1.Study on the Thematic Characteristics of Sleep Disorders Disease Description Texts in Online Health Communities
Panxing PANG ; Cairong HE ; Lei ZHANG ; Jingxin CHEN ; Rongli SHI ; Zhongyue XU ; Kaiyuan WENG
Journal of Medical Informatics 2024;45(10):59-64
Purpose/Significance Disease description texts are analyzed to reach a deeper understanding of the current status of on-line consultations for sleep disorders and the thematic characteristics of users with sleep disorders.Method/Process Data about sleep dis-orders from"haodf.com"website is collected by using a web crawler.Furthermore,the main themes about patients'description are i-dentified by the latent Dirichlet allocation(LDA)model.Result/Conclusion The departments of sleep disorders are more dispersed,and the main treatment is drug therapy.Online consultations could improve 83.2%of patients'condition.The themes of patients's disease descriptions include medication and consultation,external environment,description of symptoms,surrogate questions and causes.It is suggested that the platform and doctors should pay attention to the prognosis of patients'medication and mental health status,and pay at-tention to the popularization of comorbidities.
2.Research progress on the tunnel technique for root coverage
XIE Chengjie ; LIU Xiaohao ; CHEN Jie ; WENG Jingxin ; CHEN Xiaochuan
Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases 2023;31(8):533-542
Gingival recessions (GRs) result in root hypersensitivity, root surface caries, and esthetic problems. Various root coverage surgeries are being developed for periodontal plastic therapy. The tunnel technique (TUN) is one of the most widely applied surgeries due to its features of being minimally invasive, practical, excellent outcomes and long-term stability; however, there are still some limitations of this technique. The history and evolution from the envelope flap to TUN, including its efficiency when compared with coronally advanced flaps with a connective tissue graft (CTG), are reviewed in this paper. The limitations of TUN are discussed in consideration of our clinical experience; for example, there is high technique sensitivity when TUN is applied in GR>5 mm because of the great difficulty in covering the grafts. The advantages of surgical access, including vertical incisions in the vestibule, “W” type and pinhole access, are discussed for different situations. Mattress sutures and sling sutures in a single tooth or multiple teeth are applied in TUN. The different types of grafts, such as CTG, platelet-rich plasma, articular dermal matrix and xenogeneic collagen matrix, are described. Mechanical, chemical and biological conditioning of the root surface are recommended during surgery. Protecting the surgical area and taking antibiotics postoperatively are also very important. Finally, the modifications when TUN is applied with other kinds of techniques are discussed, including lateral closed TUN, laterally positioned flaps, double papilla flaps and frenuloplasty. Minimally invasive, esthetic, long-term stability and simplified techniques are the development trends of TUN in the future.