Objective To investigate the clinical effects of early cranioplasty and ventriculoperitoneal shunt in the treatment of traumatic brain injury.Methods 70 patients with traumatic brain injury were randomly divided into two groups.35 cases in the control group were treated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt,and received cranioplasty postoperative 3-6 months.35 patients in study group received early cranioplasty and ventriculoperitoneal shunt in 2-3 months after treatment.The therapeutic effects of the two groups were observed.Results After GCS,the excellent and good rate of study group was 71.4％,which was significantly higher than 57.2％ of the control group (x2 =7.47,P ＜ 0.05).The good rate of the study group was significantly higher than that of the control group (x2 =8.35,P ＜0.05).The moderate disability rate of the study group was significantly lower than that of the control group (x2 =7.33,P ＜0.05).The incidence rate of complications in the study group was 14.3％,which was significantly lower than 34.3％ in the control group (x2 =7.35,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion Early cranioplasty and ventriculoperitoneal shunt therapy in the treatment of patients with traumatic brain injury can effectively improve clinical recovery of the patients,and reduce the postoperative complications.

Objective To investigate pathogenic factors,prevention approaches and therapeutic methods of neurosurgical postoperative intracranial infection.Methods A total of 89 cases were selected as our subjects from 1432 cases ho had received neurosurgical operation in the First People's Hospital of Shangqiu from April 2009 to April 2012.The clinical data of 89 cases with intracranial infection were retrospectively analyzed.Chisquare test was selected to analyze the factors which might cause infection.Effect of decision criteria was chosen to evaluate the cure effect.Results The infection rate was related to the approach to the post fossa,operation periods above 4 h,ventricular drainage,long indwelling drainage and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage (P ＜0.05 or P ＜0.01).However,the infection rate was not related to age,sex and application of antibiotics before the operation (P ＞0.05).As to effects,73 cases (82.02％) were cured,and 7 cases (7.87％) were showed sort of effects,as well as 8 cases(8.99％) were improved a little and 1 case(1.12％) with invalid.Conclusion It is important to adopt appropriate operation method,by decreasing operation time,preventing drainage from pollution carefully in order to prevent and decrease the intracranial infection after craniotomy,prevention CSF leakage and proper treatment could effectively cure intracranial infection.

AIM: To study the protective effect of ci stanche deserticola Y. C Ma. on thymocytes in septic rats. METHODS: Cecum ligation perforation (CLP) was used to induce sep sis. Treatment group was treated with cistanche deserticola Y. C Ma. (1.25 g?kg -1?d -1, ig) for 14 days before CLP. Animals were killed 12 h or 24 h after CLP an d thmocyte s were collected. The ratio of thmocyte apoptosis and mitochondrial membrane pot ential were determined by the flow cytometry. The ATP activity was detected by s pectrophotography. RESULTS: The rate of thmocyte apoptosis significantly increased 12 h after CLP. The ATP activity decreased 24 h after CLP was significant. The extract of desert living cistanche effectively repressed the apoptosis of th ymocytes and maintained the mitochondrial membrane potential. CONCLUSIONS: The extract of cistanche deserticola Y. C Ma. p rotects thymocytes against apoptosis induced by sepsis. Maintaining of mitochond rial membrane potential may be the protective mechanism.

Atopic dermatitis is a common chronic recurrent atopic constitution-associated inflammatory skin disease mainly characterized by eczematous lesions and itching. Its etiology and pathogenesis are still not very clear, and there are many controversies about its origin, definition, clinical phenotypes and diagnostic criteria. This review analyzes and discusses these controversies in order to provide a meaningful reference for the diagnosis and treatment of atopic dermatitis.

Tuo-Fawas one of three internal treatment rules in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) surgery. It had been widely used in the treatment of superficial suppurative diseases, visceral suppurative diseases and other diseases. This article was aimed to clarify the action mechanism ofTuo-Fa for carrying forward better services in the clinic. This article reviewed and recapitulated related literatures on experimental researches ofTuo-Fa in recent years. It mainly showed the research status on anti-infection, anti-tumor and anti-gastric ulcer withTuo-Fa and its prescriptions. It summarized the existed shortcomings, which was that experimental researches on the action mechanism ofTuo-Fa was still on the initial stage with a few references and obviously lagged behind clinical applications. However, some achievements were also made. It had initially revealed the action mechanism ofTuo-Fa in treatment of pyogenic infection. It also had research on action mechanism of anti-tumor and anti-gastric ulcer treatment. It developed new field for the clinical practice. Finally, the research on action mechanism ofTuo-Fa and future prospects were expressed.

Objective To study the effect of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor celecoxib on cell apoptosis of human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29 and the probable mechanism involved by detecting the expressions of cytochrome C, Caspase-9 and poly ADP-ribose polymerase(PARP) at protein level. Methods Apoptosis was determined by Acridine orange and Ethidium bromide staining under fluorescence microscope and flow cytometry. The protein expression of cytochrome C, Capsase-9 and PARP were examined by Western blotting.Results Celecoxib induced apoptosis of HT-29 human colorectal cancer cells in a concentration and time-dependent manner from 0 to 120 ?mol/L. Sub-G 1 peak was detected by flowcytometry, and the apoptotic rate was between(7.31?2.37)%-(48.30 ?2.86)%. Celecoxib induced cytochrome C release into the cytosol from mitochondria, then activated Caspase-9 and consequently triggered PARP cleavage.Conclusion Celecoxib can induce apoptosis through a cytochrome C-dependent pathway in human colorectal cancer cell line HT-29.

Objective To investigate the effect of indomethacin on the protein expression profile of colorectal cancer cell line HCT116 xenografts in nude mice, and to screen the indomethacin anticancer-related proteins. Methods The nude mice with colorectal cancer cell line HCT116 xenograft were treated with or without indomethacin, and then the total proteins extracted from xenografts were separated and visualized by immobilized pH gradient two-dimensional gel (2-DE) electrophoresis. The differential expression proteins between the experimental and control groups were analyzed using PDQuest image analysis software, and identified by peptide mass fingerprinting based on matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry and database searching. Results The 2-DE patterns with high resolution and reproducibility were obtained, displayed about 1100 protein spots in each gel, and the matching rate in the two groups was 96. 0% and 93. 6% , respectively. Thirty-one differentially expressed protein spots were found between the two groups, of which 25 spots decreased and 6 increased in the expression levels in the experimental group than in the control group. Eighteen peptide mass fingerprinting maps were obtained, and twelve proteins including galectin-1, annexin and trancription factor, were primarily identified after database searching, most of which were involved in tumor cell proliferation, invasion, apoptosis and immunity. Conclusions Indomethacin exerts its inhibiting effects on colorectal cancer through regulating multiple proteins expression directly or indirectly. The data will be helpful to elucidate the mechanism inhibiting cancer by indomethacin, and to find new targets of chemotherapeutic drugs.

Objective To investigate the regulatory effects of icariin (ICA) combined with the Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) on immunological function in mice and provide some experimental evidences for the combination mechanism improving the spatial learning and memory abilities of Alzheimer's disease (AD) animal model. Methods Based on serum pharmacological method, the ICR mice were individually ig administrated with ICA+PNS [(40+320), (80+640), and (160+ 1 280 ) mg/kg] or ICA (80 mg/kg), and PNS (640 mg/kg) only for 7 d. Drug-containing serum was prepared and effects on spleen lymphocyte proliferation of Bable/c mice induced by concanavalin-A (ConA) or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and on interleukin-2 (IL-2) secretion were observed in vitro. Meanwhile, the immunological organ indexes of treated mice were evaluated. Results Drug-containing serum of ICA+PNS [(80+640) and (160+ 1 280 ) mg/kg] could improve the spleen lymphocyte proliferation induced by ConA (P0.05). Drug-containing serum of ICA+PNS [(80+640) and (160+ 1 280) mg/kg] could improve IL-2 production (P0.05), respectively. Conclusion ICA combined with PNS could improve immunological function selectively and promote T cell function in mice.

Objective To study the morphological structure and the hemodynamics of peribiliary vascular plexus(PVP) of hepatic portal bile duct in rat in vivo,so as to provide an experimental method and accumulate data for further study on the bile duct complications occuring after liver transplantation,operations for bile duct stenosis and other hepatobiliary diseases.Methods Forty SD rats were randomly and equally divided into 2 groups: the control group and the ink-injection group(n=20),microcirculation laser scan confocal microscopy was used to observe the morphological structure and the hemodynamic features of PVP on rat′s hepatic portal bile duct after the bile duct was stained with indocyanine green and the hepatic artery was perfused with ink.Results Morphologically it was showed that PVP were comprised of three layers: the spatial structure of PVP appeared dentriform from outer layer to intermediate layer,and then transformed into a network from intermediate layer to inner layer.The outer layer vessels seemed to be dendritic and located within the ductal wall at 0-60?m scanning from the adventitia,and the branches appeared sparse and straight.The diameter of artery and vein was very different.The vessels of intermediate layer showed as an intricate network and located within the ductal wall in the depth of 40-80?m,and the ranification was rich and tortuous.Inner layer vessels adjacent to the intima appeared to be a plenus in hexagons with 120? intersect angles and uniform diameter.Hemodynamics showed that the flow rate in the artery was higher than that in the vein of PVP.Conclusion The technique,employing microcirculation laser scan confocalmicroscopy,to observe the morphological structure and the hemodynamic features of PVP,may reveal the morphological structure and hemodynamic features limpidly,both macroscopically and dynamically.It can be used as an important tool for the study of bile duct complications after liver transplantation,bile duct stenosis or other hepatobiliary diseases.

Objective To investigate the residual functions in the hepatic lobe with deprivation of bile duct by observation of histomorphological and functional changes in the hepatic cells in a rat model. Methods The right hepatic bile ducts of rats were obstructed with cyanoacrylate and then ligated two weeks after the left and caudate lobes were removed. The lobus quadratus hepatis served as self-control with or without portal vein ligation. The venous blood from individualized liver lobe was examined and histological observation was done to examine the histomorphological and functional changes in the hepatic cells. Results Compared to the controls of both sham operation and untreated lobe, the hepatic lobe with bile ducts deprived did not undergo atrophy significantly with few ultrastructural changes. The hepatocytes of the hepatic lobe with bile duct deprived contained plenty of mitochondria, ribosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum when observed under transmission electron microscope (TEM). The results of periodic acid-Schiff staining revealed normal glycogen metabolism in the hepatic cells. No significant decrease was detected in the serum albumin and fibrinogen concentrations by examination of blood collected from vein of this liver lobe with deprivation of bile ducts. Conclusions The liver lobes with bile ducts deprived retain most of the liver functions such as protein synthesis and nutrition metabolism, and show no atrophy during the observation period. It is suggested that the hepatic lobes with bile duct deprived still possess the value of preservation. The present study has founded a theoretic basis for remaining the remaining liver lobes with bile duct deprived or ligated in some emergency and specific clinical situations.