[Objective]The clinical efficacy of endometriosis pelvic pain using traditional Chinese medicine in cycle treatment is discussed in the paper.[Methods] Forty patients of endometriosis diagnosed by chromatic colour type-B ultrasound or 1aparoscopy with typical dysmenorrhea were treated for three months in cycle therapy with traditional Chinese medicine based on dispersing liver,clearing away heat and activating blood circulation.The pain symptoms are evaluated before and after therapy per month.[Results]After three months treatment of traditional Chinese medicine,the diversified bellyache was significantly relieved and dysmenorrhea score was alleviated from 4.83?1.6 to 2.85?2.23(P

Objective:To study the impact on dose accuracy for the treatment planning by manually assigning accurate electron density for CT image-based tumor tissues and organs at risk.Methods:Twenty cases of retrospective postoperative cervical cancer radiotherapy plans were selected. The body electron density of the corresponding organs was derived from the ICRU 46 report and assigned in the treatment planning system (Monaco5.11, Sweden), including the bladder, rectum, intestine, kidney, spinal cord, femoral head, and ilium. The original plans were double-arc volumetric modulated arc therapy plan (360° VMAT), using Monte Carlo algorithm, the calculation grid was 0.3 cm × 0.3 cm × 0.3 cm, and the minimum subfield width was 0.6 cm. Keep the original plan fluence unchanged and recalculate the dose to generate a new plan. The two-dimensional dose distribution and dose-volume histogram (DVH) were used to compare the differences between the two plans. The difference was compared between the two group plans by using the dosimetry parameters and DVH two dimension curve.Results:For the planning of assigning bulk electron density (Plan RED), the deviation of the patient′s target dose parameters and the original plan (Plan ref) was <2%, and the average deviation of all target regions D2, D98, Dmean was < 0.7%, only 2 of the 180 data were between 2% and 3%. The average deviation of V20, V30, D1 cm 3, Dmean of the bladder, rectum, and small intestine, the original Plan ref was less than 0.6%, and 4 out of 240 data had values > 2%. Plan RED′s average hop count was 0.9% higher than Plan ref, and the total number of subfields remains unchanged. The planned dose generated by manually assigning the electron density in Plan RED was higher than that in Plan ref, but met the clinical requirements. The two-dimensional curves of the DVH diagram for targets and OARs almost completely overlapped, and there was no obvious difference in the dose distribution diagram of the same cross section. The statistical result of all parameters showed that the difference in planned dose parameters between the two groups was not statistically significant( P>0.05). Conclusions:The overall deviation of dose accuracy between Plan RED and Plan ref is <2%, which meets the clinical requirements and provides a reference for realizing MRI-only treatment planning.

Xiaotianxin acupoint is located at the middle root of the palm, in the depression of the junction between the major and minor thenar eminence. Manual operation includes kneading, pinching, pounding, pinching-kneading method, and it has the effect of clearing heat and promoting urination, tranquilizing fringt and mind, brightening vision, dredging meridians, sweating and releasing muscle, clinical indications of infantile convulsions, night crying, hot urine, jaundice, strabismus, low vision. This paper, by reviewing ancient and modern literatures, the positioning, operation methods and clinical application of Xiaotianxin acupoint are combed and analyzed. The mechanism of the acupoint should be explored from two aspects of traditional and modern medicine, in order to understand the acupoint comprehensively and deeply. And it will provide a theoretical basis for the treatment of diseases by Xiaotianxin, and guide the clinical application through theoretical research.

Objective To measure and analyze the neutron dose equivalent rate produced by an IORT accelerator with 9 and 12 MeV electron energyies,and compare them with those from a Siemens Primus linear accelerator with the same electron energy,in order to provide data reference for the risk of secondary cancer induced by radiotherapy.Methods Using the neutron detector LB6411,the neutron dose equivalent rates produced by the IORT accelerator of 9 and 12 MeV were measured on some key locations,such as the head of the accelerator,cylinder bottom,patient plane with electron energies 9 and 12 MeV.The similar measurements were also performed on the same locations on a Siemens conventional accelerator.The data were collected and analyzed and the result wer compared between the two accelerators.Results Neutron dose equivalent rates from the IORT accelerator with 9 MeV energy were (51.8±3.1),(45.5 ±1.5),(70.5 ±4.9) and (68.2±3.3) μ Sv/h near the head of the accelerator,cylinder bottom,patient plane,with 5.9％,5.4％,17.8％ and 21.5％ lower than at 12 MeV,respectively.The dose equivalent rates at the similar locations from the Siemens Primus accelerator were (277.3 ±1.2),(285.1 ±1.6),(185.1 ±1.8) and (182.8 ±2.4) μSv/h at 9 MeV,with 48.8％,47.6％,48.7％,52.2％ lower than those at 12 MeV,respectively.At the energy of 12MeV,the neutron equivalent dose rate from the IORT was lower by a factor of about 10 than for Siemens Primus accelerator.Conclusions The neutron dose equivalent rates generaged by both the IORT and the Siemens Primus are higher at 12 MeV than at 9 MeV,which would lead to an increased risk of secondary cancer to patients.The traditional medical accelerator produces much higher neutron dose equivalent rates than the intraoperative electron accelerator,for which the appropriate shielding should be takn.

Objective To compare the neck skin dose between fixed-field dynamic intensity-modulated radiation therapy (dlMRT),volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT),and helical tomotherapy (HT) in the treatment of early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Methods A total of 16 early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients undergoing radiotherapy were enrolled as subjects.The neck skin was delineated by contraction of the outer edge of neck by 3 mm.Dose planning was made by the traditional method (TP group)and a new method (NP group),in which the neck skin was considered as the organ at risk.Dmean and V5-V70 for the neck skin were recorded.The paired t-test was used to analyze the differences between two plans in each radiotherapy method.An analysis of variance was used to compare the same plan between the three radiotherapy methods.Results The HT group had significantly higher Dmean and V5-V70 for the neck skin than the dIMRT group and the VMAT group (P=0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.02).Using dIMRT,the D and V10-V60 for the neck skin were reduced by 7％,8％,22％,25％,38％,59％,and 85％ in the NP group than in the TP group (P=0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00).Using VMAT,the D and V20-V40 for the neck skin were reduced by 4％,19％,29％,and 34％ in the NP group than in the TP group (P=0.02,0.01,0.02,0.01).Using HT,the V30-V60 for the neck skin were reduced by 20％,29％,50％,and 67％ in the NP group than in the TP group (P=0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.03).Conclusions In the treatment of early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma,HT causes a higher radiation dose to the neck skin than dIMRT and VMAT,while dIMRT and VMAT have similar neck skin doses.The neck skin dose can be significantly reduced with the neck skin as the organ at risk.

Objective The purpose of this study is to investigate the method to reduce the radiation dose to the neck skin in the Tomotherapy treatment plans for early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma.Methods The 17 patients with early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma that have been treated by the Tomotherapy were selected randomly for this skin sparing study.The neck skin sparing region was generated as an internal margin of 3 mm from the out body contour,excluding the intercrossed area with the targets.Candidate patients were planned using TP and NP method respectively:the TP group was planned with the traditional method.The new neck skin region was considered as an organ at risk (OAR) for planning dose constrain in NP group.The dosimetric metrics of targets and OARs,monitor units (MU) and delivery time were compared as the end points of these two groups.Results The two treatment plan groups satisfied the clinical requirement.There were no significant differences for D98,D95 and D2 of the targets (P ＞ 0.05).The Dmax of brainstem,D1cc of spinal cord,D of right parotid were higher in NP group than in theTPgroup (t =2.47,2.34,2.77,P＜0.05).The Dmax of left mandible joint was lower than TP group(t =2.30,P ＜ 0.05).The V30,V40,V50 and V60 of the skin were considerably lower than TP group (t =8.37,6.02,5.82,4.89,P ＜ 0.05).The mean MU and mean delivery time per fraction of NP group were 6.3％ and 8.1％ less than that of TP group respectively.Conclusions The neck skin region should be delineated as an OAR to be spared in the Tomotherapy treatment planning for early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma.This method can reduce the skin radiation dose effectively,alleviate the skin reaction,and improve the life quality of patients in radiotherapy.

Background The health effects of forest therapy have been widely recognized, while the previous studies mostly focused on a single activity mode of forest walks. The effects of different types of forest therapy activities remain unclear. Objective To explore the effects of short-term forest therapy on cardiopulmonary health, psychological health, and sleep quality, and the health effects of different types of forest therapy activities, aiming to provide population empirical study data for the development of forest therapy. Methods A self-control study was conducted in a national forest park in suburb of Beijing from August to September 2018. A total of 31 healthy college students were recruited as the study subjects, with a total forest stay for 3 days and 2 nights. During the period of study, each subject practiced walking therapy, sitting therapy with five senses experience (sitting therapy thereafter), and handmade work therapy, successively. Each type of forest therapy lasted about 2 h. Changes of blood pressure, oxygen saturation (SpO₂), lung function, and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) were estimated by measuring corresponding indicators before and after the forest therapy. Psychological health and sleep quality were assessed by Profile of Mood States and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index respectively at the same time. Mixed effects models were used to analyze the changes of these health indicators. The health effects of different types of forest therapy activities were further analyzed. Results The average age and body mass index of subjects in this study were (24.5±2.6) years and (20.7±1.7) kg·m⁻², respectively. After a short-term forest therapy, the selected indicators of cardiopulmonary health, psychological health, and sleep quality of subjects were all improved. In particular, the pulse pressure (PP) and FeNO decreased by 3.02 mmHg and 1.10 ppb, respectively, while the SpO₂ and peak expiratory flow (PEF) increased by 0.65% and 0.50 L·s⁻¹, respectively, and the negative emotion and global sleep quality also presented significant positive changes (all P<0.05). Furthermore, different therapy activities presented differential effects in the health indicators. Walking therapy significantly improved pulmonary function, SpO₂, and confusion (CON) emotion, in which the SpO₂, forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV₁), and forced vital capacity (FVC) increased by 0.48%, 0.14 L, and 0.12 L, respectively, and the score of CON decreased by 0.97 (all P<0.05). Sitting therapy significantly reduced blood pressure and tension (TEN) emotion of subjects, including a decrease of the systolic blood pressure (4.45 mmHg), PP (4.19 mmHg), and the score of TEN (0.84) (all P<0.05). The diastolic blood pressure (DBP) increased slightly after handmade work therapy (ΔDBP=2.44 mmHg, P=0.016), but there were no significant changes in other indicators. Conclusion Short-term forest therapy could significantly improve cardiopulmonary health, psychological health, and sleep quality of young healthy individuals, and different types of forest therapy activities may have differential health effects.

Objective : To investigate the effect of different decontamination methods, including photodynamic therapy, sandblasting and titanium curette, on titanium surface morphology and bacterial adhesion for the treatment of peri-implant disease. Methods: Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) and Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) were inoculated on the surface of polished titanium specimens, and titanium specimen surfaces were treated with different decontamination methods after incubation. The titanium specimens were divided into a no-treatment control group, photodynamic group, sandblasting group and titanium curette group according to different decontamination methods. The changes in titanium surface roughness were observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM), and the remaining bacteria on the titanium surface were observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and live/dead bacteria staining tests. After reinoculation of Pg and Fn, bacterial readhesion was observed on the surface of decontaminated titanium specimens. Results : The AFM results showed that the surface roughness of the titanium curette group was significantly higher than that of the no-treatment control group, photodynamic group and sandblasting group (P<0.05), and there was no statistically significant difference between the no-treatment control group, photodynamic group and sandblasting group (P>0.05). The results of contact angle measurement showed that the surface contact angle of each treatment group was smaller than that of the no-treatment control group (P<0.05). The SEM results obtained after the titanium specimen surface was decontaminated showed that the number of bacteria on the no-treatment control group surface was higher and the bacteria were relatively concentrated. The bacteria on the surface of the photodynamic group, sandblasting group and titanium curette group were scattered and distributed in small numbers, and most bacteria on the surface of the photodynamic group were ruptured. The results of the live/dead bacteria staining experiment showed that the percentage of dead bacteria on the surface of the photodynamic group was significantly higher than that of the no-treatment control group, sandblasting group and titanium curette group (P<0.05). The remaining bacteria on the surface of the sandblasting group and titanium curette groups were mainly live bacteria. The remaining bacterial adhesion on the surface was significantly reduced for the sandblasting group compared to the no-treatment control group and the photodynamic and titanium curette groups (P<0.05). SEM and live/dead bacteria staining results of bacterial readhesion on the surface of titanium specimens showed that there was an aggregation of Pg on the surface of the titanium curette group, and its surface bacterial adhesion was significantly higher than that of the no-treatment control group, photodynamic group and sandblasting group. Conclusion In mechanical decontamination, sandblasting machines are a better option than photodynamic therapy and titanium curettes; however, sandblasting does not remove all bacterial contamination. For sterilization, photodynamic therapy is more effective than sandblasting and titanium curettes. A combination of sandblasting and photodynamic therapy methods for the treatment of peri-implant disease may be considered in clinical practice.