Objective To compare the feasibility,effectivity and security of modified trabeculectomy in advanced stage angle-close glaucoma with cataract.Methods One hundred and forty-five patients (151 eyes) of advanced stage angle-close glaucoma with cataract were enrolled in this study.Among them,85 patients(91 eyes,observation group) were treated with modified trabeculectomy with the resection of deep scleral resection and 60 patients (60 eyes,control group) were treated with routine trabeculectomy.The visual acuity,intraocular pressure (IOP),type of filtering bleb and postoperative complication were compared.Results There was significant difference in the visual acuity ＜ 0.1,0.4-0.5,＞ 0.5 between after operation for 1 month and before operation in two groups (P ＜ 0.05).but there was no significant difference in the visual acuity 0.1-0.3 (P ＞ 0.05).The IOP before operation in observation group was (29.6 ± 4.1) mmHg (1 mmHg =0.133 kPa),12 months after operation was (13.1 ± 4.9) mmHg,the degree of decrease was (16.6 ± 5.0) mmHg.The IOP before operation in control group was (30.4 ± 6.3) mmHg,12 months after operation was (18.9 ± 3.0) mmHg,the degree of decrease was (10.4 ± 4.0) mmHg.The IOP after operation and the degree of decrease between two groups had significant difference (P ＜ 0.05).The functional filtering bleb(Ⅰ type and Ⅱ type) in observation group was 77 eyes(84.6％,77/91),and 51 eyes(85.0％,51/60) in control group,there was no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).After operation for 1 month,there was 8 eyes appeared transient hypotony in observation group and 5 eyes in control group,there was no significant difference (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The modified trabeculectomy in advanced stage angle-close glaucoma with cataract can reduce IOP more effectively and not increase the intraoperative risk and postoperative complication.

Objective To investigate the efficacy of repairing finger nail bed defects by split-thickness nail bed grafts in one stage, and evaluate the functional recovery of nail beds comprehensively. Methods From February 2000 to December 2003, 33 fingers with nail bed defect in 26 patients (7 thumbs, 13 index fingers, 9 middle fingers, 4 ring fingers) were repaired with middle thickness grafts of nail bed harvested from the residual nail beds of the same fingers or from nail beds of 1st, 2nd and 3rd toes. Brachial plexus block or regional anesthesia was used. When the area of nail bed defect area was less than one third of the nail, the graft was taken from the same finger under rubber tourniquet. In condition of the area of nail bed defect larger than one third of the nail beyond nail plica or two nail bed defects, the grafts were taken from the nail beds of 1st, 2nd and 3rd toes. Results In the study, there were 23 fingers (18 patients) with the nail bed defects area more than 5 mm and less than one third of the nail repaired with the grafts of the same finger nail; there were 10 fingers (8 patients) with the nail bed defects more than one third of the nail beyond the nail plica or two nail bed defects transplanted with toe nail bed. All patients were followed up from 6 months to 30 months with an average of 17 months, all grafts survived very well. No pain, no infection and obvious deformed growth of nail were found, and a sound recovery was obtained in all patients. Excellent and good rates were 87.9% in 23 patients with 29 fingers; poor rate was 12.1% in 3 patients with 4 fingers according to the criteria by L? Gui-xin. Conclusion The transplantation of middle split-thickness nail bed to repair nail bed defect is simple and easy to operate. The grafted nail can grow in good appearance, and the deformation rate is lower.

Objective To explore the diagnostic index of the obesity with dual energy X-ray absorptiometry(DEXA).Methods The total and local parameters(the fat composition of the arm,leg,trunk and total body) in obesity group (135 cases) and the control group(75 cases) were measured with DEXA scan.The fat composition and distribution of body in the obesity and the healthy subject in different age and sex were analysed.The diagnostic index of obesity and healthy persons determined by DEXA.Results There was no significant difference between DEXA and the platform scale to weigh all the subjects.The fat content of the arm,leg,trunk and total body in the control group and the obesity group were respectively got.The P_5(the lowest limit of 95% confidence interval of obesity fat percentage)value of the obesity male was 23(P_5=23),while the female was 29(P_5=29)).There was no significant difference between DEXA and the BMI method in the positive result of the obesity.The total body fat content in the obesity group was higher than that of the control group in each age and sex group.The fat content of the female was higher than that of the male regardless of obesity group or control group.Conclusion The obese cut off point is 23% in male and 29% in female in the total body fat content.

Objective To analyze the quality of life (QOL) of mothers of children with cerebral palsy and it's influencing factors.Methods The QOL of 123 children with cerebral palsy and their mothers was assessed a 36-item short form health survey (SF-36) and basic questionnaires combined with interviews.The factors influencing QOL were analyzed with t-tests and one way analysis of variance,and multiple regression analysis was used to determine the main influencing factors.Results Scores on all of the SF-36 items were much lower for mothers of children with cerebral palsy than for mothers of normal children.Average scores in the domains of emotional health,general health and vitality were the lowest (55.28,60.49 and 65.26 respectively).Correlation analysis showed that general health,physical function and role emotions were positively correlated with the child's age.All domains except pain were negatively correlated with the child's condition.Social functioning was positively correlated with the mother's age.The general health,role emotional,social function,and mental health scores were all negatively correlated with the mother's education level.Univariate analysis showed that the child's age and condition,the mother's education level and occupation,and the father's occupation all significantly predicted the mother's QOL.Multivariate regression analysis confirmed that the child's age and the father's occupation had significant predictive power.Conclusions The QOL of the mother of a child with cerebral palsy is mainly influenced by the child's age and condition,the mother's education level and occupation,and the father's occupation.Comprehensive and effective measures should be taken to improve the QOL of mothers of children with cerebral palsy and to improve the efficacy of rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy.

Objective To investigate the protective role of carbon monoxide releasing molecule-2 (CORM-2) in post-resuscitation myocardial dysfunction (PRMD) in rat models of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).Methods Cardiopulmonary resuscitation model was established after cardiac arrest induced by ventricular fibrillation.Male healthy Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were randomly (random number) divided into 4 groups according to random number table:control group,CORM-2 group,inactive CORM-2 (iCORM-2) group and Sham group,in which the equal volume (1 mL) of 0.2％ DMSO,50 μmol/kg CORM-2,50 μmol/kg iCORM-2 and 0.2％ DMSO were respectively administered into the rats of these groups after resuscitation.The ejection fraction (EF) of left ventricle and myocardial performance index (MPI) were measured to detect the myocardial function by echocardiography at 12 hours after resuscitation.Mitochondrial respiration was assessed with Clark oxygen electrode at the same time.Western blot was used to determine the ratio of mitochondrial cytochrome c (cyt c) to cytoplasmic cyt c as well as caspase-3 level.Multiple comparisons were made by analysis of variance.Results Compared with the control group,higher EF and MPI,higher state Ⅲ respiration rate and respiratory control rate (RCR) of mitochondria,and decreased ratio of mitochondrial cytc/cytoplasmic cyt c and lower caspase-3 level were observed in the CORM-2 group (P ＜ 0.05).However,there were no significant differences in above biomarkers found between iCORM-2 group and control group (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions The CO released from CORM-2 might improve mitochondrial respiration and PRMD by inhibition of myocardial apoptosis via a mitochondrial pathway.

Objective To compare the difference in cardiac injuries between asphyxia and ventricular fibrillation modes in different periods after cardiac arrest (CA).Methods The model was established in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Lab,Sun Yat-sen University.A total of 35 male SD rats were used to produce the asphyxia or ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiac arrest models randomly.Both of the two modes were induced 8 minutes cardiac arrest.The myocardial HE stains,mitochondrial respiratory control ratio (RCR),and echocardiography were observed at 4 h,24 h and 72 h after ROSC (restoration of spontaneous circulation).The results were expressed as (-x ± s),t test was performed to compare between two groups,and one way analysis of variance was used to compare multiple groups.P ＜ 0.05 was considered as significant difference.Results HE stains showed damages were more serious in the VF mode than in asphyxia mode at 4 h,and both of them had a disorderly-arranged myocardium at 72 h.RCR in VF mode became worse at 4 h,and RCR resumed at 24 h in both modes without significant difference compared with the sham operated rats.The echocardiography showed VF mode had a lower left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) than asphyxia mode at 4 h (29.68％ vs.42.16％,P =0.03),and there was no difference in LVEF between VF mode and the sham operated rats at 24 h,however no difference in LVEF between the asphyxia and sham operated rats at 72 h.Both of them had a thicker left ventricular anterior wall than the sham operated rats at 72 h (2.41 mm vs.1.72 mm,P=0.013; 2.61 mmvs.1.72 mm,P=0.007),and there was no significant difference between them.Conclusions The ventricular fibrillation mode has a more severe injuries in early period,but it recovers sooner than asphyxia one.Both of two groups get compensatory left ventricular hypertrophy in later period of ROSC.

Objective To investigate the existence of HBV DNA YMDD mutation in patients with chronic hepatitis B and the related significance. Methods HBV DNA YMDD mutation was detected in 90 patients with hepatitis B. The liver function, HbeAg, HBVDNA, and HBV DNA YMDD mutation in patients with HBV DNA YMDD mutation were analyzed. Results HBV DNA YMDD mutation was found in 20 out of 90 patients with hepatitis B (positive rate 12.00%). HBV DNA YMDD mutation was found in 9 out of 36 patients receiving lamivuding therapy (positive rate 25.00%), but HBV DNA YMDD mutation was found in 11 out of 54 patients without lamivuding therapy (positive rate 20.37%). In the 20 patients with HBV DNA YMDD mutation, 5 patients were negative in HBeAg. HBV DNA, ALT, and Tb of the 20 patients with HBV DNA YMDD mutation were 3.0221?10 5-2.369?10 8 (5.41?7.75?10 7) copies/ml, 34 -1 216 (288.20?338.07) IU/L, and 8.9-326.7 (48.74?72.20) ?mol/L, respectively. Conclusion HBV DNA YMDD mutation may occur during the process of lamivuding therapy or may exist naturally. YMDD mutation may co-exist with pre-C gene mutation, suggesting that mutation often occurs in many sites in HBV genes. The reproduction level of HBV DNA ranges from the middle to the high levels. The pathogenicity of YMDD mutation species is various. The liver function may be normal and may also be abnormal in various degrees in these patients with HBV DNA YMDD mutation.

Objective To investigate the effect of wogonin on ethology and its possible mechanisms in chronic cerebral ischemia in rats.Methods Rats were randomly divided into a sham operation group,a wogonin intervention group,and a phosphate buffered solution (PBS) control group.A rat model of chronic cerebral ischemia was induced by the two-vessel occlusion method.Six weeks after modeling,the rats in the wogonin intervention group and the PBS control group were intragastric administrated with wogonin (50 μmol/L,10 ml/kg,once a day) and PBS with equal volume for 14 days.Morris water maze test was used to evaluate the spatial learning and memory function.Laser confocal three-dimensional vascular imaging was used to detect the vascular proliferation of ischemic brain tissue.5-Bromo-2-deoxyuridine (BrdU)immunochemical staining was used to detect the cell proliferation in ischemic brain tissue.Transmission electron microscope was used to observe the morphological changes of neural cells in cerebral ischernic region.Results The Morris water maze (n =8) showed that the trains of escape latency from the second to the fifth day in the wogonin intervention group were 43.45 ± 8.64 s,37.12 ± 1.31 s,34.75 ± 5.36 s,and 24.36 ± 5.43 s,respectively.They were significantly shorter than 51.69 ± 5.32 s,43.65 ± 9.21 s,50.19 ± 10.31 s,and 53.65 ± 7.15 s in the PBS control group (all P ＜ 0.05).The first quadrant swimming time of the wogonin intervention group was significantly longer than that of the PBS control group (26.16 ±3.29 s vs.14.38 ±2.16 s; P＜0.01).Laser confocal three-dimensional vascular imaging (n=4) showed that the capillary inner diameter in cerebral ischemia region of the wogonin intervention group was reduced significantly compared to the PBS control group (3.02 ±0.21 μm vs.3.35 ±0.18 μm; P ＜0.05),vascular density was increased significantly (205.80 ± 12.70/0.002 mm3vs.158.42 ± 10.92/0.002 mm3; P＜0.01),and total microvascular area was increased significantly (83 389 ± 4 026 μm2/0.002 mm3 vs.73 349 ±3 986 μm2/0.002 mm3; P＜0.01).Immunohistochemical staining (n =6) showed that the number of BrdU positive cells in the ischemic brain tissue of the wogonin intervention group was increased significantly compared to the PBS control group (24.62 ±3.25/HPF vs.9.87 ±2.89/HPF; P＜0.01).The observation of transmission electron microscope showed that the inflammatory edema in the intercellular spaces of the wogonin intervention group was significantly reduced compare to the PBS control group.Conclusions Wogonin can significantly improve the spatial learning and memory ability of chronic cerebral ischemia in rats,and its possible mechanisms may include the promotion of proliferation and angiogenesis in ischemic region and angiogenesis,and reduce inflammatory response.

Objective To investigate the features of pit patterns by magnifying endoscopy on neo-plastic colorectal polyps. Methods The materials consisted of 129 polyps in 108 patients. Dye-assisted magnifying endoscopies were used to ascertain the pit patterns of polyps. Results Of 129 polyps, 106 were diagnosed pathologically as neoplastic lesions(adenomas and carcinomas) , in which 10 demonstratedⅡpit pattern with only mild to moderate atypia and no severe atypia; 73 ⅢL pit pattern; 1Ⅲs pit pattern; 7 Ⅳ pit pattern and 15 Ⅴ pit patterns which includes malignant change in 10 cases, and severe atypia in 5 cases. Ten lesions all demonstrated Ⅴ pit pattern were found to be carcinoma (7 mucosal and 2 submucosal and 1 advanced carcinomas). Of 7 mucosal carcinomas,6 showed ⅤA pit pattern,1 , Ⅴ N pit pattern; 2 submuco-sal carcinomas all showed VN pit pattern; 1 advanced carcinoma showed ⅤN pit pattern. Ten lateral sprea-ding tumors were also investigated, their pit patterns under magnifying endoscopy were Ⅲ LⅥor V pit pat-tern among them one case with malignant change. Conclusion The images of pit pattern obtained by magnif-ying endoscopy were essentially concordance to those provided by stereomicroscopy. The differentiation of tu-morous lesion or non-tumorous lesion can be fairly performed under the observation of pit patterns; it gives an important practical significance in diagnosing tumorous lesions.

AIM:To observe the effects of the combination of berberin and epirubicin on the cell cycle of T24 bladder cancer cells and the underlying mechanisms.METHODS:The cancer cells were exposed to epirubicin in the presence or absence of different concentrations of berberin.The viability of the cancer cells was determined by MTT assay.The cell cycle distribution was detected by flow cytometry, and the protein levels of cyclin D1, CDK2, CDK4, P21 and P27 were detected by Western blot.RESULTS:Berberine markedly enhanced the inhibitory effect of epirubicin on the viability of T24 cells and promoted epirubicin-induced cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase as compared with the negative control cells.Epirubicin increased the protein expression of P27 and P21, both of which were enhanced by treatment with berberin.In contrast, berberin exposure further decreased the protein expression of cyclin D1, CDK2 and CDK4 in epirubicin-treated T24 cells.CONCLUSION:Berberine significantly promotes epirubicin-induced G0 /G1 phase arrest in human bladder cancer cells by up-regulating P27 and P21 expression and inhibiting the expression of cyclin D1, CDK2 and CDK4.