Carcinoma of gallbladder is the most frequently encountered malignancy of the biliary system. Early diagnosis is very difficult and the tumour resection rate is low,and the prognosis of carcinoma of gallbladder is very poor. With the increasingly widespread acceptance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC),the number of cases of unsuspected gallbladder carcinoma (UGC) has increased. However,management of UGC is a difficult issue in the absence of established guidelines. High age and history of stones are the risk factors for gallbladder carcinoma and they are related to UGC. Surgical handling and pneumoperitoneum play an important role in the metastasis. The surgical approach used for cholecystectomy would not seem to influence the outcome in patients with UGC. The tumour stage is the most important prognostic factor. To understand UGC better, we review its clinical characteristics,investigation,prognosis and especially the recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

To investigate whether the calcium channel blocker amlodipine could inhibit macrophage matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) expression and secretion. Methods Peritoneal macrophages were isolated from BALB/C mice and incubated with low (5μg/L), middle (15μg/L) and high (305μg/L) concentrations of amlodipine, or in the medium alone (controls) for 24 hours, and the expression and secretion of MMP-2 and MM-9 of the cells were analyzed by RT-PCR and gelatin zymography. Results Compared with controls, amlodipine at low concentration had no significant effects on the expression and secretion of either MMP-2 and MMP-9 (P＞0.05);at middle concentrationit it could inhibited MMP-2 and MMP-9 expressions completely and significantly reduced the secretion of MMP-9 (P＜0.05); but it had no effect on the secretion of MMP-2. At high concentration it also inhibited MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression completely. Conclusion Amlodipine at 15 ìg/L inhibited the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 and reduced the secretion of MMP-9, suggesting that amlodipine may stabilize atherosclerotic plaque.

[Objective]To discuss the effects of angiogenesis about nerve growth factor(NGF) during the peripheral nerve regeneration.[Method]Thirty-six Sprague-Dawley rats with 10mm gap of sciatic nerve were randomly divided into two groups which had been bridged with the new double channel nerve conduit of fusiform shape.Each group contained eighteen animals,in the first group,200 ?l of chitin for medical use was injected into the conduit,in the second group,the two branches of the conduit contained 100 ?l of the chitin and 5 ?l NGF or ciliary neurotrophic factor(CNTF).At four,eight or sixteen week after operation,the angiogenesis of NGF was evaluated with Hematoxylin and Eosin(HE) staining and electron microscope.[Result]There were not significant differences of the regenerative nerve fibres between two channels in the first groups,but in the second group,the regenerative nerve of NGF branch channel was red,crisp and the nerve of CNTF branch channel was yellow and tenacious.HE staining showed that there were much more new vessel in the regernerative nerve tract of NGF the branch channel,and the regernerative nerve fibre was disorder,there were much more fibroblasts and vessels observed under eletron microscope.[Conclusion]NGF can significantly promote the angiogenesis during the peripheral nerve regeneration,the mechanism may be related to fibroblast.

Transplantation of embryonic spinal cord was performed with microsurgical technique in rats after they were inflicted with acute spinal cord injury.Then the favorable factors affecting the acceptance of the transplanted cord were investigated with morphological technique.It was found that among the gestation ages from EH to E20,the spinal cord taken from the rats with the gestation age of E14 showed the highest survival rate of 70.83%.None of the transplants taken from the rats with the gestation age older than E14 survived.The connective tissue attached to transplants severely interfered with their acceptance and growth.The severity of the pathological manifestations of the injured spinal cord exerted unfavorable influence on the survival and growth of the transplants too.It is believed that in order to assure the success of the transplantation,besides the attention on the technical performance of the surgery,it is essential to determine the differentiation state of the embryonic spinal cord to be transplanted.

Spinal sensory evoked potential(SSEP)and spinal motor evoked potential(SMEP)of the injured spinal cord of the host rats were determined on the 7th,15th,30th.60th,120th and 240th day after they received implantation of the embryonic spinal cord from the fetus of E14 rats.The motor function of the hind limbs of the host rats were also observed.The rats with simple cord injury and those with cord injury and implantation of a piece of skeletal muscle served as the controls.It was found that the locomotor function of the host rats could be recovered on the 30th day after implantation,but the latent period of both SSEP and SMEP became normal on the 240th day.At that time,the latent period of evoked potentials of the 2 control groups also recovered gradually.It is believed that embryonic spinal cord may have effects on the recovery of the locomotor function of the host rats but more sophisticated methods are imperative to clarify the interela-tionship between the host tissue and the graft.

Purpose: Through the analysis of 202 cases of spondylolisthesis treated with surgery, the different types of surgical procedures were reevaluated. Material and Method: Patients with spondylolisthesis were divided into 3 groups based upon their pathology and different surgical procedures were used accordingly. The results were evaluated after follow-up of more than one year. Group Ⅰ consisted of 38 patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis with back pain and isthmic spondylolisthesis of less than 33%; they were treated with anterior intervertebral body fusion. Group Ⅱ consisted of 99 cases of mild isthmic spondylolisthesis with unilateral sciatica, and were treated with semi-laminectomy and decompression of symptomatic side; interlaminar and interspinous process fusion of the opposite side was performed for 99 cases of mild isthmic spondylolisthesis with unilateral sciatica. Group Ⅲ consisted of 65 cases of spondylolisthesis more than 33% with sciatica and they were treated with decompression, reduction of sliding vertebra and posterior intervertebral body fusion. Result: In group Ⅰ, solid fusion was in 20 cases giving a fusion rate of 91%. In group Ⅱ, the satisfactory rate was as high as 91.5%. In group Ⅲ, the satisfactory rate and fusion rate reached 91.8% and 95.9% respectively. Conclusion: Reduction of spondylolisthesis could increase the fusion contact area, restore normal mechanics and saggital curve of the lumbar spine, relieve neural compression and improve the extemal appearance and function. For the surgical treatment of spondylolisthesis, the major goal should toward a solid fusion between the sliding vertebra and its adjacent vertebrae and laminectomy alone is not a procedure of choice.

Dysfunction after spinal cord injury mainly focused on the loss of motor function and sensory function and its complications instead of cognitive impairment. In this paper, the relevant reports of cognitive impairment in patients with spinal cord injury were collected. The influencing factors mainly contained emotion, traumatic brain injury, alcohol intake, drug abuse and educational level, etc. The possible mechanisms included traumatic brain injury, structure change of brain, brain damage and functional change, and inappropriate treatment, etc.

Objective To study the change of chromosomal centrimeric dots(Cd)aberration of patents infected by CMV after anti-virus treatment.Methods 22 cases who had spontaneous abortion early and infected by CMV(PCR detection)were studied.We analyzed their blood Cd by simultaneous silver attaining technique before and after treatment by anti-virus medicines respectively.Results The rate of Cd aberration of patients infected by CMV was higher.But after treatment by anti-virus drugs,the rate would decrease gradually(P

In recent decades, with the development of electrophysiological and neuroimaging techniques, the researchers found that spinal cord injury (SCI) not only caused pathological changes in the spinal cord, but also in the brain. This paper reviewed the influence of SCI on the structure and function of the brain in terms of brain neuron degeneration caused by SCI, the changes of neurotrophic factor in brain, and the side-effects of medicine.

The injury of peripheral nerve is generally accompanied with active regeneration responses. This paper is to summarize the molecular mechanism to promote the nerve regeneration, including various reactions of the neuronal body, nerve fiber, and regulatory molecules in the microenvironment, such as transcription factors, inflammatory mediators, nerve growth factors, etc., aiming to investigate the possible mechanism in the nerve regeneration after injury.