Objectives To evaluate the clinical effect of one-stage reconstruction of dorsal hand softtissue defects using tendon allograft and free anterolateral thigh flaps.Methods From July 2006 to July 2011,fifteen cases of complex soft-tissue defects in dorsal hands were repaired using tendon allografts and anterolateral thigh flaps,sizing from 9 cm ×5 cm to 14 cm× 11 cm,in one stage.Two to 4 digital extensor tendons were reconstructed.With a brace on,early finger exercises were started after 2 weeks postoperatively when the flaps had survived.Results All the 15 flaps survived uneventfully.Twelve of the 15 patients were available for follow-up from 12-24 months (averaged 16 months).Two cases received tendolysis due to poor finger movement 6 moths postoperatively.At the end of follow-up,the range of wrist joint active flexion is from 40 to 70degrees and extension is from 25 to 50 degrees.The motion range of the related metacarpophalangeal joints was from 60 to 85 degrees,that of the interphalangeal joints from 80 to 90 degrees.The overall effective rate was 92 percent.Conclusion Simultaneous composite repair using tendon allografts and skin flaps proved to be reliable and cost-effective for complex dorsal hand soft-tissue defects.Allograft tendon reconstruction can not only obliterates new morbidities of autografting but also facilitates timely rehabilitation,avoiding extension loss of hand joints.

Objective This study was to investigate the diagnostic value of CT-guided percutaneous needle lung biopsy ( PN-LB) in different types of lung cancer and compare the pathological results of CT-guided PNLB and surgical specimens. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis of 324 cases of lung cancer, all confirmed by CT-guided PNLB after imaging manifestation of lung-occupying lesion and treated by surgical resection.We compared the pathological results of CT-guided PNLB and surgical speci-mens. Results The total coincidence rate of the pathological result from CT-guided PNLB with that from surgical specimens was 85.8% (278/324), with even a higher coincidence rate (96.4%) in adenocarcinoma, followed by squamous cell carcinoma (86.1%), and small cell lung cancer (45.5%).Large cell lung cancer and adenosquamous carcinoma were liable to be diagnosed as adenocarcinoma by CT-guided PNLB ( 7/10 and 6/10 ) .McNemar-Bowker test revealed no significant differences in the coincidence rate in adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and small cell lung cancer (κ=0.837, P=0.215). Conclusion CT-guided PNLB has a high coincidence rate with surgical specimens in the pathological diagnosis of lung cancer, but the coincidence rate varies with different pathological types of the tumor.

Objective To explore the relationship between R time in thrombelastography (TEG) and prognosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI).Methods The data of TBI patients were collected in Fourth Peoples Hospital in Shaanxi Province from January 2015 to June 2016.The patients were divided into two groups according to the prolongation of R time at admission,and the basic data and the outcomes were analyzed.Results In basic data,Glasgow coma scale (GCS) [(9.7 ± 4.4) scores vs (12.1 ± 2.2) scores] was lower,and injury severity score (ISS) [(32.4 ± 8.9) scores vs (21.7 ± 10.4) scores],head abbreviated injury scale (AIS) [(5.0 ±0.0) scores vs (4.1 ± 1.5) scores],hemorrhage volume [(6.2 ± 5.5) ml vs (1.1 ± 1.8) ml] and mean arterial pressure[(127.2 ± 28.1) mmHg vs (103.3 ± 17.0) mmHg] were higher in the prolonged R time group.In outcomes,the in-hospital mortality (42.9％ vs 17.2％) and the rate of neurosurgical intervention (71.4％ vs 37.7％) were higher,and the duration of mechanically ventilated [(9.3 ±3.2) d vs (4.1 ± 1.7) d],ICU stay [(10.2 ± 4.4) d vs (5.6 ± 2.1) d] and hospital stay [(22.4 ± 8.1) d vs (8.3 ± 4.7) d] were longer in prolonged R time group.The Logistic regression analysis results showed that GCS ≤8 scores,ISS ＞ 25 scores and R time ＞ 10 min were the possible risk factors of hospital mortality.Conclusion TBI patients with longer R time have worse prognosis and longer R time is the possible risk factor of hospital mortality,and the prediction efficiency of R time need to be explored and validated by more research.

Background The development of retinopathy of prematurity(ROP) is associated with many regulatory cytokines related to neovascularization;however,the retinal expression and regulated mechanism of stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) in mouse model of oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) remain uncertain.Objective This study was to investigate the expression of SDF-1 in retina of mouse model of OIR.Methods Forty 7-day-old C57BL/6J mice were divided into OIR group and control group.In OIR group,20 mice were exposed to 75% oxygen for 5 days and then to room air for 5 days.In control group,20 mice were raised in room air.The expression of SDF-1 in retina of mice was studied by immunochemistry and quantified by real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).Results The positive immunohistochemical staining for SDF-1 was found mainly locating at the ganglion cell layer in 12-day-old mice of OIR group;the stronger positive immunohistochemical staining for SDF-1 was noted mainly locating at the ganglion cell layer,vascular endothelial cells of inner retina,neovascular endothelial cells in 17-day-old mice of OIR group;the delicate positive immunohistochemical staining for SDF-1 was both found mainly locating at the inner retina and being around the retinal vascular in 12-day-old mice of control group and 17-day-old mice of control group.The expression of SDF-1 mRNA in 17-day-old mice of OIR group was higher than that of 12-day-old mice of OIR group (t=8.072,P＜0.05)and 17-day-old mice of control group(t=10.026,P＜0.05),respectively.The expression of SDF-1 mRNA in 12-day-old mice of OIR group was lower than that of 12-day-old mice of control group (t=4.336,P＜0.05).Conclusion SDF-1 might improve the onset of retinal neovascularization of OIR.

Objective To investigate the resistant mechanism of imipenem-resistant K. pneumoniae.Methods The minimal inhibitive concentrations (MICs) of the antimicrobial agents were determined by Etest.Isoelectric focusing electrophoresis (IEF),plasmid extraction,conjugation, transformation,PCR amplification,cloning and sequencing were carried out for analyzing the encoding gene of ?-1actamases.Results Three kinds of ?-1actamases were detected with pIs of 7.2,6.7,and 5.4.in a clinical strain of K.pneumoniae.These ?-1actamases were TEM-I (pI,5.4),SHV-12 (pI,8.2) and KPC-2 ( pI,6.7 ) confirmed by sequencing of the PCR products.Only one band of ?-1actamase with pI 6.7 was displayed in the transformant.A 1500 bp segment,which contained the KPC-2 gene confirmed by nucleotide sequence analysis,was cloned from a 60 000 bp plasmid of the transformant.Conclusion The strain of K.pneumoniae resistant to imipenem produces a plasmid-mediated carbapenemase KPC-2 which belongs to Bush group 2f,class A ?-1actamase.

Objective To study the characteristics of event-related potentials P300 in patients with anxiety disorder(AD). Methods P300 tests were carried out in 30 patients with AD and 30 healthy adult controls. ResultsPatients with AD had significantly delayed P3 latency ([326?16] ms vs [339?19]ms, P

Objective To study the characteristics of mismatch negativity(MMN) in patients with depression.Methods MMN was recorded from 31 patients with depression and 28 age-matched controls. Results Compared with the controls, the patients with depression had prolonged latency ([189?22] ms vs [206?26] ms, P

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Objective Currently , the targeted therapy is the first-choice treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, but few studies have been reported on the relationship between immunohistochemical markers and the EGFR mutation.The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship of the EGFR mutation with the ex-pressions of thymidylate synthetase (TS), excision repair cross-com-plementation group 1 ( ERCC1 ) , β-tubulin-III, and ribonucleofide reductase large subunit-l ( RRM1) in NSCLC. Methods We retro-spectively analyzed 336 cases of NSCLC treated in the Department of Medical Oncology , the Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, from June 2014 to December 2015 and examined 29 EGFR mutations.We divided the patients into a mutation and a non-mutation group, performed immunohistochemical staining of the TS, ERCC1,β-tubulin-III and RRM1 proteins and compared their expressions in the NSCLC tissue between the two groups . Results EGFR mutations were found in 138 ( 41.07%) of the 336 NSCLC patients but not in the other 198 ( 58.93%) .The expression of TS was significantly lower in the mutation than in the non-mutation group (9.42%vs 39.39%, P<0.05), and so was that of β-tubulin-III (44.2%vs 60.1%, P<0.05).EGFR mutations were correlated with decreased expressions of TS (r=-0.332, P<0.05) andβ-tubulin-III (r=-0.157, P<0.05).Multivariate regression analysis showed that the risk of EGFR mutations was 2.109 times higher in the fe-male patients than in the males (OR=2.109, 95%CI:1.268-3.509), 24.265 times higher in the adenocarcinoma than in the adeno-squamous carcinoma patients (OR=24.265, 95%CI:3.508-167.845), 15.2 times higher in the squamous carcinoma than in the ade-nocarcinoma patients (OR=15.200, 95%CI:4.480-51.569), 2.364 times higher in the lung biopsy specimens than in the surgically treated patients (OR=2.364, 95%CI:1.266-4.413), and 6.171 times higher in the patients with lowly expressed than in those with highly expressed TS (OR=6.171, 95%CI: 3.145-12.109). Conclusion The decreased expressions of TS and β-tubulin-Ⅲ in NSCLC indicate the mutation of the EGFR gene.