Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a frequent congenital heart disease .Incidence rate of PDA accounts for 10% ~21% of total incidence rate of congenital heart disease .In recent years ,along with the continuous deepening understanding of anatomical structure and pathology of PDA ,there were a variety of treatment methods ,including drug therapy ,interventional therapy and operation .The present article made a review about indications ,contraindi‐cations ,advantages and disadvantages of above three treatments .

Objective To discuss pathogenesis of low back pain induced by chronic compartment syndrome. Method Thirty patients who had definite chronic lumboscaral compartment syndrome without other lumbal diseases were choosed respectively to test muscle force of lumbar and abdomen,intra-sacrospinal muscle pressure,blood routine,ESR,CK,CK-MM,LDH and LDHs.All patients received decompressive operation.Skeletal muscle specimens taken from sacrospinal muscle in each operation were possessed for histological and ultrastructuml observation. Result All of enzyme tests were normal.The author could observe the dissolved degeneration of part of sacrospinal muscle fibers,muscle fiber hypertrophy,and a small quantity of inflammatory cell infiltration with a light microscope.Focal solution of muscle fiber,the aggregation of mitochondria around the nucleus,the increase of lipid droplet and lysosome in cyte,and the proliferation and differentiation of muscle satellite cell could be observed with an electron microscope. Conclusion Pathogenesis of chronic lumboscaral compartment syndrome may be as followed.Intra-compartmental pressures increase,causing metabolism disturbance of the tissues under fascia compartment,damaging skeletal muscle chronically,then inflammatory factors are released,which stimulates posterior branch of spinal nerves,and finally induces low back pain.

Objective: To study the pharmacodynamic differences between Simiao Pills with crude Atractylodis Rhizoma and bran stir-baked Atractylodis Rhizoma on the treatment of adjuvant arthritis. Methods: Wistar rats were randomly divided into blank control group (normal saline), model control group (normal saline), Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides (TWG) group (9.45 mg/kg), low-and high-dose (1.080 and 4.320 g/kg) Simiao Pills (crude Atractylodis Rhizoma) group, low-and high-dose (1.080 and 4.320 g/kg) Simiao Pills (stir-baked Atractylodis Rhizoma with bran) group. Except the blank control group, the other groups were modeled to adjuvant arthritis with complete Freund's. Paw edema value, spleen and thoracic gland indexes, serum interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and nitric oxide (NO) were observed. Results: Both Simiao Pills with crude Atractylodis Rhizoma and bran stir-baked Atractylodis Rhizoma could inhibit paw edema, decrease spleen index, advance the thoracic gland index, and decrease IL-1β and NO. The Simiao Pills with crude Atractylodis Rhizoma showed better effects. Conclusion: Both Simiao Pills with crude Atractylodis Rhizoma and bran stir-baked Atractylodis Rhizoma show a certain therapeutic effect on adjuvant arthritis, but the crude Atractylodis Rhizoma is in favor of the efficacy of Simiao Pills.

Objective Background Predicting risk factors for valve replacements is important both for informed consent of patients and objective review of surgical outcomes. Development of reliable prediction rules requires large data sets with ap-propriate risk factors that are available before surgery. Methods Data were from Belling Anzhen Institute of heart, pulmonary and vascular diseases in the period of January 1993 to December 2004. 4482 heart valve replacement patients were analyzed.There. were 848 aortic valve replacements, 2202 mitral valve replacements and 1387 double valve replacements. Logistic regres-sion was used to examine the relationship between risk factors and in-hospital mortality. Results In the multivariable analysis,5 variables in the aortic model (older age, body area, NYHA class IV, creatin, CPB time) , 8 variables in the mitral model ( NYHA class Ⅳ, congestive heart failure, cardiac/thoracic ratio, FS, etiology, LVESD, CPB time, use of IABP) and 7 var-iables in the double valve model (older age, NYHA class Ⅳ, previous myocarditis, diabetes, CPB time, weight index, previ-ous percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy ) remained independent predictors of the outcome. The mathematical models were highly significant predictors of the in-hospital mortality, and the results were in general agreement with those of others. The area uoder the receiver operating characteristic curve for the aortic model was 0. 921 [ 95% confidence interval ( CI ), 0. 874 to 0. 967 ], for the mitral model was 0. 859 ( 95% CI, 0. 813 to 0. 905 ) aod for dnuhle model was 0. 868 ( 95% CI, 0. 827 to 0.908). The goodness-of-fit statistic for the aortic model was χ~2 = 1.463, P=0.993, for the mitral model was χ~2 = 8.720,P = 0. 366 and for the double valve model was χ~2 = 8 . 134, P = 0. 420. Conclusion We print results and methods for use in day-to-day practice to calculate patient-specific in-hospital mortality after aortic and mitral valve surgery, by the logistic e-quation for each model or a simple scoring system with a look-up table for mortality rate.

Cerebral ischemic postconditioning (IPO) refers to a series of rapid intermittent interruptions of blood flow in the early phase of reperfusion. It protects brain tissue against ischemia-reperfusion injury. IPO decreases infarct volume and neuron loss by activating protein kinases,blocking apoptosis pathways,inhibiting inflammation and oxidative stress. IPO can be applied after cerebral ischemia,and it has better application prospects in clinical practice. This article reviews IPO and its neuroprotective mechanisms.

Adult ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; metabolism ; Epididymis ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Humans ; Inhibins ; metabolism ; Leydig Cell Tumor ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Male ; Testicular Neoplasms ; metabolism ; pathology ; surgery ; Vimentin ; metabolism

Humans ; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures ; Neurosurgery ; methods

Aim To investigate the expression of CD31 , CD105 , HIF-1αand VEGF in xenografts tumor of HT-29 tumor cells during different stages of growth. Methods HT-29 tumor cells were transplanted into nude mice, the tumor was removed when the tumor volumes reached <100 mm3 , 100 ~300 mm3 and >300 mm3 respectively. Immunochemical method was a-dopted to detect the expression of CD31 , CD105 , HIF-1α and VEGF. Results HT-29 xenografts tumor vol-umes <100 mm3 , 100 ~300 mm3 , and >300 mm3 showed expressions with CD31-MVD at 37.40±4.17 , 18.80±1.72 and 14.20±2.23 respectively; CD105-MVD at 22.80 ±3.54 , 15.60 ±1.35 and 10.20 ±2.48; positive expression rate of VEGF was 26.20%
±0.83%,40.73% ±6.29% and 13.41% ±1.20%respectively; while positive expression rate of HIF-1αwas 3.20% ± 2.97%, 11.89% ± 1.94% and 80.62% ±3.47% respectively. On the other hand, for different volumes group, CD31-MVD, CD105-MVD, VEGF and HIF-1αexpression ratios had signifi-cant differences ( P <0.01 ) . Conclusions The ex-pression of MVD and vascular-related factors within the tumor caused by HT-29 xenografts tumor in nude mice at different growth stages was varied. There was a cer-tain correlation between tumor volume and MVD, VEGF, HIF-1α.

Objective To observe clinical effect of mazoplasia treated by chinese and western medicine combined by acupuncture point therapy .Methods The 178 patients were divided into two groups ,one of which was the treatment group treated by oral pro-prietary Chinese medicine in combination with special Chinese and western medicine and post hole therapy ,the other was control group only treated by oral proprietary Chinese medicine .Results The cure rate ,effective rate and recurrence reducing rate of treat-ment group were better than that of control group(P<0 .05) .Conclusion According to the principle of traditional medical treat-ment based on syndrome differentiation ,the new therapy of this article mix together medicine ,acupuncture and western medicine treatment for the treatment of mazoplasia and gains good achievement .The method is simple with an obvious effect and has good clinical application value in the future .

Objective To evaluate the cardiac function changing before and after resection of pituitary tumor in patients with pituitary adenoma complicated with dilated cardiomyopathy with retrospective analysis method.Methods The clinical data of 14 cases of patients with pituitary adenoma complicated with dilated cardiomyopathy,treated with resection of pituitary tumor,in PLA General Hospital,from 2005 to 2011,were collected and analyzed.Comparative analysis of cardiac function were made in these patients before and after the surgery,also with the postoperative recovery status,using echocardiography and other noninvasive detection means to detect the growth hormone ( GH),left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD),septal thickness (ST),left ventricular posterior wall thickness (LVPWT),left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) values.Results After the resection of pituitary tumor,the LVEDD,ST,LVPWT,LVEF levels were all significantly better than that before the surgery.Before the surgery the GH,ST,LVPWT,LVEF levels were 93.89 μg/L,11.13 mm,43.92％ and 10.53 mm,while those after the surgery were 5.16 μg/L,10.64 mm,49.28％ and 8.87 mm.The difference of the GH level before and after the surgery was correlated with the difference of ST,LVEDD and LVEF in a linear manner.Conclusions Recection of pituitary tumor can significantly improve the cardiac function in patients with pituitary adenoma complicated with dilated cardiomyopathy,and the cardiac function improving level is correlated with the difference of GH levels before and after the surgery.