively improve patient's functional disturbance,quickly alleviate the LBP,and was superior to conventional pelvic traction in the treatment of LIDH patients with ALBP.

Objective:To choose some cephalometric variables for early predicting curative effects of facial mask.Methods:Sixty five patients in success group and eight patients in failure group were chosen,whose cephalograms taken in the mixed dentition were available.The cephalograms were measured,the indexes were analyzed and discriminant equation was established.Results:The mean value of ANB was(-1.82?2.11)? in success group and(-4.61?3.26)? in failure group(P0,failure in early treatment need more comprehensive treatment project.

Objective To evaluate the clinical value of 99Tcm-MIBI SPECT for the differential diagnosis of parotid tumors before treatment.Methods 99Tcm-MIBI SPECT imaging of the parotid region was obtained in 32 patients with parotid tumors before surgery.Early and delayed 99Tcm-MIBI imaging were performed in all patients and the diagnosis was confirmed by pathological results after surgery.The ratio of radioactivity between the tumor and opposite side of normal parotid tissue (T/N) was measured.Fisher exact probability test and t test were used for statistical analysis.Results The sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of 99Tcm-MIBI SPECT imaging for the differential diagnosis of parotid tumor were 90.00％ (9/10),86.36％ (19/22) and 87.50％ (28/32),respectively.Among 22 patients who had benign tumors,19(86.36％) showed negative findings,and the other 3 ( 13.64％ ) patients showed false positive results.In 10 patients with malignant tumors,1 ( 10.00％ ) had false negative findings,and all the other 9 (90.00％)patients showed positive results.The difference between the benign and malignant groups was statistically significant (P =0.00018 ).In the early images,the T/N ratios of benign and malignant parotid tumors were 1.45 ±0.38 and 1.65 ±0.63 (t =20.4,P＜0.01),respectively; and in the delayed images,the ratios were 1.43 ± 0.56 and 1.77 ± 0.59 ( t =2.4,P ＜ 0.05 ),respectively.Conclusion 99Tcm-MIBI SPECT imaging might be useful for the differential diagnosis of parotid tumors before surgery.