Objective To evaluate catheterization in pancreatic duct before endoscopic papillary bal-loon dilation (EPBD)to prevent pancreatitis after EPBD.Methods Forty-three patients with normal serum amylase levels,diagnosed as having bile duct stones,underwent EPBD.Twenty-three were assigned to experi-mental group,where catheters(ERCP imaging tube)were placed in pancreatic duct before EPBD,then the pa-pillary balloon was expanded to 10 mm.Twenty were assigned to control group where eight-millimeter-diameter papillary balloon was used to remove the stones.The serum amylase levels before EPBD,6 hours and 24 hours after EPBD,the incidence of pancreatitis and high serum amylase levels associated with EPBD,as well as the mean time and success rate of removing the stones of the two groups were compared.Results Post-EPBD pan-creatitis occurred in one patient in experimental group (4.35%),and seven in control group (35.00%), which was significantly different(P <0.05).Meanwhile,the mean levels of serum amylase 6 h and 24 h after EPBD in the experimental group were (102.61 ±98.99)U /L and (60.35 ±26.18)U /L respectively,lower than those in the control group (398.25 ±259.32)U /L and (230.50 ±281.31)U /L(P <0.05).After the papillary balloon was expanded to 10 mm in experimental group,the mean time of removing stones was (10.43 ±2.27)min,which was shorter than that of control group (17.90 ±4.49)min (P <0.05).Stone-re-moving rate of two groups had no difference and they all succeeded one time.Conclusion Placing catheter in pancreatic duct before EPBD to prevent pancreatitis after EPBD makes it easier to remove stones in shorter op-eration time.It can prevent pancreatitis and high amylase blood disease after EPBD.

Object To carry out a deeper study on the active component and the structure of Aloe vera L. var chinensis (Haw ) Berg Methods The polysaccharide was isolated from the extract of the fresh leaf pulp of A. vera var chinensis by means of DEAE Sephadex A 25 ion exchange column chromatography and identified, through HPLC, IR, TGA, 13 CNMR and elementary analysis Results Alkaline hydrolysis proved that it is a neutral, linear polymer of a partially acetylated ? 1, 4 D mannopyranose of high purity The molar ratio of D mannose to the acetyl group in the polysaccharide was 1 64∶1 Conclusion This is the first report to uncover the presence of such polysaccharide in A vera var chinensis