BACKGROUND: Joint instability may be a key agent contributing to the progress of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). Neurac technique is a new modality focused on activating neuromuscular function and improving joint stability. Neurac technique may be helpful for delayed diagnosed DDH.OBJECTIVE: To observe the therapeutic efficacy of Neurac training on DDH patients.METHODS: A female patient of 23 years old with delayed diagnosed DDH received Neurac training for 14 days was retrospective analyzed.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The pain was relieved at 14 day after treatment. The Harris scoring showed that the hip function was improved. At 6 months follow-up, the results indicated that the remission was kept fine. Patient with delayed diagnosed DDH may get fine remission of pain and function through Neurac treatments. The effectiveness can last for a long time.

BACKGROUND: Many factors can lead to a large area of skin defects, and tissue-engineered artificial skil transplantation composed by seeding cel s and scaffold materials can be used for skin defect repair. OBJECTIVE: To construct the skin implantation scaffold based on human epidermal stem cel s combined with acel ular dermal matrix in nude mice. METHODS: Human epidermal stem cel s from children’s foreskin were isolated and cultured, and the skin of nude mice was obtained to prepare acel ular dermal matrix scaffold. Then, the human epidermal stem cel s were cultured on the acel ular dermal matrix scaffold to construct artificial skin. Ten Sprague-Dawley rats were equivalently randomly divided into two groups: rats treated by human epidermal stem cel s combined with acel ular dermal matrix scaffold as combined group, and those treated by simple acel ular dermal scaffold as acel ular dermal scaffold group after skin defect models were prepared. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The artificial skin was milky white, soft and elastic, not easy to break, and has good flexibility, and good plasticity, and could be processed into different shapes. No obvious exudation appeared in the rat wound of two groups after repair. At 2 weeks after modeling, the transplanted skin showed good growth and skin wound healed gradual y in the combined group. In contrast, scar healing and two animals with transplant failure occurred in the acel ular dermal scaffold group. These results show that human epidermal stem cel s combined with acel ular dermal materials in nude mice can construct the tissue-engineered skin, which exerts good repair effects for skin defects in animals.

Objective To investigate the bacteriological features and the epidemiology of methicillin－ resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients with impetigo, and provide evidence for selection of appropriate agents for treating impetigo and its complications. Methods Two hundred and forty－ six out- patients with impetigo were surveyed. Cultures were obtained from impetiginous lesions. Antibiotic susceptibility tests on 212 S.aureus isolates were performed by standard agar dilution testing (MIC). Results In a total of 246 isolates, 87.0％ yielded S.aureus alone, 2.0％ S.aureus and Group A beta－ hemolytic streptococcus (GABHS), 1.6％ GABHS alone, 4.1％ Staphylococcus epidermidis. Fifteen antimicrobial agents were used in the susceptibility tests. One hundred percent of S. aureus isolates were resistant to penicillin, 87.7％ were resistant to erythromycin, followed by clindamycin (75.5％ ), tetracycline (63.2％ ), chloramphenicol (54.2％ ), ampicillin－ sulbactam (44.8％ ), oxacillin (30.2％ ), ciprofloxacin (12.8％ ), cefotaxime (0.9％ ), fusidic acid (0.9％ ) and gentamicin (0.9％ ). None of the S.aureus isolates was resistant to vancomycin, cefazolin, cefuroxime and mupirocin. Sixty- four MRSA strains were isolated. No vancomycin resistant S.aureus strain was found. Conclusions Penicillin, erythromycin, clindamycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol and ampicillin－ sulbactam prove to be no longer the appropriate therapeutic agents. Cephalosporin, mupirocin and fusidic acid might be the good choice for treatment of impetigo in our region.

Objective To research the relationship between high temperature and population death in a district in Nanjing. Methods Using Microsoft Excel 2000 and SAS 8.0 software, firstly, respectively analyzed the impact of daily highest and lowest temperature from 1994 to 2002 on daily death in summer and winter, then studied the relationship between daily highest temperature and total death, age-specific and sex-specific death in summer of 1998 based on the study of the climate characteristic of Nanjing. Results In summer, the highest temperature which could reach to 40.7℃ emerged mostly in July and August, and when the highest temperature was higher than 35℃, mortality increased obviously as the temperature increasing. The relative humidity was more than 70% in most time of the year round. In summer of 1998, the excessive death on hot days accounted for 11.3% in which the old people occupied the majority, and two death peak appeared in July and August, the former higher than the latter. Conclusion The high temperature and high humidity may obviously increase mortality, especially in the old people, in Nanjing.

The tissue chip is a special tissue section,which has several tens to thousands mini tissues of regular arrangement on the one glass slide.According to the deficiencies in experimental teaching section of morphology at present,the author introduced the characteristics and values of the tissue chip and explored its application prospect in experimental teaching of morphology.

HIV Seropositivity ; Head ; Humans ; Neck ; Otolaryngology ; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases ; surgery ; virology

Objective To design and implement a portable electrocardiogram (ECG) monitor for multiple users. Methods Multilevel menu on liquid crystal displayer(LCD) for switching among users based on digital signal processor(DSP) was developed. Record header in ECG records for different users was appended, and communication protocol between monitor and hospital center was made. Results This monitor could record three users’s ECG signal and transmit the ECG records to remote hospital center via digital communication method. The hospital center could receive and file the ECG records of different users. Conclusion This monitor can be used for three users and is more efficient in the application of ECG monitoring.

BACKGROUND: Surgery is a main method to reconstruct the stability of spine after compression fracture. But the reconstruction of spinal stability for patients undergoing conventional therapy remains unclear.OBJECTIVE: To explore whether spinal stability training is effective on improving pain and motor function of patients with vertebral osteoporotic fractures.METHODS: Patients with vertebral osteoporotic fractures were divided into two groups. The study group was treated with conventional treatments and individualized spinal stabilization training, while the control group received conventional treatments alone. All the subjects were evaluated before and after treatment by numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), 3-meter timed up and go (TUG) and Oswestry functional limitation index (OFLI). The results were compared between the two groups.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: A total of 27 patients were included, including 16 patients in the study group and 11 in the control group. After 4-week treatment, TUG and OFLI in the study group decreased significantly compared with the control group (P < 0.05). But there was no statistical significance between the two groups in the level of NPRS and the amount of changes (P > 0.05). Symptoms and function of both groups were improved after treatments. Individualized spinal stability training is effective to restore the motor function and may be helpful for reducing pain for patients with vertebral osteoporotic fractures combined with conventional treatments.