BACKGROUND:Oyster shels and other shels of marine organisms can transfer into mineral salts, which is closer to the actual situation of human being. OBJECTIVE:To explore the effect of natural oyster shel nanocomposite material for bone defect repair. METHODS:Thirty adult big-eared white rabbits were randomly divided into two groups after establishment of bilateral radial bone defect models: experimental group and control group were given implantation of natural oyster shel nanocomposite material and injectable calcium sulfate bone graft, respectively. X-ray examination was done at weeks 2, 8, 12 after implantation to understand the osseointegration of bone grafts. Bilateral radial bone specimens were taken at 12 weeks to detect bending strength using biomechanical testing system and quantitatively analyze the osteogenesis using a color image analyzer. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:At 2 weeks after implantation, the bone mineral density of bone grafts was lower in the two groups than the normal value, there was a clear boundary between the defect and graft, and no bone repair was found. At 8 weeks after implantation, the bone grafts were covered with thick soft tissues in the two groups, and the vascular component was reduced dramaticaly in the experimental group. At 12 weeks after implantation, the bone grafts were closely connected to the adjacent tissues in the two groups, with no boundary; the radius surface in the experimental group recovered to the normal level, and exhibited no difference from the normal tissues in aspects of morphology, texture and structure, but in the control group, there was stil a clear projected boundary. The bending strength and osteogenic amount of the radius were significantly higher in the experimental group than the control group (P < 0.05). These findings indicate that the natural oyster shel nanocomposite material for bone defect repair can have a good blending strength of the radius that can promotenew bone formation.

Interventional therapy is characterized by mini-invasion, accuracy, obvious curative effect and little side effect. In China, interventional therapy has been applied widely in the treatment of malignant carcinoma in recent 10 years. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) also has been adopted in the interventional therapy in recent years. This article reviews the history, status quo and prospect in interventional treatment of carcinoma with traditional Chinese medicine in experimental and clinical domains in recent years. Interventional therapy combined with TCM preparation directly or TCM therapy as a supplementary method of interventional therapy for carcinoma has played an active role in improving clinical curative effect, controlling and reducing toxic side effect and complications.

Objective To compare the impact of propofol and sevoflurane on thermoregulation in children undergoing orheopaedic surgery.Methods Sixty-eight children scheduled to undergo ortho-paedic surgery were randomly allocated to receive propofol (group P)and sevoflurane(group S)anes-thesia,34 cases in each group.Tympanic temperature was recorded 5 minutes before (T0 )and 5 min (T1 ),1 5 min (T2 ),30 min (T3 ),45 min (T4 ),60 min (T5 ),75 min (T6 ),90 min (T7 ),105 min (T8 )and 120 min (T9 )after anesthesia.Total fluid intake,duration of surgery,duration of anesthe-sia,the incidence of hypothermia,and the incidence of shivering were also recorded.Results Com-pared with T0 ,in both groups body temperature declined at T1-T8 .There was no difference between the two groups in total fluid intake,duration of surgery,duration of anesthesia and the incidence of shivering.Compared with group P,children in group S had a higher incidence of hypothermia(8 vs 1). Children in group S had lower temperature,which had statistical significance at T7 and T8 (P <0.05). Conclusion The core temperature of children undergoing orthopaedic surgery showed a trend of in-crease after the first fall in the surgery.Compared with propofol,sevoflurane anesthesia is more likely to lead to the incidence of hypothermia in children undergoing orthopaedic surgery in 90 min after in-duction of anesthesia.

Objective To develop a Gd-based MR probe containing arginine-glyeine-aspartic acid (RGD)motif to reveal integrin avβ3 receptor-expressed tumor.Methods Commercially available HYNICRGD conjugate with co-ligand EDDA was labeled with GdCl3,and the mixture was isolated and purified by solid phase extract(SPE)to get the entire probe Gd-EDDA-HYNIC-RGD.Human HCC cell line BEL-7402 was cultured and the cells harvested and suspended then subcutaneously inoculated into athymic nude mice for tumor growth.In vitro cell binding assay to integrin avβ3 receptor and cell viability experiments were conducted.Then in vivo,imaging of the three arms of xenografts were performed by MR scan with a dedicated animal coil at baseline and time points of 0.30,60,90 mninutes and 24 hour post-intravenous injection(P.i.) via the tail vein.Three arms of nude mice then were sacrificed for histological examination to confirm the imaging results.Results Gd-EDDA-HYNIC-RGD was successfully isolated by SPE and validity was verifled on signal enhancement througll in vitro and in vivo experiments.The T1 relaxation rate of the probe is 3.31 mmol/s:It is well tolerated to living cells when the concentration of the probe is below 0.1 μmol/ml;both BEL-7402 Hunlan Hepatocellular Carcinoma cell Iine and the tumor expressed avβ3receptor;The RGD-iigand was observed specificly binding with avβ3 receptor in vitro;The nude mice model bearing HHCC was well estabhshed.The signal intensity(SI)at the tumor site were 2247.6±39.0 at baseline and 2820.9±35.2 at 90 min p.i.respectively,the SI at 90min increased less than 25%of baseline,which is statistically different(t=-38.031,P＜0.05);while the SI at muscle site were 1824.2±32.8 and 1845.8±27.2 respectively,which is not statistically different(t=-1.424,P＞0.05);The signal to time curve for probe-administrated group is straightforward over time in the span of 0 to 90 minute p.i.while the control arms do not show such tendency.Conclusion Gd-EDDA-HYNIC-RGD has the potential to used as an MR probe detecting integrin avβ3 receptor-expressed tumor.This work may offer possibility of early detection and differentiation of specific tumors.

0.05).There was remarkable low signal intensity on T2-weighed imaging and no evident artifacts for molecular probe when the concentration of Fe2+ was 20 mg/L.The least number of labeled cells detected by MR in vitro was 6?106 when the concentration of Fe2+ was 20 mg/L.Conclusion:Molecular probe,SPIO-OCT,can effectively label breast cells which express SSTR.The reasonable Fe2+ concentration of labeled cells and imaging was 20 mg/L.There is a correlation between MR signal intensity in vitro and the number of labeled cells.

Objective To investigate the effect of Case Based Learning (CBL) method in clinical practice of internal medicine. Methods 88 clinical medicine students were divided into CBL teaching group and traditional teaching group. Traditional teaching method was introduced to traditional teaching group while CBL teaching method was carried out in the other. The test papers and questionnaires were analyzed in both groups. Result The students in CBL teaching group mastered internal medicine knowledge better than the other group. Conclusion CBL teaching mode helps improve the overall teaching quality of internal medical in clinical practice,and the interns' interest in learning and their clinical practice ability can be greatly enhanced.

Objective To investigate the indications,techniques and effects in surgical treatment of stale acetabular comminuted fractures.Methods A retrospective review was made on 24 cases (24 hips) of obsolete acetabular fractures undergone delayed reconstruction due to the combined injuries in other organs from October 2003 to June 2010.There were 18 males and 6 females,at 22-68 years of age [mean (42.2 ± 10.5) years].Mean time from injury to operation was (4.6 ± 1.3) weeks (range,3-6 weeks).According to Letournel classification,there were 11 simple fractures including six posterior wall fractures,one anterior wall fracture,one posterior column fracture,one anterior wall fracture and two transverse fractures and 13 compound fractures including six posterior column with posterior wall fractures,two transverse with posterior wall fractures,one T-shape fracture,two posterior semitransverse fractures and two both-column fractures.Surgery was performed via ilioinguinal approach in two cases,posterior acetabular approach in 13 and the combined approaches in nine.Results All 24 cases were available to average (15.6 ± 10.5) months of follow-up (range,10-36 months).Quality of reduction based on Matta standard was anatomic in 21 cases,unsatisfactory in two and poor in one.Clinical results evaluated using modified d' Aubigne-Postel score were excellent in 21 cases,good in two and poor in one.There were one femoral head necrosis,11 heterotopic ossification and six sciatic nerve transient palsy after operation.Conclusion Delayed open reduction and internal fixation is effective in treatment of obsolete acetabular comminuted fractures.

Objective To describe the quality of life of breast cancer patients and explore the risk factors for their quality of life (QOL). Methods QOL of 260 patients with breast cancer were studied using FACT-B, SCL-90, Social Support Rating Scale and multiple linear regression models to study the main factors influencing the QOL of patients with breast cancer on functional scales (physical, social, emotional, role). Results Economic conditions (β =2.024, P =0.003), emotion regulation ability (β =4.993, P =0.000) and self-evaluation of marital quality (β =-3.954, P =0.001) were associated with total QOL scores, emotion regulation ability (β =0.987, P =0.008), the number of emergency incidents (β=-0.866, P =0.011) were associated with physical domain scores, economic conditions (β =1.016, P =0.000), marital status (β =-1.018, P =0.041), emotion regulation ability (β =0.971, P =0.008), self-evaluation of marital quality (β =-1.382, P =0.001) were associated with social and family domain scores, emotion regulation ability (β =1.094, P =0.000), self-evaluation of marital quality (β =-0.892, P =0.006) were associated with emotional domain scores, regional factors(β =1.653, P =0.008), emotion regulation ability (β =0.962, P=0.01), self-evaluation of the QOL (β =-1.705, P =0.000) were associated with function domain scores. Conclusion Guiding the patients to have a correct understanding of the breast cancer, strengthening their confidence of life, increasing physical activity, having a good family environment and necessary social welfare so that improving the QOL of the patients.

Objective:To analyze the molecular characteristics of dengue virus (DENV) strains circulating in Shantou city in 2018 and 2019 for elucidating the reasons causing strikingly different dengue fever epidemics during the two years and understanding the transmission characteristics and routes of DENV, and to provide reference for the prevention and control of dengue fever.Methods:Detection of viral nucleic acid contents and amplification and sequencing of E gene were carried out on 872 samples positive for DENV acid in 2018 and 2019. Phylogenetic trees were constructed based on the E gene sequences to analyze the homology of DENV strains. The sources and transmission routes of the strains were also analyzed. Results:A total of 99 sequences of DENV E gene were acquired, including 68 DENV-1 sequences and 31 DENV-2 sequences. The cases of dengue fever were sporadic in 2018. Phylogenetic tree showed the strains isolated in 2018 were from multi-sources and closely related to those found in Guangzhou city and Southeast Asia area. Dengue fever outbreaks occurred in 2019 and most of the prevalent strains were from a single source, which was speculated to be Cambodia. Conclusions:Dengue fever in Shantou city was mainly caused by imported strains of the same year rather than by local strains in previous years. DENV strains in Shantou might be traced back to Southeast Asia area and transmitted to Shantou through many routes.

Objective To explore that whether the normoxic low altitude measurement of arterial blood pressure would predict subsequent susceptibility to acute mountain sickness ( AMS) during rapid ascent to high altitude .Methods Arterial blood pressure ( using a wrist sphygmomanometer ) was determined in two hundred and four healthy lowlanders first exposed to 3700 m-altitude (Lhasa) from plain (500 m) by air, and the Lake Louise self-report questionnaire(LLS) was used to assess AMS.We compared the low altitude blood pressure related indicators of two groups ( AMS and non-AMS ) and analyzed the relationship of diagnostic score and blood pressure related indicators .Results ①The incidence of AMS in the selected subjects was 53.92% by LLS.AMS scores increased markedly at high-altitude (P<0.05 versus low altitude).②Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and mean arterial BP (MABP) in the AMS group were higher than those in the non-AMS group(P<0.05).The low altitude DBP levels for diagnosis of AMS at high-altitude (3700 m) had an area under curve(AUC) =0.598, P<0.05, with sensitivity of 56.3%, specificity of 63.2%, and cut-off point of 72.5 mmHg. Conclusion ①After acute exposure to high altitude , the incidence of AMS increases significantly .②A higher baseline DBP may be considered a potential risk factor for AMS , and is positively associated with LLS .DBP may serve as a predic-tive parameter for diagnosis of AMS .However , the clinical application of DBP as a predictive criterion is limited because of its poor specificity or sensitivity .The use of DBP as a predictive criterion should be combined with other indicators for the better predictive value of AMS .