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OBJECTIVE:To determine the concentration of ozagrel in human plasma by RP-HPLC.METHODS:The sample separation was performed on a SinoChrom OPS-AP column.The mobile phase consisted of 0.025 mol?L-1 potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer solution-acetonitrile(85∶15) with a flow rate of 0.8 mL?min-1 and a detection wavelength of 274 nm.The internal standard was levodropropizine.RESULTS:The linear range of ozagrel was 0.7～21.3 ?g?mL-1,(r=0.999 6).The extraction recovery of ozagrel was 83.78%～89.14% and the methodological recovery of it was 101.95%～106.68%.The intra-day RSD and inter-day RSD were 1.33%～3.27% and 2.72%～5.97%,respectively.CONCLUSION:This method is simple,rapid,accurate and reproducible,and it is applicable for the pharmacokinetic study of ozagrel in human plasma.

Astragalus Plant ; Cell Differentiation ; drug effects ; Cell Division ; drug effects ; Codonopsis ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Hematopoietic Stem Cells ; cytology ; drug effects

Dental Implantation ; Humans

OBJECTIVETo verify the clinical efficacy on post-stroke dysphagia treated with acupuncture at Lianquan (CV 23).

METHODSOne hundred and eighty patients were randomized into an acupuncture A group, an acupuncture B group and a rehabilitation group, 60 cases in each one. On the basis of the conventional medication, in the acupuncture A group, acupuncture was applied at Lianquan (CV 23); in the acupuncture B group, acupuncture was applied at Hegu (LI 4) and Neiguan (PC 6) and in the rehabilitation group, the swallowing rehabilitation training was adopted. The treatment was given once a day, 5 times a week, and the 4 weeks of treatment was required in all of the groups. The national institute of health stroke scale (NIHSS) and TV X-ray fluoroscope swallowing scale (VFSS) were used to evaluate neurologic deficit and swallowing function before and after treatment in the patients of each group. The morbidity of pneumonia and clinical efficacy were compared among the groups.

RESULTSThe scores of NIHSS and VFSS were improved apparently after treatment in the patients of the three groups (all P < 0.05) and the results in the acupuncture A group were superior to those in the other two groups (all P < 0.05). The morbidity of pneumonia in the acupuncture A group was lower than that in the acupuncture B group and the rehabilitation group [3.3% (2/60) vs 6.7% (4/60), 8.3% (5/60), both P < 0.05]. The effective rate in the acupuncture A group was better than that in either of the other two groups [95.0% (57/60) vs 81.7% (49/ 60), 75.0% (45/60), both P < 0.05].

CONCLUSIONOn the basis of the conventional medication, acupuncture at Lianquan (CV 23) effectively improves the swallowing function, relieves neurological deficit and reduces the morbidity of pneumonia in the patients of post-stroke dysphagia.

Acupuncture Therapy ; Aged ; Deglutition ; Deglutition Disorders ; etiology ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Quality of Life ; Stroke ; complications ; Treatment Outcome

Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of laparoscopitotal mesorectal excision (TME) with sphincter-preservation in the treatmenof low rectal cancerby using metanalysi.MethodThe electronidatabase(PubMed ,Medline ,Ov-id ,Cochrane Library ,Controlled TrialRegistry ,SinoMedCBM ,Wanfang Dat,CNKI ,VIP ,eal) were retrieved .The related litera-tureon the randomized controlled trail(RCTs) and the non-randomized controlled trails(non-RCTs) comparing laparoscopiver-sulaparotomy TME with sphincter-preservation fotreating low rectal cancepublished from January 2001 to Octobe2012 were collected .The RevMan5 .2 software waused to conducthe metanalysi.ResultTwelve studieincluding 1 508 patientwere included ,in which the laparoscopigroup had 781 caseand the laparotomy group had 727 case.The metanalysiresultshowed thacompared with the laparotomy group ,the laparoscopiTME(LTME) group with sphincter-preservation had significantly lesestimated blood loss[mean difference(MD)= -67 .13 ,95% confidence interval(CI) (-78 .74 ,-55 .51) ,P＜0 .01] ,longedistal resection margins[MD=0 .15 ,95% CI(0 .01 ,0 .29) ,P= 0 .04] ,earlieintestinal functional recovery [MD= -1 .16 ,95% CI (-1 .32 ,-1 .01) ,P＜0 .01] ,shortehospital stay [MD= -3 .99 ,95% CI (-5 .36 ,-2 .63) ,P＜0 .01) ,lestotal morbidity [oddratio(OR)=0 .40 ,95% CI (0 .25 ,0 .63) ,P＜0 .01] ,anastomotileakage[OR=0 .60 ,95% CI (0 .37 ,0 .96) ,P=0 .03] ,urinary re-tention[OR=0 .40 ,95% CI(0 .18 ,0 .87) ,P=0 .02] and incision infection[OR=0 .26 ,95% CI(0 .11 ,0 .61) ,P=0 .002] .The statis-tically significandifferencewere nofound between the two groupin the numbeof lymph node dissection,length of resected specimen ,postoperative obstruction and the 2-yeaoverall survival rate(P＞0 .05) .Conclusion LTME with sphincter-preservation fotreating low rectal cancehathe advantageof lessurgical traum,rapid postoperative recovery and few complication.Never-theles,iineeded to conducfurtheresearch fovalidating whetheLTME with sphincter-preservation having the superiority in the aspectof postoperative anal function recovery and long-term outcome .

To improve the microsurgical curative effect of petroclival cholesteatoma (PCC), 52 patients harbouring PCC removed from 1993 to 2002 were analyzed retrospectively. Of all patients in this group, total tumor removal was achieved in 47 patients (90%), subtotal removal in 5 (10%). The new cranial nerve injuries occurred postoperatively in 4. Operative death occurred in 1 patient due to severe lung infection (1 9%). The key goal of surgical resection of the tumor was good. Suitable basicranial approaches and skillful microsurgical technique can increase the total removal rate, and decrease its mortality and morbidity.

To probe the treatment effects of the syringomyelia using microsurgical technique, a total of 127 patients with syringomyelia confirmed by CT or MRI in our department were analyzed retrospectively. The patients underwent occipitocervical decompression, syringostomy or syringo subarachnoid shunting (S S shunting) with microsurgery. All patients were followed up for more than 1 5 years and the treatment results were evaluated The results indicated that the collapse of the syrinx was achieved in 84 patients who underwent S S shunting or syringostomy. Decreased size of the syrinx was also noted in 43 Arnold Chiari malformation and spinal dysraphism patients who underwent occipitocervical decompression alone. The authors consider that the patients with syringomyelia should be microsurgically treated. The occipitocervical decompression, syringostomy or S S shunting may be an alternative method of surgical treatment for syringomyelia.

Objective To evaluate the diagnosis and microsurgical treatment of intraspinal abscesses. Methods The clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and microsurgical treatment of sixty-two patients with intraspinal abscess were retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 36 were male and 26 were female, with an average age of 41 years. Thirty-seven were suffering from extradural abscesses, 23 subdural abscesses and 2 intramedullary abscesses. The diagnosis was made based on the history, clinical manifestations, MRI and myelogram. Prompt decompressive laminectomy and removal of the abscesses were carried out. Results Fifty-one patients were followed up. Of them, 27 completely recovered, accounting for 52.9%; in 18 the recovery was graded as good, accounting for 35.3%; and in 6 the recovery was fair, accounting for 11.8%. Conclusion Early diagnosis and microsurgical intervention of intraspinal abscesses could result in satisfactory recovery.

Objective To sum up the experiences in microneurosurgical treatment of spinal cord cavernous hemangiomas (SCH). Methods A retrospective analysis was made of 17 cases of SCH admitted from March 1992 to December 2002. Operations were performed via a posterior midline approach under a microscope. Results Total SCH resection was done in 13 cases, and subtotal removal in 4. The postoperative neurological status was improved in 11 cases, unchanged in 4, and aggravated in 2. No postoperative death occurred. Conclusion Spinal MRI examination is a reliable diagnostic method of SCH. Skillful microneurosurgical technique can achieve a rather good result.