Objective To investigate the disease categories of the upper alimentary tract and the ratio of Hp infection in countryside children. Methods 96 children with complaint in upper digestive tracts underwent gastro-scope and in each patient,a piece of mueosal tissue in sinus ventrieuli was taken out to perform Hp urase test. Results All of the 96 children were detected abnormal including chronic superficial gastritis (n = 63), ulcer of duodenal bulb(n = 13) ,enteritis of duodenal bulb(n =7) ,gastritis with bile reflux(n =4) ,erosive gastritis(n =2) ,ascariasis (n = 6), aneylestomiasis(n = 3). The positive rate was 100%. 49/96 (51%) were positive in Hp test, including 36/ 63(57.1%) of chronic gastritis ,10/13(76.9%) of ulcer of duodenal bulb,2/7 (28.6%) of enteritis of duodenum. Hp were positive in 11 (35.5%) in the group with age range from 3 to 6 years old and positive in 38 (58.5%) in the group with age range from 7 to 12 years old. Conclusion Chronic superficial gastritis and ulcer of duodenal bulb were the main findings in gastrescopy in children with a upper digestive tract complaint. Hp infection ratio was highest in patients with ulcer of duodenal bulb in our study, and followed by the chronic gastritis. And the infection rate in-creased with the age increased.

Objective To evaluate whether there is a correlation among plasma levels of procalcitonin (PCT),N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP)and cardiac troponin T (cTnT)in patients with sepsis,as well as significance to prognosis of patients.Methods 48 patients with sepsis who were admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital between September 2014 and March 2015 were chosen for study,patients were divided into severe and mild sepsis groups according to the disease condition,plasma levels of PCT,NT-pro-BNP,and cTnT were de-tected,mortality of patients were analyzed statistically,relation between plasma levels of PCT,NT-pro-BNP,cT-nT and patients’death were compared.Results The plasma levels of PCT,NT-pro-BNP and cTnT in severe sepsis group were significantly higher than those in mild sepsis group (all P <0.05);mortality of mild sepsis group was significantly lower than that of severe sepsis group (10.53% vs 41.38%,P <0.05);Levels of PCT,NT-pro-BNP and cTnT levels in died patients were all higher than surviving patients (all P <0.05);levels of PCT and NT-pro-BNP,NT-pro-BNP and cTnT were positively correlated respectively (rs = 0.337,P <0.05;rs =0.456,P =0.001, respectively ),while PCT was not significantly correlated with cTnT.Plasma levels of PCT,NT-pro-BNP,and cTnT were all correlated with the prognosis of patients (P <0.05),and is helpful for judging the prognosis of pa-tients,combination of three indexes had better prognostic value for the prognosis.Conclusion Combination detec-tion of plasmid levels of PCT,NP-pro-BNP,and cTnT can assess the severity of infection in patients with sepsis, and preliminarily judge the prognosis of patients with sepsis.

ObjectiveTo observe the effect of Nd∶YAG laser combined with enamel cement on dentine hypersensitiveness (DH).Methods120 DH cases (totally 182 teeth) were randomly divided into two groups. The experiment group (92 teeth) was treated with Nd∶YAG laser and enamel cement. The control group (90 teeth) was only treated with Nd∶YAG laser.ResultsEffective rates of the experiment group at the moment of treatment, 3 months and 6 months after treatment were 97.8%, 96.7% and 90.2 % respectively, and that of the control group were 95.6%, 91.1% and 84.4%. There was a significant difference between two groups (P<0.05).ConclusionNd∶YAG laser combined with enamel cement has an obvious effect on DH.

ObjectiveTo observe the effect of Ornidazol on acute pericoronitis of wisdom tooth (PWT).Methods125 patients with PWT were randomly divided into the experiment group (63 cases, treated with Ornidazol) and control group (62 cases, treated with Metronidazole). The curative effect was observed when teeth extracted.ResultsThe effective rate of the experiment group was 95.2%, that of control group was 82.2%. There was a significant difference between two groups (P<0.05).ConclusionOrnidazol has an obvious effect on acute PWT.

Objective To observe the role of Osterix in controlling bone volume in vertebral body and to investigate the possible mechanism .Methods X-ray radiology ,micro CT and HE staining were used to evaluate the change of bone volume in both Osterix knockout and transgenic mice .TRAP staining was used to assess the activity of osteoclasts and immunohistochemistry was used to examine the expression level of RANKL .Results No obvious changes were found in Osterix transgenic mice ,while X-ray examina-tion ,micro CT and HE staining showed that the bone density and bone volume in the lumbar vertebral body increased significantly in OSX null mice 12 weeks after birth .TRAP staining showed that the number of osteoclasts decreased in OSX null mice .IHC re-vealed that the expression level of RANKL was down-regualted in OSX null mice .Conclusion Osterix play an important role in controlling bone volume of vertebral body in mice .

Objective This study aims to investigate the diagnosis and treatment of external root resorption of adjacent teeth caused by impacted teeth via cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Methods A total of 19 teeth from 15 patients with uncertain external root resorption caused by an adjacent impacted tooth were examined from January 2011 to December 2011. All teeth with uncertain external root resorption were scanned by CBCT. Three dimensions reconstruction were the con-ducted to determine the location and extent of resorption. Results In all cases, CBCT identified the accurate location and extent of external root resorption caused by adjacent impacted teeth. Furthermore, the technique provided impacted teeth location in three dimensions, including the relation between the impacted teeth and surrounding vital structures. Conclusion CBCT can provide direct and accurate images of the location and extent of external root resorption, as well as the location of the adja-cent impacted teeth in three dimensions. Therefore, the proposed technique provides reliable information for clinical diagnosis and treatment.

OBJECTIVETo investigate the clinical value of three-dimensional (3D) laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the treatment of complicated gallstone disease.

METHODSFrom March 2014 to March 2015, 46 patients underwent cholecystectomy for complicated gallstone disease under 3D laparoscopy (3D group) and 43 received 2D laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2D group). The surgical data including the operative time, intraoperative blood loss, the rate of conversion to open laparotomy, recovery time of postoperative bowel motion and hospital stay were compared between the 2 groups.

RESULTSLaparoscopic cholecystectomy was successfully completed in 43 patients in 3D group and in 39 patients in 2D group, and the rates of conversion to open laparotomy were similar between the two groups (P>0.05). The median operation time was significantly shorter in 3D group than in 2D group (50.5∓15.2 vs 65.4∓18.1 min, P<0.05), and the median volume of intraoperative blood loss was significantly smaller in 3D group (34.1∓13.6 vs 44.5∓22.3 mL, P>0.05). No significant differences were found in the recovery time of postoperative bowel motion and postoperative hospital stays between the two groups (P>0.05).

CONCLUSION3D laparoscopy, which provides three-dimensional vision with a good sense of depth to allow precise surgical manipulation, can shorten the operation time and reduce the rate of conversion to open laparotomy for patients undergoing 3D laparoscopic cholecystectomy for complicated gallstone disease.

ObjectiveTo investigate the application value of three-dimensional visualization system (MI-3DVS software system) in the preoperative evaluation and surgical planning for hilar cholangiocarcinoma.MethodsThirteen patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma undergoing preoperative evaluation with MI-3DVS software in Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University between June 2009 and December 2013 were enrolled in this prospective study. The informed consents of all patients were obtained and the local ethical committee approval had been received. Among the 13 patients, 8 were males and 5 werefemales with the age ranging from 34 to 81 years old and the median of 55 years old. Enhanced scan of liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen and blood vessels in abdominal cavity was performed on the patients with 64-slice or 256-slice spiral CT. Four sets of medical digital imaging and data of plain scan phase, arterial phase, portal venous phase and venous phase were collected. The data of each phase were introduced into MI-3DVS to perform image segmentation and three-dimensional reconstruction. The three-dimensional relationship between tumor and intrahepatic bile duct, hepatic artery, portal venous system and hepatic venous system was observed after the reconstructed images were visualized and Bismuth-Corlette classiifcation was determined for the tumors. Moreover, surgery was simulated and surgical planning was formulated.Results The reconstructed models of 13 patients all exactly displayed the shape of liver and anatomic landmark of duct system. The structure and shape of hilar cholangiocarcinoma and various intrahepatic duct systems were realistic and stereoscopic and the direction of various branches was clear. Bismuth-Corlette classification of tumors was determined according to the results of three-dimensional reconstruction. One case was typeⅢa, 7 were typeⅢb and 5 were typeⅣ. The accuracy rate of tumor classification was 100%(13/13) by preoperative three-dimensional reconstruction. The coincidence rate of simulated surgery and actual operative procedure was 85% (11/13). The median operation time was 630 (300~720) min and the intraoperative blood loss was 410 (110~1 800) ml. The incidence of surgical complications was 23% (3/13). Two patients developed incision infection and 1 developed bile leakage. All were cured with conservative treatment. ConclusionThree-dimensional visualization system may accurately, directly and dynamically display the hilar cholangiocarcinoma and its three-dimensional adjacent relation, which may be used to perform accurate preoperative evaluation and surgical planning for patients.

ObjectiveTo investigate the construction and clinical application of three-dimensional visualization platform in diagnosis and treatment of primary liver cancer.MethodsFifty-six patients with liver cancer diagnosed and treated in Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University between January 2012 and December 2014 were enrolled in this prospective study. The informed consents of all patients were obtained and the local ethical committee approval had been received. Among the 56 patients, 49 were males and 7 were females with the average age of (47±7) years old. The 256-slice spiral CT scan was performed on the patients to collect plain scan data and thin-layer CT data of arterial phase, portal venous phase and hepatic venous phase. The data were imported into the Medical Image Three-dimensional Visualization System (MI-3DVS) to perform image segmentation and three-dimensional visualization analysis of the liver, tumor tissues, portal venous system, hepatic venous system, hepatic arterial system and organs around the liver. The individualized liver segmentation, classification of the vascular and middle lobe tumor was performed and individualized volume was calculated. The surgical planning was formulated through simulating multiple surgery and the rational surgical procedure was selected. For patients undergoing complex hepatectomy, three-dimensional liver model was printed.ResultsThe construction of three-dimensional visualization model of all 56 patients was completed, which could clearly display the anatomical morphology of each vascular system, the location and size of tumor, and perform individual liver segmentation as well as vascular, middle lobe tumor classification. According to individualized volume calculation, the median total liver volume was 1 215 (1 025-1 856) ml, the liver tumor volume was 368 (25-653) ml and the virtual removal liver volume was 478 (125-854) ml. All the 56 patients received radical resection of tumor. The actual operation was in accordant with the preoperative surgical plan. The 3D printing model of 11 patients undergoing complex hepatectomy was exactly the same with that observed during the operation. The operations of all patients were completed successfully and no death was observed during the perioperative period. Six patients developed pleural effusion and one developed bile leakage on the liver cutting surface after operation. These patients were cured after symptomatic treatments.Conclusion Three-dimensional visualization platform for diagnosis and treatment of primary liver cancer can realize the precise preoperative diagnosis and intraoperative manipulation, thus enhances the success rate of surgery.

Model informed precision dosing (MIPD) is a new concept to guide precision dosing for individual patient by modeling and simulation based on the available information about the individual patient, medications and the disease. Compared to the empirical dosing, MIPD could improve the efficacy, safety, economics and adherence of the pharmacotherapy according to the individual's pathophysiology, genotyping and disease progression. This consensus report provides a brief account of the concept, methodology and implementation of MIPD as well as clinical decision supporting systems for MIPD. The status and future advancing of MIPD was also discussed to facilitate the appropriate application and development of MIPD in China.